| 单词 | commit |
| 例句 | Myers claimed to have committed the Vickie Pittman murder under the direction of another local sheriff; he laid out to us a widespread conspiracy involving police, drug dealing, and money laundering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He realized asking Rishi to commit to an engineering program was like asking him to live in a nicely decorated cage for the rest of his life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Alter Rosen,” he murmured, as though to commit my name to memory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This was done in part to try to quell the more irresponsible acts of terrorism then being committed by Poqo. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bram went underground while out on bail and was captured in 1965, and sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In discussing such a thing as the murder potential we should remember that many of us are capable of committing murder. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In it she confessed to crimes she could not possibly have committed and admitted faults far beyond her capacity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You would have thought that Bill had committed murder,” his brother Max said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They were committed to being partners in everything, in work as well as love. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I wondered for a little while about the best way to communicate my deep-felt passion and decided to commit it to paper. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “The Oakland Police Department is committed to the safety and security of its residents.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There is no danger of an uprising here among the privileged, among those whose names, are never placed in the reaping balls, whose children never die for the. supposed crimes committed generations ago. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As Joe slept, Joyce sat in the bow, studying the face of the young man to whom she had committed herself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Eric, having dithered about joining, had finally committed himself, and now wore a badge proudly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Not all of the top Nazis were tried at Nuremberg: Several committed suicide before they could be arrested or taken to trial. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding the test fizzles, the AEC had committed fully to Livermore, its faith in Ernest Lawrence still strong. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Oh man, remind me to never commit a crime with you. You’ll get caught and out me so fast.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “When someone commits a crime, he is tried, not murdered.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Going through the cold seeking a telephone booth I realized that I had committed myself to bring her some kind of surprise, and as I walked I became mildly enthusiastic. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I committed a sin against my own body once,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “This is who you are now. You need to commit the names and the story to memory.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "No, it isn't. But since there's always an element of crime in freedom —" "I ain't committed no crime!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In McCleskey, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is once again in protection mode—firmly committed to the prevailing system of control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When I’d failed to make the national team five years before, it had forced me to commit myself to becoming a better gymnast. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I couldn't tell whether he felt guilty about something himself, or thought I had committed some crime. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve nearly committed it to memory when the recitation is interrupted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I avow, Serjeant, we shall commit ourselves wholly to philosophy without a grain of intelligence intermixed.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Following the awful Saturday in Miss Lisa’s pantry, I was committed to learning more about the white world and how it worked. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Though Chacko was not a card-holding member of the Party, he had been converted early and had remained, through all its travails, a committed supporter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Officials are being indicted on everything from criminal negligence to conspiracy to commit murder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And I was really surprised that after committing such despicable acts they were back out on the street. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But there is a world of difference between being inclined toward violence and actually committing a violent act. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed out that one could not simply waltz into the asylum and remove those committed to it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The film showed Richardson committing every foul short of shooting Woolf off his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew no one in my family had committed a crime. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, they committed a world- class blunder on an international stage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He comes back moments later and reports that a family, a doctor from Phnom Penh with his wife and their three children, have committed suicide by swallowing poison. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some would hold out for months, I was told, expecting a face-to-face conversation with every candidate before finally committing to one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That is the soul when it commits mortal sins. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This woman had had a crush on him since she was a teenager, long before he committed the murder. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregg’s pretty looks were deceiving, according to a prosecutor, who said that he was “a cold cruel calculating type of criminal” who “would not hesitate to commit murder.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Yet Sirius had been innocent — the murders for which he had been convicted had been committed by Worm- tail, Voldemort’s supporter, whom nearly everybody now believed dead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He’d recently returned from his freshman year at a small Mormon college in Virginia, where he’d played basketball, and he was committed to taking the Mormon message to Winnipeg. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s important to remember that once your adjustment-of-status application is pending, you will not be subjected to random deportation unless you commit a crime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Dionysus was the God of the Vine; therefore he was a power which sometimes made men commit frightful and atrocious crimes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think drugs drove him to commit murder?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Number of people currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for crimes committed as juveniles: 2,570. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It turns out that even two committed go-getters with a deep love and a robust work ethic can’t will themselves into being pregnant. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All of his efforts and money were used to keep his friend out of jail because of such charges as theft, committing public indecencies, and assault and battery. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We should care deeply about all people impacted, including people who live in fear of violence, people who are survivors, and those who commit violent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He desperately wants to end it with her, but she is fragile, unbalanced, and he's afraid that she might commit suicide if he breaks it off. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They committed ecological suicide by destroying their own resource base. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me as though I had committed the worst crime imaginable. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard once that there are people who commit crimes with the sole purpose of being caught and put in jail. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And how she found two of the five witnesses that were given immunity, suggesting, if not proving, that the act was committed by a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Should the United States commit to fighting a major ground war in Vietnam? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Before I was twelve, I would have committed all three of those crimes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, as Silver guided them southward along higher ground to the west of the farm, almost all, now that they were actually committed to the adventure, felt dread and apprehension. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This made them distinct from most of my clients who committed crimes as adults. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Academics might have agreed to commit themselves to the goal of helping more nonwhite students enter college. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While the HIV-infected Haitians had committed no crime, they were nevertheless treated like prisoners. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Doesn't look like he can take a joke either, Victor thought, as he committed the two faces to memory. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I hesitated a moment before asking, “Are you sure he didn’t really commit suicide? Because his avatar had been killed?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Word spread that the President had died, and no one believed the official version that he had committed suicide. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, committing myself to nothing until I knew the kind of reality I was grappling with. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I consider how I resisted Hamlet’s revenge, repelled by the violent act he had vowed to commit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He was eventually freed from slavery at the age of forty, only to be committed later to an asylum for dementia. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “All of the American leaders have committed treason against the King. You cannot deny that. Treason is the highest offense under English law, worse than murder. And what is the punishment for treason, my friends?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z However, if they were tried in a civilian court, the men would most likely receive a two-year prison term for conspiracy, since they didn't commit any sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And, he added, “This conduct is very egregious and I don’t think anybody would argue that if it were committed by an adult that the punishment would be cruel and unusual.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I knew her well enough to know that if I committed almost any crime and told her the truth about it she not only wouldn’t disown me but would give me her protection. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After months in the county jail, away from death row, Myers again realized he didn't want to implicate himself in a murder he had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You committed an act like something out of the Wild West, and you didn’t even realize how outrageous it was,” the judge said. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Laila saw three drops of blood on the rug, her blood, and pictured her parents sitting on this couch later, oblivious to the sin that she had committed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z While we were waiting for the preacher, she took out her rosary and prayed for Erma’s soul, which she feared was in jeopardy since, as she saw it, Erma had committed suicide. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Allen quickly became committed to SNCC’s nonviolent ideals: always meet hatred with love, and strive to eliminate evil, not destroy the evildoer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I turned and ran into the nearest ghost—Clyde—and committed Pacicide, dying for the first time in the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They were claiming that my father had committed suicide. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, that he was, what d’ya call it—capable of committing murder. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have committed some terrible act and blacked it out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I feared that the path he’d chosen for himself—and still seemed so clearly committed to pursuing—would end up steamrolling our every need. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "I understood you committed her only because of the weight loss. This is news to me." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “He threw her in a lake, ‘rescued’ her, and told them she tried to commit suicide. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z For some time Milkman had been picking up hints that one or more of these murders had in fact been either witnessed or committed by a Negro. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrote that the picketers had neither violated the law nor committed violence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Although not an excuse, such things can make a person with such a dark and disturbed side commit acts they may never have if not under their influence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Does a man who commits suicide stab himself in ten—twelve—fifteen places?” he asked. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The women who picketed were committed to the cause and proud of what they were doing. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z For my part, I felt that I had somehow committed a sin of betrayal by learning English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some members were U.S. residents, living in Los Angeles until 1996, when a federal law began requiring judges to deport them if they committed serious crimes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z We were committed to the glory of pure altitude. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “If you heard I’d committed some great crime would you turn me over to the police?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z According to the New York Times, nearly 20 percent of suicides are committed by poison, but among doctors who kill themselves, that number is 57 percent. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s never over with Marcus; the wrongs he committed are too great. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He was exceedingly careful not to commit any minor traffic infraction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I am supposed to commit to recovery like a nun pledging body and soul in a convent. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In the federal system, adults who unintentionally commit arson-murder where more than one person is killed usually receive sentences that permit release in less than twenty-five years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He spent most of his time on the streets, where police stopped him for violations including trespassing, stealing a bike, and property crimes committed with his older brother and other older teens. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In June two businessmen committed suicide on the same day in the same Chicago hotel, the Metropole. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I had no right to be jealous, of course, since I was committed heart and soul to Dorothy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When he fired his carbine to miss he was committing treason against his unit, and he didn’t care. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw in this the reason for my being staved off so long and the reason for my late guardian’s declining to commit himself to the formal knowledge of such a scheme. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Those who had meaningful economic and social opportunities were unlikely to commit crimes regardless of the penalty, while those who went to prison were far more likely to commit crimes again in the future. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Five inmates had committed suicide within the past five months. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not, to my knowledge, been accused of committing a crime, and yet I was now involved in a system of tests and appointments. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He was not committed to act, but he would not interfere. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t understand. Patricide is the worst crime a Roman can commit. It’s unforgivable.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A white man, full of prejudice and hate, came to our country and committed a deed so foul that our whole nation now teeters on the brink of disaster. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her only remaining son, Robert, had her committed to a mental institution in 1875. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They urged the Court to prohibit the police from stopping motorists for the purpose of drug investigations unless the officers actually had reason to believe a motorist was committing, or had committed, a drug crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I felt extremely shy, wary of committing a faux pas, and unequipped to participate in the high-flown and rapid-fire conversations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many girls choose to escape from their abductors by committing suicide. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had committed murder twice and had created a new world for himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had committed—would still have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper—the essential crime that contained all others in itself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Alone in his study, he was committed to his theory of natural selection, the theory that would leave God out of creation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He also states that “men, for the most part, do commit crimes when they can.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Dorothy committed to the lease on the apartment in Newsome Park even though Langley had not converted her wartime employee status to permanent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She wondered what crime, if any, this man had committed to be locked up here. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z With each gleaning I commit, with each life taken for the good of humanity, I mourn for the boy I once was, whose name I sometimes struggle to remember. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She was a committed pacifist, but she was receiving pressure from constituents who wanted her to support the president’s call to arms. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I have not committed the ultimate act of nihilism: I have not killed the queen. i. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Relief because without it we would never reach the moon, and tension because now we were committed, and turning back would be almost impossible. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After he heard all of the arguments as to why Bobby should be released, and judged that the RJF members were committed to their cause, he went into action. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You know, when you want to commit suicide, we consider that a medical emergency. Did you know that?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Despite the brutality, the students were committed to nonviolence and for the most part bore the insults and indignities without striking back. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z You and Manny, who are equal in pretty much every way apart from race, could commit the same crime, but it’s almost guaranteed that he would receive a harsher punishment than you. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Don’t smash anything too expensive. I told Alex we weren’t committing any felonies.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Parts of it are always being changed, by a ceaseless activity to which all of us are committed; new words are invented and inserted, old ones have their meaning altered or abandoned. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Misdirection,” she explained, and we turned and committed ourselves to the shack’s concealing gloom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Growing up in a single-parent home roughly doubles a child’s propensity to commit crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “This is actually very good,” she tells me, as if I’ve committed a crime. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z On April 30, the day that Hitler committed suicide, I was permitted to take the exams for graduation. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the half hour Briony would commit her crime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Whether they were persons of note or simply hardworking citizens, these individuals in my early life were missionaries of justice, each committed to doing his or her part. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They involved doing penance for a sin not yet committed, intense and fervent penance accompanied by scourging and flagellation, so as to build up, as it were, a store of credit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z By keeping the secret about myself, I had somehow not committed myself to Fay completely. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A veritable fountain of youth in our dolmades and taramasalata and even in our baklava, which didn’t commit the sin of containing refined sugar but had only honey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to get out of its path—I was too committed to Barack by then, too in love—but I did need to quickly anchor myself on two feet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He remembered seeing many cartoons of Communists in newspapers and always they had flaming torches in their hands and wore beards and were trying to commit murder or set things on fire. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There are so many questions, from “Does using magic make you grow horns?” to “Did Quinton know you’re a magician?” to “What makes you different from all the magicians that committed so many awful crimes?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They had moved next to Fort Worth, Texas, then to St. Louis, and on to Philadelphia, committing frauds along the way. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Hitler had committed suicide, and his generals had either killed themselves, been arrested, or gone into hiding. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z If a criminal thinks his potential victim may be armed, he may be deterred from committing the crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z In the aftermath of the Santa Anita Handicap, everyone at the track was buzzing about the foul Count Atlas had committed against Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew almost as many herbs as the curandera, but he would get confused when it came to deciding on their use, and he had committed some irreparable mistakes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fourth Amendment, the court reasoned, forbids the police from seizing people and searching them without some individualized suspicion that they have committed or are committing a crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I am still not entirely clear on the particulars here, but I do know that once I fully commit to going, I’ll go. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And when Katie came in and lit the gas, chasing the shadows away and paling the light in the stove windows, it was like a great sin that she committed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But when you find out about all the stuff they’ve been through in their childhood and their health problems and what crimes they committed, it becomes totally different. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Hardly “feisty” or “emotional,” as Claudette was rumored to be, Rosa Parks struck almost everyone she met as a contained, pleasant, committed, and levelheaded individual. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The taxi driver, while taking me to the Hotel Aletti, described the atrocities the French had committed, and personal measures that he had taken to get even. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A day after the fire he committed himself to the Anchorage Psychiatric Institute but left after two weeks, convinced there was a conspiracy afoot to put him away permanently. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If we are not committed to our own survival, who will be? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt that I had committed a crime. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You might as well find a sturdy tree and a rope, Odenigbo, because that’s an easier way to commit suicide,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s different when you hear it from someone who has committed the terrible act of killing someone.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Look, it’s okay. Go ahead and call a psychiatrist. Have me committed.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Negro scholars ahead of us don’t seem inclined to say anything, and I cannot just let a man commit suicide, even if it is in the name of science. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She’s tied the yacht to something on the outside—Mark can see the coiled end of a rope—either oblivious or insensitive to the murder her partner has just committed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He tried to wrangle for more favorable treatment but decided that there was no punishment he was willing to accept for a murder he hadn't committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I idly considered stealing it, in the way that people idly consider many crimes it would be possible for them to commit. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked away from the event that night even more inspired to do more, more committed to standing up, and more determined to raise my voice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Because they were a religious minority, Jews often served as scapegoats for crimes they never committed. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z For the past four years, the two countries had committed unspeakable atrocities, not only against each other, but against innocent civilians in their path. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The first part, commit, has two ms but just one t. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people start committing crimes when they’re young and keep on committing them, progressing from burglary to robbery to murder. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Brings sorrow on anyone who carries it. I heard all nine previous owners have committed suicide.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Harper committed an outrageous and unconventional act when she completed her work for the first volume. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “No, I didn’t. But you insisted. You committed. So I want you to honor your commitment. We honor commitments in this house. We’re not rich but we have our word.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And this was possible because a murder was usually committed by a person who was known to the victim. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I admitted, “I noticed he wasn’t exactly streetwise. But that didn’t stop him from committing fraud.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z This meant that some federal contractors and all federal employees had to commit to drug-free workplaces. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Lloyd: What do you think of the little kids that committed the crime? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My earlier break, the one I’d committed so many crimes to preserve, had been a complete bust, with no other human around but a management-level woman from accounting. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They are now committed back to that eternity from which they came. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His eyes widened, like Fd committed some minor betrayal, and he pushed the bundle out of his mouth with his tongue. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Camp having committed suicide, and not living long enough afterwards to ask God to forgive him, there was no way he could ever be reunited with Loma or Campbell Junior in Paradise. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her scolding made me more unhappy, as if being a child were a fault I had committed and must atone for. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Whatever, I was committed; I'd learn in the process of working with them, I thought, remembering the money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So, before they commit millions of dollars to signing an artist, record companies will spend a few thousand dollars to test his or her music first, using the same techniques as the radio stations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He committed the United States to vanquishing the dictators who would deprive others of their freedom. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There she endured her agonals and committed her soul to Christ. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tantalus made a wild grab, but the marshmallow committed suicide, diving into the flames. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z No matter what, don’t commit suicide, or you will have to trade places with the Wall Ghost. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It also committed the United States to compensate English creditors for outstanding pre-revolutionary debts, most of which were owed by Virginia’s planters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Probably people commit suicide through weakness, not through strength. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Poor hero committing suicide for a ration or two or more of soup ... Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He had committed a crime, but he was no more a criminal than I was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He fled to China in 1994, after his father, who supervised regional food distribution, ran afoul of his superiors and committed suicide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z So how should we look at teenagers who commit bias crimes? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If he and I were an item, it would improve the odds of his committing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I mean, anybody who commits this kind of crime probably has gone through something in their lives. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Nick wasn’t about to commit his mom to the state bin, or even lock her up in the house all day. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And he had never been committed to being any kind of a counselor. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Here they were, sitting in a school that was offering them a free education, I said, and there were a whole lot of committed and caring adults inside that school who thought they mattered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The whole milieu was a portrait of affluence and ease, a less-than-subtle reminder of the payoff that came when you committed yourself wholeheartedly to the grind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was for the strange reason that he was cruel, that the poor fellow never killed a man who asked for mercy, or committed a cruel action which he could have prevented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Much like he changed in the story, I have changed and will change as I commit myself to service toward society.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I now know that many blunders have been committed here, by young and old alike. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Have you committed some wrong for which you repent?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Because he wasn’t committing a crime that afternoon. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z What a pair we were—fatherless, frightened, but fiercely committed, too, to keeping our families alive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But still the men burst in as if he were in the process of committing a murder. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “We just want you to appear on television and say that the President was drunk and he committed suicide. After that you can go home.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only if he was planning to commit a crime with it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Whatever he undertakes, he commits himself to it fully, absolutely. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Her rotund figure dressed in hospital gown and slippers at the head of the demonstrators inspired many less committed Hayti residents to battle on. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe that was shame on her face, but Esperanza did not seem all that interested in committing to the point she’d tried to make. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "You surprise me, Turtle Wexler. I thought you were too smart to commit such a dangerous, destructive, and stupid act." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And so they came to the First Congregational graveyard and committed Turner’s father to the earth and to the Lord. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “To commit acts of sabotage which may cause the death of hundreds of innocent people?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He encountered members of the old Al Spencer Gang and the former head of the Veterans Bureau, who had committed bribery during the scandalous Harding administration. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Hobbes was no more committed to the supposed Wittgensteinian view of truth than the GMC are. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The people would come to commit murder on it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose the moral is,” said Arthur, “that you must not commit mortal sin, even if twelve lives depend upon it Dogmatically speaking, I believe that is sound.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s military, you’re not. And I’m already in jail, so don’t tempt me to commit homicide.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Though it may have been tempting to commit a felony and covertly check the box that read "American citizen" on the application, my parents knew those financial aid peeps meant serious business. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Five days and 150 miles into Mexico, he committed the mistake of falling asleep on top of a train with his shoes off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As usual, Zeitoun wouldn’t commit till the last minute, so she took the precaution of actually packing a bag for him and hiding it in the back of the minivan. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The boy’s parents didn’t believe their son would commit suicide; they didn’t believe the story the police had told them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Kathy, in his sharp-witted testimony, denied committing acts of sabotage or inciting others to do so, but he said he supported such acts if they advanced the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when they were together, he tried to tell her of what he felt, how the Lord would punish them for the sin they were committing. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He wants to commit him to a psychiatric hospital in Geel, Belgium, known for the good care and supervised freedom given to its patients. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And for the first time, she learned that her sister had been committed to a mental institution called Crownsville. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If a family member had committed a crime or treason, his blood was considered bad. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t want to commit any class of a sin with our Confirmation coming next year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Someone had murdered his beloved and done so in a way that made it look like the prince had committed the crime. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Many MS gangsters setde in Chiapas after committing crimes in the United States and being expelled to their home countries in Central America. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And vie commit her body to the ground, Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Czolgosz, I considered myself an outsider and longed to commit the heroic act that would make me “belong.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “While we haven’t received a statement from the Oakland Unified School District, the Oakland Police Department has reported to NBC4 that no crime was committed, so no arrests have been made.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “He is highborn. He is a prince. In fact, if he had not committed a great crime, he would be the king of the bears by now.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Those are closets for telling the priests your sins. You go in there and kneel down and tell all the sins you committed during the past week.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I thought she might change her mind, but suddenly she scribbled something and threw the pen down, committing herself and her little girls to twenty-five years. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In White’s desperation to get Hale, he’d committed the ultimate sin of an evidence man and believed, despite apparent contradictions, what he wanted to believe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The body that committed the murder would inevitably get caught, but the murderer would go free. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We are not committed or bound by our genes to stick to one activity forever, like the wasps. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To commit “a seven-three” was to use seven words when three would do, and a “ninety-nine one hundred” meant quitting on a nearly completed job. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He had intended, probably, to take what he could and go--but now he found that he had committed himself to the following of a grail. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Anyone who is thinking about committing suicide is weak, and when you tell someone you are thinking about killing yourself, you most certainly are broken,” Diana said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was the last game of the year, and you were supposed to commit suicide or something if old Pencey didn't win. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Not knowing of Brutus’s victory, Cassius committed suicide rather than face capture. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z You want to commit suicide, you call 1-800-SUICIDE; you get suicide watch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “My plans are perfect,” he said before committing his troops to battle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “That tie. It’s the worst crime Melvin ever committed. Rest his precious soul.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z In the meantime, his son let him commit his follies, let him strive, let him be humbled by his moods. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m doing time for a crime I didn’t commit,” the actor said. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Boys always forget other people’s birthdays. “You have committed the following crimes,” he continued: “having a dog with an unauthorized alarm, sowing confusion, upsetting the applecart, wreaking havoc, and mincing words.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you can commit to doing these drills, you will be building your craft exponentially and getting ahead of the competition,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There was some legal jargon, but I grasped this: She committed J.T. and Digger to the custody of juvenile services—to nine months in a forestry camp for juvenile offenders out in western Maryland. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I thought hard of all the sins I had ever committed, and I said as many prayers as I could remember. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the cities on the map as I was drawing, trying to commit them to memory. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The two of us together lobbied other countries’ governments to help fund programming for girls’ education while encouraging private companies and think tanks to commit to the cause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Are you committed enough to salvage the wreckage of that mentality?’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a tragic crime committed at fourteen, Trina was condemned to die in prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In response, one state after another enacted direct-file laws that allowed juvenile offenders to be transferred to adult courts if they committed certain crimes. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Not so. You see, this crime, it was most probably committed by a woman. The man was stabbed no less than twelve times. Even the chef de train said at once, ‘It is a woman.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The club’s coffin, for example, had once been used to transport the body of a member who had committed suicide. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Patrol bands marauded through the slave villages and ransacked the homes of freemen, stealing and committing assaults. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Tyler did send the letter to my parents, and once committed he never wavered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I wanted a committed coach who had made an Olympic team, who knew exactly what it took to get me to the promised land. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But he did not bother committing the essay to print. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Supposing that last night an assassin joined the train. It is quite certain that he could not have left it after committing the crime?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He refused to believe the verdict and emphatically denied that he had committed any of the crimes he was charged with, nor did he ever intend to commit any crime. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z This book argues that mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow and that all those who care about social justice should fully commit themselves to dismantling this new racial caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z People in their black minds remember sins committed secretly and wonder whether they have caused the evil sequence. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The belief in parental power is manifest in the first official act a parent commits: giving the baby a name. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She doesn’t usually focus or commit to a project, but when she does, she goes all in. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I have committed to memory the common rights of toads and men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Few people commit violence in schools, but way too many have fantasized about it. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the coming days and weeks, Laila would scramble frantically to commit it all to memory, what happened next. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Now she was called a black model, and because her father was a capitalist and her mother had committed suicide, she was criticized all the more. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They hardly need such patronizing, offensive lessons about not committing massacres. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the mayor is the one committing the crime,” said Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Someone made a long speech listing every infraction of the rules we were committing that night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Helping take Uncle Camp in there, I wondered how they could stand to live like that with dead bodies, especially when it was one that had committed suicide. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And Lee said, “Cal—I don’t like your father’s looks. He’s got a dazed look. Oh, I forgot. You don’t know. Your mother committed suicide last night.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z From my desk within the walls of Sing Sing, I see daily the constantly increasing numbers of boys and young men who are committed to prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though we committed no offense, we are viewed as criminals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Did I have the nerve to commit suicide? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We tell ourselves they “deserve” their fate, even though we know—and don’t know—that whites are just as likely to commit many crimes, especially drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And she’d just finished confessing to murders Chess knew she didn’t commit. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He had graduated from college in May and was thinking about going to medical school, but he wanted to see the world before committing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Michael had stayed long past the two years he had committed to us, but he was now scheduled to move to San Diego to start a job as a federal public defender. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If I commit to this dive, there’s no undoing it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z If he committed to war in Vietnam, it would drain resources from the domestic programs he dreamed of crafting. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I told the congregation that Walter’s case had taught me that the death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Twice, after being asked serious questions about whether he’s committed treason, he’s going to smirk. He looks like the cat who ate the canary.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Fifty years ago, the prevailing concept in the American criminal justice system was that everyone in the community is the victim when an offender commits a violent crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You don’t usually do that, so don’t start worrying about that now. All you can truly control is committing yourself to practices and doing your best out there.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z What existed beyond Madrid that the child had to commit to memory? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Our whole family was committed, even if it felt a little scary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Every week, at least a dozen prisoners committed suicide by hurling themselves into the pit,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Not so long after his resignation, he committed suicide in the cellar of his home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was imperative that there be postulated against what or whom Ross’s crimes had been committed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think that’s the worst bit. I know Bathilda thought it was all just talk, but ‘For the Greater Good’ became Grindelwald’s slogan, his justification for all the atrocities he committed later. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I may be committing a very grave error. Are you Captain Yossarian?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Who becomes a social pariah and excommunicated from civil society and who trots off to college bears scant relationship to the morality of crimes committed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In most societies, 20 percent of criminals commit 80 percent of crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But it quickly became clear that the Communist forces were disciplined and committed as they wreaked carnage on both military and civilian groups. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We were also committed to extensive affirmative action measures in both the private and public sectors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely in America a whole segment of decent souls could not stand by and allow such massive crimes to be committed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Deliberate listening to foreign radio stations...Willfully distributing newscasts of foreign radio stations...Conspiracy to commit high treason. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z True, Vera was his reason for dreaming all this up, but whatever evil deed had been committed, something good was coming out of it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I knew that if you broke your oath it was the biggest sin a man could commit, because God was witness to the swearing on his name. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was committed to the evening, he felt excited and, strangely, free. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “By the time it fades, the word is permanently committed to memory.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Though overwhelmed by the responsibility being placed on his shoulders, he felt absolutely committed to the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Are you committed enough to help in this bold and crucial movement? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d committed myself to spending three days a week working in my capacity as First Lady while reserving the rest of my time for family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z That is why these songs, even the very names of certain Holy Beings, can never be written down or recorded and must be committed to memory. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A few months ago the Russians stormed the village and reportedly committed vicious acts of brutality. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z One evening, a neighbor who lived a few doors down from my uncle s house was listening to a pirate radio station that accused the new government of committing crimes against civilians. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The man thought he had probably not fully committed himself to any of this. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Powell will be the man who actually walks up to the door, finds a way to enter the house, and commits the crime. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Many of my Alabama clients were on death row for crimes they were accused of committing when they were sixteen- or seventeen-year-old children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Second, Jeffrey Richards committed a hostile act of conspiracy against a sitting president, and I am eagerly awaiting the federal investigation that is coming to him once he loses this election. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Just...lots of stuff going on,” he said, committing to a more vague explanation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Granting that Armstrong was mad, what was to prevent him having killed off all the others and then committed suicide by throwing himself over the cliff, or perhaps while trying to swim to the mainland? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Even though she had committed suicide, I went to Grandma’s memorial service at the crematorium. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I committed myself to fencing again, my life became a nonstop hustle to support my training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Jesse was dead, he’d committed suicide, but I still felt like I was betraying him for liking a guy who wasn’t even capable of liking me back. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As if to say, I’m not going to stop calling or coming by; I’m committed to you. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “No, no, and again no! That is an explanation that will not hold water. It is deficient in a dozen minor points. The crime was not committed so—M. Poirot must know that perfectly well.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no evidence to adduce; and whether or not the man himself committed the murders there is now none to say. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He’s eager to commit, and she’s too busy contemplating what she really wants out of life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z While I was in school one day, they were killed while trying to commit a robbery. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Over a hundred people are dead, and there have been dozens of attacks on Muslims in retaliation for a crime no Muslim committed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “The Mud People have committed an overtly hostile act. Who knows where this is going?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A person that commits a sin like that is never too good for the post office or anything else. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The MartelLs would not commit to actual battle unless Dome itself was attacked, and Stannis was not so great a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We’re committed, as she gets older, to teaching her about her birth culture. And of course she already loves the rice. Actually, it was her first solid food.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I hunger to commit the act of touch. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His crimes were known, but what he had felt before he committed them would never be known. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The disease rapidly gained ground, but Root remained committed to the engagement, even though it was clear to everyone he was marrying a dead woman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We trot away and I know dozens of Leamy’s boys are committing the deadly sin of envy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To emphasize the fact that suffragists were to be regarded as common criminals, the wardens at the two facilities put them in the same cells with women who had been convicted of committing serious crimes. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And yes, I committed all this to memory. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z What would it be like to be committed to pacifism when you are surrounded by people determined to make war—particularly if they wish to make war on your community? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The longer I spent in Sing Sing, in fact, the easier it was to imagine anybody, anywhere, committing practically any crime. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes the coward’s way out by committing suicide and leaves Macbeth to face the end alone. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1904, long after Vincent's death, she will commit suicide by jumping into the water, just as she had once predicted. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Now it seemed as if Bailey had been at fault all along, that Bailey had committed an error, had stood in the wrong place at the wrong time and had caused his own misfortune. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, how do we take responsibility? You can apologize—and even if you cannot remember committing your transgression, that doesn’t mean that your apology, and the sentiment behind your apology, is not sincere.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed that if you committed a crime, you got the punishment you deserved, and innocent people would always be proven innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He was committed, but he was still scared. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This other time, I saw a commercial for this movie about a man who was accused of murder, but he didn’t commit the murder. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t see — you don’t understand. Once he commits to a hunt, he’s unshakable. We’d have to kill him.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But James and Maddie were both as committed to their bet as they had been the week before. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Already potentially responsible for her husband’s stroke, I had now committed a sacrilege at my first liturgical opportunity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When a defense attorney alleged that the government had committed fraud, a prosecutor shouted, “I’ll meet the man who says it out in the courtyard.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “These boys have tried to commit murder—do you understand?” said Carlos. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Soviet Union heard that the United States was planning to launch the country's first female into space aboard the space shuttle, the Soviet space agency committed to putting another Soviet woman into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to know how many Hitler Youth were aware of the atrocities being committed in the concentration camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Galileo accepted, even though the increase in salary would only take effect from the following year, and even though it would commit him to burdensome teaching duties. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Any crime they committed was not investigated, giving them the power to arrest, harm, imprison, and kill without consequence. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He was not given to conspiracy theories or believing that the U.S. government willfully committed human rights violations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "Why are you all so committed to these children being saints?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “It was a perfectly simple question that I asked you, Mademoiselle. I will repeat it. Are you very much distressed that a crime should have been committed on this train?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the assortment of possible sins to commit, sexual sins—the cherries—were certainly mentioned. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We all stared up at the giant bridge, Rondell pointing at it because who knows why, and then Mong said: “A lot of people commit suicide off it, too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Needless to say, my parents committed that crime. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Momma’s voice had risen to a shouting pitch, and I knew that whatever wrong I had committed was extremely serious. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Jefferson-Madison collaboration was not just committed to capturing the federal government for the Republicans. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As a chocolate fiend and our resident sweet tooth, Skid lived in a constant state of bewilderment that I was firmly committed to my Reese’s and/or other peanut butter and chocolate sweets. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Because the “car” was guilty of transporting someone who had broken a drug law at some time, she could legally lose her only form of transportation, even though she herself committed no crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A gander who had been privy to the plot had confessed his guilt to Squealer and immediately committed suicide by swallowing deadly nightshade berries. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I’d been in the same room with the ambassador every minute that he was in our house, and besides, that overstuffed, freeloading bureaucrat was too self-involved to ever commit murder. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Anyone could belong to the committee, and C.P. decided that, uneasy as he was about the whole thing, he had committed himself to the process and might as well see it through. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In his inaugural address, Mr. de Klerk said his government was committed to peace and that it would negotiate with any other group committed to peace. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We've known for months. But it wasn't until you hid your supplies in the tunnel this morning that we understood you had committed yourself. We knew then we had to speak with you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At the same time, Reggie wasn’t just a member of the Church, he was a poster child for many of its best-regarded attributes: clean-cut, churchgoing, family-focused, committed to going on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A robbery was committed; a man was brutally killed. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “It took a lot of therapy for me to understand that Jesse committed suicide because he was sick. It wasn’t my fault, it wasn’t his fault, and it sure as hell wasn’t your fault.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In the wake of the Columbine tragedy, the Freedom Writers felt even more committed to preach peace. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Half the holes are drilled, but I'm not committed to anything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They were unaware that the Garretts, already guilty of inhospitality, were conspiring to commit a worse offense: treachery. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The cake itself is so perfect that I know Leah picked it out: half chocolate and half vanilla, because I can never commit to a favorite, and covered in that weirdly delicious Publix icing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z You have committed yourself to a brand-new product. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z If I even breathed a word of something this big, my mother would have me committed before I could say just kidding. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She tells him that parents can do that in the United States, even if children haven’t committed a crime. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I know the word framed means a person was set up to look guilty of a crime they didn’t commit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “We call it the Prophecy of Seven. Octavian, you have it committed to memory?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You’re telling me you have actually been tasked to help the Pandavas? What is this, your penance for committing so horrible a sin?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Did he tell you anything about how he was going to commit the robbery?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not know he had committed any sins, that he could commit any sins. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of black men have disappeared into prisons and jails, locked away for drug crimes that are largely ignored when committed by whites. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At the same time, politicians were growing increasingly softer on crime—“for fear of sounding racist,” as the economist Gary Becker has written, “since African-Americans and Hispanics commit a disproportionate share of felonies.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Against my will, I have been taken prisoner, and feel like I’m being punished for a crime I did not commit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Now he was trying to frame me and my dad for a theft we hadn’t committed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to understand why you’re so committed to acting like someone you’re not, considering you just told that little girl in there that greatness means being true to yourself.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Every day we hear tales of other families who cannot see the end to their terror and thus commit suicide. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As several of those leading the way in renewable energy have reminded us, this willingness to take risks and to commit ourselves to change are, in themselves, renewable resources. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I left the spectators at the edge of the arc and hiked into the rocks, the way Fred and I had done so many times at Folly Cove, feeling out each step before committing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I thrilled, knowing my body would now commit this crime. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She imagined Coach Hedge getting impatient and aiming a ballista at the man in purple, or eidolons possessing the crew and forcing them to commit suicide-by-Hercules. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then she asks you not to believe Mrs. Moore, who has never committed a crime in her life. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you think I’m going to sit by and watch you all commit suicide, you’re wrong.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Enough to convince me that the Augurs must heal Aspirant Aquilla. But not enough to convince me that the Farrars committed sabotage.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I notice he’s avoiding looking at Tonni, on account of her being about ready to commit murder with her eyeballs and all. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The eldest, the brother she loved, had shot himself; Fern had fallen out of a window, or jumped; and Perry was committed to violence, a criminal. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It maddens me that Carlyle refuses to commit to any sort of opinion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It seems that lately there’s been more violent crimes committed by kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal watched his brother triumph over sins he had never committed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Immediately I felt that I had found a way to tell Granny that I needed proof before I could believe, that I could not commit myself to something I could not feel or see. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We wanted people to understand this simple fact: Walter did not commit that murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His action was little more than a faint gesture, but it meant that Kurtsinger had to either slow down or commit to the outside. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The fourth,” said Tyrion, who had committed all sixteen of the wonders to memory as a boy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was as if we were committing a crime, and it was necessary for them to stand outside school grounds. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Leonard is only eighteen years old and he is facing life in prison for a crime that he did not commit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Father, I don’t know how to say this. I think I committed a sin.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had committed murder with an effing kitty-cat statue in a beautiful state park over a massive and scenic ravine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The recruits were to commit "minor sabotage of a nuisance nature," to prey on America's fear and provoke prejudice against any person possibly connected to Germany, Japan, and Italy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z "It is not to be thought. Your Grace, whatever follies Renly has committed—" "Follies! I call them treasons." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had already committed to going to Pond’s diagnosis meeting. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In Abnegation no one has committed suicide in recent memory, but the faction’s stance on it is clear: Suicide, to them, is an act of selfishness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But now I am committing to something even more risky. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She had looked guilty, as if she was committing a serious crime. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Brahe’s caution about committing himself to this, the dissolution of the celestial spheres, is probably what had caused the delay in publication. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Since the attacks in New York, he would say, every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person’s faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Rather than admitting his infidelity, he threw her down a flight of stairs and had her committed to the McLean Lunatic Asylum, charging that she was suffering from delusions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There is absolutely no evidence in the trial record or the recantation testimony that places Ralph Meyers somewhere other than the scene of the crime at the time it was committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But for some reason tens of thousands of those people suddenly stopped committing crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited until Tyler and Eric had committed to remaining with them before I got up quietly to join the pro-hiking group. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m committed if you are. You’re going the farthest in life.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They remained staring at the object on the bar for another silent moment, as if trying to commit it to memory. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The United States, committed to stopping the further spread of communism, backed the government of South Vietnam; it was corrupt and unpopular, but firmly non-communist. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If a random black guy commits a crime today, Barack Obama could be stopped and questioned for fitting the profile. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Because, once Leo committed himself, there would be no going back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “It ain’t every pastor going to set down his own nephew—in front of the whole church, too. And Elisha hadn’t committed no big fault.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If anybody committed any of the grosser errors —such as putting metal on metal or colour on colour—he became electrified with passion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Court found the sentences imposed in those cases “reasonably proportionate” to the offenses committed—and not “cruel and unusual” in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Well, to give you an example—we find a woman’s handkerchief. Did a woman drop it? Or did a man, committing the crime, say to himself ‘I will make this look like a woman’s crime. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have committed an infraction within the past twenty-four hours. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They committed themselves to the spirit and practice of nonviolent resistance as a means of challenging segregation in all its forms. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z My decision was made, made before I’d ever consciously chosen, and I was committed to seeing it through. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “If he wants to commit suicide let him commit suicide,” Nancy giggled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She told me she was afraid I was going to commit suicide. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Louie absorbed the punishment in tearless silence, then committed the same crimes again, just to show he could. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z They knew anger well but not despair, and they didn’t stone sinners for the same reason they didn’t commit suicide—it was beneath them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sir, did the Irish commit atrocities at the Battle of Kinsale? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The DEA has offered free training, intelligence, and technical support to state highway patrol agencies that are willing to commit their officers to highway drug interdiction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even though I know I'm about the three millionth person to get a fake ID, I'm still pretty sure it's a felony, and I'm generally opposed to committing felonies. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “This pledge does represent a sacrifice. I am already committed to a fifty-dollar Liberty Bond.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But he still put his faith in this fact: No one could hear the evidence and believe that he committed this crime. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Since the beginning I was writing down everything and thus committing—if I so wished—all of our movements to an official and secret memory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He has committed himself to Vincent as Vincent, not as some ideal first son their parents still—in spite of it all—hope for. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In my head, what I wrote read like the most exquisite poem ever committed to paper by a ten-year-old. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Facing prosecution and jail, Smith suffered a mental breakdown and briefly committed himself to an insane asylum. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “If they’re his crimes and infractions, he must have committed them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "Why were you not supervisioning her?" she said, accusing the old woman, then turning to me, she accused me: "What have you committed upon yourself?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The mother explained why she and her husband were committing their daughter to a private mental hospital. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Police tracked them down in Florida and determined that the two men could not have committed the murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In effect, Mount Vernon became an enclave within enemy territory, surrounded by neighbors committed to a Virginia-writ-large version of the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Because at the end of the day, Irene had planned to commit suicide. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “You seem to be describing plans to commit a crime. I don’t want to hear any more about it. As a lawyer I can’t be a party to it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Much racial bias, though, would operate unconsciously and automatically—even among law enforcement officials genuinely committed to equal treatment under the law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The evidence cited was that twenty-eight teenagers who often played the game had committed suicide. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way, I would still be young when I committed the folly of publishing a silly idea. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I firmly committed myself to killing her, slowly, horribly. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “The crimes they have committed against people like us are serious,” Nita says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Annabelle might commit a crime for a drink of cold water. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I commit it to memory; I feel dead, wasted, awful, broken, and useless. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She had had her first love affair when she was sixteen, with a Party member of sixty who later committed suicide to avoid arrest. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I remain committed to my eyes-on-the-shoes strategy, so I’m not sure but believe he’s released his grip on my arm so he can accompany the ranting in Spanish with flailing hand gestures. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was, however, a totally new experience for her to be accused of a crime that she definitely had not committed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Glass finished lighting a fresh cigarette before she committed herself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He should have—I’m very dramatic; I was totally committed to the moment, and I was selling this bit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The crime decline in New York surely happened the same way It wasn’t that some huge percentage of would- be murderers suddenly sat up in 1993 and decided not to commit any more crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not only a brilliant writer, but was so committed to communism that he lived in a manner no different from an African. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried, reacting as if I were a convict and my mother a judge condemning me to death for a crime I didn’t commit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We will wander underneath them and commit mild acts of mayhem. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I don’t think an actual crime has been committed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was, he said in an interview in 2008, wrong...in using a metaphor that virtually commits one to writing ideologically. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Apparently you are afraid of someone who has some contact with reality, who can truthfully describe to you the offenses which you have committed to canvas.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly after Marsha arrived at Tutwiler, we won the release of Diane Jones, who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to die in prison for a crime she had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When a crime is committed by a black man, it’s mentioned in the first breath: “An African American man was arrested today...” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I did not want to be violent with her, and yet I did not want to be beaten for a wrong I had not committed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave details about how he had committed the act. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “By the way, Kyle, there is no backing out once you commit to the challenge.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Not long after, Pike was caught allegedly committing highway robbery in Tulsa. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had committed first to wrestling and was bound to it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He’d committed every detail of her face, her hair, her body, to memory. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Before this trial the newspapers and the prosecution said that this boy had committed other crimes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The most important testimony, the reason we're here, is the Medical Examiner's statement that a murder was committed. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not the handful of years committed to Harvard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A second agreement in 1986 committed China to sending North Korean defectors back home, where they often face arrest, torture, and months or years of forced labor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Seven looked over the blackboard Valley had just finished writing on and committed it to memory—they would find the Nightbeast while it was still in its weak state by luring and following cucos. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z From the onset of the fencing match between Hamlet, and Laertes until Hamlet's death, I believe I did not commit to paper more than ten lines. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Thus we are told ‘the one and only error of general principle which the historian can commit...is to read history not forwards, as it happened, but backwards.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A passing incident might inspire him to gallop through huge sections of Shakespeare, committed to memory, leaving the bug boys furrowing their brows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Though his analysis nudged my thoughts back to Mr. Katz and the unspeakable crimes he had likely committed, it came as an indescribable relief to hear Frankie say it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But why commit me to a life of cold, forced chastity behind convent walls? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Wolf's trial also sparked a debate about crimes committed during the Cold War, who should be considered guilty, and the uncertain connections between past and present. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Father shot Mong in face, intending to end his life also, then placed gun in own mouth and committed suicide. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But really, if you commit a crime you have to pay the piper, what did she expect? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Luthuli was a teacher, a devout Christian, and a proud Zulu chief, but he was even more firmly committed to the struggle against apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How could he believe that his dear Annie suffered for sins she committed? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When the penance had reached the appropriate level for a particular sin, the penitent was granted absolution in advance, though he might never be called on to commit the sin. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “If you commit to making it work, it can work.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z There were still, out there, handfuls of committed Pearl Harbor theorists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The central plateau was his roots as an epidemiologist and a clinician, and a model of how a committed staff on a limited budget could raise the standard of health in the third world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I wondered where they were taking him, what grievous wrong had he committed deserving of being shackled, what type of fiends the two policemen were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he asked Sellers, “Can you command one man to surrender his constitutional rights—if they are his constitutional rights—to prevent another man from committing a crime?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z My grandpa had been in and out of jail for crimes he committed while intoxicated, and my grandmother had divorced him because he abused her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “In the old days, he committed horrible crimes. He used his gift of sight for evil. Jupiter sent the harpies to plague him. The Argonauts—including your ancestor, by the way—” “The prince of Pylos?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They’re probably one of the least likely cultures in American life to commit homicide; their weapons of choice are electronic flames, not machine guns. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Court's rulings had become increasingly hostile to death row prisoners and less committed to the notion that "death is different," requiring more careful review. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Except that now, for having accused Ravi of an unspecified crime he hadn’t committed, I was as good as dead. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z One: the evidence given by the woman across the street who actually saw the murder committed. 3RD JUROR: And how, brother! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was trying to bring whoever committed this crime to justice, even if it turned out to be me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He missed his old Liberian teammates, and he seemed less committed to the Fugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Lots of scarce Treasury money had to be committed to set up his biophysics show, and suspicions existed that this was money down the drain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z This is what these "trivial errors" as you call them really signify and if you do not heed them, it will not be long before your father commits an error of major proportions.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But when, cunningly and influenced by ambition, they refrain from committing themselves to you, this is a sign that they think more of themselves than of you. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s like a laundry crime has been committed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He had set himself the task of drawing and committing to memory the bones of the hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But the implication was clear: if Berkeley could not commit to the medical cyclotron, Harvard was waiting in the wings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Fine, upstanding people, despite a number of faults that Ophie could see, did not commit murder. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As for Thomas and the rest of those committed to the escape, there was a ton of work to be done. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A seemingly colorblind system has emerged that locks millions of African Americans into a permanent undercaste, and it appears that those who are trapped within it could have avoided it simply by not committing crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He talked Howard into committing to the race, even though it was at the marathon distance of one-and-five-eighths miles, farther than Smith wanted to send Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Lily are both members of the World Seed Preservation Organization, a group committed to preserving original species of plants. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She stood in a bookshop for an hour and committed a map of Mexico to memory, then learned by heart a chapter of a book called Wealth Management: Eight Core Principles. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A man so conventional, so scrupulously correct as the Director—and to commit so gross a solecism! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you commit this sin to save a life, have you destroyed the world, or have you saved it?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I've also represented people who have committed terrible crimes but nonetheless struggle to recover and to find redemption. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We have committed no crimes, except for my dad’s DUI. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Was there any kind of filth with which he had not besmirched himself, any sin and folly which he had not committed, any stain upon his soul for which he alone had not been responsible? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I certainly wasn’t going to tell my parents about Grandpa Portman’s last words or the letter or the photo—they would’ve had me committed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z What I really felt like, though, was committing suicide. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Dewey, for example, found it difficult to understand “how two individuals could reach the same degree of rage, the kind of psychopathic rage it took to commit such a crime.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s because the North Koreans did not consider South Korean soldiers to be prisoners of war, protected under the Geneva Convention. Instead, they considered them to be fellow citizens who were committing war crimes.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Going through the cold seeking a telephone booth I realized that I had committed myself to bring her some kind of surprise, and as I walked I became mildly enthusiastic. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have known it in the moment, but I was committing what would be deemed an epic faux pas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hoover would rapidly reshape the bureau into a monolithic force—one that, during his nearly five-decade reign as director, he would deploy not only to combat crime but also to commit egregious abuses of power. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But that’s not what the researchers discovered Many policy analysts write as if the obvious way to deal with armies that commit human rights violations is to invade them with our vastly superior military forces. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But I was committed to be there for them whether they stumbled or succeeded. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I remember he asked his father, “Can this be true? This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This prayer, which asks God's forgiveness for having confessed under torture to crimes he did not commit, was based on Psalm 51, Miserere mei, Dens. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Soon after the grand jury proceedings began, in early January, one of Hale’s cronies—a pastor—was charged with committing perjury on the stand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Such a movement is impossible, though, if those most committed to abolishing racial hierarchy continue to talk and behave as if a state-sponsored racial caste system no longer exists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘But if we ask them to commit treason -’ ‘It isn’t treason,’ Leila said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Barack and I were committed to changing the perceptions about what made a young woman valuable to a society. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Even at that time Winston had not imagined that the people who were wiped out in the purges had actually committed the crimes that they were accused of. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t have to think about it for very long before I decided to commit to it, no matter what. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Though I spent more time in A-block early on, I turned into a committed B-block person and eventually bid it myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had to keep that side of me tamped down because laughter in the gym would’ve been seen as a sign that I wasn’t committed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z God had spoken to her and committed her to a new activism. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They have seen enough—parents whose marriages blow apart, homes foreclosed on, family vehicles repossessed in the middle of the night, classmates who commit suicide—to know that life is not a Disney movie. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It had never crossed his mind that a daughter of his could commit such a monstrous folly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Needless to say, the idea of leaving them was horrible, but it was the only thing I could do, as it made no sense for me to commit suicide. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Sproul was able to push the regents to commit themselves as a board to more funding from university resources. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Lawrence pried the necessary salary and staff approvals from Sproul, and committed himself personally to finding money to build Seaborg’s hot lab and reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A very distinguished officer had committed suicide, another had resigned—anxious faces had suddenly lost their anxiety, certain military precautions were relaxed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I have committed a crime, but in my heart I know that my theft is a gift. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z They feared that one of their own might commit an act of violence that would jeopardize their position by allowing the whites to say they were too dangerous to have their rights. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With all the sins he has committed, he thinks he has no right to ask God for anything. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The poem “Barren Woman” was written by a woman who committed suicide, and I’m pretty sure of it—her name was Sylvia Plath. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Those were only the incidents where we found fingerprints—I can only guess at the number of other crimes he’s committed. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even believe myself; anyone I told would have me committed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Historians who project large Indian populations, Low Counter critics say, are committing the intellectual sin of arguing from silence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t commit yourself,” said Mr. Jaggers, “and don’t commit any one. You understand—any one. Don’t tell me anything: I don’t want to know anything; I am not curious.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute—life or truth or beauty—of being ruled by it in place of the man-made rules that had been discarded. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A month later Tagoe found out his pops had committed suicide, and homeboy still hasn’t shed a tear over the guy, never even asked how or where he died. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “No, of course I—” I was so committed to refuting him that I had half-denied the charge before I understood it; now my eyes swung back to his face. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know how to answer this question in a way that won’t get me committed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z All this and more I committed to memory. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then Mikey tells me I’ve committed a sin by listening to a story that has that word in it and when I go to my First Confession I’ll have to tell the priest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Though Penkovsky barely knew his father, and was a committed Communist, suspicion trailed him his whole life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z On hearing this command one of the two, the one who bore the child, despaired and would hear no comfort or counsel, and procuring poison, committed suicide. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Dasch reminded them that they were not to commit any sabotage until both teams were settled in America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Day after day the newspapers increased the tension by printing frightening, exaggerated, and mostly false stories of crimes committed by blacks on whites. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Realising the tragic mistake I had committed, I tried to fly off the bus, but I could not. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Freed of football, Wayne became a fully committed theater kid. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Finally, let me assure the public that we will leave no stone unturned in our search for those who committed this heinous act. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “You read all those books, and you don’t even know when a man is thinking about committing suicide.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z According to Tanner, who’d leaned across his desk with his eyes ablaze and a determined finger pointed at me, Stan and the other fund-raisers/hostages, this watery utopia deserved our most committed efforts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “You are prepared to commit suicide, if and when we order you to do so?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And what sins have you committed in a day, my child? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Constitution contained no provision that committed the newly created federal government to a policy of gradual emancipation, or in any clear sense placed slavery on the road to ultimate extinction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Yes, my child, and what sins have you committed? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A Frenchman who had come all the way from France asked the ranger in broken English if many people committed suicide by jumping in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And if someone had committed a crime against you, you called the church. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It goes on: “The individual feels an increasing sense of tension or arousal before committing the act and then experiences pleasure, gratification, or relief at the time of committing the act.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Did he commit some crime? Should I be ashamed of him?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Imagine giving somebody a feel and telling them about a guy committing suicide at the same time! The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “You have committed every crime that warrants execution among the Dauntless,” says Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have any suspects at this time, but we are asking the community to please come forward with any information that can lead us to whoever committed these crimes.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Each has a submachine gun slung ready, for whatever dangerous or subversive acts they think we might commit inside. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z For having committed myself, I felt that I could never allow myself to show surprise or upset—even when confronted with situations furthest from my experience. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were both older and wiser coyotes and knew that even if I did not somehow intervene, coming under the mare to take the rabbit would be tantamount to committing suicide. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Did people who committed acts of violence think their victims and their victims’ relatives would just forget? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He waited, canny enough not to commit himself until his wife had agreed to follow suit. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We were committed to providing services, housing, job training, life skills, counseling, and anything else people coming out of prison needed to succeed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I felt that, wherever black people committed themselves, in the Little Rocks and the Birminghams and other places, militantly disciplined Muslims should also be there—for all the world to see, and respect, and discuss. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All you have to do is spit on the sidewalk, and the whole town figures you’re the kind of guy who might commit homicide, and everyone in your family is likely just the same. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That nation has committed itself to a war against us and has earned our swift and sure action. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "At his age, I committed a few follies of my own." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The fact that so many black and brown men are rounded up for drug crimes that go largely ignored when committed by whites is unseen. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The boy blushed and stared at the girl for a long time, as if to commit the sight of her to memory. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He was committed to having an equally stellar career outside of sports. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Since then, Herold has been an impassioned and committed member of Booth’s team. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I said to myself, “If this boat goes under, I will commit my last sin on earth and run over those two boys to get that lifejacket.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Without caring that people could hear her she asked herself aloud what horrible sin Amaranta had committed to make her prefer an impious death to the shame of confession. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I remember I asked old Childs if he thought Judas, the one that betrayed Jesus and all, went to Hell after he committed suicide. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Even while negotiating, they were secretly funding covert organizations that committed violence against us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I noticed that on TV it seemed as if black people were always committing crimes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Arguing for any redeeming quality in the people who had committed it was a kind of rank treason. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I take my time committing this word to paper. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She thought he was missing the greatest joy on earth by being committed to a life of celibacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That I was involved in the cases of teens who'd committed violent crimes was itself ironic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “John Reed is dead, too, sir: he ruined himself and half-ruined his family, and is supposed to have committed suicide. The news so shocked his mother that it brought on an apoplectic attack.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The most these psychiatric tests can accomplish along these lines is this: they can tell us that someday a particular person may commit a murder. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A year later, my grandmother would be so depressed by the harsh treatment she received from her in-laws that she tried to commit suicide by overdosing on opium. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z To say that a man is capable of murder does not mean that he has committed murder. 10TH JUROR: But it can mean it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Kingshaw had thought he was going to hit or kick him, and his mind had groped round desperately for the reason, trying to remember some terrible, unknown wrong he must have committed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Mr. Griswald, you’ve admitted this was all your idea and that you threatened your friend, Mr. Tyler, compelling him into committing the act with you.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Those who do not commit themselves can be evaluated in two ways. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The worst crime you could commit as a Persian human is to not have hot tea, pastries, cucumbers, nuts, and a basket of fruit at the ready when someone enters your house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But one thought always stayed my hand from committing that final act. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Court adjourned in January with the ninety-five remaining defendants committed to stand trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The crime was committed at a quarter past one this morning. Everything goes to show that was so.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When I drew the picture, I assumed he had gone off somewhere hidden, alone and pathetic, and committed suicide. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I saw the difference between criminals and people who’ve committed crimes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With that statement, I was committed to change. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When a crime is committed by a Christian, do they mention his religion? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He hadn’t committed a big crime, just some silly misdemeanor. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Just by talking without a chaperone present, we were committing a social taboo. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t explain to them that terrorists who commit heinous acts in the name of religion don’t understand their faith at all, including the white Christian terrorists within our own country. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z But James and Maddie were both as committed to their bet as they had been the week before. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I swear to God that you will not be asked to commit a felony.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The jury found that the district attorney, Harry Connick Sr., had illegally suppressed evidence of Thompson’s innocence and had allowed him to spend fourteen years in prison for a crime he had not committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unsure how to act in the company of a divine presence, this living reincarnation of an ancient and illustrious lama, I was terrified of unwittingly giving offense or committing some irredeemable faux pas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The point, she insisted, was simple: “You do not take children along to commit felonies.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In places like Osage County, where there was no coroner trained in forensics and no crime laboratory, poisoning was a perfect way to commit murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Not only that, but she committed murder on my order. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z No other painter had been able to commit to such a deadline. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I finished my internship committed to helping the death row prisoners I had met that month. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Clean up graffiti and all of a sudden people who would otherwise commit crimes suddenly don’t. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the look of someone who's discovered too late that she's either set her house on fire or committed herself to traveling with the wrong person. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to know why Marcus committed his crime, but I was scared to ask. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Take a little time, consider, do not commit yourself.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z From Feldman’s perspective, an office worker who eats a bagel without paying is committing a crime; the office worker probably doesn’t think so. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t need to be good; you just need to be committed. Want to play a quick game? You already have your basketball shoes on,” Dad said, looking at Adam’s Converse high-tops. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sins of the Father,” which was about Worf going back home to face accusations that his father had committed treason. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I turned my head away, ashamed for him, feeling that I had unwittingly committed an obscene act in rousing his hopes so wildly high, feeling sorry for his having such hopes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The economist Isaac Ehrlich, in an oft-cited 1975 paper, put forth an estimate that is generally considered optimistic: executing 1 criminal translates into 7 fewer homicides that the criminal might have committed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Bush and Conant had been skeptical about an atomic weapon in part because of the reluctance of eminent physicists to commit themselves to the work not only in word but deed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Newly focused, sober, and intensely committed to succeed, he graduates with honors and returns to his community intent on changing things. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Well, of course he’d do that. But you don’t think he actually committed some kind of crime, do you?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes I felt very proud that my mother committed such a powerful act upon me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe God will forgive me for committing suicide to avoid being murdered? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Adam thought sometimes that if he could only find out what sin it was she had committed, why, he would sin it too—and not be here. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I needed her to believe I was committed to her cause.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We were less and less convinced that the man he was accusing of committing the crime was involved. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That the justices have already decided he is the most important criminal, that he has committed a most serious offense. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Giannini saw Howard rekindling his lost love of horses and thought he should stop dabbling and commit himself fully to Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One minute he made her blush and the next he made her want to commit murder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You’re a rabbit”—whack!—“and you go around killing talking carrots”—whack!—“that commit crimes.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Silently, Brangwain Spurge stared at each monument and temple as if committing them to memory. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The story of Bors, allowing the twelve supposed gentlewomen to be hurled from the castle turret rather than save them by committing a mortal sin, had shocked her to the heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, I could get away with it, but certainly we all have the potential to commit the crime. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Even King, the black leader most committed to the traditional path of multiracial coalitions and nonviolence, would soon grow frustrated with the movement’s stagnation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z By summer's end, the newspaper headlines scream about atrocities that Poles are committing against ethnic Germans. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The thing that was written on the paper might be a threat, a summons, an order to commit suicide, a trap of some description. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “If we’re committed,” I said, as evenly as I could muster, “why wouldn’t we formalize that commitment? What part of your dignity would be sacrificed by that?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He seemed so sincere, so committed to us, that I almost put aside my reservations and allowed myself to be sucked into his whirlwind of affection. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As I’ve told you time and again, you must commit yourself to the crucial problems of the times. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Arrogant and humble at the same time, the radical, fearless nun and her fellow sisters were the most committed individuals Farmer had ever met. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “He sounded just like the kind of guy who’d commit suicide by taking a cold shower and then leaving the windows open to die of pneumonia!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Breaking and entering with the intent to commit theft. What do you call that, Tag? In legal terms?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Of all the crimes that a Party member could commit, this one was the least possible to conceal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Here, the Negro has committed himself to a definite stand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z If she were Ma, taking care of her would redeem all the wrongs I’ve committed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The crimes committed by Enron included hidden partnerships, disguised debt, and the manipulation of energy markets. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He had swallowed a roll of barbiturates in an attempt to commit suicide, but had slept them off by a tree. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His ability to be totally focused on something, to be committed with determination and enthusiasm, made him a leader. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z To her surprise, the Y offered to commit enough money to rent the field at the community center in Clarkston and to buy equipment. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 She had declared a blanket pardon for all crimes committed during the sack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that the wisdom of deliberately covering oneself with blood—even pig blood—immediately after committing a murder was questionable, but all I said was: “Why did he want to do that?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he came to, there was a funny new look on his face, almost sheepish, as if he’d been caught committing some terrible crime. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You committed a great crime, but you at least deserved to be born as a worm or a lizard. I mean, really, it’s a bit drastic to be born as a softskin, don’t you think?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He refused to be serious, he was infuriatingly unserious, but he was as committed to the things that mattered to him as anyone could possibly be. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t answer; I just listened to the sound of his laugh, committing it to memory. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Are you suggesting I commit an act of war because this man has a hot line to the spirit world?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Fully committing to a vision of racial justice that includes grassroots, bottom-up advocacy on behalf of “all of us” will require a major reconsideration of priorities, staffing, strategies, and messages. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Evidence? How could his ID be used as evidence? You know his name. Why would you need his ID? He didn’t commit a crime with his wallet.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z "I was convinced of its necessity, and I was deeply committed to it." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They called him Dirtyhands because there was no sin he would not commit for the right price. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This wasn’t because more juveniles were committing crimes. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The prisoner’s dilemma owes its name to a scenario, formally identical to the one above, wherein two men suspected of a major crime are apprehended in the course of committing some minor offense. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Top left-hand drawer and shoe-box in the wardrobe,” said Mrs. Corry thoughtfully, as though she were committing the words to memory. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I was committing the sin of embarrassing her in front of a guest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Chet shoved his hands in his pockets and lumbered along more slowly as his father committed to cashier seven. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But when Jo finally realized that the man she loved would never commit to her and it was definitely over, she really needed her brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Peabody did commit to the fair, but Hunt and the others did not: “they said,” as Burnham later revealed, “they would think it over.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Those who commit themselves and are not rapacious should be honoured and loved. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I told them I was a South African nationalist, not a Communist, that nationalists came in every hue and color, and that I was firmly committed to a nonracial society. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And now this demon was talking about breaking into the Ice Court, about getting Matthias to commit treason. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We have been unwilling to commit to a process of truth and reconciliation in which people are allowed to give voice to the difficulties created by racial segregation, racial subordination, and marginalization. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Enslavement was not merely the antiseptic borrowing of labor—it is not so easy to get a human being to commit their body against its own elemental interest. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The enormity of what I’d rashly committed myself to set in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z During the terror era there were hundreds of ways in which people of color could commit a social transgression or offend someone that might cost them their lives. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Silently, I tested my mother’s name on my tongue, tried to commit its shape and sound to memory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had been told by his parents and grandparents that he must fall in love and really know a person before becoming committed. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1968, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., prompted many academic officials to commit themselves publicly to the goal of integrating their institutions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “If by witchcraft, you mean the arcane practice of reading. Your commander said we’d be tried for our crimes. I want you to tell me just what crime I’ve committed.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dropping twelve pounds wouldn’t be easy, even for somebody as committed as Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It is my guilt that I educated the German youth for a man who committed murder by the millions.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Obviously, three of the murders Smith committed were logically motivated-—Nancy, Kenyon, and their mother had to be killed be cause Mr. Clutter had been killed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Heaven only knew what new sin committed by the minister’s son was being announced over the phone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Smudge had committed a terrible offense: no one was allowed to shake hands with a prince. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z If she had she would not have committed her crime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But they didn't know that he was to commit sabotage with bombs. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He would lecture like he always did, steely but committed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The crime, then, was not committed at a quarter past one. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “People have committed murder for such a book. Luckily, I only had to buy it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Nose, chin, cheekbones, forehead, neck all had surrendered their identity to the pleats and crochetwork of skin committed to constant change. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z During the summer of his junior year he committed what he called, in his memoir, “the first really dishonest act of my life.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Delaying relief would add further injury to a man who had been wrongfully convicted and condemned to death row for a crime he did not commit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Coffee drinkers are less likely to commit suicide than noncoffee drinkers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It is impossible for law enforcement to identify and arrest everyone who commits a drug crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The school was only blocks from our house, and it was here that I first committed the crime of questioning the system. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Adams chose the latter course; like Washington, he was committed to American neutrality at almost any cost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes he talked to her of the Records Department and the impudent forgeries that he committed there. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That was the deed which he longed to commit, to destroy the form which he hated! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably the only thing that kept them from committing doggy suicide. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z More important, they believed the crimes they committed were legitimate because they were committed in the heat of passion: anger, jealousy, loss of face, and so on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They have committed atrocities and must be made into examples, for the rest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby picked up the receiver and dialed Lily’s number, which he had already committed to memory. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They were a family of politically conscious Quakers committed to racial equality. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The director applauded what PIH was doing, but the foundation had already committed $13 million to pilot projects throughout Russia, where TB was deemed to be a more serious problem than in Lima. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They got kicked out the year before, having committed the Trifecta. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z All it can do is to make whites less committed to change, make them go it alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I prayed that he would listen to Narciso and that the angry and frustrated men on the bridge would not commit mortal sin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bora now realized that he must either commit mortal sin and save the lady, or refuse to commit it and let her die. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Our survival depends on committing our intelligence and resources on a massive scale to take charge of our own destiny, to guarantee that Richardson’s curve does not veer to the right. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid wasn’t a fully qualified wizard; he had been expelled from Hogwarts in his third year for a crime he had not committed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Powers had simply wanted to stay alive and make it home; now his own countrymen were chiding him for not committing suicide. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He has opposed the invasion of Pennsylvania, but once the army is committed he no longer opposes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Harmon, did you act as a lookout for the drugstore robbery or check out the store so that a robbery could be safely committed? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z At trial, Joe testified that he had participated in the earlier burglary but had not committed sexual battery. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Eventually Dr. Swango pled guilty to four murders, but investigators believed he had committed many more. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t explain to them that no Iranian had yet committed an act of terror in the United States, nor had Iran invaded any other country in an unjust war. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “We’re asking God to forgive any sins we might commit by mistake.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If I could prove that Marcus didn’t commit his crime, then Mom would have to let me have a relationship with him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Neylan originally opposed Sproul’s version of the oath, on the curious grounds that it would simply encourage its targets—the radicals assumed to be swarming over the university—to commit perjury. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When a crime is committed, it is the State that must apply the law in a manner that offers redress and that brings the guilty parties to justice. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z No one knows what it is and you wonder how you can know if you’ve committed it if you don’t know what it is. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "Please," I say, "Sister, tell me. What crime did these children commit that they have fallen so far, so fast?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In his announcement of the “One Strike and You’re Out” Initiative, Clinton explained: “From now on, the rule for residents who commit crime and peddle drugs should be one strike and you’re out.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If he did not talk, then they would say he had committed every crime they could think of. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And yet, and yet, I cannot call him back; he is already committed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What Shapin offers is essentially a circular argument: talk of constraint is incompatible with relativism, but historians are committed to relativism, consequently they must not talk of constraint. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Its defenders, wielding rifles, killed all but twenty-nine with their opening volley; the survivors committed suicide on the battlefield, including Kabuo’s great-grandfather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I must think of a way to commit it to memory, a rhyme or something. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t that be a sin and surely you wouldn’t want Frank to commit a sin on his First Communion day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Projecting slides on the courtroom’s wood-paneled wall, he discussed each charge, illustrating step-by-step how the defendants had committed theft and espionage. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Do you remember Mr. Evans's testimony that they stopped for a "quick bite" after committing the crime? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z They had discussed whether it was even possible to commit acts of sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z With her background and Boethian worldview, she would take a very stoic and fatalistic view of whatever sexual gaucheries and blunders he committed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I was outraged, I knew he did not commit this indignity against me, but against my black flesh, my color. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers were accused of committing war crimes. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The police admitted to stopping Whren and Brown because they wanted to investigate them for imagined drug crimes, even though they did not have probable cause or reasonable suspicion such crimes had actually been committed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It hits me: we’re reading a book about a main character who’s on trial for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z If we could see one another’s pain and empathize with one another, it would never be worth it to us to commit the crimes in the first place. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z All those white hands working in concert, committing their facts and figures down on blue paper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But I was committed to making it work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z His face is clean and committed; he is a man supremely confident in his privileges. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Please, I shouldn’t be here. I committed no crime. But no one knows I’m here. I haven’t gotten a phone call. My wife thinks I’m dead. Can you call her?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “We have a man in the Life Guards committed to our plan. He spends his days within two arms’ length of the general. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "You think if you commit a crime, the police give you a choice where to go? You think they'll send you back into your mother's arms?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Thus, growing these crops was possible only for people already fully committed to the settled village life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z You could commit them all to memory, of course. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Iliad and Odyssey were composed and transmitted by nonliterate bards for nonliterate listeners, and not committed to writing until the development of the Greek alphabet hundreds of years later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We spent the rest of the evening confessing to our giggly, over-chaperoned girl cousins the naughtinesses we had committed up in the home of the brave and the land of the free. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “You get on out of here and stay out. What were you trying to do? commit suicide?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And we’d enlisted mayors from five hundred cities and towns across the country to commit to tackling childhood obesity on the local level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Midway through this process Rosa surprises me by committing a cardinal sin—she passes me a note. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Burger reminded him that they hadn't done anything against the United States, and by going to the FBI, they were doing everything in their power to prevent the men from committing any acts of sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z People who are convicted of violent crimes tend to get longer prison sentences than those who commit nonviolent offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You aren’t. Possibly aiding and abetting, a little conspiracy to commit, followed of course by receiving stolen money, but trust me, you’ll come out of this smelling like a rose.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z His inviting me to dinner showed that he thought I would accept his betrayal as easily as he committed it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z People who were gay, resisted gender norms, or engaged in interracial dating often found themselves involuntarily committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For all the talk and struggle to get Uncle Jet to commit, Nathan realized he had no idea what the ceremony was, apart from the fact that it was seven days long. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They told funny, compelling stories about their lives, but committing the details to paper was, for them, a chore rather than an aspiration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z You also admit that you were in the drugstore to commit a felony. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z So if we suffered in our little house on the peanut plain of Bethlehem, it was proof that one of us had committed a failure of virtue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to lie back and see what might happen before they committed themselves either to the right or to the left. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In every state across our nation, African Americans—particularly in the poorest neighborhoods—are subjected to tactics and practices that would result in public outrage and scandal if committed in middle-class white neighborhoods. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He committed suicide while vacationing in Florida with his wife. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “You asked me to be your lookout the other night while you committed a crime.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z What was quite clear, however, was that 44° N was completely inaccessible to radar site-certification; we had to accept a significant risk of failure with Viking 2 if it was committed to high northern latitudes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But we had committed no offense and violated no laws, and we could not be arrested simply on the recommendation of a chief, even if he happened to be our father. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On January 4, I’ll be running in the Disney World Marathon in support of the Diabetes Action Team—a nonprofit organization committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The predictable response is that civil rights advocates are as committed to challenging mass incarceration and other forms of structural racism as they are to preserving affirmative action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You tell him you don’t know why. Don’t commit to anything. She’ll have to work that out starting tomorrow.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The South was solidly Democratic, embittered by the war, firmly committed to the maintenance of a racial caste system, and extremely hostile to federal intervention on behalf of African Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z More than one hundred thousand Krahn refugees flooded into neighboring Ivory Coast, even as Doe’s Krahn soldiers committed atrocities of their own. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But the truth, overheard by one of the passengers from a conductor, quickly circulates: a suicide had been committed, a person had jumped in front of the train. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look, you’re already here, and we’re already committed to this project, so the way I see it, the faster we get to Hoosier Hill, the faster you get this over with.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z From all the available evidence, there seemed to be little doubt that McCandless—rash and incautious by nature—had committed a careless blunder, confusing one plant for another, and died as a consequence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm off to commit my first real crime. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ku Klux Klan reasserted itself as a powerful terrorist organization, committing castrations, killings, and the bombing of black homes and churches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He had committed the cardinal sin of putting his own interests ahead of the organization and the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We told the judges and parole boards we were committed to providing the assistance our clients required. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Horse was not going to commit murder. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Barred by law from invoking race explicitly, those committed to racial hierarchy were forced to search for new means of achieving their goals according to the new rules of American democracy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Billy had committed himself in the middle of his final year at the Ilium School of Optometry. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe not,” said the Prime Minister, standing up and striding about the room, “but I would have put all my efforts into catching the blackmailer before he committed any such atrocity!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z At the outset, most of it came from Groves, who committed to supporting Lawrence’s laboratory at the level of more than $3 million a year. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Notably, however, even after such positive experiences, most family members remain committed to maintaining tight control over who knows and who does not know about the status of their loved one. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He told Anthony, “Madam, the Court will not order you committed until the fine is paid.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “A murder has been committed. Certain actions have to be performed. That is all there is to it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Lawrence Celestine had committed suicide on Friday, in front of another police officer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He never committed an indignity on her while she washed him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell them whatever you like. But make it quick, Remus. I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At its peak, there were around 150 active members of the Youth Corps in Durham, with a core group of perhaps thirty highly committed individuals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That’s why you see a lot more suicides committed in the suburban area—because the suburban kid doesn’t have to work for nothing and he just goes crazy! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Without hesitating, knowing the others would think he was trying to commit suicide, Thomas sprinted in their direction until he found himself in the middle of the pack of creatures. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “You saw your father. He is being remolded through labor. We have evidence that he has committed a serious counterrevolutionary crime.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was one of the many sayings he made me commit to memory. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Beats doing nothing out here. Let’s be clear, though. I’m not committing to the Enemy Way Ceremony. But I’ll hear him out at this diagnosis thing.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When Brutus was defeated on October 23, he retreated into the hills where he, too, committed suicide. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z People choose to commit crimes, and that’s why they are locked up or locked out, we are told. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But after my time with Uncle Jack, I feel like it’s possible that what he said is true: Great-Grampy JonJon didn't commit the crime that ended his career. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z In his mind, he saw the numbers, the shift juggling, the outright lies and borderline crimes he'd committed to put this mission together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Tywin almost always chose to command the reserve; he would take the high ground and watch the battle unfold below him, committing his forces when and where they were needed most. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Rowan knew he was just digging himself deeper, but he had already committed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Taking on Washington was the fastest way to commit political suicide in the revolutionary era. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He included the bombings of black homes and businesses, teargassings, shootings, physical violence—all committed against black people between the months of March and September 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "Surely Mr. McSouthers could have had his prescription refilled, or are you implying he committed suicide?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z There Oliverotto too was captured, a year after he committed his parricide, and together with Vittellozzo, who had been his teacher in his virtues and wickedness, he was strangled. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z His crime, unemployment, was one of the worst a black man could commit. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed me things I had never seen, cruelties and horrors all committed in the name of the Authority, all designed to destroy the joys and the truthfulness of life. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas had the sickening thought that Gaily looked like someone about to commit murder. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "No! She's not one bit bad. Some liar accused her of stealing a necklace, and they slammed her behind bars and didn't even try to prove she'd committed a crime." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z What follows is not a plan, but several questions and claims offered for serious consideration by those committed to racial justice and interested in dismantling mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Like the universe expanding, or who committed a murder. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She reread and committed to memory the commandment: in no circumstances should a nurse communicate to a patient her Christian name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The likelihood of punishment was so low—this was the heyday of a liberal justice system and the criminals’ rights movement—that it simply didn’t cost very much to commit a crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z One day in early 2009, almost a year to the day since I’d committed myself to fencing, something happened that would completely change the trajectory of my career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Her message is committed to hands I cannot see—For love of her, sweet countrymen, judge tenderly of Me! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever, I was committed; I'd learn in the process of working with them, I thought, remembering the money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One hunger sharpened another hunger, and one crime blotted out the one before it, and the little crimes committed against those starving men flared into one gigantic maniac crime. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I spend the day trying not to commit him any closer to any of them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He could walk into a post office, it was said, go over to the Wanted posters, and, just by looking at the mug shots, say what crimes the various fugitives had committed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Blacks committed crimes because of internal personality flaws such as disrespect. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z For having committed myself, I felt that I could never allow myself to show surprise or upset—even when confronted with situations furthest from my experience. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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