| 单词 | combination |
| 例句 | But such speculation about unknowns is futile, and with the combination of mental and physical exhaustion, I soon fell deeply asleep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of manioc and garlic and well water and a forest antelope caught in the man’s snares made for the first balanced meals I’d had in weeks. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I was very backward in those days and the combination of poverty and provincialism made for some amusing incidents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The valves can be used in combination, too, making even more harmonic series available. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A combination saloon, inn, and post office—not unlike Surratt’s tavern—it was known among Confederate sympathizers as a reliable safe house and place to exchange information. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Norte Chico chiefdoms were almost certainly theocratic, though not brutally so; leaders induced followers to obey by a combination of ideology, charisma, and skillfully timed positive reinforcement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We broke apart and took turns taking center stage, each of us performing a different combination of moves; but our performances were fluid—they talked to each other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The subsequent failure of the American Colonization Society and the combination of logistical and economic difficulties in the colony of Liberia exposed the impracticality of any mass migration back to Africa. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In an unassuming storeroom filled with dropcloths and pallets and crates, behind a sheet of plywood, the mineralogist reveals a simple combination safe that the assistant director opens rather easily. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z For if a person could crack under heat or cold, a combination of the two seemed guaranteed to do in even the gutsy Galadriel. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z At lunch a group of boys dare each other to eat the most disgusting combination of cafeteria food. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Then I turn the combination dial to five. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z For example, in 3/4 time, a measure can have any combination of notes and rests that is the same length as three quarter notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Either one of these things is dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I had never been in a car with this particular combination of people. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He blew on his hairy fingers and twisted the combination dial. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “His heart withdrew into a safe I didn’t have the combination to,” she remembered. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The curse of knowledge, in combination with chunking and functional fixity, helps make sense of the paradox that classic style is difficult to master. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the odd combination of both types of injections working together—I don’t know, and neither did he. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They had all shared the assumption that such models must involve various combinations of circular movement, because the philosophers had instructed them that all movements in the heavens was required to be circular. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That kind of training, conducted over and over again, in combination with real-world experience, fundamentally changes the way a police officer reacts to a violent encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But anything works—video games, my locker combination, bait. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I can create any musical combination of sounds on my piano. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t look so good and he smelled even worse—a combination of beer and B.O. was my guess. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z That’s a powerful combination for a man who has been existing in the mud of society. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She worried that Leo would turn the wrong combination on the sphere and accidentally eject them all from the deck, or blow up the ship, or turn the Argo II into a giant toaster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At one brief point where the road was slick from a local cloudburst he could smell a combination of fruit trees and heavy sage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a weekday. Don’t you have practice?” she asked as she twisted the combination on her locker. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what everyone calls me. Mrs. G, I forgot my combination. Mrs. G, I need a late pass. Mrs. G, I want to change my elective.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “You want lockjaw or typhoid or a combination?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A solitary white glove that has gone rather grey from a combination of age and being kept in a small box with rocks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It smelled dusty and alive, a strange combination of sweat and wood and candles and electricity, as if the air still contained the essence of everyone who’d ever walked through the building. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Radar exhaled a long breath as he spun the combination to open his locker. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z There’s probably not a more perfect combination than rice, refried beans, and cheese. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Excuse me,” I say in an undertone, “I have a fever of a hundred and four. Fahrenheit. But is that a combination of Jesus Christ and the Hindu god Ganesh?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At times, when a dubious or complex combination was played, or when the diminutive American Reshevsky took one hour and ten minutes on one move, twenty-two hundred eyebrows seemed to rise in unison. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Because these names were long, and because they used uncommon letters and combinations like F and MB, they stood out. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “If you cannot get to doing business, I will break up the combination,” he growled. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When each of those action units had been mastered, Ekman and Friesen began working action units in combination, layering one movement on top of another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Canton twirled the combination to eight and opened my locker. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z By two o’clock in the morning, most likely thanks to a combination of rainy weather and people getting tired, the city was quieting down. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And in the gym, I’d press Aimee to teach me more of the tricky, high-start-value combinations that might one day land me on the same podium as the top elite girls in my sport. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “So whatever lock we’re looking for,” said Sierra, “couldn’t have the same combination as that one.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Every night Desdemona would disrobe down to her corset and Lefty would press its clasps and hooks, searching for the secret combination that sprung the locked garment open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I mean, they pull questions from one huge list, and no one gets the same combination. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination — holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z While I’m searching for mine, I spot Emily fumbling with her combination a few lockers away and call out to her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “There are three hundred combinations of two muscles,” Ekman says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z This hadn’t been one of those underachieving teams whose only hope was a fantastic combination of luck and miracle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the century leading up to Dunstaple’s time, composers layered notes on top of each other but chose only from a very limited number of possible combinations. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The combination of seeing that word and breathing the smell of the first floor, which is the smell of the cafeteria after lunch, creates some kind of echo in my head, like a faraway shout. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Rees, later held that the execution protocols and drug combinations weren't inherently unconstitutional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I am calm; I regard the antics of my fellow students, who act like the textbook, with a combination of scientific curiosity and almost matronly indulgence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He had dialed out the combination many times; he relied on it greatly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The suction sleeve is locked into the socket, and the combination feels snug and comfortable...like it belongs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A moment’s reading vindicated Miss Marsten’s statement; the Nexus-6 did have two trillion constituents plus a choice within a range of ten million possible combinations of cerebral activity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z His wings were a combination of russet colors, like a bantam rooster or a lazy sunset. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Phoenix Riders run drills of every possible combination. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The common salad bowl may easily present a combination of organic phosphate insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “A combination of pepper spray and tear gas,” Mr. Jacobs said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There’s a combination of girl sounds from the back seat, disgust and triumph, and Nora plugs her phone in, swearing she’s developed some kind of foolproof algorithm for the perfect road trip playlist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She looped it around the bike and the rack and clicked it all together and spun the combination lock before I had crossed the curb. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the pigeon knows the combination but doesn’t know how to tell us,” said Bronwyn, “but it could tell Miss Peregrine, because both of them speak bird language, and then Miss Peregrine could tell us.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Like so many country doctors, he was a combination doctor, priest, psychiatrist to his town. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Though she was a rank beneath Lac, she was the perfect combination of diligence, talent, and drive. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was a cruel face, but his manner was pleasant, and this was an attractive combination, Lola thought. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Calculus is the combination of these two tools, differentiation and integration, in one package. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In truth, light is neither particle nor wave, but a strange combination of the two. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The room above seemed to be a combination of living room and workplace, and as such, was even more cluttered than the kitchen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Why are some note combinations consonant and some dissonant? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Harmony made from chords came alive in his four-part vocal music, even if some of his note combinations sound accidental rather than intentional. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She immediately thought of books, more books than she ever could have imagined existed, stacked one on top of another, and between their covers, millions upon millions of new words, new combinations. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “We actually don’t have one. A Story Box is an important icon of our history, and we haven’t yet hit on just the right combination of materials and spirit to build one with yet.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He spun the dial to clear it, then worked the new combination. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s lucky that my hands seem to know my locker combination, because my brain has checked out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z NOTE: Nobody has yet proven a physical basis for why simple-ratio combinations sound pleasant to us. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It might be the clever thing to do, but cleverness did not win victories; the bright combinations rarely worked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew R.C. and beer would be a bad combination. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z This is because, in each of these cases, the adjectives do their jobs in joyful combination; they are not intended as a list. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z She used to wear housecoats, but about a month ago she began wearing ankara- and kente-print dresses in dramatic color combinations. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z We still do not know what causes the difference of outcomes between these three women—but it is some combination of age, exposures, other genes, and bad luck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes are hazel, and when paired with those eyebrows, they make a look-at-me combination. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It growled again, a strange rasping combination of electrical sizzle, a frying sound, a scraping of metal, a turning of cogs that seemed rusty and ancient with suspicion. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z In one combination or another, these three superstates are permanently at war, and have been so for the past twenty-five years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As it turns out, Whose PANTS? is basically a combination of Guess Who? and Chutes and Ladders. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Instead of his usual sneer, his face is a combination of tired and defensive. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z If you try each combination in turn, it will take far more than a lifetime to get through them all. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I loved the combination of flavors when I bit into a burger—the soft, sweet roll, the crunchy pickle, the tasty moistness of the meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But then they make a third error on top of that, and then another and another and another and another, and it is the combination of all those errors that leads to disaster. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great,” he wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z We pull up to Greendale Middle School, which is no longer intimidating like the beginning of last year, when I worried about getting lost in the halls or forgetting my locker combination. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z On one page titled “To Reverse Glamour,” many lines were crossed out, and the ink had been smeared and blotted several times as if her mother had been trying different combinations. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Another couple of combinations made them realize that the second word was actually CATCH. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The combination of his prodigious mind and his infectious grin was unbeatable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The combination of government and religion has thus functioned, together with germs, writing, and technology, as one of the four main sets of proximate agents leading to history’s broadest pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Argh? Pathetic and inarticulate. Nice combination. Your mothers must be so proud.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The air reeks something horrible, a combination of carrion, rotting eggs, and Cadets’ quarters in high summer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It's a strange combination of being wildly excited and deeply afraid. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z This discovery led to the testing of other combinations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I had to fend off my share of goals, which I mostly did, through some combination of luck, coincidence, and latent memories of my pre-medication training. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The combination to my lock is the same. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I thought the new combination sounded incredibly cool, so I started playing around with it until I was landing the skill 95 percent of the time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It’s on the Blue Ridge Road. Eight miles south of Kansas City. A combination night-club- motel. You pay ten bucks for the key to a cabin.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I spun my combination and opened my locker. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I think it was a combination of Lynn dying and seeing the little girl in the blue dress that changed my mother’s vote. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The back room looked like a combination garage, college dorm, and computer lab. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Before they left, she had Dill take about fifty pictures of her wearing her new outfits in various combinations. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We chat about hyperthermia and electrolytes until he is ready to order some finicky combination like soup of the day, garden salad, and a side of grits. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I mean, no combination is going to be perfect, but Poseidon, Hephaestus, Pluto, Mars ... I don’t see any huge antagonism there.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The day went on with an unlikely combination of boredom, anxiety, and bland food that you only find in hospitals. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she glided and shifted her weight, gracefully executing a combination of steps which the bent woman had danced long ago at seal camp. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He initially devised 200 syllabic signs and gradually reduced them to 85, most of them for combinations of one consonant and one vowel. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Every night she tried to find exactly the right combination, but she never could. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z While the other treasure hunters kept calling out weird word combinations, Kyle slowly rotated in place, scanning the park and the playground. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “If the pigeon knows the way,” said Millard, “perhaps it knows the combination, too.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a combination of red wine and Our Fathers, which plunged the patient into a hypnotic trance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some articulations may be some combination of staccato, legato, and accent. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z You could work out combinations to fit almost any mood. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One of my tasks for the mission was to see how plants grow here, in various combinations of Earth and Mars soil and atmosphere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a deadly combination of smooth and reasonable. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Its calculators can be set to any combination, so many amino acids, so much sulphur, so much butterfat and alkaline. Right?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They looped and hooked and twirled every possible combination of fingers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Fyrian hid behind the crinkly curtain of the old woman’s hair, staring at the baby with a combination of fear and jealousy and longing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Something about the combination of her loyalty and patience creates an uncanny urge to confide. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I could smell the thing—a sickening combination of wet sheep wool and rotten meat and that weird sour body odor only monsters have, like a skunk that’s been living off Mexican food. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The numbers used to solve the square ended up being the combination for a lock on a hidden box that contained Shakespeare’s Secret. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They were originally concocted by Chandresh on a whim, brought about by a combination of chronic insomnia and keeping theatrical hours, along with an innate dislike of proper dinner-party etiquette. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Overnight, Ms. Hussey’s classroom became a combination of museum and laboratory. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z As Adam Freedman points out in his book on legalese, “What distinguishes legal boilerplate is its combination of archaic terminology and frenzied verbosity, as though it were written by a medieval scribe on crack.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He looked at me with a combination of disgust and pity. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I felt a weird combination of confusion and hope warring in my chest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z To the nurse, I heard him say, “You’re a combination of Grace Kelly and Princess Diana!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That soaring sensation in my heart, after every perfectly executed combination, after every onstage performance. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Not that at times he didn’t see some reason for her complaints— King’s had two combination rooms, one for men, the other for women, certainly a thing of the past. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Some organic compounds are simply combinations of carbon and hydrogen. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z All the Red Cross ladies were asking my opinion now for color combinations for the patchworks they were making to send to the soldiers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When he didn’t reply, I focused on my locker combination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Laleh had acquired a bag of Sour Patch Kids while she browsed Terminal 4, and the combination of sugar and temporal distortion proved an incendiary one. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It turns out that Didu and I share a lot of the same tastes, despite a fiery argument or two over color combinations. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was three years older than she was, and he wasn’t exactly Prince Charming, with that strange combination of baby face and bulky wrestler’s body. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Every combination of argument is going full tilt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My lips twisted out of shape, into some kind of surprised-terror combination. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She opened the cabinet and pulled out a small black box with a combination lock on it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This is not an impossible combination—indeed, it seems to describe Sarrotti rather well—but it is certainly a puzzling one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One bag of balls and one bag of blocks is the same thing as one combination package from the neighboring store. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Chancellor’s combination of Cog and tonic neural blocks have made sure of that. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Claire could hear her murmuring the names—white willow, nettle, meadowsweet, goldenseal—and knew she was pondering what combinations to create. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ekman and Friesen ultimately assembled all these combinations—and the rules for reading and interpreting them—into the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, and wrote them up in a five-hundred-page document. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was an interesting combination in a man, intelligence and sheer bulk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The girls crabbed their way up, using their hands and feet in combination. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z We played a game where she would stand upstream and drop a combination of wildflowers into the river. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In this plea, Chicago was aided by the combination of telegraph and newspapers. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z She knew it was a combination of both. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Neda and Mitra were best friends who were cut from a very different cloth, and I wanted to cherry-pick their greatest qualities so I could be the perfect combination of the two of them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A chord is a combination of musical notes; it has an h, for “harmony,” which is what chords can produce. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That particular combination stands as one chance in seven, by the way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A Belgian newspaperman there recognized wit and raw avarice—a useful combination in any game. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the decades and centuries to come, there would often be fierce debate as to what constituted an appropriate combination of notes, or what cluster was beautiful, or ugly, or seductive, or discordant. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I had been impressed by the massive amount of smoke and gas the combination had produced, but I was confused. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She moved by a combination of slithering and walking, as if she were on living skis. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Today, in the symbiotic associations that dominate so much of the life of the sea, there is rarely a question of who is who, even when the combination functions like a single animal. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of this business, her father’s checks, and assistance from the Canadian government gave them more than enough to live on. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The person who opened up the locker with the combination and cleaned it out was none other than Rachel Caldwell. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z But in the case of Connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self- confidence, sociability, and energy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And not a little bit proud. A poor combination.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Through experience, they learned what combinations of local foods made them healthy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A. A combination of contradictory words B. The outcome of a sequence of events C. An implied reference to a literary or historical event D. A symbolic story or narrative.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It had long been believed that a combination of solar wind and magnetic propulsion would be required to move about in space with any efficiency. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There were no combination locks in the way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He must be thinking of all of the pot-spoon combinations he could make, because he waits for more clarification. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If she tried hard, she thought she might even remember her mother’s smell, a combination of face powder and Chanel Number Five. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I try names in different combinations: mine and his, his and Evie’s, mine and Evie’s, all three of us together, forwards and backwards. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and crossed the slush-covered sidewalk, feeling a strange combination of dread and excitement. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So with him, she spoke in moods and gestures, looks and silences, and sometimes a combination of English punctuated by hesitations and Chinese frustration: “Shwo buchulai”— Words cannot come out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw how the curves and lines in combinations made the sounds, and that he was then able to say them back to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It hinted at a vicious combination of brain damage and soft-tissue destruction under the skin. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A combination of these drafts was then circulated to different regions and committees for comments and questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the same combination we’ve seen on the faces of everyone we passed on the way here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Just as I touched it, Faro, his nose in the entrance, whined, and at the combination of the noise and the touch, he opened his eyes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z There are many combinations of notes that share some harmonics and make a pleasant sound together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z McMellon falls backward and starts firing—and a man falling backward in combination with the report of a gun seems like it can mean only one thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A few scenes appear to be combinations of her own observations and faulty information collected from others. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe an eight has been out this month,” she says, thinking about the daily number combinations. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they’re caused by the interaction of many genes, possibly in combination with environmental factors. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I screech at her until she gets just the right combination. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He expected them to fear that the Earthling combination of ferocity and spectacular weaponry might eventually destroy part or maybe all of the innocent Universe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z With a carefully tested combination of iron, potassium, and calcium, it will give you a new spring in your step and you’ll be able to accomplish the many tasks asked of you throughout the day. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z We did an hour of exercise, some combination of roadwork, skipping rope, calisthenics, or shadow boxing, followed by fifteen minutes of body work, some weight lifting and then sparring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Within seconds he was stabbing out moves, trying combinations, seeking won endings, and rattling off variations, his fingers barely able to keep pace with his thoughts. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Not a double play combination like the famous Chicago Cubs’ Tinker to Evers to Chance. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Every letter of the alphabet was assigned a combination of ones and zeros: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If the combination becomes uncoupled, the means is lost for providing usable energy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Everything they did was done as a combination, but I never expected this. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be hard to find a more aggressively uncomfortable combination of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Black and purple streaks covered her cheeks, a combination of her makeup and tears. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Each jasper bead of red, yellow, or a combination of the two he’d chiseled down, polished, and drilled himself. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Thousands of them dangled off the wall on nails in a morbid inventory of manacles and fetters, of shackles for ankles and wrists and necks in all varieties and combinations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Each zone had a unique combination of rules and parameters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The combination of where I came from and what I’d made of myself gave me a certain, possibly meaningful perspective. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For decades most researchers believed manioc, like maize, had no wild ancestor; the crop was thought to have arisen from a chance combination of several relatives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Annabeth saw couples with babies, toddlers clinging to their parents’ legs, even some elderly folks in a combination of Roman robes and modern clothes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs spoke with an easy detachment, a combination of fear and humor that only centered on himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Most possible combinations of nucleotides are nonsense: they would cause the synthesis of proteins that perform no useful function. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, now you’re spooking me out,” said Moss, and he shivered from a combination of the cold and the unnerving sensation of fear that rattled through him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, true! That he didn’t die fifteen years ago of typhus or sleeping sickness or malaria or the combination. I’m sure his hygiene went to hell after Mother left him.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Plots with charcoal alone grew little, but those treated with a combination of charcoal and fertilizer yielded as much as 880 percent more than plots with fertilizer alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mary became a combination of teacher, big sister, and fairy godmother, helping her girls with algebra homework, sewing dresses for their proms, and steering them toward college. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was a terrible combination for someone in an unfamiliar place. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who would have thought of that combination of herbs? Isn’t it amazing!” she had said in delight, watching the creatures revive. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I scramble the letters over and over again in my head, trying to come up with various combinations of words. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Sweat trickled down Burn’s face, a combination of a hot day, a crowded room, and nerves. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The third R of the physiology of genes is a word that lies outside common human vocabulary, but is essential to the survival of our species: recombination—the ability to generate new combinations of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If Burr went to Weehawken out of frustration, Hamilton went out of a combination of ambition and insecurity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He saw collies, boxers, terriers, Labradors and combinations thereof. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of anti-immigrant propaganda, armed forces, and a fundamental devaluing of the lives of workers slammed unions into submission. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Gherland had seen that combination before, and he did not like it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The combination of land bridge and ice-free corridor occurred only once in the last twenty thousand years, and lasted for just a few hundred years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The combination of mother’s milk and conversation transformed Blanca into a healthy, almost pretty child who bore no resemblance at all to the armadillo she had been at birth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I messed up my combination twice before finally opening the door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A very unusual combination of circumstances has so far saved the runs of the Northwest Miramichi from the destruction that was anticipated — a constellation of happenings that might not occur again in a century. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The church had opened anew, this time firmly in the hands of Methodists from north of the Mason–Dixon line, a dangerous combination, my mother said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z David always smells like a nose-tickling combination of the floral laundry detergent his mom buys and the minty soap he uses. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The combination of old food and nothing made me lonely. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And it may be noted that Oresme had grasped the crucial principle, that a combination of circular movements could produce the appearance of rectilinear movement, apparently independently of any Arabic source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The lazy Susan in the center held a strange combination of items—a number of prescription drugs, a set of binoculars on top of a bird guide, and an animal bone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s a lot like when we play in real life, a combination of rhythm, chemistry, and skill, but the awkwardness in the room is so thick it’s hard to ignore. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z On my third morning I find, after a few futile searches, that the Russ shirt-and-short combinations have edged Kathie Lee out of her image. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the wine, or the heat from the kerosene burner used to supplement the cranky radiator, or perhaps an unlucky combination of the two. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my eyes to find Zack staring at me with a combination of concern and surprise. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Our house was a combination three-ring circus and zoo, complete with ongoing action, daring feats, music, and animals. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had died a day or so earlier at Nairobi Hospital with a combination of extreme symptoms that suggested an unidentified Level 4 virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘But I never heard of such a combination before.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But all three in combination require the combined efforts of everyone in the cockpit. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I look around, taking in Day Street, wide and tree-lined, with a combination of dilapidated Victorians where college students live, warehouses, the occasional business, and the church. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He concentrates on strong lines without shading, using a combination of pencil, pen, brown and black ink, and a reed pen that he made himself. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Was there poetry here, in these accidental combinations of words? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z My combination lock never opens on the first try. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Fill each measure with a different combination of note lengths. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The cafeteria was noisy with kids laughing and talking sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish, and sometimes in a combination bouncing back and forth between languages. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Simple combinatorial mathematics yielded twenty-seven unique combinations of these six gene variants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was a combination of a clerk and messenger. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the combination of Milton’s disgust at the antiwar movement and Tessie’s sense of uselessness that led them to begin reading the entire one-hundred-and-fifteen-volume set of the Great Books series. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He showed her how to open the safe and was pleased that after the first try she remembered the combination. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I'm the combination of two worlds and cultures. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In the famous nineteenth-century novels of Horatio Alger, young boys born into poverty rise to riches through a combination of pluck and initiative. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He began thinking up other combinations of art, a lie, and the truth that made sense. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z They are a combination of infinity and zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Still, though, even when they were dull I enjoyed the disconcerting combination of French life and English narration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z By the time I reached my thirties, my brain had been strip-mined by a combination of drugs, alcohol, and the chemical solvents used at the refinishing company where I worked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He never wrote down your number; even in the case of combination plays, he would just nod. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Macon hesitated, then wheeled around in his chair and began fiddling with the combination to his safe. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Gasping for air like I just completed a grand allegro combination. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Instead of a closet, the door opened to reveal a second door, this one made of steel with a large combination wheel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The arctic sky was an amazing combination of turquoise and gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Aerodynamic theory and intuition suggested that the rocket and spacecraft combination should be as streamlined as possible, to minimize aerodynamic drag. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A man was saying something about locker combinations. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But, by working through each action-unit combination, Ekman and Friesen identified about three thousand that did seem to mean something, until they had catalogued the essential repertoire of human facial displays of emotion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And under the firecracker smell was a fine combination of wine and whiskey and perfume. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jab and run, dodge, forget the combinations, one punch at a time, two jabs, hit and run, stick and move, don't get too close too long. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Across America, that combination of words was new and significant, although it meant different things to different people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Before I said a word, Alhaji was already rubbing mud on his face, using a combination of saliva and some of the water from his backpack to wet the mud. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Proteins act as regulatory sensors, or master switches, in this process—turning on and turning off genes, or even combinations of genes, in a coordinate manner. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The jars of hard candy sticks lined up on a shelf hold dazzling combinations of colors and flavors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If anything, he feels slightly ill, from the combination of the bourbon and the two large pieces of cake he’d had because he had not had any dinner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Through some complex combination of duplicity and disposition, Jefferson had come to embody the will to believe. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Add Chicago and the great fair, and the combination became too alluring to turn down, no matter what Anna suspected about his and Minnie’s relationship. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Like pregnancy, being a foreigner, Ashima believes, is something that elicits the same curiosity from strangers, the same combination of pity and respect. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It made such a pleasant combination that I closed my eyes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Still farther east, temperate areas of China were isolated from western Eurasian areas with similar climates by the combination of the Central Asian desert, Tibetan plateau, and Himalayas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Spoon played with the combination lock and flicked it open. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z As luck would have it, the moment Mrs. van D. turned around I was shaking my head in a combination of compassion and irony. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z This combination of sexual fears and political power was an enormously potent and dangerous mix. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I would rotate their order, mixing and matching so that each day I had on a fresh combination. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And he’d think it was the woman he wanted, and not some combination of curved stone, and a swinging, high-heeled shoe moving in and out of sunlight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the combination could be sent by the maker of the lock, there was trouble in the safe. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Last week she was burning a lavender-lime—a purple-green swirled combination that actually smelled really good. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In the back there was an inground pool and a combination basketball and tennis court. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His uncle was at the back wall, fiddling with the combination lock on a large steel door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Maybe if Leo had a few years, he could decipher the markings and figure out the right combination, but he didn’t even have a few seconds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She wore cowboy boots with a long white ruffled skirt and a denim shirt and waved like a beauty queen—a perfect combination of folksy and classy. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z An ordinary car had eight wheels; this combination had thirty-two. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Each single combination of numbers was a new set-up for the family and no two stories were ever the same. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And in combination with a couple of wicked blue pills, it stole the energy I needed to get myself out of the den. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z None of the three superstates could be definitely conquered even by the other two in combination. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Zach had Cap’s combination, so we made it our mission to see that he never opened the door without finding something bizarre and/or gross. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He’s remarkably easy to steal from; his trunk combination is the date he got his first broom. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The first big breakthrough in work flow was actually the combination of the PC and e-mail. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z "I gave him a malfunctioning altitude readout and made Engine Three cut out too early. It's a deadly combination." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a story of how the outliers in a particular field reached their lofty status through a combination of ability, opportunity, and utterly arbitrary advantage. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When Farmer and his team intervened, proposing a very aggressive combination of MDR drugs—based largely on Farmer’s guesswork—they needed official approval from the Peruvian doctors before the drugs could be administered. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They needed to be home with his mom, who always knew just the combination of juice and medicine and pillows to make it all right. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Only the unique combination of the two of them could have produced the silk sleigh: a sleek, ultralight craft buoyed by ulola gas. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She looks like she’s about to begin a warm-up combination; there is a window by her, filled with golden light, and the reaching, bright green branches of a tree. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope the Erudite didn’t think to change this combination,” he says as he types in a series of numbers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The reason why the combination of those four traits tends to make a disease run in epidemics is easy to understand. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The combination has been in use for six hundred years throughout the English-speaking world, though with greater frequency in the nineteenth century and in the United States. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The commercial product usually contains combinations of several chemicals, suspended in a petroleum distillate plus some dispersing agent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As Table 7.1 summarizes, the domestication of local cereal / pulse combinations launched food production in many areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then came the smells, unlike anything he’d ever known, a sickening combination of vomit, body odor, and rotting meat. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, a combination of tried-and-tested reporting techniques enabled me to extract enough nuggets of hard fact to string together the whole scandalous story. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Some combination of the mist and the distance had left Jinny stranded in the sea. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was at that moment that she heard the far-off sound of a car approaching, and Daddy’s face shifted, a combination of rage and sadness twisting his features. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There were cargo ships, passenger ships, combinations of both. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “A curious line to recite, especially since the combination never occurs in the play. Are you trying to improve on Shakespeare?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z At Berkeley, Oppenheimer displayed the peculiar combination of personal charm and intellectual magnetism that would make him so effective a leader of the atomic bomb program at Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But then, through a combination of praise and nudging, the Sicilian began to get him off the bottle. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave out a bunch. No matter what strange combinations you leave, they always invent something delicious.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The combination seems impossible, but the poems are here to prove it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If the laws of science are unchanged by the combination of operations C and P, and also by the combination C, P, and T, they must also be unchanged under the operation T alone. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the combination of horse and motor vehicles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “He has sores in his mouth. His skin condition, I would say, comes from a combination of dirt and an allergic reaction to chicken litter.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeta genuinely seems to enjoy this station, swirling a combination of mud and clay and berry juices around on his pale skin, weaving disguises from vines and leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Less well known are Africa’s combination of sorghum, African rice, and pearl millet with cowpeas and groundnuts, and the Andes’ combination of the noncereal grain quinoa with several bean species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He took his seat, moving with an odd combination of graceful courtliness and stiff, affronted dignity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They weren’t sure whether to hug or shake hands or just wave good-bye, so it ended up as an awkward combination of all three. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The combination of the cold and the warmth from Trey’s heater is just as A-1 tonight as it was then. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z This combination of Continental Army regulars, rangers, and commercial scalp hunters ravaged most of Seneca territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It made strange noises, not static but a combination of shrieking and wailing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They were the fluffiest pancakes ever, and I loved that they were both sweet and tangy—my favorite combination. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I put aside books and notebooks and nearly all my spare clothes, and tried lots of different combinations, but every time I finished I would turn to find something large and important left over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to tell if she’s happy to see me or embarrassed, or a combination. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She listened to what the doctors recommended, but on many occasions she ignored their guidance and relied on a combination of maternal instinct and common sense. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Telegraph messages were sent using Morse code, in which each letter of the alphabet is represented by a certain combination of long and short sounds. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination, therefore, resulted in a tour that was fully explained, perhaps even over-abundantly explained, at every step. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And when, once or twice, I did hit, always just some combination, as I’ve described, West Indian Archie paid me off from his own roll. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The same combination of gasp and groan that comes from being submerged in water, deprived of oxygen to the point of pain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The combination of climate change and human hunting is particularly devastating for large animals, since it attacks them from different angles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Each week, Flossie switched the combinations to make a new costume. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But the real information, Bateson argued, was not contained in the features, but in the combination of genes that determined them—i.e., in the genotype. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I read the memo again, feeling a combination of rage and panic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Vitruvius described something like perspective painting, but the Renaissance invented a new combination of subjectivity and objectivity, the situated viewer and the vanishing point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then he tried a combination of the two, grass and twigs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z What’s needed is a system of physical elements capable of many different combinations, and a source of energy through the system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It has to tell you whether something happened in the past, the present, the future, or some combination of times: sneeze, sneezed, will sneeze, would have sneezed, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell followed her around the kitchen like it was on a leash, a combination of allspice, fresh earth, and rotten leaves. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tal’s style was filled with wild, inspired combinations, intuitive sacrifices, and pyrotechnics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s a combination of scared, happy, excited, and sad all at once, like a soft light that glows in my chest and stomach for a few seconds. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z His lips were curled back over his teeth and Ben thought the dog was probably a combination of Great Dane and German police. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a persistent din in the air, a combination of excited and angry voices clashing with one another. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z By the time I’d spun the dial left and right and left again for the third time, I decided that the combination lock was my sworn enemy. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Social class—that elusive combination of income, education, occupation, and wealth—played a powerful role in Miele’s, Wilson’s, and Gora’s struggles to recover. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z From what Aru could see, they held a combination of shelves, displays, small shops, and tents. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Following the Nelson litigation, questions about the drug combination that most states used to carry out lethal injections arose. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The combination of pink, purple, green, and blue needs some touch-ups, but that can wait until next week after she catches up on assignments. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s posture throughout the drawn-out counting of the electoral votes remained a combination of studied indifference and calculated obliviousness. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Inside is a thick, dark ointment with a pungent smell, a combination of tar and pine needles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A few months earlier he had almost killed himself on a combination of whiskey and some red wine made by an Italian drinking buddy of his. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mitraillette’s pullover does fit, and I have a many-times patched over wool jacket that once belonged to her brother, but the combination of these warm outer garments and the dowdy frock looks dead weird. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it was the pain, the embarrassment of being punched by an eighth-grader in front of his friends, or a combination of the two, but Jeremy started crying. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The ceiling was held up with a combination of steel scaffolding and old granite Roman columns. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sound and intensity and time of the burn seemed to exceed the best of my black-powder combinations. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And it made Friday even better, and I don't know if it was the combination of it all, or what, but I was suddenly feeling...I don't know. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those terrible things that sometimes happen in wartime, brought about by an unfortunate combination of circumstances. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow Paris has transformed Black Lightning and me into that oxymoron Sahara and I were talking about—a combination of contradictions that take on a new meaning together. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The combination of colors gave the house a raw, jittery feeling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Chocolate and peanut butter—despite the fact that I do my best to avoid the intake of refined sugar—are a worthy combination. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He goes from kitchen to bathroom to dining room to living room and all sorts of combinations of those four rooms over and over. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The adoption party ends up becoming a combination adoption-eighteenth birthday party. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The numbers are a combination of miniature lightning bolts and uneven curves. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I rushed to my locker, elbowing my way through, and began opening the combination lock with one hand and unbuttoning my shirt with the other. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Surely the combination of fire, smoke, the stink of caverns, and bandits with decoy sweat would conceal their scent. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z For a moment, I think he means with him, like with him, and my heart speeds with some combination of desire and dread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But all Dad gave me in return was one of those I’m sorry face-shrug combinations. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Other notes may be marked with a combination of articulation symbols, for example legato with accents. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Keep going until his legs fall off or he dies from thirst or starvation or exhaustion or some combination of the three. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He swapped lenses and cameras and window views in a dozen different combinations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But that’s not really fair. He looks more like a combination of the Java Man and Dad.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Harvey then built up his case, using a combination of experiments and observation. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He quickly replaced the binder on the bookcase, shut the door, and spun the combination dial to make sure it was locked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Astrology developed into a strange combination of observations, mathematics and careful record-keeping with fuzzy thinking and pious fraud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Joseph felt a strange combination of joy and terror, but he didn’t say a word. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They are all dirty, from head to foot, and dressed in odd combinations of old clothes and newer ones, and in clothes too small or too large. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The combination smelled like honey in the warm early May air. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The combination of the new crops and the greatly increased use of artificial fertilizer and irrigation led to the well-known Green Revolution. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She walks a small circle in the center of the ring, flicking the whips in combinations of signals. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He was continually amazed at the combination of raw earth and rough people, white columned houses and traces of English manner. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In order to keep the meter going steadily, every measure must have a combination of notes and rests that is equivalent to four quarter notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A combination of pus and saliva leaked from the gland back into Garfield's mouth and ear canal. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I told Archie what I had thought in prison about him; that his brain, which could tape-record hundreds of number combinations a day, should have been put at the service of mathematics or science. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Convicted at the age of fifteen, he had served ten years in a combination of juvenile and adult penitentiaries on charges of arson and second-degree murder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Helpless on the rooftop, I felt a many-edged combination of anger and fear and jealousy that came out as rage, rage, rage. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The combination of good soil, successful agriculture, and evidence of past Indian inhabitation was what had brought the scientists to the farm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m dizzy, but whether it’s from taking a hit or the combination of exhaustion and hunger there’s no telling, but I fully recognize that I am not in a very good place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Or Jacey Halloran, who had already discovered an uncharted galaxy, but still couldn’t figure out how to open a combination lock. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Evelyn monitored the baby with the combination of a mother’s tirelessness and a nurse’s professional efficiency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one else has ever strung this exact same combination of beads in the whole history of the universe. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The combination of faded blue overall cloth and gray-and-white-striped ticking looked odd. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder when Jeanine realized that Erudite and Dauntless would make a deadly combination. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The secret had to be in the combination of bases. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z On its website, a history of the company makes no mention of lead–or indeed of Thomas Midgley–but simply refers to the original product as containing "a certain combination of chemicals." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z People were both angry and scared, which was possibly the most dangerous combination of emotions, and it made Ocean’s association with me more outrageous than ever. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Now call out the combination,” ordered the big fellow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then he twisted the combination lock and heaved open the steel door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then Coach blew his whistle, the scrimmage started again with new combinations, and the squeaking of sneakers and the ball on the court followed me into the locker room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That might have been the first combination I had ever landed in real life. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Queenie comes to my feet and stares up at me with a pathetic combination of bewilderment and gratitude. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The perfect combination of gentleman and ruthless killer, just like the main character in some frontier adventure. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A triplet-based code had 64 combinations—enough for all twenty amino acids, with extra ones still left over to specify other coding functions, such as “stopping” or “starting” a protein chain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The panel rolled away and revealed a tall steel door with a combination lock right above a thick metal handle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Search after search about lung transplants and lung-function percentages, new combinations and phrasing but always the same idea. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “So one night, after everyone was asleep, I came downstairs and worked on the combination until it opened.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When each of the two Viking orbiter-lander combinations was inserted into Martian orbit, it was unalterably committed to landing at a certain latitude on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We spoke in Spanglish, a combination of English and Spanish in which we hopped from one language to the other depending on which word came first. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Nowadays known as the ‘perfect fourth’ and ‘perfect fifth’, these are the pleasing-sounding combination of a note and the one four or five rungs above it, which we encountered earlier in the chapter. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Speaking of pot roast, I had spent the three months before this involuntary visit subsisting only by a combination of my wits and the microwave. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The combination of these two factors—a high diversity of species and a high percentage of annuals—means that western Eurasia’s Mediterranean zone is the one with by far the highest diversity of annuals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He invented an orchestra for the occasion, a combination of instruments never before gathered under one roof. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I spent the rest of that Tuesday night throwing darts into the void, setting up my laptop to shoot endless combinations of usernames and passwords into iCloud and the thousands of other digital storage warehouses. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I continue walking in a long, elaborate combination like this until I finally take twenty steps forward and stop completely. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jacqui catches up with us, spewing wholly original combinations of foulness. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I doze, flattened by a combination of trauma and moonshine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Each characteristic was inherited independently, and all combinations of traits were possible. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They were something genuinely new and different, they offered a combination of girls and cars and late- night food, and before long they beckoned from intersections all over town. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z Depending on the level of the class, the switch to singing the song with all of its ostinati can be done all at once or by using a combination of spoken and sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The swallow chewed the spider, a combination of frustration and gratitude on its face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The combination of the northern winter and early rising proved too much for Descartes’s comfort-loving body. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mattie’s was a combination bar and grocery, the grocery aspect limited to a sparse selection of goods, soft drinks, bread, and canned foods for the most part. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, after pulling ten trout in the first hour of dawn, Joe had walked past that place and heard what he first believed was some combination of running water and wind in high trees. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex grew up with a mother who was a sometimes baffling combination of intensely organized and committed to lines of emotional communication, like an overly invested life coach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Geoffroy’s twenty-four substances thus survive even when they are combined with other substances: they are not transmuted when they enter into such combinations. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z How many different combinations could you make with rice, pork, and peppers? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When I reached it, I dialed in the combination and grabbed my lunch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Figure 1.52: If the time signature is three eight, a measure may be filled with any combination of notes and rests that adds up to three eight. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I’ve been away from the real world for so long that the combination of engines running, dogs barking, and horns honking brings a lump to my throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There was something richly appealing in her color combination, the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the gold highlights in the strawberry hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was also a pigeon-sized hole rusted through the door’s bottom corner, but that was no help to us—we needed the combination. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The German stared at me, a combination of fatigue and frustration. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It stuck in your nose—a horrible combination of damp and smoke, worse than any garbage pile I’d ever climbed through. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Now we have cold metal lockers that can only be opened with combinations, all our things hidden from light. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z What a combination you are: soft heart and hard head. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried both valves again in their combinations. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sorting of the new students into Houses took place at the start of every school year, but by an unlucky combination of circumstances, Harry hadn’t been present at one since his own. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She could feel his warm breath against her skin, and Juana whispered her combination of prayer and magic, her Hail Marys and her ancient intercession, against the black unhuman things. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Aurors are part of the Rotfang Conspiracy, I thought everyone knew that. They’re working to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within using a combination of Dark Magic and gum disease.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Once the safe got locked by mistake and no one knew the combination. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The post office, an official-looking cage in back of the store, had about twenty-five combination boxes to one side of the grille. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy watched him for a while; his black skin already glistened with crystals of sweat as he threw deft combinations against an imaginary, helpless opponent. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His head is full of statistics, facts and figures extrapolated into thousands of different combinations and comparisons. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It’s as if he’s lived through it before, a long time ago; and despite the unpleasantness, the irritation of it, the combination of boredom and fear, he has a certain fellow feeling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The door was interesting, much more complicated than the Roman numeral combination lock above. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In a hundred valley houses fires started burning in combination wood and gas stoves, and men, dressed already in irrigation boots, quietly ate breakfast with their wives and children. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It has shaped him as much or more than any other cultural, social, or educational force, or combination thereof. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As Harold Nicolson put it, he had a combination of “great flights of oratory with sudden swoops into the intimate and the conversational.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z That combination of high rainfall and summer rains gives Japan the highest plant productivity of any nation in the temperate zones. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Basketball requires a complex combination of many diverse skills,” said Farooqi. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It was a combination of his relentless stamina, survival skills, and mathematical mind that made him the perfect candidate to join one of Brazil’s boldest and most brutal projects—building the telegraph network. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I play it for a while before I stumble across a combination that makes me open my eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The more contemporary term is recombination—the ability to generate combinations of combinations of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He went to the safe and turned the dial left and right, stopping at each number of the combination. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instead, they had a quantum state, which was a combination of position and velocity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That, in combination with the advent of the euro as a common currency, has created a single economic zone out of a region once divided by an Iron Curtain. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Mine is a look of intense concentration, the face of a man who's forever trying to recall an old locker combination. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yep. There’s a combination lock—the kind with four wheels of random letters.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z They chose our company because we protect buildings with a combination of guards, dogs, and sensors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It smelled like...it smelled like...a combination of burnt flowers and burnt rubber. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He taught us real ballet steps and let us make up our own combinations. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She toyed with the dial of her combination lock, twisting it this way and that, and decided to be bold again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Such combinations make up the particles known as mesons, which are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other, producing electrons and other particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She made her own way instead, using a combination of magic and know-how and common sense. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Finally, our trial-and-error method resulted in a combination of ingredients that seemed to have the most flash and smoke to it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange combination to absorb — the everyday concerns of the town doctor stuck in the middle of a discussion of his early days in seventeenth-century London. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I nodded, feeling a strange combination of relief and disappointment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The combination of heat and thwarted desire made him nasty. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He smelled like spiced meat and car oil, which already was an unsettling combination before a whiff of cigarette smoke was added to the mix. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She appears next to my locker before I’ve even gotten to the second number of my locker combination. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It was some combination of fate and alphabetical homeroom assignments. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z An hour later, the front door pops open, bringing with it a gust of winter and a uniformed detective, the combination of which curdles my stomach. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They are happy and sweet, funny and warm. —and stick them on the wall, where they overlap with others, a combination of colors and shapes and moods. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We go into the basement of this ramshackle combination motel and boardinghouse, where Earl indicates a closed door—the kitchen, he says—but we can’t go in now, because a guy is sleeping there. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now what he say my password was?” she mutters, tapping away until she figures out the right combination. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The laws of science that govern the behavior of matter under all normal situations are unchanged under the combination of the two operations C and P on their own. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry slipped the tiny bottle of golden liquid into his inner pocket, feeling an odd combination of delight at the furious looks on the Slytherins’ faces and guilt at the disappointed expression on Hermione’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We spent the rest of class trying to think of the worst possible combinations. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For each combination of risk factors, Goldman drew up a decision tree that recommended a treatment option. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z This combination must have been the result of a happy accident in the distant past. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She found an ad that seemed a happy combination of factory and office; operating a machine in office surroundings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My pants were soaking wet with a combination of dirt, car oil, and urine. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. V wears huge, flowing dresses—must be miles of material in those things—all in crazy color combinations. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z About the strangest combination of items I could have imagined. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I et porridge and beef for my Christmas dinner, a right curious combination but a tasty one. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The numbers used to solve the square ended up being the combination for a lock on a hidden box that contained Shakespeare’s Secret. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The nymph here, perched on an open flower, is an inaccurate combination of these two insects, which locals assured her were related. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Julie stared up at him, with that strange combination of extreme youth and unnatural aging. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I flushed the toilet: It was a steel commode/basin combination, just like the ones in the psych unit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of Soviet successes in landing on Venus and Soviet failures in landing on Mars naturally caused us some concern about the U.S. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have wisdom as well as youth. A most unusual combination.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Every letter of the alphabet was assigned a combination of ones and zeros: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not telling you my combination,” I said, even though I knew my chances of seeing my history book were fading. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Soon bebop musicians began dispensing with the blueprints of the standard songs and instead invented their own chord sequences and melodies - highly complex ones at that, sometimes derived from the note combinations of unusual chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There are now many book/CD combinations available to help the beginning improviser in many different genres and on many different instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z There are innumerable plant-animal combinations, mostly in the sea, where the green plant cells provide carbohydrate and oxygen for the animal and receive a share of energy in return. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’ll take at least three rockets loaded in this manner,” he predicted, “before we get the right combination.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The picture is not unlike Egypt today, where the government in Cairo keeps power by a combination of tactics, including management of local religious authorities that swerves between heavy-handed intimidation and cynical appeasement. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Finally they entered a smaller cavern that looked like a combination loading zone and throne room. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z This one is even bigger, with a combination dial. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Abby steps aside, so I can twist in my locker combination. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But city things were disposable and replaceable, as interchangeable as the T-shirt, jacket, and skirt combinations of dorm uniforms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I can feel his breath, making the tiny hairs stand up, making me shudder with an odd combination of desire and discomfort. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “With cucumber kimchee as well. Truly a felicitous combination. Soft bean curd—crunchy cucumber. Bland bean curd—spicy cucumber. That woman is an artist.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And if each combination generated a unique effect on height, Fisher found, the result smoothened out. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Marriages are buffeted by more important things, like money and sex and children and jobs and in-laws, in constantly changing combinations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Emoticons are combinations of punctuation marks people frequently use when they don’t really know how to express themselves with real words. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He smells like a perfect combination of Lever soap and Old Spice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Other fish that I could not identify were yellow, brown, silver, blue, red, pink, green, white, in all kinds of combinations, solid, streaked and speckled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Earlier in the afternoon, I had collected from West Indian Archie for a fifty-cent combination bet; he had paid me three hundred dollars right out of his pocket. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Rhythm occurs in a melody, in the accompaniment, and uses combinations of short and long durations to create patterns and entire compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Determined, Calder moved the shapes into one combination after another, flipping and turning them. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z What I set down about him will be the result of memory plus what I know to be true plus conjecture built on the combination. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly. He was done in by a combination of strangulation, drowning, disembowelment, and a blow to the head. Seems rather like overkill, don’t you think?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I still often found myself without a personal coach in my corner at competitions, but I almost always had some combination of my mother, Faizah, and Paola as part of my cheering squad. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They looked like spiral doughnuts and tasted great - just the right combination of crispy, sugary and buttery - but when Nico first heard fartura he knew Percy would have made a joke out of the name. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You'll get the money, but the safe combination is none of your business.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The Five Nations recorded the succession of council members with a combination of pegs and carved images on long wooden cylinders called Condolence Canes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The combination of olive oil, hearty vegetables, and cheese that comes from goat's milk, mixed with decent servings of fish and meat, had been shown in numerous studies to promote longevity. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Here there were black girls with white boys, and black boys with Chinese-American girls, and Chinese- American girls with Dominican boys, and Dominican boys with Jamaican boys and every other imaginable combination. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Stoker hands us each a sheet with our locations and combinations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Most of the time his smiles were confused or scared or a combination of any number of other things. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Riding Arion, Hazel felt powerful, unstoppable, absolutely in control—a perfect combination of horse and human. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I tried my combination one more time and, unsuccessful, let the lock drop back against the locker with a loud clang. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Johannesburg in those days was a combination frontier town and modern city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The point of adding a drone to a chant melody was that new combinations of notes were created as the melody line moved closer or further away from the drone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z There is a certain uniqueness to a festival corn dog, an undeniable combination of grease and cornmeal, of hunger built up from maneuvering around the crowd, of anticipation from the fifteen-minute line. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it--signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z So in fourteenth-century polyphony, the perfect fifth, the perfect fourth and the octave comprised the vast majority of note combinations, or chords, on offer. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They had rated inclusion in the photograph because of some combination of rank, research contributions, and general esteem in the eyes of their bosses. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The combination of her big hair and bright black eyes and full pink lips is undeniably cute. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Could she remember the combination to the vault door? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “It was a sensational game and everyone was riveted on it. It was extraordinary: The game and Bobby’s youth were an unbeatable combination.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We scoot around a combination pretzel/hot dog cart that already has a line. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Add the effects of the environment—the impact of nutrition on height, or sunlight exposure on skin color—and Fisher could imagine even more unique combinations and effects, ultimately generating perfectly smooth curves. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z No matter that it was a relatively warm summer morning: if you had lived in Milagro all your life, you started a fire in your combination stove first thing after checking out the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people are more likely to bet a penny for a six-dollar payout, or if you split the bet, a penny will bring you a dollar for any combination hit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One may imagine a combination of talents—Brute’s for the chase, Boots’s for concealment. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z But if you have all three advantages — on top of a good dose of ingenuity and drive—then that’s an unstoppable combination. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The combination of the two strikes was too much for the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Jupiter and Poseidon - bad combination. Nike could start you two fighting easily.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Even if the papers were read out loud in class, the discussions were usually brief, as the combination of good manners and complete lack of interest kept most workshop participants from expressing their honest opinions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The combination to my lock is the same. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The combination of playing and his goofy singing makes me feel better. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The custodian at the canoe house noted a sudden demand for canoes, all of them rented by boy-girl combinations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The strong nuclear force has a curious property called confinement: it always binds particles together into combinations that have no color. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the lenses worn by the other two...It all came back in a jolt, rushing to fill the hole in her memory like a combination lock clicking into place. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I guess most people might call it autumn, but in the South it’s this unruly combination of winter-spring-summer-fall. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It was this combination of daintiness and cultivated speech that misled Macon and invited him to regard her as merely foolish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For example six cents would put one penny on each of the six possible combinations of three digits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Huygens brothers found a way to reduce chromatic aberration considerably by using a combination of two thin lenses in the eyepiece of a telescope, instead of one fat lens. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He spoke in a careful combination of languages that was understood by everyone present. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of regulatory sequences and the protein-encoding sequence defined a gene. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I took a quick glance around and saw a detailed replica of 20 Grand Palace, the combination arcade/pizza joint featured in the film. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “And in case you don’t know, they want to tell you with a lethal combination of houses, cars, and diamonds.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The matchmaker bragged about me: “An earth horse for an earth sheep. This is the best marriage combination.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The lobby of the hotel smells like candied lemon and bleach, an acrid combination that burns my nostrils when I breathe it in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She nodded and frowned, a popular combination with her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z By the time all the combinations of valves are used, there is some way to get an in-tune version of every note they need. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I slammed my locker closed, spun the combination, and walked away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Often we ended up with some very strange combinations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He tried a combination of whimpering, mewing, and chuffing, stopping every now and then to listen. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The puppy was a combination of several colors, big feet, a whirligig of a tail, and lopsided ears. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The deft combination of variation and artificial selection, Darwin knew, could produce extraordinary results. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Rather than slicing the hot dogs lengthwise, Chapter Eleven tried various combinations to amuse himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One night it grew too cold in the lifeboat to crack the corset’s combination. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Of course, once in a while I’d hit a small combination figure. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I try the combination again and it works. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The ban on phone calls was, then, purely punitive, just as the pepper-spraying of the child-man had been born of a combination of opportunity, cruelty, ambivalence, and sport. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I study her expression and decide it's a combination of fear and shame. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Candy Dance was a humming, skipping, foot-tapping, eating, smacking combination that overtook us when we had sweets. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z To be consistent, buying seven bags of balls and seven bags of blocks from one toy store has to be the same thing as buying seven combination packs from the neighboring shop. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His grandmother makes a noise that may be a laugh or a cough or a combination of the two. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I went through every possible clothing combination I own, but somehow none of my dozens of black rock-band T-shirts seemed to match with any of my three identical pairs of Old Navy jeans. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was doing that combination of whispering and shouting at the same time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The neighboring toy store sells a combination pack with two balls and three blocks in it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z To sustain her being in love, she often worked at herself in the mirror, guessing at the colors and shapes that would interest him, changing them frequently in order to hit on the right combination. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Figure 1.98: These are only a few of the many, many possible note combinations that could be used in these time signatures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z This combination made them interesting to know, but you could never predict what they would do or say. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z That all-too-familiar combination of confusion and anger is starting to bubble up inside me again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I know that, you idiot. I’m trying to concentrate here! If you want to help, tell me the combination.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Behind them: thick metal door, three manual locks in addition to an electronic keypad, one of the locks a combination. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The smell is a combination of hay and sweaty animal. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It’s this perfect combination of butter, maple syrup, bacon, and maybe onions? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It was some combination of all those things that ran me up against Nathan Price. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of these drugs gave us a lot of energy and made us fierce. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Yelena sees the cosmonaut as a combination of scientist and athlete, and she enjoys the challenges of training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z And the shorts and T-shirt combination actually seems to suit her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Anything comprised of a combination of diverse or contradictory elements. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z First class today was an elective he’s taking out of a combination of morbid fascination and academic curiosity: The Press and the Presidency. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The plant provide* power to the entire city, using a combination of wind, water, and solar energy. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Once again in the South, the combination of sexual and economic dangers ignited a thunderous reaction, but members of the Citizens’ Councils followed a course of action suited to the conservative nature of their class. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times all humans had been a combination of male and female. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Yeah, she could put the top up, but that combination of cold night air and warmth from the heater is A1. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I don’t look back at you, not yet, but I know anyway: Now you are turning the dial of your combination lock. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The combination had to be dialed and clicked in perfectly, or it didn’t open and you had to start all over. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “You think I need your combination to break in?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Instead, I find myself thinking through combinations—strike, thrust, parry, block. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My ankles were streaked with dirt from the combination of dust and sweat. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Every block has at least one combination deli/grocery store, windows almost entirely covered in beer and cigarette posters. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Coach was trying out different combinations of players, and although he didn’t say it, he was evaluating who was going to be a starter for sure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Making something right in at least one tiny corner of the vast house of wrongs—I learned this from Anatole, or maybe from myself, the odd combination of my two parents. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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