| 单词 | celebrate |
| 例句 | “Your mother and I have said nothing because how can we possibly hold a bar mitzvah for you? If we’re caught celebrating it, we’ll be killed.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It could have been the last holidays the planet was ever going to celebrate, and you wouldn’t have known it from what Mrs. Bigio cooked for Camillo Junior High’s lunch. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I know you celebrate together. I have zero intention of interfering with your traditions.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He wanted a real beer to celebrate the news. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We Indians know how to celebrate with our dead. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The stela recounted the rise of a warrior-king named Harvest Mountain Lord who celebrated his ascension to the throne by decapitating his main rival during the coronation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nothing hurts more than celebrating your mother’s birthday on Christmas Eve when she’s not around. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The short, stunted man confined to a wheelchair and the growing boy went to movies, dined in restaurants, attended chess events at clubs, and celebrated birthdays and holidays together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The minute I had enough money saved to go one way, I’d be out of there.To celebrate my first night in Boston, Ella prepares a large dinner of baked chicken. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, fourteen days after my parents first laid eyes on each other, friends and family gathered to celebrate their union. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z On June 22, they celebrated Midwinter’s Day again, although not as comfortably as the last year’s party on board Endurance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z "We want to have everybody over when he gets out. We want to cook some good food, and everybody will want to celebrate. But after that, maybe he should go to Montgomery with you." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The big feast immediately following his release had brought hundreds of people to his home to celebrate his freedom, but I knew that not everyone in the community was overjoyed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At the Salzburg Festival in Austria in 1935, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini attended one of her recitals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I am mourning my wife not celebrating the bloody citrus. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Not even the most celebrated journalist of all time could accomplish all that. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z In addition to celebrating the year's graduates, the school, like many colleges, recognizes special people by awarding them with honorary doctorates. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z In modern-day Iran, men and women aren’t technically allowed to celebrate in the same room together, but many are willing to break the law to cut a rug. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So we celebrated early, on the very same day he finished the exam—July 31, 1991—booking ourselves a table at a downtown restaurant called Gordon. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Besides celebrating, de la O had a serious mission. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Thus the first names of places were saints’ names or religious holidays celebrated at stopping places. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Our presence in the White House had been celebrated by millions of Americans, but it also contributed to a reactionary sense of fear and resentment among others. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Come, let’s go to my house. I will ask Maman to make some puffs for us to celebrate the birth of the new Ruthie.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z After the game, Benji suggested they all go for pizza to celebrate the victory. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z More than fifty years had passed since blacks around the country joined John Jones and his abolitionist friends in celebrating the end of slavery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the night when Mama Killa was at her fullest, the entire village celebrated with a lavish communal meal, although no one spoke of how meager the feast would be this year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame for me to celebrate alone.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He made extra effort to serve the food up nicely, but inside he didn’t feel much like celebrating. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I celebrated my birthday with my dad every year, and we spent Christmas with him as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The maitre d’ went around with a tray of mango juice to celebrate the victory. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But in the midst of all that celebrating, I felt like someone had knocked the wind out of me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z So the jubilee was celebrated without the attendance of any members of the family. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z From the high ceiling one of the celebrated Devon chandeliers, all glittering tears, scattered thin illumination. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We celebrated Guy Fawkes Day in November, and every year my mom would buy us a ton of fireworks, like a mini-arsenal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Don’t celebrate yet,” I told them as I veered around the plaza. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Lily turns in her Yale application, and Mom decides we have to go out for a special dinner to celebrate. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “However, I recently celebrated my eighth year of sobriety.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She had received her diploma, and it was time to celebrate. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 As Bolles continued, Joe clenched his fist at his side and gave it a subtle little pump, unwilling to celebrate any more demonstrably than that in front of the boys who had not been selected. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z E.J. answers, “Basically, we’re sitting here feasting and celebrating that our nation was stolen from indigenous people. Columbus didn’t discover nothing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I always went straight home after school, but today I had something to celebrate. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had another two birthdays still to celebrate behind bars, his nineteenth and his twentieth. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This is an activity that idealizes risk-taking; the sport’s most celebrated figures have always been those who stick their necks out the farthest and manage to get away with it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z An afternoon fireworks display explodes over the Royal Harbor to celebrate the princess's birthday. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The next year, Mom said that we had to celebrate New Year’s Eve as a family. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Afrikaners celebrate December 16 as the triumph of the Afrikaner over the African and the demonstration that God was on their side; while Africans mourned this day of the massacre of their people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In a few hours, once the dawn breaks anew, citizens will gather to begin their observance of the Bonding, a holy day in which we celebrate our connection to the gods of this land. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “This is about you, Nessy. You need to celebrate the fact that you made it in!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He summoned the happiest thought he could, concentrated with all his might on the thought of getting out of the maze and celebrating with Ron and Hermione, raised his wand, and cried, “Expecto Patronum!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In the saddle, a few blocks from Ford’s, David Herold celebrated his escape from the Seward house disaster. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We all returned to Grandpa's apartment, and Dad insisted on taking us all out to the Daily Queen to celebrate. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “You should come to California with me. We could go to Disneyland or Universal Studios. You know, to celebrate graduating high school.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Don’t think, because we have no fancy bandstands or city parks, that we can’t celebrate Independence Day with as much verve as you do in the big city. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Soon blacks were gathered at Quinn Chapel, celebrating the first-ever wage scale in Chicago that gave equal pay to black and white waiters. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The announcement of their departure to Kentucky gave segregationists reason to celebrate, and it was evident in the students who bragged about their renewed hope of getting rid of us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ready to celebrate?” she asks out the side of her mouth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Satisfied with their work, the people had a party the next day to celebrate the departure of the old man. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z So that leaves Cato and the girl from District 2, who are now surely celebrating the new rule. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Madam commanded that a supper be thrown to celebrate the capture of Fort Washington, complete with turtle soup. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s a last-minute thing. Maxine called and asked if I wanted to do brunch with her to celebrate my birthday.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mom, Dad, and I went out to celebrate. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “They said our school shouldn’t celebrate foreigners and their food.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Tom rang for the janitor and sent him for some celebrated sandwiches, which were a complete supper in themselves. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Even at the tender age when I didn’t yet know my real name, I was puzzled by the hypocrisy of celebrating a people everyone looked down on. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I turned to see my mother jumping up and down, like a rabbit, ululating, which is how we celebrate. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As a child, I celebrated my birthday on September 22, but my parents eventually revealed to me that I was born on October 10. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Big Bill Thompson showed up to help celebrate the return of the all-black Eighth Regiment. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mother and I were supposed to go to the zoo the following Saturday to celebrate finishing all 30,000 cards. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Napoleon had commanded that once a week there should be held something called a Spontaneous Demonstration, the object of which was to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of Animal Farm. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Finally Beetle came and they sat and ate their cheese together, to celebrate Lady Day. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys were tired, and it was blazing hot out on the float, and they wanted to hit the showers and start celebrating. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Bob also told me that acts of sabotage in Port Elizabeth and Durban had occurred, both celebrating the U.N. vote and protesting my trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dust looked as if it were celebrating something. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “All celebrated when the old emperor was overthrown, but now we tremble. For the new emperor is brutal and fierce. They call him the Tiger Emperor.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Families struggled to put food on the table, while the royal family spent hundreds of millions of dollars on parties to celebrate the monarchy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “So, how shall we celebrate when the boy comes home?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I never thought it was strange that our Jewish family celebrated Christmas with Nan, Aunt Louise, and our English cousins. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Lexie, I’m taking you out for a fancy brunch this weekend to celebrate,” Mrs. Richardson said at dinner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Until the day we celebrated her 60th birthday in class. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z While Americans celebrated victory, a woman in her early thirties, with short, dark hair stepped off a train in the tiny town of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, Hans’s closest friends, all students like him, stopped by to meet Sophie and celebrate her birthday. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Okay, it’s obviously not really New Year’s Eve, but tonight we’re pretending it is, since you weren’t here to celebrate with us last year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And on a pillow several badly cracked pieces of delicate china, a commemorative plate celebrating the St. Louis World Fair . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We are honored guests, celebrating both our reunion and thirty years of progress in Little Rock’s race relations. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, let’s celebrate,” I said, with a forced gaiety. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, getting older didn’t seem like anything to celebrate since I’d gotten the big prophecy about me destroying or saving the world when I turned sixteen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then they shot off a round of musket fire to celebrate. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Like they knew they were free and were celebrating. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Well anyway, it was a nice idea, and since the eight of us had never celebrated St. Nicholas Day before, this was a good time to begin. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z America's leaders celebrated the Berlin Tunnel as one of the CIA's clearest victories in the Cold War—and evidence of the West's superior technological capabilities and spycraft. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One might think we would have celebrated the news, but, in fact, we were apprehensive about what it could mean for us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Everyone celebrated earning their diplomas with music and dancing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “The girls and I are going out for brunch on Saturday, to celebrate Lexie’s good news. Why don’t you come, too?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It had seemed to rise in many minds at once, the initial intent simply to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of the New World by hosting a world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z You could tell this because her eyes rolled whenever the subject came up—which was plenty lately, since that’s what her class was going to do to celebrate the end of the school year. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Every student here today was handpicked for both academic and political excellence. You will represent all the teachers and students of our school when we celebrate the Communist Party Birthday on July first....” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We wouldn’t none of us have even been here tonight like we are, celebrating like this, if it wasn’t for the love of all them stupid Coyote Angels.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This poster celebrates suffrage and the League of Women Voters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Not only are we in the districts forced to remember the iron grip of the Capitol’s power each year, we are forced to celebrate it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His face had aged so dramatically that, on the twenty-ninth birthday he celebrated that November, he could easily have passed for sixty. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She was always good at knowing how to celebrate birthdays when we were together. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z No celebrating acceptance letters or crying over rejection ones. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Charles and Marcela whirled off to the Turf Club Ball at the Ambassador Hotel Fiesta Room, where they laughed and celebrated and slurped champagne from a gigantic golden loving cup. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, we are celebrating Christmas with my dad’s family, and my brother will be home for a little while. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “We love being American, celebrating holidays like Thanksgiving and July Fourth. But Halloween is a holiday with pagan roots, against the teachings of Islam.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She usually chose to celebrate the birth of our Lord by going on a good long bender, one that started a couple days before Christmas and ended well after New Year’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I’m sure. It can wait. Right now we need to be celebrating.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I am sure Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are waiting to celebrate with you, and it would be a shame to deprive them of this excellent excuse to make a great deal of mess and noise.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “She’ll be out of town and wanted to celebrate before she left.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ralph took the whole family out for a drive to celebrate; even Theresa came, though she’d been up all night at the hospital. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On that day, white South Africans celebrate the defeat of the great Zulu leader Dingane at the Battle of Blood River in 1838. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We celebrated, we exchanged gifts, and Navid devoured the contents of our entire kitchen. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Traditionally, for three days and nights, we celebrate the New Year with parades, food, and music. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you don’t mind my celebrating a little.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z To celebrate my recovery Serafina presents me with new clothing and a new pair of tennis shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “It is not right for you to celebrate this year.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’ll be celebrating another birthday by the time I get it written down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Obviously the successful execution was to be celebrated there later. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Let us celebrate the gift that Dismay Snowberger is”—Preacher Powell looked to me for emphasis—“to his family, his community, and the world.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The students and parents have rushed onto the floor and my teammates are celebrating like we’ve already won the state championship. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Relatives gathered at a great-uncle’s house to eat biryani chicken and celebrate the holiday. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Consumed by the great drive toward wealth and power that had begun after the end of the Civil War, America seemed to have scant interest in celebrating its distant past. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Celia had celebrated every holiday on the calendar, but never had she mentioned this one. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Stories about ancestral spirits and tribal totems were strong enough to enable 500 people to trade seashells, celebrate the odd festival, and join forces to wipe out a Neanderthal band, but no more than that. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for Aeschylus’ Persians, written to celebrate the victory of the Greeks over the Persians at Salamis, all the plays have mythological subjects. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z On April 10, Abraham Lincoln appeared at a second-floor window of the Executive Mansion, as the White House was known then, to greet a crowd of citizens celebrating General Lee’s surrender. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather came to spend Rosh Hashanah with us so as to attend the services of the celebrated Rebbe of Borsche. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The bar is full of plain ordinary folk, some looking down on their luck, some looking to celebrate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sweetie, you’ll still get to dance. We'll move after Barrio Fiesta. That gives us time to get organized, and we can celebrate your birthday here. And your land will be here whenever we visit.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I don’t want to hear the speech Tori will make on Marlene’s behalf or be around for the toasting and the shouting as the Dauntless celebrate her life and her bravery. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She had wanted a big party to celebrate Buchis birth, and he had floated through that day, a bubble of air between him and the party. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She celebrated her sixty-fifth birthday last year and rarely makes it up because of her bum knee and her weak heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Before, they would have celebrated it as if it were a personal triumph. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They had just returned from motoring in a friend’s Rolls to a celebrated country house near Bedford. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A short time after the birth of their daughter, the unexpected jubilee for Colonel Aureliano Buendía, ordered by the government to celebrate another anniversary of the Treaty of Neerlandia, was announced. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He had never been celebrated for anything, and yet here he was, a part of something that was the focus of not just admiration but a kind of adulation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But there is a second, less celebrated type of volcano that doesn’t involve mountain building. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I remember how we celebrated your birthday. We gave you a picture book—you know, the one about the sea serpent with a toothache winding itself around the lighthouse....” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z This coin celebrates the first accomplishment of the abolitionists: ending the English slave trade in 1807. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Adele made her granddaughters and me Easter outfits in pastel colors, and we celebrated with an Easter egg hunt and picnic in a park. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The century is only 99 years old in the year 100, and only celebrates its hundredth birthday on January 1 in the year 101. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I always think it’s funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Why, if he and his kind were so content — if they celebrated Yule, so to speak, all year — why did he spend those nights walking with her? Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the doors even open, I see one of those train takeovers going down, the ones where college kids host parties on trains to celebrate not getting the alert Mateo and I got. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They celebrated what would have been Willow’s tenth birthday once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It is May 14, 2000, a Sunday when many churches in Mexico celebrate Mother’s Day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I should have been celebrating the fact that she was finally able to come out and tell us exactly what she wanted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The priest’s vestments shone with the white and gold jubilation of the church celebrating the birth of its redeemer. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any more’n he likes you celebrating the troubles of others, be they rich or poor.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There are those who would celebrate that, too. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Their little group of three pilots, three navigators, three gunners, and one mechanic celebrated the new year in a village called Lopatino while they waited for the snow and wind to die down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He also celebrated it, regrettably, by making too generous a use of the cellars over which Dame Brisen’s husband presided. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can celebrate with some strong bone soup,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z There was little time to waste by having him come off the campaign trail to celebrate Malia’s birthday, and he couldn’t slip out of voters’ view on what was the country’s most symbolic holiday. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Frankly, I just don’t see anything to celebrate, winter or spring or anything else.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They were married a short time later, first signing their Islamic marriage contract in a traditional nikah ceremony, and then later they celebrated with a more formal occasion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Junior Championship the previous summer, but above all, he’d begun to have increased confidence in himself after his celebrated “Game of the Century.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She wore an outfit entirely made of sequins to celebrate her first day and appeared as we all stood outside the classroom, waiting for school to start. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Even though so many of the stories are good, celebrating the bonds of women and family, the bad stories will be the ones that catch the white people’s attention. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Outside, in the ring of trees around the pond, the birds were celebrating, giving the new day a brass band’s worth of greeting. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z All around him people were feasting and celebrating because they thought they were finally safe, but he knew better. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Cabin fever reached its peak on Midwinter’s Day, June 22, when the crew celebrated with a raucous party. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As we eat, Lee Lee says, “My teacher Mrs. Phillips doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. Can you believe that?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Take that, Mr. Doom and Gloom therapist! she wrote on her blog in a pair of posts celebrating Sasha’s high school graduation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Bargaining with Octavian As Mark Antony sailed for Italy, Cleopatra had every reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Most of the other men had gone off to Big T’s to celebrate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It had occurred to Malcolm already, and it came back to him now, that what he was doing in talking to Dr. Relf was very like what St. Alexander was celebrated for. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As she climbed into the limo, she said, “Tomorrow is Tendai’s birthday. I wonder if he’ll be able to celebrate it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s been working since then for a firm in midtown, with celebrated large-scale commissions to its name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Johnny celebrated his voting birthday by getting drunk for three days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We propose to celebrate what we have done the last hundred years,” he said, “not what we have failed to do.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In Congo, we celebrated major holidays, such as Christmas and Easter, not birthdays. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When, in Messiah’s famous ‘Hallelujah’ chorus, the choir sing '. . . and He shall reign for ever and ever’, two kings are being celebrated: one in heaven, the other at St James’s Palace. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z From a jar of fleas before him, the celebrated experimenter Van Dumholtz carefully removes a single flea, gently pulls off its back legs, and in a loud voice commands it to jump. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And if you didn’t have an accurate calendar, you couldn’t know when to celebrate Easter. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We celebrated most major life events at Southside’s house, which meant that over the years we unwrapped Christmas presents to Ella Fitzgerald and blew out birthday candles to Coltrane. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Had she been a boy this day would be one to celebrate. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw crowds of blacks celebrating in the streets outside the courthouse, and crowds of whites sitting stunned inside restaurants. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dusty’s second mistake had been losing track of those two nitwits while he celebrated. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The prince of Kuwait attended the race and celebrated him at an honorary dinner in Naples. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The club’s telegram reached Depew in Washington twenty minutes after the final ballot, just as Chicago’s congressional delegation began celebrating at the Willard Hotel near the White House. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mary was planning on doing what she always did to celebrate, commiserate, blow off steam, or just kill boredom. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Finally, in 1926, Heisenberg came up with a celebrated compromise, producing a new discipline that came to be known as quantum mechanics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Anyway, we’re just celebrating the birth of the Corps same as him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Bill, whom the Defender called “the spectacular, nervy Mayor of Chicago,” publicly spoke out against the slights that blacks found so demeaning, and made a great show of celebrating their successes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z By the fury with which they strove to win, they were honoring each other and celebrating each other’s gifts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The following weekend, my parents held a big Worlds Party to celebrate my win. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They were safely in their houses, however, celebrating with the daughter her luck at being saved from such a frightening husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z On December 30, however, when results from Virginia and South Carolina revealed that Adams had captured one electoral vote in each of these southern states, Adams ceased erupting and started celebrating. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I’m so busy celebrating Willow’s arrival that the implication of her being here takes a few moments to sink in, but when it does, it hits me like a jolt of electricity. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t like to think of them as powers—that seemed to imply they were something to celebrate. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She and I usually celebrate numbers winnings, and if this is going to be my last ride, I’ll at least go out in style. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the radio, the RRG blares reports that the parade to celebrate Hitler's victory is under way. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Mantua, celebrating a royal wedding, laid on an open-air stadium into which were crammed several thousand people a night. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And there it was, the hum of the public, people whooping and celebrating outside the iron gates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z To celebrate his new life on the wagon, and to put some distance between himself and his drinking haunts, he decided that the Walls clan should take a long camping trip to the Grand Canyon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe they found those kids in Arizona, and Mom’s celebrating.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We milked first—since cows don’t celebrate Christmas—and then came in to a breakfast of eggs and grapefruit and cherry babka and hot tea. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Out on the streets the local Communists were celebrating the news of the Red invasion with a makeshift parade. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve never wanted to win them. I didn’t even want to take them. I was going to desert, Helene. Right after graduation, when everyone else would be celebrating, I was going to run.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Ahh, yes. The American holiday celebrating colonialism with a bland, dry bird.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Still,” my father said like he could read my mind, “we will celebrate it.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z In the 1930s, Sylvanus G. Morley of Harvard, probably the most celebrated Mayanist of his day, espoused what is still the best-known theory: The Maya collapsed because they overshot the carrying capacity of their environment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “What do you say we have a drink and celebrate our being together again?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Every March we would celebrate when our stork returned to the nest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The continued influence of settler colonialism and genocide show up when history is retold in a way that celebrates settlers and makes Indigenous peoples disappear from the historical record. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Matt celebrated with a bottle of water and a package of cookies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Practically the whole neighborhood has come out to celebrate Madrina’s life. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Down below, the crowd murmurs in halfhearted confusion as they continue making their way toward the exits, but it is quickly replaced by cheering again as they celebrate the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They exchanged members, hunted together, traded rare luxuries, cemented political alliances and celebrated religious festivals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We will refuse to celebrate what is beautiful about our distinct cultures and histories, even as we blend and evolve. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My dad vowed to make a special sign to hang outside the restaurant that would say we were celebrating almost two decades and counting. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s marriage to Octavia in 40 BCE gave the people of Rome a reason to celebrate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z So it was all worth celebrating over a huge mound of ice cream in the student center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The trees surround us with their fall leaves in blazes of red and orange and yellow, as if they, too, are celebrating the first English wedding in the New World. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Even the grandmothers sweeping the stairs closed their eyes and held their heads back as they celebrated their sweet desolation. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The King, who was addicted to festivals and ceremonials of all sorts, celebrated the occasion royally, by presenting a new gown to every man on the estate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he was celebrating the release of his fingers, but it was something else. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Many mythic heroes in Greek and Norse mythology, after all, made celebrated efforts to visit Hell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After school, Mabel and I split up our science assignment on the 31, hopped off around the corner from Trouble Coffee, and went in to celebrate our excellent time management with two cappuccinos. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Since the 1890s, the first of May, known as May Day, had been celebrated with parades, many of them organized by the labor movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The new knowledge thus represented the triumph of experience over theory and learning, and was celebrated as such. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They had been dressed in green, to celebrate the festival of spring. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at all the people here to celebrate Gran’s life. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The guidance counselors are celebrating the lack of fatal accidents. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then when we were done, we celebrated with my first cup of coffee ever and the chess game. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t you be with your father, celebrating?” the Ghost spits. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then they bad some whisky to celebrate, and set off in search of the King, as darkness fell. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You know, and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The only way Aunt Consuelo celebrated was to go to a late Mass with the oldest children, Señor Fidencio, and his wife. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Not that there had ever been anything for her to celebrate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The gala is being held to celebrate the capture of a dangerous criminal, and to reward us all for bringing him to justice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe you remember that dress! My mother always made me wear stuff like that at the holidays, and we don’t even celebrate Christmas. Like she was dressing up an American Girl doll.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I should show Stargirl and the world that I wasn’t like the rest of them, that I appreciated her, that I celebrated her and her insistence on being herself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They still do that in my grandmother's house—gathering in the kitchen, chatting and laughing, celebrating the end of another day's work. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m ready for her good news so we can really celebrate. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z There are Memories of Keira and me celebrating our first night in the little studio we’d rented, and of me holding out my first check after my first successful bounty hunt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I decided I would begin to celebrate my birthday on October 10 instead. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The closest person to him in age is a girl named Moushumi, whose family recently moved to Massachusetts from England, and whose thirteenth birthday was celebrated in a similar fashion a few months ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Boiler explosions, well fires, men slipping into the tanks they were cleaning, sinkholes that opened up right under the happy spectators who came to celebrate a new find. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We didn't celebrate Halloween in prison—or, I should say, every day in prison was scarier than any Halloween, so there was no reason to do anything special on October 31st. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Although the Pilgrims never came to the Dominican Republic, we are attending the American school, so we have to celebrate American holidays. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Diamondstein were flying up from Florida to celebrate Christmas with the Potters and would be our first paying guests. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have time to celebrate, Kendall,” I said, which was actually true. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They called it gliihwein and it was a good thing to warm you and to celebrate with. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “He just celebrated his three hundred and sixty-second birthday,” Edward said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When a boy caught his first bird in Nunivak, he was supposed to fast for a day, then celebrate the Feast of the Bird. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell her that I wanted him in the Panteón Municipal, where we could celebrate him on el Día de Muertos. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I guess I’m not really in the mood for celebrating this year. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Most people believed in the miracle and they even lighted candles and celebrated novenas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “If he didn’t make it, it was supposed to be served at his funeral. I propose we drink it to celebrate the old buzzard’s death!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early evening, she put on a bright yellow halter top to show off her tan, jeans, and big green hoop earrings, and set out with friends to celebrate the Irish holiday. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I loved Christmas with my dad because my dad celebrated European Christmas. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There was little I wanted to celebrate about National War Savings Day, but Fern, Mattie, and Chase didn’t need to know that. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z ‘We believe,’ the congregation is encouraged to say, celebrating community—but only that fact. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We break-fasted on water breads and the celebrated little cheeses of Higuey, watching the pilgrims through the door of the cafeteria. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not all Mexican people celebrate it, but my grandmother has her whole life,” Fina says. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t exactly where I had imagined celebrating one of the biggest milestones of my life, but I followed along without a word. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the man of the house played the accordion, fireworks were set off, and drums celebrated the event throughout the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He had helped bring Alba into the world and had sat her on his knee a thousand times; had taught her to read, paid for her schooling, and celebrated all her birthdays. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The night after the Normandy Invasion, restaurants in Moscow were packed with excited people thrilled to have a reason to celebrate. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Every year Mom, Dad, Thomas, and I would celebrate Fig’s birthday with a specially made cake from Heavenly Treats Bakery, while watching the video Dad had recorded of Fig’s homecoming six years ago. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We stopped the frantic celebrating, but everyone was jubilant. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Everyone is always celebrating victory or drinking away defeat. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It’s like celebrating Fourth of July in January. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Although he was angry with the other women, Kumalo forgave them, and that night they all had a feast to celebrate the return of the new wife to her husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I sip my drink and feel that at last I have something to celebrate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that I felt there was much to celebrate. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It was like a party among the ruins where they were the only ones still celebrating, but I didn't believe their bravado. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The throngs of people celebrating are so thick it’s slow going. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe the number of people who came out to celebrate this day with me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “To be, or not to be ... ” may be the most celebrated aporia in literary history. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “I have retained my citizenship. I still put up the American flag in the bar and celebrate every single Fourth of July.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandmother said if you heard thunder without seeing lightning, it was the voices of the njuzu celebrating the approach of rain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Technically, the party was merely a family gathering on a full-moon night, but everyone knew it was really to celebrate Masvita’s new status. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yes, you are all safe for the present. Soon there will be feasting and merrymaking to celebrate the victory at the Ford of Bruinen, and you will all be there in places of honour.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The social workers estimated she was two months old when she came to us, give or take a couple of weeks. That was January thirtieth. So we decided we’d celebrate November thirtieth as her birthday.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Benton Sage, having written only one page in four days, celebrated Christmas morning by watching a rerun of The Wonder Years and eating a candy bar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z My parents and I celebrated that night by having pizza delivered from Italian Fiesta. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He would, indeed, and he’d have a drop of the Irish to celebrate his decision and departure. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “But that, Monsieur, is not his real name. He is the man Cassetti, who was responsible for a celebrated kidnapping outrage in America.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a new and brighter world, in which I am free to hurry along, celebrating my remarkable ability to walk, to run. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Not that they would be expecting to celebrate St. Nicholas Day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z After Aurelia's first year clean, she and my mother got really, really bad star tattoos as a way to celebrate. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And anyway, the idea that we would celebrate anything right now is so ludicrous I don’t continue. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Mozart, as well as being intrigued by the hidden curiosities and mystical secrets of Freemasonry, unashamedly celebrated in The Magic Flute, was fascinated by the supernatural, and by what we would call psychological motive. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z That evening, a “mass meeting” was held at the Holt Street Baptist Church, to celebrate the day’s triumph and to plan for the future. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Just last week, the lot of them were celebrating—with cigars and sparkling cider—the murder of a journalist in Miami who advocated reestablishing ties with Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad, sharing roasted peanuts with me in Central Park; wandering the halls of museums; celebrating my birthday. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Your teammates probably want to celebrate with you.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There may never be a book finished, but we went to celebrate what we did that day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen a birthday party, with one child singled out and celebrated on his day, so that now he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though June and her mom don’t believe in Jesus, they still celebrate Christmas. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There would also be no flaming Olympic torch, just a giant, ten-foot-tall flashlight to celebrate the joy of reading under the covers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Fadi was glad to see her coming out of her funk, but he was in no mood to celebrate. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “A famous victory, gentlemen. A drink to celebrate our victory.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And here they had put on a show, and Cameron Mackintosh, the most powerful man on Broadway, was celebrating with them, shaking their hands, telling everyone that they had been “brilliant, just brilliant!” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There is no grandma to celebrate the holidays with. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Twig had insisted on dressing as an evil witch/candy cane hybrid for Halloween, even though nobody really celebrates Halloween in France, and Twig’s mom said she was being embarrassing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Above all, though, we celebrated each new bit of learning or progress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We stayed late, celebrating being together more than the new year, I think. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A sign announced that this was no ordinary footpath but the celebrated Appalachian Trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He said that Mama had made the card sappy enough and that he hoped I was happy celebrating my day. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Here, surrounded by people and yet alone, I celebrate myself. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z How can you celebrate your birthday when you’ve got the sulks, how can you accept gifts from people you won’t even talk to? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Could he escape Washington, its streets filled with thousands of soldiers and loyal citizens, all there to celebrate the end of the Civil War? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I always felt the whole country was celebrating my birthday. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We presented The Blockade of Boston, Major-General Burgoyne’s farce upon rebel hypocrisy, as one of the most celebrated events of our hivernal concert series. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z —Well, the game was over ’bout nine- thirty and we was till in a good mood ’cause we won big—by something like forty points, so we was gonna celebrate. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On December 7, 1950, I was going to put all battles aside and celebrate my birthday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some of the very townspeople who had oppressed us and kept us from Central High praised and celebrated us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And then I heard her say it: “Nothing to celebrate yet.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a letter bearing news of his return would gladden her, and she would celebrate his homecoming with all the ceremony of a holiday or saint’s festival. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He celebrated the “dramatic improvement in my prospects,” which included marriage—his second—to a bride who shared his deep love of music. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z That is why seven is a lucky number, and why we celebrate on Chaen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This time the place was milling with people who had come into town to celebrate. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And Riefenstahl would be celebrated for it for the rest of her life. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Two days later, Lincoln had made a speech proposing to give blacks the right to vote, and last night, April 13, all of Washington had celebrated with a grand illumination of the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I celebrate myself and sing myself....He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was true—his parents had seen so many birthdays by the time Rowan was born, they had stopped celebrating them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Lourdes’s boyfriend, who likes to get drunk, goes to a bar to celebrate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “And I, the lovely Mary Anne Meecham whose beauty is celebrated in song and legend...” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t pick one of the most celebrated players in the sport next time.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Captain Bligh of the celebrated mutinous Bounty and his fellow castaways survived forty-seven days. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Back then, celebrating your birthday was still not a common thing for us Navajos. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as geneticists celebrated the synthesis of heredity, evolution, and natural selection, the material nature of the gene remained an unsolved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Catherine, whose second birthday I celebrated with Farmer and Didi in their Paris apartment, is a teenager and attends a boarding school in the United States. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The ceremony itself was at a local church, after which we celebrated at the home of Winnie’s eldest brother, which was the ancestral home of the Madikizela clan. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On Friday, November 21, we had a dinner party at our house to celebrate my twelfth birthday. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "Let's go celebrate! We'll splurge at a restaurant! Fish and chips, my family?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Although some people stayed home to listen to the broadcasts, many celebrated, taking part in midnight torchlight parades that snaked throughout other German towns and cities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I read in the paper the other day that a man from Portland hiked Katahdin to celebrate his seventy-eighth birthday,” she said conversationally. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z That night, the Colonel and I walked down to Alaska’s room to celebrate our Barn Night success. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Likewise, the celebrated rationality of the fifth century represents a retrospective bleaching of what was actually a complex and contested story. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They were so caught up in celebrating their awesomeness, they stopped pedaling. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Bell, who had accompanied the celebrated naturalist John James Audubon on his trip up the Missouri River, was the most famous taxidermist of the time. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Why would anyone want to celebrate the day they died?” said Ron, who was halfway through his Potions homework and grumpy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Now get out. I’m going to celebrate by sleeping for another five hours.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We celebrated at the Boys and Girls Club. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z That means I must be a miracle and I might grow up to be a saint with people celebrating the feast of St. Francis of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “It’s always a shock when a little lamb sprouts horns and turns into a big, handsome ram. But it’s a good thing, darling, really it is. We must have a party to celebrate.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So many, and moving along with so much tension and noise that I wasn't sure whether they were about to celebrate a holiday or join in a street fight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The inmates celebrated when Barack Obama won, but their enthusiasm faded quickly. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Maybe that is one way a cook celebrates the ingre-dients, by wasting as little as possible and making the most of whatever the food has to offer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It seems to me that we’ve been quick to celebrate the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and slow to recognize the damage done in that era. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z You celebrate each precious moment in your changing world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She had such a good feeling that she’d decided that this year we were going to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Day, instead of a week later. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The seats were filling with officers in full uniform and their ladies; in remoter areas, the rank and file were admitted to celebrate their favorite Regimental commanders in this act of buffoonage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z No one did anything to protest or celebrate what had happened in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In deference to Christmas, which a few people celebrated even in the Cow’s Guts, Mr. Thirsty had decorated the bar with a stuffed antelope on a platter garnished with holly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t celebrate St. Nicholas the same way,” I say, feeling guilty. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We celebrate the lives of people who are gone. We keep their spirits alive by remembering them.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z In September 1996, my grandmother and my grandfather celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Finally, through intense indoctrination, beatings, and desensitization, its army cultivated and celebrated extreme brutality in its soldiers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z We nine, along with thousands of others, came together to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the integration of Central High. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The whole of Chicago’s black community and a few white friends turned out to celebrate. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After his return, he became head of the anthropology department at Cornell University, from which position he led its celebrated efforts to alleviate poverty in the Andes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was perhaps forty-five or fifty at this time, and in our world she was a very celebrated woman. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z This year firecrackers were fourolds, and few people were in the mood to celebrate. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 "We're so elated that you could join us in celebrating the birthday of our beloved daughter." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t fancy having to go and tell the Irish they’ve got to stop celebrating.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think the pageant is like Christmas, and we just keep trying to celebrate it earlier and earlier until it turns into a year-round event. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Although she said the Brown case was something we should be proud of, something to celebrate, her face didn’t look at all happy. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as they dined and celebrated, disturbing rumors began to circulate in the hallways of the Princeton Inn. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Watson told Crick, and both took off for the Eagle, their favorite pub, where they celebrated Pauling’s failure with shots of schadenfreude-infused whiskey. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But I had no time to celebrate, because I was now standing smack-dab in the middle of the largest battle in the history of the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Khalid’s birthday is going to be in a few weeks, but no point in celebrating something like that with no Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Scientists at Los Alamos celebrated—and for a happy moment thought their job was done. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She talked of his hobbies and talents, how he was celebrated at his funeral as one of the great rocket scientists. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I’m not sure Harriett running off an hour ago to celebrate a friend’s birthday and leaving me alone with Hudson was for the best, though. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But now those landmarks in their courtship have faded, have given way to the occasion they are now celebrating. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “But we don’t have the money to celebrate it with.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no occasion to celebrate,” he reminded her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z This was extraordinary, but we were too well versed in the devious ways of the state to celebrate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, Rasheed said he wanted to invite his friends for dinner to celebrate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I mean, will there be a whole crew of Amazonian handball goddesses there, celebrating victory with you? Or did you win it by your lonesome?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The folks were in Paris—yeah, Paris, France—celebrating my mom’s birthday. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We always celebrate the Harvest Festival on the final day of the Victory Tour, but usually it means a meal at home or with a few friends if you can afford it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z W. H. Auden’s celebrated definition has it that poetry is “memorable speech,” and Auden is right. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Most of all, we thank you for bringing the family together,” our grandfather picks up, “to mourn and to celebrate those who gave their lives for all of us.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And like in the United States, the way we celebrate is with great parties filled with lots of music, dancing, and delicious grilled meats. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He had accomplished one of the most spectacular feats of survival ever recorded, and he was celebrated on every continent. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “There’s only one way to celebrate the end of such a journey,” his hostess had told him when she greeted him at the Merchants’ Guildhall and whisked him away home with her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Milkman used to wonder at her specificity and her acquisitiveness until he reminded himself that Pilate and Reba celebrated no holidays. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And the night before, there was celebrating to do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the kids in the Thursday resource room celebrated their birthdays with a sheet cake, and he had made a specific note when it was Valencia’s turn. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Piper didn’t want to push it, or make a celebration if he didn’t feel like celebrating. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I, the youngest, get to celebrate my actual birthday even though I turned a year older like everyone else at T£t. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We all had our birthdays on Easter, all nine of us, or at least, that’s when we celebrated them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z On this day every year, friends and families gather to celebrate with food and presents. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Magnificence, the people of Meereen have come to celebrate our union. You heard them cheering you. Do not cast away their love.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Here it is. Listen. ‘After his death, the Hasidim took vengeance upon him by dancing upon his grave, and celebrating the day of his decease as a holiday, with shouting and drunkenness.’” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She and Mother were going to celebrate today. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1987, the ANC celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary and held a conference at the end of the year in Tanzania attended by delegates from more than fifty nations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ursula,” he said cheerfully to the HSS head, “let’s you and me go downtown and have a little drink to celebrate.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While the farewell lunch was going on, the family concealed its nervousness with festive expressions and they celebrated with exaggerated enthusiasm the remarks that Father Antonio Isabel made. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But before Arthur’s big day, we’re all celebrating the epic birthdays of Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling at Dylan’s tomorrow. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Hey, man, come celebrate with us and quit wasting time with her,” Drew slurred, slamming a can of beer against my chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The weekend after Easter, we celebrated my birthday with a Sweet Sixteen party. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The prisoners were led inside and shown exhibits celebrating Vietnam’s bloody victory over the French and the ongoing fight against America. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It was as if the whole town were celebrating the arrival of a long-lost friend. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z They would spend the twenty-second celebrating Christmas, and start for Paulet Island on December 23. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Though our forces were not victorious, we quietly celebrated the fact that our MK cadres had engaged the enemy in combat on their own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s celebrate, shall we? Oh Lyddie, it’s so good of you to come. How can I help you?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “All day? When you could have been celebrating? I must have passed a dozen feasts and parties on my way here.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It told him to celebrate Allah while waiting and that patience is what brought strength and prosperity. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The days were getting shorter, the nights were perceptibly cooler, the year was turning toward the Christmas season and the long holiday which the entire countryside would celebrate— both the masters and the slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I celebrate every order of silence borne of the tongue and the heart and the mind. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks later we celebrated Valentine’s Day at school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He poured me a half cup of water, saying happily, “Since we ’ave made lan’, we can celebrate.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The first words out of the pastor’s mouth were “We are not here to mourn a death. We’re here to celebrate a life, gone on to glory.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She confessed her affection for the seven Moscote sisters, for their beauty, their ability for work, their modesty, and their good manners, and she celebrated her son's prudence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And like my dad says, that ain’t nothing to celebrate or be stuck up about. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But for some reason, right now, in this extremely ugly booth at IHOP, he was smiling at me like there was something to celebrate. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I thought of the lady dressed in pink, to celebrate the voting. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In chorus one morning the irony of celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace suddenly seemed too much. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie Curie spent the rest of her life working with distinction in the field, helping to found the celebrated Radium Institute of the University of Paris in 1914. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And then, after our troubles were tallied up like those points at the basketball game, we would celebrate being alive. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe it was the ritual: the circle of women coming together to celebrate being alive—and being a woman, which is a magic all its own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So we ate and celebrated our success on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Summing it up for their children, she wrote that they both stayed home and “loafed,” then celebrated their anniversary in style. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Colored people, however, are still celebrating with a day gathering, a feast that can linger into the night. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If his scheme came to fruition, this would be the last time he celebrated Jockey’s birthday. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He takes her to an Italian restaurant where he goes from time to time with people at work, to celebrate birthdays and promotions and projects well done. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And some had celebrated the victory over the previous night’s blaze with whisky and beer; though, after sixteen hours of fighting a fire, most simply wanted a soft bed and rest. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z And he sent out messengers inviting the most noble lords in the land to come to a banquet to celebrate the opening of Heorot's doors. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Powell started playing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” so, like a wave closing in behind Peach, we all flowed after him, ready to celebrate the life that had been Florentine Snowberger’s. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Tom gave a wave to the folks lined up to be saved and the many more there to watch and celebrate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When he tells her that he isn’t even thirty, she tells him that by that age she had already celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Early in January, after holidays they don’t celebrate, in the first days of a year that his father does not live to see, Gogol boards a train and goes back to New York. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They ate bread and butter to celebrate their engagement. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets were crowded with people celebrating Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z For a long time, Jean and I had enjoyed a standing, friendly deal that we’d go out and celebrate when either of us hit the numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Runs and picks me up, swinging me around as if there’s something to celebrate. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It was Christmas Eve, and they celebrated by reading parts of the Bible, from the Book of Genesis. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He told excited Klansmen on the other end of the line to come down to his gas station to celebrate the shooting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We celebrate with a can of tinned ham on toast, and Helena falls asleep early. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z That night at Elsinore no royal banquet celebrated the prince’s marriage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z None of them understood why, or how, but she hadn't aged since that bloody day when the humans had celebrated their victory over the gods by executing the children they'd left behind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It became the most celebrated building in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Very good! Let us dance and celebrate. Tonight we sleep as aristocrats,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t wait to open my presents, but Mom insisted that we celebrate Christmas in the Catholic fashion, getting to the gifts only after we’d attended midnight mass. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A pageant was planned to celebrate the Ford English School graduation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Today, dozens of legal organizations hand out awards in the fictional lawyer's name to celebrate the model of advocacy described in Lee's novel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Now, if you will excuse me,” said Fred, “I need to go take a nap. My first episode streams tonight and we’re having a party at Jenny’s place to celebrate.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I celebrate now a childhood lived through the forms of the liturgical Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “This,” he said, “is no time for trivialities. I think,” he said, “we should be celebrating.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I texted her after the big win. Wanted my buddy here to celebrate.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The birthday is celebrated at suppertime with cake and presents. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The popular narrative that emphasizes the deaths of slavery and Jim Crow and celebrates the nation’s “triumph over race” with the election of Barack Obama is dangerously misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They are all celebrated as “courageous explorers” or “brave conquistadores,” but their primary motivation was greed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Unlike my friends, they weren’t celebrating the arrival of the New Year so much, it seemed, as closing the book on the old. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Haggadah had to be read and Tateh would ask us children questions about why we celebrated the feast of Passover. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn't celebrate the fact that juniors don't have to take gym. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “He can’t miss what he’s never had! Why don’t we open it now and celebrate Mr. Weasley’s birthday? Nothing like a fine spirit to chase away the pangs of disappointed love...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The dog had ridden in the family's last station wagon, attended my father's retirement party, and celebrated the elections of two Republican presidents. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The two of them once visited my sister Amy and me in New York City, and we celebrated with a dinner party. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I felt like celebrating, too, but I held back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I love the way my neighbors celebrate their big holiday. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The Last Hoorah party was their chance to celebrate and let off some steam after the intensity of the last six weeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My heart and mind were numb, and if we celebrated, it was all I could do to go through the motions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The next night, we host a big party at our house to celebrate. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She came home on the evening of that last day with a bouquet of roses, and for a moment I thought maybe Nathan had brought her flowers to celebrate her final day of work. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I let it go again because celebrating my parents’ marriage after everything with his parents was maybe too much for him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But, even though the movie was popular, the Osage case was fading from memory, eclipsed by more recent celebrated cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z After celebrating his courtroom victory, C.P. went back to serving the Klan, leading the weekly meetings, organizing the Youth Corps, and meeting clandestinely with city officials. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I was miles away from celebrating like that. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And since Gavin disappeared with her, it’s easy for me to just celebrate the moment with my team. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z For a moment it felt as if Pearl were simply one of Lexie’s friends, there to celebrate her marvelous daughter: a promising young woman Mrs. Richardson might mentor, and nurture, purely on potential. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A party was going on at the McLaughlins’ to celebrate the arrival of a relative from Ireland. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “For a fine dinner to celebrate. Come back to the coffeehouse a week from today, and we’ll watch the prices rise together.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In 1799 he had celebrated fifty years of practice in Salem, and he declared he felt he could keep on for fifty more. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mama Lessie was alive, my family would hop in the car on Christmas mornings and drive one hour south to Clanton, where we would celebrate the holidays with my grandparents. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But instead of celebrating, she found herself forcing a smile for her parents. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The church was having a potluck dinner and bonfire to celebrate the New Year. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I could only celebrate the Youth League’s triumph from a distance, for I was unable to attend the conference myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But turns out your son’s an apple off that same tree. So now we’re all celebrating!” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z There is certainly much to celebrate about higher education today. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The segregationists’ leaders were celebrating their victories, and the students at school were letting us know about their triumph. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One Saturday, there was excitement in the air because we were having a citywide, interfaith youth picnic at Gillam Park to celebrate the end of the school year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The people of Mingora were firing guns into the air to celebrate a peace treaty. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They had brought me out to celebrate the holidays and talk with me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “A lot of religious people don’t celebrate Halloween,” Mom says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On Didu's birthday, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and a group of their church friends of a certain age take her out to dinner to celebrate. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There I would have celebrated my birthday by having a huge party, where fourteen couples would twirl around the dance floor as I made my grand entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z There’s a third thing worth celebrating but which she hasn’t mentioned— she’s been awarded a research fellowship to work on her dissertation in France for the year. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In May, they moved from Samos to Athens for more celebrating while they waited for the army to join them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “Before we celebrate Mass, I have been instructed by the archdiocese to take a survey,” Father Mulrooney thundered. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A sort of mystical fairy tale, it romanticized and celebrated the simple life of German farmers living harmoniously with nature on their German soil. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was decked out in the Slytherin colors of green and silver to celebrate Slytherins winning the House Cup for the seventh year in a row. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The island’s pottery, some of it very large, has long been celebrated for its painted and incised representations of animals and plants, which are ornately entan- gled in a profusion that recalls the forest itself. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z By then I didn’t have much time for celebrating anyway. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z "I thought I’m supposed to celebrate my life in exile here?" Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Remember when we took the train up to Place de la Nation to celebrate your birthday with Janai and Ben and the kids? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Everybody celebrated the turn of the millennium on the wrong date. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Every spring, our synagogue celebrates the story of Esther. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Everyone’s too busy celebrating or doing interviews to see them slip out the back door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Some of the other Marines who watched us shook their heads, while others joined in or celebrated in their own way. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian’s Agenda In September of 36 BCE, while Mark Antony struggled in the snows of the eastern frontier, Octavian was celebrating. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean—well, your safety’s much more important! Actually, I’ve been wanting to ask you how you want to celebrate your birthday, Harry. Seventeen, after all, it’s an important day....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The exhibit’s close on December 31, 2000, is just when the astronomers on top of the hill crack open their champagne bottles to celebrate the turn of the millennium. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Both girls are finishing high school, and most of the family is away at a Nicaraguan hotel celebrating their graduation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Once, in Minneapolis, a celebrated lady opera singer got very much annoyed when she heard that the Popper Penguins were to appear on the same program. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I was not cool enough to be invited to the parties where the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy celebrated Halloween. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Leave it to Grandma to think getting yourself brainwashed is something to celebrate, I thought. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He killed time by mailing blown-up match race photographs to reporters and taking out ads celebrating the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When my dad called a few weeks later, upset that I hadn’t called on a holiday they don’t even celebrate, I told him and I think she got into trouble. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As we continued to celebrate, we had a formal dinner in her honor. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As we grew older, we organized matches against boys from neighboring villages, and those who distinguished themselves in these fraternal battles were gready admired, as generals who achieve great victories in war are justly celebrated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Frisch saw fellow scientists rushing to the phone to make reservations at Santa Fe restaurants to celebrate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “That funeral wasn’t about celebrating Kerry’s life,” Mom growled, yanking at her scarf. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have a tree, and if it hadn’t been for the ham that Mr. Ballard sent home to all his employees, I think we would have been celebrating with thawed hamburgers. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “How,” I asked, my glance sweeping about to catch the amused looks of the others, “how dare we celebrate while around the world thousands are suffering and dying?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Park said she’d pick us up from school and take us out to celebrate the election results after Soojin called her to tell her the good news. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The Vanderbeeker home was filled to capacity with neighbors and friends, all swarming in to congratulate and celebrate. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Minor as it seems, this has become something to celebrate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If it’s a holiday, Maria is ready to celebrate. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I am told that occasionally the two camps gather together for lessons on the Angkar, and afterward, they celebrate the Angkar’s victories with dances and songs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was no way,” Wilfred said, “to celebrate after that victory.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was exactly two months since Chester had arrived in New York, and the three animals wanted to celebrate the anniversary. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At first he acted as if he didn’t want to celebrate it, but when Miep arrived with a large shopping bag overflowing with gifts, he was as excited as a little kid. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After a while, the girls celebrated their good fortune by breaking into the provisions. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When she made the dean’s list, he celebrated. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Fortunately, most of them had been celebrating hard and were in no condition to chase after me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Although others were in a festive mood, and eager to celebrate, I knew the authorities could strike at any moment, and I did not want to give them the opportunity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “MacArthur has been kicking butt since he landed at Leyte. Sounds like were going to be celebrating the Fourth of July in Tokyo this year!” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z This year we celebrated by eating lamb chops. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It also means service will be extra long ’cause black folk just love celebrating that man. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The year he turned thirty we celebrated Christmas at the home of my older sister Lisa. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The land changed to sandy fields and low scrub, and I began to despair about reaching the giants before the newlyweds celebrated their first anniversary. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like Trip said. This is just to celebrate Lexie. We’re going to get dressed up and have a little girls’ morning out.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were twelve days of Christmas, although we only celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I suggested to his friends and family that Walter's strength, resistance, and perseverance were a triumph worth celebrating, an accomplishment to be remembered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He writes of a Greek holiday called No. I reply that all teenagers in the world should celebrate this day. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z White people busy celebrating they independence from England July 4th, say Harpo, so most black folks don’t have to work. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I raise the mug like a toast to celebrate this new memory. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The one was Arthur’s Queen, the other a wordless presence who had celebrated Mam at Castle Carbaoek. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a way to celebrate and remember,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z My stitches had come out two days earlier and we were celebrating my first full span in the Arcanum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A few even celebrate, because the Republic gives them one thousand Notes as a condolence gift. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She would ask, “Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July - Independence Day—when we are still in slavery?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z That same day white South Africans would be celebrating the three hundredth anniversary of Jan Van Riebeeck’s arrival at the Cape in 1652. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia and Tam Lin sat in the courtyard with glasses of champagne to celebrate Matt’s new status. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Christmas and the New Year had been celebrated at Gateshead with the usual festive cheer; presents had been interchanged, dinners and evening parties given. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When Craig and I got our report cards at school, our parents celebrated by ordering in a pizza from Italian Fiesta, our favorite place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He turned out to be one of the Luftwaffe’s most celebrated and deadly flying aces, and he wanted to meet the pilot who’d shot him down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mama and Baba will probably not even bother to celebrate the holiday because it’s not something they did “back home.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But as of today, I might never celebrate a birthday with her again. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I expected you to be in the worship hall celebrating the Shetani's capture, with your new brothers.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “The men need to see my signature to know this is truth. They have endured so much, Sal. Don’t deprive them of this chance to celebrate. It will strengthen their spirits.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But all the celebrating felt like a distant world I couldn’t fully be a part of because of the gaping hole where my heart used to be. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “We felt it was more appropriate to give her a new name to celebrate the start of her new life,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I mean, look at the kind of girls they celebrate and put on magazines and in commercials. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Hey, let’s celebrate. I want to hear all about the news station.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Hence when Japan sent troops to Korea and annexed it in 1910, Japanese military leaders celebrated the annexation as “the restoration of the legitimate arrangement of antiquity.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The pictures all celebrated women and their bodies, so it wasn't technically about sex as she had understood it up to then. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They celebrate first of all the inviolability of the earth, and they re-enact, each time, in stereotyped choreography, our long anxiety about the nature of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew they were shining through the windows of rooms, that they were the red, blue, and yellow lights that twinkled from trees in places where families created and kept memories, where they celebrated love. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Tio Pepe reminded us of the big parade next Sunday for Benefactor’s Day, and Minerva said something like why don’t we go celebrate at the cemetery. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My motive for investigating these geographic differences in human societies is not to celebrate one type of society over another but simply to understand what happened in history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I get home that evening, and Ma’s baked a chocolate layer cake to celebrate—a real cake, too, not no Betty Crocker. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As the bird circled the field Palmer silently celebrated, his shoulders shrugging up and down in support of the wonderfully working, unshot wings. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z In Naima’s village, on International Mother Language Day, when the whole country celebrated the beauty of their Bangla language, the leaders gave a prize to the girl who painted the best alpanas. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “God, that was scary as hell. I feel like we should celebrate or something.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z While I was celebrating in the elevator that the First Arrivers were near, I hadn’t considered the Collective was conspiring to exterminate the “hostiles.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But he knew all about history and would celebrate Black History Month in February and March. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These two men—and others—had murdered a boy, and now their fellow citizens had not only turned them loose but were celebrating. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I wondered why some students were jubilant, almost celebrating. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The wine god was in no mood to celebrate as the whole camp gathered at the top of . The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Pa said everything was all right with the celebrating until the parade got to the schoolhouse and most of the speechifying was over. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z For several hundred years commentators on the English language have been predicting, lamenting, or celebrating the imminent extinction of the subjunctive mood. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z If someone got an A, others celebrated, too. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We were celebrating not only my birthday, but Mr. Loomis’s recovery, which has been astonishing, though it is still not complete. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He throws his hands up as if to celebrate. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Mack said reprovingly to Hughie, “Just because he doesn’t run no dame naked through the streets in the daytime, you think Doc’s celebrate.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z On July 4, 1942, while most Americans were celebrating Independence Day, the Nazi saboteurs were transferred to a jail in Washington, DC, under the custody of the army. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It had been a few days ago, a weeknight he and Moushumi had both been too busy to celebrate properly. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We don’t go back to school until after the first of the year, and to celebrate, there’s a dance in the gym. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Although the one ritual they do have to celebrate womanhood is so bloody and painful, I forbid Olivia to even think about it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “So how are you going to celebrate the beginning of summer?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow he’ll cut it down and dispose of it. I think he’s out celebrating tonight.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I grieved their losses with them and celebrated when their kids hit significant milestones. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The students they criticized in the teachers’ lounge were the same students celebrated in a local newspaper article. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The telescreen—perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate—crashed into “Oceania, ’tis for thee.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The team celebrates by eating a dozen or so pizzas. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant that the end of term feast took place amid decorations of scarlet and gold, and that the Gryffindor table was the noisiest of the lot, as everybody celebrated. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was fine to celebrate past accomplishments, but there was nothing more exhilarating than getting back to work on the next thing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Well, it does help, because it gives authority to the performance, and Shakespeare doesn’t need billing, and that way I’m not stealing his material. It’s like I’m celebrating him, which I do.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yo, man, I don’t celebrate White Jesus Day no more!” he shouted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Our plot was to unfold at the banquet celebrating the twentieth year of King Hamlet’s rule. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As Harry set down the empty goblets he was carrying, Bill pulled the door behind him closed, shutting out the still-voluble voices of the others, who were continuing to celebrate even in Lupin’s absence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I never celebrated it with my Irish family, so it doesn’t bother me, but the girls mutter under their breath all day long: it’s not Christian, it’s not American to keep them from their families. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “You neither, Toby. We’re celebrating. What do you guys think about...Chuck E. Cheese?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Part of what Karva Chauth celebrates is friendship. Between women. And the smell of that soup is driving me crazy. A bit of sensitivity, please!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The next day Colonel Cathcart was there, brimming with tough pride in his new outfit and celebrating his assumption of command by raising the number of missions required from twenty-five to thirty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And today Sauk Centre celebrates itself for having produced him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Freed of the menacing greed and self-indulgence that had almost overwhelmed them during that time, the villagers had learned to celebrate themselves, as they were doing this evening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Steve had left a while ago, but now Ma’s friend Mr. Jonathan and his family had come over to celebrate the holiday. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In addition to their anniversary, there is something else to celebrate: Moushumi successfully passed her orals the week before, is now officially ABD. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The 125th Guards paused in their bombing missions for one joyful, hopeful moment to celebrate the new year of 1945. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I was about to rattle off a few more holidays, but only the Abnegation celebrate them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The other children celebrated, but I was disappointed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Lyra had the impression that there was something to celebrate, though Mrs. Coulter never said what it was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She celebrated all the Jewish holidays and, when she grew up, had an unorthodox bat mitzvah ceremony in the woods upstate. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the morning, when I emerged from my room, the locals were out and about cleaning up the mess, and a few drunken tourists were still celebrating their victory over nature. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It so hot White people busy celebrating they independence from England July 4th, say Harpo, so most black folks don’t have to work. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You know, and I know, that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z We then played a game, and each time one of us scored a goal, he would celebrate with a soukous dance. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Your parents celebrate their twentieth anniversary at the Dallas Cup. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You two celebrate if you want to. But I won’t rest until the Mujahideen hold a victory parade right here in Kabul.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Most years, the to celebrate the arrival of the hummingbears, and visitors came from near and far. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z A friend had sent the calendar in the mail as a Christmas gift, even though Shoba and Shukumar hadn’t celebrated Christmas that year. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z By the time I had celebrated my twelfth birthday back on December 7, 1953, I'd believed I had put aside my hurt over being left out of all the Maypole dances forever. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the evening of April 13, Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And so that beauty that Malcolm pledged us to protect, black beauty, was never celebrated in movies, in television, or in the textbooks I’d seen as a child. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For the sake of Gogol and Sonia they celebrate, with progressively increasing fanfare, the birth of Christ, an event the children look forward to far more than the worship of Durga and Saraswati. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z More important to Italy’s musical enrichment than the cultural salvage from Constantinople was the importing, at vast expense, of skilled and celebrated Flemish composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Burns, a former Secret Service agent, had succeeded Pinkerton as the world’s most celebrated private eye. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z How the Jews celebrated by lighting an oil lamp. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Around me was the sound of the victors celebrating and the smell of meat they roasted for their supper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It told them when to begin work and when to stop, when to gather for meetings, when to prepare for a hunt, celebrate an event, or arm for danger. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So the following year, the mayor decrees that his citizens start celebrating the World Series before the first pitch is thrown—an act that, in his confused mind, will ensure a victory. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He reports the celebrated tournaments in full, with the score of each knight, and the name of the man who bowled him over, or how knocked out. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Priest starts by thanking everyone for coming to celebrate good writing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I told you how we all celebrated in 1996 when the Taliban rolled in and put an end to the daily fighting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Let me make sure to mark down this date on my calendar. I’ll celebrate it every year.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z What his sons and their contemporaries undertook, instead, was a massive spring clean of musical style and a project to celebrate not earnestness but wit, not inventiveness but elegance, not piety but beauty. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Why didn’t we like the thick yellow pumpkin soup that she spent all New Year’s Eve making so that we would have it on New Year’s Day to celebrate Haitian Independence Day? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z JING-MEI WOO Best Quality Five months ago, after a crab dinner celebrating Chinese New Year, my mother gave me my “life’s importance,” a jade pendant on a gold chain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t blame him for wanting to celebrate. That was a hard job.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To Bach, the point of music was to glorify God, to reflect upon, interpret and celebrate the meaning and mystery of the scriptures. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Here, burgeoning manhood was guided and celebrated through a rite of passage. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z To go home and celebrate and wave good-bye to the cameras and be left alone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We celebrated that day’s achievement with more drugs and more war movies. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Mary Lincoln is looking forward to celebrating recent Union victories by enjoying this popular comedy on a night that features Keene. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z For that reason his walking back to the bed without help, which should have been something to celebrate, instead makes me uneasy. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “We celebrated a release this morning, and that always throws the schedule off a little, so things get backed up.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone celebrated, but the doctors warned that although she was technically no longer in a coma, she could not follow commands and still had a long, long way to go. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet even as they celebrated, many moderate whites, so recently in their corner, were cooling to the cause. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To celebrate, he treated her to a Spam sandwich in the cafeteria. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They celebrated anniversaries, regularly renewed their vows, and growled when challenged by outside forces. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z In Cambodia, people don’t celebrate the day on which they were born until they’ve lived past their fiftieth year. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Southeast celebrated kudzu festivals and crowned kudzu queens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, the government celebrated his capture as the first major break in the manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We had a feast of hot water to celebrate our arrival. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell whether they had come to celebrate or attack. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He knew that Monique had probably gotten the job, which meant that she would go out tonight to “celebrate.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to take Joe Carp and Frank Reilly out to lunch to celebrate, but Joe had to buy some things for his wife, and Frank was meeting his cousin for lunch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The mayor of a city sees that his citizens celebrate wildly when their team wins the World Series. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Every July 6, we Malawians celebrate our independence from England, much like our brothers and sisters do in America on July 4. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The other factions celebrate birthdays, but we don’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He did recover, indeed, in less than a week, and two weeks later he was celebrating the fact of his survival with unprecedented festivities. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At the end of summer Krishna’s birthday was celebrated. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “So let us all celebrate life and wildness, together!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I had never seen a house decorated with tree branches to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus, but it did pretty up the place. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d already walked past dozens of posters—and a massive banner hung over the front doors—celebrating a team that wasn’t even in season yet. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I’m going to ask Miss Kinnian to go to a movie tomorrow night to celebrate my raise. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z People come together to accomplish this objective, and the community celebrates that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But just as justice delayed is justice denied, a reform so long postponed and so grudgingly enacted was hardly worth celebrating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe my mother had celebrated her rehab graduation prematurely and knew what the result of another test would be. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Do you think your late great-uncle is celebrating you somewhere? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and of our civilization. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Every other school in the country was getting ready for campouts and parties to celebrate the end of the year. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 Durham Commercial Club celebrated its hometown in 1913 with this forty-by-fifty-foot sign, its confident message spelled out in colored electric lights. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a silly holiday to celebrate the coming of winter. The bonfires just produce ash to cover the fields.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Twig screamed and jumped around, celebrating as if we’d won the Egg Drop Olympics or something. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I explained that I was worried that my mother wouldn't come home in time to celebrate my birthday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Just celebrating the Chinese New Year," Otis Amber shouted, adding one of his he-he-he cackles. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jumpers do what jumpers do. It’s our job to applaud their pluck and celebrate their lives.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, my parents celebrated my arrival with joy. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “He thought you’d like this balloon from his birthday party. To celebrate your crossing.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was celebrated at the time for these marvelous concepts—and then much later as one of the computer’s great pioneers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It is my great pleasure to celebrate this momentous occasion with you—my dearest friends in the world.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was nearly the equinox, so the villagers who were Slavists were preparing to celebrate. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I’m skipping Hindi Club to celebrate,” Tab said, sinking to the floor next to Bridge. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Indeed, Kepler gave the printing press a prominent place in the frontispiece to the Rudolphine tables, which celebrated the progress of astronomy from the ancient world to the modern era. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “How ridiculous, celebrating a birth date. I don’t even know the day I was born, and I sure can’t remember any of theirs,” he says, swinging his hand toward his kids. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sunlight, no matter how hot the day was, to be celebrated. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The night before my sister’s wedding in Rwanda, we attended a big party to celebrate the giving away of the bride. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Hercule'an, very large and strong: from "Hercules"—a hero of antiquity celebrated for his strength. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself staring at a plate of food I had no desire to eat as the entire mountain population celebrated around us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z After the momentary shock, Caroline would have a whole arm and we would all join Mrs. Ruiz’s parties to celebrate. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The sun was the blessing of the morning, the one celebrating element, an aesthete with no purpose except to shed radiance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z That was understandable, however, because Booth rode away from the crowds celebrating on Pennsylvania Avenue. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We were about to celebrate the birth of our first grandchild. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He stopped drinking for a couple of months, and we celebrated. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The boarder who rented the room was out for the evening, celebrating the end of the war. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Early on the day after Christmas, Rall and his men were sleeping off a long night of celebrating. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re going to meet so many people on this journey, Silas. People who will love you and celebrate you, and the impact you’re going to have on them will be extraordinary.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z That evening we celebrated with extra helpings of ravioli and vanilla ice cream. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Now he said, “Let us celebrate the gift that Florentine Snowberger was to her family, her community, and the world.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Clarisse was carried on her cabin mates’ shoulders down to the amphitheater, where she was honored with a laurel wreath and a lot of celebrating around the campfire. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, want to go get a candy apple and a funnel cake and help me celebrate? Colton and his dad are around here somewhere. Mom’s searching for a free table.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Then, I’ll probably go to Sam and Patrick’s to celebrate their graduating. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It is here that his twenty-seventh birthday is celebrated, the first birthday in his life that he hasn’t spent with his own parents, either in Calcutta or on Pemberton Road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Both presidents were great patriots and signers of the Declaration of Independence, and it is a majestic coincidence that they would both die on the day all Americans celebrate as the birth of this country. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “What if we have a school-wide discussion on diversity? We could show our videos and discuss issues like racism, sexism, and homophobia related to current events, like the Black Lives Matter movement or celebrating Pride.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But even still, I wouldn’t have anyone to celebrate my win with from the Duke team anyway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was like a Texas football bonfire, but nobody was dancing around it, and nobody was celebrating anything. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the telephone rang, we were sitting at the kitchen table planning a trip to Scotland to celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z "The first order of business is for us to agree what it is that we’re celebrating. It's been my birthday twice already this month." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z We’ve been quizzing each other, but the only answers I care about are all Arthur-related: How is he celebrating his birthday? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Each Christmas, black families would celebrate by taking children of all ages to the Indian place on First Avenue to be outfitted with cheap garments, and some, the extremely lucky ones, with sneakers or shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Smiley got on his phone to notify the neighbors, and soon enough a crowd of happy friends arrived at the Vanderbeekers’ doorstep to celebrate. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t celebrate—Jay gave me this smile that couldn’t really be called one because it was so sad. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Wine I saved, just for tonight. I knew that some day someone would find us! We’ll have a drink to celebrate!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin went on to list all the holidays he celebrated and I was relieved to learn that many were the same as ours—another thing we had in common. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He went on to have a celebrated career as a Soviet intelligence instructor and was sought after as an expert on Western espionage tactics. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We spend so much time celebrating the importance and power of family influence that it may seem, at first blush, that this can’t be true. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And Javi and I went back and forth, calling out toasts, invoking the sky, celebrating nonsense with nonsense until we had everybody cheering. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It smelled wonderful too, and as Anya struggled to keep herself from openly drooling over the food, she found herself realizing they might be celebrating something she had intruded upon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I took it back to the hooch and we celebrated Brew’s birthday. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was still as vigorous as ever, though, despite the fact that she had celebrated her half-century mark the previous winter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “What? It’s totally not the same for guys. You all get all the positive messages—you’re always celebrated and...” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z But Grandpa didn’t let on to the crowd gathered at our house but what he thought they were all there to celebrate the wedding. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z So my job was to collect his pay before he had a chance to celebrate. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He had finally taken off his bandages, and celebrated having the full use of both arms again by doing spirited imitations of Harry falling off his broom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Luckily, the attention was turned off me when my mother said what she likes to say when we’re all together celebrating something. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z J. Edgar Hoover had even starred in a short film that celebrated the FBI’s great victory against Nazi spies in the United States and South America. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Eliza and I tied for third place and were both really happy with our results and wanted to celebrate. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Late Christmas was a holiday that only me and my father celebrated. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I imagined honey-colored parasites celebrating in my golden-tinted organs as I alternately froze and burned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z To celebrate my graduation to a smaller cast, Papi says he’s going to get me a typewriter. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I want to ask about the hospital, but I’m worried if I ask anything he’ll go quiet and disappear, so instead I write: How should we celebrate? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Pink and red streamers and a little Valentine’s Day banner decorate the sign-in desk, but if you’re coming in here to visit somebody, it’s hard to celebrate any holiday. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Two minutes before, I hadn’t even wanted to celebrate, but now I was feeling dejected and insulted at being relegated to a midweek dinner at the same place we always went to. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kevin and I had not planned to do anything to celebrate my birthday. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I think it’s nice to celebrate their achievement,” my mother said. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z We don’t know which spirits they prayed to, which festivals they celebrated, or which taboos they observed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1935 his patrons had celebrated the forming of the United Auto Workers. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Sure, but Mr. Baxter isn’t home yet. It’s a good thing we’re celebrating your birthday, with the kinda day he’s had.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The week surrounding Yulemas was a time of relaxation, a time to celebrate the carnal pleasures that kept one warm on a winter’s night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I celebrated with her briefly while I stirred. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Cleared at least to proceed into the city, the visitor would soon encounter a spectacle of urban grandeur widely celebrated in its time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I visit them daily in their spacious glass dishes, and like any good mother I cajole, I celebrate when they reproduce, and I take special note when they behave oddly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are welcome to our feast. Today we have killed a goat to celebrate your coming. Soon your bellies will be full with our fufu pili-pili.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching the first sunrise is the traditional way to celebrate New Year’s in Japan. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the fighting and hurt, Gina invites him to dinner and to celebrate the holidays together. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, Reginald! In all our years together you have never shown me such affection! Finally we can be happy. Tonight I shall cook you a nice lamb chop to celebrate....” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He did not relish the notion of celebrating his return by killing one of his own kin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And even though Audrey didn’t get any recognition for her project, she celebrated my win as if it were hers, too. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z An editorial pleaded for the exercise of common sense as Wilson moved to declare war; another celebrated the recent extension of ferry service to the leeward side of the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Passers-by were irritated and looked up angrily when a bag just missed them but they did nothing about it, accepting the fact that poor children had a custom of celebrating the Fourth that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought everyone in the world had come to Washington, that we were celebrating the end of all the protests. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I know I can’t blame Lee Lee and Sam for not being able to celebrate my birthday. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then the prince stood and turned to the hunting party that had circled around them and said, “Let us all celebrate our success today!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When her friends and comrades asked for a dance performance to celebrate the new year of 1945, she had to be coaxed, but she gave in at last. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mom’s been telling people I came out here to celebrate graduating. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One day she flew a good fifty feet, and we packed up and went gathering seeds, bark, and tubers to celebrate. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My stepfamily was not invited to the wedding and had to celebrate, if they wished, in the streets with the rest of Frell. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They had more ducks than anything else, and their most exotic showing was a crusty old pony that had recently celebrated its fortieth birthday. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He celebrated his nineteenth birthday with his parents in New York City. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is celebrated today as one of Russia’s most brilliant writers. But during his life he was understood by no one, least of all himself. One might say he typified the phrase ‘eccentric genius.’ The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Some 300 participants and organizers gathered in the ornate ballroom of the Washington Duke Hotel, the sixteen-story fading dowager of Durham’s glory days, to celebrate the completion of their work. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The moment my foot hits the smooth black floor of the prison, the inside of Moreau’s glass cell transforms into a scene of a fancy party full of people celebrating. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A The Final Five celebrating together after receiving their Olympic gold medals in team competition at the 2016 Rio Games. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Kyle hoped there might be some kind of cake for dinner, too, because he and his teammates definitely had something to celebrate. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He had sold a piece of his land at a fine price and he was in Salinas to celebrate, and celebration meant the whole shebang. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The event had been planned since before the Olympics, and bringing home a bronze medal only made the event organizers even more excited to celebrate my achievements. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Tell you what, laddie. We’ve got something to celebrate. Let’s go on a picnic.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the months passed, I watched people celebrate their lives—Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Mexicans honor the dead. Skull pictures celebrate our loved ones.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z It was our second one without Michael, not that we celebrated either time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Dummies built to flare up bright and sudden, a ritual to celebrate the end of the year, something that was supposed to keep demons away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In two days we would celebrate the mass of the dead, and after mass we would take her body to the cemetery in Las Pasturas for burial. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The family had gathered in the kitchen to celebrate the victory while the afterglow of Ben’s performance burned strongly in their memories. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in Battle Mountain, Dad insisted we go to the Owl Club to celebrate payday, and ordered steaks for all of us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z On the southern side of the street were a mix of larger apartment buildings, and at either end of the block were churches that had recently celebrated their centennials. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But after sixteen rounds, we would again feast, this time to celebrate our good fortune. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Du Barry had us celebrate their sixth birthday two nights ago. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I was just—awkward. I know not everyone celebrates Halloween, but I’ve never had a friend who didn’t dress up and trick-or-treat.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Every town has its celebrated madams, eternal women to be sentimentalized down the years. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s kind of a tragedy that the Hameeds don’t celebrate Halloween. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “But that is not the only thing we will be celebrating,” he continued. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Monroeville, Alabama, celebrated its native daughter Lee shamelessly after her award-winning book became a national bestseller in the 1960s. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As a rule, my family had always ignored the Easter celebrated by our non-Orthodox friends and neighbors. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z When I celebrated my fourth Christmas with the Courters, I enjoyed hanging the familiar decorations. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Note, though, that these weren't the huge herds of bison celebrated in the nineteenth-century West. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There were pictures of people celebrating on both sides, India and Pakistan. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Dearly beloved! We are here to celebrate life!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Otis came to celebrate Doug's victory, wearing the old zippered jacket and aviator's helmet. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z By an arrangement of Úrsula’s, her marriage was to be celebrated on the same day, but that Friday Pietro Crespi received a letter with the news of his mother’s imminent death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Consider that you have to create a lesson plan to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In addition, there was no evidence that the effects of the celebrating either slowed the initial response or made the men less energetic once on the scene. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Though Jews did not celebrate Christmas, he would join his Catholic friends in the tradition of carrying manger scenes from house to house while singing Christmas carols. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was celebrated at least in some degree, as though it was a cause for wonder that anyone existed at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He gave them whatever their hearts desired, and when they grew of age their marriages were celebrated with grand festivities. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The last brick was set in place as the vicar, having put his glasses back on, made the celebrated pronouncement—man and wife together—and invoked the Trinity after which his church was named. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Individual birthdays aren’t celebrated in Juvenile Hall, so it was a day exactly like any other day. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I sure didn’t mean to put a damper on your party. Enjoy yourself, would you? We’ve waited a long time to celebrate your return.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We celebrated all afternoon our heritage, our mixed blood, ourselves. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “We will celebrate him now, and remember him always!’ Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “They’re both celebrating the Sabbath, they just interpret which day it is differently,” he responded. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It was fun because all the grown-ups ended up bowling in the lane next to ours, so it really felt like there were a lot of people there to celebrate my birthday. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “The gala was to have celebrated the engagement. Have you been courted yet, Matilda?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He went below in the darkness, drank two glasses of water to celebrate finding land, then went back up to the cockpit to sit and wait for dawn. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Three days before the lunar new year, she had eaten ywansyau, the sticky sweet dumpling that everybody eats to celebrate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we’ve got to do something to celebrate. We haven’t got a flag, we can’t float Old Glory proudly out the window. So I’m going to wear this, as an emblem.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, seconds later, several other monsters followed close behind their companion, whirring and clicking as if celebrating their victory. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Why did Birch destroy Boyle’s alchemical papers, not celebrate them? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “My God, you don’t suppose there is a plot, do you? It’s a perfect time; the country celebrates; if Guilder were about to be five hundred years old, I know I’d attack them.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Nobody’s really celebrating because it got so close at the end. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The rest-house was comfortable there, and up at the pueblo the savages would probably be celebrating their summer festival. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Since we didn’t celebrate at all last year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z How could he celebrate when word had just arrived of what his father’s soldiers had done to those Eyllwe rebels? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At the same time the sacrament of the Mass affirms ‘the perpetual contemporaneity of The Passion’ and celebrates the ‘marriage of time present with time past’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yule week in Rook Hill was celebrated with nightly gatherings at different houses throughout the village, where friends and family shared stories about the years past. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “This morning we celebrated the release of Roberto,” she told him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He and the president celebrated with a bottle of French wine and steaks from the White House kitchen. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A wave of purple capes roared in the audience as House Hyacinth celebrated their champion. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Is it not Christmas that we are celebrating, eh? The children have never really spent time with one another. Imakwa, my little one, Chima, does not even know Kambili s name.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Instead credit has tended to lodge with more celebrated chemists, mostly from the English-speaking world. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s almost five. You two snow-loving kids need to come inside and get ready for dinner. We have a birthday to celebrate,” Airs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z To celebrate their regained freedom, my brothers wanted to build a kite. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Weren’t you celebrating into the wee hours of the morning?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We celebrate it here on the “dark” continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all enclosed by the same fence, bumping into one another, fighting, celebrating. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z That was where we celebrated Amelia’s sixth birthday. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the fighting and blame, he comes to dinner and they celebrate the holidays together. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Blacks around the country were yearning for a newspaper like the Defender that celebrated their success stories and exposed the injustices heaped upon their race. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only Americans and Europeans who joined the people of the Soviet Empire in celebrating the fall of the wall—and claiming credit for it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Why weren't people out cheering and celebrating the soldiers who had come to our defense? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z People began to sing: “Hallelujah for the Lord in heavens We will applaud you We will celebrate you We will dance for you—” Suddenly, Djo, my new happiness left. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I could almost celebrate, but then a voice breaks through my happy thoughts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We were so excited that instead of going to the public library after school to study, we drove straight to Leo’s Drive-in on North Broadway to celebrate. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z They celebrated with Cokes, then got back to work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z On June 10, 1943, exactly a year after they’d flown their first combat mission, there was a special ceremony to celebrate the honor of being named the 46th Guards earlier that year. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Despite her sorrow and boredom, Alice found a few cheery moments worth celebrating. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Sarah and Jack and the clover elves are just about to celebrate their victory over the troll army when an ogre kidnaps Jack and sweeps him off to the hobgoblin king’s castle. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z One day you get a fancy invitation to the palace for a party to celebrate the king’s new jacket or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You were right” were words you lived to hear your parents say, but Fig’s official diagnosis was nothing to celebrate. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I’m glad, too,” she said, hardly knowing whether to laugh, and if ever there was a status—non-monk—worth celebrating with a kiss, this was it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There were more people that wanted to celebrate with me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I promise, I read each and every story, and loved them all. But the three winners we honor tonight are nothing short of brilliant. Please join me in celebrating our third-place winner, Gordon Jeffries!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Lula Gates and I celebrated by jumping rope all the way home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Aside from my dayee Mehrdad, who had an American wife, we were the only other family among my relatives who bothered to celebrate Christmas. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Thus, when I got home, the banners, flags, and tumbling cheerleaders that should have been lining the curb to celebrate my return were notably absent. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was touched by how many people came to celebrate with me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children throughout the neighborhood were still celebrating their beloved Boston Red Sox, who, led by Babe Ruth, had won the World Series on October 14, 1918. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There would be other parties to celebrate other wins in the years to come, but none would ever feel as intense to me as that first Worlds Party. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The War on Drugs has greatly exacerbated the problems associated with drug abuse, rather than solved them, but the fact remains that the violence associated with the illegal drug trade is nothing to be celebrated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I skimmed over an opinion piece that celebrated the rehabilitation camps and was more amused than offended that Psi kids were now being openly referred to as “mutant time bombs.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Leaders envisioned a powerful show of unity, a massive crowd of blacks and whites together parading through the Black Belt, crossing as one over the deadline, celebrating their common bond as laborers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I wonder how a person with mental illness could also be "celebrated" and "gifted." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z So I celebrated my birthday just with my family. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No one ever had enough. The stone orchard celebrates too little, not too much.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But instead of celebrating, she found herself forcing a smile for her parents. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a joke of long standing now, left from the time when we’d actually gone to school and celebrated days off. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But I knew this was no time to celebrate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In short, while we were celebrating 11/9, the seeds of another memorable date—9/11—were being sown. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z In another picture, we were gathered around Auntie Janet’s kitchen table, celebrating Joey’s twelfth birthday with a cake. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z My supervisor, I learned, was the eminent Professor Jonathan Steinberg, a former vice-master of a Cambridge college, who was much celebrated for his writings on the Holocaust. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That night, we all meet up after dinner at Addie’s house to celebrate our victory with ice cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Tonight is one of her bembé ceremonies to celebrate some of her godchildren. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z As the crowd marched off to make bullets and celebrate liberty and independence in the taverns, I realized dark was fast falling, and I had tarried overly long. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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