But his attitude toward me and fasting felt like, “I don’t understand why you would choose to starve yourself.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Kill us if you choose, you evil hags!” he cried. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

We would then make up a story about the chosen shopper’s secret purpose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Is the method for choosing exchanges and numbers random? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, he let his mind slip into whatever cave mouths of memory it chose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The heads of clans, who were all female, chose the sachems, all male. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Before that recess I’d never had to choose, but when I was forced to choose, I chose black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But if I didn’t have to choose, I would hope that we could live like this, two people in love with each other, and that you could feel the same way about me too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, after a bit, she found she could aim with the noose of the rope, that she could choose a log or a bush and catch it precisely on most of her attempts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even the tale he’d chosen for Bronwyn to read that first night in the forest, about the stone giant, had been a manipulation. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Warned not to touch, Kira had watched, marveling at her mother’s skill, at her ability to choose just the right shade. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your mother suffered, too, but she chose to live, and lived, be her son and her husband. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I look good in the short, peacock-print chiffon dress I chose. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Wait to be chosen, as if only in the eye of another could one truly find value. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was here Claudia knew for sure that she had chosen the most elegant place in the world to hide. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were lucky to be the one chosen in your family. Your mother will come for you in a couple years. You’ll see, the time will go quickly.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

However, I chose not to go to it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The poor Wart realised that now he must choose between confessing himself a human, and learning no more of their secrets, or going through with this ordeal to earn his education. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to hire women, but by law she had to choose from lists of people who had taken civil service exams in math or science. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She chose the smallest piece she could find on the edge of the cluster. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The memorizing was more a discipline for him, like a serious craft or martial art, a chosen kind of suffering involving hours of practice and concentration by which you gradually came to know yourself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, I was only dreaming about being chosen for the Worlds team—maybe as a specialist or even as a noncompeting alternate. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But even if you never talk to me again, I still choose you. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, I chose four intellectual movements from the nineteenth century and examined how they had struggled with the question of family obligation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

ROSE: On who we choose to be friends with. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“You are here this evening looking for her, I believe. Though I do appreciate that you’ve chosen to visit my tent as well.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When it’s my turn to choose the next cover, I go for “Suddenly Seymour” from Little Shop of Horrors, a movie I saw with my parents a few years ago. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Here is that which has fallen from the Overland. Remember what you choose you must carry,” instructed Mareth, thrusting a leather bag with a drawstring into his hands. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He chose us to star in the school play at Easter, The Tempest. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike eagles, humans could choose when and where to ignite a flame, and they were able to exploit fire for any number of tasks. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And have people been so great at choosing their leaders?” he snaps back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So there is no reason to stop you from doing as you choose.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He chose the composition of distant stars and planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am a man who chooses to glean with pride, not shame. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting process of finding it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I chose a fat crayon the color of elephant skin or a rainy sidewalk. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” she paused, as if choosing her words, “it’s rather a pleasant feeling, too. As if laughter were running up and down inside me.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I’m so surprised that I’m one of the forty-five Freedom Writers that was chosen to go to New York. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Tell Arthur everything you choose. I do not care for myself, but all for him!’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Shae,” Kaede said, and she felt the words come tumbling out of her: “When I chose to come on this journey, I thought—I thought it was going to be an adventure.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You choose this moment to act like the Abnegation?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The visit had a more official purpose and that was for me to choose a name for the child. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had known that Raji would make a fine husband for some lucky girl, but I could hardly believe that he had chosen me or that his family would accept me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have taken him to court with you. But you chose to leave him with me. Whether you like it or not, things are going to be different from now on.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Just think about this, will you? You have never been able to explain how you chose the members of your team. You have given answers but no explanations." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is the part where you choose every action so that it doesn’t hurt the one you love, even indirectly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, Henry chose a cancer ward—it was right there on the fact sheet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I chose a purple color scheme, of course—it was still my favorite color. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I actually like that you chose someone who isn’t a book character, exactly. You think out of the box.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As the girls who’d been chosen began walking off the stage, family and friends swarmed onto the floor to congratulate them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And wouldn’t it be something to see the child of not one but two victors chosen for the arena? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He chooses an empanada, sniffs it, and bites in. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They choose a college neighborhood full of people who’ll sneak shots on their phones and post them everywhere. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Danny didn’t seem to have heard me—or if he had, he chose to ignore my words completely. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Would we have chosen the same factions we did if Mom and Dad hadn’t chosen Abnegation?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Avoid the hot air, and choose the simple word over the complicated one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked at the edge of his chair as he watched complete strangers file in and choose seats. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He listened to her with perfect indifference, while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was an awkward moment, and I was filled with anger, but chose to keep silent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We would play Yahtzee or read pages from some fun novel I would choose. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I choose to see the positive, because that’s how I roll. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Most southerners chose not to dwell on the favoritism they saw. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like a seasoned fighter, the young mouse chose to nominate the time and place of combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We chose it as this year’s festival theme. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

One of their main reasons for choosing to walk to the parade site was their belief that it would capture considerable publicity for the suffragists’ cause. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

We sail upstream and moor the ships near our chosen site. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Look, Rukku. These people are so rich, they have time to choose a name for their house!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re on a deserted island. You can have five books. Which do you choose? I never thought I’d actually have to.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There, choosing a gap between the watchers, he passed like an evil shadow out into the night, down the slope and away westward towards the river that flowed out of the forest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“And then I came here, as the apprentice to the King’s Huntress, Taryn. She came to my village and chose me.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About twenty hours, give or take, esteemed guest, depending on whether they choose the happy or sad ending.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Also she went to the princes of Eleusis who had built her temple and she chose one, Triptolemus, to be her ambassador to men, instructing them how to sow the corn. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man shall choose who it is shall rule over him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I chose. No one made me become what I am.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved giving gifts, drawing out the suspense, and he always chose wonderful things. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"I have twenty thousand men. You are besieged by land and sea. Why would I choose single combat when my eventual victory is certain?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“To think we gave you another chance, and this is how you chose to behave.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Why had he chosen to step off the platform and fall beneath the train? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have chosen Euripides’ version which, as so often with him, reflects remarkably our own point of view. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shame should have been all his but I chose to carry it around this whole time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Moody, who had always been the most thoughtful person in her family; Moody, who had always taken her side even if she chose not to take his advice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Theon chose plain boots and plainer clothes, somber shades of black and grey to fit his mood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There’s no good way across the train tracks now other than to get out of sight of the SS and choose your moment well. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She chose the mortal, fearing, certainly not without reason, that the god would not be faithful to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pac Rim had been my first outing of the season, because Martha was picking and choosing all of our assignments carefully. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It is her habit, like a self-anointed preacher, to choose a moral tale from her memory and tell it to those nearby, whether or not they wish to hear it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Many residents of the Black Belt were reluctant to retire into their stifling-hot homes, choosing instead the cooling breezes blowing across their front porches and steps. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He chose fourteen men to go with him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we all. Look. Be what you want—white or black. Choose. But if you choose black; you got to act black, meaning draw your manhood up—quicklike, and don’t bring me no whiteboy sass.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And recall that silliness about ‘It’s lucky a house can’t speak’—I would wager it is Old Timothy, not the house, who could tell the Ashton family secrets, if he so chose!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

What sort of man would they choose for a third courier? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She chose the road leading to the hospital, and they walked on, past that large building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You have chosen the Evening; but my love is given to the Morning. And my heart forebodes that soon it will pass away for ever.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If it turned out the person they’d chosen wasn’t a good communicator or was uncomfortable with being vulnerable, they seemed to think time or marriage vows would fix the problem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I would choose my time with caution. Sometimes beneath that gruff exterior is a far gruffer one.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty would come back tonight having chosen a bride, and then he would bring her home to live with them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She would have to choose the lesser evil. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if you want to emphasize that several things about Phyllis show her age, you should choose plurals for both verbs: What give away Phyllis's age are the knees and the facelift. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if you are told that you have a 10 percent chance of dying within the next year, you might worry a lot more, perhaps even choosing to live your life differently. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

First, I would choose one of the kids in my official fan club, someone with no money and a first-level newbie avatar, and give her every item I owned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which she always served with special pride. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First I want to make clear that being chosen section leader is an honor, but also a big responsibility,” Ms. Fender was saying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She asked Daddy and Mother and Joe which they would choose. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the ruler could send anyone away if he so chose, and my face was more than enough reason for him to reject my presence. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The probability of your winning is clearly the same no matter what number you choose, so, to make the calculation specific, assume you always pick the number 4. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you can choose?” he said, surprised. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So many things to choose from for supper. What would you like?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

If it’s a multiple choice test, I choose both “A” and “B,” although considering the crew, I may just blacken in choice “D” with my number two pencil. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

What you choose to do with that awareness is entirely up to you. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘I know that haste is needed, yet I cannot choose. The burden is heavy. Give me an hour longer, and I will speak. Let me be alone!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The roaches veered into side passages and even doubled back to choose a new route sometimes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down to wait, choosing a bench on which, an arm’s length away, a woman’s purse rested—tempting him to snake his hand around inside it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Obama administration directs the nation’s schools to provide students with access to bathrooms and locker rooms that match their chosen gender identity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Annabeth Chase, I took your advice. I chose myself a new fate.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Guerrilla Shrew regiment had chosen to sleep off the effects of the party outside in the sun. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No one would comment on his absence, or on the fact that he had chosen this day to be away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, come on. I can’t stay very long. And you must come back and help me choose.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone clapped, and then other guests followed by singing their favorite songs, including a two-star Russian general who chose a hit from Russian TV. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He had a hand in choosing this gift. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I continued farther and chose a spot far from the sidewalk and hidden from view by a rusty refrigerator. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday afternoons the Tillermans chose to go to a small park nearby because on summer weekends it was less crowded than the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My computer had thousands of wireless networks to choose from. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Though there are similarities in their idioms, particularly when it came to sacred music, they chose quite different career paths, which inevitably transformed their styles. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He paid the clerk for the presents he had chosen and left the drugstore, having made up his mind to call it off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact was that Mrs. Olinski did not know how she had chosen her team, and the further fact was that she didn't know that she didn't know until she did know. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There must be ways of putting nucleic acids together that will function far better—by any criterion we choose—than any human being who has ever lived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack chose not to hate them or the guards and officers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

My idea of joining whatever club the others chose might not have been great after all. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Chincha elite, afraid to take on the Inka army, always chose compliance over valor, and were rewarded with plum positions in the colonial government. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I assumed that he had chosen to spend his after-school hours with her instead of me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not hard to guess why no one else has chosen to sit here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Also, I insisted on choosing my own outfits, wearing dresses by Jason Wu and Narciso Rodriguez, a gifted Latino designer, for the photo shoot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Judging Kenna without that additional information is like making people choose between Pepsi and Coke in a blind taste test. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Five kids from New York State had been chosen to be honored at this ceremony at the University of Chicago, all based on one math test they had taken at the end of last year. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“If they wanted to claim their son, why didn’t they respect the life he chose to live? How come they never came to visit? Or supported his music?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the Norse hero was doomed if he did not yield, he could choose between yielding or dying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike had mentioned that everyone older than thirteen would be responsible for doing some work; I just hadn’t realized that the assignments were chosen for you. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He stood aside scornfully, and he said, “Well, and my brother has chosen an earthen pot when he might, from my father’s position, have had a cup of jade.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I save the last mousse for myself, sit down, choose the small dessert spoon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The planes would radio the reports to Tibbets, who, based on weather conditions and visibility, would choose from the list of targets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew I had to choose, and they had given me a deadline. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m not in the mood for Lara tonight, and all the other girls have chosen beds that surround hers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Wow, Bri. All these flavors out here, and you choose to be salty,” Sonny says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The king now returned to the Hornburg, and slept, such a sleep of quiet as he had not known for many years, and the remainder of his chosen company rested also. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For not in doing or contriving, nor in choosing between this course and another, can I avail; but only in knowing what was and is, and in part also what shall be. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I think maybe I want to study dreams when I’m old enough to actually choose what I want to study. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

He was looking, as he always was on some level, for hints of the Unseen City—which was how he chose to think of it, since Weep still brought the taste of tears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Over the years, I learned to choose from the best opinions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milton and Chapter Eleven chose stools and waited to be served. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now most head teachers are chosen because they possess a number of fine qualities. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I so badly wanted her to choose me to be one of her knights. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now she was choosing to live, and she wasn’t going to let this stupid school beat her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, in my infinite wisdom, I’m choosing to leave it for a while. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

If she must choose, which would she choose, she wondered. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Ida Wells-Barnett had in her youth, many newly freed men and women had chosen to stay in the South. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As in ancient Rome, any road he chose would have gotten him there. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever puts together the highlights has to choose what sort of story to tell. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He knew it would upset her, so he chose not to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

These appointments, somewhat misleadingly described as “the midnight judges,” had occurred after the presidential election, and therefore denied Jefferson the right to choose his own men. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Papa still wore his superintendent “uniform,” an outfit of his own choosing that he insisted on wearing whenever he did building duties. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were here, in this fabulous warehouse with all these incredible things surrounding us that we could pick and choose from, because of Sahil and what he’d done last night. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Botanists chose sides and wrote caustic letters about each other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Where I came from, my future would have been chosen for me by my mother and father and rabbi, those who knew me best. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m lying, but she chooses not to acknowledge this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He liked working on projects of his own choosing, at his own pace. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Your Jack came to me of his own free will. If he chooses to leave, I will not stop him.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I regretted having chosen a restaurant so near my apartment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Other books were produced, and after some deliberation he chose Fordyce’s Sermons. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Soon after, the Queensland Lawn Bowls Association chose to officially allow junior members. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The same Patrice Lumumba, mind you, who washed his face each morning from a dented tin bowl, relieved himself in a carefully chosen bush, and went out to seek the faces of his nation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu chose the chair farthest from Master, awkwardly placing his feet close together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In like manner, he did work in optics that transformed our understanding of light and laid the foundation for the science of spectroscopy, and again chose not to share the results for three decades. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Women in the old China did not choose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus he chose to remember Hamlet’s abuse of Ophelia, but not Christ’s love of Mary Magdalene; Hamlet’s frivolous politics, but not Christ’s serious anarchy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Garret Charles has chosen me to humiliate, probably to vent his exhaustion at being jet lagged or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

If a white guy chooses to immerse himself in hip-hop culture and only hang out with black people, black people will say, “Cool, white guy. Do what you need to do.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He doesn't look me in the eye, choosing to stare at some point above my head. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Even when she was in elementary and middle school, she always chose computers as her choice of centers while all the other more popular girls seemed to cluster together in art or reading. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Palmer chose a morning when his mother was out. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She took out her jewelry and chose her favorite piece—a bracelet that her mother had given her years ago. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If you were going to be a farmer, you could hardly choose a worse place than New England. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think the Ku Klux Klan chose the dragon as their symbol because it is scary. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We practiced in our huts, where every night a new boy would be chosen to play teacher and lead the lesson, while everyone else played their parts as students. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom wanted to order sushi, but my grandfather said the person who has the most degrees should get to choose. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He offered no opinion on the beast nor told Ralph why he had chosen to come on this mad expedition. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He hardly felt proud of them, nothing like the books his parents had chosen for him or the bizarre knitting he was sure Hyacinth had spent hours working on. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I will now read this poem of Mr. Blakeslee’s choosing. He wrote that he found it in a old book.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Later, for her first shower in America, she chooses Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or we could choose to be a nation that shames and blames its most vulnerable, affixes badges of dishonor upon them at young ages, and then relegates them to a permanent second-class status for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And he chooses Trouble because he likes the sound the die makes when it pops inside its plastic bubble. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

These thoughts preoccupied her as she washed her hands and face and chose a clean dress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should choose something,” Dylan says, picking up a dagger from the weapons rack. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They were filled with bitter, furious hatred for her father, who had unlimited power to do good or harm, and chose harm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nor should any state ever believe that it can always choose safe courses of action. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Out of a hundred and fifty Freedom Writers, I have been chosen to speak in front of Barbara Boxer, our senator! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each must have assumed that the others were there for some business other than pastoral and had rudely chosen that moment to deal with it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But if I choose to release it, there is no loss.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It would often, he acknowledged, be impossible to choose between competing explanations because one could not see what was actually happening within the invisible world of particles out of which our visible world was constructed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At least they were excited about their discussion and had chosen their subjects. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nali said, “This is how he chooses to deal with problems. Inside, now!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But others had chosen to absent themselves to show their disapproval. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Why did he choose to plunge into nothingness, into the void of faceless faces, of soundless voices, lying outside history? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the very reason why he had chosen the lighthouse had become almost instantly a reason for going somewhere else. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could simply have ripped the “fruit” apart—I still call it that for lack of a better word—but I chose to satisfy my curiosity in a measured way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the drugstore, Dad had let Brian pick out whatever present he wanted, so Brian chose a Sad Sack comic book. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Tywin almost always chose to command the reserve; he would take the high ground and watch the battle unfold below him, committing his forces when and where they were needed most. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And it seemed like every time I tried to place a call, Mr. Haroldson chose that exact moment to call his mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it as if this were something to brag about, and I bit the inside of my cheek and tried not to think about what plant Mom and I might have chosen this year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘Poor old Bill! Wolves and snakes! But the snakes were too much for him. I had to choose, Mr. Frodo. I had to come with you.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No. He won’t get one either. Not to come see me. Mister Tom said for him to choose a new wife there on the plantation. That way, Mister Tom’ll own all his children.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I choose to be known as Scythe Anastasia,” she told them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Just looking around at the others the Nazis had chosen, I could tell we were the strongest men at Plaszów—or at least the furthest from becoming Muselmanners. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, to the Indigo Man, he said, as he had been taught, “I have the Freedom of the Graveyard and I may walk where I choose.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I choose a green one and a purple one, and Shanti sets aside two for herself, one blue, one yellow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The CIA chose a dead-drop site on a railroad bridge over the Moskva River, away from the city center, near a sports stadium. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After they’d been cleaned, my brother Tyler chose one and set it on a sheet of black plastic, which he folded over the rifle, sealing it with yards of silvery duct tape. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"A man does not choose his companions in the black cells," the handsome one with the red-and-white hair said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was disturbed that these important groups were choosing not to participate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chemical chosen for a fresh attack was DDD, a close relative of DDT but apparently offering fewer threats to fish life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

With everything to choose from in the wav of names, why did she pick that one? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could crab like a man if I chose. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have chosen any one of them over this indecent speechless lurking insanity. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he chose three which looked particularly good to him—“quagmire,” “flabbergast,” and “upholstery.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and began to talk slowly, choosing my words with care. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He set a limit of 130 pounds, choosing that weight because it was the most the racing secretary would be permitted to assign in the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, a half hour later, he has me pinned up against his car and is trying to get his tongue in my mouth, and I choose to nuzzle into his neck instead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Skills that will be useless for the one you don’t choose,” Citra pointed out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

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

I hadn’t played in town yet, choosing instead to find more competitive pickup games in Newark. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Unable to choose between the two approaches, I decided to try both. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Some choose to go to France because many Vietnamese moved there when North and South divided years ago. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Wandering through empty halls and ransacked offices, I tried to imagine what home would feel like, if after all this I chose to go back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And with his carefully chosen clothes, surely he had to shop somewhere? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I expect her to explain why she chose to take that dagger for me, but she just limps away, her brethren supporting her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Strawberry trotted on with Digory on his back till the noise of the other animals died away, and now the little group of Aslan and his chosen councillors was quite close. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Prince Hamlet has bestowed on me some signs of love,” I said, choosing my words with care. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then she could read the three thin lines of type: This object belongs to Mrs. Lorelei Granger, and she may call it any name she chooses. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up, choosing to ignore my comment. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad chose not to pick up on the vibe. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“After all this time, it still seems to me like straight and fast is the only way out—but I choose the labyrinth. The labyrinth blows, but I choose it.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I glance up the block and wonder what Ambrose and I would talk about if I chose to stay behind with him instead of going who knows where with Ma. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And then, if he chose, he could go have a martini afterward. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Being chosen to compete had been a jaw-dropping moment for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It is safer, you conclude, to choose self-effacement at this critical moment in your career. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Color smudges streak across it and display Princess Sabine's chosen skin, hair, and eye color palette, and bodily proportions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they chose to stay in another area, and then the darkness rustled with unfriendly noises. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have known they were called Helpers, of course, but he chose not to point this out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Theo chooses a night sky over the Rhone River, and a still life of irises. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But because of a municipal refuse dump in the area, whites chose to live elsewhere. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is she to me? Except a menace — a danger you’ve chosen to inflict on all of us.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Wart copied Archimedes in zooming up toward the branch which they had chosen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t chosen Michigan because of its computers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

That they chose me for a reason and not at random. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was her right to be upset, her right to choose not to brush her humiliation aside in the name of an overexalted intellectualism, and she would claim that right. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Both set helms upon their heads and chose blunted longswords from the bundle in the weapons chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or choose from the power of the golden carp or the magic of your Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consider me, if you choose, a comic victim of two cultures. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I chose Dauntless, thoughts like that never occurred to me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the black-skinned girl led him up the stairs, she said, "Poor Dancy. She has a fortnight to get my lord to choose her. Else wise she loses her black pearls to Marei." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I envied that she had chosen her work herself and was doing what she wanted to do. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Seeing him had reaffirmed his choosing of me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, since I am forced to pick, I would choose selas.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t expect you to choose Book Scavenger or doing anything with me,” Emily said quietly. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You can leave us then if you choose.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Boys pushed their neighbors out of whatever desks they chose while Mr. Mwila looked on at the whole spectacle, nodding to himself. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I try to hold her arm, to stop her from leaving, but Chantal is honking the car horn at the curb, and this time I have to choose blood over water. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I chose instead the local secondary school, and as it turned out, that may have been the most important decision of my life: Alexandra Secondary School had a tennis team. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will the following teams please choose a representative for the eleventh game of our duodecimalthon: the Midwest, the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, the Mountain team, the Pacific team, and the local team from Alexandriaville, Ohio.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The elders agreed that this was a very good way of choosing a new chief, although they doubted if anybody would be brave enough to try to capture that great snake. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But I chose my words with care from those that would pour from my mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The words chosen for the banners were the backbone of the National Woman’s Party protest. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He and Shackleton sat on the snow, picking and choosing among the best pictures, smashing the rejects as they went to keep from changing their minds. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At last he found what he wanted: a firm rock deep-anchored in the permafrost He backed against it, tensing his legs and choosing his moment. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what they always said, that she was chosen because she was special. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He’s choosing not to say anything about it to Henry yet, but he’s curious to see how it all plays out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Awake and having recovered the use of his legs, Bernard had chosen this moment to move as inconspicuously as he could towards the door. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three times in nine days, Frederick is chosen as the weakest in field exercises. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My brain chooses that because Moonie is my favorite dog. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe I'm just choosing between being afraid and being more afraid. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because after you died, it’s not like you were choosing to ignore my letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Especially with his look”—by which he means that casting directors do not have a big field of young, athletic-looking black males to choose from. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to wear the pretty purple dress that didn’t hide her body like all of her other outfits, but Amá chose the bright yellow one with the pink flowers I’ve always hated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Only one member of this crew will make the dive,” the captain says, “and I’ve chosen you. You alone will achieve Challenger Deep and discover the riches it holds.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For a square of size one, this means that we cannot choose counting numbers a and b such that the diagonal of the square can be expressed as a/b. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Of the four canoes stored there against the cliff, I chose the smallest, which was still very heavy because it could carry six people. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the goods were divided among the family, three of the brothers took land, and the youngest, my father, chose an education. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale knows I chose him over Peeta when I didn’t make a run for it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was still busy choosing books,” he stammered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Merci was chosen to be a buddy for a new student,” she explains. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That we pretended to be rustics not ruled by custom but free to choose our love? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“We think he chose you. Both Matty and I think it.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“You have to choose. Wasn’t me got called that name. You gotta think of how much knowing matters to you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A majority opposed the oath but chose to sign nevertheless, especially after the regents decreed that those who refused would face dismissal. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He chose one of the scrolls before him, took up his brush, and began writing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d even choose to be reborn and try for Elysium in three different lifetimes so he could reach the Isles of the Blest, which was like the Underworld’s ultimate party headquarters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The mayor chose to rely on the police force, moving most officers to the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It got us out,” I say, “and it got us to the truth, and it was better than the factionless commune Evelyn had in mind, where no one gets to choose anything at all.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Your numbers were chosen to fit this remarkable total: One Gross, if I may use the expression. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Do you remember those career surveys we had to fill out freshman year, the ones that were supposed to help us choose electives? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But Daddy said he chose green because of his nice garden. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Depending on your interests, you may also want to spend time creating pleasing chord progressions by choosing chords from the correct key that will complement a melody that you know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep-school for me and finally said, "Why--ye-es" with very grave, hesitant faces. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Had her mother said that because she had chosen to keep Aru in the dark? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were many archways now, but Celaena chose to go straight, following the moisture that grew by the inch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear . . . but now she saw that she had donned them after all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We spent the next period writing paragraphs about Zambia, choosing one minor subject. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I chose the last day of Mourning for my trip Hillside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Dictionopolis,” read Milo slowly when he saw what his finger had chosen. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it was my birthday, I got to decide which game my classmates would play, and I chose volleyball. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He directed his words at Dumbledore, however, and chose them with enormous care. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Healed by him, Arabella chooses judiciously this time, and is rewarded by reconciliation with her family and a wedding with the medical prince on “a windy sunlit day in spring.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Your father wanted out of Erudite, and your mother didn’t want in, no matter what her mission was—but she still wanted to be near Andrew, so they chose Abnegation together.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not the cyclorama Sahil had fallen in love with, but the one I had chosen. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’d apparently been shocked when Mom and Dad had me, and now was completely bewildered that they chose to have a second. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think that will look now that we’re about to choose a college?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Later, when Roy heard the story from Beatrice, he knew instantly why her stepbrother had chosen Dana Matherson as an escape partner. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick chooses a campsite about ten yards below the force field, saying we can use it as a weapon by deflecting our enemies into it if attacked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She chose Jamie, the second youngest of her three younger brothers. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I refuse to ever “choose” between two women. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The colmado-man takes me to town in his car, to choose. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he said, handing me two thin pieces of glass, “choose your droplet of water.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Israel Israel did not choose to step aside and let the workings of the city government continue as usual. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

‘In the morning you must depart, for now we have chosen, and the tides of fate are flowing.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sixty students from all over Swat had been chosen as members. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I set to work on my dissertation, again choosing Mill as the topic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But if you look for a companion, be careful in choosing! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to regret choosing me for the assignment out of all the other girls she could just as easily have chosen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Forgotten was the word, because surely no gentleman would deliberately choose to go tieless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish the sluggers had chosen you to save the world. I just...I can’t be the reason you end up back in juvie.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We have a few different models to choose from. Our company takes care of the hard part. Then we ship them out and the owners can move right in.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He would choose a place he knew well— the school, for instance—and imagine himself walking through it, picturing it as he went in minute detail. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He chose to leave them. He chose a different identity, just like you, and became something else. Only you chose this ... this evil.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I want to be the one the queen chooses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

"Then look at you. You chose books. I chose looks." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I chose to tell no one of what I was about to do. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had their own method for choosing us already figured out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

That person then becomes “it” and another is chosen to hide the key. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

‘But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was a regular mortal teenager—not a demigod—but for reasons Jason never understood, the spirit of Delphi had chosen her as its host. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Before one of the biggest archaeological audiences in history, Hrdlicka chose to discuss the skeletal evidence for Indians’ early arrival in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every night, she sends a small thank-you to Melissa for choosing these two people to be her parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Sisters who love and trust one another, who work together until it’s clear that there is a favorite sister chosen to be the best and wear a pretty crown. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Odysseus and the two chieftains chosen to accompany him found the hero with his friend Patroclus, who of all men on earth was dearest to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I had no training, no degree, no experience, I had not imagined that I could be chosen for such a study. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Adams chose the latter course; like Washington, he was committed to American neutrality at almost any cost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was in the first grade, and my teacher, Miss Cook, always chose me to read aloud when the principal came into the classroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I will intervene ... if I choose to. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Young oarsmen from the assembly chose a crew of two and fifty, as the king commanded, and these filed off along the waterside to where the ship lay, poised above open water. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

While it was not unusual for a scientist with an advanced degree to have read widely outside his or her chosen specialty, Oppenheimer’s range of interests was unusually broad. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I continuously felt my people had been chosen to be treated with harsh disrespect. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

It was in her to say good-bye forever and tell him she would never see him again, to explain to him that she’d chosen to part because in his arms she felt unwhole. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They have chosen her as a tribute, then made her watch her sister fight to the death in the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miles chose that moment to walk back in, looking calmer than he had when he’d left. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She snuck over to Evan's bookshelf and picked up a carved cedar box—Evan's chosen souvenir from the family summer vacation. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Remembering that gave her the courage to say, “We were chosen by the gods.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he wanted to start the seventh and eighth graders now so that he could choose a varsity team and have them run over the summer and be ready to begin real competition by September. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ash wondered who Prince Aidan would choose as his bride that night, and she wondered how disappointed her stepsisters would be when it was not one of them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute our faces would be level and I’d have to choose between locking lips or seriously offending her by pulling away, and I’d already offended her once. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

One by one, the children around me are chosen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We do tend to improvise things like this as we go along, but it is clear that we can pick and choose. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amara rustles around and chooses a few things and tosses them to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the 1600s, choosing religious seclusion was a way to flee an intolerable living situation—such as a painful marriage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Assume that one of three possible symbols chosen at random is placed under a piece of cardboard and the subject is asked to identify it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she is shy, quiet, obedient, and doesn’t say much, all our older siblings assume what she chooses to say is of some importance and usually take her side in our fights. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” the man said, “I will not choose and I will not give you the pleasure of watching me squirm.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Zu was in the process of neatly folding a button-down shirt she had chosen for Chubs when I remembered something. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Wilson chose the Brooklyn Hospital Center over Wood- hull Medical and Mental Health Center, the city-run hospital that serves three of Brooklyn’s poorest neighborhoods. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the study, undergraduate students were given the task of choosing what snack they wanted to eat, whether a delicious yet calorie-rich chocolate cake with cherry topping or a serving of healthy fruit salad. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now, she said, I must think of myself a little more, and opened the door of her wardrobe, to begin the choosing of clothes to wear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He remembers the other name that had once been chosen for him, the one that should have been. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother watches me pass a cotton dress over my head, which I have chosen for its long sleeves so I won’t have to wash my arms, and a jealousy lights her eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For a while he chose the covert of a bathroom but now is out on the streets where he remains at my beck and call every minute.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire may have had to choose my clothes hastily, or maybe she chose them because they wouldn’t draw attention, but at least she tried to get a color she knew I liked. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If I die before deciding whether to press the button, will the sluggers abduct someone else and force them to choose, or will they let the world end? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They are the chosen ones, and they want to get rid of anyone who doesn't look and think the way they do. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose a seat around the large square table and listened as the two students nearest me discussed the lecture topic, which was Isaiah Berlin’s two concepts of liberty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Percy, there were only a few demigod warriors aboard that ship, and they all chose to batde for Kronos. Perhaps some heeded your warning and escaped. If they did not... they chose their path.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In books a good choice is choosing to go fight the dragon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘And yet you counselled me not to adventure on the road that I had chosen, because it is perilous?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Piper, my dear, choose which hero will die with you. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s this activity where a group of friends draw names out of a hat, and they are supposed to buy a lot of Christmas presents for whatever person they choose. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a gazillion words and phrases I could choose, and none of them seem worth one of my two last cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see why the cockroaches had chosen it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Behold the fate of those who choose the darkness!” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One could choose a new set of coordinates in which, say, the first space coordinate was a combination of the old first and second space coordinates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometime in the near future, this war will be resolved. A new leader will be chosen,” says Boggs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So I chose to tell the truth to my uncle. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We both loved the Beatles—especially Paul, if we had to choose—and we were still in undershirts, though we both had started our journey toward brassieres. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Junior wasn’t chosen, and I stood facing him on the other side of the crowd, on my way to becoming a rebel. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The schools chosen for Main Stages in Nebraska tended to be from well-heeled communities that poured money into their theater programs, like Grosse Pointe, Michigan, or the Woodlands, outside Houston. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the decision about who would be the first female in space was made, Irina was chosen as the backup. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Funny sort of place to choose to retire in,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lacking the exact X-ray evidence, we were not confident that the configuration chosen was precisely correct. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t look all that smart, to be honest, choosing something so huge. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Every night Mirabelle McCullough—or May Ling Chow, as some pointedly chose to call her—was a featured story on the evening news, always accompanied by photographs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take her tugs as little warnings, reminders that she is here, staying in our life, and choosing to let me go to his house in Woodside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And a nice place to choose, too. The River seems set on taking us right into their arms!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Our method will be as our mood suits us. Sans incendiary devices, of course. Now please start choosing people so we may begin.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His dad bought him a bunch of supplies the week school ended—lengths of two-by-four, pulleys and screws, and sheets of weather-treated plywood—but Charlie didn’t choose a tree for three whole weeks. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I was with Adam, I felt picked, chosen, special, and that just made me wonder why me? even more. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s not like that,” said Rowan, choosing a striped ball and sinking it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After much effort, the king finally deciphered the words: You are a leader only to those who choose to follow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the girls were nimble-witted — far cleverer than we doltish lads — and would often confer among themselves and choose one boy, usually the plainest fellow, and then tease him all the way home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler chose exile: “Hypocrisy I have never learned. I am in earnest about faith. I do not play with it.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we had known—” “Are you saying that if you had known this before the Choosing Ceremony, you wouldn’t have chosen Dauntless? ” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The soft ground wasn’t the only reason for choosing that exact spot. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“This is not where I would choose to live if I had the choice. But I never got a choice in all this.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You could have friends, you could be happy, but you choose not to be.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The day was hot so I chose the terrycloth shorts, grateful that my blondness allowed me to show my legs even when I hadn't shaved them for a while. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The pagan tribes of Central Asia chose Islam. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“There’s as many as six, you see, to choose from.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It felt more like I’d chosen a comfortable position for waiting—waiting for the next insane or dismal or completely unfair thing coming my way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, another bashful person had chosen the same refuge, for, as the curtain fell behind her, she found herself face to face with the ‘Laurence boy’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin watched him choose a different girl every few days, ordering her to clean his room, which was located inside the factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But Aunty Uju chose America, because her baby could still have automatic citizenship there. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Behind a barn, by a pile of broken slates, his body chose the first option for him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I choose a Mozart piece that Grandpa used to like, turn the volume way down, and press the Play button before I can chicken out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We think that their bizarre costumes, their verbal tics, are chosen, and that when the time comes we also will be free to choose. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he thought that the Committee had chosen well. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All my children, when they are of age, are sent with medicine bundles to wherever they choose to live.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed weird to me that the government specifically chose the Colorado forest instead of a military base. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all—plus c’est la meme chose, plus ga change. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If chosen as Miss Teen Dream, I will not let the bad people mess with our pretty. Their outfits are wrong. They’re not good people. Tonight on Patriot Daughters!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A delicacy about the license plates and the lights made Gay choose back streets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what he was best known for, after all: the way he chose to see the world around him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You will understand when you see it. No one can choose your path, Percy. You must decide.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

So I’d chosen Harry, and I only delayed those couple of months because I wanted to make sure I’d be all right physically. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sized up the passengers, chose his prey: a wrinkled woman at the tail end of her Geritol years who fears her own shadow with good reason. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now his arms so ached and trembled from that work that he could not hold out the spear he had chosen. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most of those who worked in the Yard, including the skilled butchers still employed by Swift and his fellow bosses, chose to stay put in Packingtown, a short walk from work. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So rather than choosing between the rights of women and the rights of African Americans, the American Equal Rights Association adopted a memorial favoring a position of gender and racial unity. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don’t let it spoil you, for it’s wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can’t have the one you want. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t always get a chance to choose the kind of news you get. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was crucial to choose the right kind of boat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The tables were mostly empty, and I chose a seat by one of the windows looking out onto the playground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I want the world where my daddy is and don't know why anybody's God would make me have to choose. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The old man either doesn’t hear me or chooses to ignore me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He emphasized the historical achievements of Africa and Africans, and noted how foolish it was for whites to see themselves as a chosen people and an intrinsically superior race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thus did they harden themselves, by choosing to meet hate with hate. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He took his time about choosing three brown agates to take with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The big girls giggled behind their hands most of the time and whispered among themselves a great deal, but Jean Louise considered them useful when choosing sides for a volleyball match. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We chose a road at random; walked for some time without seeing anyone. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In so many ways, we’d been manipulated from the very beginning—from the moment we chose to leave the island and I chose to go along. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bliss claimed that he had chosen his permanent medical staff at the request of the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘In Minas Tirith they endure the East Wind, but they do not ask it for tidings. But now Boromir has taken his road, and we must make haste to choose our own.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There’s got to be a reason why he chose this particular one.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And she never chose her husband, and never even grew up to decide what kind of stuff she liked as an adult, or dated anybody with the same interests. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Shan had the air of a person who was somehow chosen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I choose my doll, once lent to a neighbor who left it outside, where mice bit her left cheek and right thumb. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Telling me I need to choose my friends better. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

"The fact that your mother chose a name for you that both Hindus and Muslims use means a lot to us. It's as if she sort of accepted us, even though we'd never met." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had chosen the ships with care, avoiding any whose captains might be of doubtful loyalty, according to Varys . . . but as Varys himself was of doubtful loyalty, a certain amount of apprehension remained. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And if I were closer it would be because I chose to be, not because of destiny written in DNA. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The fuss she made about choosing the dresses nearly drove Aravis mad. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he say that it’s our culture which allows us to believe that violence is an aberration, and that the primitive warfare we choose to ignore is a manifestation of nature, biology, and instinct? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had chosen the date for her parade to get attention from the spectators and the press already in town for the inauguration. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To guarantee he wouldn’t be tempted to cheat, Reynie chose the one in front. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced over his shoulder, but the wall was a sickly peach color of Aunt Petunia’s choosing: There was nothing blue there for the mirror to reflect. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Papa had given each of us two dollars to spend however we chose. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chose me to be their lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I wish it was someone else who was chosen for this. Someone competent. If only I didn’t stop that robbery I wish I didn’t have to go through with it all.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

How she changes her look almost daily—how she detests the idea of choosing one royal appearance for life. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I pictured Tidings leaving Dismay’s collar in such a soothing place, a place where Dismay might have chosen to come, if he’d been able. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Johnny chose the street because its name had a thrilling dark sound. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It just felt like we’d chosen to spend a couple of easy days together, days when my list and his didn’t even exist. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Raleigh’s father was a well-known and powerful lawyer in New Orleans, and Raleigh, though in the family business, had chosen to break away, at least in his appearance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Anything she chose was greeted by wails of horror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

Cook says nothing, and after a minute passes, I assume she's chosen to ignore me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

While he chose a suit, he thought to himself: Quite astounding that she should also have a collection of false beards. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He chose a minute aspect of the answer and asked who had dealt with it in an altogether different way, and Danny answered. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Not ten seconds after we choose our new leaders, something rings—one long pulse, two short ones. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was even more astonished when Cleopatra told him that every luxurious item, chosen especially for his pleasure, was his to keep. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was a heaven—a temporary heaven—in this room for me, if I chose: I had but to go in and to say— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

This time when he looked at me, he chose another candle from the shelf behind him and anointed it with oil. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And you saved him. You chose him over your dog, who you adore.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Your Suggestion Can we please choose a book with a boy this time— Weren’t you listening? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

At the stationery counter we carefully chose new pencil boxes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But choosing words is harder than I thought. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Users can choose their location, like a restaurant or school, and then click on different objects to see and hear the words in Spanish.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The journey this way was easy, though she suspected the woods could lead her wherever they chose. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“She did not choose it,” said her daughter, “she would go.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

For decades, baseball fans in Seattle had to choose an eastern team to root for if they wanted a stake in the big leagues. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

George Blake stepped forward, out of the gray zone of the double agent, and chose to make the communist East his home. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I know I have my own feelings as to who should be chosen as the leader, but I’ll refrain from saying at this time so as not to influence any decisions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I usually chose Sunday—usually starting in the late late afternoon or the minute Ty'ree started getting after me—whichever came first. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I did not have an unlimited library to choose from on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janice had obviously chosen him for his bulk; our job, I soon learned, required the ability and willingness to push around bodies, even shove some. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was such a thrill to be one of the archangels, the avengers, the chosen few. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I chose to interpret their silence as agreement. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There has never been a slave who did not choose to be a slave, the dwarf reflected. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A plainer gun was cheaper, but Guiteau chose a fancy one because, undoubtedly, it would soon be displayed to the world in a museum. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lucy and Titania never spoke, the former because she chose not to and the latter because her tongue had been hacked out by a previous owner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Day after stifling day, the coaches and crews sat in small, almost sullen groups, playing cards, reading pulp magazines, shooting the bull, choosing whom they went to the dining car with and whom they didn’t. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Emma, finding her so determined upon neglecting her music, had nothing more to say; and, after a moment’s pause, Mrs. Elton chose another subject. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Sybelle Glover was offered a handsome ransom for our freedom and chose to accept it in the name of the king.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, you must really love Ambrosia so much to tell that lie. You were thrilled to take Ambrosia's place at court. You believed you should've been chosen from the very start." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“But do you know which way to choose? I don’t have all day.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The skin colors her parents each chose for themselves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

‘But when the Door opens I do not think you will be able to drag your Bill inside, into the long dark of Moria. You will have to choose between Bill and your master.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He became aware, suddenly, that he had been chosen for this. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The tortoise yelled at him, saying, “You must answer me! You must choose!” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You chose another one close by and lay back. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if she had to choose again, she herself would have followed her Ti'a Alicia’s example and never married at all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Evacuation centers are being set up throughout Southern California in school gymnasiums, churches, and malls—but there seems to be a staggering number of people who are choosing not to cooperate with these government mandates.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Good luck choosing a man over your friend, you witch.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He is a gift from God, and God gives His gifts in whatever way He chooses.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He died in his third year in high school and I was one of his pallbearers, and I think I was guilty of the sin of pride at being chosen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those segments were then shown, with the sound turned off, to a group of randomly chosen people, who were asked to rate the facial expressions of each newscaster in each segment. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

More of the free folk chose the woods after that—one in ten, perhaps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I like him. He will be a good friend for you. You were smart to choose him.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Money, however, was still available if he chose to avail himself of it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You have chosen well, though the path will not be easy. Many monsters will rise against you. Even some of my own servants have sided with Gaea, hoping to destroy your mortal world.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thus, Tolstoy would have approved of the insight offered in another context by an earlier author, Saint Matthew: “Many are called, but few are chosen.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one, in their experience, chose to come to Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

My work shifts were split so haphazardly that it was easy to believe that my superiors had chosen them maliciously. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of them to choose from. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do all scythes lose the ties to everyone they had known—everything they had been before they were chosen? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“And I do remember that there were young girls chosen each year to be what was called ‘birthmothers.' Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Well over half of the test takers chose the right car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“She chose tonight because I finally told her that I love you,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione chose seats as far as possible from Percy in the common room that night. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“And I will too, if you don’t choose.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself questioning more and more why the shaman had chosen me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth didn’t want to decide against anybody, so she put a pebble in one hand and let them choose. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had parents somewhere, she was nearly certain, and she did not choose to think they were unfeeling. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The Mars revealed by the Viking mission is of enormous interest—particularly when we remember that the landing sites were chosen for their dullness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stuffed the leaflets into stamped envelopes and addressed the envelopes with names chosen randomly from telephone directories. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Let you have what? You can’t pick and choose who joins the revolution.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nicole and Ana still liked to poke fun at me for choosing to fence, but no one could deny the fencing team was Columbia High School’s most accomplished sports team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Again and again, I am choosing her, I am conjuring her, because to let go for an instant will allow her to disappear. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Since I have failed to keep him safe in life, I must find him, kill him now before the Capitol gets to choose the agonizing means of his death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lwów, I think. I don’t know how they chose, but Max’s name is on the list.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He chooses wisely, with a nice distance between us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

This was the moment Turner chose to describe to Nettle the kind of place that he had in mind for dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She chose a spot under a tree and gazed out at the ships in the harbor. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was the word Scythe Curie used to describe the people she chose to glean. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve chosen that school because I can walk to it, instead of going on a bus; so why not walk with Cordelia? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But my best friend predicts I will choose the person who I think I “can’t survive without.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If chess were chosen as a category for the show, the result could greatly promote the game to the public. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She chose the door in the middle, if only because it was closer. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“My brothers chose me for that honor. I am Jon Snow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He chose the Ohio prison because its inmates had cooperated in several other studies without resistance, including one in which they’d been infected with a potentially deadly disease called tularemia. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Your road is very short, Encanis. But you may still choose a side on which to travel.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer chose not to tell General Groves that he’d been approached by the Soviets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I spent some two hours a day in the translation of fragments from Greek and Latin; the texts being chosen for their convolution, recondite meaning, dryness, and insipidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Tyndareus chose Menelaus, the brother of Agamemnon, and made him King of Sparta as well. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not tell men which god to worship. They were free to choose the Seven or the red woman’s Lord of Light. They chose the trees instead, with all the peril that entails.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We all know that we aren’t supposed to talk about the test, not even now that we have chosen, but for them that rule must not be as serious as it is for me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I chose one for Martin that had a glittery swirl pattern on it without any words. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I choose a bench that, as long as no one else boards, is situated between three or four empty seats all around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And now I don’t even know if you chose the straight and fast way out, if you left me like this on purpose. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They had ready answers for anyone who asked how they had chosen their teams. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what faction you chose,” she says, touching her hands to my cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is no wonder my younger self chose to forget something so terrifying. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Percy, Beckendorf chose a heroic death. You bear no blame for that. Kronos’s army will be in disarray. Many were destroyed.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Niles says, “I’ll ask again. It is important that we understand the extent of your loyalty to your chosen faction. So why did you transfer to Dauntless, Tobias?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not some carnival exhibit, and you won’t use me as part of some unfulfilled desire for adventure and excitement! Which is undoubtedly why you chose me to be your Champion.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d already been chosen to be remade for this strange, other world. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He could see why it had been chosen. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Owen was well aware that the creatures were reptilian and had at his disposal a perfectly good Greek word, herpeton, but for some reason chose not to use it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is my fault, of course, that that was never a possibility, because I chose another faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I decide, that the best thing to do is to choose the kids who are normally picked last, first. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I began to believe that he had chosen Margaret not because she would make him speak but because she would make me understand. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard God calling my name from up in the clouds somewhere, man, and I thought he was telling me I was the chosen one. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to end on such an experience, he places the strange little bottle back on its shelf and decides to choose one more before leaving to catch up with Poppet and Widget again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I choose not to play the guitar or eat in front of people. It’s not because I can’t.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t have to choose which one is right,” advised the third. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cards have been telling her as much for years but she refused to listen, choosing to see only the other possibilities, the alternate paths to be taken. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I do the normal post-breakup things—eating ice cream out of the carton, listening to better-off-without-him music, choosing a new profile photo for my Facebook page. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d bet a month’s pay that an eighth-grade boy had been chosen at absolute random and dropped into the top academy for differentiated instruction in the state. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I made excuses for him, desperate to validate the reasons he chose to work with me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was choosing words the way people hunt for shells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe weapons weren’t allowed inside the city, but Reyna’s pets could still tear her to pieces if they chose. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since I was the smallest kid in the class and did not know English, I was chosen last. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So don’t forget to get together with your partners to choose a project from the list, guys!” said Ms. Rubin as everyone started taking off. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Areida is a higher order than you are, and I choose my own friends.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I choose bread, and on cue, the temperature drops, the air turns bitter, and the wind whips down ice from the hills. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she knows that 1 choose her to fight with because I know she will always love and forgive me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to choose what kind of meat we were going to eat during the week. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain considers this, then chooses to vent the pressure of his fury by safely releasing it in another gale-force sigh. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I’ve told no one about the threat, choosing instead to take the policewoman’s advice and forget about him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I made a mental note to thank Fela for choosing a nice, thick fabric. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No one chooses to live in the Barrel if he has another option.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They asked us several questions along the lines of where were we from? where were we going? and why did we choose that direction? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I follow her into the auditorium, and we choose two empty seats near an aisle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As a man without a country, Bobby eventually chose to settle in Hungary, and he had never heard another word from the American government. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He chose the galleries of the Italian Renaissance. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the soundtrack chosen for this level is off-the-charts epic, full of orchestral strings and deep drums, sending my heart soaring. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet I woke up my mother and finally asked her why she chose me, that day at the Kwenge River. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gay also had chosen a black-and-white outfit, so we matched. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to live in a fine house. But not if it means I have to be an example. Not if it means I can’t choose my own friends.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

People choose to commit crimes, and that’s why they are locked up or locked out, we are told. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She complimented them on their flattering, carefully chosen outfits and waited as they had their hair fashioned, their eyebrows trained, and their slight imperfections masked by powder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve chosen a nice place for dinner, but that doesn’t guarantee that it will be a nice dinner. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I think as long as anybody feels chosen, the problems will get worse.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fantasy book. The Wicked Wizard War. My character, Ben-Jamin, is the chosen one in this war between wizards.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This meant that they chose to enter contracts to work for no direct pay in exchange for passage across the Atlantic. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced himself as Mustafa and handed us a photo album so we could choose our merchandise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coherence depends on more than mechanical decisions such as keeping the topic in subject position and choosing appropriate connectives. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter why the sluggers had chosen me, only that they had. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

King song my dad had chosen to play. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Sure. My name is Rani, because it means queen.' I chose the name myself." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He’d run all the way to the Gran’s home, the bluebird clasped gently in his hands, and told her he’d been chosen as the next Uncle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

He must have noticed this, because he looks at me, puzzled, gives a little frown I choose to interpret as concern, though it may merely be irritation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the panel of teachers responsible for choosing the contestants. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would choose by mood: “I feel quick today; fetch me a cheetah” or “I feel strong today, release a rhino.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Taran made no attempt to guide her; the horse had chosen her own path. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The prophecy could have referred to either of them, yet, for his own inscrutable reasons, Voldemort had chosen to believe that Harry was the one meant. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A site had even been chosen downriver, but there was far too deep a history here to simply give up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’d chosen not to escape a country heading into civil war. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it sounds like a wear-a-dress restaurant, so I choose a yellow one—it’s got a bit of sparkle to it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A million towns to choose from all over the country, and this birdbrain picks the one that shoots five thousand of them every year. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The most outspoken members of the community refused to internalize the contradiction, openly equating the foreign racists America was moved to destroy with the American racists it chose to abide. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she drew it as seen from afar, sometimes she chose one of its buildings and drew it in detail. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I choose a book off the shelf about a raccoon named Bingo. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

"But for now, it's time to dress the Belles, and for the whole world to find out who has been chosen." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The dimensions of the Cosmos are so large that using familiar units of distance, such as meters or miles, chosen for their utility on Earth, would make little sense. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace chose to believe Rafe anyway, as they sat together, lying in wait at the edge of the world. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The team was also weak at goalie—desperately so—but that was something Luma had chosen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The white knight chose his words with care. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had also supported her when she chose to stay home and have children. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Whether the interval is minor, major, or perfect will take care of itself if the correct key signature has been chosen. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The last question makes me pause: Why did you choose a school with an ecosystem emphasis? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He chooses several men who have been here since the beginning. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The suspect then chooses between doing things the hard way and doing things the easy way, and the scene ends with either gunfire or the gentlemanly application of handcuffs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“A tumcloak would tell you what you wished to hear and betray you later. Your Grace knows that I was fairly chosen. My father always said you were a just man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If our hearts were feet, they'd surely kick somebody! the other infinity We are the chosen people, our grandmother tells us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

As for Starry, I doubt she'll choose jeans for her first day, but I'm 100 percent sure she's not putting on a salwar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I choose a bow, string it, and sling the matching quiver of arrows over my shoulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Was it the wicked leaders who led innocent populations to slaughter, or was it wicked populations who chose leaders after their own hearts? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the next shapeup, Kaztauskis slipped five dollars to the uniformed man, and this time, as he stood with the others hoping to be chosen, the uniformed man pointed at him. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure which weapon to select, but some of the other freshman girls I met earlier chose épée, so I did the same. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But still sleep would not come, or came only in quick plunges from which he emerged, giddy with thoughts he could not choose or direct. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Christians, cowed by the power of Greek philosophy, chose Aristotle over their Bible. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He adjusted his behavior to it, chose his companions on the basis of it: people who could be fascinated, even intimidated by it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington chose Major Benjamin Tallmadge, who had been a close friend of Nathan Hale and, like him, had taught school in Connecticut. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods let her choose a husband from their number, but they had one condition: they told her that she could not choose her husband by seeing his face. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the best one for hiding behind: she’d chosen one in the very center of the room, and unless she kept very quiet... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Gale and the other people already chosen to go to the Capitol are in a different, accelerated phase of training. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why may she not choose her husband? She is accustomed to being the wife of a king and would not be content with less,” I said, echoing what I had heard Elnora say before. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don't make any sense." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Beside this heap he put another of all the bones, dressed up with cunning and covered with shining fat, and bade Zeus choose between them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I choose every word carefully and make sure I pronounce them well. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I chose the professor of my Jewish history class, because he was quiet and soft-spoken. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That would explain everything—it would also explain the place chosen for the staging of the crime. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chose a uniform style, neoclassical, meaning the buildings would have columns and pediments and evoke the glories of ancient Rome. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“If I’d made it sound more frightening, would you have chosen to simply let Miss Peregrine’s humanity expire?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but you do. You’re afraid of becoming your dad. You don’t want to choose the wrong thing, so you don’t choose anything at all.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He slept wherever he chose, and he was also the only boy who dared sass a teacher. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She chose her book for Sunday; something by an author named Brown. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She won scholarships to Vassar and Barnard, but instead she chose a school of hippies with no future, delicate men with women’s lips and a dissembling in their eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the children had not come today, the okapi would have chosen this as his place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man chose an apple from a huge bag he had been carrying on his back, and brought it to the king. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Jews are also chosen to suffer. Or to be better examples.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no lack of boys to choose from. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I believe we have perhaps chosen you too quickly to be a missionary. What I thought was great potential to spread the word of God turned out to be, well...” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Khalid—I want to ask him, “Why did you choose a dragonfly? Why not something cooler, like a lion or a panther or a wolf?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Melody, if you had to choose, which would you rather be able to do—walk or talk?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was hard to find words when you were adopted and your brother wasn’t, and it was pretty clear that you had been chosen because of things beyond your control. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“To be chosen as an Aspirant for the Trials is to be granted the greatest honor the Empire has to offer.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But once chosen I would be a white- gowned figure out of Gone With the Wind; I would be respectable. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You pick and choose who gets rescued and who doesn’t?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well,” cried Elizabeth, “have it as you choose. He shall be mercenary, and she shall be foolish.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Before Fadi could answer, she continued, “This is a really fun class. I always choose it as my elective.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It is the form I choose most to walk in. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

With two fingers, he could pinch out anyone he chooses, nudge half a city into shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You may choose three different fabrics,” she says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I chose him to contrast her, and to complement. Perhaps I chose too well.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope you chose something suitable from my vast wardrobe?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I do not regret choosing Dauntless or leaving Abnegation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The authorities asked us to nominate a spokesman to express our grievances, and I was chosen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could choose which shattered fragment he would claim as his own. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I chose a picture of my father and me playing basketball in front of the house. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These were not, however, the terms she would have chosen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

‘But after that we must guess the riddles, if we are to choose our course rightly,’ answered Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“First, Percy Jackson, what weapons will you choose?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the nuns refused to let Felicia choose Sebastian as her confirmation name. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d chosen me to go somewhere with her, as a special treat. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I can't tell the difference, but it doesn't matter, because he chooses one. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Even from there, I could see that in a rainy spring, that old river would really choose its own direction. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I can’t get there without walking past some girls who are going on about the animals they chose for the debate, and of course have their perfectly filled-out packets with them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“How dare you! This is how you choose to repay me? Not only have you struck him, you have provoked his asthma!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But he had always been so proud of it, of how long it took him to grow it, of how he had chosen the beads himself in a crafts store in Soho. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

One by one each woman chose not to be a causer-of-death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After considerable silence and visible relief that we didn’t choose them to leech off, he said, “And how did she take the news?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She laid aside the dress, and very thoughtfully she chose another, a fine blue-flowered muslin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was a second-class one—chosen presumably because of its slightly larger size. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chose not to explain to the American people that the bombing would continue indefinitely. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The perfect teacher Mom had chosen turned out to be none other than my dad. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I prayed that a police car might choose this street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chose to speak to everyone around her in the same serious and direct fashion, whether they were adolescents in her Girl Scout troop or engineers in the office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You are so young, Grover. So good and true. I think I chose well.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Be that as it may, I choose that thou shalt not know my name as at this time, for no askin’.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If faced with the Solomonic task of sacrificing the life of one newborn for an indeterminate number of fetuses, what number might you choose? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a ton of characters to choose from. The Mad Hatter. The Cheshire Cat.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You were chosen for the goodness in your heart,” she explained. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“In ancient times, two great Roman roads met here. News was exchanged. Markets were held. Friends met, and enemies fought. Entire armies had to choose a direction. Crossroads are always places of decision.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“No, she didn’t. You made her choose. It’s not fair to ask your friends to choose. Jenna should be able to have all of us.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever Brinker had in his mind to do, I thought he had chosen a terrible place for it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of my father, a born Erudite, not Divergent; a man who could not help but be smart, choosing Abnegation, engaging in a lifelong struggle against his own nature, and ultimately fulfilling it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If Miss Lilian chose to show herself, I doubted my new friend would enjoy the experience. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The three chosen apprentices were called one by one by Scythe Mandela, who presided over the bejeweling committee. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

From a window, the tall young man known as Leader looked down and watched the slow and cheerful pace of Village, of the people he loved, who had chosen him to rule and guard them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He could move a crowd to action, I bet, if he chose to. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a long line of people holding stacks of the clothes they’ve chosen, waiting to have them bagged by a tall, salt-and-pepper-bearded black man standing behind a long table. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Turner nodded and decided he wouldn’t play “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” choosing instead “Shall We Gather at the River?” and realizing too late that Mrs. Cobb might figure that was an invitation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jerome and I had chosen a home in an integrated neighborhood, some distance from where I’d grown up. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was here, in what Chicagoans called a “streetcar” suburb, that stockyard supervisors chose to settle, as did officials of companies headquartered in the skyscrapers of the Loop. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Tommy, what are you talking about? You want to get me a present, but you want me to help you choose it...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember what Khalil said—he got tired of choosing between lights and food. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Minnie filled her letters with news of her fast-intensifying romance and expressed wonder that such a handsome man had chosen her to be his wife. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was not one to take sides with one person against another, but would find the things on which they all could agree and chose those as the things to do. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not important, what you wear. It doesn’t matter. But—” “It’s the choosing that’s important, isn’t it?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

At any other time, he would have put them to instant flight; now he had more pressing business and chose to ignore them. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spoke for a few minutes, but even assuming they had chosen the English language, there was no chance of their being overheard. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re not words, Henry, we’re people. Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If the pup’s mouth was black inside, Papa said that was the one to choose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fit together not because we need each other, but because we choose each other. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Each observer chose to fight off the tension in his own way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Let’s choose a room to sleep in, close off the doors, and start a fire to warm up the space,” commanded Eva. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"His lordship has gra-ciously consented to allow you to choose whichever girl you prefer. He has a number he thinks might be suitable." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When she reapplied a year later, she was one of fifteen candidates chosen from about two thousand! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

Numerous paths were available to our nation in the wake of the crack crisis, yet for reasons traceable largely to racial politics and fear mongering, we chose war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, in that case so am I,” Ash said, “but I doubt the prince will choose me.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he might have chosen to let sleeping dogs lie. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

What the researchers found was that students were more likely to choose the chocolate cake if they were asked to memorize the sevendigit number. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His name was Jude Greene, and with the pick of some eight or ten girls who came regularly to services to hear him sing, he had chosen Nel Wright. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, I choose to assume that this kid was playing with fire, and that he gravely underestimated the consequences of that. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he said, “we had to jump our own packed chutes once a month, chosen by the inspecting sergeant. Sometimes twice a month.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know that family members could just find each other, choose each other like they have. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I asked Dr. Jones if she regretted Prince choosing Howard. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The school was placed in some difficulty, what with the need to replace them at such short notice, and Mr. Hawkins, the new head, spoke about it during assembly, choosing his words with care. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If May Ling could choose, don’t you think she’d choose to stay with her real mother? The mother who gave birth to her?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They're listening like Jessica is telling them the secrets of the universe, those funny, clever, precious secrets, the secrets that make them the chosen ones. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more than Joe’s chosen brother, he was his best friend, and they hunted through and worked in most of Vesper County. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know how to tell it to stop smiling now that he chose me back. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And anyway, if I’d never started choosing, how would I ever have got close again to Ruth and Tommy after all those years? Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figuring the big tree would eventually destroy the small deformed pine anyway, Cole chose it for his Christmas tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I choose one near the front, next to a window. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Better to be the one not chosen in this particular game of chance. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The little girl they chose to read the scripture can’t read. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For most of my classmates it meant choosing a branch of science that they somehow knew about and would pursue. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then Scythe Mandela said, “Ransom Paladini, we have chosen not to ordain you as a scythe. Wherever life leads you, we wish you well. You are dismissed.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I choose the top bed in a comer under a blue fluo-rescent light. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The desks were in a half circle facing the chalkboard, so I chose the desk in the middle toward the back, which I thought would make it harder for anyone to stare at me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

Rowan was pleased to hear Scythe Faraday reciting Kohl Whitlock’s name as one of his chosen ten. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“My mother,” I said, “chose to come here because she had heard such things about the town of Boston while on the Isle of B— that she wished to visit it.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I regret that I chose to sit up front. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He would have been less alarmed if Harrison had cooked with the orange itself, but to cook with the peels was like choosing the hairy skin of a goat rather than the meat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What you choose to do as parents is your matter but this is my school, and these are my students, and I will choose what punishment they will face. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the Federalists whom Adams chose for his cabinet—he retained Washington’s advisers, his biggest blunder—had threatened to resign en masse if Adams tried to implement his bipartisan strategy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“What in the world made your parents choose that name?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For being something I didn’t even choose to be. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Was there no woman of the race of Númenor to choose?”’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was chosen as one of the umpires in a musical contest between Apollo and Pan. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose the least worn of them and stuffed the rest into the washer with detergent from the vending machine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Two weeks passed before they had finally chosen all of the men they wanted for that first group, twenty-nine in all. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hizdahr is not the husband you would have chosen for me. “It is not my place to choose your husband.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was not difficult to choose between these circles of suffering—the sea, the beach, the front. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of acknowledging that he was choosing loyalty to party over loyalty to Adams—for Jefferson, ideology was trumping intimacy—he preferred to cast his decision in personal terms. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a true mystery to me, how the Sun Maiden Chuguillanto could choose a short life with a llama herder rather than eternity with Inti. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I’d flipped the ends and chosen a wide orange headband that matched the checkered dress Mrs. Baxter had fixed for me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I chose a cosmos because my uncle told me that a cosmos stands for “heart of a girl.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Renly had chosen a woman to carry his banner as well, though Brienne hid face and form behind plate armor that gave no hint of her sex. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I followed him into the restaurant, and we sat down in the pink vinyl booth we always chose. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Beatrice had chosen to remain with her father, partly because she was allergic to parrots and partly because she doubted that Leon Leep could survive on his own. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he understood suddenly the words of Christ, where it was written: “Many are called but few are chosen.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Regardless of what I chose to do, I knew I was bound to disappoint someone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Marcus goes off on a tangent about different schools that his girlfriend, Tiffanie, is looking at and how he’s going to a community college near whatever school she chooses. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Realizing the danger of this new device, Constance ordered all but a chosen few to leave the wall for the safety of the Abbey grounds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the end, the group chose to pass a resolution so unambitious that almost everyone in attendance was willing to sign on. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Jade, this isn’t fair. You get chosen to do cool things all the time, and the one time the school chooses me for something, you get jealous?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, you have to choose your victims carefully because there were exceptions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hamburger was something you could choose not to have…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘But there is no knowing what he can do, or may choose to try. A wild beast cornered is not safe to approach. And Saruman has powers you do not guess. Beware of his voice!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Union armies usually chose the landmark nearest to their own lines, like a river or a stream. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you choose which blessings to give to which people?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I chose smaller pieces, hoping my weight could control the lurch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black goes on about how he wants us to feel free to choose the places that strike our fancy, no matter how obscure or far away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He has a built-in garden of reasons to choose from. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why else take so long to choose a dress, or fight over a vase, or find everything so different, or be unable to leave? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He knew that, but the dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He said, ‘You can stay or go as you choose. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mission, should I choose to accept it, and that was to defend the Thicket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Or did he know a whole bunch of other songs, but chose to play just those songs? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

For two nights the baboons had chosen to nest in another part of the island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam chose that exact moment to reappear, four Styrofoam containers balanced between his hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You choose your behaviors based on their metaphorical resonances ...” I said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The American Dialect Society chooses the singular gender-neutral pronoun they as their Word of the Year. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You can choose to believe that if you want,” answered Mr. Tushman, not looking at her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

This time it had been Rashid who smiled, because Z had chosen who he wanted to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I don't really think you care that I didn't choose Erudite like I was supposed to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"That means we have the right to choose our own actions. If you choose to break the law to help someone else or keep someone from harm, then it's justified." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Again he was not quite sure that she did not ask the question mockingly, and so again he replied, “I might if I chose.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A serene expression settled on his face and then he quietly smiled and said, “So, by choosing to give you the line, I do not lose it.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Each night before she went to sleep, she chose one fairy tale to read until the light of her candle stub died. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I choose—” Before she could point to a door, a brilliant light flooded the room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“More like hoping I don’t get chosen for the special Secondary Security Screening lottery.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We choose them so deeply that we don’t know we chose them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“As guest of honor you must choose the menu of course.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, on May 13, 1607, seventeen days after we first landed in Virginia, our explorers bring us the news we have been waiting for: They have chosen a place for us to settle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Tell me, Jon, if the day should ever come when your lord father must needs choose between honor on the one hand and those he loves on the other, what would he do?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He asked why I’d chosen Jewish history, and without thinking I blurted that I’d learned of the Holocaust only a few semesters before and wanted to learn the rest of the story. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He asked some of his friends to find out all they could about this new convert, and he soon found out her name was Denise, but she had chosen the name Inayah when she converted. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I would make my way back to Johannesburg, but when I chose to, not when the government wanted me to. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And choose tw6 companions for the journey. And I think the choice of champion is obvious.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had chosen well, she had to admit, at least as far as style and fit went. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each week, Welles and Houseman chose a book to adapt for their broadcast. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The council had agreed that both he and Methuselah, plus any creature they chose to help them, were to be left to their own devices. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When they got to Galilee and found the old pink restaurant surrounded by a colorful clutter of buildings, they chose a green metal table near the water. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I guess you can really narrow things down in a major way, if you choose to. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Then I am right, he has chosen Draco in revenge!” choked Narcissa. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Not getting chosen isn’t something we want to think about. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Usually the person who gets chosen to plug in the lights is someone who’s done something really special for the village that year. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Everyone will need a partner, so please choose one.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was pre-interviewed for television quiz shows such as Top Dollar and Lucky Partners, but despite her high intelligence and erudition she was never chosen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We did solve our task, but by that point, we had decided to take the Uncles’ identities, so we chose not to tell the Gran. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mamá would be happy to have the money; she didn’t have to be told how badly Ortega had treated Salvador unless he himself chose to tell her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Who do these people think they are? Gods? They can just choose to wipe out the entire eastern half of the United States? Like the PFC has more right to live than anyone else?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He just jumped out of the car, glanced into each room he passed, and began to jimmy the door of his choosing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Of course, he was wearing an outfit of his mother’s choosing, sent to him this morning: a vest of dark bluish-green velvet, with almost ridiculously billowy white sleeves bursting from the blue-and-white-striped shoulders. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The deadline for choosing an academic team was the Tuesday following the winter holiday. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny grabs her usual jeans and T-shirts, but I find it hard to choose something new. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I chose you,” Gwydion said, not unkindly, “more for your sword than for your harp.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to feel the contrast to when Chrissie and Rodney had touched her, and I deliberately chose exactly the same spot. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chosen ones returned from restaurant meals and overnights hand in hand with their new “mom” and “dad.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Booth left behind no explanation for why he chose the Deringer over a revolver. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had scolded them for it at the time, but now she chose to take a different perspective on the incident. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I didn’t have time to pick and choose, you know.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bentley had chosen New Haven over the much larger FBI office near her home in New York City, betting that she could avoid being followed by Russian agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t get to choose what you remember. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Italy’s a cool subject, especially since Mr. Gardner said we could choose any aspect of the country. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Once you give your location and choose some of your favorite things,” I said, “the app will figure out...” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

No wonder Sonia chose to run into the arms of that boy. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was choosing my courses for the next semester. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was angry that they chose to pick on me because they thought I would just take it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Being a restless child, he quickly grew bored with the familiarity of the dances and chose instead to watch the audiences. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And not just my name—my nickname, the name I chose when I joined Dauntless? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We seemed to be able to choose, then. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1777 the Congress chose him to join Franklin in Paris to negotiate the alliance with France. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As Perry continued to sort and choose, the pile of material he thought too dear to part with, even temporarily, assumed a tottering height. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great! But you’d need to start right away, before the Olympians choose another artist for their installations.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still, it is fair to wonder why the police would choose to arrest such an astonishing percentage of the American public for minor drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever she was asked how she had selected her team for the Academic Bowl, she chose one of several good answers. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie hands me her copy of One Thousand and One Careers and says, “It’s basically a presentation from each department explaining what they do and why we should choose them.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After being an apprentice for nearly three months, Citra couldn’t deny that she wanted to be chosen by Scythe Faraday to receive the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Each day we’d walk down the hill to the village and hang around in a line outside the village shop waiting for our turn to get inside and choose a few essentials. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog was wronged by being chosen as his animal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why couldn’t you choose a school close to home?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Gaw, he thought, it's not enough to choose my words as if I were a prince. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped some blood from my forehead with the back of my hand, then chose to ignore the pain. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Still believing in a God who chooses sides. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I avoided his, choosing instead to gaze at the butterflies flying above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When, a year from now, I choose between you, the unchosen one can return to his or her former life easily enough. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It makes me feel, I don’t know. Like I’m in control. I get to choose who gets to see me. How they see me. I don’t think it’s for everyone,” I said, and shrugged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Having already been on a train, I chose sleep this time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Thlayli! Shall we mate with whom we choose and dig our own burrows and bear our litters alive?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think I chose this particular day, little brother? He’ll melt like a Popsicle out there.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would award school ‘colours’ by walking up to the chosen boy after a match and shaking him by the hand and saying, ‘Graggers on your teamer!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one of these meetings, during a discussion about choosing a name for the charrette, Clement suggested “Save Our Schools,” or SOS. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I bought them complete because it was thorough-going, I did not trust the editors of selections to choose all the best. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the state of Alabama chose not to cooperate with the Supreme Court decision. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their backs would straighten and they’d put on attentive faces like their lives depended on the bolt of fabric she chose. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Mr. Johnson the privilege of choosing me a name, but told him he must not take from me the name of “Frederick.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, that wouldn't make it very anonymous, would it, miss? The donor asked not to be identified. But please order whatever you choose.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Captain, who I’d always believed was different, had, like everyone else, chosen her over me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’m not sure of it,’ he said to himself, ‘and why should I remind them of the old villain, if they choose to forget him? I wish I could!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There were about a million dogs to choose from, but I knew which one was for me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she might become one of those women—pitied or envied—who chose not to have children. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I figured he’d choose the big ones—like her secretly saving up for three years in a row to buy him that expensive plane saw he was coveting over at Sears. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever you could get the best results for the least money was what you chose. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“It was a test. You chose not to pick up the rifle.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Once inside, I flip through magazines, slowly choose a piece of fruit, a candy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how few coppers they made and how often they had to go without rice but, on the other hand, I felt sorry for those who were chosen. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I don’t want to go with the people who choose me?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that I was no longer arguing with him but with Death itself, with Death that he had already chosen. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never paid much attention to the names the children had picked, but looking at her now, he knew that Sansa had chosen well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As Jillson had explained, the children were free to leave their lights and televisions on “all night long,” if they chose, provided their rooms were dark by ten o’clock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We each are going to choose one of our favorite journal entries and combine them into a classroom book like the letters they’d previously sent to Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Two teams were organized and, after much debate, names were chosen: The Sparkle Ponies would stay on the beach, tend to the wounded, and try to salvage whatever they could from the wreckage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The story does not say which of the two methods was used in his case, but there was not much to choose between them and in one way or the other Procrustes’ career ended. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose a place on the couch, next to the coffee table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dress we choose for me is a pale lime green—the only one like it in the store. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In the course of the restless night, he had reached his decision, though at present he refrained from speaking of it, still unsure he had chosen wisely. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether to be angry at the people laughing at me or flattered by the fact that he chose me first. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When that day came, the Augurs would choose a new Emperor through a series of physical and mental tests: the Trials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tehlu gathered the people who were watching and chose a priest among them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And then she told you to choose, and you made your choice.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not obvious whether this is because it didn’t happen, or because it simply wasn’t something these women chose to talk about when they looked back on their wartime experiences. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We chose this particular island because we saw some goats on it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate was pulled off balance, and Jackson chose that exact moment to give her a shove—and no gentle shove, at that. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next we listen to each snippet and choose our favorites, which Nico splices together. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Timothy waited a long time before answering, probably trying to choose the right words. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine the over-the-top reaction if I choose theater as a career. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If anything and everything is to be treated as an actor’s judgement then the ideas of truth, rationality and objective reality become meaningless, and we can all be immortal if we choose. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The question was: How often would consumers, asked to choose among the four alternatives, pick the right car? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“First of all, I don’t know that he’ll choose me to get the ring. And secondly, I can’t give you immunity.’ Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to sit with Ayesha and some of the others, since the Director is letting us choose tables tonight.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He explained in beautiful language that the African people knew that a nonviolent struggle would entail suffering but had chosen it because they prized freedom above all else. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The three of you are now the wards of Lord Fredrick Ashton, and in his capacity as master of the household, he has chosen names for you.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He was punished by being forced to serve on earth as a slave for a year and Admetus was the master he chose or Zeus chose for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Boghetti phoned Marian in Philadelphia to tell her that she had been chosen as one of sixteen semifinalists. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Enoch blinked at her, surprised, then said very calmly, “You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The inequalities were so great that if a man chose to put his children up for adoption, his wife was legally defenseless to object. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The rider simply sat there, letting him choose what to do. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came down to more food or heat, the cold weather made Jay choose heat—we’re supposed to get snow flurries next week. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She chose the gaudiest one there—four-inch-high ballet dancers in purple tutus, their pink legs pirouetting on a greenish four- in-hand. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

That is what brought her to the Augurs’ attention, what made them choose her as the prize for the Third Trial and the victim for the Fourth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mother sits in a chair in the dressing lounge and I choose the first LadyJDay suit I try on, light blue poplin with a round-collar jacket. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Neither did the fact that Jason had chosen to wear a purple shirt today—the color of the Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Remember, even chickens who can forage for insects and other foods will get the majority of their nutritional needs from this feed, so choose wisely. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Handsome Lord Velaryon chose sea-green silk, the white gold seahorse at his throat matching his long fair hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We had a small collection of books in our class, but it was no secret that the boys’ school had a much bigger library to choose from. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He chose me to get back at you and you know that. He knew my name would hurt you more than anyone else’s.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They said that Bridge should choose an animal to draw in the upper left-hand comers of her homework, and then they would be a club. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A secret mantra that she could use to choose a lover from among the gods. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't think Mr. Kreuk considers morals when he chooses who to sell to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My hobby is to ignore the awards and excel when I choose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many rows and rows of delicious candies to choose from that we’d spend an hour trying to decide how to spend the ten cents we’d each made. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, see now, I would’ve chosen this other one. Listen to the little rattle it makes when I walk.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“People choose all the time. Look at my parents,” Audrey said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

So she simply chose a direction, picking her way around tree roots and snowdrifts, until finally she came to a small clearing where the snow had not fallen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d flown close enough to Galina in that air battle to be able to recognize her as a woman—and he’d chosen not to fire his guns at her because she was a woman. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She smiled and I knew it was because I had chosen the same table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It's too much to wrap my brain around, which only leads me back to wondering why I’ve been chosen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The wise person would clearly choose Christianity instead of atheism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She tells me to choose one story and write an explanation of what I learned from reading it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wished I hadn’t chosen such a good hiding place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hastily, Root and Burnham conferred and chose five Chicago firms to join the effort, among them Adler & Sullivan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This was where Tony chose to spend his days. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact I was wondering if they had chosen the Surrey side to play Middlesex at the Oval,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They chose the topic of “rights and responsibilities,” and planned to focus on the right to drive but the responsibility to do so without using a phone or texting. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not exactly what I would have chosen for a meeting with the police. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It took only about ten days before I could get quite close to the troop I chose to watch. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if maybe she’d chosen it, out of the others, because it was less garish. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her brother, Robert, chose Amity when I chose Dauntless, so he is somewhere in this compound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many in the government, including Mr. de Klerk, chose to look the other way or ignore what they knew was going on under their noses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the people in my village finally decided that the man had chosen wisely, but everyone kept talking about what the tortoise had said. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that guard they chose mostly archers who knew the ways of Ithilien and would lie hid in the woods and slopes about the meeting of the ways. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She had even called Caroline and thanked her for choosing a costume I could wear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

He picked out a casket, chose a plot, ordered a headstone, and paid for die death notices in the newspaper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No matter what ruler we choose, our measurement never seems to come out right. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“They chose right and true,” Chasca replied in a fierce tone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Boring and uneventful,” Javier said, choosing Tracer for his first round in the game. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had chosen the right thing, for once. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many lawyers were involved that they all couldn’t fit in the courtroom, and Ogden finally ruled that two were to be chosen to represent all the rest. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The fight had probably started at the spring and they had stalked him to this place where he had chosen to fight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

That symbol would become a tattoo on the arm of the chosen apprentice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This time he chose different words: They gobble down all the food at home. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He wishes she would choose a different word. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, is she not lovely, though so sad! Her dress is well chosen, too, for in a week she weds Count Antonio, whom she passionately hates.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was for the citizens of both the North and South to choose a single government that would lead a reunited Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Surely Dumbledore had chosen them, as the eldest member of the family once his mother had died. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some of the wild cards then rise to become the regularly chosen players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They chose a big orle, so big that the strongest field hands bent their backs under its weight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Casting around for a company symbol, Green chose the profile of a bull. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Zeus parted them and told Marpessa to choose which she would have. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, the emperor soon has so many to choose from that he easily finds the one he needs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand how he could choose death just so he could get back to his rose. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although many women in Afghanistan traditionally chose to wear the burka, a head-to-toe covering—including his grandmother and his aunts—the Taliban now made it mandatory. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

My classmates at El Camino Junior High School, where I was the smallest kid, reminded me of it every time they chose teams to play basketball during recess. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

At dawn he started with a chosen few and for the first time a boat filled with armed men floated on the Tiber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I had no real ties to him, what would make me want to save him, to choose him over myself? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m jest as glad young W.T. chose to locate over here.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Though chronically low on funds, she chose Amsterdam’s best professional engravers. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But only in the place and time of your choosing. The word for that is invasion.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s a lot more to it—maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Only the old Heartrender known as the Witch of Fells chose to remain. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“De chillun don’t keep her in no mo’ so she visits when she chooses.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of wrapping that’s been carefully chosen, not the wrinkled tissue in a Christmas bag that Zach Oh might give. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing would get me to choose the mosh pit.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I once asked your mother why she chose to marry your father. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You know how to choose what’s good for you. So, are you going to put the ladder away?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you choose a singular or a plural verb? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family lost sight of her and the only one who could have gone to look for her chose not to because he did not wish to hurt his brother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to keep the shirt to remind me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't have anything against people who chose to wear a head scarf. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Whatever he chooses. If he stays here I don’t doubt he will become the next Illien.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reaching in the back of the wagon, Toomer chose a bunch of wilted flowers wrapped in Spanish moss and said, “Give these flowers to your mama when she gets home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I train my eyes on the floor and stand behind the Dauntless-born initiates who chose to return to their own faction. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You were chosen because you are young and strong. You sur-vived the long journey here. You will fetch a great price.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its lights hit her rearview mirror, which she adjusted and then said abruptly, "Mr. Singh, do you know how I chose The Souls?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her hand and studied the peanuts for what seemed like a minute before choosing one. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every one of the seven chose the Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I asked, referring to the theme my classmates had chosen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Sounds to me like once this judge knows who wants to enter, he’ll choose the best from each school and never mind how old they are. Dumbledore’s trying to stop us giving our names.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of Papa, instead of the Cloth, instead of Velma, and I chose not to do without them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will it be alright, reader, if I choose just the good ones? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her chances of being chosen so remote that I'd not even bothered to worry about her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Our powers grow. The rules of nature are turned upside down. Once the Earth Mother wakes, we shall remake the world as we choose!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He packed up the shoeshine box and carried it out, and chose a cream linen shirt from the three on the airer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But because she loved me more, she chose to give it up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need help from nobody, okay? And that li’l minimum-wage job your pops gave me didn’t make nothing happen. I got tired of choosing between lights and food.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s so funny. He’s, like, so adamant that he doesn’t mind doing long distance with Bram, and it’s just a coincidence that he chose New York.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In honor of Ezekial Freeman—what a handsome name her friend had chosen for himself—she bought Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass -. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is the group that’s been chosen to be sheltered at the mansion? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One month she had paid in full and then hadn’t had enough money for groceries and electricity: what a thing, to choose between hunger and darkness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your first earnings, so you get to choose.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I should think you would be more responsible with the information you print in the publication you choose to call a newspaper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few others are tapped for politics and Congress, and some are chosen to stay behind and teach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

‘If you’re a god, you can look like whatever you want. If you had a twin -’ ‘I’d choose to look like anything but my sibling,’ Frank agreed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“There might have been another way. You made the choice. You chose nightmares. I was too young to know better. You used me like one of your ghosts.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A girl she recognized from her class, one who always ignored her and whose name she couldn’t remember, was chosen—and then her best friend was too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If so, we have long since forgotten it. We would not wish for our son other than what he would wish for himself. He has chosen well.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both doors were closed, so I chose the one on the right. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She waited until they were all in their usual places, and then she asked, "Did I choose you, or did you choose me?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” I said, choosing my words carefully while he fiddled with my ribbon, “do you think...do you think I could be a schoolteacher?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As I had imagined on that beach in Rabat, my senior year was full of activity, activities that I chose for myself instead of following a never-ending to-do list. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But once we got into our groups, I discovered the other girls had already chosen which parts they wanted. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She could as easily have chosen my tree, and then I would have had to risk fighting her one-on-one. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You are our chosen child, our only daughter. We missed so much of your life, and we cannot erase some of the tragedies.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was time for each of the seven regions to make its toughest cuts and choose the four members for its Library Olympics team. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sasha sifted through them, and after trying on a few skirts in the bathroom, chose three to take home. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We want only what is right. But if you will not, then you choose war, for we must fight to defend those who are defenseless.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Selby chose the songs, arranged the harmonies, selected the soloists, and conducted the performance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could Hermione have a nervous breakdown—the generally preferred term for her friend who worked in the wireless—how could she choose silence and fear and sorrow in her children? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again—when you start paying for the food, you can choose where we eat.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Hanako selected pink for herself and waited for her brother to choose his—he took a tan one with green sprinkles. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom wouldn't buy me Barbies because there weren't many black Barbies to choose from, and the ones that were painted brown had white girl features and hair, fake girl bodies. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody tried to tell them how to choose jobs or schools, where they could live, where they could shop, or where they went to the bathroom. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I choose the path winding along the shore, leading to a row of red-painted benches facing the ocean. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had they chosen such a long and inconvenient route? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

While Scythe Faraday always reviewed his notes on his chosen subject and used public transportation, Scythe Curie had an old-school sports car that required substantial skill to drive—especially on a winding mountain road. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t you be over there with the chosen?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You’ve come far, and I believe that you will continue to do good work—whatever you choose to do with your life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s faded, but it still exists in Lkossa for a chosen few. I'm one of those few.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t expect you to choose Book Scavenger or doing anything with me,” Emily said quietly. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I used to believe that you could not choose who you love any more than you could choose the picture on a used shirt. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis had chosen Latin for the day, the better to show my excellence in the subject. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Four isn’t trying to prove something by choosing the weak, what is he doing? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If some keys are easier for you to play in than others, you may want to check to make sure the key you choose has "nice" chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As I later discovered, they had nearly chosen a different facility because the authorities feared I might attract sympathetic attention at a university hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Making a decision isn’t about knowing every potential consequence. It’s about knowing what you want and choosing a path that takes you in that direction.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The first thing Hands did, when they chose up sides, was to pick Maniac for his team. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shower alone has a panel with more than a hundred options you can choose regulating water temperature, pressure, soaps, shampoos, scents, oils, and massaging sponges. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

By picking the right rotation rate, we could be as light or as heavy as we chose. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, how you can go years seeing only what you choose to see, and picking your outrage like you pick out a slip, leaving all the others hanging on their slim mesarthium dowel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So whichever dictionary you choose, read the user manual in the front to see how yours handles multiple or variant pronunciations. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since the Party is in full control of all records, and in equally full control of the minds of its members, it follows that the past is whatever the Party chooses to make it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Fathers were real important to the Quapaw, so if yours died, you had to get another one. Instead of letting the grownups decide, they let the kids choose.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She told me she would never choose to return to life as a naiad,” Kendra said after a while. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

On my twenty-seventh birthday, the birthday I had chosen, I submitted my PhD dissertation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We choose the same track and rev up. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But even if he had the vials and managed to choose the right one, he doubted he’d have time to take it before he crumbled to dust like his bow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

For herself, Dicey chose the other back bedroom, because it looked to the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chose the United States because they'd already lived there for a period of time, while my dad was in college. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’d chosen it partly because I wasn’t sure of Mola’s climbing ability, and partly because my own injuries had left me feeling less than athletic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was living in Addis Ababa at the time, and the slaughterhouse was chosen because, he says, "it was convenient." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Some scythes—mostly the old-guard ones—arrived on foot, choosing a humble walk from their hotels over a more flashy arrival. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"I don't even know what most of the choices are. You choose. You choose for me, Rani." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Strauss scholars disagree on whether his withdrawal was a rejection of his previous accommodation with the regime, a suspicion that it might not last, or simply an old man choosing retirement. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Let him go through Ensenada ahead of her if he so chose. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Pages and cupbearers. If die Great Masters make objection, explain to them that in Westerns it is a great honor for a child to be chosen to serve at court.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The house with the green shutters was more valuable, but Mom had chosen the adobe house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My aunts, uncles, cousins, and I are all a product of the life she lived and the life she bravely chose not to live. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jamie, the chosen brother, didn’t even care for hot fudge sundaes although he could have bought one at least every other week. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to continue to train hard and do well at meets, because I’d been chosen to be the face of major brands, and I wanted to make them proud. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was near time for Pa and Mrs. to walk in, so we chose the last song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He did not know why the Thought Police should choose to deliver their messages in such a fashion, but perhaps they had their reasons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back, but choosing to quit, to be factionless, would be the bravest thing I have ever done, and today I feel like a coward. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Student leaders were chosen to lead the march to other schools in the area, where we planned to pick up more students for a rally at a nearby stadium. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why should you care who I choose to warm my bed?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It might fly away. After all, it’s got a lot of spots to choose from. Look at them all over the leaves.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a spouse? Could you apply for a child, and then—I suppose this would be against the rules, but—could you choose the one that would be assigned to you?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jupiter chooses that exact moment to look over her shoulder at me and smile. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But she thought she knew why he chose the Italian Renaissance. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is beautiful. I feared it had been unhappy and for that reason you chose not to speak of it.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t freedom mean you can choose where you want to be? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Given my lack of choices, what if I’ve just chosen him by default? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she chose her own path—let her walk it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How marvelously odd, I thought, to be required to pick and choose which way to go. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gaea seemed to be whispering to her: You must choose one. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, she might even choose the same on the second day. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which did she choose?” asked one of the laughing gentlemen, who enjoyed the subject. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I choose an apartment two-thirds of the way down the block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The trade-off was that the highway route was so much longer that choosing it would greatly increase our chances of a forced touchdown. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Had she been born five hundred years sooner, Raphael would have chosen her as a model for his cherubs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they moved to their present home, with its ten rooms, her parents chose different bedrooms for the first time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She had two moms, a real one and a surrogate, and she’d chosen the surrogate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He could not remember, ever before, choosing not to act. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the end, he chose to give speeches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

John Mark Metzker has been around longer than the other six guys Mom sorta dated, whose names I choose not to remember. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As those conversations took place, the one thing that stood out for my parents and me was the personal connection I felt with the agent I ultimately chose, Janey Miller from Octagon. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dried blood still clings to one long strand of hair, as if he chose to dye it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As yet Cluny had not chosen a new second-in-command, though he had let it be known that any of his followers who distinguished himself in the coming battle would receive immediate promotion in the field. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Liyana said, “It seems like big trouble any way you look at it. Im sorry, but I don’t like it. Do you believe you’re chosen? It sounds like the teacher’s pet.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather choose the golden mean, which isn’t so golden, and keep my thoughts to myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The future that she had been chosen to create. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn was not concerned with what Lady Frey might choose to name her child. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All Fornatee knew was that the hair rule was putting him in the uncomfortable position of having to choose between his coach and his friends. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And now, here are your instructions: The day I have chosen for the visit is the first day in the month of February. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Having once been accepted by the spirit of the land, it seemed likely he would be chosen again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Hazel chose a path, the stairs split again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I will put an enchantment on him so that he does not wake for six hours. When we have got him safely into my castle, he can choose which of us he will have, himself.’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she was chosen today, Citra would not defy the edict to glean Rowan—but she did have a plan that might save both of them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As Great Britain’s self-confidence grew, its people began more and more to identify with God’s chosen people, the Israelites of the Old Testament, whose destiny the British were more than happy to appropriate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I have a school project about world geography, and I thought I would choose one of the countries she traveled to.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She chooses one and he removes the woody husk for her with a machete. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You just chose natural things. How about paintings, or music. We say, ‘The potter makes a beautiful vase.’ Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Lexie had chosen the 100th Bomb Group, a restaurant out near the airport where the family went for very special occasions, the most recent being Mr. Richardson’s forty-fourth birthday. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It meant choosing a major in college, getting grades, passing tests, and knowing where you wanted to go. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, she chose a direction and we rushed forward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was why—despite being well established—she chose to teach the beginning students. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The colors I chose to draw with are all super bright and happy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Of the 243 “happily married” men in the sample, only 12 chose to post a picture of themselves. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The process of choosing an agent was a strange new experience for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Far from them sit the Phoenix Riders already chosen for this year’s team, led by Asher Wing, their flaming red hoods and jackets prominent. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Is that why you chose Dauntless? Because of your parents?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I will not be a candidate, and I will not be chosen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the success of her team, Mrs. Olinski was asked more and more often how she had chosen them, and she continued to give several good answers, varying them as the need arose. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been walking around and playing things back in my head—he said, she said, temptation, release; if only I could settle on something, choose to stick, not twist. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He plans a line of defense along Pipe Creek, far from Gettysburg, in the unreal hope that Lee will attack him on ground of his own choosing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But for Dolly, it’s not dress up or make-believe. It’s her life. And it’s exactly how she chose for it to be.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

How is one to choose between the Gestapo inquisitor and the prison cook? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She slept alongside another foster child, who wet the bed, and every morning she chose her clothes from a box of hand-me-downs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When he got in himself, he gave a small wave to the man who had been chosen to stay behind, blocking the doorway to keep Zizmo’s spirit from reentering the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No undercover wizard would have chosen to pose as a Magizoologist at that period. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if I choose not to press it?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I have been chosen to be Santa Lucia by all the sisters! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa deserved praise for not choosing to have more sons with another woman, of course, for not choosing to take a second wife. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I don't have to choose—like Liz said, it can be both. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

An apprentice should never be chosen in haste, but I was foolish. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wondered why his father couldn’t have chosen a decent career. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When he asked where they sold funeral wreaths they took him from house to house so that he could choose the best ones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Though Lucas Mangope, the president of Bophuthatswana, had chosen to keep his homeland out of the election, the tide of events soon altered the situation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I hate to admit it, my parents chose this place because it was the best one around. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mendel had discovered the discontinuous nature of genes, Fisher knew, because he had chosen highly discrete traits and crossed pure-breeding plants to begin with. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But”—Nina tilted her head—“he chose something else, don’t you see? He doesn’t want you anymore.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I choose to be more than Iapetus,” said the Titan. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Which would Mademoiselle choose if she had her will?” asked Esther, who always sat near to watch over and lock up the valuables. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that happened to our family, every injury, every near death, was because we had been chosen, we were special. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, well,” said the Fat Lady, “Violet’s just told me everything. Who’s just been chosen as school champion, then?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Conor couldn’t see any teachers out of the corner of his eye, so he knew Harry had chosen a moment when they could bother him unseen. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I spent all my time worrying about which faction I would choose and never considered what would happen if I chose Dauntless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“No? I’m sorry. It’s harder to pick and choose when you’re dead. It’s like a photograph, you know. It doesn’t matter as much.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She’d lost her temper once before—once, when her first overseer chose the wrong day to push her too hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had said, “God’s speaking. You’re merely the instrument he chooses at this time. God is a wonderful speaker, so you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess Mr. K. chose it because bugs live in trees. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We all clambered up into the chosen tree, straddling the big, damp branches. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d hope that Adarlan’s Assassin would choose to attack me in a more dignified manner. At least with a sword or a knife, through preferably not in the back.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I chose the church at the top of Pleasance Road, which is about two miles from Cathy’s flat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you choose not to save the baby?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In that way I am choosing you over him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He often found it difficult to live up to the demands of his chosen faction, just as I did. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I think this: What dog wouldn’t choose this home? The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Marcus chose this one because it was the biggest and most nearly empty. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I have so many bad nights to choose from that I’ve made none the champion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think of how Rhyia would never have chosen me, of how Madoc didn’t even wait to see the conclusion of the battle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He is choosing what he thinks will give her the best chance of survival. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Peeta’s argument is that since I chose you, I now owe him. Anything he wants. And what he wants is the chance to go in again to protect you,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier in his life, Bell chose to end his promising basketball career rather than have surgery on his knee. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I soothed myself by spending time choosing a dress to wear for my birthday dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As irritated as I was by all this, deep down I was beginning to grasp what my parents already knew: no matter which path I chose, I'd be giving up something. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As a young woman, Susan B. Anthony had considered and turned down several marriage proposals, choosing to devote herself to her work instead of family. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Pérez, who was an important and busy man in his country, continually chose to spend time with Farmer rather than other the conference. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But why would Halliday have chosen to hide the Copper Key here? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She chose not to point out that they hadn’t been spared the arena at all. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After we unanimously chose Becky’s suggested team name, “Apptitude,” we brainstormed what kind of app we wanted to build, one that would help solve a problem. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The shape of a boxer’s nose is not just the consequence of his genetic heritage; it is determined by the nature of his chosen profession, and the number of physical assaults on its cartilage. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Crispin, there’s an old soldier’s saying: ‘If you have to choose between alertness and worry, being alert will bring you more days of life.’ Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He chose a pallet at last and lay down, but all night long he lay with open eyes there in the raftered hall among the sleep of strangers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the Ring Dance. It is said the crawlers perform it only in the greatest secrecy for ones they believe to be chosen,” answered Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After I quit, Ms. Hawkins told me that I had until the middle of October to choose a different club, and that it would have to be approved by her. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

That is the rationale behind the American Heritage Dictionary’s Usage Panel: two hundred authors, journalists, editors, scholars, and other public figures whose writing shows that they choose their words with care. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then he spreads a tarpaulin out on the ground, underneath the chosen tree, wrapping it around the trunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan, the fourth member of our group—a guy who always talked at me and never looked me in the eye—chose that moment to yawn. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Convinced he was destined for greatness, Charles always chose the easiest path possible, which brought failure at almost everything he did. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t good enough for Abnegation,” I say, “and I wanted to be free. So I chose Dauntless.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So when you get a chance to choose, of course, you choose your own kind. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet was therefore established as a sweet girl, and their brother felt authorised by such commendation to think of her as he chose. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Neville Longbottom had been sent letters from all the witches and wizards in his family, all giving him different advice on what to choose. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Escapist fun was not, by and large, a route chosen by classical composers in the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And as if to seal the deal, instead of learning to play electric guitar, I’d gone and chosen the cello. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. War is never fair. Who chooses which men get killed and which ones don’t?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all felt proud because we were walking a route of our own choosing, and not at the point of any gun. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I got to choose it, or if it had somehow already claimed me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We can’t only rely on our sense of taste when we choose what we eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Does this mean I’ll actually have the choice to go to a white college—anywhere I choose? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It took a full week before Julian took the hint that I did not choose to walk with him from the bus to the building. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we caught our breaths and tried to refocus on choosing my bird. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Queen Morgause of the Out Isles had stayed away from the feasting on purpose—had chosen her moment with the utmost care. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an aspiring politician, it was essential for Comrade Pillai to be seen in his chosen constituency as a man of influence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If no verb follows, choose like: Homer walks like a duck. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then I’d get my hopes up, thinking maybe I’d be recognized for my brilliant tactical or motivational skills and would be chosen first for a change. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then Marco gripped my hand in such a way I had to choose between following him on to the floor or having my arm torn off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had a sharp, dangerous beak, and the one eye he chose to open stared down maliciously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He chose to bring his son Kermit, and of the six American men that he originally brought with him to South America, he chose only one to continue with them down the River of Doubt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

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

“If you choose to drown in loneliness, go ahead, but don’t claim she wasn’t our sister. We’re not just friends, we’re family.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He chose from a salad bar of grasses: western wheatgrass, little bluestem, buffalo grass, green needlegrass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Yet, if I read it well, you are of the few I would welcome here. Indeed, you may stay if you choose. Surely you can entrust your task to your friends.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

My brother, Toby, who was two and a half, chose that moment to plop a bowl of porridge on his head. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I choose my food blobs by color. No neutrals. Only brights.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I better hear a good reason why you chose to risk your life by waking me up like that.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When he stroked his mustache like that, it meant he was thinking and choosing his words with care. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained how as a lawyer I was often forced to choose between compliance with the law and accommodating my conscience. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let's get this straight: I'm not going to forget why I'm here just because I chose Abnegation and I'm going to get married. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It is illogical to say he is a misfit just because he chooses to ride a different animal, provided he can carry out his cowboy duties.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

She chose a basement room located under a real estate firm on F Street in a well-traveled part of Washington, DC. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mom seemed to be choosing them by how easy they’d be to get on me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The eager young Sherpa wasn’t chosen that year, but he remained in India and was hired by Shipton for the 1935 British Everest expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Mrs. Salinger went on, “And I have already chosen the pairs, so don’t bother begging. In fact, don’t ask. The pairs are listed at the top of this sheet.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I hated her when she was the last chosen for her team and I, the last chosen for my team. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were seated on the blanket in the place Matty had chosen to spend the first night. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

This man was different: it would have been easy for him to hunt in the flatland, where there were wide skies and light, but he chose instead to go into dark and thick forests. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mother held on tight to the hand of Ruth May, her chosen child, but also stayed near me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I guess my Dad chose it....I was born in Kentucky.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was evidently the room that the old man had chosen for his workshop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said that he was exactly the kind of smart, decent president I would choose for this country, even if selfishly I’d have rather kept him closer to home all these years. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He can, maybe, by his will choose what things shall be seen by weaker minds, or cause them to mistake the meaning of what they see. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But now I would choose to hang out with him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“They chose to tamper with fate,” Ultima answered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can still choose your path,” said Eilonwy, “so long as it leads you from us. And I hope you follow it as swiftly as you did when you sneaked away.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could have put a stop to this misery weeks ago, but instead he chose not to. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The path had been chosen so as to ensure that there would be nothing small in the picture — no flowers, no low walls, nothing for scale. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here I am simply ‘Jack,’ and I choose you as my ‘Jill.’ Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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 thumbed through a stack of papers and chose the only two I found from 1917. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

George kept quiet until it was time to choose members of the crew to help out onstage, but then her hand was up first. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“In remembering to raise the question he prepared in advance, he gains the doctor’s full attention and focuses it on an issue of his choosing,” Lareau writes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Why shouldn’t they choose something that really interests them?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was my turn to choose a movie. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It is doubtful whether the thing would ever have been done and they would have gone as they were until the waters chose to recede had not a thing happened. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He was again forced to choose between his image and his trainer’s wishes, and Howard was a man who had great difficulty compromising his image. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear she was choosing her words carefully. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She used to think of her future as a big plate of choices, and when the time came, she would choose from the plate. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for them, the place they’d chosen for their smoking experiment was the same one where Dusty Muleman had stored several surplus boxes of fireworks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Susanna and your father had chosen to give you a chance at something other than Penikese or an orphanage, and that letter meant you had arrived safely in a better place. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was a pear or a peach or something like that, but usually it was an apple or a banana, and you had to choose. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were being headed off, and were simply following a course chosen for them — eastwards and southwards, into the heart of the Forest and not out of it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One day Jockey was bound to choose the correct day of his birth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Jonas was glad that he had, over the years, chosen to do his hours in a variety of places so that he could experience the differences. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She did not gown herself as a lady, but chose a knight's finery instead, a velvet doublet quartered rose-and-azure, breeches and boots and a fine-tooled swordbelt, her new rainbow cloak flowing down her back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When there are many worlds you can choose the one you walk into each day. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We chose December 16 to show that the African had only begun to fight, and that we had righteousness — and dynamite — on our side. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, I'm sure you would choose someone nice." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They did not know the way to choose the right materials. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose a pattern with a woven look at the corners that resembles the weaving of a basket, five strips of fabric around the border. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As the children chose their seats, the Executives held a private discussion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four doctors were chosen to care for these patients. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

My mother has since told me that she intuited the real reason for the psychological assessment, but chose not to dwell on it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Elinor knelt down on the floorboards, on the wood she had so carefully chosen. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It said a good criminal chooses a alias that’s kind of close to their own name. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kathy H., they say, she gets to pick and choose, and she always chooses her own kind: people from Hailsham, or one of the other privileged estates. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Supreme Court’s ruling on the health care law last year, while upholding it, allowed states to choose whether to expand Medicaid. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

If I were a bear, this would be the moment I would choose to lunge. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What was the point of that, huh? I wasn’t aware that when I chose Dauntless, I was signing up for weeks of torture!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Choosing between them seemed like choosing between the head and the heart of the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Of two evils, she chose the one that struck her as the lesser. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I assured him that solitary confinement would be fine as long as I could wear and eat what I chose. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You may also choose to purchase other clothing and hygiene items through canteen. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was still not sure what to make of Professor Ezeka’s hoarse superciliousness, his certainty that he knew better than everyone else but chose to say little. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of us weren’t needed, so they escorted us to the river followed by the chosen ones. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He chose to leave. I hope you don't blame me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I know what he’ll choose before he even opens his mouth. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are an infinite number of rationals, and between any two numbers you choose, no matter how close together, there are still an infinite number of rationals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If laws of nature are something less than mathematical truths and something more than perceived regularities, then it would seem clear that they exist only because God has chosen to make them apply. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“We’re hoping to work with the administration on choosing a more inclusive mascot,” Noah explained. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Holding the green marker, I look between David waiting in my doorway and Kristi choosing a CD from my shelf. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d chosen blue and were stenciling white stars all over it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I chose some familiar foods and a few new items, but I was too nervous to eat much. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I will at least choose—her I love best. Jane, will you marry me?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crave to be rid of them, but find myself being careful, too, choosing which ones to let out into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fortune-teller nods and stacks the three piles of cards back into one deck, leaving Bailey’s chosen cards on top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was quite a compliment to me, as a matter of fact, to have such a person choose me for his best friend. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, they chose Khalilou, and then myself, then a few others. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Oriana chooses a blush pink for herself and a cricket green for Oak. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yellow dog eyes, predatory, examining a creature he could destroy in a moment if he chose. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had chosen teaching because I liked specifically the idea of teaching English. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

You choose one at random, trailing a few feathers with you. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There are many chile plants to choose from—-too many—all small, which is what I need. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of curling in my tube tunnel, I choose a swing next to Madge. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

I chose macrame because I’m the only guy with twenty semihot girls, which I thought was pretty good odds for me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He knew Johnny could beat up Dove any time he chose. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please just let us choose and get it over with. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Who would choose to be gay when they knew it was so much easier to be straight? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

My god, they must have chosen the color of the cold cuts just to punch me in the stomach. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Easy for you to say. You’re everybody’s golden boy, the son of Jupiter. The only person who ever accepted me was Bianca, and she died! I didn’t choose any of this. My father, my feelings...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This distinction played havoc with congressional debate by creating doubt that the temporary location, once chosen, would ever be abandoned. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Given the choice between seeing an evil socialist doctor, and admitting to my boyfriend that I believed doctors were evil socialists, I chose to see the doctor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

You and Gina can choose to be friends for life, right here and now, even if you’re still learning how to be one. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She chose her words, careful not to say anything about Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What I mean is, we’re free. We choose what we want to do and who we want to be. Sometimes you gotta fight hard for it, but it’s worth it, to choose for yourself.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After a little while he turned suddenly, and choosing a place where the banks were lower, he waded the river, and then led them away due south into a flat land, treeless and wide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“So in turn you betrayed me. You betrayed us all. I might have chosen for you once, Sarai, but today the choice was all yours.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He chose the high shelf of his closet, which he could not reach without standing on his chair. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She'd never expressed any great interest in the thing but was chosen because, at the age of ten, she possessed what our dad decided were the most artistic fingers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Already traffic on the street had increased sharply, as each day hundreds of citizens drove their carriages to the park to see the chosen site. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Whatever course he chose, he had to choose it now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I allow myself to truly think on it, I cannot fault Locke for choosing her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He chooses “The Wizard and I” from Wicked. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life, I had deliberately chosen where I wanted to sit, and I hadn’t asked anyone for permission. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"That's for the Old Bear to say, the one you call the Lord Crow. I'm only his squire. I do not choose the road I ride." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If Jerome Paisley heard the threat, he chose not to acknowledge it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He chose not to repeat her own advice back to her, however; the eve of their attempted assault on Gringotts felt like the wrong moment to antagonize her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He motions to the front of the school, where Mr. Montgomery is trying to convince voters to choose his candidate. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She’d chosen a strapless gold lame jumpsuit with a seaweed belt and had blown her long hair straight like a 1970s chanteuse. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

‘Shall I always be chosen?’ she said bitterly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, maybe,” admitted Scythe Curie, “but I choose to believe otherwise.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“A nervous cook can’t make a good soufflé, anyone knows that, and she’s probably listening on the stairs. Let us choose one of her doors and leave it open behind us.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bad news is that they are told by Mr. Wilcox, compiler of hospital birth certificates, that they must choose a name for their son. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Considering how much I had loved my Barbies as a child, the thought of little girls, both Muslim and non-Muslim, playing with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab made me so happy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Always choose your bodyguards from another country, whispered El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king's own brother had gone with him to help choose the design, the potboy said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As we already noted, the first farmers on each continent could not have chosen farming consciously, because there were no other nearby farmers for them to observe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had chosen their hiding-spot well; to the left of us was a steep wooded bank they could have forced us into had we tried to elude them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chose three cakes and handed the plate to Mother, who took two. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last they found themselves alongside Father Christmas, who went to the greatest trouble in helping them choose their presents. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He did not know what he would do if they did not choose to move. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park planned to choose a poem that rhymed, so it would be easier to memorize. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And if you choose to rebel, bring me with you. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, “but with the Cyclone you can choose.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gave it as little thought as possible and chose lawn bowls, a game I’d never played before. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I would choose no less than the Sun God himself if I could. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

An ugly girl should dress in ugly clothing, she decided, so she chose a stained brown cloak fraying at the hem, a musty green tunic smelling of fish, and a pair of heavy boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If the decision were based on that, she'd be chosen easily. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at her closely, as she chose the words. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chose to have me in his life. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I found my classroom and chose a seat on the end of a row, so I would only have people on three sides of me instead of four. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Still, if I had to choose a companion to be at the return of eternal darkness with, I’d choose you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Seeing the annoyance in the princess’s eyes, Celaena felt a shred of pity for whatever man her father chose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Confused, she did not know how to choose. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

One by one, the other students chose their jobs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now imagine you are at a race in which no count or starting signal is given, but a chosen leader just decides to start running and you are expected to jump in and catch up. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone chose the same moment to look at me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t even feel right to only choose the good things, because you could learn from mistakes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could sabotage herself so completely that Honorable Scythe Faraday would be forced to choose Rowan and return her to her family at the end of the year. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The site where the British chose to build Jamestown in 1607 was located on Powhatan territory in what the British called the Colony of Virginia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We’re genetically promiscuous—we mate with anyone we choose—and we don’t take kindly to scientists telling us who to reproduce with. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I'm glad he asked so many questions, because I can choose which one to answer. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

‘If you had to choose between being a stiff and never asking another question, which would you take?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is how it was with her, and maybe this is why we chose her. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whitby had surely been driven by numb, mechanical logic when he had chosen the Cold Storage building as the place to set the first fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bull had chosen a stool in the middle of the counter on the day he first became part of the crowd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Philip Freneau chose to combat the plague with denial and humor. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I was always having to choose between decent hair and a good night’s sleep. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not get to choose what she becomes just because I can’t deal with who she is. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It is her first glimpse at the facts my brain chooses to hold on to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The distribution of class schedules was more complicated than usual this year, for Professor McGonagall needed first to confirm that everybody had achieved the necessary O.W.L. grades to continue with their chosen N.E.W.T.s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were unpleasant enough, these private inquisitions, but I cannot find words to adequately express the torments I suffered when he chose to ply this art of his in public. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Behind this sign there are other signs, and the camera notices them briefly: freedom to choose, every baby a wanted baby. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you choose the entries for the newspaper contest?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Things are as they are not because of any sort of natural order or necessity, but because God chose to make them so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then maybe Ajay could have been the one chosen to take the exam. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was my chosen path to suffering, as our dear old dad would have put it, not that I had any choice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You say you need a navigator. You need my permission. I say you need neither. It is time to choose a direction. A wind that blows aimlessly is of no use to anyone.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s not something I would have chosen to dwell on myself, but the different kinds of stains require different cleaning approaches. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wondering with half his mind which of Kay’s questions the magician would choose to answer, but the other half was still upon the martial possibilities of the landscape. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only had the resources to retest 120 classrooms, however, so he asked the creators of the cheating algorithm to help choose which classrooms to test. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I spend a long time online choosing a picture of the moon. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And while Balder was indeed beautiful, the feet she had chosen, Skadi discovered when the curtain was lifted, belonged to Njord, god of chariots, father of Frey and of Freya. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a tip, Alcyoneus. Next time you choose the biggest state for your home, don’t set up base in the part that’s only ten miles wide. Welcome to Canada, idiot.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“How shall we choose which one to eat first?” asked Ek. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lay a card on my sketchbook, but before I can choose a word, Carol rushes through the clinic doorway, her baby balanced on her hip. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chose the smallest snake, and there was something sweet, Jinny thought, in how careful the girl was with the creature. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So Annie and Doc Mom settled on a pair of plain red lifeguard baggies that were exactly the ones I would have chosen for myself about an hour and a half earlier. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Early on, I told Jimmy, ‘Wherever you choose to work, we will make a life.’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It did not surprise him that his uncle had chosen to leave these men behind when the Iron Fleet went home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I am Mrs. de Winter now, you know. And if I choose to send a message by Robert I shall do so.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could say anything else, Holly said, Nobody chooses where they get born or who they get born to. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Stanton held firm and pointed out that “the power to choose rulers and make laws, was the right by which all others could be secured.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For, pounding down the mountainside, in a cloud of clinging dust and a chorus of chilling shrieks, came all the loathsome creatures who choose to live in Ignorance and who had waited so very impatiently. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knew just which books each of us liked best and that I would choose fairy tales, Ji-yong would get adventure stories, and Ji-yun would want animal stories. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d talked about choosing a school like it was a real thing; something to worry about, even. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They chose to ignore our calls for discipline and thought our advice feeble and unassertive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One possible answer is to say that God chose the initial configuration of the universe for reasons that we cannot hope to understand. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yes, Maya knew that she was adopted, not fostered, that she had been adopted out of the hospital, that her parents had chosen her, wanted her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Fred often chose albums with interesting artwork, but this one was different. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And I realised that for Ruth and the others, whatever the boys chose to do was pretty remote from us; whether we approved or not didn’t come into it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been because she doesn’t really know anyone else yet, but I’m choosing to think it’s because she thinks I’m totally cool. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For this sheet, he chose the softer medium of red chalk over the scratchy line of pen and ink that he used in rough sketches. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not large, but it was big enough to carry us all together if we chose to go aboard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When you have to capture a life in just eight hundred words, you have to choose those words carefully. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I like to think I would have chosen Dauntless,” says Nita. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Since then, there’s been the process of narrowing down the designs, creating the dresses, and choosing the accessories. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"And what if I do not choose to pay this toll?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thus, the Party rejects and vilifies every principle for which the Socialist movement originally stood, and it chooses to do this in the name of Socialism. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mom’s earrings go with the shirt I’ve chosen for the party. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Her mom used to tell her stories of Gandhari, a queen who chose to go through life blindfolded out of empathy for her blind husband. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Can you imagine the heartache of having to choose which of your children you are able to keep alive?" said Father Cham sadly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

If he chose, he could rush to the door, throw it open, hold her in his arms, and weep with her at the tragedy just barely averted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My mom’s attitude was “I chose you, kid. I brought you into this world, and I’m going to give you everything I never had.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We don’t cheat in America, but you can, if you choose,” said Jo angrily. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amá even chose the worst color imaginable for my skin—peach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was the other person of their battle, and now he chose the final moment to step across the path. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, no matter how tiny you make the bits, it is impossible to choose a common yardstick that will measure both the side and the diagonal perfectly: the diagonal is incommensurable with the side. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The course was on Shakespeare, and I’d chosen it because I’d heard of Shakespeare and thought that was a good sign. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Grace took some pomegranate seeds, then some strawberries, before realizing that she was choosing things that would be healthy for Peach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“But I will not stand in front of your happiness. I will not even stand in front of misery that you choose for yourself.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What we see as “a quiet room” an experimenter sees as “testing conditions,” because that’s what she was thinking about when she chose the room. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know exactly how to interpret Badwa's words and chose her own carefully. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Thank the Lord I had that child in my womb to remind me of the life I had already chosen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t chosen humans over godspawn, but life over death—for all their sakes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Because the curandera saw you and picked you out from among many little girls for this honor. You should be proud you were chosen.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"And now I demand a champion, such as you have chosen for yourself. My brother Jaime will gladly take my part, I know." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He went on to identify for Ulrich the things that most worried him about the fair, among them the color scheme chosen by Burnham and the architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"You'd do well to heed what I told you about choosing a crew." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If you’d rather pick out something else, there are lots of lovely bridesmaid dresses to choose from. I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable—it just looked like it would be gorgeous on you....” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Forced to choose between his native land and his ancestral one, he didn’t hesitate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she chose her own books; sometimes Mom or Emma’s favorite librarian, Mrs. Quinn, slipped them into her hands saying, “What about this one?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to go see where some kid drowned and now By was choosing this time to listen to what a grown-up told him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I think avocados are weird and gross, I’m excellent at choosing the perfect ones. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Through the windows, she saw curtains, candlesticks, cupboards; and in one, a woman moving among her chosen objects. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the second decade of the twentieth century, black America had come to a fork in the road and had to choose: accommodation to white supremacy or unyielding opposition to it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But you chose to betray me,” her husband said, venom returning to his voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s money in case you want to buy something else. Later you can choose whether you want to pack lunch or buy it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

To occupy my mind and keep me from spiraling out of control, I tried to come up with an explanation for why the sluggers chose me to save the planet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Their names, chosen by a committee, were announced then. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I choose a different cloth, the dark blue velvet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I keep wondering what kind of nest she will choose when she grows up and looks for an aerie. She might be a Gypsy nester.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Miss Peregrine opened the book herself, remember? She must’ve chosen that story on purpose.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He was chosen by all parties in the jirga, including the Northern Alliance.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

At first he works more, in the far rows of the orchards, choosing the farthest points from wherever his father happens to be. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were a million ways to ask what I wanted to know and I chose the worst one when I said, “What in Sam Hill are you going to do with a doggone rock?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When Marx told her father, he warned her about the man she’d chosen. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And you chose to get back at me in the most childish of ways. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

What if Hazel had chosen to hide in one of those? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After my mother leaves there is no one to say, The children can choose their own faith when they're old enough. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“When it was time for me to choose, I suddenly saw I didn’t have to ask it.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Had I been thinking only in terms of myself, maybe I would have chosen steady gambling as a hustle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had, in impudence, chosen this night, the night of our festive lampoon, for their attack, knowing our officers engaged in the drama; there could be little question of that. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he chose to put Arnold down at the one spot in town as bad as Finsterwald’s backyard — namely, Finsterwald’s front steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before that day, I had never seen people being together and yet not together, occupying the same space yet choosing not to associate with each other in any way. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The boy had been uneasy when he saw how close Dustfinger's chosen hiding place was to the village, but Dustfinger had explained why there couldn't be anywhere safer to lie low among the surrounding hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s not just about a job. It’s more. It has to do with choosing for yourself?’ The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I stare at her face, wondering if her parents actually named her Tigris, inspiring her mutilation, or if she chose the style and changed her name to match her stripes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Pretty much all the kids hated me and those who weren’t spending their time hating me chose up sides between the Danvers and the Gantrys and hated each other. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The winds drove the cog before them, far off her chosen course. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Marco chooses his words carefully, wary about the direction the conversation is taking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am a girl again, in clothes I chose, with a sky full of flowers on my blouse. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tats says I wear too many layers, so I choose my thinnest shirt made out of T-shirt material. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The mullah chose an ayat and recited it, casting the other fellow nasty glances. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I choose a table in back as far away from the non-action as possible. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No one from our village has ever been chosen. You have honored us all.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I often wonder why I had to be chosen. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“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

How, she asked herself, does one choose a famous grown-up book for a four-year-old girl? Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

This two-legs, very big and very threatening, stood over him as he lay in the corner he had chosen as a sleeping place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With Madoc’s endorsement, one of the princes or princesses might choose to grant me knighthood and take me into their personal guard. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But the boy did choose to run away. He was a fool to leave my generous protection.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I chose orange as my bag’s color because it stood for change, and it would be a big change for me to have friends my own age. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lucky for me, Lovey felt the same way and chose real date. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If he was going to find out, he might as well find out because Kingshaw chose to let him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“And your friend chose option two. He gave you up so that you could be healed. Extraordinary, really.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I loved being there with my father, but I chose a long time ago. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

All philosophers prefer to live in towers, as may be seen by visiting the room which Erasmus chose in his college at Cambridge, but Merlyn’s tower was even more beautiful than this. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Instead you chose to live in complete seclusion on Never-Ending Mountain.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I tried, I would never be chosen by them—or anyone. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

You can give them land and mercy, but the free folk choose their own kings, and it was Mance they chose, not you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Other than Cookie Monster and Tarzan, most of us effortlessly choose the right case whenever a pronoun is found in its usual place in the tree, next to the governing verb or preposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

He found a small pack of metal needles and chose one at random. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he was still groping in the dark; he had chosen his path but kept looking back, wondering whether he had misread the signs, whether he should not have taken the other way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Both had chosen a deep green that matched their eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I think most of the time she was going on and on about what an honor it was that I’d been chosen: she really didn’t emphasize that there was something wrong with the kid. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There, he chose twelve long straight saplings, each the thickness of his arm. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what would befall me next, I clutched my mother’s image, feeling all at once abandoned and chosen, despairing and hopeful. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"Whether you're chosen to be here or are assigned to one of the teahouses, I can bring you home at any time," Du Barry says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If my mother was Dauntless, why did she choose Abnegation? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When he finally chose the Carcachita, he checked it thoroughly before driving it out of the car lot. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though he had chosen—how had he put it the night he fought with Ras?—to fall outside of history. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She relaxed, allowing her body to be moved however the water chose to move it, turning over once or twice, loving the way her hair in lazy strands caressed her windbumed face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Step down. Your sponsoring scythe will choose your punishment.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When everyone was through choosing, Melanie made a new scroll and added it to the secret records. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You know, certain people are chosen to survive. I don’t know why, but you are one of those who must remember the past and tell those yet unborn. You must live.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gifts Milkman had to buy were few and easily chosen in a drugstore. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even kidded Alice about the names she chose for her children. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was an unwilling player but could not choose to quit the scene. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Normally it was in full red flower by now, but this year, for some unknown reason, it had chosen to flower late. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fearing that Inka Yupanki was becoming too big for his britches, Wiraqocha Inka chose that moment to remind his younger son of his subordinate status. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though we were close to starving at the end of the time in Brünnlitz, we managed to survive because Schindler chose to spend his fortune on buying us food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special — these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would probably need the radio; that made another good reason for choosing Jamie. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When you have chosen the book you want, bring it to me so I can make a note of it and it's yours for two weeks. You can take more than one if you wish." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He probably had a lot of things to choose from. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Suppose you had to choose right now,” his mother had once replied. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In ninth grade, Yoyo was chosen by her English teacher, Sister Mary Joseph, to deliver the Teacher's Day address at the school assembly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“And Hecate? I’m not choosing one of your paths. I’m making my own.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“His legs are pillars of marble, founded upon sockets of fine gold, his appearance is like the Lebanon, chosen as the cedars.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yet when a new Archmage was chosen, nine Masters met to choose him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Hands up!” someone says, and one of the two soldiers now chooses the people he wants and inspects their bags, pockets, bodies. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We cannot choose our families or our class status. But we can choose our own futures.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of those who stayed in the New World, though, chose to do so because it offered a new life. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

At the big bang and other singularities, all the laws would have broken down, so God would still have had complete freedom to choose what happened and how the universe began. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would see friends every now and then, but similarly to my time at Duke, I chose to focus on fencing and training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“If we choose to put it into a football program, and the graduates from our high schools are at or above the state level of standards, then screw you, leave us alone.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he chooses to lie hidden, he may baffle us for years; and in the meantime!—the thought is too horrible, I dare not think of it even now. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"You can choose what you want me to make for dinner tonight." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I ended up choosing a corseted sapphire dress lined with tiny diamonds. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Why, then, you may have a chance to choose a lord commander more to'your liking. Until such time, I fear you’ll still need to suffer me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

—Woodrow Wilson “I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How to choose a place for sun or coolness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each year I delivered several of them, choosing a mix of high school and college ceremonies, focusing on the sorts of schools that normally didn’t land high-profile speakers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If Lord Stannis knew of this sailing, he could not choose a better time to said his fleet against us. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I told him I was choosing the theater elective, he shook his head and said: “Careful you don’t turn into a drama geek.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow, in their first act as members, our top ten initiates will choose their professions, in the order of how they are ranked,” Eric says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You get to choose a vial,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t choose my first customer the next day. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue cloth Muff had chosen was so pale it looked white. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, something in reserve, in case you didn’t like what your grandmother has chosen.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I was the city’s founder, its first king, born of the earth. I am the one who judged the dispute between Athena and Poseidon, and chose Athena to be the patron of the city.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Some clue about what my parents would choose for me if they could? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta studiously puts stars by the names of the chosen tributes in his notebook. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first officers, on the other hand, were talking to their boss, and so they overwhelmingly chose the most mitigated alternative. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He had always been last to be chosen, not because he was no good, but because no one wanted Dudley to think they liked him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

After Jamison had gone she sat silently, remembering how solitary Annabella’s chosen life had been, how unconnected to the village. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana looked down at the clothes she’d chosen for the day. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Both women, said Woodall, would accompany the team to Base Camp, and he would choose one of them to continue up Everest after evaluating their performance during the trek. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have chosen stories that represent the development of science in its historical context. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

While some suffragists chose to support Wilson and hoped he would support suffrage in return, Paul planned to send a message by working against his reelection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

No matter how much the job paid, why would anyone choose to be here? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She'll never choose me over Uncle Max—not when he agrees with everything she says and tells her how wonderful she is all the time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And yet I couldn't believe that they would choose this occasion for a scene--especially for the rather harrowing scene that Gatsby had outlined in the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They didn't speak, but they each knew who the other one was—the mother of the child my child chose without my permission. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought Hecate chose you for your skill.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

At my next supervision, Professor Steinberg said that when I applied for graduate school, he would make sure I was accepted to whatever institution I chose. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had been within a few weeks of his eighteenth birthday, and with it all chance of enlistment, of choosing a service rather than being drafted into one, would have disappeared. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taran had never been allowed to read the volume for himself; now he was sure it held more than Dallben chose to tell him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

K WHO IS SHE, he’d sent back, but Trip chose not to answer and dropped the pager back into his pocket. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only through the harshest tests can God’s chosen rise. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Ladies, sometimes in life you have to choose,” Mrs. Atanabi answered. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ralph chose the firm strip as a path because he needed to think, and only here could he allow his feet to move without having to watch them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They’d chosen the place, and that was how Felix had ended up at Red Lobster for the second night in a row. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

What wings would you choose if the wingsmiths came to town? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But instead of choosing from the likely suspects—William Shakespeare, Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubman—I use my computer to look up the names my grandfather’s been batting around. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

From across the table, Sister Yuna said softly, “She is right. She deserves to choose her own path.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was the Lord’s stud, swarmed by sisters in Christ who all hoped to be his chosen. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

This is the tree we chose for the First Annual Tarzan Jumping Contest. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe there’s more than one object to choose from?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“At first it just happened. It always surprised me. But then I found I could choose the time. I could direct it. I could cause it to happen. Was it that way for you?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eliot tied his sneakers by the bookcase and waited for her to join him, to choose from her row of slippers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me out? Because then it’s my right to choose the time and the weapon.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He closes the door behind him, then chooses an armchair that’s between me and the door. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Others pulled up in high-end cars, choosing to make the most of their celebrity status. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It is significant that almost all of us chose not to remain in Little Rock but sought lives elsewhere. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not the first to be allowed to pick and choose, and I doubt if I’ll be the last. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How certain people know more than others on every level, though she chooses not to name each individual and makes it clear that even she does not have all the answers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But why would anyone choose to live near their siblings if they don't have to? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Since Mr. Kamara had found out that I had been chosen to go to the UN, he had spoken only English to me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The boys chose their way through defiles and over heaps of sharp stone. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“My greatest mistake,” said Xenocrates, “was choosing you as an apprentice all those years ago.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Why choose the practical thing, the mundane thing? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, reading those passages, I understood completely how some of the Lackses could believe, without doubt, that Henrietta had been chosen by the Lord to become an immortal being. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Before we chose this cave and this farm, however, we found the Toy Tinker. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This could then explain why the rate of expansion is still so close to the critical rate, without having to assume that the initial rate of expansion of the universe was very carefully chosen. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What look would you give my daughter? Which would you choose?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted everyone to see that I did not care if I was not chosen. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“These are the chosen heroes of the age.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nhamo spent the rest of the day scouting around the area she had chosen for her camp. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we end up laughing about it, and choose to move on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If you were beside me, I would choose this grassy seat over Denmark’s gilded throne.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I choose one at random and put it in the stereo on her nightstand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Candidates are chosen by the Korean Workers’ Party and run without opposition. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“But she didn’t want me to choose a side without knowing the facts!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since symbolic logic was part of philosophy, I had chosen philosophy as my major subject, and I was finding it very exciting. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z