A great deal of thought obviously went into the lunch choices. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had no idea how she would do that, but it was her only choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was the clear choice of Soviet leader Khrushchev and of Kamanin, the director of cosmonaut training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Being an anthropologist was my second career choice after musician in a punk band, so I studied Selena and her friends as if they were a newly discovered culture. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to log in, I had no choice but to exercise first. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Plus, there was a choice of buttered carrots, lima beans, french-fried onions, and potatoes au gratin. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

It will have been the obvious choice for Gilbert in his On the Magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He has no choice but to call in Danny to get the story straight. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

It was a choice, and not always the easy one, but the people I respected most in life made it again and again, every single day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So luckily for me, that left both Nicole and Ana with little choice in the matter. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"The only reason it sounds good is because you're not locked into it. I don't have any choice." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his hike he said: “I never enjoyed the hiking part. It was something I felt compelled to do. It wasn’t my choice.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She puts a few bottles up to my face and studies the colors before making her choices. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Every person who hears a legacy makes the choice of a partner with whom they will share it, whom the American people will hold beside them in hearts and memories and history books. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, though, I have no choice but to interrupt Bren. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was this matter of honor, he’d explained to her, and he had no choice but to accept the duty the war imposed on him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your destiny grows clearer, Jason Grace. When the choice comes again—storm or fire—remember me. And do not despair.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No. It is a choice made out of fear. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They didn’t merely take my phone; they took my voice, my choice. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s always someone around or another choice you can make,” Frankie said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Do a little research in the meantime and see what other choices you come up with.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Do we have a disclosure clause? It would be fair, given my awareness of your choice of player.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a moment I said, “But you gave me no choice but to stay with you.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her face told me I had no real choice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have to say he was the tidiest person in the house, as opposed to Sophie, who used the floor as a display rack for her clothing choices. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But, I have no other choice—my family must come first. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was ridiculously easy, as he knew it would be, with only multiple choice and true/false questions. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The child was still heavy then, still weighed something; his mother had no choice but to follow. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I want to prove myself to him so that no matter what happens between us, he won’t ever look back at me and regret our choice. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

So, anyway, then I tossed out my second choice, which was Harriet Tubman, who to me, was also a pretty good suggestion. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then, when his own troops started to cheer, he had no choice except to join the shouting: “Rome! Rome!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Agent Jones was eleven, his dad had called him into the front room and explained that there comes a time in every person’s life when a choice defines him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And with that, Princeton became my top choice for school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Conventional economic wisdom, of course, says that the more choices consumers have, the more likely they are to buy, because it is easier for consumers to find the jam that perfectly fits their needs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Daddy takes my chin so I have no choice but to look at him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

None of this had been my choice in the first place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was not by choice that she sought the waterfront. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No, it has everything to do with what they did, and it’s not a choice,” Liam said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk I took in getting the backpack, I know now it was the right choice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But I guess we all made our choices, one way or the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Any joy that grows here is quickly choked by weeds. I am not some monster who destroys out of a twisted pleasure. I sow salt because the choice is between weeds and nothing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have not brought you hither to be instructed by you, but to give you a choice.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The choice, after all, is ours to make. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the surface it seems to be equal to my potential future in Baltimore, but there I still had a choice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It sprang at me, one thousand pounds of monster, and I had no choice but to turn and jump. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now she had no choice but to remain silent and unseen and wait for the ordeal to be over. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Poirot sat down and soon found himself in the favoured position of the table which was served first and with the choicest morsels. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The catalog seemed recently updated, despite looking like a victim of 1990s pattern choice. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She and Molly are about as opposite as it is possible to be, which would be fine if Dina didn’t take Molly’s choices as a personal affront. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, people will always watch something that moves—even if it’s only the tiny wheels of a cassette player. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished there was another option - a choice that didn’t hurt like the waters of the Phlegethon - but he couldn’t see one. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They both knew that they had been given a choice. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another voice shouted: “Let thee wit we have the choice of King Arthur, to save thee or to slay thee.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At two o’clock in the morning, Roosevelt realized that even though he didn’t want to die, he might not have a choice in the matter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Lynn said that sometimes in life you had to make choices. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d become part of a system, as permanent and complex as war itself, made a dozen small choices that had led to these dead creatures with their wide faces and chapped lips. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The game of choice: Call of Duty, World War II, which really bothered his parents. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

There are expectations: to be better than Amber, to please Sophia, to satisfy the queen despite being her second choice, to make the kingdom fall in love with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mabel's in front of the TV, sorting through the movie choices. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to knuckle right down on the tough negotiations. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then we’re to stand behind an image of our choice and talk briefly about the topics the picture triggers in us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A gliding servant served a choice of two kinds of tea as Prince Faisal talked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You think if you commit a crime, the police give you a choice where to go? You think they'll send you back into your mother's arms?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And then I hear the terrible, terrible scream that of course is the girl getting caught and that’s the choice made, ain’t it? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

So if they were continuing with their lives, it was because they had no other choice. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to be responsible for making that kind of choice. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This pond gave me a choice. I could focus on the left end or the right end of the stick. I could focus on the sunrise or the dark clouds. It was my choice.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was still painful to realize his baba had died for him, but it made him feel better to know that it had been his father’s choice; that made all the difference. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The orderings are marked with an A or a B to indicate in which instances these strategies result in her getting her first choice. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Harp and Gully had gave him the same choice they had tried to give me, which really wasn’t no choice. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

What if the design committee had made a terrible choice? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wish I could have shared in the security they were feeling about their choice, but I wasn’t absolutely certain of what I wanted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Cole wanted to live and once again make choices. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This man was like the Paqo, filled with knowledge of choices before they were made. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And on the outside, I might care that I’m using his sympathy or guilt to get him to conspire with me, but what other choice do I have? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I had always counted on these friends to loan me the adhesive of my choice, but then, seemingly overnight, their Scotch tape and rubber cement were gone, replaced with odorless computers and spongy mouse pads. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

You had a choice and you pushed me away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Finally he said: “I have no choice. I can only hope you will change your mind,” he paused, “and act more like an adult and less like a schoolgirl.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A person who pulls himself up from a low environment via the bootstrap route has two choices. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice here is often up to you, which is why we read things like citizens’ group and citizens group, teachers’ college and teachers college, veterans’ affairs and veterans affairs. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Hope Springs middle school principal talked about the problem with bake sales: promoting healthy food choices versus the importance of student-led fundraising. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She had given him first choice, and she was stuck with it. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As often happens in war, nations make difficult choices, and often there are disagreements on a course of action. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him it wasn’t my choice to be the eldest, but I held my tongue. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If it came to a decision, Darkclaw was the natural choice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Joffrey turned his horse in the direction of the sounds, and Sansa had no choice but to follow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I can also see anger bubbling, anger at having to make this choice, anger at not knowing the best way to protect their families. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In a choice between taking care of the plants, or taking care of their families during the Tap-Out, they chose their families. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But even as she stormed within herself, she knew she had no choice. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only choice left to me was death by water or death by animal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that in her heart my mother knew already that he’d make the right choice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was all with such reluctance on Xenocrates’ part that Volta knew the man wasn’t here entirely by choice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

On the northern ice, his choices had seemed clear. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, we have to believe him, we've got no choice,” Hornet said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’re probably one of the least likely cultures in American life to commit homicide; their weapons of choice are electronic flames, not machine guns. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope that Byrd can stick to her choices, too.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As devastated as I was, I understood why Maylene made the choice that she did. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“She will be eighteen next month, and in this country she is an adult and can make her own choices.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Do you think there’s a point where we made a choice—parent of the year or Ministry official of the year? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

If her spinal cord was damaged, I’d just made it worse, but what other choice did I have? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After much debate, Theodotus convinced the other advisers that the only clear choice was to kill Pompey. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They believed their only choice was to die for their empire. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no choice, he had told her, and then he left, choosing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cathrall flatly refused to touch the vomit of a patient for any reason, as did most other people; the black nurses, however, had no choice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t know this, because I’m rinsing my hair thinking about arms and legs and if I had a choice about which limb I had to give up what I would choose. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But any man the Nazis assigned to the Judenrat who refused was shot or hanged, so I didn’t see what choice they had. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s whether the girls want to go with you. It’s really their choice.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And soda isn’t a good choice either, because girls her age are trying to make sure they don’t get no unexpected bumps on their faces.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frear had no choice but to follow the movement of the crowd as it struggled to find a path not yet blocked by smoke and fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

"It would not do if certain people learned that we had spoken in private. The queen watches you closely. This wine is very choice. Thank you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to take the quarter from my pocket and feed it to the machine. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Besides, it doesn’t get easier with time, and twelve years later, when Vietnam presented much harder choices, some practice at being brave might’ve helped a little. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide my muffs down, because it’s my choice. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But leaving the choice of if we fight to me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They were the first six people to refuse Tehlu’s choice of the path, and he cursed them to wander the corners—” “Are you telling this story, Jacob Walker?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was Zeitoun, and she had no choice but to find it endearing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Northwestern had been his first choice; he’d been turned down, had settled for the only school that let him leave the state, but once he’d met Elena it had seemed, to him, like fate intervening. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The choice of base was a good one. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

That means I’ve got no choice but to call her at work about going to camp this summer. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the last girl makes her choice—Amity—it’s time to leave. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Tyrian was exceedingly courteous; he offered his sister the choice portions of every dish, and made certain he ate only what she did. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he got older, he learned about love as a strange thing that could fall apart no matter how badly you wanted it, a choice you make anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He refused to budge, and Milo had no choice but to stretch both arms about the trunk in a distasteful hug and start climbing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But you have only two choices: to stay with me until Gandalf and your master arrive; or to cross the water. Which will you have?” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Even the animals in this country get lots of choices. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s just the best choice among the available alternatives.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

For me, my choices were simply a way to use my curious relationship with the public gaze to boost a diverse set of up-and-comers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really know these men, yet I had no choice but to trust them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice between that and which, according to the rule, is simple: nonrestrictive relative clauses take which; restrictive relative clauses take that. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You can either get up or I can drag you down the hallway. Your choice.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that my choices are impossible, and I have no idea what I’m going to do. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But considering the choice had become dissecting a frog or hanging out with Mikayla and Janie, I chose the less vile option. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But no matter what choices we make—solo or together—our finish line remains the same. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Middle Tennessee State was Dill’s first choice, because of their music recording programs and Lydia’s sense of where Dill might thrive. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the Store the men’s faces were the most painful to watch, but I seemed to have no choice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taran could not forget the strange tone in Adaon’s voice and sought again and again to understand why he had turned from a choice rightfully his. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And anyway, we’re all lost here, stranded. Like a shipwreck or something. At least I did something when I had a chance. I made a choice.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hot waves of panic crashed through her each time she remembered, afresh, the chaos of the morning and the choice that she had made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Whether we’re businessmen in a competitive market or spouses in a marriage or superpowers in an arms race, our choices can often be phrased in terms of the prisoner’s dilemma. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine all the hard work and fighting that Cluny was going to do, just to get at all this, and here was he having first choice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“A poor choice for a hero,” Thomas goes on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In the end, Mother Paula’s had no choice but to abandon its plan to put a restaurant on the corner of East Oriole and Woodbury. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harder part was seeing the selfishness inherent in making that choice, knowing that it had required hours of advance meetings between security teams and local police. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Apologies did not come natural to me, but I had no choice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, my disability had restricted my choices, but then driven me to new ones that seemed so much better than anything else could have been. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not like we’ll have a choice. This is big,” Juanita tucked her shirt into her shorts, as if that was going to make a difference. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His choices of plays have challenged his students, the school, and the still socially conservative community it serves. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even Susan B. Anthony chose to express her anger and disappointment at Stone’s choice to marry by referring to her as Mrs. Henry Blackwell. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have, at that point, much choice in the matter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, ma’am. I’ve been making lots of good choices lately.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were wise in their dealings and fair in their choices. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Once she felt how the earth shook after Pap tore into a tree, she didn’t have no choice but to marry him, ’cording to her. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

My father made that choice for me—and how did that work out? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After months of travel, Kelvin fears he has only one choice: to go back to Honduras, get his mother’s phone number, and attempt the journey all over again. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton’s book, American Apartheid, documents how racially segregated ghettos were deliberately created by federal policy, not impersonal market forces or private housing choices. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I have no choice but to stay with my mother. I’m surprised she made it this far,” said Andrius, looking over in her direction. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“And Moreau must’ve given her the same choice he gave me—Bureau or magician. And she dragged my brother down with her.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Howard wanted to break the record, but he had a tough choice to make. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It maddened him to think that he did not have a wider choice of action. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One can take this either as evidence of a divine purpose in Creation and the choice of the laws of science or as support for the strong anthropic principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no other choice, she went forward and followed the path until it ended in a door in a wall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

My affection for him reached the point where he became my drug of choice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“They were. I’m waiting to hear back from my first choice, though,” Marcus responded. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He had a choice of paths up ahead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don't think it was a choice for either of them. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, I thank you. Rosencrantz bade me come this way. I guessed I would find you here, though I was surprised at your choice of a messenger,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And when he heard Citra defend her choice for Patron Historic, he admired her more than he ever had. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Osage chief stated that his people “had no choice, they must either sign the treaty or be declared enemies of the United States.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Anything that permanent seems like a pretty hard choice to me,” Frankie said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There is Dad’s empty chair, pretending he has no choice about these early meetings. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There’s no choice but to strip him naked to get him clean, but I have to say this doesn’t make much of an impression on me anymore. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The implication was that I was making a dangerous choice, that there was only one correct way to be a senator’s wife and I was choosing wrong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In Du Bois’s view, Washington’s public statements arguing that poor education and bad choices were responsible for the plight of former slaves ignored the damage wrought by caste and threatened to rationalize the entire system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jason was still hacking away at the turtle’s face, but when he heard Leo say I have an idea, he made the only smart choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But if you have to listen as Branwell would—as if you could not speak, could not ask—you would have to remember what comes with the osso buco and make your choice without asking. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the look in her eyes made it clear; this was not a choice. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we’d all do the same if we were the spies and given the choice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The difference is, I did that by choice, and not at the expense of others. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

What choice did that leave him, but to live? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course. But you had no choice.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had made his choice and there was no changing possible: wherever the ravine led was their destination, and that, quite simply, was that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And yet everyone agreed that to lead a huge project, involving the juggling of dozens of complex tasks, Groves was the right choice. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got a choice, Sef. Control your future, or let your future control you.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Britain and France had promised to protect Poland—they had no choice but to declare war on Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite excelling there, and getting high SAT scores, he didn’t get his first college choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I won’t. Besides, I don’t have a choice. Uncle Al also said—oh hell, here’s August. You’d better get out of here.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You got no choice but to move forward, now. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like picking up the blame and carrying it, but I had no choice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nationalistic approach also began informing his choice of subject matter, especially after the Germans defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The choice was easy; my sparse wardrobe took care of that. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though in a sense the choice had been made already, when I agreed to sail into the unknown with these peculiar children. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Your correct choice is something you can have pride in for always. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was faced with two choices: starve or beg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was her choice, her choosing, her barter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They knew that their sole choice now was to build a portage, or overland route, so they could drag their canoes to the point where the rapids ended. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

In Shadow’s dream, with the power of dream-logic behind it, the obligation seemed unarguable: he drank Wednesday’s mead three times, and sealed the pact—what other choice of action did he have? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I know she’s just being nice and that I don’t really have a choice. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They listen to music choices of their parents or siblings, and even the schools they attend often play music before the school day begins or in classrooms while students are working. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If Father really believes what he says, that there is a most important ten percent, then one day I may make the choice to go to Boston. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Since I loved music, learning to play piano seemed like a good choice, even though I’d never actually seen a piano, let alone had any idea of what it took to play one. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Hey, it wasn’t my choice to be here. The guy I killed, you’d probably want to kill him, too. He beat up women. ’ Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I looked at Belle grazing nearby, “unless I expect Belle to drag me home by the reins, I guess that’s my only choice.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Citra only hoped that when it came her turn to make a choice, she could keep her composure as well as Rowan had. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We are headed toward the unknown, and we have no choice but to sit quietly in our hard seats and let ourselves be taken there. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Guess we have no choice, she said to his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There is always a measure of shock when you leave the trail and find yourself parachuted into a world of comfort and choice, but it was different this time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What choice? How ’bout you chooses staying alive? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The others were as choice a lot of mercenaries as ever graced a dungeon, each uglier than the last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then I realized I didn’t know what the choices were. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not the first person to have WTF’d her career choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was so proud of his movie choice because the director was Muslim. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Taking Rue on as an ally seems a better choice all the time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

An alternate choice has been made, or an accident has turned out differently. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Never mind that white children on the other side of town who made precisely the same choices—often for less compelling reasons—are in fact going to college. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So you have a choice. You can let us go, and help them, or you can die trying to follow us.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was far from a berth on a swift ship, but I had little choice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth had taken great satisfaction in her choice of a green shirt. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The protocol at Angola was to release prisoners at midnight and give them bus fare to New Orleans or a city of their choice in Louisiana. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes those decisions require many sacrifices and choices that will change the course of your journey forever. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Kind of,” I say, then add with more conviction because I have no choice, “Yeah, she’s my girlfriend.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t share my mother’s excitement, but I knew I didn’t really have a choice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The victim part of it implies they had no choice. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I kept my opinion to myself, for I fully meant what I’d said about preferring to die escaping, if it came down to a choice of deaths. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They will say, She is an adult, and she made her choice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him if this was his choice or his dad’s. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Timett's fellow Burned Men were so awed by hlis choice of an eye that they promptly named him a red hand, which seemed to be some sort of a war chief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“All citizens are free to express their opinions, to vote for the candidate of their choice, to receive an education....” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After helping us with our choices, Grandpa Hong always gave us each an extra book for free. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she wouldn’t be able to complain about the choices if she was the one doing the choosing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But he had five million and few choices. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur suggested one of those disco parties where you wear headphones and dance to songs of your choice. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice was his, a measure of his power. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But in the dream, Leo had been given a choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And as a second choice, I guessed I would have to do. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Byrne nods at the first two choices and grimaces at the third. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He made the choice himself, just don’t ever waste it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Molly’s parents feel good about having made such a smart choice to protect their daughter. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The majority opinion, written by Justice Harry Blackmun, spoke specifically to the would-be mother’s predicament: The detriment that the State would impose upon the pregnant woman by denying this choice altogether is apparent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then, lying in the wasi each evening, she would review her choices. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It's easier to pretend I have a choice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Such a maddeningly ambiguous choice for that final directive— Travel securely. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Scythes were supposed to be random in their choices, but this random? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I told him in a new series of whispers, that he might as well buy me a gold gown and a silver bonnet at once: I should certainly never venture to wear his choice. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was as if the people in this city with the tall whistling pines wanted to grab all they could before the war robbed them of choices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the time, Leo had had no choice but to use it if he wanted to save his friends—but Nemesis had warned that her help came with a price. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Look, Mr. Franz,” he declared, "you don’t need to worry about me. I have a college education. I’m not destitute. I’m living like this by choice.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it doesn’t look like he’s up to it. Fight or leave. Those are your choices.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Hush,” she whispered back, “there en’t any choice, Pan. It’s our fault. We got to make it right, and this is the only way.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d made an excellent choice, and I was very proud of myself for making it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And if both led to terror and death, what good lay in choice? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The words sprang to Tad’s lips, but as he looked around, he realized he didn’t want to talk about Frankie and his choices. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Singer says we have a simple choice to make. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

These facts, drug war defenders claim, make the decision to wage the drug war almost exclusively in poor communities of color an easy and logical choice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I am wondering how choices are made about who gets what and how much they get. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

With his wisdom and calmness, his patience and organizational skills, his ability to lead and inspire without stepping on toes, Oliver was the perfect choice for this assignment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They threw him in jail for a year. I guess they thought he had a choice.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The staff had no choice but to arrange weekend trips to the city center so that we would stop going on our own. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But white conservatives were not happy with the choice. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know, too, given a choice, they’ll always want to be with Pop and Ma instead of me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

It feels like a choice, but it isn’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His eyes had that mischievous glint they sometimes got in class when he pulled a pop quiz and made all the multiple choice answers B. “Ah, good, Percy,” he said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew nothing of this. But I have offered the man my protection. He has been a most useful—” “I offer you a choice,” Minos said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Again I was faced with choices I did not like, but I finally agreed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Destiny” sounded like an obligation, and if I was to be thrust into battle against a legion of nightmare creatures, that had to be my choice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel more in control, as if there is a choice, a decision that could be made one way or the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an odd choice for breakfast, but she points out it has a high liquid content, so consuming it is killing two birds with one stone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The lean white shape was swallowed by the dark, and Jon had only two choices—to climb the hill again, alone, or to follow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Lieutenant thought he'd advise his Colonel to pay a pretty fancy price for such a choice beast. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But floods meant our precious cows would die, so the villagers rejected that choice too. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a certain irony in Butterfield’s adoption of the retrospective term ‘Scientific Revolution’, and an even greater one in his choice of The Origins of Modern Science for his title. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were fewer choices, and a great deal less was said. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But ‘Thou mayest’! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She set down her mug and bent closer to consider her choices. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The moment the blade was drawn, he thrust himself forward onto it—a final willful act, making death his own choice, rather than the scythe’s. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Brothers and sisters, since us can’t never expect tuh better our choice, Ah move dat we make Brother Starks our Mayor until we kin see further.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jerome told me we had two choices: we could move to Chicago or we could go to Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A choice made by the manufacturer when the computer was designed determines this, and nothing can change it now. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Elizabeth, if you had the choice,” I hear Miss Hilly say, “wouldn’t you rather them take their business outside?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I laid out my clothing choices on the table the night before the dance. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to say? I’m sorry, little peasant! You don’t exactly have a choice!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The event devastated Nass and his family and ultimately had him reevaluating his life choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lucas was one of the smartest and strangest people I knew, and so I wasn’t very surprised by his choice of topic. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had been painful to step away from my work, but there was no choice: My family needed me, and that mattered more. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was furious when Garfield refused to name Conkling’s choice to the Collector of Customs at the Port of New York. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Taylor, I guess because her first choice was taken, decided to go with Frida's death. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Strictly speaking, it was purely the king’s choice whether or not to extend Kingsguard protection to others, even those of royal blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you’re not giving me much choice on that one.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The blond policeman steps forward, palm on the door, leaving me with the choice to either let him in or smash his arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But why don’t you explain it to her and give her the choice?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had no practice at dominance, but the situation left him no choice. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You discuss this as though there’s a choice,” my father said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My mother has no choice but to stay behind. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she has an opinion or was given a choice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt horrible leaving her there, but he knew he had no choice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Still, I have no choice but to barrel on. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, faced with a tough decision, they were among the few who made the right choice that day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He forced down a feeling of despair over a choice that was made and couldn’t be gone back on. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the youngest, still only sixteen, I was the obvious choice. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It seems an odd choice until I see her throw one with such force it sticks in the sun-softened gold of the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There need not be any inherent advantage to which choice is made, but there is an advantage to everyone making the same choice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her desk was isolated in the choicest corner of the room where there was a north and an east window, the best light for reading. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a bumper sticker on the car that read If you can’t trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes adults don’t know quite what to do, so they make the best choice they can with the information that they have,” Ms. Dale says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, I didn’t think I really had a choice. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Fflewddur has said the choice is yours,” she murmured at last. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But I can’t go back. I don’t have a choice. I have no choice. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You have a gift, but you’ve made some bad choices—failing to accept Christ into your life, for one—which have left you vulnerable.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We have no choice, so we stop and face them. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted Ess to understand that leaving, when it happened, wasn’t her choice. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s the truth, even though I’m making it sound like it’s my choice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Because they know I had no choice or because they don’t want me to tell the world Voldemort attacked me?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A better choice: a big box wholesale club, restock department. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They had no choice: The moment anyone entered the room and saw the absence of three prisoners, they were lost. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“So, naturally, the next choice was a minivan.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I expected Mom to come back with one of her choice remarks, but she listened to my tirade in silence. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Voters were to place an X in the box next to the party of their choice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I graduated, I had a choice to become either an Army or an Air Force officer. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought they were leaving by choice, just going to a safer place to wait out the war. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Since my service is too weak to keep checking for text messages that probably aren’t coming, I have no choice but to listen as they talk about climate change. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They simply offered me the choice and waited to see what I would do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His weapons of choice were brief dialogues and verse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Because his uniform is green, and that means I have no choice at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had my choice, they said, this or the Colonies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got the choice of buying or borrowing, but either way you don’t need a card. If you borrow, we trust you to bring them back. If you buy, we only take cash.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Being able to sign my name is a new thing for me and brings choices I never had to make before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t know if I actually am but there ain’t no choice. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was no choice—he stepped into the water, shoes, jacket and all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wore a pearl earring and had a face that needed to make a choice—either shave or grow a beard. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Pausing only to employ a few of Uncle Vernon’s choicest swear words, he staggered back into the kitchen, clutching his head and staring out of the window into the back garden. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The four members of the winning team shall each receive a full scholarship to the college of their choice.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to take any help that would enable me to survive. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we both know there’s only one drink of choice with Oreos—and it isn’t scotch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a long moment, Cardan just looks around the room, but he has little choice, and he must know it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gandhi insisted that every person weigh the commitment and make a personal choice.“Every individual,” he explained, must make the oath him- or herself, facing not to his neighbor, but his God. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He just places his hands carefully in his pockets and begins to stroll, assuming I'll follow him, and because I don't have a choice, I do. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

‘Are we to abandon him? Must we not seek him first? An evil choice is now before us!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the end, the slave’s choice lay before them, as ever: anyplace but where they had escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Losing again, this time the Chinese were driven from Peking’s choicest areas. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice, as he saw it, was this: You give up or you work for change. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jefferson noticed that Washington seemed “unusually reticent” about his choice, probably because Mount Vernon adjoined the site and Washington also owned considerable acreage within its borders. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The violin was his instrument of choice. Here is where he died in poverty.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Knowing that I really had no choice but to consider it, I finally opened the door and allowed the possibility of this thing inside. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In my younger years I had learned that grown men cry only when they have no other choice. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She’d picked the gym bathroom because it was far from the classrooms and there were no P.E. classes after lunch, but it turned out to be a bad choice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted down Guerrero Street, a girl with her best friend, a maker of good choices. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

All those years, I thought she was only standing in her own way, and now I know she had no choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I came here to change. Your lawyer hit man, Nazario, sprung me out of work and gave me no choice.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s a version of your life for all the choices you make and all the choices you don’t. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there were no one else involved, it would be an easy choice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to get in, but I don’t have a choice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This was a hard choice to make, and even harder to hold to. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were several false starts and fresh choices, but by ni-Frith they had three scrapes of a sort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the Cubero people were upset about the Night Swan’s choice of a retirement place. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One can only reproach him for creating Julius pope, for in this he made a bad choice. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Choosing between a career in Education and a UN job wasn’t easy, she said—but the thing to remember was that the very fact that she had a choice was a great privilege. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He answered so easily she had no choice but to believe him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In a column he wrote for our neighborhood’s weekly newspaper, Barack calmly defended his choice to stay with me and Malia in Hawaii. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“My mom died, all right? And I was sent to live with my grandmother, who lives in this neighborhood, and I had no choice. Not that it’s any of your business.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For this fight, we let the boys have their weapon of choice,” he said, glancing at Archer’s gun, “with the exception of firearms.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But now that we’re standing here like boulders against the relentless flow of people entering the evac center, it doesn’t feel like much of a choice at all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But to me, it felt like the only sane choice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That day, I answered only the questions as to my name and choice of counsel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choice is less odd than it may seem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to talk to Finch’s mom. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘No other right choice, maybe, but... a friend of mine, Luke. His mom . . . similar problem. He didn’t handle it as well.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They had no choice but to live with their mothers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Their choice of what to write about will necessarily be shaped by their own interests and concerns. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All these idiots are caught up in their stupid sports or their college choices. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Will you be the eagle or the mouse, Rowan? Will you soar or will you scurry away? For those are the only two choices today.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Austerity was a choice, for there were always those who shunned the plenty of the post-mortal world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Besides, with him holed up in my craft room, I had no choice but to craft at the kitchen table like an amateur again. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

By the way his shoulders slumped, Chubs seemed to think he didn’t have much of a choice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Now you and Bushra are making all the decisions. It’s nothing to do with her. I’m supposed to be making my own choices. I’m supposed to be growing up.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell him about the choice you had to make.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Van Helsings move to the back of the line, so I’ve got no choice but to take the spot behind them. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to remind them of the one incident in my life I’d hoped everyone had forgotten. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Oak might make different choices than the ones you want him to,” Cardan says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t planning to wear gloves to the coronation, but I don’t have much choice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But once the decision was made, I simply followed through — usually with relief that the choice was made. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They made their choice long ago. What’s important is that there’s a grand plan in motion, Jacob, and you’ll be part of it.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes, a choice,” June said, as if she were in no hurry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Marriage or carnage. A wedding or a war. Are those my choices?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No, but all I eat on ships are beans. Something else would be first choice.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

More than anything, I wanted to be one of their choices—a favored one. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He selected the upstream, or north, side, a poor choice because the morning sun and its reflection off the river would be in his face. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Be prepared to explain your choice,” Dylan repeats. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

About his awful dad, about his dubious wardrobe choices. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I made a bad choice by allowing it, even for one day." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

This means that for every choice you make, an infinite number of universes exist in which you made a different choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The emissary had no choice but to return to the palace with an empty box. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the San Francisco map on the Book Scavenger site and narrowed the choices to only show Raven’s hidden books, since the forty-nine Maltese Falcons were the only books Raven had hidden. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Howard never considered running his horse under such an impost, and Normile made the choice easier. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at him, then, realizing they didn’t have much choice but to trust him, she shrugged her shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not wish to omit an important issue, and an error from which princes protect themselves with difficulty if they are not extremely prudent, or if they do not make good choices. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ron launched into the story, starting with the barrier at the station refusing to let them through. “— so we had no choice, Professor, we couldn’t get on the train.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Benji “agreed” to the Monday lunch meeting because he didn't have a choice. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It may be suicidal, but he has no choice. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Since what is often at stake in moral choices is confidence that one has got the facts right, the term was extended to other contexts in which people make judgements about questions of fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Yet she wants to criticize my fashion choices. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We sneered at voting, for we felt that the choice between one political crook and another was too small for serious thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would get people really looking at themselves and the choices they were making. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The room is constantly moving, a new name and a new person choosing, a new knife and a new choice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“So that the others will have no choice but to target you,” says Haymitch flatly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But like you said, maybe we’re in the way now. We don’t have any choice, do we?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now I have no choice but to go to the kitchen. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I still hadn’t made any plan, but there didn’t seem to be many choices. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branwell knew all the choices on the menu, and for once, he wasn’t taking the risotto just because it came with the osso buco. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then switches back to a more expensive choice. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Like when you start to wonder if maybe you do have a choice about the kind of person you want to become. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, most people in the ghetto, like anywhere else, would prefer to be able to work, support their families, and live without fear of harm or violence, if given the chance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If you were hell-bent on climbing the peak and could somehow come up with the dough, Adventure Consultants was the obvious choice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Not sure how much choice I have. But yeah. Grandma is right. I’m ready to work.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of people near the shores of Lake Michigan had no other choice but to wade into the cold water. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the apartment house, Paul considered his choices: pressing on with the sale despite his luck today or going home. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no choice involved: the letter has to be upper case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If he makes a mistake, you have to wait for him to fix it—you have no choice, you cannot leave. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems to me, however, that we have no choice but to accept it. Both Cedric and Harry have been chosen to compete in the tournament. This, therefore, they will do. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My only choice is to find the toxin Epsilon-5 has made and try to destroy it. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If it came to a choice—save Annabeth or let the quest succeed—could Percy really choose the quest? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That comes next week. This week you have a choice of stickball, ring-a-levio, and pacification.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They ain’t got much choice but to let me do pretty much what I wants to nowadays, since they done ’bout worked me dry,” he said, chuckling. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never could forgive me for letting him go. Wasn’t my choice.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As though she was offering them a choice of two treats. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are wrong. We do care. We care greatly for the greater good of a singular Collective. The Collective has made difficult choices over all these units to achieve this point.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I invite you, if you disagree with my estimates below, to make your own choices and see what implications your alternative suggestions have for the number of advanced civilizations in the Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many tents, so many choices. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Get your grades up. Get your act together. Or we won’t send you back to ballet, even after your knee is all healed. These are your options. The choice is yours.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You mean that it was merely a choice of the man dying, of both the man and yourself dying. Is that right?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His choice of attire showed just how uninterested he was in coaching or in helping his athletes during competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

An albatross would have been a much better choice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Our choices as to which instrument to play, in other words, are not entirely our own. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Angela stood between her determined mother and her distraught partner, paralyzed by the burden of choice. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just between you and me ... I think you might have gotten three, because you’re the kind of bullheaded person who would refuse to make a simple choice just because she was told to,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My brain was still thrumming from the effects of the White Noise, but my weak heart made the choice easy for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That the lives of countless others depended on her making the right choice? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It’s that their hedging is a choice, not a tic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I spoke agaitx\\ I bite my tongue to keep from using it and scan my word choices, lifting Nutmeg to see what she’s sitting on. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

School choice came early to the Chicago Public School system. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A long hard winter will leave the Watch so deep in debt that we will never climb out, Jon reminded himself, but when the choice is debt or death, best borrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was little choice, as Her Highness Rachel is above manual labor, and Ruth May beneath it so to speak, so Leah and I were considered by our mother, by default, disposed for her errands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t voluntarily walk anywhere they choose to lead me, but I have no choice, being tied like this. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would explain why my mother would leave me—this would explain that she hadn’t left me by choice. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But as soon as my butt hit the navy-striped cushion, I regretted our choice. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The fact is, there was little choice but to approach the matter as I did - as I am sure you will agree once I have explained the full context of those days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Some do that,” she says, her tone almost affable now, though distanced; it’s as if we’re considering a choice of nail polish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best choice was to keep them out, but the door wasn't going to last much longer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, I supposed his first choice was actually an inanimate injection-molded plastic figurine. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Nat had his first choice, he heard himself say, “Lem Harvey!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized how terrified she was, but she had no choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Amari, Polly, and Tidbit had no choice but to follow the woman, who in spite of her size moved nimbly through the woods. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a lot of choice but there was some, and this is what I chose. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He understood that sometimes you did things out of necessity, things that were horrible, or underhanded at best, things you wouldn’t do if you had a choice. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It is still your choice, whether you will bargain with it. Yes, we know the brooch well. Menwy Son of Teirgwaedd, first of the bards, fashioned it long ago.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He had no choice. He followed the only thing that felt like home, the only thing familiar to him. I point to him and Feathers and Voxy. “ The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He has kept his wild-card choices surprising and mysterious. Why did he pick them? We’ll have to see. But don’t count the Phoenix Riders out yet!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He considered the choice and picked the cow. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the public the choice may easily appear to be one of stark black-or-white simplicity: Shall we have birds or shall we have elms? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a Saturday night in summer, so this block is a nexus of tourists plus New Yorkers who made poor life choices that landed them here. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She had always gone her own way, though she downplayed her choices, calling them accidents. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But you get used to it really quickly because you don’t have much of a choice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t have a choice,” I remind her. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“As far as I’m concerned, I’ve got no choice,” I said. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

If only they had made different choices, they’re told sternly, they wouldn’t be sitting in a jail cell; they’d be graduating from college. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You have no choice. Which is why I hope you’ll forgive me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly,” I said, frowning at his word choice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And since everyone at school already had a perverted image of me after Justin’s little number, I was the perfect choice, wasn’t I? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It says Brian realized he had two choices: Quit the team as he’d done in a similar situation when he was younger or think of something else quick. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then, when he had had a choice, he had made the wrong one: the choice to leave. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When your options are limited to being miserable in private or being mortified in public, there is no choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Soon he was off again, and she had no choice but to follow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Whatever choice he might have made, it would have been the right one. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m cautious about trusting anyone new, but I don’t have much choice. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For once he didn’t comment on my food choices, even though a second helping of rice was a classic dietary indiscretion. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Your friends do you much honor, but in the end, it is your choice alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

So there had not really been a choice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For he now knew that the most terrible choice lay before him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It is unfair of me to do something that limits her choices, that makes up her mind for her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Director Van Helsing says, “You may either display your supernatural ability first and announce what it is to the spectators later or vice versa. It’s your choice.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I guess there’s no other choice,” Carlisle agreed, his face grim. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, I came to give you a choice.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now there was no choice but for the second girl to fetch the water each day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My choice was not half wrong; it was all wrong. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, I'd like to give you something pretty. I was going to donate some clothes to the war effort and thought I'd give you the first choice before I do." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the choice comes, Notus the South Wind had told him, storm or fire, do not despair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The shoes were not my first choice,” he told Cora, “but the dress suits you.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Conant had no choice but to take the case to court. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Because what Eddie and Sister—everybody in this place—doesn’t realize is, you and I never had a choice. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They gave me a choice of ivory or silver chopsticks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper’s only choice was to keep the giants focused on her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The choice is yours, of course,” the doctor said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She lay in her little Goldilocks’-choice bed, her eyes sand dry and as quiet as glass. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studied my face, and perhaps he saw an ambivalence about my own choices. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Baker Sporting Emporium, which is about to choose an architect for its new building and which is considering Hoodhood and Associates among its top three choices.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Martin Addison’s wardrobe choices make a twisted kind of sense. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He did not know what he would find once he got there, but it seemed to be his best choice. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was all Mr. Griswold’s Poe choice came down to: a popular author for Halloween season. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The guards got the choice meat in their soup, and Moniek and Jack added the rest to the prisoners’ soup. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see what choices I have now.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Booth faced the difficult choice of what to do next. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think you have to make a choice—at a certain point—of the man you want to be. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to let her pull me back down the unfamiliar hallway. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His father disappeared out of the kitchen and returned holding a thick paperback that Rashid had no choice but to take. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I was given a choice—go home and ditch the coat, or go to the principal. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For humans, the name soon progressed from exceedingly rare to a perennial top five choice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He can’t wring his hands over his sister now, or about his niece’s choice of traveling companions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“My father. He made a choice. His life for mine. I had to make good on that. I had to make his choice into the right one. ” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had no choice—his letters would have to stay secret. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No—but it can’t stop me. It’s my choice to make. And anyway, it pays pretty good.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices: submit or fight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice,” Kissinger advised, “but to step up our bombing as a means of making them agree.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’s nervous that she’ll be disappointed by the choice, but when the food arrives she eyes it approvingly, and she eats heartily, quickly, sopping up the leftover sauce on her plate with bread. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess there was something to be said for limited choices. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All night he tried to choose his way, to plan where he should go, what he should do: but each choice, each plan was blocked by a foreboding of doom. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we’ve got no choice,” Johnson said, “but it scares the death out of me.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It had died a slow death over the past few months, and now it simply couldn’t survive the different choices we were making. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Meggie didn’t know what was so exciting about times when, if Elinor was to be believed, your only choice was between dying of the plague or getting slaughtered by invading soldiers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The first thing I learned about having money was that it gives you choices. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe I am making all the wrong choices. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But if you are going to do detective work you have to be brave, so I had no choice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“By the way, I think you made a good choice,” I say, concentrating on cutting a suitable size of waffle for the pickle fork. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“By choice, though. Couldn’t you tell them that, too?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The choice can be tricky, because there is only a phantom subject. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams let out the word that Jefferson was clearly the voters’ choice and the superior man, that Burr was “like a balloon, filled with inflammable air.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I really have no choice but to believe it will work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now that guy had two choices, fight Popcorn or say something tough and funny and walk away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t just about record-buying preferences, either: being a composer in the twentieth century meant making career- defining choices that simply were not relevant to earlier generations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“You were yelling. I didn’t have a choice. I had to wake you up so no one would come in and find me.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They made bad choices, and most had been taught since they were young that they wouldn’t amount to much. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Healing was slow, deliberate, a rhythm that required thoughtful study of each small choice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Leroy stood up and said, “Spencer, I done made up my mind. I know you doing what you think is right and I do ’predate your concern, but I ain’t got no other choice.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The Americans had no choice but to leave trails in the snow as unambiguous as diagrams in a book on ballroom dancing—step, slide, rest—step, slide, rest. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doha, please help us! Please ask your father to help us! Please, Doha! Tell them we had no choice! Tell them we’re not collaborators! Doha!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not exactly thrilled about having to bunk with you, but apparently I don’t have a choice in the matter. But you better believe I have a choice about whether you mess with my stuff.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She had a choice: either she could decide it was her presence that provoked the engineer to leave, or she could assume that the fellow had simply finished his work and moved on. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was now good blood in the family against a future bad choice by one of its women. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“But I would have liked for it to have been my choice.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then Eve had to make a choice—the apple the snake wanted her to eat looked so good—just one bite. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When it came time to eat my industrial food chain meal, since it was impossible to follow Naylor’s corn or steer 534 directly to my plate, I had a lot of choices. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then I practiced singing one of the solo choices Ms. Holly had listed for the winter concert—just for fun. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You can either stay there while they throw shovelfuls of sand on you or just climb out. Your choice. Not theirs.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But how would she explain to her children, as they watched images of the city drowning, that their father was there by choice, paddling around in a secondhand canoe? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They made him realize he needed to make choices about who he wanted to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, if Luke wanted to live his life like a monk—that was his choice. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Again, the choice of coordinates is arbitrary; one can use any three well-defined spatial coordinates and any measure of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often the wizard consulted him at points where the choice of way was doubtful; but it was always Gandalf who had the final word. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ruling out Erudite was the only part of my choice that was easy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to brace for impact. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It was a bad choice of words. I'm sorry, Martin,” said Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was really giving me a choice — I was free to refuse, and part of him hoped for that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Percy didn’t see much choice but to play along with her VIP tour until they could find the sea god Phorcys, even if they were walking deeper into a trap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In 1966, he settled on a surprise choice: the Marshall Library in Lexington, Virginia. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hockey and soccer games were the sport of choice among the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

“Do you think she’s chosen already? When she chose to leave her dæmon on the shore? Was that the choice she had to make?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you have a choice, Mum,” Catherine says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Hazel forged ahead, so he didn’t have much choice except to follow. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our rules dictated that the girl’s choice be respected and once she had chosen her favorite, she was free to continue on her journey escorted by the lucky boy she loved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be prepared to tell us about the deity of your choice.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I proud you make such good choice. Very smart boy make good choice in life!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sure could use a word choice that said Cool outfit, but somehow Mrs. V had overlooked that one. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You made a wise culinary choice. Go sit down.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mya and Camila high-five at his word choice, making Stella shoot them a glare before glancing over at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“If everything’s the same, then there aren’t any choices! I want to wake up in the morning and decide things! A blue tunic, or a red one?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, they had no choice if they wanted to get on to that island. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I told, hoping that both brothers would understand that I was under orders and had no choice. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And you also have the choice where to direct that power to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When we get home, my mom looks up prosthetists in the phone book, and what she discovers is that if we are going to stay local, Hank Kruber is our only choice. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

There was a choice between World Control and destruction. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

To deny the mighty Paqo’s wishes would be a foolish choice, but I was not pleased. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, our omnivore’s dilemma is rooted in our nature as human beings—but we’ve made our choices much harder than they used to be. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“He said: ‘Now, you embryos, here you are, all looking exactly the same, and We are going to give you the choice of what you want to be. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Composers of the mid- to late-eighteenth century limited themselves to a small choice of chords partly as a reaction to the harmonic style of their predecessors, but also to emphasise the primacy of the melody. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

His father, a general practitioner, now dead, gave him his blessing, even encouraged him in the choice, McClellan said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At this point, Sumac made a most unusual choice. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A library wouldn’t have been Percy’s first choice for someplace to visit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Yes, but she was convinced they had no choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The segregation here wasn’t merely established by cultural habits or choices. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man of her choice was a young English doctor and that summer he came with us to Norway. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve gotten no choices. For my whole life, no choices. Let me choose this. Let me have this one thing before all my choices get taken away again.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I ask sweetly if I can borrow the dress, and she has no choice but to say yes since Mom is in the room and it’s Thanksgiving and all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Time went on, and still he was no nearer to a choice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He absolutely doesn’t want this, but he’s also not sure what other choice he has. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Did I truly have a choice, or was this an offer, like Simon Bass's offer, that I was not permitted to refuse? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When a group of 3 steps up—a mom and her 2 daughters, who are barely 48 inches tall—the worker gives me a choice. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Someone's got to be your first, and T was a good choice. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a simple matter of choice, predilection, and a passing grade. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mark hadn’t wanted to shine the light in his friend’s face, but he felt like he had no choice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Of course all the goddesses wanted it, but in the end the choice was narrowed down to three: Aphrodite, Hera and Pallas Athena. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making that choice would crack a person’s soul right down the middle. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

But we could not know which was the case, so there was no choice, scientifically, but to regard the cat as 100 percent alive and 100 percent dead at the same time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Originally, it referred to distinctive ways of writing—the shape of the letters as well as the choice of words. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skilled choice of words he was exercising was exquisitely titillating. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“A single choice shall. . . shall end his days. Olympus to per—pursue—” “Preserve^ Annabeth said gently. “It means to save” “I know what it means,” I grumbled. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was being given no choice, it seemed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The coach is the best choice,” Frank said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid you don’t have much of a choice in the matter,” replies Jeanine lightly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My hands trembled so violently that I had no choice but to set the glass of water on the table before I dropped it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘At least, no part of her I could save. There was no other choice.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I used to think that when people fell in love, they just landed where they landed, and they had no choice in the matter afterward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the advice,” she said coldly, “but my father’s made his choice about who he wants to live with.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted it because it made him free, gave him the possibility of choice, of action, the opportunity to act and to feel that his actions carried weight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her “meeting” is taking place near what used to be the cafeteria, and I have no choice but to walk right by the group to the elevator leading back to my room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No escape,” repeated the Warden, waving him back into his chair; and as the permit was not yet countersigned, Bernard had no choice but to obey. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t press the button, I’m definitely dead. At least if I press it, I’ve got a chance at a long life. I like having choices.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

According to the traditional rule, the choice depends on which of two kinds of relative clause the word is introducing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If you were starving and somebody gave you the choice of one kind of meat to save yourself, what would you pick?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

True believers of school choice argue that their tax dollars buy them the right to send their children to the best school possible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now everybody’s looking at him, and he has no choice but to swallow it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was probably letting Black know that he had heat and that there ain't no choice but to drive to Brownsville and off whoever was looking for me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Call out your location or not, the choice is yours.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my choice now, no matter what the test says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"I don't understand many things about you. Or your choices," he says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The backups. A closet in a house is no place for them. We didn’t have time for better choices before, but now we do. He is going to move them to a safer location.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Late that afternoon I had no choice but to meet him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy had often said that when presented with two choices, a hard thing and an easy thing, the right thing was usually the more difficult one. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was no choice but to hurry with the burying, despite folks were already bringing in food and sad faces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Rachel nods and proceeds to admire the three choices I’ve set aside, asking me questions about what details I like and if my room is like this. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The question caught me by surprise; I had been waiting for a fiat, and now a choice lay before me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what was my other choice — to cut him out of my life? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was getting into business with a girl who drank in school, but did I have any choice? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But the real joke isn’t that the sluggers revealed to me the date of Earth’s demise; it’s that they offered me the choice to prevent it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Our parents provide the list of ingredients and remind us to make healthy choices: one sport, two clubs, one artistic goal, community service, no grades below a B, because really, nobody’s average, not around here. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She listened, but she didn’t absolve him from the choice at hand. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was a risk, but he didn’t have any other choices. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy reached into a rack and pulled out a mod jumper and said, “Get this,” and shoved it at Big Ma until she had no choice but to take it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have many friends but whether this was due to choice or circumstance I do not now know. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In that way, it’s not a real choice at all. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She’d shout, “I appreciate you in advance!” for every good choice she trusted those students would make. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As we wandered through the leaves and trees and flowers, I picked my favorites and she said “Good choice” for everything I listed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She trusted the slave’s choice to guide her—anywhere, anywhere but where you are escaping from. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You will recall that, when you were a little boy, I once told you that the hardest choices often required the strongest minds.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As I drive back to Ainsley’s house, I realize it’s my choice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I am already so busy working for Chandresh, and I will need to focus on the competition without...distraction,” he says, using his instructor’s choice of word, from an order disguised as a suggestion. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Henry’s sister, Nerissa, as you might have gleaned, was not a possible choice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You must, Luxa, you have no choice. You must join with us or die,” said Henry coldly, but there was a tremor in his voice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pleased though he was with his choices, Harry had also shouted himself hoarse at the many complainers and was now enduring a similar battle with the rejected Beaters. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everything was changing; I was afraid to make the wrong decision about choices in the miles ahead of me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The smell was disgusting, and when it started invading our room, my sister had no choice but to throw that poor turtle away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I guess it was never really a choice to begin with,” I continued. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I noticed that he drove several different cars as well, and then only American models; a politician, especially an Asian-American one, doesn’t have a choice in the matter. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve got no choice but to stand on my own two. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Our legends say that God offered the first Dinka man a choice between the gift of the first cow and a secret gift, called the “What.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It launched itself at Frank and left him no choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not like we have a hell of a lot of other choices,” he said, kicking the wall beneath the window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But do you think I made the wrong choice?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Its door was gone and the grass roof looked unreliable, but Nhamo had no choice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My dad used to tell me this story about making choices . She shook her head. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I have been giving him the choice for four years. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd have plenty of time to review all the stupid life choices that had brought me here. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the choice comes again, Notus had said, storm or fire—remember me. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Look,” the officer said, “your parents will be very worried. They need you to make the right choice.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s strange that something she was born with, that’s of no choice of hers, is now the sole thing that defines her in the eyes of others. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The only thing that disturbed my mom more than my clothing choices was my tendency to overaccessorize. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, Duke beat out NYU and Columbia as my top choice because Duke offered me the most money in academic scholarship funding and they recruited me to be on their fencing team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“How much choice do our men have?” she asked. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the far comer of the field some blackbirds and three magpies were wading in the water and muck, hunting for choice tidbits. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being a scythe would not have been his life choice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Ali, I don't see no other choice. Either I handle them or they handle you." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And then, to make the choice doubly hard for the child, she added a little maliciously, ‘Which do you love most, Cilia or me?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Look, if you want to spend the last hours of your life planning some noble death in the arena, that's your choice. I want to spend mine in District Twelve." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wore hijab by choice, and I proudly represented my country both on and off the fencing strip, both in victory and defeat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Being gay isn’t a choice. Don’t you know that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they have no choice but to sedate me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“My dark friend will not give you the luxury of a choice. It’s the cliff or the cave, boy!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Claire has no choice but to follow him down the hall. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But if I wanted to get home, what choice did I have? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The dentist had no choice but to stand at R.O.T.C. attention. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just—” “Come,” she says again, and I feel like I have no choice hut to walk forward and stand among them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can see I made the right choice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another major resource that English puts at a writer’s disposal is the choice of verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The man might have been the toughest guy in their group, but he was the last choice to be a negotiator. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The way he talked about thoughts was the way I experienced them—not as a choice but as a destiny. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to set a mug and saucer in front of her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice, my lady. It’s the only way Percy stands a chance.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, it's not like he had a choice. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In deciding which style to use in a given circumstance, it is decorum that shapes your choice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said quietly, “this choice cannot be mine. I have said nothing for or against your plan; the decision is greater than I dare make.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I always tried to find a new one, but sometimes there was no choice. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because I have to! Can't you understand? I have no choice. None of us do!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I decided right then and there that juice would be my choice of breakfast drink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Einstein once asked the question: “How much choice did God have in constructing the universe?” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no choice anyway—he was going. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Inventing a uniquely German form of opera, therefore, for Wagner, was a political choice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Yet you yourself cling to it with your dirty hands. I shall not tarry here. My terms or nothing. Make your choice.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“His mother will treat you like a servant . . .” chided one half-sister upon hearing the other’s choice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He found a way to take the school’s money and make it look like he donated it to charity. I’ve got no choice but to call the police.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“What choice do you have? You have a better job? And don’t forget. You and I, we have babies on the way.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We’d give parents better information to help them make healthy choices for their families. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Not that veggies were an odd choice, but that’s all June ever ate. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever he jerked awake, I tried to tempt him with a few choice berries from the nursery’s supply. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of the only good things about PM was the food, because nobody stopped you from making poor choices. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had no choice now—there was nowhere to go. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“If any of you want me to read what you are going to write,” she announced at the first class, “you will be responsible for a reading list of my choice.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The choices will be hard, and everyone will want his special question first. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed a smile—leaving home was not an easy choice to make—but my eyes never left Ayanna. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hugo looked up into the girl’s big dark eyes and realized that he didn’t have a choice. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She, like most black patients, only went to Hopkins when she thought she had no choice. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The coffin was carried on a horse-drawn wagon to the cemetery, and all the way I communed with death’s angels, questioning their choice of time, place and person. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could be a veterinarian’s helper,” I suggest, my second choice. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We have no choice but to go on, or to return to Rivendell.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, we had no other choice but to report the poor man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Armpit had no choice then but to go with Kaira’s manager. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a whole group of women who shared their seeds with us, so we had many good choices. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’d promised myself not to call for backup unless I had no choice, and I’m certainly not going to ruin my cover over a street brawl. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The crow gave her the same choice: drought, flood, or war. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maize, though, was what people wanted, the grain of choice for the elite—it was what you made chicha from. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On February 25 the choice was made for us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the dish smelled especially choice, he would send it to one of the lords on the dais, a gesture of friendship and favor that Maester Luwin told him he must make. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If you get in, the choice is already made, isn’t it?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cook had always greeted him cheerfully when he returned from the hunt, to ask whether he'd brought anything choice for the table, but he had nothing to say now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What did I care that I had to make so many choices? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what other choice you got? You gonna get up and read in front of all them people? Read all them words?” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, there’s always choices, pup, but from what I hear, ye made the right one.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thing I decide on when I head for Judd’s again the next day is that I got no choice. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may have almost no control, but I still have a choice. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“They’re all the wrong way. Just because you have a choice, it doesn’t mean that any of them has to be right.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had the choice of being beaten at home or away from home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dallas heard about it, he thought: “He was the last guy I’d have expected this to happen to. “He was the kid who always made the right choices, who always did the right thing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But then again, I didn’t come here to give her any choice at all. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s an archaic instrument with no room for subtlety. Not to disparage your choice of instrument,” I said quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Linear B was inherently so ambiguous that it remained restricted to palace accounts, whose context and limited word choices made the interpretation clear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you’ve been through a lot, so you don’t have to make any choices now. Just know that you’ll be safe if you stay with me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By the time Oppenheimer disembarked from the 20th Century in Buffalo to return west, Groves recognized that he was the best choice of all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to think he still has the option to give me back the paper, or that he has any other choice but to do me this favor. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So it seems to me I have two choices: I can wait for that study to be done or I can decide that it’s better to be safe than sorry and buy foods without atrazine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“A clever lord, you. Ghost’s the better choice. I don’t have the teeth for biting wildlings anymore.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I see the brother who told me to make my own choices, the night before the Choosing Ceremony. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Another group was trying to groom one of the younger scythes for a position on the selection committee, so that he might sway gleaning choices when they needed those choices swayed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If she had a choice, she’d just as soon stay the same. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Where do you want to go on Saturday? Your choice.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

That he’s making the right choices, because I don’t like this secret one bit. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“They know. We all know. But there’s not much choice, is there?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Every speck of anything that might become a wedding memory, she tosses in there—stuff like jewelry designs and invitation ideas and flower arrangement choices and photos of gowns. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Here in Japan, she could see there were no plates of choices. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My pearls, my belts, my cardigans, my off-the-rack dresses from J.Crew, my apparently brave choice of white for an inaugural gown—all seemed to trigger a slew of opinions and instant feedback. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Cutting my father out of our lives to pacify Abel, that was her choice. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had to keep reminding myself that I’d made my choice, and I wasn’t going back on it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Do I have a choice in this matter?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

My head swam with the possibilities and the choices I needed to make. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

My new life was simply about making choices, none of which I actually wished to make. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the history of science there is no simple solution to the apparently binary choice between radical contingency and predictable evolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Given all of these pressures, it is clear that the choice facing Durham was not between continuing Jim Crow and dismantling the system. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents didn't want to be absent, but they weren't left with much choice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed that it was an ideal choice. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had no choice, except that he quit working for them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we don’t have an ice cream machine, so we don’t have a choice,” she replies. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Do not offer me a choice when you know none exists!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the leader’s choices for his team were obvious. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Someone offers you a choice of two envelopes and tells you one has twice as much money in it as the other. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He defended the difficult choices he had made in Vietnam to stop a Communist takeover and praised the troops who’d done the fighting. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to snuggle under the covers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They settled on the teenager who had been the Inka’s final choice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And, of course, she hadn’t made that choice at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have any choice but to try. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Now we will go in,” she said, and annoyed Jane and Michael very much by lingering at the Haberdashery counter and taking great trouble over the choice of a reel of black cotton. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to avoid going anywhere near that place until I absolutely had no choice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Until your mind is clear and you have a choice between anger and happiness.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing they wanted to do, but what choice did they have? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

If Sarai had, in that moment, presented them with a choice, if she had stood proud and defended her actions, she might have won them to her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As for the choice you now face between which and that: if you hate making decisions, you generally won’t go wrong if you use that. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Weighing the conflicting opinions, it was up to Kennedy to make a critical choice: stand by Cable 243, or retract it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Denmark gives its citizens the choice of three official genders: male, female, and X.The White House designates a gender-neutral bathroom for visitors and staff. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was the hardest thing Frank had ever done, but he knew it was the only choice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The commissary people always paid for whatever they bought, but it was usually in scrip, and on top of it, the farmer didn’t have much choice about selling or not. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And it will only grow worse. The day may come when I will have no choice but to call the banners and ride north to deal with this King-beyond-the-Wall for good and all." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After that, he had no choice but to turn right around and head back out of the portrait hole again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Hazel, Frank, you’ve got to make a choice. Are you coming?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What choice do I have, my lord? Come with you, or remain with Garth and Lady Lu?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘And it seemed to me, too,’ said Gimli, ‘that my choice would remain secret and known only to myself.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In a second, that back door is going to swing open and I'll have no choice but to leap past Liz's mother and make a run for it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered when he had become an Eight, as Lily would do shortly, and had been faced with that freedom of choice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But now I cannot stand anymore. We must decide this now, tonight. Either that name is never to be spoken in her hearing, or she must go, or I will go. Take your choice.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the coolness of her tent, Dany blackened horse- meat over a brazier and reflected on her choices. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Because if we want to live, it’s the best choice we have. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Friendship does not matter; they may not have a choice.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because what has been done to them is so wrong, so beyond justification, so evil that there is no choice? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So as the startled bears watched Roz stomping out of their cave, they really had no choice at all. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The slave catcher had little choice but to call upon the man after midnight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a catcher’s mitt, her own adamant choice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A safe enough choice: Ernst is in fact a slow runner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The chef’s choice sounds lovely, but Hazel is a vegetarian.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hated keeping secrets, but what choice did I have? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because by making the choice to leave, you’re insulting the place that raised you and made you and never turned you away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At the moment all Will’s choices existed at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He had no choice. Warriors came from behind him, and then on both sides of his column. North was the only way he could go. So let’s go again and trace their path.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I distinctly remember being explicit in the choice of pronoun. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She addressed the emotions provoked by the artist's somber choice of colors, and her eyes glittered as she spoke. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe it’s the wrong choice,” June says, biting her lip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We were a society dying, said Aunt Lydia, of too much choice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Castro had no choice but to have the government take over many of the businesses so that there wouldn’t be so much corruption. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I told you, insomnia. She makes some weird choices around three a.m.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There are few among mortal Men who know more of Orcs; and I do not hunt them in this fashion out of choice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The authorities had no choice but to release Brown. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No choice? We can choose to leave, like almost everyone else. We can’t stay in this place of death.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only other choices I can think of are knocking her unconscious or asking Vivi to glamour her; both are terrible. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was limited in my wardrobe choices because I was stuck buying in the shops my mother let me go to, and my mother did not believe in spending money on clothes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying that if I didn’t have any other choice but to be here—if it wasn’t between this and death, I would be halfway across Erilea by now, and not looking back.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And what poor fool will get that choice command?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But even if my mother disagreed with my choice—and even if her friends criticized her—she stood behind me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So as I danced and sparred with Emma I looked over the party for a second choice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no other prospects in sight, and the Gestapo on his back, what choice did he have? Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“If you wish to live your life out there, that is your choice,” the witch continued. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wonder, does that make ye more or less confident in your choice?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I used to think change was a choice. That you could avoid it if you stuck with your convictions. Now—” She shook her head. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when you had choices, there just weren’t any good ones. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Always take care to make the correct choice, Diana,” her stepmother said over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I knew it was what she wanted, that she did not have many other choices. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Very frightening. I can’t even imagine it. We really have to protect people from wrong choices.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the Arguments to induce belief, though of sufficient certainty, yet do not so constrain the mind to give its assent, but there is prudence and choice in it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

While intended as a libelous description, Adams’s choice of words was literally correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Finn, I know we can do this together. Because we have to. There isn’t any other choice.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Even you have the power to make your own choices." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mom had no choice but to pay for it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ugly, irrelevant, useless, lazy, good-for-nothing, abrupt, flatulent, and petulant were some of the choice adjectives he’d selected for them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The cramps in Alba’s stomach were growing stronger, and she thought that if nothing was resolved by the morning she would have no other choice but to use the hole in the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she doesn’t speak, she is making a choice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you look, I was good to Constantine. Oh, she talked back plenty of times and I put up with it. But Skeeter, she didn’t give me a choice this time.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pappachi insisted that a college education was an unnecessary expense for a girl, so Ammu had no choice but to leave Delhi and move with them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By choice I do not consult the movie ratings of the Legion of Decency, and my reading is not curtailed by the Index. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they were declared Sons of Jacob and therefore special, they were given a choice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over here there had grown up a broader interpretation of the word ‘liberty’: no man to be ruled or taxed except by men of his own choice. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to continue with my plan and face its unknown perils. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t exactly having second thoughts about the end of the world, but I was glad I had a choice. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The choice was almost haphazard: Dobyns had never been to Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Nathan, we are talking about the very life or death of the Water Monster of the Agave Pond. Your uncle has made his choices. He must deal with the consequences.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And that, in turn, can help you understand the menu of choices you face and the things that are most likely to go wrong. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If what you say is true and Yakov was murdered by the very man he intended to kill, then I fear you will have no choice but to complete the job for him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had a choice, which picture to include in my painting. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I keep my sworn oath to him, is that a choice made out of love? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I’m living life for them, exactly, but I have so many choices they’ve never had, and I feel like I can do so much with what I’ve been given. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. Flies, bugs, grasshoppers, choice beetles, moths, butterflies, tasty cockroaches, gnats, midges, daddy longlegs, centipedes, mosquitoes, crickets—anything that is careless enough to get caught in my web. I have to live, don’t I?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps they felt they had no other choice,” Miss Maggie said, and I loved her for it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Because I had nothing to do last night except relive the most awkward date ever, I compiled a list of pros and cons regarding my most recent life choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Just a thought. Besides, I don’t see that we have many choices. If Hercules doesn’t get that horn, he’ll kill us and our friends.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Frank had accused him of caring more for machines than people, but if it came down to saving old spheres or his friends, there was no choice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Smoit, my friend,” replied Gwydion firmly but with affection, “this is a choice to be made without persuasion from you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My father says I don’t have a choice. He’s sort of the opposite of Birdie and Mae.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be alone, but I don’t feel like I have much of a choice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Given his purpose today, it had seemed a singularly appropriate choice for his guard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The rain didn’t relent and Smith had no choice but to work the horse in the mud. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after I started classes at Harvard I began to worry I’d made the wrong choice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“So he was their second choice for leadership.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To overwhelm a child of four with choices, to lay on her the burden of making a decision, was to deprive her of the bliss of childhood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘But we must not use the wood — not unless it is a choice between fire and death.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Of course, that was back when they might have expected to have choices one day. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I ain't have any other choice. I did what I had to." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s not how it is. Once I’ve got the ball, I’m in control. I’m not reacting; I’m making choices. And I hit. The team has bats. You don’t know baseball.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Right now, letting his beard grow back was the right choice for Rashid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s my boss and I have no choice.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the unit switched off, I drove out into the lot and opened my window again to the sounds of chaos unfolding down at the Pagoda Mall, and I made my choice. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow you will have to make a choice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But think of the glory of the choice! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re in the middle of actually living your life, however, there’s no picture of what it should look like at the end to guide your choices. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But since neither of them feels comfortable pressing the issue, they have no choice but to give in. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This voice doesn’t offer a choice; it has the force of an order. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We have a strict policy in our family about always telling the truth, so I have no choice but to say it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I see you got Cap’n Crunch, little lady. Good choice! It’s my favorite cereal,” he says. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We barely got out of port, and even then they were after us, chasing us all day and all night. “When the storm came, we didn’t have any choice. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t have any choice, do you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dionysius didn’t even have a choice; he didn’t know about zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Only in Faerieland is a giant toad the less conspicuous choice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to get be-hind the wheel and eat up the space, drink it in, make his own choices in that great land without walls. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

PBB: As you can see, sometimes the choice of / or me makes a difference in your meaning. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pieces such as Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring or Orff’s Carmina Burana, for example, would not be good choices as they are likely to promote agitation and frenetic activity rather than concentration and productivity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Odysseus had no choice but to follow her advice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given a choice between traditional discipline—which would probably have meant Saturday school—and participating in a restorative justice circle with the three girls he’d touched, Jeff chose restorative justice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And if not, then could Harry’s death have been more than just an awful coincidence, the result of a foolish choice to pickpocket the wrong man? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

‘And now may I make a right choice, and change the evil fate of this unhappy day!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Because I was the next new man assigned to the tank I had the choice of the two empty bunks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Frisby looked again at the sun and saw that she faced an unpleasant choice. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not that we have a choice, or course, or even a vote. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simon’s choice of hymn was in fact rather apt. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I saw Abel as a choice she’d made, a choice she was continuing to make. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Thalia would not have been my first choice to go on this quest. She’s too impetuous. She acts without thinking. She is too sure of herself.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really have a choice, but it sure would have been a good day to catch the bus rather than having to walk home again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As we grew, we spoke more about drugs and sex and life choices, about race and inequality and politics. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was something to be said for learning how to do that, how to make the braver choice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have much choice, did I? I married him before I realized. You’ve seen it. When he’s happy, he’s the most charming creature on earth. But when something sets him off...” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t have any choice about whether my vitiligo spreads or where it goes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once back with her friends, the girl directed some choice words Kathy’s way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They knew of nothing to guide them, yet a false choice would almost certainly be fatal. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I questioned a lot of my choices and often wondered if I had done the right thing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The people in that plane were heroes in the most important way—making a choice, not knowing the outcome, but knowing that acting was better than not acting. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we have no choice but to disturb these relationships, but we should do so thoughtfully, with full awareness that what we do may have consequences remote in time and place. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The least likely choice, and the less costly one, is the most preposterous hat I’ve ever seen. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took me through each move that the two had made, disparaging a Bronstein choice one moment, lauding another the next. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely so many cannot be wrong in their choice while you are the only one who is right. Remember they are all determined to help the Führer.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I guess I just like having choices.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Their laughter sounded like the creaking of branches, and Lazlo had no choice but to fight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said, “I have been agonizing over that choice all morning.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again it looks like I don’t have much of a choice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Again, he was leaving the choice up to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You made a good choice coming here. You can stay as long as you need.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

However, this “law” can hardly have dictated his choice of green to stand for the girl’s psyche. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he thought I was a good choice, too. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Burn had to make a choice, take a stand. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jackie Cochran may have thought that she was the obvious choice as the first female astronaut. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the choice in front of me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And behind it at the head is stowed a bag full of choicest edibles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, we weren’t exactly spoilt for choice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

By choice, we also stayed far from Rachel and Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I merely seek to make your ultimate choice fair and honest.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The actors turn to statues, and the person who called out comes in and tags the actor of their choice. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“What choice do I have? This is what life is.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if there ever was a choice, really. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, she pasted a false smile on her face and made a choice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was impressed that Jim made a choice to be on that bus when he didn’t have to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Baker boy, here's your choice. Come join the ghosts, or be one." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Eagle hung up the phone, smiling, and said, “Good choice! He seems like a very interesting man.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I think Mom would have a few more choice words for me if I did that. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They had no choice but to file past her without another word. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it would be his choice, the thought of being just another statistic for the scythes’ records infuriated him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘I have a feeling you’re the best choice, Pipes. You’re going to be there with us at the end, whatever happens, storm or fire.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to do this to him, but I feel as if I don’t have a choice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I already know why. Because sometimes there is just no choice.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But a hard look at his finances had finally convinced him that he had no other choice. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It will automatically check your calendar against the available dates on your dentist’s calendar and offer you three choices. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hugo had no choice ... he had to keep secrets, but he couldn’t explain this to the girl. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I think these choices over here would fit more what you said you were looking for.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I watch Elsie scribble Department of Magical Science as her top choice and then quickly fill in the other four slots. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I even put that on my passport, in a moment of bravado, since the other choice would have been housewife. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m weak, powerless Bri who had no choice but to lie there on the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Each time, faced with this impossible choice, she came to the same conclusion. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

God told the first man to carefully consider his choice. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squeamishness about one’s own choice of words is not among them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her word choice seemed odd and old-fashioned, almost regal in a way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

You don't have a choice, Mother pointed out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that happened, the captain and the sergeant would have little choice but to take him off desk duty and put him back on patrol again—with a glowing commendation for his file. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emergency medical technician in the ambulance offered Miele a choice. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Down in this part of Alabama, one turn to the left and one turn back to the right were our only choices. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And if you are given too many choices, if you are forced to consider much more than your unconscious is comfortable with, you get paralyzed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The sarcasm that had repelled, the harshness that had startled me once, were only like keen condiments in a choice dish: their presence was pungent, but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t get any on Friday at Morse, he had two choices: either to go without eating all weekend or without supper the following week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He held up his staff in the hope of finding some marks or inscription that might help his choice; but nothing of the kind was to be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

How will I tell my mother that my choices have killed Helena? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was just saying, If there is a choice, dear God or whatever you are, here’s where the odds should be placed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But newer research suggests that such overload can make it harder for us to make good decisions when we are confronted with clear choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s all a matter of risk tolerance, and in this volatile world, what other choice do I have? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It even had a limited choice of coffins, hidden away in a back room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I had no choice,” Nina said, the ache of tears pressing at her throat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You get hanged for being a noisy Jew who won’t make the choice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t really honest, but we didn’t have any choice. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to see, in their closeness, proof of his own good choice, as though he had knowingly brought a gift to his family, a buffer between his wife and daughter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What he doesn’t get is that even though part of me has come to sense the things that might be delusional, there’s the other part of me that has no choice but to believe them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"Now we truly have no choice. You must be Robert's Hand. You must go south with him and learn the truth." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Why, unable to foresee the result, did they nevertheless make that choice? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The first letter is your faction of origin,” she says, “and the second is your faction of choice. They thought that keeping track of the factions would help them trace the path of the genes.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Though it’s etymologically illegitimate, octopi is now so common that dictionaries list it as a second choice after octopuses. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a thousand years since Meereen last had a king, and there were some even amongst the old blood who thought they might have made a better choice than him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But he had made his choice and he had to abide by it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a choice, baby. I. Didn’t.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But if I wanted a crack at the summit, I knew that I had no choice but to ignore my infirmities and climb. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Caroni found himself hung up between choices and the headache didn’t help matters. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bentley is thus, as his choice of name indicates, prepared to meet the freethinkers on common ground at least when it comes to witchcraft, while defending the established Church. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If he hoped to get the car back to a paved road, McCandless had no choice but to walk out and notify the authorities of his predicament. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If there had been another choice, I would have taken it.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not because he was brave, but because he had no choice. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t exactly have much of a choice.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“You see, Mr. Davis? It is perfect. These gifts would show him you support his choices, and he’ll see how much you care. How you want to do right by him.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he had ever had a choice, or if he had ever felt trapped. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice. We have to take the risk of talking to newspaper people. Who is going to feed us and put a roof over our heads if I don’t get my job back?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before I have no choice but to eat these pancakes for you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He grabs the remote to key in his song choice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have been my first choice, given the man-eating sheep on the other side, but at the moment that looked better than this side of the chasm, and it gave me an idea. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Genesis. His choice. By the way, what kind of an experiment were you working on this afternoon, Mrs. Murry?” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We will try to understand his choices by looking carefully at what is known about him and his world—his birthplace, his adoptive homes in Athens and Alexandria, his predecessors, colleagues, and enemies. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

‘Juno offered me a choice like that, back when I found Camp Jupiter. I’ll give you the same answer. I don’t run when my friends need me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have to look like everyone else, Tally, and act like everyone else. We’ve got a choice. We can grow up any way we want.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But isn’t it better to give them that choice?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We’re only in eighth grade, but everyone knows she’s already picked out her first three college choices, her probable major and potential minor and the focus of her eventual graduate studies. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too much of it and we obscure the all-pervasive sense of contingency as well as the problematic character of the choices facing the revolutionary generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to follow her in. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In real life you don’t get to make choices. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And so, because they are very poor and can’t buy their food, they don’t really have a choice, do they? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about it. Look, we don’t have much choice here. And we don’t have a whole lot to lose. Let’s just keep moving and take it as it comes.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My long-suffering mother finally had no choice but to move out. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. You have a choice. You always have a choice.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And the only way to avoid the possibility would be to throw the competition; to perform so poorly between now and the final conclave that they had no choice but to grant scythehood to Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wished it were true, but he knew they had no choice but to eventually return to Camp Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He walked from town to town, offering each village he met the same choice he had given before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That was likely not the best choice of words.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My father habitually bought sundry pieces of furniture whenever he stepped into a store; he showed little judgment in his choices. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t a choice: I gave her my phone, and she entered her number with blue-polished fingertips. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I would trust that the choice you made was correct.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You know as well as I do that without schooling we women have even fewer choices open to us.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His choice to stay in the city had been God’s will. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Just as he didn’t have a choice that their father was white and their mother was black and that because he was both, he often felt he wasn’t allowed to be either one. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But you do have a choice. You make choices every day, and maybe you can’t see how they could affect your future, but they do.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t exactly a choice,” Mama said, but Cook ignored her and continued chattering on at Ophie as they walked down the narrow hallway to the servants’ quarters out behind the house. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That assumes I have a choice,” I say. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At Shrewsbury, Dr. Darwin couldn’t have been happier with Charles’s choice. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to” made it sound as though there was no other choice, but of course there was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That has always been my greatest regret, and the most painful aspect of the choice I made. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma said, “There’s not a whole lot to tell, just a story about a young girl who made a bad choice. But if you do tell it, make sure you get all the facts right.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ain’t never called her house except two times cause I had no choice, when I told her I’d work on the stories, and then to tell her Minny would too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Tali would be going with you anyway. I agree he is a good choice. Who else?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You have nothing to apologize for, Percy. I made my own choice. I don’t regret it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m going. My mom wants me to visit the last few schools before I make my choice.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Suzanne’s choices sometimes seemed like an affront to my way of doing things, a vote in favor of easing up and striving less. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t want to help her. She didn’t give us much choice, but—” “But here you are,” Hercules said, all friendliness gone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, his sister had no other choice but to involve his mother while his father was absent. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, the consequence of her choice was devastatingly clear: fulfilling her contract with Sidhean meant that she would never see Kaisa again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the thing is, jumping off cliffs is kinda my thing. That’s the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But in the end the final decision, to include the final choice of words, came together at the center, which was always Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He could have had his choice of any woman in the district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I have to slog through nine choices until finally I'm asked to hold for the next available customer service representative. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet’s lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority; and for the first evening she was his settled choice. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

And he knew that they had to—they had no choice. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The King-Beyond-the- Wall had no choice but to stumble after him, the rope choking off his words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I knew there was no choice but to fly. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

That left me with only one other choice: luring out Anansi. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"I don't have a choice," he said, with some reluctance. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Since some of the other students chose to grow beards and mustaches, his own beard was sometimes interpreted as a personal choice instead of a mandate of faith. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I thanked her for her considerate choice, and as I really felt fatigued with my long journey, expressed my readiness to retire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They had no choice but to go through this door, even though Reynie had no answer to his last burning question: What if it was a trap? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of saying how disappointed he was, he said, “Maybe a different spokesman would have made a better choice.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A few minutes’ research in any supermarket is enough to alarm the most stouthearted customer — provided, that is, he has even a rudimentary knowledge of the chemicals presented for his choice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

George and Dr. Martin have phone lights, and this helps, but not like it makes it clear, more like it shows ways not to go and leaves the choices up to them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You might not have a choice, Amari. If you were ever to be challenged by another magician, you could have your magic stolen. Magicians don’t survive that.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Because of your youth,” he explained, “you have a choice. You may defend yourself — ” She interrupted again, unable to stop. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the mountain spewing liquid fire, and the meadow offering no means of concealment, the remaining thirteen tributes—including Haymitch and Maysilee—have no choice but to confine themselves to the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For my own part I have made my choice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The recommendation was controversial, for Jongintaba’s mother was from a lesser house, but my father’s choice was ultimately accepted by both the Thembus and the British government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are no threat, but I suppose my vengeance must start somewhere. Make your choice.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Given the choice between letting it play out, and having Tyler there to stop it, I’d have chosen to let it play out. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As I slid on my choice of disguise, my arms felt like they were going to hurst through the fabric. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“They are. And don’t sound so surprised about me making smart choices.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“For people who want to survive,” I tell them both, “you made some pretty useless life choices.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whoever left these places left them by choice and at their leisure. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Kansas voters did not face a choice between voting rights for black men or white women; both groups could have won the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I felt that I had no choice but to have an abortion. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But now my only choice was to convince him to give me up. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Did he think anyone would stay in that stuffy cabin by choice? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The cattle rolled their eyes and bellowed, but they had no choice but to go forward until one after the other, they tumbled into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Anthony did not regret the choices she made, she was profoundly disappointed when two other leaders of the women’s rights movement—Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown—both decided to marry. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Cole had finished, Garvey said, “You may never have use of that arm again. Life is made up of consequences, and you’ve sure made some bad choices.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

None of you can communicate in any way with one another, and you’re each given the choice of either pressing a small button in front of you or not. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is an odd-looking choice, especially since most human societies chose 5, 10, or 20 as their base number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Mama says it is my choice. I’ll stay here in Aunt Florentine’s room. She always made me feel better.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not much time, child. You need to make your choice.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I know then that there is a choice to be made. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So, Luke, do you want to go home? Or out to the cemetery? Your choice.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The Augurs didn’t give you a choice. You couldn’t find Aquilla to end the Trial, and if you hadn’t fought, you’d have died.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Coach shakes his head, and then says, “I told you not to ask too many questions. Be careful, Finley. And I’m sorry things worked out the way they did, but you made your choice.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t lose someone who was trying to tail me, I usually had no choice but to stop and kill them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She has all kinds of choices and possibilities, and the only thing that’s keeping her away from them is lack of willpower. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If that is your choice, Longbottom, we revert to the original plan. On your head,” he said quietly, “be it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But if he returns no more this winter, my choice will never be required. A thousand things may arise in six months!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

‘We have come at last to a hard choice,' he said. ‘Shall we rest by night, or shall we go on while our will and strength hold?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t any choice. I haven’t got any way to lift it aboard or a place to put it if we did. It’s too big.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This choice was anathema to Sullivan, who abhorred derivative architecture, but during the meeting he made no objection. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Even if my once enviable role now seemed vaguely second-rate, still I determined to try twice as hard to prove they’d made the right choice. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I mean. Look ...” I pointed to where the pigs had rooted around in the dirt and leaves, going after some choice morsel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once the eejits were cured, Matt would give them the choice of returning home or of working for him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever poor Billy saw through the pipe, he had no choice but to say to himself, “That’s life.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if the knights had given them a choice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Better choices in the cafeteria,” she said, putting the clipboard on the counter next to me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As a convicted prisoner, I did not have the choice of wearing proper clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just supposed to attack, leaving me with no choice but to kill him or run for my life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then there were teachers, two lawyers, a mortician—but on the few occasions when eligible bachelors were among them, Corinthians was not their choice. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My head’s clear, and I feel like I have a choice right now.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"I'll wait here," Zero said feebly, as if he had any other choice. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The others looked uncertainly at Reynie, who smiled as bravely as he could and said, “What choice do we have?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It's not like the sluggers gave me a choice.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Their alternative—there was an alternative, of course, since Milo detested coercion and was a vocal champion of freedom of choice—was to starve. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Would you like to see a menu, or will you have the chef’s choice?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I clenched my teeth against my first choice of words and took a deep breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A cat has no choice, a bee must make honey. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, leaving them alone on the side of a dirt road in rural Mexico wasn’t my idea of protecting them, but I didn’t have much choice either. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We had been relieving ourselves outside, but with the snowstorm in full rage, we had no choice but to sit on a bucket in the jurta. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

People often tell me that academics have no choice but to write badly because the gatekeepers of journals and university presses insist on ponderous language as proof of one’s seriousness. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Then her life will end on schedule. It would be a more unpleasant choice, but the ultimate result is the same.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There are only two choices here, and since there’s no dismounting without going under the train, I count to three and buck upward with everything I’ve got. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Interesting choice to leave it out in the rain.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We have a choice as to which of these sides wins out. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Given my lack of choices, what if I’ve just chosen him by default? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sudden Death can render a player of your choice frozen for the rest of the game, useless to his or her teammates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did not want to hear that the others could take care of themselves, nor that she felt she had no other choice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair for me to give you this choice,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We argued last night after he suggested I’d left Coin no choice but to counter my demand for the victors’ safety with one of her own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The men, tied there for over twenty hours a day, had no choice but to lie in the filth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a distance, the war between East and West—between communism and democracy—might have seemed like a simple choice between good and evil, black and white. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had little choice, though, but to push the fears away, continuing to trust the structure set up to protect us and to simply live. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I could have,” Kvothe said seriously, “and I didn’t. I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as if we had a choice. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now I need to make the choice to open up and not push people away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“All right. Have a good day, sweetie. Dill, you too. And congratulations on college. You made a smart choice. I’m excited for you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, everything’s fine. She’s not with me right now. Letting kids do things by themselves is called free-range parenting. So we can learn to make good choices.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Somehow their movie choices totally define my relationships with them. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Shackleton had no choice but to telegraph the Admiralty and place the entire ship, crew, and stores at the Royal Navy’s disposal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Then he heard another familiar voice, and he knew there was only one choice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take her home and see what her mother thinks of her choice. But if you don’t modify that outfit, the only trick you are getting is to stay here.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

What I don’t like is the ground-floor part, right on a well-traveled commercial street, meaning you have a choice between privacy and light. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If God said in plain language, “I’m giving you a choice, forgive or die,” a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wise choice indeed, because it coincided with the instant Mulch decided to launch his earthen offensive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it’s the right thing to do—that’s bravery.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When given the choice between identical products offered by black and white firms, many African-Americans favored the white product. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My dad, feeling sorry for me at the time, gives me the at-home nickname of “Skippy,” in honor of my peanut butter of choice. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The list of all such sequential orderings is below, with the number 1 representing, as before, the suitor Myrtle would most prefer, 2 her second choice, etc. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, the reaction time grows if the person must make a choice, or engage a particular motor skill, like pressing a specific button. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their fatalistic attitude influenced my literature choices for this year. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the cups were filled, he would have no choice but to face whatever was in that letter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pascal’s wager on God’s existence, for example, can be cast as a choice between the relative probabilities and consequences of Type I and Type II errors. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unskilled worker could join the local of his choice, but as union leaders expected, members sorted themselves along ethnic lines. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Four choices filled all the phone screens: Detroit, Kansas City, Kalamazoo, and Flint. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

At least, I'd made the right choice in selecting which clothes to wear. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we had to. It was worse for you than for me, but we didn’t have any choice at all. Because you made a promise to Roger, and you had to keep it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much choice but to go out with the group. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Here was another dreadful choice, and he had no time to ponder it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The few photos of friends she has around seem halfhearted, and her clothing choices are more like a thirteen-year-old’s than a sixteen-year-old’s. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And I had too many choices and no idea how to make one. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, man, but she’s just too into Evan for anything to happen between you guys. For no reason I can fathom. I mean, you’re clearly the better choice, but try telling her that.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I have a choice: I can keep looking at my wall, or I can turn around. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

So he was left with no choice but to send my second brother, Lmatarion. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They grounded me when I felt the pressures of being judged, having everything from my choice of nail-polish color to the size of my hips dissected and discussed publicly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like I had a choice. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to evaluate whether every thought I have or choice I make fits into a narrow ideology. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t have a choice; it wanted to meet us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"The gods have seen fit to proclaim him innocent, child. We have no choice but to free him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rufus said that was the ugliest name he had ever heard, but it was Alice’s choice, and he let it stand. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

So he made a choice: “What has happened to my daughter has happened,” he told Dr. Javid. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They had also promised him VIP tickets to any future concert of his choice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The college of her choice and a safety school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

So that, when she was not rolling along on the back of the fat old horse—by choice, this time—she ran shouting down the road, her arms flung out, making more noise than anybody. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I didn’t have much choice, now, did I? Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Dad made the right choice?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Of course, she hadn’t really had a choice. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Judge Lawrence Irving, a Reagan appointee, noted upon his retirement: “If I remain on the bench, I have no choice but to follow the law. I just can’t, in good conscience, continue to do this.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the afternoon, though, he had no choice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When questions of analysis and personal choice start to get complicated—when we have to juggle many different variables—then our unconscious thought processes may be superior. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The choicest potatoes, the tastiest morsel, the tenderest bit of whatever there is, that’s Madame’s motto. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Bribery or violence was my choice if I dealt with that fisherman still at work in his boat in the inner dock: a faulty engine seemed not worth either. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feared he might try and trip me up, get me to say something I ought not, but saw no other choice than to be polite. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She expected me to vindicate her life for her, and the choices she’d made. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be Candice’s choice to try to unravel the mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Because Hamilton had been challenged, he had the choice of weapons. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once, over those mountains, I had made a choice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The choices are incredible, and new ones are created every month. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme—courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe—marriage.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But if he made decent choices, there was a chance he might make it out all right. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I had made my choice, and in the end, she had supported it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy wants me to go, but he told me it’s my choice.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If that is so,” answered Medwyn, “then you can give it up through your own choice.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was a good choice, one of the few places where I still had friends. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever his intentions, he kept them to himself, and they had no choice but to give him whatever he wanted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But that time he’d known that there were no other choices. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Again, the emergency medical technician offered a choice of two nearby hospitals—neither of which had state permission to do angioplasty, the procedure Jean Miele received. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’d be sent to an adult prison, where the choice of programs was meager. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Discovering him, seeing his surprise, and presented at once with choices, Winnie’s mind perversely went blank. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Viji, I can imagine you feel guilty about your sister’s death, but you need to stop accusing yourself. You made the choices that seemed best. You did all you could.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to adjust to Barack's absences anyway, because they weren't slated to end. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You spend more time reading those things than you do taking pictures,” Mr. Wilkinson teased her, but she eventually settled on one—the Graphic View II—and even Mr. Wilkinson couldn’t dispute her choice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wish we could keep you out of it, but I don’t see how we have a choice. We need your help.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know that! But, Henry, it’s when there’s a choice, and it’s my own judgment of the merits, that’s when it gets me. I passed Judge Kendal’s boy and he was killed in training.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand further back and brought out a moire silk dress with a pleated bodice and scalloped hem—a safe choice since the pink was muted and musty enough for evening wear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My pop used to sit him down every other week so they could have talks about his grades and his bad behavior in school and his choice of friends. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was only my dad, and he didn’t like when I bothered him when he was on his treadmill, but I didn’t really have a choice. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

No choice event was kept out of our conversations, and he would show equal gusto in telling of his occasional mistakes. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She followed him, uncomplaining, for there was no other choice, but she was pale and frightened. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Or, there were ghosts, but Minya’s binding was too strict to allow them the choice they might or might not have made: to catch godspawn girls and keep them from falling into the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Caleb was the obvious choice, since he knows the most about the Erudite plan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I could tell on him, lay him open to derision; I have that choice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I thought, what choice did I have? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Snape took his time looking around at everybody else, making sure he had no choice, before saying curtly, “Very well — Miss Granger?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s choice of location doesn’t ease my thoughts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Surrounded, out of options, what choice did Sheed have but to play along? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The choice of companion was curious: his name was Nkadimeng and he was a member of one of Soweto’s fiercest gangs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did they have a choice of organs to use, and if so, did they alternate or play favorite? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recited, looking over the choicest slices before picking a wedge plump with sweet dates and nuts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And did I now think Miss Ingram such a choice as Mr. Rochester would be likely to make? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“How could I ever be certain that was a choice you made or one that was made for you?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If this was Old Flap we’d’ve been going so slow that I wouldn’t’ve had no choice but to try and figure out what to do. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was a narrow way—and John stirred in his seat, not daring to feel it God’s injustice that he must make so cruel a choice. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Some considered the federal amendment a challenge to states’ rights to make their own choices and laws, and others worried that expanding African American suffrage to include women could threaten white political control. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The choice of phrase caused much mirth when the will became public on the death of Halifax in 1715, not least to Newton’s bitter enemy Flamsteed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tally tinned her interface ring to bring up a menu on the wallscreen, and blinked her way through a set of eyemouse choices. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Valerie’s decision to stay on with the mayor’s office had required some thought, but she explained to us why she felt it was the right choice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt as though he had left me no choice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had sworn to myself I would survive, so I made the choice that kept me alive, if only for the moment, and took a seat on the truck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The answer will not be heartening to obsessive parents: in this case, school choice barely mattered at all. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It is a blessing to have options for choice and change in the learning of such unconsciously coordinated acts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would always be my first choice to sit for several hours every day in a hospital, but it turns out that nursing staffs have a problem with that. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It had been years since I’d climbed a tree, but I didn’t have a choice right then, did I? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t give me a lot of choice.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But when the first wave of Union infantry is just a hundred yards away, Lee has no choice but to find safety. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eat or be eaten, those were the only choices. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently it was the right choice, because Volta let him play on. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes personality has nothing to do with a person’s choice of faction,” I say, thinking of my mother. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If sightseeing and exploring new places is our family norm, then maybe adventure isn’t the right word choice.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“If sightseeing and exploring new places is our family norm, then maybe adventure isn’t the right word choice.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

So many people hate them and call them names that I don’t think it’s something anybody would really pick to be if they had a choice in it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe she could make any choice and it would be okay. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You have a choice now,” the man said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

It was then she realized that after all her indecisiveness, she had never really had a choice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant I had no choice but to go ask Dad for his help. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and being powerless to bring him to justice, I had no choice but to flee Elsinore myself.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We filled out cards with all kinds of information about our first and second choice of careers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t see that I have much of a choice. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The problem with dangling modifiers is that their subjects are inherently ambiguous and sometimes a sentence will inadvertently attract a reader to the wrong choice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We had each made the choice to make him invisible. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"I rely on you to make the choice. Give Alyn the command, and make certain the men understand that they are needed to stop fights, not start them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I gave them everything I had. I lied and told them he was feeble-minded. I had no choice,” whispered Andrius’s mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And yet when her time came, there was no clinging, and no choice. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You said you had no choice at the harbor in Elling,” he said without looking at her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘Our choice then,’ said Gimli, ‘is either to take the remaining boat and follow Frodo, or else to follow the Orcs on foot. There is little hope either way. We have already lost precious hours.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His choice was made when he was ten years old, under a different tree, bound up in acorns and dares and a single white glove. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With two young boys to feed, and two more soon to follow, Fannie May must have been alarmed by her husband’s career choice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I not permitted to make my own choices? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You knew it was the worst choice possible. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Anxious that they have some kind of conversation, though — it was a matter of face — Theresa especially responded with such keen interest that Old Chao had no choice as a host but to keep talking. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness, and that, for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But drought meant famine, which would hit the women and children the hardest, so the villagers rejected that choice. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no choice except to turn back toward the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had no choice but to see it every single day. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A perfect choice,” the man said, removing it from the case. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The same member said they “had no choice but to uphold the regulations of the Commission and to nullify all the victories in which Mr. Thomas was involved.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sluggers didn’t give me a choice, they gave me freedom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Lorena and her mom make questionable choices when it comes to their looks, and Amá always feels the need to point them out, as if I didn’t already notice. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My rep-a-tation saves me a whole lot of trouble and grief and you gone and kicked a hole in it that I ain’t got no choice but to plug up.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Belly buttons are the obvious choice, but there would have to be a cut, a tear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, any choice of a starting date for the history of science is arbitrary, and my own account is restricted geographically, as well as in the time span it covers. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Let it be your choice," said her guest. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We are brothers and press on one another the choicest pieces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifi was given the choice of either staying on the Island for a year at Tía Carmen's or going back to the States, but not to her boarding school. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When my brother made his comment, I suddenly understood what it really meant to make that choice for myself, to take ownership over my face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“But I wanted you to make the choice on your own.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We talked until midnight, and then we had no choice but to sleep in the bathtub together. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it seemed like I didn’t really have a choice in the matter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But I don’t regret my choice one bit. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But according to the data, their choice isn’t smart at all. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Beg pardon. But if you want to put heads together about audition choices, let’s have a little chat about that,” he said, and disappeared off in the direction of the sundae bar. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might have been eleven years old and a little socially immature, but I recognized a gauntlet being thrown down when I saw it, and I had no choice but to take it up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was her choice of Claudius free or compelled? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As soon as she says the word “list,” I know I made the right choice in asking Nora. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Who knew that a simple five-hundred- word report on a book of my choice was going to be so difficult? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Braavos was the nearest of the Free Cities, though... which made it both the best and the worst choice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not exactly the way I want to spend a Saturday, but I have no choice. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was he who would have the hardest time living with the shabby choices he’d made. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if so, would it grieve as the child who has lost a parent, or as the parent who could not save a petulant child from its own poor choices? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They let us out in the morning, and we have no choice but to walk by the cell where it happened if we want to get outside. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a little work to convince Paul that Poseidon had left via the fire escape, but since people can’t vanish into thin air, he had no choice but to believe it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone had to write down his or her first and second choices. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My father said we had no choice but to move the family to Wushi, to the south near Shanghai, where my mother’s brother owned a small flour mill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, if I have a choice, I’d pick not to fail. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a little guilty about ruining this paradise, but I reminded myself we had no choice. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

From her involvement with the local chapter of her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and her choice of a church, Carver Presbyterian, Katherine gained a strong social network and a new best friend. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘And at the least you shall not rob your son of his choice while his death is still in doubt.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Well, if this is so, one has no choice but to do all in one’s power to change that fate, and at no matter what risk—eviction, imprisonment, torture, death. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He knows his brother has no choice, yet he wants to blame him for that. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had no choice but to move about in the open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And even though there was some comforting in that, I knowed I had to stop him afore I made a real bad choice. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see whether the number of jam choices made any difference in the number of jams sold. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

After an audience with the Emperor, he was appointed Imperial Mathematician, granted a good income and offered a choice of three castles in which to set up his observatory. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was like a gigantic menu, with columns and columns of choices. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t have no choice but to take the tissue. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

"A poor choice of words, what is meant is—" "What is meant is what is said. The boy will give me a crown. And what is given can be taken away." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By choice I do not confine myself to Catholic society. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So yes, with some different choices, I probably could have survived in Minneapolis. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I acknowledged the stark choice now being put before the country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My tongue tingled with choice words for these rude men. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Put it that way and it seems you have no choice. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In every situation, Mrs. Polster knew what the right choice was. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people of Weep were innocent—most of them—and she did torment them, but...what choice did she have? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

While the crew shifted uneasily at the rails, Captain Reed waited, counting out the seconds, weighing his choices. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"So here are your choices. Kill me, or come back with me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Theresa analyzed the relative merits of action versus inaction until her choice seemed not so much between paths, as between going blindly left or right in a featureless wood. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean over to kiss his cheek, but he moves his head, giving me no choice but to kiss him on the mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Since I had already run through the other two books I had packed, I had no choice but to finish Things Fall Apart. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A Vietnam vet railed against the choice of black granite. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

That’s another reason why Cluck Bucket seemed like an easy choice for me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I think it’s pretty clear by now that I don’t always make the best choices. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cain came at her, and she had no choice but to meet his blows, barely having the strength to raise the weapon each time. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They didn't have kids of their own—probably by choice, Eleanor thought. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I think of the navigator, and his choice to be the sacrifice. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Could they recognize choice in that which wasn't seen . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell DJ LouOw our song and he compliments our choice. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I see no other choice," he conceded, "but if you do not return ..." "Someone will come down out of the Fiostfangs, my lord," the ranger said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were choices on the shelves that could set a hungry child’s mouth to watering. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no choice but to look her in the eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But before the new genre could become a universally addictive sensation it needed to undergo some fine-tuning, particularly in its choice of instruments. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There were too many choices, so it was easy to get confused and pick the wrong thing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the choice you will make—to fight me and die instead of bowing down? Prophecies never end well, you know.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And once you make the choice, you have to put your all into it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

According to that big prophecy, I was supposed to make a choice that saved or destroyed the world when I was sixteen. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She no longer had a choice in the matter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was, in Kayode’s demeanor, a withdrawal of spirit, a pulling back of his army of warmth, because he sensed very well that she had made the choice to shut him out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t help it, Cal. That’s his nature. It was the only way he knew. He didn’t have any choice. But you have. Don’t you hear me? You have a choice.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? Of course you had a choice.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

For the next half century it would be the drug of choice for young people. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at the stars, wishing the sluggers would abduct me so that I didn’t have to make a choice. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“They left us no choice!” he says, as if it can excuse his actions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Those men were engaged in a struggle for life and their choice in the matter was small indeed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is even more horrible than the choice to leave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had no choice—he had no tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It had to be his choice to go on. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s due tomorrow, so I don’t have much of a choice.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But I have no choice but to keep going. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When the nobles appropriated the commons, they created a peasant class that had little choice but to work for the landowners. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“A single choice shall end his days. That has tons of meanings, right?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“He needs you. He’ll never say it but he does. It’s your choice what to do.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A dilemma is a situation involving at least two choices— all of them bad. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Irwin was a very hard man to refuse, and Smith had few choices. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We all must chooseshe proclaimed. “Man or woman, young or old, lord or peasant, our choices are the same.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hecate offers you obscurity, choices, vague promises of magic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He would dance this dance for them because he had no choice, but afterward ... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I go around and around until my legs are wobbly and my heart thumps and I have no choice but to stop. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, all around her the tantalizing work of assembling the expedition was going on day and night She hung around Adam Stefanski, watching as he made his choice of the volunteers for the fighting force. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He has to fly more missions. He has no choice. Go back and tell him you’ll report the matter to us if he doesn’t change his mind.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

With customers able to instantaneously find the cheapest policy, the more expensive companies had no choice but to lower their prices. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I don't really seem to have much choice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Make your choice, brother. Fight us or help us. I don’t have time for your lectures.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And me too. But it’s not like I have a choice in this. You know?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Normal individuals have no predisposition to either sexual role in kemmer; they do not know whether they will be the male or the female, and have no choice in the matter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And yet I was resigning myself to the fact that, for the moment, I had no choice but to depend on Danny, and God. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was not made to be a resigned man and I had only a limited choice of actions, and I was afraid of all of them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch the official presentation deteriorate as it’s peppered with choice shots from the propos. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But that was a matter of choice; there were some people I didn’t like, and many that I didn’t even know. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the past, I’d always peered into the case of chocolates and pointed out my choices so he could pluck them from their little paper nests and wrap them up for me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he would have made a different choice if he’d known about me.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She had dreamed her own death a half-dozen different ways, as though her mind were making up a list of choices. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We begin to feel subconsciously that / is somehow more genteel than me, even in cases where me is the right choice—for instance, after a preposition. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was Carter’s new choice for a home site if it came down to a coin toss. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph objected, but they both knew there was no choice; and so she found herself sitting at the front register, on a stool, no lady at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lovely choice,” he said, releasing it from the base. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scholarship. It’s not like I have a choice here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Genes were a mirage invented by the bourgeoisie to emphasize the fixity of individual differences, whereas, in fact, nothing about features, identities, choices, or destinies was indelible. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The tests don’t have to change our choices.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She looked at the San Francisco map on the Book Scavenger site and narrowed the choices to only show Raven’s hidden books, since the forty-nine Maltese Falcons were the only books Raven had hidden. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My choices would no doubt horrify Aunt Ivy, but if they brought me friends like Perilee, it seemed like I was surely headed in the right direction. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Given the choice to make a decision like that, we would all act like vultures, including me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Everything served for breakfast at La Posada Restaurant came with a choice of hash browns or grits. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I had no other choice. I had to pretend—” His voice cuts off in a small cry, just like when he was little. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If he had a choice, he usually sat on the floor. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t Hina’s fault. It’s my choice. It’s my life, and I have a right to do what I want.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And here was a choice, a terrible choice that could mean the end of the gods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Trombone is hard, but it’s my third and final choice. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

My face reflected the seriousness of what I believed was at stake, how important the choice that lay before our nation really was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Already he was regretting the choice, watching his hopes for a different future fall away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I am being forced to make a choice. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But they accepted it because they had no choice, and it took its toll. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had therefore no choice except to continue. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If it don’t we got no choice but to walk in it anyway. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he was done with that one, he moved to the next, and devoured the choicest bits of that man too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If the Prophet—p.b.u.h.—were alive, he would have choice words for you,” replied the imam, with narrowed eyes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He put his heels to his horse and trotted off, giving them no choice but to follow or be left behind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But we knew we had no choice, we had to make it across the clearing because, as young boys, the risk of staying in town was greater for us than trying to escape. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He makes it seem like we had a choice to come here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Certainly, thought Horace, he had learned in his work that there were distasteful moments about which he had no choice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

That had been when time started moving slow, so slow that I didn’t have no choice but to watch near everything. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He sounded as though he was giving me a choice, which was surprising because he didn’t have to. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Here was his choice: to pull the team hard over along the beach till he could rein them in beside the ship. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Muslims, on the other hand, made the opposite choice. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I did not intend to disobey your orders. The choice is yours.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Though I could find a few choice words to describe what you've done on this island today.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God! It shouldn’t have to be a choice!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But now her unhappiness and the fact that she was one of the big shot's wives made her a perfect choice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to wonder if this had been a wise choice, but Con was already too far ahead to turn back. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This would be a tough shot, but he had no choice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thus, the choice of whether to praise or to pan is something of a prisoner’s dilemma. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could have phoned the police or whatever, I know I was taking a chance, but like I say there wasn’t any choice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that gesture, plus the word son again, the way he keeps saying it: Yeah, I had no choice about Heather. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At home we had no choices; we ate whatever Mamá cooked. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The sword, obviously, was the wiser choice—and for Chaol to offer his own weapon made her feel strangely lightheaded—but the staff... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She crawls to her feet and, because she has no choice, she follows Fabian outside. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

So I had no choice but to throw Bodega at her, knowing he wouldn’t tell her everything and it was just as well. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The three figures are only just recognizable by their most striking fashion choices: Venia’s gold facial tattoos. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Technically it isn’t. I know some people don’t understand, but Kaz told me...he said it was my choice, that he wouldn’t be the one to mark me again.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With these choices, I felt that the American black man only needed to choose which one to be eaten by, the “liberal” fox or the “conservative” wolf—because both of them would eat him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a choice of three corridors, but then he heard the rattle of feet and knew that his choice had just become two. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But as it was a personal choice between learning cudgel and wrestling from Constance or quarter staff from Matthias, to a mouse they had opted for the latter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to change, but Carmen insisted that it was a great choice for a costume. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Every muscle in Ekon’s body protested as he crouched low, but there was no choice; he couldn’t be seen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Half tire Regiment charged and the other half retreated. You had your choice.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now understand Cinna's choice of dress for me for tonight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If Percy had been serious about leaving the choice to Bob, then she didn’t like how much he trusted the Titan. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With three or more, you have a choice. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had no choice but to laugh at this ridiculous self-defense, which irritated Mrs. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They had no choice but to leave Chuck’s body behind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As participants, we have no choice in the matter; this is what we do as a species. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them thought they had much of a choice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As I wrestled to make that choice, I entered into a phase that would become famously known in my family as “Simone’s bratty period.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our freedom.. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to look closely into Nelson’s sweat-glazed face as he arranged the wood in my awkward embrace—our work brought us that close together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cry right through it because I have no choice, and it’s like choking. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, those are good choices—for the most part. What others?” she asked, and somehow, an hour flew by, carrying them on the wings of conversation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For a person who is either resolutely pro-life or resolutely pro- choice, this is a simple calculation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

So when she finally decided she wanted to break free of her perfect mold, he was the ideal choice. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Does he think she will wake up and run off, relieving him of his choice, if he leaves her alone? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the gloomy old man made his own choice among them; some he admitted to his skiff, others he pushed away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

What other choice did he have if he wanted to live? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But they hadn’t seen the last of muddy tracks or hard choices. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the ride, we went for double-decker ice cream cones, which was my family's choice for a special treat. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It felt lousy lying to her, but honestly we had no choice. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I want to tell Kim that sometimes you don’t have a choice in the matter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, yeah...bad choices. Like not trusting people’s brothers who, you know, might need saving. Hypothetically speaking.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These people, of course, were not ready for a revolution; they had not abandoned their past lives by choice, but because they simply could not live the old way any longer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the community schools withered away and parents, faced with a choice between inferior education and no education at all, chose the former. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your life, so it’s your choice,” Dad said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I remembered last summer, when the two-headed god, Janus, had warned Annabeth she would have to make a major choice—and that had happened after she saw Luke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Great choice, April says, and winks at you. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was definitely an outsider, not a geek but a loner by choice. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Amma would never have let us drink water that wasn’t boiled—but we didn’t have a choice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This is why, in many ways, the choice of Paul Van Riper to head the opposing Red Team was so inspired, because if Van Riper stood for anything, it was the antithesis of that position. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kreuk wouldn't have, either, but I didn't give him a choice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If I don’t start making some hard choices. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though she had no regrets about her choice, she felt something strangely like disappointment when he said, “As you wish.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We had our choice of where to sit. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faced with the choice of the limitless nighttime woods and a man who looked like their father, they chose the latter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

By bringing Cap into our home, I had left her no choice but to take matters into her own hands. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

That I wouldn't make any of my own choices? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had no choice, said another student; the Executives never allowed it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I just...felt like I had no choice. But maybe that wasn’t true. I talked to Ms. Fender about it, and...I feel bad about the whole thing, actually.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would have a day to make his choice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“For a smart girl, sometimes you make dumb choices.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Was I given a choice? My grandfather and father were firemen. In my sleep, I ran after them.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In death there was no control, no anger, no one to blame, no choices, no nothing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As if they could, as if human beings could make a choice. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every choice had its risks, every choice its consequences. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You know it is the right choice,” the manticore told her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

So rice farmers improved their yields by becoming smarter, by being better managers of their own time, and by making better choices. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If the baby turns one when she’s already lived a year, isn’t the only consistent choice to say that the baby is zero years old before that time? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

By making the choice to stay in Ms. G’s Class since my freshman year, I’ve forced myself to fit the cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It is time for you to make your choice. Should you not succeed in crossing the bridge, you will fall into one of the fires of hell and be forced into the next life.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not like he has any choice in the matter. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

My choice of individuals to highlight in this way is not intended to be comprehensive; nor are my discussions of their individual lives and work intended to be complete. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I stick to the road out of habit, but it’s a bad choice, because it’s full of the remains of those who tried to flee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, not ordered. He gave me a choice.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

You have no other choice but to convict them for murder.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not their fault that the world is full of hard choices and hunger and loneliness,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not...she’s never asked me to. It’s a personal choice, and she’s always told me I can choose to wear it, or not, when I’m older.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"Yes, and I suppose the cabin opened up and told him its life history and all the choice gossip?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they were pulled out, and he was given a choice: he could be reassigned to the American base in Okinawa, or he could stay in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dying—rather than playing in the king’s game—was the only choice left to him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’d wanted to die alone before when it had been her choice. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When once, through my treachery, it had been necessary to him to make a choice, the old man thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One runner dropped, and the others had no choice but to hurdle him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But it won’t be the same. It’s never the same when you have other choices.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have a choice. Not if I want to save the only family I have left. So just—” Shut it, I want to say. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Some folks might not give you the choice,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I feel like I have no choice but to ask, “Me too what.. .sir?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I drew fireworks, but my first choice for ‘awesome’ would’ve been this.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pays 17 percent interest on the car loan— with $13,000 remaining—because of bad credit from her previous life, when sometimes the choice was whether to eat or pay the light bill. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But all I had to do was look in the eyes of my people for them to reassure me that I had no choice but to take care of my own. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Old Man Rawlins was a bit of a story. See, he was never given a choice in the matter. He had to box, plain and simple.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Frankie had to make his own choices, and he had decided he didn’t want to go down Tad’s path. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, the adult section had been decimated by looters; my choices seemed limited to hunting gear and industrial jumpsuits. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I nibble on the bread and a soft cheese wedge and watch my movie, marveling over the fact that I actually picked an Indian movie over all the American choices. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Unless a new source of coin could be found, or the Iron Bank persuaded to relent, he would have no choice but to pay the crown’s debts with Lannister gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The choices someone makes—and the clarity of their mind— directly relate to how much information the person is trying to juggle. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Got no choice but to make our way up there,” the man growled without taking his eyes off the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Every day she goaded Fyrian into making atrocious choices or she played tricks on the poor dragon, making him cry. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“God, you’re making my choice look so bad. I’m starving and I go with the meat that will probably give me a heart attack and kill me anyway.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the squadron of fighter planes saw the chaos they’d caused by scattering the Po-2 regiment, they didn’t have any choice but to fly on to the airfield alone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Good choice,” Mom said, appearing in the doorway. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Oakland’s open enrollment process allowed families to apply to any school in the district, and Oakland High was a popular choice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In gardening, in cooking, in naval architecture there are lots of culturally specific choices that we can make, but there are plenty of other things that simply cannot be done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You made the only possible choice you could have, considering the situation. You couldn’t have done anything there, Stella. But you got him help!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted us to have more than five choices. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Had it been his choice, he probably would have stayed there forever, but then a teammate went over to hoist him up. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no choice but to remove the chapter entirely. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The variety of choices Bobby worked through was dazzling, and overwhelming. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I have any choice but to kill him now,” he muttered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Were you unsatisfied with the life you have found here? Do you perhaps regret your choice? ” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t work root by my own choice.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This was the city’s biggest inn, first choice for shippers, captains, and merchantmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had no choice but to walk home, where I could at least lock the doors. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they knew of someone else who got left for good, but Gideon was coming back for me and I’d have a few choice words for him when he arrived. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Or: “Notice how the skyscraper here looks like it’s about to pierce the moon. That’s a thoughtful choice of perspective.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And yet, we shall succeed because we must—we have no choice in the matter—to fight or to submit to the greatest indignities and outrages. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t have a choice, though, because his dad is nowhere in sight. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you not to be timid. I tell you to make the choices, make the mistakes, big, terrible, reckless mistakes, really screw it all up. I tell you it is the only way.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I had been contemplating the matter as if I had a choice. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to fight your way in. So you have two choices. Trap the dogs inside or flush them out.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Mistress, you can see that I have no desire to do what my father wants me to do. But you aren’t giving me a choice, either.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As historian Lerone Bennett Jr. eloquently reminds us, “a nation is a choice.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Would she extend the same courtesy to you, do you think? No matter who your choice was?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Look, here’s the deal, Armpit. You sell me the letter or else I talk to Detective Cutie-pie. Your choice. Everybody wins, or everybody loses.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re only responsible for your own actions. You can’t control how someone else reacts to what you do. You made a choice. Stand by it.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had his choice of a dozen Ivy Leaguers, but he wanted her, he said, for her “Iron Curtain look,” the angular temples and jaw, the heady alto speaking voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything is going well?” and Ifemelu had no choice but to say yes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I have no choice in this matter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

What if the choices are either a sure loss of $30,000 or an 80 percent chance of losing $40,000 and a 20 percent chance of losing nothing? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have any choice in the matter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“If it kills him I have to. I have the choice,” and he smiled sadly and quoted, “ ‘If there’s blame, it’s my blame.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so they both agreed to make the University of Lagos their second choice. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And inside that last choice lay another one: I could try to reason with DeeDee, to win her over with words or some other form of kid diplomacy, or I could just shut her up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to do this, but I had no choice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t have much of a choice now; I’m going to have to leave here. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dad goes upstairs to get Mom, so for one wonderful second I’m alone with my choice of pizza. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Members of the school board said the city was growing so fast they had no choice but to take advantage of existing structures. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Francie noticed how Miss Briggs, the teacher, beamed on them and seated them in the choicest places in the front row. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice,” Milo informed him resignedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her choice to prioritize family life did nothing to dampen her parents’ pride in her academic achievements. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘The choice seems near now between fire and death, Gandalf. Doubtless we shall be hidden from all unfriendly eyes when the snow has covered us, but that will not help us.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t understood Mom’s next words, either: “What am I talking about? I have to do this. There isn’t any other choice.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Aunt Nancy is his choice, but she’s already taken something to help her sleep. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

TV, computers, and video games competed for kids’ time, and in some neighborhoods staying indoors felt like a safer choice than going outside to play, as Craig and I had done when we were kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I am convinced she made a good choice. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He also considered Harvard the wrong choice for Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When he met Burger in his room for breakfast, he began another argument, protesting that their choice of a deluxe hotel would draw attention to them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I'm not brave; it's just that all other choices have been thrown out the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

True terror isn’t being scared; it’s not having a choice in the matter. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I asked one of the older girls if she thought épée was a good choice for a beginner, and she said yes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I know the battery’s almost dead, but we don’t have much choice.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

By no other circumstance had I will to decide my choice. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

No choice was left them but to play their part to its end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We might need your help to figure those out too. Personally, I doubt it. But my superiors feel differently. Regardless, you don’t really have a choice at this point, do you?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She has no choice but to keep up the pace because she wants to get vested in the retirement plan at the hospital. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Strategic choices must be made about whom to target and what tactics to employ. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of silence that goes on for so long that you have no choice but to fill in the blanks and decide what other people are saying for them. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“What I’m saying is, Daniel did make a choice. It’s true that he hit something, and violence in the school is always scary,” Ms. Dale pauses. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They make their choices the way my dad moves cards around in his gin rummy hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had no choice but to join the line and wait with them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have no choice. Supposing I were to make my facts public without proof. The evidence is circumstantial enough.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For our family, the uprooting is a choice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cambridge, much as he enjoyed it, was the choice of his ambitious headmaster. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His bed was empty and his boots gone, so the moths, fluttering with agitation, had no choice but to settle down and wait. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’d never seen it, but it seemed such an odd choice among everything else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We finally decided that if we wanted to eat we had no choice but to try another palm tree. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Accounting thus became the basis for rational investment choices and made it possible to decide how to divide up the profits of a partnership. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Misery owns me now, but then great Ares and Athena gave me valor and man-breaking power, whenever I made choice of men-at-arms to set a trap with me for my enemies. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

These data concern school choice, an issue that most people feel strongly about in one direction or another. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was a strange choice because they were opposites—but it worked. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But we had to get her out, miss. We had no choice.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As a nation, though, we had a choice about how to respond. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Uh, yeah? Are you kidding? Last summer, my mother kept giving me the choice of reading or washing her car. She had the cleanest car in the neighborhood all summer long.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Yes," my mom explained to me over the years, "technically, we had an arranged marriage, but I was never forced to marry your dad. I had a choice." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

This was no threat, since the only choice would have been, we thought, Mami’s speedy return from New York. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And so in the end I have no choice but to go along. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t have any choice but to open the package in front of them, and I just hope to God it’s nothing embarrassing because, from Theodore Finch, you never know. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t had real family here, but he’d been one of them, bound to this place by bad luck and bad choices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even the simplest choice, like whether to have a Touch-Tone telephone or a rotary one, required enormous, painstaking deliberation. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great. Never thought I could rock a battle-scarred face, but I guess I have no choice now.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Sam finally made her decision to leave early for the summer program at the college of her choice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the choice I made could tear my world further apart or pull it back together. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I had no other choice, but I figured it was unlikely that premise would hold up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Arya had no choice but to go with him, wishing it had been Fat Tom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I thought of the way Frankie had convinced Joe to join his crew, using a disturbing example so vivid it had felt real: I’m giving you a choice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Cerberus? He’s saying we’ve got ten seconds to pray to the god of our choice. After that... well... he’s hungry.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was a child of the working class who, through ill-considered choices and circumstance, slipped into the welfare class and had to fight her way out. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Although the majority of the population had—by choice or by force—become Christian, the church saw Europe’s Jews and Muslims as threats to its power. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Second choices were going for the third choices now. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

You didn’t get elected if you didn’t first submit to the full-bore scrutiny of the American gaze, which ran itself over your entire history, including your social associations, professional choices, and tax returns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The captain does not disapprove of any of my choices. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He hangs up and opens the phone book, looking at his choices of places to stay. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s outlandish that our arbitrary choice of cutoff dates is causing these long-lasting effects, and no one seems to care about them.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She could have started at the safety school in the fall, but in order to go to the college of her choice, she had to do this special summer program just like my brother. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If the Shavepate speaks treason, he will leave me no choice but to arrest him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I did not want to give my parents the choice of saying no, so as soon as I entered the house, I said, “Are you ready? We have to be there by seven-thirty.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"The king does not think it fitting to banquet on choice food while his people go without bread." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Return to Calcutta, I suppose. A widow with two girls to marry off? She doesn't really have a choice, does she?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I played a part, though not by choice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sure! The more of us there are, the harder we’ll be to ignore. He won’t have any choice but to call the whole thing off.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I failed to realize that intelligence tests effectively muck with both your past and your future, clarifying a lifetime of bad choices and setting you up for the inevitability of future failure. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My hand stilled, but it was clear that he had made his choice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All we have are bad choices left to us now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The aloneness felt more like his choice that way. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“She’ll be eighteen in two months. Now’s the time to act. Opportunity is knocking. I’ve got no choice. Now’s the time to open the door.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The truth was, if I hoped to save my own skin, I had no choice. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"So. There is your choice. The Night's Watch"—he reached inside the deer, ripped out its heart, and held it in his fist, red and dripping—"or this." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Understanding no choice but to burn with their children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is good for one man is not the right choice for another.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s almost too obvious a choice, you know?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

That was always the conundrum: Had I made the right choice in putting the people’s welfare even before that of my own family? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Zoe and I got into a fight. She told me I was being stupid. She said I’d regret my choice. She said Luke would let me down someday.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Recognize which battles you have no choice but to lose; then lose them on your own terms. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You made a choice,” he said, sitting down. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I don't have a choice right now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some had no choice but to try to sleep on top of the flue, where they risked severe burns when the heating system flared up. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Again, I don’t have much of a choice. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s not safe enough for us to travel on the river until the unrest has died down, 50 our only choice is to continue to the release site. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s my choice. I’m old. You have to humor me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Do you waffle when faced with the choice of will or would? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The treasury was already secure and well-positioned on the White Island, so it was a logical choice for such a facility.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The women liked a long blue gown for me, and it was stunning, but it seemed like a typical choice for such an event—too traditional, too safe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The owner decided where and when the hunt would take place, and in the event of a kill, he’d receive the choicest portion of the meat, usually the hindquarter. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

As unrest grew, Ptolemy’s only choice was to seek Rome’s help, further angering the citizens. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It's a cool morning, and even though I'm twelve now, I don't have a choice—it's cod-liver oil and Latin recitation and the endless, tedious Wohlfahrt viola etudes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We had no choice but to report our failure to Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was a witness, like God, or like the gods, who look on in absolute silence as we live our lives, as we make our choices or fail to make them. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z