In my hard bunk in the orchestra barracks, I always used to put the case under my ankles so my father's viola would sleep in peace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He has a roll of peppermint Life Savers: he always takes them on trips, in case of bumpy rides. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In case we get a chance to get in the hot tub.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And in any case, I had made mv decision. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in case she became a famous writer, Lynn practiced writing little stories in her diary: Once upon a time a funny witch cast a spell on all the world’s creatures. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Often, single mothers have neither, as was the case with Whitiker. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Park whipped around and saw Eleanor standing by the meat case with all four of her redheaded brothers and sisters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s a text or a voice mail message; in my case it was an email, the modern-day lipstick on the collar. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read a placard in the display case: “‘This plaid fedora from 1968 was worn by bank robber Leopold Loblolly, one of the notorious Dandy Bandits.’” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He keeps the remote out of reach, just in case his sister or I want to turn the TV back on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Petra woke before the others and began the search for her overnight case and the necessary medication hidden inside the lining. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"I'll keep that in mind, my lord. In any case, it was Lady Lysa I hoped you might sway. For her, I have a sweeter offer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sean got his black case and brought it over to her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stood beneath his photograph with my brief case in hand and smiled triumphantly into his stolid black peasant's face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We left the light off, in case someone came into the kitchen, but we were sure Granddad was the only one sleeping at Clairmont. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The press portrayed her as a star, making it sound as if she had won the case on her own. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We stepped down twice into another room dominated by glass-front refrigerator cases that served as the counter for the store. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He tried to cook up a good excuse for being there, in case Lonna or Leon noticed him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had crossed streams and doubled back on their own tracks more than once,just in case the men had a tracker among them, and Sefia was exhausted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In case you’re wondering, the Underside of a sheep doesn’t smell that great. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jars, baskets, pots; a doll, a spindle, earrings, a photograph, a stack of sticks, a set of silver brushes and a silver cigar case. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Trevor about the Innocence Project and filled him in on the case I read about. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In most cases, the families of the victims have no sense of resolution. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In any case, that was the last time my then five-year-old brother ever saw our mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s not the case that our internal computer always shines through, instantly decoding the “truth” of a situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The difference is that in virtually every other case they left. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t back off from the ugly cases. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The compulsively superstitious person is also very often a serious believer in fate; that was the case with Perry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The view from the window was delightful, though in some cases it was odd. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the other police misconduct cases over to other lawyers because my death penalty docket was so full. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Valentina quietly insisted that was not the case; she said something had been wrong with the flight. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, that is not the case,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Far from it. I was tormented by the contrast between my idea and my handiwork: in each case I had imagined something which I was quite powerless to realise.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next to go was Clifton's doll, but it burned so stubbornly that I reached inside the case for something else. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Becker went across the street to the Mountaineer Diner for lunch, he always took the key to the display case that held the diamond rings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lamar got a leather case containing a steel protractor, a ruler, and a compass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘Whatever the case, when Orion rose again from Tartarus, he was Artemis’s bitterest enemy. No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

These are interchangeable, except in two cases, when only though will do: • in the phrases as though or even though, • when it’s used to mean “however.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I would try to decide what the most selfless choice would be, but in this case either choice feels selfish. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted to check Cari’s pocket just in case he had forgotten, but he knew. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As always seemed to be the case, a horizontal plume of condensation streamed from the summit like frozen smoke, betraying the violence of the jet-stream winds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I know I have discussed this case with both of you,” it began. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or, instead, maybe she could break the glass case and act like she’d been cursed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Papi handed one to each of us and then lifted a tiny box from the side pocket of the case and smiled at my mother. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

However, if the majority of the organization or the people support a decision, coercion can be used in certain cases against the dissident minority in the interests of the majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He cannot testify with regard to the mental condition of the defendant in a criminal case.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He snapped its case shut and slipped it into his pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The girls would get into houses to case them by ringing bells and saying they were saleswomen, poll-takers, college girls making a survey, or anything else suitable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s on his case,” she replied, pointing at the luggage rack over the man’s head, where there was a small, battered case held together with a large quantity of neatly knotted string. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I covered my head in case he decided to hit me back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I saw them on a case strewn with sun visors, hair nets, rubber gloves, a card of false eyelashes, and seized the darkest lenses I could find. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone had come to see the case reach its resolution. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In Ken's case, he cultivated an image of an unassuming embassy official, interested in learning about Moscow and raising his children. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote to Joe that we would look deeper into his case and that we were convinced that he had a credible claim of innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Almost every day the paper had something about the case, and even if you didn’t read the paper, anywhere you went in the county, you’d hear people talking about it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Bo and Jimmy were sitting at the kitchenette table, a case of beer open between them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I was just making sure it worked. In case you were worried.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She could not determine their nature, but they looked so suspicious to her that in any case she burned them in a bonfire she built in the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I could feel the likelihood of ever getting a trophy in the Big Creek display case evaporating. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the opinion of Dr. Satten and his colleagues, Andrews’ crime amounted to such an undebatable example of diminished responsibility that the case offered an ideal chance to challenge the M’Naghten Rule in Kansas courts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You picked up little tricks: overturning your boots each morning in case a scorpion or some other critter had crept inside; shaking out your blanket for rattlesnakes before lying down at night. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Amelia sighed, reminding Lyddie that she was proving a harder case than the older girl had bargained for. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her to a seat near the front and quickly sat down, in case the girl changed her mind. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He guessed that the water truck should be coming soon, but he didn't finish all the water, just in case he was wrong. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

First are cases in which the word for a particular crop is very similar in all those southern Nigerian languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only Lennie was in the barn, and Lennie sat in the hay beside a packing case under a manger in the end of the barn that had not been filled with hay. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. The case is about to gain national media attention, but I don’t want it to be at her expense.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The simple acts of everyday life, however, were closely connected with them and gained dignity from them as was not the case with any of the Greek gods except Demeter and Dionysus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their parents, in many cases, had been raised in city neighborhoods, but it was as if they had made a clean break, an escape. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Samuel and his boys brought in a well at forty feet and put down the newfangled expensive metal casing, for Adam wanted the best. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right there in the main case, next to the trays of gingerbread men and fruit tarts and odd-looking foreign cookies, sat a platter piled four stories high. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The case slowly ground its way through the legal system, and everything went against us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Normally, the husband’s family would give the wife’s family a dowry of cows, but in this case, John agreed to send money worth the equivalent of eighty cows. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

An alarming number of cases came to our office involving prisoners who had been found dead in their cells. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Somebody at the directorate gave it to me. It’s quite old. But it’s good to have just in case.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even if Ms. Parker thinks I can do the concert without earmuffs, I’ll keep them nearby just in case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

As I look around the stacks of drinks, I find a single case of water that someone abandoned there maybe yesterday, when it wasn’t such a precious commodity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The great majority of what one hears said about his lordship today is, in any case, utter nonsense, based on an almost complete ignorance of the facts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had been designed, by the first Joseph Hooper, as a library, and there were still the glass cases, reaching from floor to ceiling, all around the room, filled with books. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And, in the case of my older brothers and sisters, we went with a certain amount of relief. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that afternoon, when Mama told Stella to get Papa’s hammer and a few nails and fix some porch planks that had worked loose, she’d jumped at the chance to be helpful, just in case. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He is a white magician” said the Wait “You need not be afraid of him. He is my best friend, your majesty, and in any case he generally gets his spells muddled up.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to capture the calm demeanor my mother assumes when handling particularly bad cases. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“In any case, the time is long past that he know his heritage and his place in the world. I’ve gone along with this fiction for far longer than I should have. But now...” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My mission had been to deliver a speech that would win our case. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She pulls out her phone and presses some buttons with her thumb, and we both look up, watching clouds—or, in my case, planes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But in her case the choice was to keep me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep an eye out in case Will comes back here.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In that case, stepping off in a strange town where the sheriff didn’t know me, and then walking down the road all day, was just asking for trouble. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A film crew from Ireland came to Alabama to make a short documentary about the death penalty that would feature Walter's case and the cases of two other Alabama death row prisoners. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And this case had given him lots of fodder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But prosecutors didn’t pursue the case because the two boys were already dead. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the hearing, the judge looks at your case, hears arguments from the opposing sides, and then he either dismisses the charges or sets bail and a trial date. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If that was the case, he was as good as dead. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I understood: No use wasting good lungs on a hopeless case. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Fruit of Islam men thoroughly searched them, as everyone else was searched—their notebooks, their cameras, camera cases, and whatever else they carried. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sympathetic professors wrote letters; exceptions of various sorts were made in my case. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I tucked the postcard into my back pocket, in case we saw a mailbox. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You sure? In case they decide they want to go mini golf or something?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was a shade of complacency in Bogert’s smile, “I rather thought that would be the case. It is deep. We’ll forget it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I’d say you’re sixteen. And in case you were wondering, five foot nine . . . brown hair. Oh, and ugly as fried liver on a stick.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And this case is just one among many. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Recent experiments suggest that this may indeed be the case. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight is for prayer. For the family. For the lawyers on the case. I understand your anger, but, son—” “Prayer? You mean y’all just gonna sit around and pray about it?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s father entered, carrying the last of the ten cases of bottled water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For whatever the outcome of our labors in any particular case, we shall certainly learn a great deal about works of art in the process. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Luke wondered if that was ever really the case. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Harry was glad, in any case, that she had left off her radish earrings, her butterbeer cork necklace, and her Spectrespecs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I went into a room at the far end of the hall and looked at the labels on bottles in a glass case. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Alex looked through the rest of the apartment, in case there was anything there they needed to take with them. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But he wheeled himself over to the display case and looked in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Illinois senate in 1996, my reasoning went like this: I didn’t much appreciate politicians and therefore didn’t relish the idea of my husband becoming one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I know you know what ballet is, but just in case you don't, it's tip-top, tiptoe, total body control. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t sprinkle it on anything, but I had it in case I needed to. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Party did not permit divorce, but it rather encouraged separation in cases where there were no children. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Bucks do not usually dig much in any case, although they will scratch shallow shelters or make use of existing holes where these are available. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their first response was, “Mandela, why don’t you retain a lawyer to defend you? He will be able to handle the case properly. Why put yourself out?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the state finally concluded its case, there was a stillness in the courtroom in anticipation of the beginning of my defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In either case, it gave her not a glance when at last she ran out of pebbles and sat down to tell it her troubles. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got over forty-five minutes, darling. Hold your horses. You’re going to turn me into a basket case if you don’t relax. Let’s go pray at the shrine.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She certainly wasn’t passing out her phone number in case I ever needed to call my brother at her apartment. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I sent her an email too, just in case. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They sang without instrumental accompaniment—or, more accurately in their case, without any interference. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But in the case of Connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self- confidence, sociability, and energy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because in case I forgot to mention, some of the pants wearers were vampires or aliens. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“But in that case—I mean, if you are known to be slow—it wouldn’t be surprising if, say, you voluntarily gave up your five hours with the Bodleian alethiometer....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kneeling, I opened my lute case and brought out a small bundle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don't like Lenore Cole from Jamison, but in the name of fairness, I admit it would be hard to build a case that she isn't doing her job. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The authorities in Florida are still in charge of the case,” the caseworker said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In any case there was a limit to what they could take in the cart. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like it needed to be at home in case you came back. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every team has a reserve fencer who normally was there to be substituted into a match in case of injury of one of the main three fencers or for strategic reasons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung was pleased at her strength, although he cared nothing for festivities on this year, and he sent Cuckoo in to beseech Liu, the grain merchant, seeing how sad the case was. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And in the previous few years, he’d had cause to make hard decisions about how to use his prosecutorial powers in difficult cases. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Often it involves overcoming my fears—as it did in this case. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On January 6 Burnham commanded his department chiefs to take immediate, in some cases draconian, measures to cut costs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By the time his case reached the Supreme Court, sixteen people had been killed by police use of the chokehold, twelve of them black men. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that was the case. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Benji kept his phone aimed at the stage in case the singer decided to oblige. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not eyewitness. Witness. Someone whose testimony associates you and Hickock with this case.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case you all aint noticed, the first three letters of the word funeral spells FUN. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In these cases our estimates will be little better than guesses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There hung a beautiful sword in a silver case. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was a case,” and, parenthetically, “You know Faye run Kate’s place. Nobody really knows how Kate come to own it. It was pretty mysterious, and there was some that had their suspicions.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Kerr took the metal lining from one of the cases of biscuits and fashioned a chimney of sorts. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She would make sure to build a locker under her house too, in case he needed to hide in it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sentences for each charge can run consecutively, so a defendant can easily face a sentence of fifty, seventy-five, or one hundred years to life arising from a single case. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We were required by law to keep open most of the time in case travelers came by. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my arms around her, and the viola case hits the back of her shoulder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was maddening for a police officer, but he admitted that this element of checks and balances would have been useful in this case. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I sit down outside the auditorium on the tile floor of the hallway, leaning up against a trophy case, and I eat a little. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the keys from the kitchen drawer where Mom kept them and wrote a note in case they woke up while I was gone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In that case, he was born exactly 100 years after the publication of De Revolutionibus, which highlights how quickly science became established once it became part of the Renaissance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In case the bow guard slid off, Nathan took it off and shoved it into his pocket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a thin plastic case from the middle of the stack, the way Uncle had taught me to choose a card when presented with a fanned-out deck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I got dust rags and Comet cleanser in case I needed them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the vast majority of cases there was no trial, no report of the arrest. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Papa took one look at me and saw I had a bad case of the ringtail blues. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit felt a little worried as he handed the tickets over the glass case. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Wickersham entered with a Polaroid camera and took front and profile shots of me—required, I think, in case I made a claim for workmen’s comp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled Fred’s license plate CD case out of my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I was not quite impartial in my judgment, Emma:—but yet, I think—had you not been in the case—I should still have distrusted him.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Two sheriff’s cars from Midland were parked in front with their lights off, there just in case the location of the coin toss had leaked out and crowd control was needed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We agreed that the girls would actually burglarize only in special cases where there would be some advantage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In any case, can’t blame you for wanting out of the angelic order.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I even went overboard and washed sheets and pillow cases that way. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, I decide to wave at him and, after one surprised look, Gerald waves back. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just in case one of them gets past us.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I pulled the box of tourist brochures out from under the display case and looked through them, looking for some hand-scrawled message from Margo, but I found nothing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Part Four. Get his clothes in case he tries to sneak back into her house. Part Five. Leave fish for Becca.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since then I’ve been sort of stockpiling the stuff just in case there’s a shortage again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the small case of it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And this wasn’t just a case of Black and white. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“My clientele, Monsieur, is limited nowadays. I undertake very few cases.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re from Environmental Protection, ma’am. Just calling on all the houses in this street and the others to see if you’re all right in case we get any flooding.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The little plastic tackle case had a small variety of silver spoons and some feathered lures, and he tried them all. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll have to stay in the barn. I’m not supposed to leave my company. Wait, I’ll tell somebody where I’m going just in case they want me.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again the animals seemed to remember that a resolution against this had been passed in the early days, and again Squealer was able to convince them that this was not the case. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, Uncle Matt, maybe it will. And how will southern Illinois feel about it in case that happens?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper was moving over to the display cases, looking closely at Fielding's face again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“It might be best if you stood back a ways and stayed quiet. Just in case.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sit tensely and watch his every movement in case he may perhaps say something. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always look there, just in case R. M. Wildsmith has suddenly decided, after fifty years, to write a sequel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mama had told us two days earlier that a “case” was coming—a girl who had no place to go. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoves a pencil case on top of the pads. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Yet, from the bureau’s early reports on the case, White suspected that Blackie might have key information about the murders, and without consulting Hoover, White had him transported to Guthrie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His long-term career goal was to become a detective, and the Mother Paula case was a chance to show he had the right stuff. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What else? Chicken. Real gamey chicken. If that’s the case, we don’t need to fix the fence; just set up a trap,” Uncle Jet said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I need to address the students in any case.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“The inaction of the city and bus officials after the Colvin case would make it necessary for them ... to meet another committee, infinitely more determined,” he later wrote. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Jay stood back from me in case God struck me down for lying. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My own case was the exception that proves the rule. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case, I hop along faster, extending my crutches as far in front as I can to take longer steps. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Just in case the laundry hasn’t been done, and the old woman is about to pitch a fit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

All around the room, vertical cases with shining spotlights display small sections of meteorites. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Domishmen left the Great Pyramid an hour shy of sunset in case they took a wrong turn or had difficulty finding the purple lotus. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He puts the needle back in its case and sticks an adhesive bandage on the injection site. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pull a red pencil from my case. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If you gave the same group of kids the same test, under the same circumstances six months apart, Hartshorne and May found, the same kids would cheat in the same ways in both cases. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor replied that they were, but that the case was over, court was no longer in session, and the only authority in the room was that of the warrant officer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I made Alfred a second mouthpiece in case he swallows the first." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the clients sometimes wanted press attention, I was extremely resistant to media interviews about pending cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But if that were the case, she wouldn't take Nok with her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The easiest thing to do would be to build a case out of her foot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in almost every case, the American version was much better. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned down the road to the marina, Dad leaned out the passenger window and began shining the spotlight through the mangroves, in case Abbey was hiding there. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As David and I were talking, I remembered reading in newspapers about cases of black people mysteriously hanging themselves while under police custody. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sugar casing, see? Milk chocolate inside. Good for any conditions, even if it melts.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Because the letters contained an admission of guilt, he felt he couldn’t send them until the case was resolved. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I remember the first day I made the whole walk by myself, the day he didn't have to carry me in one arm and the case in the other. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he was too preoccupied with Ade Cokers case, but even after he got him out of jail a week later, he did not talk about my report card. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse went on blithely opening and shutting my drawers, emptying the closet and folding my belongings into the black overnight case. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the play was being performed, Violet had watched the light controls carefully, taking mental notes in case these devices came in handy for an invention. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

One offers outlawed guns and bullets, promising overnight delivery for cases of thirty and up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In any case, all minds were closed to her when that word was passed around. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Turns out that is not the case,” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The experimenter lost 10 weeks from his work, and at the end of a year, when his case was reported in a British medical journal, recovery was not complete. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The second she turned to the beehive—in this case standing for productive work. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Musical play: A case study of preschool children and parents. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They came toward me as I ran, a crowd of men and women carrying cases of beer, cheese, chains of linked sausage, watermelons, sacks of sugar, hams, cornmeal, fuel lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All good things pass away. Leave the tray here beside me. Oh, ask the Porter to send up the two cases I left in the Lodge, would you?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Half of the time, a 1 will turn up on die D, in which case die C will certainly win. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I once gave a lecture in which a listener thought that I subscribed to a belief in extraterrestrial visitors, when all I had said was that there undoubtedly were many cases of UFOs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down anxiously at the front of his tee-shirt, in case it had left a stain on him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

While you will have your army at the ready in case Ghohg plays dirty tricks, do not forget that Ghohg will doubtless have his goblin army ready to attack us, too. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I figured one of them was the license plate CD case, but I dug my hand inside anyway and pulled out a strange package. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I had prepared a written list of instructions for my friends in case I broke with Marburg, and I had sealed the document in an envelope and hidden it in my backpack. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron had decided we needed to guard the Labyrinth exit at all times, just in case. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the dances, Dad would sit by himself against a wall, as far away from the orchestra as possible, and work on papers he had brought along in a brief case. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I understand. Here, then. Take this so you know how to find me. In case you need anything. Or you want to write." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The photography books went flying out first, followed by his pencil case and the honey tin. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I unlocked my door just in case he had any tricks up his sleeve. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I reach into my pocket for the bobby pin I carry with me, just in case, and bend down to examine the lock. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stare at the yellow envelope and wonder are its contents enough to make a small-town cop reopen a closed case? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

In my case, however, the ocher was removed with a mixture of fat and lard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dizziness left and I managed to stand, holding onto my brief case, pressing a handkerchief to my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It seemed Mr. Lewis impulsively spoke out in anger and frustration. In a case like Khalil’s, I would much rather that you spoke out in a more deliberate and planned way.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As at the Lyceum, there would have been a sanctuary for the Muses, and an altar for sacrifices, as well as a head priest, in this case appointed by Ptolemy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling regarding a case Mr. Riley was working on quite some time ago.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I will stay in case you need help, Mama,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He led them the long way around to the Italian wing, through the main hall with its tapestries and suits of armor in glass cases. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Trip quickly organized the whole troupe into a great chanting, howling mass that my father managed to withstand for almost a minute before he stooped and lifted his lute back out of the case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The world is a dangerous place. And in any case, we can’t control it. It just happens.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In these cases the first belief has the facts on its side and the second doesn’t; one version of natural philosophy established itself over its opponent through the superiority of its grasp over nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sefia unfolded the leather case that held the lock picks, her fingers catching on the metal tips of Nin’s most trusted tools. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I shall speak to your Mrs. Dudley this morning in any case. That room must be aired.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch doesn’t like fruit, but she stays close by, just in case somebody drops a piece of bacon. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And in any case, Jonas,” The Giver sighed, “I wouldn’t make it. I’m very weakened now. Do you know that I no longer see colors?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Making her bow ready, just in case, she sped forward and flew alongside them, calling: “Angels! Halt and listen to me! I am the witch Ruta Skadi, and I want to talk to you!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just in case you’ve forgotten,” said Harry, “I’ve already got a house, my godfather left me one. So why would I want this one? All the happy memories?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I yelled, in case Jay was somewhere close enough to hear me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like everything else he owned, it had once belonged to someone else in his family —- in this case, his grandfather. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Soldiers stand on top of the penitentiary walls, just in case a rider approaches with a last-minute pardon. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Outraged by the lack of local law enforcement interest in the case, the black community and civil rights activists persuaded the United States Department of Justice to get involved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Restorative justice has never been a consideration in this case,” he said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They all understood that she meant in case there were no more birthdays. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In any case, with his reputation as a no-nonsense leader as well as the grueling work, Rondon had to pay his men six to seven times more than the going rate for hired workers. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, Cas picked up her bag with one hand and the clarinet case with the other, then headed out of the practice room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A few Continentals dashed by, their hands holding their hats on their heads, and canteens and cartridge cases banging against their backsides. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one case out of New York that was vaguely related. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Clutching the viola case, I arrive at the conductor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Finn turned the phone to the side and Emma caught a glimpse of the case: hard plastic with a crookedly drawn heart and the words “We love you, Mommy.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In this case, Fischer was not only visualizing a game without benefit of board, pieces, or printed score; he was creating it, composing it as a motion picture in his mind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the lab was exploiting the advantages that made it unique: in this case, Lewis’s large supply of deuterium combined with the high energies produced by the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was an open-and-shut case, a fixed arrangement, a tacit agreement that there was no question of going back on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“And so he taught me how to make the rescue cages. For when he wasn’t around. I mean, he wasn’t even that old, but I guessed he figured, just in case.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Friendship jail, or in this case, big sister jail. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She decided there was only one thing to do in a case like mine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And in the corner of his eye, Percy could see one of the dolphin-men holding a knife at Annabeth’s throat in case she tried anything tricky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They had left their egg cases scattered about, hanging from the rock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As reported by Ida Wells-Barnett, they pointed out that blacks “couldn’t have created a riot by themselves” and refused to hear any more cases “until some white men were brought in.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In November 2009, after the briefs were filed in Joe's case and the Graham case, I went to Washington for my third U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I bought a second one just like Mia’s, in case you changed your mind.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put Spender into a silver case with waxes and wines which were ten thousand years old, his hands folded on his chest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the cash back into the metal case. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I touched the quilt on the bed, traced with my fingers the monogram on the nightdress case, R de W, interwoven and interlaced. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We usually ate in the kitchen unless he made something fancy, in which case he'd tell me to set the dining room table, and we'd eat with shiny brass candlesticks between us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the size of my palm and twinkles in its case like a tiny star. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But she could still feel the handle of her mother’s guitar case in her hand as she slid it under her bed, way at the back toward the wall. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So how about the opposite case: what if a mother and father are not only proficient in English but spend their weekends broadening their child’s cultural horizons by taking him to museums? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

With the government’s case in trouble, prosecutors eventually called a witness who, they believed, could sway the jury in their favor: the bootlegger and former bureau informant Kelsie Morrison. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The case climbed to the Virginia Supreme Court, where Priddy’s request to sterilize Buck was affirmed again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her door is open so I can hear her, in case she calls. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“That is a direction no Court has power to make in a criminal case,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I kept the mending basket close to hand in case I needed to hide my crime. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes her more terrifying; but she is terrifying in any case. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m watching the roads carefully, in case I ever do decide to make this journey alone, by foot or by bus. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a member of the Action Board, Lieutenant Scheisskopf was one of the judges who would weigh the merits of the case against Clevinger as presented by the prosecutor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I zip to my room and slide the flute case under my bed. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hazel climbed the stairs as quietly as she could, in case her mother had a customer. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In that case, I couldn’t blame them too much. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

During the McMillian hearings, a local minister had held a regional church meeting about the case and had asked me to come speak. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is only in the unaccountable minority, the “cases,” that the line is crossed, and then there is the devil to pay on both sides, but most of all for the meningococci. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Nipper then flew off and was quickly out of sight. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We never wrote their names in notes, in case the notes fell into the wrong hands. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson, due to her husband’s involvement in the case, could not write the Sun Press’s story on the decision, so Sam Levi had been assigned the story instead. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whoever came out as the favorite after the friendly matches was often a crowd favorite and, in any case, would have all eyes on them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The case had so traumatized the black community that many had become preoccupied with each court development and ruling. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, in that case,” said Professor Trelawney with a smile. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Leftover cases from an imported gift sent straight to our glorious Elector himself. Goes until six o'clock." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In both cases, was is appropriate. than and as. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As much as I wanna ask you to work this case out a certain way, I know you already got a plan. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We don’t bring up the hand-holding or anything like that, but hopefully he gets where I’m coming from now in case he had any doubts. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But in all these cases, there is a correlation that has to do with affinity, sensibility, and ability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She then wiped the sweat off them and put them in a special quilted case she had made. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We can make lists of what to take first in case we have to run for it, and pack our knapsacks in advance.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In these cases, dropping the s results in a perfectly acceptable sentence: I was annoyed by the people behind me in line being served first. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The living room walls were decorated with a bunch of gruesome hunting trophies—stuffed deer and dragon heads, a gun case, a sword display, and a bow with a quiver. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I ordered a cap and gown. Just in case. Come on, honey. Come home. You’ve done enough.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got it here. I always carry it, just in case I can see her.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I never serve the charity cases before six in the evening. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I am representing the people in this matter, which you were informed during jury selection is a case of felony murder. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

My curiosity, in the case of Prince Jones, opened a world of newspaper clippings, histories, and sociologies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The tip was anonymous, and as far as the investigating officer—who is me—is concerned, the case is closed. There won’t be any more charges.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dad says, just in case I’m in the mood to pour my heart out. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Then,” said Poirot, “having placed my solution before you, I have the honour to retire from the case...” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, they would not in any case have lived much longer, for at their next stopping place, the Island of the Sun, the men acted with incredible folly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fly up the ladder—the chickens are outside—and dart into the storage space and through the hidden-door, moving the planks back into place just in case someone comes up after me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Take sickle-cell anemia as a case in point. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But Walter's case also taught me something else: that there is light within this darkness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One learns in prison that it is better to fight for general principles than to battle each individual case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Father brought the slender instrument home with him each night, in case Gabriel misbehaved. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's a case of run or die, so I cover the half mile to the library in record time. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I braced myself in case the news was really bad. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She just had to see it before it disappeared, maybe into one of Elinor’s display cases! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But he couldn't go visit them, in case the police were watching the apartment. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We had been contacted by a white man who seemed intensely interested in the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As he had hoped, the case demonstrated to many around the country the need for a national, more professional, scientifically skilled force. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Whatever the case, Akapana’s builders planned with a sense of drama. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We need to talk about that. You keep taking on charity cases, you’re gonna drive down the fair market value of my man’s brain.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“And that being the case, it should be no surprise that it does not understand the secret language. The skeleton key does not fit.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Fine, and—gravest of all—and this hasn’t been the case since Voldemort—Harry’s scar is hurting again. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

And at this point no case law has fully clarified whether you own or have the right to control your tissues. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I bought Abel a few cases of beer, drove back, and unloaded it for him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Since Claudette had been charged with breaking the city and state segregation laws, Gray hoped he could use the case to show they were unconstitutional. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“You’d be surprised at how many of us want justice in this case,” says Uncle Carlos. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The other item in the shoe box was Dad’s old Walkman cassette player and a cassette in its plastic case. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Looking like a case study for evolution’s rejects, we headed into the nursery. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In it there were sacks of flour, meal, com, sugar, salt, and cases of canned food. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

However, in this case, the police don’t have all the facts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped open—that way they do, to shock you—his little folded black leather case containing his identification. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at my shoes, in case my eye goes berserk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And now in my mind I stood upon the walk looking out across the hole past a Hooverville shanty of packing cases and bent tin signs, to a railroad yard that lay beyond. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, in that case—” Adam still carried one shoulder lower than the other from the old hurt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jack was mad at her for throwing her pencil case at Tyler. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She found that out herself, because she became involved in the case of a runaway slave who had been arrested and was to be tried. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In either case, it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arp points to other cases in which a galaxy with a small red shift is flanked by two quasars of large and almost identical red shift. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy in the red hat set down the case and fiddled with the strange wooden thing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you willing to let us handle your case?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case, I grab an umbrella and figure the back door is my best chance of escaping unseen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Jack’s fear was not typhus, since he had already had a light case, but starvation. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I promised to be at the zoo every Tuesday afternoon that summer, just in case she ever wanted to join me by the lions. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor had a blank expression on his face, and with a pencil he was poking holes in the tide page of his case file. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

There were soldiers stationed at every entrance just in case, but no one dared to even step close. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s a long shot, but I’d like to look around, just in case.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even though the music’s blaring from a laptop connected to some speakers, she’s over by the CD collection, thumbing through cases. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And Mother shouted, “This is my house, too, in case you’ve forgotten.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But in any case, remember, you have already learned a lot. More than many of the neighborhood girls. You can read and write. What more do you need to know?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In some cases, spiral arms form all by themselves in a galaxy that has already flattened to a disk. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This evening, officials will come around and check to see if this is the case. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

For some reason I thought them stupid and then found initially from parrots, mynah birds, crows, and ravens that they are indeed not only not ignorant and stupid but in many cases smarter than people. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Any diehards staying home should have an axe, in case they needed to chop through their attic to reach the roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In this case, that meant the two weeping willow trees and the mulberry growing against the front of the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This blatant disregard of the law outraged the packinghouse owners; future cases were removed to the court of another community where the law was better upheld. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gazing into the next case was an elderly man in a pale suit, who smelled sweet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” said Henry, “there should be no problem. Unless, of course, he gets stopped for drunk driving.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the driver, Michael, was a cheerful West Indian lad who took my case and made a fuss of sliding the front passenger seat forward for me. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Reggie Shaw by lottery, a random assignment of cases to one of the four judges in the district. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They should call the FBI in,” Nixon ordered, “and say that we wish for the country, don’t go any further into this case, period!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Such was the case with McMillan, who was offered a physics instructorship that summer, allowing him to turn down a competing offer from Princeton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And I hide the sheet inside my purple fleece and stuff it way under my bed where Dad can’t find it in case he changes his mind. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He traveled to Athens, sent there by Apollo to plead his case before Athena. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here are three I noticed in just a few days of reading: The senator plans to introduce legislation next week that fixes a critical flaw in the military’s handling of assault cases. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was memorizing his face, in case it turned out the girl had been abducted. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I got to my feet and gathered up my lute case, ready to head to class. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had never entertained on such a large scale before and, worried that there would not be enough to drink, ran out at one point to buy another case of champagne just in case. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I drop my trombone case in the middle of the living room. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Still, I had her letter in my desk drawer in case I ever needed proof a girl had actually dug me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The only thing I do right is to nestle the three silver pieces into the correct spaces in the velvet case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once more he brought his spectacles from his case. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I'll set it aside for the day in case they come back, sure—beyond that, it's not my problem. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I thought we’d use the microscope today,” he said, securing it in its case and nestling it in his haversack. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

This case, he was saying, happened on a razor’s edge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stuffed my spare clothes back in, shaking each piece first in case of snakes or centipedes, and slung the bag over my shoulder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of modern history, scholars cannot avoid taking into account non-material factors such as ideology and culture. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a case of Mercurian gravity and a steel throwing arm. Watch, will you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I blew it again and again, just in case the wind was blowing funny or something. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I thought back to all my files in all those boxes and what they had revealed to me about just how horribly my case had been handled. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The case bangs against my legs, through the doors. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We have also tried to interest other corporate investors in your case. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been preparing for a traditional legal career until he came down to work with us one summer and became fascinated by the issues that death penalty cases presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The what? “It’s all to do with bewitching things that are Muggle-made, you know, in case they end up back in a Muggle shop or house. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Isa hung back and studied the glass case even though she knew everything in it with her eyes closed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bergil was with him, and he also was downcast; for his father was to march leading a company of the Men of the City: he could not rejoin the Guard until his case was judged. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“A lot of good flying. After going off that carrier for a year, I figure I could land on a match box in case of an emergency.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A more special aspect that may not apply in all cases is that my files apparently are a tenement for assorted vermin. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take the case of Wilbur Storey, the owner of the Chicago Times newspaper. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was a case of too little, too late. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She took the nightdress from the case and held it before me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well put! Prettily pointed! Good indeed! Now Joseph, you know the case.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“One of those white wigs that British barristers plop on top of their heads when they are trying a case.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at God’s wondrous handiwork was a worthwhile avocation, and in some cases, vocation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “A garden fork,” in case he thought I meant a fork you eat your food with. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye now,” she called after them, “and good luck solving your case.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And there’d certainly been no instructions about how she should prepare herself in case she accidentally triggered the end of the universe. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

White sent Hoover a letter, asking if the filmmakers might want to talk to him about the case. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In the cases where the Supreme Court had previously granted relief under the Eighth Amendment, the number of sentences challenged usually totaled fewer than a hundred or so nationwide. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In some cases I have felt an explanation for the classification of a particular beast is necessary and have added footnotes accordingly. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I better get inside, in case he sees me,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis announces to everybody, in case we didn’t hear. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There are even pockets sewn into the skirt, a request the dressmaker was happy to oblige, and I’ve hidden Tom Sawyer in one just in case I find time to read some later. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I slip it into a privacy case, tuck it into the balloon's interior compartment, adjust the tiny golden compass, and send the palace-official post-balloon off the balcony. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Oppenheimer case did more than heighten the conflict between scientists and bureaucracy; it also caused a deep rift within the scientific community that would not be healed for years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“So what does that have to do with your friend and the losers on her case?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Human beings who ate infected beef also got the disease, although there were no human cases reported in the United States. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Not one word about your case!" he says firmly. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“In my case, the growth has often been here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

In that case, perhaps my message is rather redundant.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up a case and work with Madge, putting everything back neatly. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mom and I even learned a few words of Japanese just in case. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Ruth stopped talking and slowly turned back in her seat until she was facing the front again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’ll help, in any case, if we do start looking into things like restraining orders. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only in this case what had ended wasn’t a life but a livelihood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I have my back against the bricks of the building, in a narrow space between two windows, in case anyone inside happens to look out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had reached his sheep now; it lay ruminating, its alert eyes fixed on him in case he had brought any rolled oats with him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although a reasonable first step in many cases, scaling quantities up or down proportionally is often invalid, as more mundane examples also demonstrate. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty cases represented about 10 percent of all active TB cases in the slum, about ten times more than might have been expected. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A plate that you would display proudly on the back wall of a trophy case. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always upbeat and encouraging when I met with him, but I was increasingly desperate to find a way to get his case overturned. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"We have to brace ourselves for the worst, Mom. In case Eden . . ." Mom's voice is firm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In my case, the excitement centred around my new tricycle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sits in the dark, runs his hands over the brown plastic casing. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Great plan, Noah. Except, how about you tell her? I’ll be hiding in the closet, in case she goes ballistic.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Together they made a waterproof bag for the alethiometer that she could wear around her waist, in case she fell in the sea, she said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"So how long will we have to wait? Mama and Baba are in intensive care, in case you've forgotten." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nearly all criminal cases are resolved through plea bargaining—a guilty plea by the defendant in exchange for some form of leniency by the prosecutor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tell, rather than write, because I have nothing to write with and writing is in any case forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not selling. See? I don’t even have my case with me.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Kirby said his involvement in the case had nothing to do with race, or wanting to get Carter or the Dallas school district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They may keep him alive, in case they want to squeeze more information out of me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My mom kept insisting that they take a statement and open a case, and they actually refused—they refused to write up a charge sheet. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Such letters had an extra advantage: The writer could include false information in case Americans intercepted the letter. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were furnished with gas lamps instead of electric lights, and multiple families shared toilets located in hallways or even, in some cases, in backyards. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In any case, no one in Marina’s aviation regiments would be doing any fighting until their training was finished. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Along the walls, glass cases displayed crystal balls, geodes, macrame dream catchers, and a bunch of other strange stuff. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I looked closely to see who it was, one hand close enough to the kitchen knives to pull one easily, just in case. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Most striking here is the case of Newton, who, after he had made and published his great discoveries in the Principia, began to suspect that they were not new but merely rediscoveries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Counterfactual, by the way, need not mean outlandish— one can say If she were half an inch taller, that dress would be perfect—it just means “known to be not the case.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Neither had we heard any news of Nick, but in his case no one cared much. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She started up yet again, saying every line of “We Real Cool” as loud as she could, in case Cecile hadn’t heard her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, they now had so great a dislike for that hollow place about the stone that no thought of remaining there was in their minds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That was all she’d brought with her — and that was if she could find her overnight case. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Short-cropped salt- and-pepper hair, glasses, he was a patient, almost invisible arbiter of justice with an occasional strained pitch in his voice to punctuate the frustrations this case had inspired in him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was littered with empty cartridge cases dropped by hunters who had dealt out death in this silent place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Quite a few of those families occupy large contiguous areas—in the case of Indo-European, the area encompassing most of Europe east through much of western Asia to India. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She set out her case for “a new code of laws.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I have to get up to use the tin can under my bed, which, to be on the safe side, has a rubber mat underneath in case of leaks. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In any case, I did not look up from my reading, and a few moments passed during which I waited for Miss Kenton to excuse herself and leave. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In case of attack by an inmate—or any violent situation we could not control—we were to pull the pin out of the top of our radio by tugging on the lanyard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honey,” she says, “honey. We have got to find a clinic for you. A vuvv clinic. Sometimes they take cases on as charity.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even while they were training, they were on alert in case of nighttime attacks by the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The person’s probably thinking the exact opposite of what they’re saying but says something nice in case Jesus is listening in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I try not to meet her eyes in case she decides it would be fun to turn me into stone, Medusa-style, but Mama just waves thanks and keeps on driving. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I won’t have this namby-pamby, wishy-washy nonsense about not hitting people who deserve it. A good thrashing is what’s needed in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. Have you been beaten often?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In one case, the scores on tests where cheating was possible were 50 percent higher, on average, than the “honest” scores. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a bag and the guitar case. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In case we needed any further reminding, we’re really on our own. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because Marina Raskova was at least five years older than most of them, and in some cases ten years older, they thought of her as a teacher and an authority. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I always had a supply of bananas ready in case the chimps arrived. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cari hesitated a moment longer, waiting in case Naomi might respond to her challenge. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had wanted them to keep appealing my case. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In 1932, the bureau began working with the radio program The Lucky Strike Hour to dramatize its cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Root said I should take a weapon on this one. Just in case.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

These included a handful of cases where two messages had been sent on the same day with the same machine settings. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t stop seeing those bodies, the angry red flesh peeking through their burnt black casings like banked coals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She sniffed, a clear case of sour grapes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You could have died after peace had been declared. But, in any case, you were going to die.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case there was any question, across the front of the plastic in big, black letters, it was labeled “Boxer Shorts. Size X-Small.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Because of the loss of a year’s eligibility, most major colleges didn’t like Prop 48 cases and tried to avoid them, with rare exceptions. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” she said firmly, “Lady Constance will have to come out to the barn and view the situation for herself.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In case of error they can’t be uploaded like the whole Boston curriculum—there are no spares in case one is lost. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“My kid, here!” he yelled at the legion, in case anyone hadn’t heard. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He slid down until they got a healthy distance away, in case any of the faculty or students were about. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Based on what Papa said, I figured it meant “yes” in this case. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And if that really was the case, how could I ignore it? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was such a sad case of a brainwashed black Christian ready to do battle for the white man— who wants no part of him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. About that—I was thinking your brother could use some target practice. Just in case.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The case of Little Reuben occurred only twenty-three years after Cur Ford’s first T-Model was put on the market.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bought an oxygen tank in case a baby came out and couldn’t breathe, and she took a suturing class so she could stitch the women who tore. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I know that that is not the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of this custody case, with only a dead-end job, and after what she’d been through with the first. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On the stand, he went out of his way to implicate people who were not even mentioned in the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a young reporter, he went to many corners of the country, following a story or, in many cases, following a job. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then he folded the page into a pocket and dropped the heavy Bible on the cigarette case and gold coins, showing the crew the route they must take. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He is a 60-year-old New York judge and already looks bored with the case. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw his arms out like a hammy stage actor and began to strut around the case. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then she started whipping things at Sherm—pencil case, phone, binder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Although Bobby had received numerous requests to give a deposition, he continued to refuse, so the case was dragging on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Memory Charm may be performed by the owner of the beast in question, but in severe cases of Muggle notice, a team of trained Obliviators may be sent in by the Ministry of Magic. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

An interesting test case is provided by the revolutionary developments in art that took place in Florence early in the fifteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In any case, I am very glad I did so. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case, we might consider offering potential friends a lesser prize.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ask. But in that case...maybe your grandchildren could get some money.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Communities such as Frankford, Southwark, and the Northern Liberties trembled as cases appeared among them despite their efforts to keep it out. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But Ahmad was thinking beyond simple cases of attorneys and bail. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to fall asleep, in case she needs something. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I supposed it could have been buried in our fields, but if that was the case, there was no way I’d ever be able to find it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But annexed to it and preserved with it, probably in a single red case, were the three large volumes, bound in red leather, that Bilbo gave to him as a parting gift. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But we have had many, many such cases to come before the courts of Illinois. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Myers's bizarre accusations and testimony were the basis of the State's entire case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you involved in a criminal case,” Phil said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In this unusual case, Mormon officials needed to get more information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Father Mike proposed to her three times and in each case she refused, waiting for someone better to come along. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"No, Judge. That's not going to happen. These are the investigators who figured out this heinous crime, and we need them in court to present our case." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was frozen halfway up his stepladder, placing a new case of mousetraps next to a ceiling fan. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that sounds like my Miss Katherine, all right,” I say, going along with the act just in case anyone might be listening. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The Texas joke, on the other hand, is a revered institution, beloved and in many cases originating in Texas. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, I knew what I had to do. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Legally this was the case, because Ammu, as a daughter, had no claim to the property. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butler checked the porta-radar, muting the volume in case the equipment betrayed their position. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I believe that the last time I saw the sword of Gryffindor leave its case was when Professor Dumbledore used it to break open a ring.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I shrink in my seat, just in case the teacher decides to blow fire from his nostrils like a dragon. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I took the writing tablet, the case of pens and pencils and the bundle of rubles off my desk and placed them amongst the heap of items we had thrown into my case. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Anyway. Just in case I forgot to mention it. I love you. Did I get around to mentioning that?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

In any case, they can get married only after the war, since Bertus is in hiding, or at any rate has gone underground. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was nothing much else they could do, Rush said, after the three men left her bedchamber to discuss the case. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Fie took to sleeping at his friends’ houses occasionally just in case he was being followed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But in case I don’t wake up because of some complication, I shoot them one last text: Whatever happens to me, scatter me at Althea. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Richard puts an ember into a pan to take to Reverend Hunt in case his fire, too, has gone out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I put her smiling picture on the dressing table, then reached under her bed and pulled my sax case out again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The chief danger is that a policeman will notice your suspicious activities and arrest you—in which case it is quite difficult convincing your own authorities that you’re not working for the enemy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then, just in case I was wrong, I wrote a note explaining what had happened and that I would wait for her in Trebon for a day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But this case is not about whether Mr. Cruz is someone we would invite to a party or have as a friend. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, you had to go by the book, in case of a tribunal later on. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"In that case, I have a delightful palace in Valyria that I would dearly love to sell you," Littlefinger said with a mocking smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From the time I finished reading the file, I couldn't stop thinking about how tragic this case was—and my somber thoughts weren't interrupted until a small child was pushed into the visiting room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I lead him to a bench and open my viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In case someone were to wonder why he was so ignorant, he didn’t ask many questions. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chatham started the questioning by announcing to everyone, “This case has received wide publicity. The state is going to take every precaution to see that we have a fair and impartial jury.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A high-pitched, gold clock in a glass case ticked very fast on the mantelpiece. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The disconcerting lessons of heliocentrism, of evolutionary theory, and of relativity and quantum theory are frequently cited cases in point. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Neatly folded on the top of the case was a thin scarlet silk kimono embroidered with dragons. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a piece of wax paper and used it to grab three chocolate croissants from the glass case. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This is a case where it’s better to round off the word. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she added that Shoshana, her four-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, wanted to know if my parents had a VCR so she could watch Pinocchio, just in case she got bored. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is the case for most teams in the 12U division of the Dixie Youth Softball Association. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They are being saved only in case they could help me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I pushed a chair against the doorknob in case those maniacs came for us themselves and pulled the bags out of the walk-in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In any case, the new calendar languished for years. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Mathematics is even being used in the courtroom. With enough data from similar cases, a verdict can be determined with amazing accuracy. Maybe lawyers will eventually be obsolete.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In these cases, race had been an embellishment, a façade tacked onto a superstructure of class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Its latches popped, and very slowly, the case began to open. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“In any case. Maybe not the best time to be granting wishes, is my point.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Both times the courts had dismissed the case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a keg and a couple of cases of beer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, we know only the tantalizing titles of the works that were destroyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pima sent stuff, case I found you. Case you needed help.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This case also attracted a large crowd — not to see me, but to find out whether the white man’s laws could be applied to a sangoma. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but I keep him in my closet in case I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep,” I said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The lawyers stopped conferring, the prosecutors awaiting other cases paid attention, and family members ceased their chatter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s such a politically charged topic that even sympathetic pieces about people on death row usually triggered a local backlash that created more problems for the client and the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I told the congregation that Walter’s case had taught me that the death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted it from the fitted case and held it in his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then back some more as a spoon stops swinging and a thermometer goes back into its velvet case. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But in case that doesn’t work, I have a new pack of Clorox wipes and some extra hand sanitizer in my bag. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “There is virtually no case law whatsoever in the entire United States that has addressed it. The technology is just too new.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

From the trunk of the car Wednesday brought out the metal case and a clipboard, and a pair of handcuffs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I turned to see what he was looking at and saw my lute case, empty. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He went over to his case—a Nike sports bag—and examined it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went calmly forward, holding the heavy case but moving with a certain new sense of self, and with it a feeling almost of relief, almost of a sigh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Jimmy’s case—he was the strongest of us all. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there any objection to these men serving as jurors in this case?” the coroner asked of the entire room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“In case you forgot,” said Mr. Lemoncello, “Extreme Challenges are extremely challenging and sometimes extremely dangerous.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He set this equipment on his desk and lifted his binoculars from off a peg beside the gun case. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because most of these cases had never been investigated, it was impossible to determine precisely how many of the deaths were suspicious, let alone who might be responsible for any foul play. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Ainsley plows up the steps, looking for someone else to bulldoze with her cello case. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The girls would scout and case in wealthy neighborhoods. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted the gun from the case and held it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My trip to Chicago to plead his case took on greater significance than ever. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop it into her case and say softly, “Thank you.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then she said the police were visiting us again and we should go downstairs, in case they wanted to ask us anything. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We like the direction the case is going. Based on my conversations with your uncle, I think your parents might have had an inkling about which of you was out to get them,” said Caputo. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In any case, I recall things reaching something of a climax one grey and drizzly afternoon when I was in the billiard room attending to Lord Darlington's sporting trophies. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A freedom fighter must take every opportunity to make his case to the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, discussion at the Solvay would turn not on predictions of the future but on results nearer at hand. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In one particularly cruel case, Klansmen shot a black woman and her five children, finishing off one of the children by stomping him to death. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leap past yawning bomb craters and snarls of rusted steel, over spent bullets and shell casings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept the stories in a stack under my bed, keeping them just in case, though I doubted Baba would ever again ask me to read them to him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It sat in its case under her bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I crept into the hut, leaving the blanket hanging over the door in case somebody should walk by, and knelt down by the bed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m afraid that in this case, apologies are not enough.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Ah, maybe later,” she says, wandering over to a case at eye level that has a necklace in it with a jewel the size of a Ping-Pong ball. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It said what Jaden was talking about before, how current resident sentences would all go full term from now on, and in some cases they could even be extended for consistent misbehavior. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Briefcase? Oh, that’s my sax case. I set it down for a second.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of good times, and in our case, just as many bad times. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The cases had perforations, evidently to allow the creatures inside to breathe, but Kendra was unable to see into them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Supposing Bull Sparra took the belt and sword case with him? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In any case, she refused to take the drug test and signed a paper for the termination of her parental rights to me instead. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And he is “taking personal charge of the case.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, one day out of the blue, she blurted, “Okay, I’ll marry you,” and I thought, Did I ask? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Eventually we exhausted options provided by the state of Florida in Joe Sullivan's case and filed an appeal in the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The cases have names like Jewels from Space, Building Planets, and Origins of the Solar System. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But if that turns out to be the case, she can always drop him with no social repercussions. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“We need to go help Daddy protect the store! In case looters show up.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

This was once the case, but now there is no crew, no unseen stagehands moving bits of scenery to their proper places. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We now had a paralegal on staff, so we brought her into the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pull back my shoulders just in case. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But in this case you’re asking me to bend the rules. And I’m not about to. You may think it’s the right thing to do, but I do not.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard cranked the handle of a telephone, and under a minute later a fresh-faced young priest came hastening into the gatehouse, wiping his palms on his robe in case she wanted to shake hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even the five-and-dime, which isn't segregated now but where a woman is paid, my grandmother says, to follow colored people around in case they try to steal something. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When a case got really out of hand he phoned a local doctor and sometimes one came if it seemed to be an emergency. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should have the blow darts ready just in case, but the idea is to follow, not fight,” said Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have notion the first what a bear-fighting dog would look like so I hoped five stones would be enough in case me and it had a disagreement. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In cases of ambiguous gender, you looked at the gonadal tissue under the microscope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I hear you’ve contracted a serious case of the friendship flu.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Humbaba had the worst case of irritable bowel syndrome known to medical science. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In that case, she will lose her job, because of the cold, hard proof that she wasn’t really checking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Israel’s result dealt with the case of black holes formed from non-rotating bodies only. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small revolver Vic has smuggled in for him—just in case—is wrapped snugly in an extra shirt, a dark colored shirt, and a dark colored pair of pants for escaping at night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She produced an oblong cake of soap in a black case, a hydrating mask, a vial of cell renewal drops, and two tubes of face cream. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I always save something for later, case I need it. She locks up the refrigerator between meals.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He forced the tip of the shovel between the dirt and the top of the metal case and tried to wedge it free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“We need a lot of help, in case you hadn’t noticed, Rishi. The talent show’s not that far away.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I hardly think she will confess to showing humans the Book. In any case, I mixed a slight amnesiac into her second injection. When she finally wakes up, the last week will be a blur.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

In this instance, the authorities were willing to call in an outside magistrate because they knew they had an open- and-shut case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I’ve written you many times before, moods have a tendency to affect us quite a bit here, and in my case it’s been getting worse lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The case was embarrassingly closed, it having become clear that the Soviets, stunned at the probable loss of “their” title, were searching for an alibi, one that would sully Bobby’s achievement. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The study conducted for that case revealed that offenders in Georgia were eleven times more likely to get the death penalty if the victim was white than if the victim was black. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the second half of the twentieth century this was certainly not the case for premieres of new operas or symphonies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In any case—did the Roman gods, the gods of her family, want such baubles? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the case of the French curés, the crucial story was that of Christ’s life and death as told by the Catholic Church. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

From now on, it’ll be your job to make sure there’s always an extra set of bedding, just in case. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I took my trumpet out of its case, wiped it, and began playing scales. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were despondent, and argued their case to their mother. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Plus, it's pretty much her job as a case worker to know stuff about different kinds of syndromes and stuff like that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She thought, It had better be put upstairs, in case of a flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was gentle soap in the sample case already so she could bathe him in the kitchen right away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had also recently argued successfully before the Supreme Court in the Thorpe case. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them suspended motionless above me, then two floating off, first their heads, then the tips of their finlike fingers, moving dreamily from the top of the case. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Intercom allows calling for help in case of a health alert. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He shoves two fingers down Lincoln’s throat and presses down on the back of the tongue, just in case food or drink is lodged in the esophagus. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know that. In any case, I am the fortunate owner of a book he printed with his own hands in the year 1503.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And in that case Nikhil will live on, publicly celebrated, unlike Gogol, purposely hidden, legally diminished, now all but lost. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guys smoke joints with the windows cracked and the fan on high to diffuse the smell in case we get pulled over. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Piper wanted to think he was happy and content right now ... in case they failed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ll not try my case in the newspapers, but in the courts of this county.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In any case those were my convictions, and back in college I had taken a modest stand against the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years the State of California has reported an average of more than 200 cases of accidental parathion poisoning annually. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It dawned on Ishmael, in the coast guard record room, that perhaps something pertinent to Kabuo’s case could be found right here among these files. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had made the case to her mother in her head, over and over again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The dog had his head buried in the display case and was licking an enormous white cake. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was clear that Chapman had looked more deeply into the case than he had initially claimed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You see now how the case stands—do you not?” he continued. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry put the leather case aside and picked up his last parcel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In many parts of the world the fatality rate from parathion is startling: 100 fatal cases in India and 67 in Syria in 1958, and an average of 336 deaths per year in Japan. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They had decided to be as brief and cryptic as possible, in case an unseen Executive spied the signals. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her violin case kept bumping him, and he began to walk a few steps ahead of her. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried the home phone, in case the water had miraculously dropped below the phone box and the wiring was undamaged. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And that would be the end of this case. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was nasal, garrulous, W. C. Fields with a bad case of Long Island lockjaw. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Impervious to fire, I think—or perhaps water. Yes, they never sink in water, like fluffy little lifejackets. Or maybe—oh, I don’t know, they’re warm in any case!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Pretending to be him, I took my vesta case from my pocket, clunky and unfashionable compared to the slim brass one Yakov had worn suspended from his watch chain. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I want to ask what happened to the last counselor, but don’t in case it’s not a pretty story. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A case was seldom solved by “fancy theories”; he put his faith in facts—“sweated for and sworn to.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was often a case of a lone man against a pack of cunning devils.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The first words that entered this case, ’I want the boy from Chicago who did the talking at Money,’ were dripping with the blood of Emmett Till. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Harry — I cant say everything I would like to in a letter, it’s too risky in case the owl is intercepted — we need to talk face-to-face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We were working with the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, and their lawyer Carol Kolinchak had agreed to be our local counsel in all of the Louisiana cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And at the Merits Hearing the judge denies your case and your father accepts the Voluntary Removal.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Whichever the case, they were not a totally alien species, connected as they were even to royalty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a hard time believing that. Even if that was the case, you weren’t trying to make it so I couldn’t move. Were you?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In any case they are boys, not men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was to call the neighbors in case of an emergency, and to let himself into the beach house after school. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In other cases, he would say, “It will be a few minutes before they’re ready for you, but you might as well head over now.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I knew this wasn’t the case. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I said we also required a room that was quiet and well lit so that we could prepare for our case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, he’s a nice boy, and you have no idea how good it is to talk to him! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed, from the outside, like a perfectly straightforward case of instant attraction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In any case, what were we going to eat? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They only can leave their cells in an emergency, and in that case you’ve got to have a supervisor standing there.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like his colleagues, Seaborg never forgot where he was the moment he first heard about fission: in his case, at Lawrence’s Monday Journal Club. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The justices voted to hear the case right away. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In each case, the dreaded clicker sounded after a minute or two, before the contestant had reached the middle of the aria. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Your mom tucked an extra blouse in your bag, just in case. Catherine knows what to do.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The nurse shut the lid of the overnight case with a little snap. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I made you a mix,” she says, handing me a CD in a clear plastic case. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In any case, he proceeded to answer her question. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My sisters all seemed determined to fly, or in Rachel’s case, to ascend to heaven directly through a superior mind-set, but my way was slowly and surely to walk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father did, in any case, rapidly discover a way to circumvent the limitations on his effectiveness implied by the stricture that he should carry no laden trays. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Success would depend on putting the right case in front of the right judges in the right courtroom. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Seanie kind of whispered, glancing around, “we smuggled you some food, just in case you were.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But publicity generated by the case alerted the world’s reinsurance industry to avoid North Korea, and fraud wound down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“At least in my case. I’m also a king.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But the manufacturer had the legal right to appeal and the case was accordingly reviewed by a committee. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But in that case the men inside the wooden horse would surely die. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as had been the case so many times before, our naval bombardment and air assaults hadn’t been very effective in knocking out the coastal defenses. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But in this case, I think he’s saying I’m still dressed as the private Ashley, not the public one. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

You could not invariably assume this to be the case when people were arrested. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

An outburst of horrendous behavior would certainly help her argue that case to Lord Fredrick. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“We’ll need to have ourselves a second line in case they get through,” said the innkeeper. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also, she wanted to do something known in the crime industry as “casing the joint.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The snow in the dark, it plays tricks on your eyes....But perhaps we ought to Disapparate under the Invisibility Cloak, just in case?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jazz was peeking out from behind my father, who was standing on the first step, ready to protect my mom just in case something went down. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Doug P. made up a bunch of stuff about horses in case you didn’t figure it out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He believed that the case of the theft, all that interested him at the moment, was ‘dead open and shut against the boy.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is running wild, which wasn’t the case when we first met. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to contact Liddy to see how things were going, but the walkie-talkies were to be used only in case of emergency. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Before I left the abbey with the king, I instructed one of the monks to listen behind a door at the side of the refectory, in case Michelangelo and the children revealed some treachery. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In any case, they were too far away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had done what her ex-boyfriend had done but the difference, in this case, was love. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Leaping for his knapsack, he ripped out his cartridge case and powder, loaded his gun, and thrust on his bayonet. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hoover needed White—one of his few experienced agents, one of the Cowboys—to resolve the case of the Osage murders and thereby protect Hoover’s job. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We wore harnesses in case we fell, and there were mats on the floor of the gym. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then, in the worst case of bad timing imaginable, a Scoreboard alert flashed on my display, just a few seconds after I began to play through the final screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Karl Johnson has since left the C.D.C., and he now spends a great deal of his time fly-fishing for A single Ebola-virus particle with a pronounced “shepherd’s crook”—in this case, a tangled double crook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let the pencil case hit him, but he ducked the phone and the binder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“In any case, please keep your voice down. We are in church, after all.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“These are his varsity letters. This is his cigarette case from when he used to smoke. Here’s his Purple Heart.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, we will find that Eratosthenes was prescient in his thinking; in others, that he was sloppy or mistaken, but that his errors had the fortuitous effect of canceling each other out. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Phil was easy, but Gay was always on my case when it came to food. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dobrynya recapped the case, stroked a thick finger down the hawk’s back, and said, “I’ll keep him here, so you can write a letter back. Hopefully he’ll return to where he came from.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Them the only reasons you can think of? she ast Well, sometime it might be a case of being undernourish, I say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only time a body was buried in its clothes was in the case of murder, to evoke God’s vengeance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hugged my brief case, backing away, and ran . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to learn fast, however, and soon—within days and even hours, in some cases—small birds were hitting small cars and larger birds were hitting the trucks and larger vehicles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The grindstone, pestle and mortar were too heavy to take; in any case my daughter-in-law would be providing these. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped down from the bed and pulled the guitar case and bag out from under it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, blacks have forged alliances with whites and Latinos to elect black mayors, senators, and congressmen. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“No, not everywhere. There have been a few cases of it reported in other countries, but here in America...” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So the trumpet case was hidden inside a huge urn and Jamie’s book bag was neatly tucked behind a drape that was behind a statue from the Middle Ages. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to feel that something more than a national trophy case was needed if I was to be truly free, and for that I have the history department of Howard University to thank. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She was anxious to leave the campsite behind her as quickly as possible, in case they came back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In some cases, clients had already been in prison for decades and had very few, if any, support systems to help them re-enter society. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

Just in case something happened again, and I couldn’t help the others? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Just in case you’re not fully healed yet. Can you stand?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were sure to be new fever cases until summer’s grip was well and truly broken. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In watching thousands of match races, he learned that in most cases the horse who broke from the start fastest would win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This case, said the judge, raised serious issues, issues he would have liked to present to a jury. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I am so glad I have type-written out my own journal, so that, in case he asks about Lucy, I can hand it to him; it will save much questioning. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The robots were on the lowest sublevel—all six of them surrounded by musty packing cases of uncertain content. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Such was the case on that particular morning when Reynie’s life had so suddenly taken a turn. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I always roll with a empty briefcase. In case I gotta leave it somewhere.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

So Lily gave me what I needed, including a little pill in case I got cramps, which I’d heard could be so bad, they could make you faint. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They seldom stayed long enough to make friends anywhere, and in the few cases where they had, they’d moved on with no forwarding address and lost contact. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Which, in fact, was pretty much the case. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I opened the door to the pantry, just in case, but there was only food. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gestured at the lute case that lay at my side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

However, as we shall see, complications arise in many cases where the same plant or animal was domesticated independently at several different sites. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Union lawyers argued to free Fannie and the men, but they lost the case. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a saxophone in an open case, looking dull against the black velvet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it just me, or does this sound like an unfortunate case of unrequited love?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But in my case of sacrificial effort I was thwarted. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Euergetes acted decisively, defeating the dissidents and importing vast amounts of grain to feed the people. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The head was in a stout leather case that had a brass-riveted belt loop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was certain that the man had been in the doorway, a man with a brief case who had looked in and given no definite sign that he had seen me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In theory, in 19 out of 20 cases, the overall results will differ by no more than 3 percentage points in either direction from what would have been obtained by seeking out all American adults. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They “load up” defendants with charges that carry extremely harsh sentences in order to force them to plead guilty to lesser offenses and—here’s the kicker—to obtain testimony for a related case. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And I still carried the spyglass in my pocket, mostly out of habit, partly to be ready in case the wider world decided to show me something new. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They could have been installed years ago, in case of robberies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was put in a special carrying case made of cowhide and bamboo and placed on top of a donkey. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his daily report, he said that he’d spent hours with Mathis and Sheriff Freas, whose trial was still pending, pursuing this “clue that seems to be a lead on the case.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland went to the filing case in his bedroom where he kept notes on all of his patients. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Professor Black,” said Hermione, “couldn’t you just tell us, please, when was the last time the sword was taken out of its case? Before Ginny took it out, I mean?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I caught cold in the hospital from a fighter pilot and came down with a very serious case of pneumonia. “I’m very sorry,” Major Major said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My face heats up like I have the worst case of sunburn. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was no case law cited in the entire order: Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and order a dozen cases of whatever that brandy was that Ethan brought. Marvelous stuff, that.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember hearing of the Armstrong kidnapping case?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In any case, you’re the one who made me a cat.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“This is the worst yet,” Inigo said, and then he jumped back, because behind a pale glass case, a blood eagle was actually eating what looked like an arm. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, Henry Selden reflected on the meaning of the case. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We descend, sardines in a can, dark metal casing surrounding us for several floors. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only two of those cases mentioned the people those cells came from: the first, in 1976, involved ownership of an important human-fetal-cell line. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The justice locked away in his office the little evidence that he’d gathered, in case more information emerged. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Octavian stood in front with a knife and a Beanie Baby lion, just in case anyone needed to consult the god of cutesy collectibles. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Which is what he always said, so I don’t know why in this case it started me simmering. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And to bolster his case: “He’s a subscriber.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” she says, “I’ll be Sarah. You be Jack. Boomer, you get to be the hobgoblin king.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Holly became the LEP’s foremost expert in the Artemis Fowl cases, and was invaluable in the fight against the People’s most feared enemy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“But in your grandpa’s case, because he is bilingual, he has lost his ability to speak English and has reverted to his mother tongue, as it is probably easiest.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Also refers to someone else, and in this case, someone else is Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Might have taken three flints in this case.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Wah-Ti-An-Kah said that he was not ashamed of his body, and after he and the delegation pressed their case, the commissioner agreed to end the ration policy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She’s in charge of the hospital laundry and claims I’m a hopeless case where white is concerned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

White and the prosecutors had no choice but to initiate the state case in Pawhuska, the Osage County seat and a Hale stronghold. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I went on browsing around the back of the shop while the old guy searched around for the tape to go with the case. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that was the case, a student asked, why was the war still going on? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her case was still being appealed, and they wanted the new federal lawsuit to be independent of any existing criminal case. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In any case, Shin’s presence did not seem to interest them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But all of us in this room have had many murder cases assigned to us in the last several months. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many people felt life would change overnight after a free and democratic election, but that would be far from the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And, yes, he was old when I knew him, in case you're wondering." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The trophy case, because next she’s smacked with the memory of walking with Will through his school. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I have already mentioned our rhinoceros-and-goat herd, and the case of circus lions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you want to be around just in case it does?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Normally, a case that is sub judice cannot be commented upon in public or in the press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Fredrick Ashton was newly married in any case, and she had no inkling what his complexion might be. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In that case, the less said, the better. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, too afraid to say anything, just in case she changed her mind. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Washington's district attorney, George Corkhill, wasn't ready to take the case before the grand jury. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dany did not think that he would miss her, but just in case she instructed her handmaids to tell him that she was answering a call of nature, should he inquire after her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

During this time I help tend to Gale, apply snow coat to my cheek, try to remember everything I can about the uprising in District 8, in case it will help us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The really remarkable cases are those of prospective discovery, since they straightforwardly refute the claim that all discoveries are necessarily retrospective constructions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She held up a case of white pencils from Disneyland with the tiny fairy painted on each pencil. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bruno Latour is a bold—even sometimes a rash—thinker, never afraid to push an argument too far; but in this case I think he does not push his argument far enough. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, I put on my backpack and lift up the trombone case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In that case, the more distant the galaxy, the earlier in its history we are observing it, and the more likely it is that we should see it as a quasar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will thank you to keep silent. What is your opinion of the case, Dr. Bulkeley?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

This was about the facts, and the case, and the law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever I had a case outside Johannesburg, I applied to have my bans temporarily lifted, and this was often granted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She polished her violin, placing it tenderly back in its case with the white cloth over its neck. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Neither Elizebeth nor her team was fluent in Chinese, but Elizebeth had learned some basic characters while breaking another drug case earlier that year. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I only wanted a few good French friends in Bayonne to make me welcome in case I should come back there again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“A week? You've got to be joking. For a Rule 32 hearing? The trial in this case only lasted a day and a half.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, you should see the other guy, as they say. Or in this case the pavement along Highway 5.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was looking for a battered green leather writing case. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I thought my case was pretty simple. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

In both cases the existence of the void implies the existence of the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll get up and heat some water in case you need it.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know of anyone connected with the Armstrong case who answers to that description—small, dark, womanish voice?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep them in your backpack in case you need a smile. Or something to barter with.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Sure, Dad,” he'd be able to say, "here's yer money. I kept it on me in case the pigs raided our house, like.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the case of money, the subjects were asked if they would prefer to take a small amount of money, say, $5, versus waiting a period of time to get more money, say, $100. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I told her about the BCMA, just in case she hadn’t heard about it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And now there’s no evidence left to link any other person to the kidnapping. As they say, This case is closed.’ Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The children started to get a whopping case of sunburn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped away from him, balanced on the balls of her feet in case he threw his knife. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lazear’s early attempts to show that mosquitoes could transmit the disease from a sick person to a healthy one failed in all but one case. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In that case, yes, I do want to be like an impolite white person, but I just shut my mouth because it’s not worth arguing about. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or, in the case of our barren wasteland of a refrigerator, three-quarters of a thing of yogurt and half of a microwave bean burrito. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly a case of it in a sitting. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

To the student of broad historical patterns, though, it makes no difference what the specific reasons were in each of those cases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is probably the case of your lives, so I want you to concentrate very hard. Understood?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Had it worked out so he brought up one case a day to keep the government happy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are many cases in which one twin is killed in childhood, in a riding accident, say, or is struck by lightning, while the other lives to a prosperous old age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Specialists from the world over are familiar with my case." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In one hand he carried a heavy rock, just in case he encountered one of the poisonous moccasins. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept their voices down, just in case, but they sang eagerly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant I'd have to dance her part or, in this case, say her part if her eyes bugged out and her mouth didn’t open. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The State's lawyer argued that this was a routine capital murder case and that the death penalty had been appropriately imposed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I wish I knew where all these pretty things would go when Aunt March dies,” she said, as she slowly replaced the shining rosary and shut the jewel cases one by one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See how big they are? Their match cases? See them? Do you see that boys? Grenadiers.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the justices of the Supreme Court rendered their judgment in the case of Bakke u University of California. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking home to Euclid Avenue in the evenings, I carried my house key wedged between two knuckles and pointed outward, in case I needed it to defend myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Two cases were on record of men having been accidentally electrocuted and then revived by physicians, after several hours’ work. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I approached her cautiously in case Viola had told her of my apparently shameful public experiment, but there was no special alarm in her eyes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He’d pulled his hair forward so that no one could see the purple bruise on his forehead from where he’d hit his head against the metal frame of the Barbie display case. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A dust-coated counter splits the room, backed by dozens of glass display cases and another, narrower door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Soviet players were subsidized by their government and in many cases given dachas as retreats where they could study and train for matches. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because if that was the case, he would have encouraged me to fill my cup all the way. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to say. Pretty nearly everyone to do with that case is dead.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case we see a certain subway musician, I pull a dollar from the bottom of my piggy bank. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In that case, the beginning of time would be a regular, smooth point of space-time and the universe would have begun its expansion in a very smooth and ordered state. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The State doesn’t bear the burden of presenting a case in these proceedings, Your Honor; we do. This isn't a criminal trial but a postconviction evidentiary hearing." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I planted my feet in case the ball suddenly came my way. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The prosecution appealed Clary’s case to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed Judge Cahill in a unanimous opinion, finding that the case was not even close. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The trombone is heavy, and the case bangs against my legs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

What Priddy needed was a blanket legal order that would authorize him to sterilize a woman on explicitly eugenic grounds; one such test case would set the standard for a thousand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jared: Well, maybe if more people were like Manny’s parents, that wouldn’t be the case. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Penkovsky went to trial, the KGB had assembled an airtight case, complete with pictures of him working with stolen military files. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“In any case, it’s good that you’ve learned that everything in life has its price. This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep personal pride in having had something to do with that—at least in some cases, years before. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that the dragon in this case was a battalion of ghosts whom no sword could harm, and he didn’t have a sword anyway. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess I wouldn’t mind if a deputy kind of hung around here for a while, just in case.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Joshua Carter and Robert Caston were the first two cases we decided to litigate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He liked the way she held on to the case, but didn’t struggle with it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I keep hold of the goblet in case he blacks out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lily rolled shirts and pants and skirts into tight tubes and placed them back into her largest case. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Selden supported female suffrage and never charged Anthony for the time he spent working on her case. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

—The judge did what he thought was best in your case, Andy. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the hearing, the presiding judge criticized the conduct of the magistrate and ordered that a different magistrate must hear the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don’t know this for sure, but that’s what it feels like, so I do what he says just in case. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor retorted that chance already had a lot of misdeeds on its conscience in this case. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Often in these cases you might find some cough medicine missing, or some attempt to open a restricted-drugs case. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sonix was generally used on canines, but in this case it might provide a moment’s distraction. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, simplify, simplify, simplify, and look for the clause—in this case it’s who owed him money. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up taking on almost one hundred new cases following the court's ban on life imprisonment without parole for kids convicted of non-homicide offenses. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sat there, my fist that gripped the brief case bruising against the street, my head slumped forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back, half a dozen officers were waiting on my center gate—impatient, in a couple of cases, to the point of anger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Mrs. Roach suddenly stopped squinting, turned the right way up, and said, “Oh, doctor, dear doctor, I feel I could eat a little lob-worm now.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Provided I was right about the pencil case coming from a Sale, all I had to do was bluff. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Extra white blouse, just in case,” Mom says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Genie could tell he was keeping an ear out for Tess, just in case she decided to come up the hill, so he could make it back into the house before she saw him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But he knew he was wrong to think this way, and it was unproductive in any case. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I hand him the license and my school ID in case he might take pity on the fact that I’m still in school. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We had no prior involvement in Mr. Dill's case, which meant getting up to speed in the thirty days before his scheduled execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Widget asks often if the eight years counts if it is a combined total, in which case they already meet the criteria. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and wrenched open a drawer at the bottom of the case. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was not tall enough to see over the case, so she went to the end of the counter and looked at the little girl. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the deliveries the next Saturday, I decided to see if the Marysville Free Public Library had a back door, in case someone with a twisted criminal mind was waiting for me out front. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tape case read: When you run into yourself, you run into feelings you never thought you had. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the first case, you fear setting the price too low; in the second, you fear setting it too high. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He handcuffed the case to his left wrist. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter, Mr. Paul kept an ice chest full of soda, and on the right side of the display case he kept a cooler filled with ice cream bars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Hermione in a choked voice, taking her things and turning away quickly to hide the fact that she was wiping her eyes on her pencil case. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In each case he worked without a fee. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He came to a stop at Grand after moving over to the left-turn lane, and he felt his phone vibrate in its protective case on his shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Chris has written so much about you. I'm sorry I'm such a poor correspondent, Chris; I found myself in a tangle of cases this past month." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left Martinez's near my bunk, in case I needed a suit in a hurry. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instrument closet door is open, and I can see all the cases on the shelves. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

That I was involved in the cases of teens who'd committed violent crimes was itself ironic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, just in case, here’s my name and address,” he said, handing her a card. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The case file mishap wasn’t just a problem for Jasmine. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If you play a triad, for example G, comprising the notes G-B-D, you can make it vulnerable to change by adding the ‘seventh’ note to it, in this case F: G-B-D-F. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As a result, critical information, including entire case files, was often lost. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Conant had no choice but to take the case to court. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I know how frustrating it is to see something differently from someone else, or in my case, everyone else, and I feel sorry for her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Plus, now that I've gotten older, I just want to make sure I'm near her in case I gotta protect her. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Tell Scout I came down with a sudden case of the chicken pox. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had lost Cully, or he would not have lost himself, and probably the sticks would not have lighted in any case. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And despite her misgivings about the religious ramifications, Emma not only agreed she would publish this draft in case of his sudden death, she also helped him make it better. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lived in Atlanta, Georgia, but I had been admitted to the Alabama bar a year earlier after working on some cases in Alabama concerning jail and prison conditions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In 1896, the Supreme Court heard his case, but they ruled eight to one that the separate-but-equal doctrine was not in violation of his constitutional rights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So what if she’d fibbed a little about her pencil case? Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, so in this case soon meant two days, but I would have said anything to get out of that car. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I was more concerned about what was happening in the Mosses’ criminal case. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But Toni Morrison’s is not an adjective, like red or beautiful; it’s a noun phrase in genitive case. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But it is clear at the keyboard that in each case there is no note in between them. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone always makes this assumption, but in my case it didn't pan out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We took the flowers and dropped two nickels and five pennies in Poncho Man’s guitar case. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept ‘ ‘cased’ ’ in my head vulnerable places and situations and I would perform the next job only when my bankroll in my pocket began to get too low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably in case I see his equerry putting his batteries back in,” Alex says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As we have seen, this is not the case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When Agnew heard Bliss imply that Garfield would be cured, he told a friend privately that he long believed the case was hopeless. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

I put my lute back in its case before I made my way over to the lip of the roof and looked down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s the only reason? You didn’t have some sort of personal stake in this case?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In our case, it’s more that the dragon got eaten by the princess,” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mulch recognized it as his arresting officer from the Renaissance Masters smuggling case. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Most of the reception committee had left, too, only a couple of them still waiting for us to turn up in case something awful had happened to us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, then, in that case, you told Joey you were in love with me wayyyy before I said anything to JP.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This was not an easy case, with little if no precedent and a potential defendant in Reggie who may well not have known the risks of his behavior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The security guard, Clarence, and a guy who looked like his identical twin brother entered the rotunda, each of them carrying an aluminum attache case. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“You can load it onto your iPod when you get home. Whatever.”I turn the case over in my hands. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In some cases, riders toppled their opponents right off their horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle offers as his own example the case of an assault. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When it became clear that the officers would get no help from Walter in making a case against him, they locked him up and proceeded with their investigation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Previously, prosecutors wanting to charge a juvenile as an adult had to make their case in a fitness hearing before a juvenile-court judge. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One book in the case was out of line. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed keeping my legal skills sharp, and in a few cases verdicts were overturned and sentences reduced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His school picture has been blown up, and they have left the case open so that we can all post tributes around it—Dear Finch, they all begin. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pike looked down at the hollow thump as the lute case fell flat against the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The principal’s office was a cramped, achromatic cubicle separated from the library door by a glass trophy case that overflowed with the gilded booty of athletics earned over the past thirty years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He revolved it slowly between his fingers, like a dream-interpreter who isn’t getting all the facts in the case. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sported baggy jeans, a sweatshirt with no shirt underneath, and a bad case of bedhead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My phone’s battery is dying, down close to thirty percent, and I want to make sure the hospital can reach me in case my dad wakes up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stayed behind the counter in case it broke out again. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had our own case of the freak suspension of the predator- prey relationship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure we’re okay to be parked here? In case you forgot, some wild dude with a hammer broke one of our windows.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They’d try the junkyard first, hefting iron slabs in case some stray sheet of metal had shifted and pinned me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rather similar, seemingly absurd infinities occur in the other partial theories, but in all these cases the infinities can be canceled out by a process called renormalization. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in a place of honor at the front of the room, in a fancy case that rested atop what had been the altar. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Seven! Isn’t it bad enough to think of killing one person? And in any case...bad enough to divide the soul...but to rip it into seven pieces...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the urgent cases were being lifted onto the trolleys. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t because he was recovering from a bad case of boils and an attack of malaria—though that didn't help matters. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And maybe a love seat too, that folded out to a bed, in case anyone wanted to stay. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d counted that morning, and memorized where they were—tall square cases made of dark wood, with glass sides and fronts and velvet-covered shelves, made for displaying valuable objects of porcelain or ivory or gold. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few months earlier, that might not have been the case. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

To his amazement, 20 percent of the healthy patients soon developed mild cases of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

McCandless’s apparent sexual innocence, however, is a corollary of a personality type that our culture purports to admire, at least in the case of its more famous adherents. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This seems to have been the case for the man whose death was celebrated in the San Jose Mogote temple. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But in the case of the geometrical sciences of the seventeenth century the gaps between data and phenomena, and between phenomena and theories, are intended to be virtually non-existent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dari cleared his throat and looked uncomfortable, but we decided to go with the Saturday plan, just in case. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I pushed the drink a little closer to his face, in case he hadn’t seen it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the case of springs rich in mineral salts, the cures are easily explained: the salts would help to clean and dry up skin infections. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lana Lee was out on the sidewalk giving the jig some directions about a poster he was putting up in the glass case on the front of the bar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, I scarfed them down before anyone could notice. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In yet another case, the 1926 death of an Osage named Eves Tall Chief, the cause was attributed to alcohol. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“They were still going at it when we left. There were five or six cases of beer in the bathtub.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t have to be the case for his sons. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If anyone out there thinks that undocumented immigrants are privately high-fiving each other and throwing backyard barbecues to celebrate their free ride in America, let me assure you that is not the case. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The insecticide responsible for these cases Has been withdrawn from the market, but some of those now in use may be capable of like harm. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The case contained a secret compartment, in which Ames had stashed a document describing the CIA's relationship with the spy, along with his photograph; Ames never found it again. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joan began to explain my case to the second number, which did answer, but then broke off and said "I see" and hung up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The size of the order makes it worth the farmer’s while to deliver, in Joel’s case sometimes as far as Virginia Beach or Bethesda—half a day’s drive. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It was going to happen sooner or later, in any case,” Eleanor said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Which in this moment is giving him a serious case of the creeps. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

They used her name as the call sign and Derek had shown Brian how to use the radio, the correct procedure in case of an emergency. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m neither, but today’s events don’t exactly support my case. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In case I ever need to use it against you.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, treatment was group-based, and patients were encouraged to talk over their cases with each other. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In this case Kathy was humming a tune she couldn’t even remember the name of, and Aisha was sitting, tense but accepting. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She always did that in open spaces, running until she got to the thick shade of trees that would give good cover in case of an air raid. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of a faceless state or community, crime victims were featured at trial, and criminal cases took on the dynamics of a traditional civil trial, pitting the family of the victim against the offender. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He runs into the room, fast, in case anyone might try and stop him, whooping and jumping with Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In case you don’t know how to play HORSE, these are the rules. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They sang softly, in case it might bother their grandmother, sitting alone downstairs at the empty kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in Boo’s case, the observation rang true. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A large yellow dog was curled up next to his legs, and next to it was an open instrument case. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Despite all the other cases and the press they’ve received, the Lacks family has never actually tried to sue anyone over the HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I took a risk and left him Aibileen’s number just in case, telling him I was going to visit a friend named Sarah. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tobias crouches next to the computer and pulls the side of the case off. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Both of them angled slightly away from each other for a better view of their flanks, in case something dangerous tried to sneak up on them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I would guess that the latter was the case because the trees did not seem to bear flowers or fruit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not think you would; and that being the case, I cannot consider your situation with much compassion.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Often, as in the case of term life insurance prices, the information existed but in a woefully scattered way. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

All of his life’s experience told him that if he left his feet, he would fall, or in the case of water, sink. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I clicked my pencil case shut and the music stopped. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In any case, the teacher again saved his life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly what she’d meant by her answer and smile: she was claiming the pencil case was a gift from Miss Geraldine. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a very special case,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s when the you-know-what hit the fan. He was hiding in the garage, waitin’ for me to get him some clean shirts, when my dad walked out for another case of Mountain Dew. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia has judged 193 cases since she was elected to the People’s Court, from petty thievery and family disputes to more serious crimes of medical malpractice, arson, and counterrevolutionary activities. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The case was somewhat famous, because the partner had been a New York City policeman. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed at his own black forearm and then held up two ashy fingers, as if demonstrating how the ink in Rachel’s sad case had all come off. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it was obvious that all of my teammates were as excited as I was about the prospect of kicking their crampons into a genuine mountain come the morning. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me arrange for Moses to come and see you privately,” he said, “and you can make your case that way.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working on all of these juvenile cases across the country meant that I was frequently in courtrooms and communities where I'd never been before. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Three months after her jittery first approach to the FBI office in New Haven, Bentley had launched the biggest single case in the Bureau's history. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in Miss Harris’s case that was just how Gilly wanted it taken. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The man looked like someone you’d see on the street downtown, except instead of bills and coins in the instrument case, people had dropped little vials of colored powders and liquids. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You thought that might be the case,” Ana said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wished my father would give it up and leave while the leaving was good, but he was on the case like Sherlock Holmes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I peered inside and saw two figures in the far corner, sitting amid a bunch of stockpiled cases of ambrosia and strawberry preserves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna try and get rid of him. Get in the bed, in case he looks in here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I keep my gun up by my face, in case they decide to come back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Instantly she brought the sad case of Odysseus before the others. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which I know is what girls say when they don’t want to tell people who they like, but in this case, it is true. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Consider the case of the female black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo in the winter of 1933. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bill Baxley, Alabama’s attorney general, reopened the case, and Chambliss’s own niece is testifying against him. He’s the first of the bombers to come to trial.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And I would very much like to know, how much drugs did you use for your fifty-three cases and how much did they cost?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Smith cleared his throat “I thank you, Hiram, for your help in this case. One more question: How long are you planning on staying in Greenwood?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Wash made a detour on his way to school and left Naomi a note in case she beat him to the tree later: “How about Mexico?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think they’ll come back here. But in case they do, we’d better put some rocks and things in the doors. Are you too tired?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My case was a tricky one, but he had no doubts we’d win, if I trusted him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“In the case of Harry and Lord Voldemort, to speak of one is to speak of the other.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In any case, I can well afford the time to remain this further day here; an early start tomorrow will ensure that I am back at Darlington Hall by tea- time. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would stay late in Pretoria preparing for our case, or rush back to handle another case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed me the wooden case he’d brought with him and the lock on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

With the road lying to the south, the only way seemed to be northward, over the bridge, which was in any case the way home. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sympathy for the case is nice, but she’s sorry I'm upset? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If this was not the case, however, we could not see how the DNA molecules packed together to form the crystalline aggregates studied by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

With its distinguished reputation, this was where other hospitals in the country sent their most difficult cases, including people dealing with cancer, serious burns, psychiatric conditions, and infectious diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We felt like the case was open-and-shut, but then one day, after a month or so, we got a call that he’d made bail. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Before we went out, he opened his saxophone case and showed me the hom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't taking very much, in any case. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In Rachel’s case you want to try to feel how she might feel having all those obvious injuries. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After filing the appeal brief, I'd continued investigating the case intensively. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I twist my lips back and forth for a moment before sliding it into my pocket, trying hard to play it cool in case he’s somehow watching. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“As I have conclusively in the case of Wilbur Mercer,” he finished almost inaudibly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mom had given me thirty dollars that morning, to pay for my ticket, some popcorn if I wanted it, and ice cream, with a little extra in case of an emergency. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Latin names of the gods are, of course, used; and the Latin forms in the case of any personage who has a Latin as well as a Greek name. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to think about these things in case the opportunity ever arises.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But I cannot give him orders in this case: I cannot say ‘Beware of harming me, Richard;’ for it is imperative that I should keep him ignorant that harm to me is possible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look out just in case. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But, like the Invisible Man in H. G. Wells, I discovered that my gift had its price, which took the form of, in my case as in his, a sort of mental darkness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The name Gilbreth, in the case of Dad’s family, was a fairly recent corruption of Galbraith. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would discover his textbooks, calculator, and pencil case under his bed later. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

In such cases he launched into hissing Chinese, brandished skillets, and then turned his back and walked away. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even had them officially listed and denounced for desertion, in case some British agent needed proof that the agent was really a former American soldier and not a spy posing as a deserter. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this case the death propelled our heroine to seek something else. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In milder cases, he sometimes counseled that a soldier be discharged from his normal duties and given desk work instead. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. Things aren’t that bad. And your father and I always have a backup plan. Just in case.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In many cases the best probe is the surgeon’s finger.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though it seems ludicrous to suggest that the outcome of the Fischer–Spassky match was predictable after only two games had been completed, one point going to each player, the case can be made. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In such cases, they do not simply produce copies in the accepted sense of the word, since they do not try to achieve the effect of a duplicate. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Use it only for emergencies,” Chiron said, “and only against monsters. No hero should harm mortals unless absolutely necessary, of course, but this sword wouldn’t harm them in any case.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, Harry didn’t like the idea of the whole Weasley family knowing that he, Harry, was getting jumpy about a few moments’ pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We need to come up with a plan in case he finds you!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She inspects his pockets one more time, just in case. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

For tonight only, he thought, in case she decides to do any more burning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it seemed to him that if Cedric had really wanted to give Harry a hand, he would have been a lot more explicit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"In every case a strange lady was seen outside the house, just before it happened." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In 2008 the patients appealed to the Supreme Court, which refused to hear their case. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In his case, however, no one had bothered to acknowledge his letter with even a postcard. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would spread out her books and papers on the bookshelf to her right, and she would tack her plastic pencil case on the bulletin board to her left. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The answers on the back were equally whimsical and often included drawings—many of them lovely, thought Ophelia—in this case a sketch of the neural pathways of the eye. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But no sooner had we gained the Crepuscule than we heard word from one of the topmen of the true case—unutterable—astounding to believe. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“In that case, you shouldn’t be reading such filth.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The prosecution wrapped its case on day thirty-six of the trial. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Want you to know. Just in case. That I have never served . . .’’He paused to breathe, put out the bloody hand, looked into Chamberlain’s eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Anopheles mosquitoes have slightly different breeding areas from Aedes aegypti, there were still hundreds of cases of malaria. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But this case was different, more personal to the cops assigned to it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I made her promise not to tell anyone until the next day, just in case. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In addition to serving as a plaintiff in the lawsuit against state officials, she gave a statement to police to support the case against the Mosses.’” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the case I argued before the Court, we challenged the constitutionality of Alabama's protocols for lethal injection. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They do have maps, but they are not allowed to mark balloons or new airfields on them, in case they lose the maps and you lot pick them up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The boy opened the case and took out a bottle of ink and a quill, which he set next to the book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No ... I haven’t heard anything . . .” He told me the Mississippi jury refused to indict in the Parker lynch case. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have actually made the deal for two cases, but like I said, I don’t like Spencer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a few cases, we also know something about the individuals who designed writing systems by blueprint copying in the remote past. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sending it forty-eight months early gives it plenty of extra time in case fuel reactions go slower than expected. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In such cases, her liege lord must find her a suitable match." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In any case, white people, who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived, had no moral ground on which to stand. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

This was the first evidence we presented that suggested that people in law enforcement had been so focused on convicting Walter that they were prepared to ignore or even hide evidence that contradicted their case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In any case, it is a string of notes that follow one after the other and that belong together in the music.The articulation is what happens in between the notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“If you are referring to mere physical attraction, I couldn’t judge. But I know, in any case, that there are other types of attraction.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In case I am moving inside of a dream. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In criminal cases, witnesses who will be testifying are required to sit outside the courtroom so they can’t alter their testimony based on what other witnesses say. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The defense can start its case the first thing in the morning. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley sifted his fingers through the fresh piles of dirt, in case he had missed anything. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Sit away from them in the theater and see the movie, too. You’ll be around just in case.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Because the Whitehorn case was officially unresolved, I expected the trails of evidence to disappear into a morass. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We saw that tents were purchased, and there w'as talk of provender, and transportation cases for the astronomical instruments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On his behalf, I appealed to the Classification Board, which adjudicated cases falling under the Population Registration Act. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I briefly consider that Finnick could have stolen it to trick me, but somehow I know this isn’t the case. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I pushed open the door, Miss Turner leaned over and said to me, “Sam, we have some very good books on plants and trees and animals, in case you get stuck.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s money in case you want to buy something else. Later you can choose whether you want to pack lunch or buy it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This was the first case I had seen of the social purpose running counter to the sexual drive. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The green leather case was his mother’s most precious possession; he would never dream of looking through it, and he didn’t even know where she kept it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are cases of ‘problematic facticity’ and others of ‘unproblematic facticity’, and the language of the fact seems to be employed first of all to deal with cases of problematic facticity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Coach is really on our case to eat healthy.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Snydman informed me he had a case like yours last year, and the eye healed. He is optimistic everything will be all right.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He scooted away with his body doubled over and his face contorted intentionally into a nonchalant, sociable smile in case anyone chanced to see him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The officers on the ground depended on them for support in case of a disturbance, and yards were a frequent site of trouble. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in outlandish cases, it’s often difficult to refute conclusively some proposed cure or procedure. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you left early, and I wanted to tell you in case you haven’t heard already—you and Rishi won first place.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I'm not opposed to dressing up, and you make a compelling case for it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Thus, in the case of the word ‘experiment’, linguistic change lags behind both theory and practice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The latter will be for my mother and Prim, in case they have medical duties. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For instance, Native American societies became renowned for their mastery of horses, and in some cases of cattle and sheepherding, in parts of the Great Plains, the western United States, and the Argentine pampas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After that they went back to their own attempts at painting flowers, dots, and in the case of Loo, a big blodgy handprint. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Van Hooten, his violin case slung over his shoulder, blew into the brownstone right before dinner began, exclaiming over the severe weather. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As is often the case, the correctional officer was fired but not criminally prosecuted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Wood had given instructions that Harry should be accompanied everywhere he went, in case the Slytherins tried to put him out of action. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My lute case leaned comfortably in the corner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Celia watches, dispirited, as her neighbors file out of the auditorium, already merrily expectant for next month’s “love motel” case. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s my favorite saint, patron of desperate cases. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In my case, people could see my value. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t take the case because she wasn’t licensed to practice in New Jersey, but she knew we were broke and was happy to give us free advice. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Carefully she latched the holding case, then peeked in at her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In a case like this the experimental method requires you to move smoothly back and forth between nature and artifice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We said a couple more good-byes and hustled outside, ready to run in case the mosquitoes were still there. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As had been the case since I first met him, nighttime was when Barack’s mind traveled without distraction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The overwhelming majority of forfeiture cases do not involve any criminal charges, so the vast majority of people who have their cash, cars, or homes seized must represent themselves in court, against the federal government. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Those opening words look like an ascending tricolon—a set of three terms, increasing in force—though they are a special and subtle case of it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was even a case with old video game consoles and smartphones that were years older than his. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Two cases going down to the theater turned out to be amputations. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When it’s a criminal case, the plan contains measurable benchmarks. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In any case, there was no proper conversation: she didn’t want me there and neither did I. I think I made some apology and went out, half expecting her to call me back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what you are and where we are, but I beg you to put aside race, tradition, and prejudice, and consider the facts of this case that we have so clearly presented. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’d been stuffing my things into my backpack when he asked the question, and I was so caught off guard I dropped my pencil case. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Also, in case you’re wondering Mr. Edgar Street boarded a train to some old mining town not long ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the case of a light universe, the balloon of space-time could expand forever, getting bigger and bigger. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Maman is another Farsi word that means both a person and a relationship—in this case, mother. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mom has moved her crown, which sits in a glass case, from the center of the mantel to make room for Lucy’s urn. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Some would say Minnesota, but in her case...” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

This sounds reasonable, but in most cases it’s simply impossible or, what amounts to the same thing, prohibitively expensive. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody knows that we could establish our case at once.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, in that case, you can come in.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Thought it’d be fun. In case we need to smash anything.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The Bible tells us that gardens preceded gardeners, but that was not the case at Pollsmoor, where I cultivated a garden that became one of my happiest diversions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes back and hands me a huge camera case. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Unless you step on a land mine, in which case I’m way back in the Operations Room.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Today I packed a suitcase with the stuff I’d need in case we had to flee, but as Mother correctly noted, “Where would you go?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

However, there is some uncertainty in each case. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Race-mixing proves that races can mix—and in a lot of cases, want to mix. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“In case,” he said, “the excellent Mrs. Hubbard should take it into her head to acquire first-hand details of the crime to write to her daughter.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the Court’s opinion was released, however, it became clear the case was about much more than the death penalty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That night, Olanna told Odenigbo, “We need to get some petrol on the black market; we don’t have enough in case anything happens.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the crucial modern inventions depend on prior scientific discoveries: in the case of the steam engine, Boyle’s law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ernie wondered out loud why they couldn’t have just stayed home if that was the case. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He always keeps it there in case the government goes all “tyrannical.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“That was never the case. Couldn’t be. The Japanese never came to Kweilin.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd already worked on lots of death penalty cases in several Southern states, sometimes winning a stay of execution just minutes before an electrocution was scheduled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He ran back up to the shelter and found the radio in its plastic case and folded the note and put it in the case so that it stuck out slightly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” I say, digging into my satchel once again until I root out two of the double chocolate chip cookies Mom got me yesterday, “want a cookie?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In this case the only difference between the regions would be their initial configurations and so the strong anthropic principle would reduce to the weak one. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a move has to be arranged in a complicated way, with cutouts, coded letters, and a “safe house,” a place where the case officer and his agent will not be detected by counterspies. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the case, staring at the glass, were A.M. and P.M. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It rose, in any case, almost every year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case Gay or Phil ever thought I had been exaggerating, I pointed out that the other children’s comments were nauseatingly familiar. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We ended up taking the case all the way to the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This is your life we’re talking about here. There are people out here with a racist axe to grind. People who don’t want to see people like us getting ahead. That’s always been the case.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In such cases, Tom’s father withdrew into himself, as if tormented by some dreadful sickness. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Con intended to stop first at Mona’s cottage, in case she was still waiting for them, and the closer they came to it, the more quickly he wanted to ride. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lexie and Moody, meanwhile, came home to a message on the answering machine telling them the case was over. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And in any case, it’s never going to happen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same thing in both cases. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, in this case we have a much more specific explanation for why introspections mess up our reactions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In this case, Momma, who had told Auntie Aggie that she wanted a nice mashed potato with dinner. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

For small isolated islands without strong barriers to internal communication, the entire island constituted the political unit—as in the case of Anuta, with its 160 people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d spent the past two months thinking she was miserable, and it turned out that wasn’t the case at all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mentioned the case of Robey Leibbrandt, who set up an underground organization during the Second World War to oppose South Africa’s support for the Allies; he was sentenced to life imprisonment but soon pardoned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In hundreds of other cases, falsely accused women never received the forensic help they needed to avoid wrongful convictions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the end of the decade, some justices had become openly critical of the review that death penalty cases received. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Our instinct is to eat as much as we can, in case we can’t find food tomorrow. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Never was there a clearer case of “stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even newspapers that opposed female suffrage condemned the way Judge Hunt handled the case. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But in this case the power of suggestion failed, and the second bottle of pills was swallowed by Barrabas in a moment of oversight that fortunately had no appreciable results. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also isn’t the case that Jennings is simply someone who has a happy expression on his face all the time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this case we will show that the evidence that the State will produce is seriously flawed. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in any case, it turned a corner and disappeared into the dark city as the children watched without a word. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But it was important that it looked like a letter of introduction in case it fell into the wrong hands. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each case he became satisfied and moved on to verify that another interatomic contact was reasonable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Then, as had been the case with Claudette, the driver called the police, officers boarded, and one asked her, “Why don’t you stand up?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The resolution was unanimously endorsed, and it was agreed that Duma Nokwe and I would help in preparing the case in the absence of our lawyers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant I'd have to dance her part or, in this case, say her part if her eyes bugged out and her mouth didn’t open. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Noun: An extra shoe you keep in your pocket. In case someone steals one of yours while you’re asleep with your head under the mailbox.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see nothing happening and I didn’t want to cause no problem either, in case she was just running late. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The FBI needed to force Gold to confess, or they had no case. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Bobby Moch’s case, staying small had never been much of a problem. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew everyone, proverbially, and, in the case of the Shaws, it was probably closer to literally. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In any case, the visit ended cordially enough, and Smith returned to Maine and then England. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Something whirred and ticktocked at an uneven pace, and Emily finally zeroed in on a glass case with a structure inside designed to keep marbles perpetually moving up in buckets, down slides, and around sprockets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When the court scheduled a hearing in October 1987 on pretrial motions in Walter's case, Chestnut and Boynton showed up with no expectation that any of their motions would be granted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A foot nudged my lute case, tipping it over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, something in reserve, in case you didn’t like what your grandmother has chosen.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am. It was impossible to save the master. He might be considered dead. In that case, it is inconceivable that I destroy myself for nothing—without orders.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I was hoarding my paychecks, in case I needed the money for tuition. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Shae only stood a shade over five feet, yet still he must look up to her . . . but in her case he found he did not mind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Call it cockiness, call it a horrendous case of the big head, but there was no one else like him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We begin to feel subconsciously that / is somehow more genteel than me, even in cases where me is the right choice—for instance, after a preposition. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We did find it deeply disturbing to look on the bodies of the dead, to step over them, even in some sad cases to share a foxhole for a whole night with a slain comrade. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There she is, case open, back against the wall. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever the case, every time it was for nothing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it’s easy to get sentimental about the dead, and to guard against that I want to tell a quick Curt Lemon story. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that case, the universe would already be in a state of complete disorder, so disorder could not increase with time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it eased her headache and calmed her mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In case the other patients worked out why I was there. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Yet when the United States captured its first Nazi spy in 1938, the FBI bungled the case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In one such case, the manager of a project grew suspicious when she saw a truck parked outside a unit rented by a young single mother. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a couple bunks in back, so we’ll probably stay right at the station case anything breaks.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrabble for something to hold on to as the door swings open, and I tumble out, a mountain of instrument cases cascading all around me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A case is mentioned in the literature of a stoat and a rat living in a companion relationship, while other rats presented to the stoat were devoured by it in the typical way of stoats. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In case they could still have a few minutes alone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though she was calm at the outset of our interview, she became increasingly emotional as she started detailing the events surrounding he case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richardson had gone in to the office to catch up, as he often did on Saturday mornings; the recent developments in the McCullough case had set him behind in everything else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He let a dark-haired girl holding a blue bag and a clarinet case walk through the doors in front of him, then headed into the main front hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But I do not think that I care for an exception to be made in my case. I should prefer that our baggage should be examined like that of the other passengers.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a Bible wasn’t one of the books on display in the Staff Picks case. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And Bit had stood next to him, mean-mugging the whole time the guy was under the hood just in case he tried to cheat his mom. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The first night that he allowed her to walk with him, her entire body was tense with excitement; she was afraid to speak in case he disappeared again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to call first thing because Willow was going to be assigned a social worker and officially have her case file opened. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was a small man wearing a black coat and carrying a small medical case. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would probably be with his father at the forge, repairing pikes and lances and heating oil for pouring onto the enemy in case they should pierce the outer castle wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I have the bike here and you can stick the case in the basket and I’ll walk you home. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Though officers were nearby in both cases, none of them, surprisingly, appeared to be in much danger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A perfect choice,” the man said, removing it from the case. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

"This case is a lock. I have a statement by everyone popped that Gantos was part of the operation. Not to mention that Rik—who hired him—is set to testify." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“That is not mine. I did not put it there. I have never looked in that case since we left Stamboul. Indeed, indeed, it is true.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the case, I’ve got someone to tell my secrets to again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Arrests, indictments, and a torrent of media coverage flooded the case of the atomic spies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Favell leant forward and filled his case with cigarettes from the box on the table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, my path lies east through the Serran Mountain Range. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In short, that given the variables in our case, our particular falling body was traveling at a speed greater than thirty-two feet per second when it hit the rocks below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You can use some of the room in my case. Also use your book bag. Take your transistor radio.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like exactly the kind of detective I wanted to have working on the case of my murdered parents. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Lacking words, categories, or language to describe what had happened, they called it, finally, a case of “fulminating liver failure.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a case challenging the Alabama Department of Public Safety’s decision to administer state driver’s license examinations only in English. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Essentially, he says the same thing every time: “I have no doubt that these are cases of demonic possession,” says Rev. Anderson Poole, who has been counseling Daldry. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It feels good to get this out right now in case Kent is a huge snob. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It pains me to provide you with this intelligence, for truth should sit with comfort, falsehood with vexation; and yet, in such a case, verity—though discomfortable — is absolutely required. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The three of us hadn’t talked about what happened since the arrest, afraid to say a word in case someone overheard us, but I walked into the servants’ quarters. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, are you? Because I swear I’m going to pull over and put you in the trunk if that’s the case.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He likes to keep watch over the house in case anybody needs a bed to sleep in.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“The Sheriff’s Department has assigned someone to our case, Sergeant Edwards.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American black man is the world’s most shameful case of minority oppression. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The importance of diffusion, and of geographic location in making it possible, is strikingly illustrated by some otherwise incomprehensible cases of societies that abandoned powerful technologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the New World presents many cases of equivalent and closely related, but nevertheless distinct, species having been domesticated in Mesoamerica and South America. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau shouted at the judge, “God Almighty will curse every man who has had anything to do with this case. Don't you forget that.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For our fishing expeditions either Abbey or I always brought a camera, just in case. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Billy Pilgrim had a boiling case of heartburn, since he had been spooning malt syrup all day long at work. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the pass system was still in effect, one did not need a special permit to enter a freehold township as was the case with municipal locations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, there were more thick bushes, and he thought he ought not to go through them, in case of getting the string ripped on a branch. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Surveillance missions, mostly. We like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the fringe, in case it threatens what’s happening in here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A familiar example of interference in the case of light is the colors that are often seen in soap bubbles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stuffed in another pocket were some biscuits, to wad up into dough balls to bait the hooks with, and five pieces of Queenie’s fried chicken in case I got hungry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was like the room of a museum, for here was no carpet on the polished oak boards, and the display cases stood in two long rows, from one end to the other. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And a black plastic case about the size of a book. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In any case, the gunman starts to seethe. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I carried it around all day in case I was able to see Connor after school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sitting on top is a neatly folded red plaid blanket and a pillow in a smooth white case. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We ultimately got Charlie's case transferred to juvenile court, where the shooting was adjudicated as a juvenile offense. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In any case, Shin was never teased for having betrayed his family. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Nothing more can be added to the second case than to encourage such princes to fortify and provision their own cities, and not to concern themselves with the surrounding countryside. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the case, they found themselves trapped in fresh water and died. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was she just acting scared, putting on a show in case Detective Barrone had eyes on her? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Many of the men carried dispatch cases and brief cases and I gripped mine with a sense of importance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe the testimony was that Mr. Cruz was told that was the case. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe the authorities dropped the case simply to get hold of that document — which, as they discovered, contained nothing they did not already know. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised she would send something here since I have all the book contracts sent to a box at the post office, just in case. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I could never part with anything from my viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just in case it’s not enough fun watching the obliteration of the arena and the remaining tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or in the case of Dada, that grainy, serious picture of him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

This, in the case of the Negro, the American republic has never become sufficiently mature to do. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

By the second year of his training he began treating minor cases by himself, and from then onwards Kenny paid him a small wage, not regularly but as and when funds came his way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even start hating the customers for extraneous reasons, such as, in the case of the native Caucasians, their size. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her clear, calm testimony helped the government win its case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In my case, there is only one that really sticks out, but I want to forget it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned away from her in case she decided to use those clenched fists. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He donned an old, well-worn doublet, in case his niece had a mind to throw another cup of wine in his face, but he left his sword belt hanging on the back of his chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, what this case is about is whether you believe people who are admitted participants in this crime and who are saving their own hides. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

When dinner was over it was pretty late for going out again, and in any case the Solemnity would, keep all the Commensals busy, Shusgis said, until after midnight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I picked up the backpack, but before I could hand it off, I looked at the license plate CD case and stuffed it into the bag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Shame it doesn’t come with a parachute — in case you get too near a dementor.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t make it home safely, well, presumably court-martial wouldn’t be much of a problem in that case either. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s hand gripped the edges of the case. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Grandma stepped out onto the back porch, holding on to the railing in case it was icy, but it wasn’t. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The only mistake I made was not thinking quickly enough to ask Kath’s phone number, just in case I can’t find it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The bureau dispatched William Henry Holmes to scrutinize the case for Pleistocene proto-Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This happens frequently now because turning someone in to the chief can reap rewards and favors such as more food or, in some cases, life over death. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court dismissed the case, however, ruling that Lyons lacked “standing” to seek an injunction against the deadly practice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You heard about the Verne Hamilton case over in Roundup? Been charged with making seditious comments, saying he wouldn’t go to war, that they’d have to take him feet first if he was conscripted?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He understood that Alvin’s case necessitated his appearing twice at the trial, but on the other hand he wasn’t glad about it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would not presume to tell you what to do, but I believe it is your duty to come, in case of any complications that might occur... Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Hence a possible interpretation seems to me idea diffusion, as in the case of Sequoyah’s syllabary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you have three weeks. It’s not long, but you can begin training. If the Assignment Board deems you fit, possibly your case will be reviewed.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Although this position would result in a draw in most cases, the two young American colleagues searched for hours for any possibility that Bobby could squeeze out a win when play resumed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the card from the display case out of my pocket and showed her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Clarence Darrow entered the case and in a novel maneuver won for Prendergast a sanity inquest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I went over the appeals process with them and talked about the next steps in the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Be ready in case someone jumps out at us.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Practice transmissions beamed to Proxima had been attempted, in case human colonization extended that far. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It took an hour to maneuver through the courtyard as he arranged treatment for the most serious cases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The simulated wood grain on the Atari’s plastic casing perfectly matched the simulated wood grain on the television cabinet and on the living room walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But we are face to face with duty; and in such case must we shrink? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well — in that case ...” said Professor McGonagall, staring at the three of them, “Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Though he still chased bandits on horseback, the work was generally less dangerous; in many cases, it involved unmasking individuals who had filed false claims for reimbursements. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The walls were covered with shelves of polished mahogany except on either side of the fireplace, where there were two glass cases filled with marble ana hard stones from the Orient. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd be able to have some privacy in case I got tongue-tied or started to cry. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The display case beneath the counter was filled with pan dulce, sweet Mexican breads, that I remembered eating when I visited my abuelos. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Two years later when her case was reported in a medical journal she was still unable to walk. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The second break was that Wes’s case was sent to juvenile court instead of adult court. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In any case I could not mistake the hands which I had had so many opportunities of studying. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They should be in her purse, in their black carrying case with the special cloth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And the police don’t seem to feel it’s a particularly pressing case. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I started to say something more, to plead my case further, but he turned to start his lesson. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dr. Maria said I couldn’t go to Amsterdam without an adult intimately familiar with my case, which more or less meant either Mom or Dr. Maria herself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of frustration over schedules, especially in the case of the evangelical lady who can never get Sunday morning off, no matter how much she pleads. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t to be any communication between us in case the VC had lookouts. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of a universe that is approximately uniform in space, one can show that this negative gravitational energy exactly cancels the positive energy represented by the matter. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each case, intervention, no matter how worthless, can appear to be quite efficacious. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, Shirley was infected by a most severe case of Dodger fever. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She set the cat down and lifted the guitar case and sack out the window and onto the front porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Packard’s trunk could fit four cases of liquor, its commodious, curtained backseat eight more. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the case, on a bed of crushed maroon velvet, lies a stunning black bow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Doctors say they never heard of another case like Henrietta’s! I’m sure it was either man-made or spirit- made, one of the two.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And in any case, they wanted his brain. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The links connecting livestock and crops to germs were unforgettably illustrated for me by a hospital case about which I learned through a physician friend. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case, why don’t you take the flashlight and get ready for bed. Mami’ll tell us what happened when she gets home.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Their backpacks and the bowls went on a faded portable table and were slid across so the guards on the other side could have them ready in case of a possible search. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The speech both indicated our line of defense and disarmed the prosecution, which had prepared its entire case based on the expectation that I would be giving evidence denying responsibility for sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similar suspension of disbelief will be necessary for you to master another case of tricky case, the difference between who and whom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the very least, the border patrol would keep an eye on that particular area of the river in case anyone else tried sneaking through that gap in the fence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It sometimes took a long time to steer Celia to the things Matt wanted to know—in this case, the names of the children who’d appeared outside the window. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From my interviews with defectors, it does appear that there were at least two cases... in which people were arrested and executed for cannibalism.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Plus it hid you better in case you exploded. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up the CD case and looked at the list of track titles. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I think we would have talked about awareness programs for gender bias, and how to teach female musicians to be more assertive in making the case for their own ability. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But as is so often the case with outliers, buried in that setback was a golden opportunity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Determinism seems fairly obvious in this case, but Laplace went further to assume that there were similar laws governing everything else, including human behavior. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long mystical sleep in which the tools of scientific inquiry lay moldering, the Ionian approach, in some cases transmitted through scholars at the Alexandrian Library, was finally rediscovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned my lute case against a wall and fell into a chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” the sheriff says with a tight smile, “please leave us to conduct our business.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But my parents were just a case to them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Deb-and-Kiki push past me, swinging little black flute cases, ponytails wagging as they walk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In Popcorn and Inelda’s case, it had been a heated argument about who had better hair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In some cases there would be errors in the reproduction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd make her calm down, and then I'd go over to the other side of the living room and take out this cigarette case and light a cigarette, cool as all hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Milkman reached around and pulled a bottle out of its case. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this is the case, then we have a pretty good clue as to why her students are in need of inflated grades in the first place: they have a bad teacher. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then I look down into the glass case, with its big hefty padlock on it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at one point a girl called Midge A. came over to where we were and said to Ruth, in a perfectly friendly way: “Where’s your pencil case? It’s so luscious.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just keep up with your case plan. You are making excellent progress.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” she said, “you burn them, colonel.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” the doctor replied with equal calm, “give me back the bottle. You don't need it any more.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The president of the union had made a statement on WGN about the case and the importance of supporting free speech and academic freedom. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“So this was a publicity stunt, and you're here in case a journalist shows up and reports on an empty building?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If this is the case, then today’s Eurasians are not pure Sapiens. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to read it myself before I read it to the chickens, just in case it might scare them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

As each class drew to an end, she braced herself in case she ran into Trip in the hall, rehearsed what she’d say. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They admired him, sure, but didn’t want to get too close in case something backfired. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I’m scared of the dark, you get me, but in case I had to use the bathroom or get a drink of water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said slowly with a touch of regret in his voice, “that is very sweet of you to offer, but I have two cases of peaches left over from last year.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the second case, the issue was the exclusion orders that removed us from our homes and sent us inland. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this case there were two identical patches of spiderweb cracks and two reproductions of the same Rembrandt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

This is the case of a man’s mistaking a whole race of men as a part of the natural structure of the universe and of his acting toward them accordingly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, the medical system may intensify the outbreak, like a lens that focuses sunlight on a heap of tinder. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Antique shops?” the woman in Tourist Information began memorizing my features in case a robbery was reported later. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, I had converted Kapwepwe, and he said he would call a meeting and make our case himself— and he did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know your serum don’t work, right? Just in case you were still wondering.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In my case—and, I believe, in the case of Chris McCandless— that was a very different thing from wanting to die. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I designed a Nature Hike Anklet, which leaves a trail of bright yellow dye when you walk, so in case you get lost, you can find your way back. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is on the face of it implausible; and in any case we have a good portrait of Guidobaldo, attributed to Raphael, and this is not he. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A brand-new case to hold my sheet music! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And ours was not the only case of this kind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madge and I swing our trombone cases front and back, synchronized. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Fernlace is the fairy palace in the book, in case you don’t know. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In any case, there were alternatives to the language of progress which served exactly the same purpose—the languages of invention and discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In any case, I would have been unable to do so. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In case you change your mind,” she says, and motions us along. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the thought of the strange woman’s lamentations over her dead son presented a somewhat strong case for going to school: I didn’t want to end up dead in the streets. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want you to know how to do this, in case you found out.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I look at the three locks on the door and decide just to flip the one closest to the knob in case I have to make a quick exit. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he added the remaining ingredients to the ground meat and used a long pipe to force the mixture into the casings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then Mami had to meet Tío Vic in the middle of the night with the gun hidden under her raincoat so it wouldn't be on the premises in case the police came. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In the case of Captain Kelp, Trouble was actually his first name. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We fill supermarket cases with their flesh, all slick and gleaming on heaps of ice. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I filled out all the necessary sections, my name and address, and listed my mother to be contacted in case I was in an accident. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t gotten to the ones in the trophy case yet, or the ones in the main lobby. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Because of this response, and other discrepancies in her evidence, the magistrate dismissed the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled, by a 4–3 vote, that the stark racial disparity presented a threshold case of discrimination and required the prosecutors to offer a race-neutral explanation for the results. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He set a black leather case down on the back of the Mustang. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the case later that first week, when I was assigned to the State Shop along with DiPaola, Davis, and Colton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecution presented essentially the same case, though in more streamlined form. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought there was a great war coming that would involve everyone. Which side would you fight for in that case?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was also a case of canvas with a tough wooden frame, lined with kapok, containing various instruments; and there was a pistol in a holster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

You can arrive straight from welfare or, in my case, the bus station—fresh off the boat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a bad case as flu goes, but he was an old man, and any kind of sickness, as Trotter said, was harder on the old. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Pygmies, the answer is “not yet,” merely because archaeologists have yet to discover ancient human skeletons from the Central African forests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

First, blacks tend to be first-generation middle class, as in Whitiker’s case, which means they have fewer resources to draw upon as they navigate the middle-class world. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I open my nightstand drawer and grab a stack of photographs, the Wohlfahrt etudes and the music for my debut and put them in Papa's viola case. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In many cases, whether you lived free or were sent to prison or were executed depended simply on whether the person who tried you was in the right mood. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And in case you’re wondering how things have been going with Coach Reed, January and February were mostly okay, too. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In this case they took decades to rectify. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Of course Sam could claim it was a hardship case—the father gone and only the younger brother left at home. But the feet that Mr. Meeker is considered a Tory won’t help.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group met for over five months in formal meetings, and there was much correspondence and phone exchanges between them as they began lobbying the Icelandic government to consider Fischer’s case. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry whispered, unzipping the case to look inside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Vivian unfastens the silk loops from their hooks at each side of the casing, letting the heavy paisley curtains fall across the glass. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hooper would treat it like a game, in any case, and it seemed like one, suddenly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Each of the three microbiology experiments asked a different kind of question, but in all cases a question about Martian metabolism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene below seemed to unfold as if it were a vast diorama in a lighted case. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I get my strength back, I’ll take you to Coney Island right to the glass case where it is.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in our case, the police came and investigated, everyone painted over the graffiti, and now the people behind it have been convicted of a crime. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Lycaon studied him like a new type of meat in a butcher’s display case. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In each case it felt as if we had reinvented what a newspaper series could be. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Someone must have been hoarding sugar just in case there was a direct hit on the airfield and everybody needed cheering up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was hogwash, he said, that this case had anything to do with preserving local control of school districts. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy unloaded some cases of beer and took them on into the store. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of geometry and the state, on Hobbes’s view, we can know for sure why something is the case because neither geometry or the state would exist if we had not constructed them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Last year, I always tried to have my gear ready in case I had to make a speedy retreat in the night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’d keep the ranch in case we want to come back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yutar finished by saying that the case was not only one of high treason “par excellence,” but of murder and attempted murder — neither of which was mentioned in the indictment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready with my pad for jotting down random thoughts I could use later in my writing, just in case the tar pits turned out to be super boring. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Aha! I thought I had diagnosed the case. My treatment is working,” to which she answered:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Only children of Hades can eat them. Nico always kept some in case he got stuck somewhere. But if he’s really imprisoned—” “The giants are trying to lure us,” Annabeth said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So Aisling’s father had ordered all the old rituals, even though he did not believe in them, just in case. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I’m not so certain gasoline wouldn’t react with the zinc in any case.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He closed and latched the case, then stepped back and put his hands behind his back, eyes ahead like he was a soldier too. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its major advocates were South Carolina and Georgia, and the chief burden for making the case in the Constitutional Convention fell almost entirely on the South Carolina delegation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In one case, about six years earlier, Baird had prosecuted a twenty-one-year-old man who had been driving a small Toyota pickup through Logan Canyon, along a narrow, sometimes dangerous road. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, Boobie was an automatic Proposition 48 case, meaning he could be awarded a scholarship but would have to sit out his freshman year, presumably to improve his academic skills. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In case you guys hadn’t heard, George Washington was a big dog lover. His favorite dog was named Sweet Lips.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Travis rests his fingertips on the glass counter, looking down into the case filled with coins. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“While Dr. Strayer’s opinions will touch upon the ultimate issues of this case, they will not include a conclusion by the doctor that the defendant was negligent.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As might be expected, Serjeant Clippinger had no interest in the case, and enjoined me to cease my prim bickering. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

So ours is a world of pain—managed by Excedrin and Advil, compensated for with cigarettes and, in one or two cases and then only on weekends, with booze. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although many abhorred the killings, others favored these deaths, especially in cases of severely mentally ill or disabled children. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That depends on how long it takes you to crack the case.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was him; in any case, the director’s name was the same. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of scientific knowledge the fog never clears: the summit is invisible and truth always remains out of sight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Just don't go far, in case you need help." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In any case, his job was to gather equipment and people and move them into the building, and then to extract the people and equipment and dead animals safely. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colored entrance was around the side but apart from that was identical to the white entrance, in the original design and not an afterthought, as was so often the case. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He carried Chinese court dress with him in his canoe in case he should meet Chinese agents coming from the East. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I clutched Maribel's forearm as if somehow that would protect her in the case of an accident. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was a task that was growing in complexity as I handled more cases and saw the myriad ways that things could go wrong. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I also have a white plastic sunglasses case with colored shells and sequins and a green plastic starfish sewed onto it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Whilst they plotted Washington’s downfall, I dozed in a chair in the hallway in case they needed victuals or a bottle of port. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘In that case why has my finger got dust on it?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I would make three photocopies, one to reside permanently next to my body, in my wallet, as a kind of personal asterisk, I thought, in case of accidental death. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mass action in this case was a middle course between armed struggle and negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both Sloan and Zuckerman were intensely interested in chess, Bobby, and women—interests that Bobby resoundingly shared in the first two cases and peripherally in the third. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stood, my brief case coming with me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this case, for once, it was more or less true. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the first outward sign he was going to fight zealously for his client in what he saw as a winnable case. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In any case, this was a problem for the adults, not for them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pregnant Fifi would have to do what is always done in such cases on the Island—marry immediately and brace herself for the gossip when her "premature baby" comes out fat and fully grown. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Mother keeps the windows open in all our bedrooms while we’re gone, like Mrs. Darling, just in case we come flying home when she’s not expecting us.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I decided to listen in case there was a clue. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a case of the giggles, and then Summer and Ximena started giggling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So defendants like Walter McMillian, even in counties that were 40 or 50 percent black, frequently found themselves staring at all-white juries, especially in death penalty cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He took a kernel in his beak and ate it hungrily, flipping the soft discarded casing onto the dirt. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The Washington Daily reported that “despite the intense cold, the shell house radiated more fire and spirit last night than has been the case for many a year.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The infectious diseases that visit us as epidemics, rather than as a steady trickle of cases, share several characteristics. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty detectives were on the case, he said, and he had been in touch with police in other cities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim light from a low-powered anbaric bulb she could see a name on a card at the front of each case, and yes, there was an empty one with Tony Makarios on it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And after White had taken the job at Leavenworth, the cases were closed, closed with great triumph, even though the bureau had not yet connected Hale to all twenty-four murders. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Just in case Dad was called out by the black phone, I angled away into the trees so he wouldn’t see me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors, he says, lose cases all the time around childhood abuse, around issues where it is hard for people to acknowledge the reality of the terrible things people can do to one another. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If that were the case,” Tocco said, “you wouldn’t have been able to sell a cemetery plot in this town, let alone a house or a business.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m not about to argue with a full professor, but if you ever have a really unbreakable case of insomnia, do yourself a favor and start reading Chapter Three of the uncut version. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were some cases of corruption that could only be regarded as humorous. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“This is an evaluation from his commanding officer,” Georgia said, tapping the case. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Agnes from the chicken company wrote me a scary letter earlier, so I decided I’d better get prepared, just in case. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He’d stolen a case of bottles from a shop at Winter sector’s edge earlier in the evening and sold all but this one for a grand total of 650 Notes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And he was in any case the bearer of the Ring: it hung upon its chain against his breast, and at whiles it seemed a heavy weight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

French officials made sure that French markings on the cannon were removed in case the British captured them in battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arm nodded, so Eye took down the calendar and erased Take clothes to laundry and wrote in Important case for General Matsika instead. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, he didn’t come because of you. But since they assigned him to cover the parricide trial, they asked him to send a dispatch about your case at the same time.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Father Olufemi is still making his selections. He wants to make sure there’s a good balance of novice and experienced warriors in case.. ” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He further informed Lawrence that he intended to back up Briggs “unless there was some decidedly strong case” for accelerating uranium research, which he had yet to see. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In any case, I try to catch them out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Just in case, he also scrawls it in ink on the inside waistband of his pants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He figured that the man responsible for signing the school up for this would want to be there on the first day of implementation, but that didn’t seem to be the case. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Because in case you missed it, shiny, future Twinkle dates Neil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If they hadn’t come to a plea agreement by then, the case would go to trial December 8. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Lady’s companion, the Chevalier, was opening the case of the lodestone resonator, and, curiosity overcoming resentment, Lyra watched to see what he did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had a broken leg too, in case there was any doubt. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Need to disappear, escape this bright office with its stacked trophy case and laminated Massachusetts map with a stenciled #7 above two crossed swords. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was wary about expressing such strong opinions to Walter's family because I hadn't investigated the case enough to be sure there was more evidence to convict Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Detective Shannon Keene, who was handling the Moss case, arranged for me to be interviewed by our local authorities. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The professors told me that every case is different. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She pulled the overnight case out from under her bed, put underwear, toothbrush, clean shirts and shorts into it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecution set out to prove its case to the jurors. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Enough to befuddle him,” Liddy added, “make him appear a near burnt-out drug case.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She’d make a big federal case out of it like Big Ma had and write back and say things that made me feel bad or want to scratch my head. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes wide and tried to look like it had been an accident, or a mistake, in case she wanted it to be. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And that would've normally been the case, but this was a pretty big deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Useless to me in any case, an ancient hieroglyph to which the key’s been lost. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If your information is as useful as you think it is, I shall personally look into your case, miss.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to file a civil rights case. For you, and other students of color who are punished disproportionately.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t ask if they are Muslim, or say anything to embarrass you, in case you’re wondering.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Who, in this case, was a matron of honor because she is married. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It looked to them like another case of police refusal to arrest whites for attacking blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She took her sister to the living room where she had a glass case, a large upside- down fish tank, and inside were her children’s athletic trophies and scholarship trophies. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fool’s listening for the dial tone again, in case someone tries to call. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They figure I’m more a head case than a criminal, so they call in the guidance counselor, too. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lost in my swirling thoughts, I glance through the glass wall of the office and spy Mr. Kennedy and one of the other custodians cleaning the glass of the main floor trophy case. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A Maven might tell five people where to stay in Los Angeles but make the case for the hotel so emphatically that all of them would take his advice. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just in case all that slipped my mind, two, three times a week Pastor Ted was there, on the other end of the line, going on about Stan’s one-way trip to paradise. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Having ruled out a heart attack, the cardiologist, James Herrick, assigned the case rather casually to a medical resident named Ernest Irons. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They turned up in eyeglass cases, birthday cards, once—I swear—inside an egg Tessie had just cracked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Between the two physical sore spots, I suppose I could have been uncomfortable, but that was not the case. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, whoever was driving the truck wasn’t being aggressive about it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Remember that, in case I get famous or something. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are tough issues. Tough cases make hard issues.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Dusty paid him off and put him on a jet, in case the feds went looking for him.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was not the type usually sent out to accompany violent cases and I was glad until I remembered that the only violent thing about the vet was his tongue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie thought they looked like birds hunching their heads down beneath their wings in case someone might knock them off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, in many cases a quantifier naturally floats leftward away from the verb, unsplitting the infinitive, as in the examples on the right: It seems monstrous to even suggest the possibility. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I have to do something for you. Something good, I’d say, in your case.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"I think I still prefer surgery. And in this case especially, with this, uh . . . background, I'm not so sure that I don't believe in the effectiveness of simple prayer." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz leaned in so that no one else could hear it when he said, “My Wraith would counsel mercy. But thanks to you, she’s not here to plead your case.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In case you want the truth about Dad—his heart is broken because of you. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably to protect government executives in case of a world catastrophe. Too bad no one had enough time to make it here—I’m sure most of them fried like the rest.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Here,” said a gray-haired man, putting a small case on the floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In such cases, voters were asked to validate their ballots by taking an oath assuring that they were legally permitted to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I reached inside my sax case and took out the envelope with Momma’s picture in it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Under present conditions six years would not be long enough. In any case we have no uranium.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought that was a watch,” I say as Ma flips open the gold case. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In a few years, some of the appellate court judges would be attacked and replaced in partisan judicial elections by candidates who complained about the court's rulings in death penalty cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Something about the case had lit a spark in her, though she could not yet put her finger on it, and would not be able to articulate it for a long while. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon he had had such a bad case of claustrophobia that he almost fainted in the booth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he felt disconnected from them, living in Spain, but in any case he liked to know where his siblings were, what they were doing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In my particular case, I could not hide behind the curtain of voluntary goodness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like we'd never see one another again, and maybe, in some cases, that was true. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In every case, his finds were either overlooked or made it into publication after someone else had made the same discovery independently. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t throw it at her, but held it, just in case. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then he took a small case with optical instruments out of the toolbox that he always carried with him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Just check out the glass display case outside the front office. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You celebrate the dead man’s life—or in this case, his eight lives.You were supposed to be the ninth, Matt.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mysteriously, as was so frequently the case with her, Julia Bishop said she wanted to tell me something. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I have onlyfollowed the case in the news and I think the filing to the charges under these circumstances was somewhat new. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There are other documented cases of kids flying by themselves—plenty of cases like this one. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But in her case, neighbors had kept their distance, believing she was destined for an early death and anyone she touched would be forced to accompany her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it soon became clear that the state’s special investigator in charge of solving the Osage murder cases was himself a crook. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Everything looks like it costs thousands of dollars and belongs in a glass case. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell them what I knew and all about my conversation with Detective Inspector Pearce but she had told me to say nothing for now in case people started to hope. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she would have to keep some case details secret, but she was sure there was scope for a book—if only she could find the spare hours to write it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the case of Peugeot SA the crucial story was the French legal code, as written by the French parliament. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

DVDs and cases orbited in a ring around it, mostly Farsi-language dubs of Bollywood movies. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Chief merely gave them a case of red wine as a gift, and said vaguely to Obinze, “Come and see me next week.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In any case, Pastor Howard was expecting me and no amount of dillydallying would change that fact. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

From those two spots, the cases radiate outward along the two central roadways that happen to cut through both neighborhoods. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes lines the display cases with paper doilies and organizes the croissants and coffee rings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not adopt pigs, of which there were few or none on the islands, and which they would in any case have been unable to feed without agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not immediately relevant to this case and may prejudice the jury’s deliberations. However, I will direct that it be entered into the court record.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thin golden arms extended from its middle and snapped up the precious scroll cases. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His bed was already taken by another case. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If his case wasn't overturned on direct appeal, we'd have a chance to file a postconviction petition later, and we would need new evidence, new witnesses, and new facts to prove Walter's innocence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” I said, “I am not going.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why he kept studying the display case labeled “Staff Picks: Our Most Memorable Reads.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But, you know, other than that edge case, there's no reason. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For in that case each would still be a self-contained uni-verse, freed forever from the sobering influence of external danger. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I drove around the perimeter of Jefferson Park so we could avoid driving past our houses, just in case our parents had woken up and discovered us missing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a heap of rags, a few bars of soap, and a carton of baking soda in the indoor lavatory, Miss Larsen tells me, in case you want to freshen up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then came the distinctive harmonic thrum as the lute was taken out of its case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Local commerce was robust—too robust in some cases: a sign reading please wash at home awaited customers of a Norfolk Laundromat enjoying too much of a good thing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He put in some extra clothes, in case he got wet, and some paper and a pencil, so that he could write a record of the journey. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the rivers and rails, the ruins and natural veins of ore, and dozens of escape routes he’d devised in case he was ever pursued by city authorities. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I gulped and made my case to him in German. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Freas denied the allegations, and while the case awaited trial, these two powerful lawmen were pitted against each other. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Powell was by the case, looking down into it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You also understand that although you are not under arrest, you are still a suspect in this case. Anything you say today may later be used as evidence in court.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He never wrote down your number; even in the case of combination plays, he would just nod. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They figure, who cares, we made an effort, we’ll keep our funding clearing important cases. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The poison from the stingers makes me wobbly, but I find my way back to my own little pool and submerge myself in the water, just in case any wasps are still on my trail. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The facts are supposed to determine the case. 10TH JUROR: Ah, don’t give me any of that. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would have wanted us to party,” they said sullenly, which certainly was not the case; but then again, the Student Services office lived in mortal fear of Frank and Jud. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But today, a judge would hear a petition Du Bois had filed asking the judge to send Richard’s case back to juvenile court. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z