It was truly the room of a second grader, complete with teddy bears scattered all over the floor and plastic teacups and teapots toppled here and there. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I guess it would be impossible for anyone ever to realize fully how complete was my belief in Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know you are upset, but it is necessary that we complete this report while the facts are still fresh in your mind. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with most quests in the OASIS, playing as a team made it easier to defeat the various enemies and complete each of the levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By April, Hitler’s armies were in complete collapse. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She directs his hands, moves his head from left to right, in complete control of his every touch and kiss. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When he had completed it he stood beside me again, saying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Though I was equally anxious to build the complete model, I thought more about Linus and the possibility that he might stumble upon the base pairs before we told him the answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Which side is winning is a matter of complete indifference to them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Yet to this day she regretted not having completed the course and received her diploma—“just to prove,” as she had told a friend, “that I once succeeded at something.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“W. F.” was confident that anyone who followed this procedure could wander about town in complete safety. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

When he was a kid, before the twins were born, he would have moments of complete terror that overtook him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I began to laugh, too, because my uncle was trying to say something and he was so possessed with laughter that he couldn’t say a complete word without launching into another fit of laughter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But somehow Sierra had stumbled into a quasi-suburban enclave of stand-alone houses, complete with front lawns and porch swings. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The cow ponies, the broncs, the show horses, and the weary racers: All had helped to craft Smith into the complete horseman. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will said, “Oh, very well. But we go through quickly and in complete silence, and you do exactly what I say, at once, you understand?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She wipes her mouth and mutters “Marvelous” several times, and I feel like Christmas is complete. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He lent her the textbook he had studied while attending the University of Glasgow, and she completed her first Greek grammar lesson before breakfast. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The prayers went slowly; the man at the podium had a fine voice and waited until each portion of the service had been completed by everyone before he began to chant. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"But—” "Percy,” Apollo said, "I wouldn’t worry too much. The last Great Prophecy about you took almost seventy years to complete. This one may not even happen in your lifetime." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But here he was, at the point of finding his treasure, and he reminded himself that no project is completed until its objective has been achieved. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it took Pond two hours to complete the song, Nathan did not feel his body temperature drop at all. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We set off again, our number sunk in complete silence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was probably just peaceful despair and relief at final and complete abnegation, now that Judith was about to immolate the frustration’s vicarious recompense into the living fairy tale. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that's complete, the mission will be handed off to the Ares 3 presupply team, who will monitor its progress over the following months. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, for the rest of the year, you get the pleasure of watching President Bonehead giving speeches, running assemblies, and making a complete idiot out of himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When the foundation was complete, work began on the walls. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

They had completed their snow fort and were building up a supply of snowballs for the coming attack. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My understanding was that it completed a person, sanding down the rough provincial edges and transforming you into a citizen of the world. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then the weather in France changed, and the war seemed to have come to a complete halt, swallowed by endless rain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They would crouch in their foil-lined blind in complete silence, Butler repeatedly checking his equipment, while Artemis stared unblinking through the eye of the scope. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It also helped me complete a thought that had begun that night with my father and developed through my training and education, and my time with Mayor Schmoke in Baltimore. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Whether even a heroic level of leadership stood any chance was uncertain because—and here was the cruelest irony—the effort to make the Revolution truly complete seemed diametrically opposed to remaining a united nation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I said I would marry her as soon as I completed my studies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were waiting for further instructions from God because they hadn’t received a complete itinerary. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The manservant ducked into the alcove behind a fourteenth-century knight, complete with lance and mace. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was also working on his new book, Pathologies of Power, of which he had a completed first draft. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Du Barry re-created this entire set inside our home, complete with the gold cylinder where my platform will eventually come to rest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He bought it despite initial opposition from his wife and her father, and did not tell his own mother of his planned move until the purchase was complete. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Bookcases filled with complete sets of Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew were in the grade-school hallway and available to any student for the asking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It will be a total disruption to her routine, a complete twist in the way her life is supposed to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

All Kendra could think to do was pour her heart out in complete sincerity. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for both C.P. and Ann, she had to climb over two of her friends, and they grabbed her before she could complete her lunge. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still in a complete funk the next day, and in no mood for icy Ms. Rucker. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

You have successfully completed my literary challenge and have proved yourself a master of riddles, puzzles, and navigating San Francisco and its rich literary history. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Before the store had a complete roof, Jody had canned goods piled on the floor and was selling so much he didn’t have time to go off on his talking tours. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

This time, it took Jake less than five minutes to complete the complex series of equations and find his vectors. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tiresome game, but I had to play it or feel a complete puppet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had the money, knowledge, and vision to complete such a project. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

This was entirely new to me, and rather than confess complete ignorance, I told her that I knew it was smoked ham but that I wanted it warmed up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a shock to them all, which they managed to withstand by not accepting a more complete truth: that they probably were not going to marry anybody. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today the company employs about 200,000 people worldwide, most of whom are complete strangers to each other. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We filled out a bunch of forms and then had brand-new bank accounts, complete with debit cards that would arrive in seven to ten days. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For those two afternoons, the Tillermans could go off to a park or a public beach after they had completed the morning chores, or after Maybeth had returned from church with Cousin Eunice. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At length, our dinner being completed, I took the opportunity to read in Virgil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Without warning, coming as a complete and unex-pected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if you grabbed too late, the cookie would harden before you could even complete the first bend. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus we see that buildings undertaken and completed by a single architect are usually more attractive and better planned than those which several have tried to patch up… The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But this is Jane Eyre. One of the world’s great stories. Love. Betrayal. Jealousy. The search for the true and complete self. It’s worthy of a play!” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I think we might make it,” he said, with that complete simplicity I had so long taken for irony. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because of Sassur’s teaching I was able quickly to complete the form, all but an address. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have completed the paperwork you’ll need,” she said to Grace. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

This latter - a stone construct complete with a tiled roof - looked very sturdy, as indeed it needed to be, standing as it did in a highly exposed position against a background of empty fields. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They toiled away industriously until Jess Squirrel, who was acting as overseer, decided that the work was completed, as indeed it was. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her life is so full I can hardly take it in, the complete opposite of the empty-life Jenna I am now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They had not fought, their love was as sparkling as always, their plan intact, and suddenly there was silence from her, a silence so brutal and complete. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the radio was on, music has stimulated memory of times and places, complete with characters and stage sets, memories so exact that every word of dialogue is recreated. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled out the birth certificate without faltering, betraying no emotion at all as he handed the completed form to the floor nurse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun had set behind the Sunset Towers parking lot, Otis Amber, deliverer, had completed his rounds. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness was complete—at least for his unadjusted eyes, after being out in the blinding sun. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Suesetta says, “Ma’am, here is a membership form for you to complete.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They put up the new post, complete with a picture of Flint catching a Frisbee in midair. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

The most curious is that he had time to complete one of the first science-fiction stories, Dream of the Moon. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned, despite my having completed my packing and loaded the Ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By Wednesday evening, they had a completed draft. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Stuttering, Garcia managed to make his plea: he had completed high school in San Lucas and wanted a recommendation to the police academy and a government subsidy to pay for his studies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she can anticipate the categories of words that can complete it; in this case, it’s likely to be a noun. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is within the ability of even the most drained fairy to put a complete mind kibosh on any human alive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Just to make the day complete, we have a pop quiz in math. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Soon, however, they complete that process and begin to respond to the culture around them. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she hugs me—not an average good-night pat, but a complete and total embrace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The attackers would emerge from their completed tunnel sometime around mid-afternoon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If she could make it to the mountain before the hovercars completed their slow turns, she would be safe. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kvothe here has assured me as to his complete grasp of the principles of sympathy. In doing so, he has offered to give today’s lecture.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I completed the two and a half circles of my wolf turn cleanly, I knew I was in the zone. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even yet it is not complete in all details. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Their lives just seemed complete without the white man. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she completed whatever housekeeping chores Cousin Eunice had assigned before she went to fetch her family, played briefly with them, prepared dinner and made Cousin Eunice’s cup of tea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything for the past twenty years docketed and outlined and complete. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if he could bring himself to tell the complete truth about Alby’s accusations, not to mention how he felt about the girl. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The studies revealed losses running all the way up to complete destruction of wildlife on some of the treated areas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Graves sprang up in front yards, complete with scattered bones, headstones, and shovels. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her father had been dead for six years, her mother for ten, but that didn’t stop her from seeing them in complete strangers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t have seen me. I damaged my Achilles tendon,” I explained, squeezing Chloe tight, “when I was kneeing a complete idiot in the gut.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had helped Annabeth get cleaned up and given her a beautiful new dress and a complete makeover. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The job completed, I stepped back and inspected her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Inspection complete,” he said, wiping a smear of butter off the side of his face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cracked wooden begging bowl and belt of hempen rope completed her garb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I just want you to know how really great it is to have a brother who’s a complete moron.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A moment before we completed the circle, the flashlight hit something. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then one day I was coming out of a clinic in Suffolk and ran into Roger C., who’d been in the year below, and he told me with complete certainty it was about to happen. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain was stumped and at a complete loss for a reply. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The process of indemnity was scheduled to be completed by May 1991, and the government also agreed to review the Internal Security Act. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During those weeks and months after the bombing, I kept on helping Pastor Cross while we waited for workers to complete the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church renovations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy himself came forward, vaulted on to the platform with his cloak flying, and peered into what to him was almost complete darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They had no jockey to complete the picture, so Smith boosted Farrell Jones up on Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was completing the edge of a great round box of birchbark, one that she would use to store her red willow kinnikinnick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The darkness was black, complete, and Ugwu imagined the spider’s hairy legs, its surprise to find not cold underground soil but warm human flesh. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw that freedom, once, when Evelyn beckoned to me from among the factionless, called me out of my faction to become a more complete person. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He’s made a kind of cave for himself, complete with guitar and computer and notebooks of staff paper, along with pens and stacks of Post-its. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“How do you feel after completing your Operation Save Sir Fig Newton bike-a-thon?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I throw myself across the backseat and push the door open before the truck comes to a complete stop. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The marching band sets out just ahead of us, complete with trumpets and trombones and drums and cymbals. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, we both knew that we would not be home until a complete model was built in which all the stereochemical contacts were satisfactory. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The possibility of enforcing not only complete obedience to the will of the State, but complete uniformity of opinion on all subjects, now existed for the first time. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

After giving a complete set to Fulbright, Ellsberg had just one copy of some sections, two of others. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“My mom invented it, but Poseidon created horses out of the crests of waves. So they had to work together to make it complete.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If what you say is true and Yakov was murdered by the very man he intended to kill, then I fear you will have no choice but to complete the job for him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She became a complete hippie before our astonished eyes, dressing in beads and berets and wearing sweet-smelling oils that, she said, gave you certain powers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew a diagram, complete with pointing arrows, horde positions, lines of attack and defense, together with written instructions. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She told me how a strange plague once broke out, afflicting hundreds, Gertrude among them, and how she nursed the queen from the very brink of death to complete health again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What Will did know was that it had been an amazing day—giants! monsters!—and that all he needed to make his adventure complete was an enormous helping of cake. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Millard had been grazed by a bullet during our melee at the lighthouse the previous night, and though his recovery so far was remarkable, it was far from complete. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If it took you a lot longer to complete part two, we’d say that when it comes to the workforce, you have a strong automatic male association. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My contribution to the effort was negligible, needless to say, and it took nearly an hour to complete the job. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Other little boys sat long hours fighting to stay awake in complete darkness. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

By the time Fischer was completing his second year as an Icelandic citizen, he’d begun to grumble about the country and its people. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wears white condor flight gloves with elaborate gold fining, which means he’s already completed fighter pilot training. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She was sprawled, awkwardly, beneath the hazel tree, and she gazed up at Tristran with a scowl of complete unfriendliness. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Freebie had made a complete recovery, except he limped sometimes and was afraid of cars. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

After we had completed the initial series of tests, she took us one by one into the parlor for personal interviews. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enforced publicity has in our eyes restored the character of complete innocence to all these things. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But cooperation is merely proof of a common goal — in this case the removal of white supremacy — and is not proof of a complete community of interests. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s completed about half the paperwork when Chloe appears in the waiting room. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“That baker . . .” he said to himself, without completing the thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ninety-five percent of school is a complete waste of time.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After Kalinda, I find it difficult to come back to sitting in complete silence. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both were invited to a rollerdome on the South Side where, to their mutual horror, they found themselves at Gospel Roller-skating Night, complete with pauses for prayer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t wait to see these toads race. It would take Edgar a week to complete a lap here,” Seven said with a chuckle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Part one completed,” I say, looking away from her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The chief elder held up his hands for complete silence, then nodded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’d been given an advance and had about a year to complete the manuscript. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The ad-ministration, he told us, had ordered a second complete search of the downstairs of the Box for contraband, particularly shards of glass, in the wake of the recent incidents. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a teenager’s standpoint, though, this was understandably a complete and total drag. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The thought of being in this place, alone and clueless as to where they should go, in complete darkness, terrifies him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And to have all my words lying out in the open, complete strangers able to walk by and see everything that mattered to me, without even knowing my name. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her first taste of presiding over it the day it was complete and finished. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then as quietly as the green had slipped into the time of the river, the golden time of the harvest was completed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took more than three years to complete. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just a baby, drowning in an oversized Indy 500 shirt, complete with checkered flags and a bright green race car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He found the Chinese Palm Court, complete with not only live palm trees but high white-plastered rococo ceilings, marble columns, delicate hand-painted Asian wall murals, and Chippendale furniture. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother seemed to have a smile as sudden and complete as laughter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He treated us with complete seriousness, as if we eighth graders, during fifth period, might settle something scholars had been arguing about for centuries. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What was needed was a complete new beginning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

With two clicks I stretch her neck and turn her into an adorable giraffe, complete with head knobs. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Their impeccable manners and graciousness did not offer complete protection from the reactions some of the staff had to the presence of black men in professional positions at the laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I forgot how to speak in complete sentences. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As we completed our orbit, the IOI Operations Complex swung into view ahead of us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Two tuxedos, complete with shoes, and a beautiful rose silk dress with beading on its neck and hemline. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It's as if this is a whole backyard, complete with a wide canopy, outdoor furniture, plants, and string of gold and silver Christmas lights that Darius turns on from some hidden spot. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was again astonished, for he addressed himself to the question with the impartiality of the completest sanity; he even took himself as an example when he mentioned certain things. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Nancy, from now on, I swear I’ll never hide anything from you. I’ll tell you the complete truth — ” “I don’t want to know the truth,” she said. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even if we do discover a complete unified theory, it would not mean that we would be able to predict events in general, for two reasons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Big House, the cookhouse, the stables, formed a complete unit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to work, summoning fire to dry out materials and do a little cooking that otherwise would have taken days to complete. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Robin looked up in amazement, for there, rising high against the racing clouds, stood a town with a church tower and castle complete. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Lives in books often look like a completed jigsaw puzzle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And once the ski valley was completed there would be pressure to raise taxes for a better road up to it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having wasted a lot of time worrying aloud about Apparition, Ron was now struggling to finish a viciously difficult essay for Snape that Harry and Hermione had already completed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The shame the guards would inflict on us is made complete by the fact that we don’t leave. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That week, a man put chicken wire around his garden, five feet high, complete with a little gate and padlock. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Layers of forbidden makeup and dark glasses completed what I thought was the perfect disguise. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours ... all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t alive yet.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she had made a complete circuit, she said, “You will report to me on waking, and before you go to sleep. I have rented a room in a house over there.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He saw Ophie enter and poured her a glass as well, complete with ice. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking of other pairs completing their treasure hunts and getting their invitations to the finale while we bake in this hot room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Having completed their own tests, the Soviets would have America boxed in a corner over Hardtack. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Anya thought it might be the elves, but she banished that thought the moment she remembered Alfhercht’s complete silence in the trees. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was also their voices echoing the same words of my mother that made me enter and complete college. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

June told me about the movies in art class today, though, complete with creepy sound effects. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once the list is complete, we decide to draw a picture on the bottom of the two of us with Ziggy in between. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at us through his windshield like we really were the most complete jerks he had ever seen. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But to complete it, he had to track, down the current holder of that position, which he failed to do, as you know. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“This has been going on for a long long time. They will try to stop you from completing the ceremony.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Smashing down the doors and using stun grenades to clear the rooms with deafening, multiple blasts, Wolf, Fox, Eagle, and Snake had successfully completed their mission both times. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I bought them complete because it was thorough-going, I did not trust the editors of selections to choose all the best. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hires an assistant to complete some of the basic woodwork, but he takes care of all the details himself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Scientists from the Entomology Research Center of the State Board of Health surveyed the carnage after the spraying and reported that the fish kill was “substantially complete.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It lit up, presenting me with the same choices I’d had on my first night here: a handful of training films and simulations, including the complete run of Tommy Queue episodes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Holmes explained that he had been doing some dissection but now had completed his research. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He looked over our shoulders to glance at the completed lab, and then stared more intently to check the answers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew Miss Volker’s hands must have cooled down and would be seizing up, but she just took a deep breath and proved to the police that she could complete a thorough job. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After the motto was applied, Ignatius stood back and said to Miss Trixie, “It is complete.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Harry, with complete honesty this time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I did a complete circle around one of the rock spires and freaked out a couple of climbers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The proceedings are complete. We have reached our decision.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very least I should show them that I can speak their language, so they don’t think I’m a complete moron who is almost thirteen and still in the second grade. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It was 1:10 before I had the list completed and rang off from the secretary. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or completing a double pirouette and finishing as gracefully as if I really did have wings. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The last word is spoken with quiet, complete disdain. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Harry Potter knows that he can confide in me with complete confidence,’ I told them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Early this morning,” he said casually, and tilted back in his chair, full of satisfaction from finishing a job Mom thought he couldn’t complete. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My brain says: Juan, you are a wonderful, awesome human being and a complete natural at cutting mushrooms, and I love you. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Though she had lived in the same house all her life, she still had trouble finding her way at night, when the darkness was complete. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should I waste my time solving Garrison’s game when I’m fairly certain this girl has already done so? Or is close to completing it, at the very least.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She must have been well past sideways, heading for a complete rollover. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A complete answer to that question would be long and complex, since Western music, like any living language shared by many different communities, has many "local dialects." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even after everything that’s happened, with me being a complete idiot, and knowing that no one’s going to be there to support me, I want to do this. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When the prison was completed, Cain said it was “a real start to rebuilding” New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Percy,” she said, “that prophecy might not have been complete. Frank thought Ella was remembering a burned page. Maybe you’ll drown someone else.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

While other students casually worked to complete the worksheet, Boobie ate some candy and left blank the entire second page, which asked for definitions of certain genetic terms. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For sticking to your prior commitments, you will receive our special Prior Commitment Sticker prize: a complete set of Lemoncello Sticker Picture Games and a laptop computer to play them on! Enjoy.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Every last one survived, and they neither pecked nor harried her when the thaw was complete, but simply walked out her front door into the sunshine the next day. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They had also been given only eight hours to complete the course. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Negro’s only salvation from complete despair lies in his belief, the old belief of his forefathers, that these things are not directed against him personally, but against his race, his pigmentation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our room, she sat on my bed, completing a letter for Writing Mistress. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

These agents were still learning scientific sleuthing, still adjusting to completing their reports on a typewriter. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his phone and tapped around a bit, and then a screeching wave of sound, complete with a screaming, gravelly voice, filled the room from speakers above. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were hot showers, exercise facilities, electric lights, and a spacious dormitory, complete with extra-long beds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Also, he was quiet and decent, so unlikely to go round gossiping afterwards if it was a complete disaster. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all watched me play in complete silence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But if the introduction is a complete sentence, especially if it’s a long one, a colon works better. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The U-shape would soon be a complete rectangle, and the demigods had really taken to the new task with gusto. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

With his own military power and their support, he can very easily put down those who are powerful, and remain complete arbiter of that region. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Piper cries, her mouth hanging open in complete surprise. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagining the Theorem only required a prodigy, but actually completing it would take a genius. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There was considerable excitement and honor in winning, especially after Mother took a scrap of blue silk from her sewing basket and cut out a fine medallion, complete with long streamers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Stevens’s first anatomy course required two complete dissections—how was he supposed to pay for that? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A Trinity student spoke for the entire assemblage when he stood up and expressed the hope that there would soon be “complete understanding between white and colored races of the South.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Last of all came a folding camp-bedstead with blankets and eiderdown complete, and this she set down between John's cot and Barbara’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He held his breath until the message was completed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I also absorbed the complete filmographies of each of his favorite directors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But, since it was not permissible to ignore, those eight minutes pointed the road to a complete reformation in astronomy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times I started bringing the hatchet down, but I couldn’t complete the action. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Giants were defeated and hurled down to Tartarus; and the victory of the radiant powers of Heaven over the brutal forces of Earth was complete. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Link warned me that with the beginning of April, segregationists would feel compelled to speed up their efforts, in order to get us out of Central before we could complete a full school year. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the big bang and other singularities, all the laws would have broken down, so God would still have had complete freedom to choose what happened and how the universe began. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piece that completes the puzzle is string theory, according to which “the tally of possible universes stands at the almost incomprehensible 10500, a number so large it defies analogy.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Theo threw a complete game, striking out nine and giving up only two hits, just like the ace of a staff is supposed to. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He noticed a beach volleyball court complete with sand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

My mother had started crying long before I had completed my story. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had completed my tasks, Mr. 13-04 and I set out for his rooms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

By dawn, Dill was ready to apply for college, complete with admission essay and financial aid documents. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That plane, American Airlines Flight 77, left Washington Dulles this morning en route to Los Angeles but was apparently hijacked and turned back to complete its deadly mission. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The search of the island was practically completed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A small wooden table and a pair of broken-down easy chairs, both sprouting stuffing, completed the furnishings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then all was finished and there was nothing to do, and a moon of days had passed and the thing was not yet complete. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her father, who spoke English well and tutored her, could have explained them all, but Shirley wanted her efforts to be a complete surprise. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

All were complete with goggles—like Soulzeren’s, but weirder, with luminous yellow lenses and mysterious clockwork gears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For several hours, there was complete pandemonium in the little house, and it must have been nearly midnight before Mr. Bucket was able to get rid of them so that Charlie could go to bed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Where Sesame Street tests a given show only once — and after it’s completed — Blue’s Clues tests shows three times before they go on the air. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant one should use the simplest, least expensive technology to complete a job. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Although Regina had spent six years studying to be a physician, she left before completing her degree, took the baby to Paris, and settled there, working as a teacher of English. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After I’d completed that horrible task—perhaps the worst task of my life—I tried to focus my fractured attention back on Sergeant Capricorn Caputo. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Courts are deeply resistant to reviewing claims once a condemned prisoner has completed the appeals process the first time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She knew Paul was aware of the possibility of complete disaster, but she also knew he wasn’t about to shut down the clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I spent the day in complete silence, trying to emulate the grace of the older men through the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

After learning more about chickens and completing Lessons 1 and 2, you may wish to retake the quiz or write a 1,000-word essay on why you ought to be able to keep chickens. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

One piece clicks into another, and the picture they make becomes clear and complete. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Of course, the fact that my mother thinks I’m a complete loser is not pleasant. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Though it seems ludicrous to suggest that the outcome of the Fischer–Spassky match was predictable after only two games had been completed, one point going to each player, the case can be made. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After one complete row, the blisters were bleeding. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Students were allowed a minute to complete each of these tests. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered to send Mark Antony part of his fleet and 2,000 troops to help him complete the Parthian campaign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

They bend into a complete circle, but will not break. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When this happens, the bar line will still appear at the end of the completed measure. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, Friday, she felt she had completed her official duties and was ready to begin enjoying herself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You have successfully completed my literary challenge and have proved yourself a master of riddles, puzzles, and navigating San Francisco and its rich literary history. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’d had a dream, and like most of my dreams, it was a memory, complete in every detail. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Saigon, under sporadic artillery shelling and surrounded by the Communists, was in complete chaos. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The fair buildings were complete and all exhibits were in place, but just as surely as silver tarnishes, the fair became subject to the inevitable forces of degradation and decline—and tragedy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I personally think no meal’s complete without them,” Nan said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Thorn said as the three witches gathered in their circle to complete the ceremony. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As Barbee paused the silence was so complete that I could hear the power engines far across the campus throbbing the night like an excited pulse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

From them, it should be possible to derive a complete system of knowledge embracing every aspect of the natural world, just as one can deduce the whole of Euclidean geometry from five axioms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In retirement, William had completed secret missions for the NSA, but even so, his ties with the agency had become fraught. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Plus, my sketch of the business flyer is almost complete. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It goes on for the next twenty-four hours, this complete indecision. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A plucky little bird of complete mischief that steals your tortilla from your very hand if you are not watchful. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unmarried to him, this would never grieve me; but can I let him complete his calculations—coolly put into practice his plans—go through the wedding ceremony? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was complete lunacy as far as he was concerned, and there was no way to deal with it rationally. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I went without sleep, without eating, even missed my father’s birthday to complete the tasks and please Dr. Lange. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Frank called it tech wrap and acted like this was one of the very last touches the house needed to be complete. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ninety minutes later the court adjourned, the case for the defense having been completed in that brief time. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama needs to complete a task—one that should have been completed a long time ago. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They went on in complete silence past the little temple with the two small stately gods within, who never noticed anything that passed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The book was completed after Huygens had returned to Holland in 1691, partly because of his deteriorating health, but also because the political climate in France had shifted once again. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the preparations were complete, she had nothing to do but contemplate her finished draft and wait for the appearance of her cousins from the distant north. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was with her and marveled at my sister's deftness and complete lack of fear. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone abandons their cars and runs south, the complete opposite direction of traffic. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every empty lot on our street has a Sold sign on it, though, so Lake Windsor Downs will soon be complete. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would require accurate observations over some 18 years, the time it takes for the Moon to complete one cycle of its wanderings against the background stars. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She still wasn’t used to those teeth gone, and was impatient for new, grown-up teeth to complete her smile. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As far as Allen could tell, it was a complete suicide mission, the ten of them being dropped into the jungle next to a battalion of hundreds of enemy soldiers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He aimed for the inside railing, figuring the tighter the circle he ran, the faster he’d complete his lap. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’d been in there almost two days when I began, and had completed almost three when I finished, and still no action. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For over a month Quang-ha had been sleeping in the same room with a complete stranger. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Grace wasn’t sure when she had stopped forming complete sentences. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He spent long minutes checking through the basin to make sure the goat was complete: the legs, the head, the balls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bartenders and waiters could only stand by in complete shock as Nation splintered whatever furniture, kegs, and bottles she encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When the players had completed their laps, Luma ordered them to line up on the fringe of weeds at the field’s edge. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And how I will never, from now until the end of time, be able to complete it the way it should have been. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Shorter works, even in classical style, are less likely to have complete modulations. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Pollard rode back to the winner’s circle and somehow managed to complete the ceremonies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next test, for Menards, takes me to the southwestern suburbs, to a regular allopathic hospital, complete with patients being whisked around corridors on gurneys. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything he does seems slower, like he's in complete control of time and makes it match his pace instead of the other way around. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As Maria discovered, all butterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis, which means they move through four very different phases: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In an instant, she brought herself back under complete control. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had to shade the inside but not be complete coverage. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The fear was so complete it webbed together our screams and motion. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Both creatures swore to stay on earth until the project was complete. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Sixty days hence, at the festival of the High Nile, Queen Tiy will wear about her beautiful neck Pharaoh’s newest gift. Aye, it will be complete by then, if I keep working.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was speaking to Jasper Jr. Who, to my complete surprise, immediately let me go. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was completing her master’s thesis at Stanford, a study of an Irish poet whom Sanjeev had never heard of. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After an hour they had completed one row. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

September 27—1 should have written this down right away, because it’s important to make this record complete. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike anyone in the camp, the cutter had assembled a complete extra set of winter clothing and shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They had complete text transcripts of every audible word she’d spoken while clearing the first two gates. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Like the Seattle General Strike, the Great Steel Strike of 1919 ended with the complete defeat of the unions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

After that, Monday morning we sing to the sunrise and it is complete. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In complete disarray, the team managed to make its way back to the ground. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Better to allow us to glean at our own complete discretion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Now, in a complete turnabout, my panic made everything seem the same. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sixth, finally cured, now an ex-addict completes the cycle by “fishing” up other addicts whom he knows, and supervising their salvaging. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, with the orange uniforms completing the picture, the similarities were too strong to ignore. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, sometimes you’re a complete mystery to me,” he admitted with a mischievous grin. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evolution of the alphabet can be traced back to Egyptian hieroglyphs, which included a complete set of 24 signs for the 24 Egyptian consonants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

An Myeong Chul, the guard and driver at four camps in the North, told the International Herald Tribune that he had no doubt Shin had lived in a complete control zone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At the next station, a bank of machines gave me a complete physical, including a battery of blood tests. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra, now twenty-two, once again had the complete power she craved. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

At last she had accumulated enough to whisper this complete sentence: “How did I get so old?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our medic recommends complete bed rest for you. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The slow passage or complete halt of crops and livestock along Africa’s north-south axis had important consequences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here are the accounts. Every year has a rubber band around it. I’ve been over it. It’s complete.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finished telling her about how it might take him a few days to complete the journey, and then said, “Are you mad? Please don’t be mad.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Rachel polished off a complete set of dinner napkins in the time it took me to fill in one pink rose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that little speech complete, she walks out toward the horses. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even when Killconey marched jubilantly up with the news that the tunnel was within a fraction of being completed, Cluny sat and stared at the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

List song titles to cross out or erase as they’re completed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In any case, such organizations were a complete irrelevance to the heart of political life in this country. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was midsummer 1891 by the time the last of the architects’ drawings were completed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He really wanted to go to bed, but he still had his own star chart to complete. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Without cavalry in the rear no victory would be complete. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal started down the path in his direction with complete confidence. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Calculating the pressure distribution over a particular airfoil at a transonic speed could easily take a month to complete for the most experienced of mathematicians. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dewey had imagined that with the deaths of Smith and Hickock, he would experience a sense of climax, release, of a design justly completed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They aren’t going to have any good complete training,” others would worriedly remark as we walked by. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One complete turn took you up some twenty-five feet to the metal hatch in the middle of the floor above. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laika, freshly bathed the evening before, following a complete body massage on a dead jackrabbit, rested her chin on top of my bare foot. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had collected them one by one until I had complete sets. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pronounced the flea market a complete waste of time, adding that she was cold and hungry and ready to leave. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, at work, I completed the application. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The pervasive television, billboard, and Internet ads featured a lush green oasis, complete with palm trees and a pool of crystal blue water, surrounded on all sides by a vast barren desert. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being so foolish as to think she could use faith to change fate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he can make complete, utter submission, if he can escape from his identity, if he can merge himself in the Party so that he is the Party, then he is all-powerful and immortal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They completed their trek to City Hall without incident, and after a short speech by Ben Ruffin, turned around and headed back to Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first pass Winchell had completed the second half, and it eased the pressure a little. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father refused to complete the financial aid papers; finally, in desperation, I stole the tax returns from the glove compartment of his Toyota and did them myself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in an ill-fitting Peacekeeper’s uniform complete with the white fur cloak, but it’s several sizes too large for her slight frame. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too bad, for there is no time to make other things, and I don’t want to fill up with odds and ends. The table was just complete then. Now it’s spoiled.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little farther down the mosaic path sprawled a more complete skeleton in the remains of an embroidered red doublet, like a man from the Renaissance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By the first of May, 1302, the transept and most of its vaulting was complete. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

But the real prize for completing the quest was an incredibly rare artifact: Hayata’s Beta Capsule. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It isn’t only because the thought of living factionless, in complete isolation, sounds like a fate worse than death. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Throughout Ben’s life, he could walk up to a complete stranger, ask him a single question, and hit with remarkable accuracy the raw nerve. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought again of the bargain she and Baaz had just struck, the time she had left to complete her mission. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When we apply Feynman’s sum over histories to Einstein’s view of gravity, the analogue of the history of a particle is now a complete curved space-time that represents the history of the whole universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the moonlight they would have been in complete darkness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But, of course, it was not a complete protection. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He returned with a complete proposal that met Howard’s demands to the letter. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the complete surprise of both the hobbits it came loose. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Claire asked when his voice drifted away without completing the thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The whole collection of different formulations could be regarded as a complete unified theory, though one that could not be expressed in terms of a single set of postulates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, his consultation complete, he climbed back up, and took the carriage down the left-hand fork. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama set out cookies, and after an hour of arranging ornaments and eating cookies and singing and reminiscing about Christmases past, the tree trimming was complete. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I vowed to complete the brackets today, so I can return the panels to the farm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were staring at us intently, in complete silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the wheels finally ceased spinning, I reached for the door handle, a spike of total and complete grief cutting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bobby Fischer’s margin of 2½ points reflects his complete domination of the event. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It has lived here in complete darkness, and when he dropped the crystal fire, it didn’t notice. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had returned to Baltimore two years earlier, after I’d been accepted at Johns Hopkins University to complete my undergraduate degree, which I’d begun in junior college at Valley Forge. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His notebook was more complete than the school’s files. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the ground in a pose of complete relaxation, but Gregor could see his muscles were still tense with anger. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They fan out in a three-person semicircle as she hugs me tight, the kind of hug she used to give me when I was a five-year-old, complete with swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The finest mathematicians were entirely satisfied with Archimedes’ principle, which seemed to them both coherent and complete. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the rule is that each move must be completed in no more than a second. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If Lawrence needs more money and is unable to get it from the government under the conditions which will give him complete freedom of action, I would be in favor of our stepping in.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

So it never crossed my mind that a letter from a complete stranger would make me cry. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the moment we dropped her off for good, I turned into a complete puddle. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Did the eggs of the birds, like those of the laboratory frogs, stop developing simply because they lacked enough of the common currency of energy — the ATP molecules — to complete their development? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

By October, KGB officers in Moscow were able to produce a complete report on plutonium bomb design, containing detailed descriptions of each component of the weapon and specific materials needed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay on her bed in complete, leaden exhaustion. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When work resumed, the flying buttresses of the choir were completed and the centering was readied for the first stones of the vault. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the only way I could get back would be to clear the gate by completing the quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The conclusions announced by Mr. Darwin are such as, if established, would cause a complete revolution in the fundamental doctrines of natural history,” one reviewer wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The very first step on the road to reconciliation, I said, was the complete dismantling of apartheid and all the measures used to enforce it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that in mind, I went off to find my friend Bill and complete our walk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I needed to think about now was helping complete Yakov’s unfinished business here on earth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only indulgent thing I did, just once, was a couple of weeks after I heard Tommy had completed, when I drove up to Norfolk, even though I had no real need to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she is, even with all her out-loudness, at times, a complete mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I suddenly became so free with my place, but there was something about her that demanded complete unselfishness. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But any detail that would fill in the picture to create a true and complete memory had been erased somehow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Now we’re at a complete standstill on the steep road that leads to the top of the island. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the papers were read out loud in class, the discussions were usually brief, as the combination of good manners and complete lack of interest kept most workshop participants from expressing their honest opinions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After awakening, he watched Ruben complete the assay—from a distance, for he was radioactive. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One evening he stopped by my workstation and observed me as I stood on my wooden box completing a casing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was an ice rink on it, complete with hockey boards and lights and a warming house, and as Hazel peered out her car window she saw families in matched sets sailing around the rink. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But she sat drawn into herself, a complete mute. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shipped down to Maryland, where War Admiral was completing his training for his return to racing, and prepared to meet him there. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woodworkers toiled all through the night to complete the restraints, furnishing them with ambitious if crude engravings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The darkness around him was complete, the night silent but for the dogs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You can pick any assortment you like or buy a special box complete with all letters, punctuation marks, and a book of instructions. Here, taste an A; they’re very good.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The opportunity to get on with it arrived when Lawrence’s graduate student Niels Edlefsen completed his doctoral work early in the new year. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Yet her success was not as complete as she might have liked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After almost an hour of complete chaos, and after hundreds of arrests, the mob began to thin, which finally allowed paramedics to come in to help the wounded and haul away the dead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

To complete the picture, El Alacrán wears an eye patch, from when the eyeball was gouged out. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the entire trip I think the three of us were all on speaking terms for only one complete afternoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone else had finished and gone to the locker room to change, I still had two laps to go, and Coach Raskin made sure I completed them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was a year of poverty, a year in which the only thing missing to complete the sense of disaster was an earthquake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really are a complete idiot if you believe that,” Henry hisses, the note balled in his fist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was exhilaration in the collision, the honest contact of football, not as beautiful maybe as a completed pass or a fake that threw your opponents off balance but beautiful nevertheless and manly, prideful. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

HERMIONE: I thought nothing of the kind, I have complete faith in you. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Besides, since last seeing himself in the glass he had been given a complete new set of teeth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He and his wife, Virginia, had just built a four-bedroom contemporary home, complete with a swimming pool, on Cedar Gap Ridge. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I fear it! A complete history of my boyhood crimes.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nearly complete skeleton was excavated of an extinct bird—the Jupiter bird, it would later be called. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A new social order, combined with the genetic modification, was determined to be the most complete solution to the behavioral problems that the genetic damage had created.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

Once you were inside the curtain wall, you found yourself in a kind of wide alleyway, probably full of frightened sheep, with another complete castle in front of you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that case, the universe would already be in a state of complete disorder, so disorder could not increase with time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Dad is mostly happy that it’s completed and beautiful. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is the one who will make my life complete here, not him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad worked his jaw muscles, at a complete loss for words. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kvothe took the pen and completed the list himself, asking the dumbfounded Chronicler to correct him if he made a mistake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It paused at Belmont Park in New York while Howard completed a transaction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a final visitor made her confusion complete. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend the next hour pinning edge to edge as carefully as I can, but each time I put a completed one down she grabs it, inspects it hastily, and flings it back at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t simply dark; it was the complete absence of light. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was made of beaten gold, complete with delicate roses and a glittering butterfly whose wings reminded Aru of stained glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could do the tourist thing all night once her business was complete. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Funny how such a small thing can cause complete elation. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our lives were a cycle—the cycle of the day, the cycle of the seasons—circles of perpetual change that, when complete, meant nothing had changed at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They didn’t see the completed puzzle standing in front of them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I would have to continue to seem a willing prentice until I could complete my real mission here. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a blood-cleaning club, complete with magazines and newspapers, but most people were looking up at a TV screen showing one of those early morning shows like Good Morning America. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be the complete truth, but it would be something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But captive birds are not really birds. A bird must be part of the landscape and sky to be complete.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sent query letters to a dozen agencies and was stunned one August day when I opened our mailbox and found a request from a New York agency for the completed manuscript. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And how much money is wanting to complete the purchase?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Almost any exhibition of complete self sufficiency draws a stunned tribute from me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“So this will be the end,” Leah and I both repeated, in complete amazement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your duties for today are complete. You may return to your sector and rest.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stood, still frozen, staring at him as if he were a complete stranger. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no putting off the day that advanced—the bridal day; and all preparations for its arrival were complete. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No. We never get anything. We are born with all we have and we never learn. We never get anything new. We all start complete. You should be glad not to be a Latin.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The complete patio set—called "masculine salmon" on a manufacturer's tag sticking out from one of the cheap metal chairs—has cut distinct circles in the wall-to-wall carpeting. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t his complete game, but maybe they’d found one piece. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She kept her real dreams in a notebook, where everything was a complete secret. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They had a complete copy of the Pentagon Papers in the apartment and agreed they’d better find a hiding place. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And they would have to complete it during the most terrible Russian winter on record. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

All the people in the stands are staring at me like I’m a complete freak. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fact: my Harrison imitation is utter and complete genius. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

You could create an entirely new persona for yourself, with complete control over how you looked and sounded to others. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I spent several hours on the typing, destroying copy after copy until I had completed one that was immaculate, carefully phrased and most respectful. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The photo is destroyed as soon as the order is completed, Bigari said. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing Sneaky’ll think twice about selling candy at school, but it’s the complete opposite! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Out of it he got complete confusion but a few ideas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once the transformation was complete, I left Falco’s orbit and set a course for the nearest stargate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Penkovsky went to trial, the KGB had assembled an airtight case, complete with pictures of him working with stolen military files. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a complete set of the Harvard Classics—chiefly because Bobby said we didn’t have room for them in our suite—and rather perversely read all fifty volumes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Yet if there really is a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school, alone in her simulated classroom, she would talk like them, dress like them, and assign herself homework she would never complete. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Only the horror of having to go near him had prevented Soaphead from completing his mission. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that complete understanding of the principle of motor locomotion, I drove down the mountainside toward Calexico, some fifty miles away. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole examined the boxes filled with canned foods, clothes, bedroll, ax, cook- ing gear, heavy rain gear, rubber boots, and even school- work he was supposed to complete. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That was our little matchstick-eater’s mission, and he carried it out to his master's complete satisfaction.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I threw on some clothes while Grover tried to make a complete sentence, but he was too stunned, too out of breath. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would be walking down the hall at school and a complete stranger going the other direction would extend his hand to give me five. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hesitate as I think of trying to start a fire out here from complete scratch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unless you get the complete list of predictions or a randomly selected subset, the correct predictions mean nothing. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his private practice Burnham was accustomed to having complete control over expenditures needed to build his skyscrapers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They had dedicated an entire show to us, a fact that mesmerized us into complete and utter silence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“In short, if fighting breaks out, everyone must act on CO . his own initiative in order to complete the operation.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mission completed, Morgan returned, in a Redcoat uniform, accompanied by six British soldiers—all true deserters, won over to the American army by Morgan. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know he's a complete jerk, but I started hanging around with him, anyway. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A symbol of when Mama was whole, complete, and living her dreams. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The metric system merely completed a process that had begun with the invention of the telescope, which definitively destroyed the idea that the universe was made on the same scale as man. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The tone of his voice implied at once a complete admission of his guilt and a sort of incredulous horror that such a word could be applied to himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the month of September and picked the spot where I would put the first cross mark, if I completed the first day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dear Mrs. Vaughan: Our records indicate that you recently completed 20 years of Federal Government service,” wrote Langley’s director, Floyd Thompson, in the summer of 1963. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was looking at me in complete innocence and I didn’t know what to say. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the planters instead preferred to pay by the “task”—they insisted that they wouldn’t pay a worker until he had completed a specific job. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window as we did one complete orbit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The illusion was so complete, she couldn’t even find an answer. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, winding inside, pieces are trying to come together, synapses trying to form, a complete story trying to connect within. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At university, where Robbie discovered that he was cleverer than many of the people he met, his liberation was complete. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was a complete drunk by the time I was in tenth grade. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That was the year that the Shorawi completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes almost a hundred and sixty-five years for Neptune to complete one orbit around the sun!” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Howard was surely amazed at such a huge wager from a complete stranger, but he was not one to back down from a challenge. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 28 Pollard completed his long drive across the country. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am less certain about their complete lack of enthusiasm for political issues. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I’m about to complete step two of me and Elsie’s plan. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A tour guide tells them that after the Taj was completed, each of the builders, twenty-two thousand men, had his thumbs cut off so that the structure could never be built again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The requests poured in for Reggie to talk publicly, and even though his sentence was complete, he said yes, over and over. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That meant Emma needed to try both versions, writing out the complete phrase, and then listing, a, b, c, d, e...etc. above each letter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now I had succeeded and it made complete sense that I would feel relief and pride. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Helping people deal with suffering was a large part of most religions, I ventured, and suggested that none of them promised complete happiness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote rapidly, completing a draft in four months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning toward the end of the school year, Mom had a complete meltdown. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The historical southward expansions of Burmese, Laotians, and Thais from South China completed the Sinification of tropical Southeast Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She makes a complete shambles of the cellar when she gets in. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women compared the time it took them to complete a dress. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘Arion took me on a complete loop around the perimeter. A lot of tourists, but no crazy goddess.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Percy’s leather necklace had four beads for four completed summers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I even had one hazy fantasy where Miss Geraldine herself heard about it and gave Ruth a complete dressing-down in front of everyone. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock was ticking steadily, the darkness was complete. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please complete the enclosed forms and return them to me as soon as you can. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I completed Wuthering Heights, I noted the danger of‘letting emotions get out of control.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is an elaborate system of control, complete with political disenfranchisement and legalized discrimination in every major realm of economic and social life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I grinned like a complete moron at her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the procedure was completed, the coffin was covered with the lava-infiltrated earth and a dusting of some residual ash that had drifted to Selfoss from the recently erupted volcano. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She and Dad are complete opposites that way. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But you speak to me with complete disrespect, and I’m the one who’s here.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had recently completed her studies at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg and was working as the first black female social worker at Baragwanath Hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled up and hovered about a hundred feet above the spot, then joined Mark at the windows.The two of them looked down on a complete nightmare. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We don’t yet have a complete and consistent theory that combines quantum mechanics and gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got the Snitch!” he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then I hear Alicia's laugh, complete with that little snort at the end. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winchell, his confidence growing, threw three passes, all of them short, incisive strikes to Hill, all of them complete. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long moment of complete silence. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the door, his silence is so complete that she worries he has managed to depart the world altogether. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She tugs a series of braided cords that dangle along the wall, and a tapestry lifts back, revealing a complete wall of rose-porcelain portraits set in a curling network of brass tubing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was completing her third year of medical school. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had completed the burial, I sighed and started back to the flat, but my mother caught hold of my hand and led me again to the kitten’s grave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy disappeared from the prison that year, and it was a complete mystery what happened to him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Hel and I are Senior Skulls—just completing our last year of training. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After completing her shift at the convalescent home, she now worked a four-hour shift at the supermarket, often not getting off work until one a.m. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

None of my basketball teammates were injured, so I consider football season to be a complete success and I know that Coach agrees. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is believed that dybbukim possess the living so that they may perform tasks they were unable to complete in life. What were those words he had you write, Alter?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kendra finished a complete lap around the pond, walking on clean wooden planks the entire way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

After three days’ delay, during which the crown prosecution stood over for the production of the witness from the prison-ship, the witness came, and completed the easy case. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, City College was lit up on the hill, looking like an ancient castle complete with turrets. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Especially the part where I wound up with stitches in my catching arm trying to complete the mission Uncle Jack gave me, and then I still didn’t give up until I completed it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Having trained us and our dogs—it took about two weeks to complete—the ravens set about altering, or trying to alter, the rest of our regimen to fit their needs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A first-class planned escape, complete with a forged Chinese passport and an air ticket from Beijing to Seoul, sold for ten thousand dollars or more. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It took Wagner twenty-six years to create his Ring cycle, completed in 1874. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After completing his education, my grandfather moved to the South Bronx and brought his wife and kids with him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dedicated in the early third century at a cost of eight hundred talents, the Lighthouse was one of the first monumental structures completed after the city’s founding. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

For this reason, it is absolutely against his wishes that parties in Iceland and elsewhere should provide financial subsidy for the production of this film or should show it once completed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I double-check his laptop to see how much longer for the download to be complete from the link I sent him, trying not to breathe more than I have to in this B. cepacia-laden room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She hovered over one, and a bubble popped up that said, Dashiell Hammett lived at 1155 Leavenworth Street when he completed the final draft of The Maltese Falcon. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I have to work, Ivy. We need all the money we can get, and if I don’t complete projects, I don’t get paid. Layla helps Mom with the boys in the afternoons.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Calypso ran her fingers across the completed circuit board. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Instead you chose to live in complete seclusion on Never-Ending Mountain.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Post, having completed his duties, is putting on his hat and coat to make the rounds in the truck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Like a wraith of oily smoke Shadow completed a clever double maneuver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The completed National Core Arts Standards include dance, media arts, music, theater, and visual arts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“What movie?” she asked, since Rishi had never completed his sentence. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once the first two crates were completed, I carried them down to the art museum for consideration in their upcoming juried biennial. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He began planning out loud all the projects the three of us could complete by the time school opened. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pink-enameled scales covered their torsos; on their heads were perched elongated helms complete with pointed steel beaks and crests of bobbing pink feathers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was capable of complete relaxation between the times for action. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The summer before graduation I’d completed an internship at a money management firm in New York, so I added financial institutions to my list, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, orthodoxy in the full sense demands a control over one's own mental processes as complete as that of a contortionist over his body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Hence, in a very short time they’d have a pretty complete aerial report on what amounted to about a three-square - mile area. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Chacko had no really complete explanation for why the Communist Party was so much more successful in Kerala than it had been almost anywhere else in India, except perhaps in West Bengal. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was doing well, otherwise Rav Gershenson would have stopped me, but I kept wishing he would say something and not just stand or sit in complete silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like I can go anywhere. Once this sculpture is complete, you’ll agree that it’s the most amazing piece you’ve ever done. If not, I will gladly die.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I managed to keep up, but when he moved on to short complete sentences, I kept making mistakes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was unexpectedly fulfilling, Caesar said, to witness the complete product, in contrast to the disembodied toil on Randall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was not uncommon for work on a building to begin even before the architectural plans were completed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is only after the long antiseptic ceremony has been completed that they are allowed out into the sun, for the ride up Broadway. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Maisie got home, she laid all the dolls out on the bottom bunk, trying to put together one or two complete outfits for them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And how, each time, Blancaflor was the one who gave the prince the tools he needed to complete his challenge. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you had been on the lookout for possible patterns in the lists of words, there is no way you would have completed the task that quickly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I shall take this cylinder with me, and then I can complete my entry on Lucy’s phonograph. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finally a woman in the group completed words of the rule. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least the Trazon hadn’t impeded my ability to be a complete moron. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Having completed his science schedule for the day, he checked his watch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

About Art and the fact that even though he could kill a small man with a poke to the chest, he still acted like a complete teddy bear. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a complete mystery to me what exactly we were all busily preparing ourselves to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A deep and unnerving silence filled the cargo room, along with an almost complete darkness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So if the backbone was on the outside, the crystallographic repeat of 34 A had to represent the distance along the helical axis required for a complete rotation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Just one more piece of tissue paper and it would be complete. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell red tie the complete truth about what I would do with a time machine if I had one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s curious, when we were older and the guardians were giving us those talks, nothing came as a complete surprise. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or a homework tracker,” Tamika said, “where you enter all your assignments, the steps to complete them, and due dates, and then mark them off when finished.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He believed with complete conviction that no animal was permanently ruined. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it had completed the movements several times, Lyra looked up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We have the rest of the semester to complete the project, and we need to take it seriously. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then, after all your manipulations are complete, you take the limit: you extrapolate and figure out where the expression is headed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A perverse benefit of birth in the camp was a complete absence of expectations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes as much as forty feet long, they have two to five rooms, and are complete with air-conditioners, toilets, baths, and invariably television. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Family Betrayals Instead of acting on Ptolemy’s behalf, Berenice soon got rid of Cleopatra VI and seized complete control of her father’s reign. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

After they finished touring the plant, their sabotage training was almost complete. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She halted at the head of the shrouded body, completing her three circles, and set the saltcellar down on the ground at her feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had only to complete this night, to keep the story out of the reach of the destroyers for a few more hours, and their witchery would turn, upon itself, upon them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, in view of the fact that you have your column to complete, I wonder if it is entirely wise to partake further.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she had finished there was complete silence in the courtroom. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They stood there in complete silence, side by side, while the incense smouldered into ashes; and then because the sun was sinking, Wang Lung shouldered the box and they went home. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Once a week they utter a complete sentence. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A kind of numbness and a sense of complete unreality were upon him, but he did not care; he was even glad of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Virtually every southern state was infested with Aedes aegypti, these experts pointed out, but funds would run out before the job of eradicating the mosquitoes was half completed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Marina completed her pilot’s license in 1935, just before the purges began. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She delivered the finished assignment to him just as she completed her work for Dorothy Vaughan, double-checking all numbers, confident that they were correct. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The darkness was still complete, but Lina sensed space above and around her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet in the end, when all of those separate and idiosyncratic chains were completed, half of those letters ended up in the hands of Jacobs, Jones, and Brown. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a complete jumble of things, and when I tried to write about any one of those things, I ended up writing about my mother, because everything was connected to her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

‘But the story still does not seem complete to me. I still want to know a good deal, especially about Gandalf.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He passed the entrance examination for the university in 1588, then had to complete a final year at Maulbronn before he could take up his place at the university, at the age of 17. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

When she at last agreed to a meeting, she harnessed her full powers both as a pharaoh and as a woman to take complete control of the situation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He brought the radar online and waited for it to complete a self- check. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I instructed my half of the army to relieve your half of the army of their weapons as soon as their missions were completed,” says Evelyn. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It took Bigwig no more than a moment to realize that if he said he was not, complete disorganization would follow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I completed the outfit by tying a white apron around my waist. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After completing my chores one day, I got permission to play basketball at a park five blocks from our house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He remembers that after Reverend Wells’s sermon, the congregation began a discussion on the remaining funds needed to complete various and largely unnecessary renovations to the building. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And I'm a complete amateur compared to him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had never flown to anyone before, not even to members of my family, and here he was suddenly perched on the shoulder of a complete stranger. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Barring a complete computer failure or other critical event, Vogel's vast knowledge of astrodynamics would never come into play. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He just dropped it on his way out, and I picked it up as I went to chase him. That’s all. He was a complete shocker, all right?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It’s almost as though he’s a complete nonentity, isn’t it?” he crowed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Father had just completed another circuit of the estate and was banking to the left over the fences, so his nose at the time was pointed toward the hillside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two lawyers who have never met can nevertheless combine efforts to defend a complete stranger because they both believe in the existence of laws, justice, human rights—and the money paid out in fees. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if it did, it could take days or even weeks to complete. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ellis, I love you even though you are a complete idiot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Sales were a complete contrast to the hushed atmosphere of the Exchanges. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the advent of quantum mechanics, we have come to recognize that events cannot be predicted with complete accuracy but that there is always a degree of uncertainty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, Luke watched Dad, Mother, Matthew, and Mark eating in silence, a complete family of four. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The junkie wouldn’t buy a complete top because he’d get into trouble with the soda water people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Alex’s dad came to a complete stop, staring at the banner Alex made, strung across the living room wall. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

In a short time the siege tower, its wheels muffled with sacking, stood completed, ready for use. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No complete copy was known to Westeros, however; even the Citadel’s lacked twenty-seven scrolls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s already complete. I have no idea how, but Jeanine made it so it could work on its own.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Later that year, the panel issued a plan for the complete restructuring of California’s juvenile facilities. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every week or two, Theo traveled to Seattle to complete various errands. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was so complete that they could hear the unevenness of Piggy's breathing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Were they looking for him, or had they sailed on to Epirus to complete the quest? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The longer I stayed with the company, and the longer I was away from Falconer, the less incentive I felt to complete my mission. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she completed it, William Friedman recruited her for his Army unit in the late 1930s. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The oldest surviving complete harpsichord dates from 1521 and is Italian, the sophistication of its mechanism suggesting that the techniques for making harpsichords were already extremely well advanced by then. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In Paris, Vincent has done a complete turnaround from his days in The Hague as an atheist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

To Wes, the house was more than just a project to complete. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And Lawrence considered that necessary, in its turn, because he needed Livingston to complete the construction of the new accelerator. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Once it was complete, the women needed to figure out how to get the new declaration included in the Fourth of July festivities. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When he was away from her there was no one feature that stood out in his mind and he remembered her as a complete, unbroken figure. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I know what removal would mean. I’m not a child. It would mean complete instability, with no nonimaginary solutions to the positronic Field Equations.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

We are not called members yet; our decisions today will make us initiates, and we will become members if we complete initiation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Gabriel Witter, unable to sleep in complete darkness, had finally started to get rest since the television arrived. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“She has gone on a sacred journey to Beyond. She is as the wind, able to travel to all times and places. She will return when her journey is complete.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Their campaign to “redeem” the South was reinforced by a resurgent Ku Klux Klan, which fought a terrorist campaign against Reconstruction governments and local leaders, complete with bombings, lynchings, and mob violence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, the process was completed within four hours; moreover, the jury, including two alternative members, was extracted from the first forty-four candidates. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you want to finish the game, but this feels too risky for a game we’re not even sure was completed.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Accidents are the very definition of failure. Pure, complete failure." Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Kaz’s endorsement put Mary on the engineering track, essentially promising a promotion when she successfully completed a few core courses. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Is it possible to be really close and still feel like complete strangers? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The foundation was by all measures a complete success, with the city surpassing Athens in size relatively early in her history. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He had walked into what looked like an old-fashioned, three-room flat, complete with bathroom and kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry could not help but feel a resentful admiration for Voldemort’s complete lack of fear. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ashamed that he had not finished the work properly, resentful that Min had not given him complete instructions. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Another minute of scratching, and all three completed the examination. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As each song or activity is completed, you or the child can pull off the tab and put it in a folder marked “All done.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

According to Robert Stevenson, one of the scientists involved in the meeting, their goal was to keep the field from “degenerating into complete chaos.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In Mendeleyev’s day just sixty-three elements were known, but part of his cleverness was to realize that the elements as then known didn’t make a complete picture, that many pieces were missing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A radiator gurgled somewhere, but otherwise there was complete silence. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She taught me to listen to the mystery of the groaning earth and to feel complete in the fulfillment of its time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listlessly, they completed their survey, which confirmed that the first French team was correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Northern emancipation was complete, but freedom remained elusive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You are in complete charge of the Midway. Go ahead with the work. You are responsible only to me. I will write orders to that effect. Good luck.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As she completes the rotation, she is no longer there. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The kind of neighborhood where you keep your rover doors locked and never come to a complete stop at intersections. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

How would I complete my studies and become a doctor, which was my greatest hope at the time? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The pew was his seat of authority in The Shoe, and the only chair which fitted him comfortably and in which he could place complete confidence. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now what’s your big fancy excuse for being a complete barbarian to me?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Otherwise your notes will become a complete disaster. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He thought with longing, but contentment, of that other basin ... the one that had been exactly right and never completed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a basic idea is established, an artist may develop it into a more complete study. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was a complete shock when Tommy came to a dead halt, wheeled round and stared at Laura with a face like thunder. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the game progressed, Bobby had only twenty minutes remaining on his clock to make the required forty moves, and he’d so far completed just sixteen of them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And when the religious ceremonies had been completed, we left, my husband and I. How well I remember the day, and the sudden sickness that overcame me when the moment for departure came! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell myself that as long as I keep taping my progress reports, nothing will be lost; the record will be complete. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had to nominate him, but there was complete confusion about it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The last checkpoint we passed that day was manned by soldiers well dressed in complete army gear. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Later, in the hall between third and fourth periods, I saw Digger, and I know he saw me—because I watched him do a double take and then turn a complete one-eighty. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s unfortunate that you couldn’t complete your education.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believes Juan Manuel has made it big in New York and he is waiting for money from America to complete the upstairs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The discovery of a complete unified theory, therefore, may not aid the survival of our species. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she could tolerate another woman, but not this complete absorption in something she can’t follow. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Styx carefully placed the lunch box in the spot where the motor had been, to complete the trade. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rules governing jury selection provide yet another illustration of the Court’s complete abdication of its responsibility to guarantee racial minorities equal treatment under the law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But once her testimony was complete, she’d been unceremoniously dumped at First Harbor with just enough money to book passage back to Ravka. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No longer would he have to share a room with Levy who, after a troubled start, was completing his GED requirements and starting his vocational classes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a complete relief, like walking into my home and kicking off my loafers and sinking into the soft sofa after a very long and hot and tiring day. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Technically, it has fallen into an unforeseen loophole. It has not been properly completed.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was the motor that drove the magic universe that was the rear section of the big house on the corner, where Alba spent her first seven years in complete freedom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people must have been complete idiots to get caught in a city killer. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the drafts were complete, there came a faint tone of excitement into their speech. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels complete, the gang, as Cash once called them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The whole world saw him the way he wanted to be seen: as an unassailable force, complete unto himself and in full command of the mysteries of the universe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

While I was away, I had scoured every video store within a hundred miles until I’d found the complete box set of The Honeymooners. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The test was delicate, and took hours to complete. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We just want a baby to complete our family.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I want him to know that Trub and I completed our mission. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had been hugged by a complete stranger. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

—If that is our Work together, then our Work, said he, is complete. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My slave-ship painting is due tomorrow, and I complete it as best I can. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Only we Navajos could speak it with complete fluency. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once complete, this grillage of steel would be filled and covered with Portland cement to produce a broad, rigid raft that Root called a floating foundation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And I had never ridden in a car with a complete stranger. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The image I see staring back at me is a complete stranger. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But before the throwing was complete, the emissary’s ship docked. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I whiz through the bathrooms and even manage to complete the kitchen while the others are still on their initial tasks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually they discovered that an elongated teardrop shape, with the wide end oriented toward the magnet’s center, quadrupled the maximum potential acceleration to 300 steps, or 150 complete circuits. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He gave the pest known as Quang-ha a geometric coloring book and commanded that the kid complete three pages. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like I said, she looked way older than thirteen, and I felt like a complete idiot. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. Put them down over there. We just need some slime from their bodies to complete the potion. Edgar didn’t have enough.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part I attributed my growing unease to the fact that I’d never climbed as a member of such a large group—a group of complete strangers, no less. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

While the congregation filed past the minister, exchanges were made, bargains agreed upon, transactions completed, and announcements announced. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But the assignment was not a complete failure—Hairwoman runs the drama club and she recruited several new members based on their performances as to why they needed an extension. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tia Lourdes gets upset and says it’s like a horoscope, that it means nothing unless you want it to, that it’s a complete waste of time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face had undergone only tiny changes that had nevertheless worked a complete transformation. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“You have a half hour to complete this test,” Miss Sugarapple told us. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted her to marry a complete stranger just to keep the man’s province under the control of the King’s Guard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“The Department of Children and Families hasn’t completed some paperwork.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He learned about acting from Mora, but more so how to teach it in an atmosphere of “complete trust and honesty. She accepted nothing less.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The house was still only half completed when he decided to sell the car repair shop and move his family out to the stump farm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If I can complete the volcano with- out anyone catching me, I will be free and the world will be saved. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The parrot would have seen you never complete this journey.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

That’s when the letters came, and Henry reading them all, without jealousy, with that complete abnegant transference, metamorphosis into the body which was to become his sister’s lover. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the interest of laying a few to rest, I dedicate to each a tombstone, complete with burial service. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, that is my memory of the time, clearer and more complete than anything I have ever experienced before. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My words could not stretch far enough to form complete thoughts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This new surge underscored for Burnham the urgency of completing his plan to pipe Waukesha spring water to the fair by Opening Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I have to kill him because slowly, almost effortlessly and with complete contempt, this man kills his wife and child every night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You know that’s a useless, almost a foolish gesture, a complete waste of energy and time?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, completing his idea of perfection, there were no resentful Negroes or wild Indians. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had Reggie not had his complete focus on the road, had he been lost for a millisecond, we’d certainly have crashed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Marian completed eight grades at Stanton Elementary School. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

For a moment there was a complete vacuum of sound, and then I cried tears like I had never cried before. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was a large stone structure, complete with Gothic arches over the entrances to the boat bays—a structure far more elegant than the clapboard homes most of them had come from. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She did not like the darkness, which was more complete than anything she had ever experienced—far darker, certainly, than any moonless night in Texas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By Friday, when the court recessed for the weekend, the state had completed its case, which included the appearance of four Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, Jason and Percy were sitting up in their berths and able to talk in complete sentences. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The top row is doubled—yes, doubled, as in there are two complete rows of teeth. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, among those students with very poor academic preparation, few completed their courses of study. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The calling voices of all those who had fought and to whom it had been vouchsafed to complete their missions. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The culmination was, of course, the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and the journeys of the following few centuries, which completed the geographical exploration of the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They eventually completed the route, but they were several hours behind schedule. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that Ms. G was willing to get arrested to help us complete a writing assignment was a sign of loyalty, and we respect her more for it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sivaji tells me there is a profit to be made. The landlord has completed the deal, papers have been signed. We must leave.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was stunned by the memories brought to him with the perfume, not because of their clarity, but because they gathered together the whole long span of years and were complete. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only complete satisfaction with their Cal Tech existence came from him and his family. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He expected complete obedience to whatever rules he laid down at home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The interior was exactly as Harry remembered it: a small flat, complete with bathroom and tiny kitchen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I talked about Anthony’s allowing a complete—and completely green—stranger to accompany him hunting morels in the Sierra. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In a moment of complete giddiness, I bought a pink ribbon and tied it around her neck. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The message from George Harrison, a prominent banker and member of the Interim Committee, read: “Operated on this morning. Diagnosis not yet complete but results seem satisfactory and already exceed expectations . . . Dr. Groves pleased.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Some are complete rooms, others are bits of exterior architecture or elaborate archways and halls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now I’m ready to use them because I figured out how I’m going to draw the whole complete picture. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dwarf had been busy building some sort of boom to close off the mouth of the river, though the fishermen differed as to whether the work had been completed or not. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Please, mah, I am to wait until you check that everything is complete.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He made a complete search of the perimeter of the meadow, finding neither holes nor trails. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

More important, I’m inside of Brennar’s body, with complete control over his avatar. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He, Frank, and Hazel had an impossible task to complete before then. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sticky and giddy from their successful trip, they sang made-up Junior Patrol songs, complete with arm motions, all the way back to the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The agency sent a film crew to each of the remote tracking stations, recording the communications teams as they completed their preflight checkouts. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was as though the surface of the glass had been the arch of the sky, enclosing a tiny world with its atmosphere complete. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It was a violation, a complete betrayal of trust.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I have here your final exam. Last semester, I gave you nearly two months to complete your final paper. This time, you get two weeks.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

An orderly in a stiff uniform jumped out to open the back door before the car came to a complete halt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shaker Heights was officially a city; there were nine elementary schools and a new redbrick senior high had just been completed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He got the largest office building in the world completed within eight months. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The deal is almost complete. All I need now is to negotiate safe passage through the arena.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He strove to make the ranch, called Ridgewood, a model of rustic self-sufficiency, complete with massive herds of cattle and sheep, several hundred horses, a dairy, a slaughterhouse, and fruit orchards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence that follows is so complete that I can make out the frantic chirps from the birds in the apartment across the hall. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then he looks toward the bow, letting his gaze complete the thought. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Stump, an alpinist of world renown who died on Denali in 1992, had just completed a difficult new route on a nearby peak, the Mooses Tooth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was the general assembly, or ekklesia, which consisted of any male citizen who had completed his military training and reached adulthood. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Two murders completed in a single night mark a descent I should be proud of. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is therefore advisable that you complete your shopping well before nightfall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The universe would be in a state of almost complete disorder. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The destruction of the gnats was thought to be virtually complete. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Papa said no home was complete without a stained-glass window.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He locked a complete copy in the safe in his office at Rand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Okay, that was the precise moment the Wild Boy took complete charge of my sensibilities as the pacifist was sleeping off a binge. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The album was like any other, complete with a few childhood photos of playing in the yard and by the pool and things like that. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I thought I was messy, but this man is a complete barbarian. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Once in the palace the brother and his friend could trust to their own swords and the complete surprise of their attack. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, I saw only one pair of trousers actually completed during the time that I spent there, although the factory workers were shambling about clutching all sorts of scraps of cloth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes more vans and trucks came, and the loading was finally completed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For poor people in other countries, America’s industrial food chain is a complete disaster. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At his complete cluelessness that somehow it all comes down to how many points you can score in a tournament. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He completed the turn of his head with a slow turn of his body, moving his forepaws sideways along the side bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We could see the rims of plates and what looked like the foot of a teakettle—it was shaped like a human foot, complete with painted toenails. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Had it been just the two of us with the flock, I am sure it would have been a complete disaster. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was even less talkative than usual, but finally, as we walked down a deserted alley, he said, "Be sure you complete your work today. We've lost our lodgings." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t so long after Chrissie completed. I saw him in this clinic, up in North Wales. He was doing okay.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felix had complete control over the ball and was probably the second fastest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a complete loss of pressure, most of the water boiled off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every assignment was completed, every page was read, every paper was written and ready to be turned in. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was completed, James. I’m positive. The Black Cat clue led somewhere—don’t you see? If Mr. Griswold hadn’t finished his game that would have been a dead end.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One day Amaranta's basket began to move by itself and made a complete turn about the room, to the consternation of Aureliano, who hurried to stop it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The street’s a complete shocker and has always been renowned for it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They completed their walk in silence, and when they parted ways, Celaena quickly wished Nehemia a pleasant evening before striding to her part of the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Times Square had been barricaded off and converted into a temporary CDC—Centers for Disease Control—compound, complete with portable labs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I see... Well, actually, I’m blind, so I don’t see. Have you come to kill me, then? If so, good luck completing your quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mendeleyev dutifully completed his studies and eventually landed a position at the local university. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid, however,” Count Olaf said, “that it is legally binding. Tomorrow, Mr. Poe, I shall come down to the bank and withdraw the complete Baudelaire fortune.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now I saw how upset Ruth was; how for once she was at a complete loss for words, and had turned away on the verge of tears. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I got near one of them, I invariably broke out in a cold sweat and lost the ability to speak in complete sentences. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

How could I demonstrate my complete faith in its power to heal me? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

To their enormous credit, despite the terrible ordeal they were put through, most of the marchers completed the route. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A somewhat touchy correspondence then ensued, in which Jefferson attempted to remind Adams that their much-valued friendship did not depend on complete agreement about forms of government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But this is not a complete or final solution, for a zero tolerance on paper is of little value. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She would get there and complete this troubled pilgrimage, even if she had to walk the rest of the way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her weapons, the complete lack of cunning or intelligence even of conviction, in her attacks were enough to drain away any fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The French school is not bad, but I prefer Sidcot Hall. They teach the complete British curriculum,” said another woman, whose name Obinze had forgotten. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It also, incidentally, eliminates the possibility of robots, in complete adjustment, wandering off while still on Earth and thus bringing U. S. Robots face to face with the strict laws against robots on Earth. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

"I don't have an extra pen," I whispered, complete sentences for whispers, that's what tells you I was still a greenhorn in this culture. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to believe they were made of flesh and blood as I watched them display complete mastery over the racket and the tennis ball. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer had graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency in internal medicine there. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I cannot hold out much hope for him. His tuberculosis is of a new kind that does not respond to medication. Still, with complete rest he may have weeks, perhaps months to live.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we stood there holding our netting and sweating through our complete wardrobes, they regaled us with information about our soon-to-be-home, Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t completed a pass and the coach had finally dismissed him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nice to have another person take the reins, even if that person was still basically a complete stranger. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The place was quiet, nearly deserted but for some last- minute shoppers—almost all middle-aged women—scrambling for an odd or end to complete Thanksgiving dinner. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet only a fraction of the case had been completed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was to be a grand affair, complete with a barbershop quartet, pony rides, caramel apples, a pie-baking contest, a bocce tournament, and an evening promenade under the stars. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the ring was complete, I considered wrecking it again, but the gods were inoffensive, dull. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the second year of a go-slow strike at the quarry, demanding a complete end to all manual labor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please complete this comparison,” said Dr. Garcia, holding up another card. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Always a bit ceremonious, he is the kind of person who causes you to use his full complete name. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Life was so much better, but not quite complete. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would say, “Sir, please find the form and return when you’ve completed it.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was twenty-seven years old now, and there were days when all I wanted was to feel complete. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Here’s a thing about me: I have always been a complete and utter muttonhead for a clever boy, even when I’m half delirious with pain. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When Todds search was complete, the two of them were led back through the bus station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

How might one prepare, locked in most complete immobility? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was like a hoverboard course made solid, complete with tight, banked turns, sharp climbs followed by long drops, even loops that took Tally upside down, her crash bracelets activating to keep her on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I averred that the fortifications there were not in a complete state of readiness, but we could imagine no other strategy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When the arrangements for our move north were completed, she broke the shattering news that she was going back to Arkansas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older generation had mostly been wiped out in the great purges of the Fifties and Sixties, and the few who survived had long ago been ter-rified into complete intellectual surrender. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Schott’s complete incomprehension suggests that it would have been difficult for Bodin to persuade other scholars that his views made sense. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s like a video game, and you get to access more powers and levels once you complete something?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He got up, and began to break the completed jigsaw puzzle into bits, very deliberately, and put the bits back into their box. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now understanding the maze’s algorithm, he took up his pencil again, cut though the Gordian knot, and completed the task. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And her dream will be complete and we will be free!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I could barely read what I’d been assigned, barely form a complete sentence in classroom conversations most days—it was more how everyone acted. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because once a kid had been evaluated, Dell could complete the district's form in a flash, giving everyone in a specific category the same rating. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“What? God, no. He’s this idiot in my Adolescent Issues class who spends the whole time putting things in his nose. I don’t have a boyfriend. I don’t need a man to be complete.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Me in my complete clothes, in the bathtub. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The change was a complete mystery to my parents, who made jokes about the lawn fairies who work on the grass when everybody is asleep. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

By the time the history session was complete, Hanako was exhausted from trying to quickly translate in her head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two Step wore a dapper three-piece pinstripe suit, complete with shiny buttons and a bowler hat. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But Mama wouldn’t believe that anything less than complete destruction had come to them all. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My friend, you are a total and complete pig. And I’m just having a good time.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Doublethink lies at the very heart of Ingsoc, since the essential act of the Party is to use conscious deception while retaining the firmness of purpose that goes with complete honesty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

“Here’s the river. The creek flows up here and curves into the river. The Hidden Lakes complete the other border. See?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear, we can’t go anywhere without her striking up a conversation with a complete stranger. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the mites have completed their development only the outer layer of cells remains. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We celebrate it here on the “dark” continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a locker someone produced a boom box, complete with batteries. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With my feet wrapped in white, gauzy bandages, I started to put my socks back on, but they were a complete mess. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But what happened with Avianca was just so strange—so seemingly inexplicable—that it demanded a more complete explanation than simply that Klotz was incompetent and the captain was tired. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Billy and five other American prisoners were riding in a coffin-shaped green wagon, which they had found abandoned, complete with two horses, in a suburb of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her son, who was now a young man, stood in awe as he looked at the completed piece. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Please submit your completed worksheet to your instructor in the envelope provided. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, after a quarter of an hour’s complete immobility, his eyebrows began to move slowly up his forehead. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was it about him that made me act like a complete idiot, practically begging him to walk me home even after he lied about following me into CVS? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But when I looked at the sketch pad, all I had were puzzle pieces of the shark, when I needed to have a complete portrait. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

If so, time was precious; for, now that he had achieved a certain amount of distribution, he could, by choosing his own time, complete the task unobserved. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look up, because the sound of the crowd would tell him whether the pass was complete or not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as small as the lights Celia used to decorate the Christmas tree, but it shone valiantly and softened what would otherwise have been complete darkness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a drawing for work he must complete by tomorrow, a cross section for a high school auditorium in Chicago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra had complete freedom to decide how best to rule the kingdom. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Only one of the eight towers of the Ferris Wheel was in place and workers had not yet completed repairs to the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Butler was seeing the world as it was, complete with LEP retrieval team sweeping the avenue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I’d managed to end my school year with a complete disaster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Constitution Hall, completed in 1929, was the largest and finest auditorium in Washington, D.C. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Even in his ailing state White assisted Grove with the book, as if he were consumed by an unsolved case, until the manuscript was completed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’d been bounced out of two different colleges, suspended for failing to attend class, for not completing the work. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe, if I’m honest, that’s a small part of my wishing she knew it all before she completed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cook had said this as she completed all those steps in what seemed to Ophie like no time at all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But two important modifications to this rule were necessary to complete the scheme. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The outfit is completed with wooden clogs—just like Gran’s gardener wears at home. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His scripts—for that is what they were—were meticulously detailed, and came complete with stage directions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now that Walter's case record was complete, appeal pleadings would be due soon, and time was critical. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When she completed the ritual, she asked Iras and Charmion to prepare her bath and arrange for a meal to be brought to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s not complete silence—Hector is spinning the whirring dragon on his baby seat while he eats Cheerios—but it’s pretty close. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I just looked over every name—every story—that completes these tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The next paragraph began a complete change of mood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By that hour their mothers had completed their morning chores, and had time to dress the little ones and send them outside, cold as it was. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were still in the middle of the Test—still expected to complete it, and Celaena looked up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now that Rose had completed her little version of our housing development, she had moved on to copying some of the other buildings that surrounded it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The basement portion was nearly complete, and with the upstairs portion under way Harry had moved into the basement with his children. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Their suits matched perfectly, and each one complemented the others in a way that, without knowing exactly why, you knew you needed all three suits to be complete. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A small academic brouhaha ensued, complete with hundreds of footnotes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he shouts, “You were WRONG, boy! And the sooner you accept your complete and overwhelming wrongness, the sooner you’ll be of use to me, and this mission.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I whirled about, expecting to see Falconer at my elbow, demanding the completed script. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some would argue for the third possibility on the grounds that if there were a complete set of laws, that would infringe God’s freedom to change his mind and intervene in the world. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In North America this kind of warfare was fueled by the desire to seek not just a military victory but also the complete annihilation of Indigenous peoples. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was dedicated to reading good books, even if they were from another generation or didn’t make complete sense to him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“You have twelve minutes to complete this challenge.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Although a number of artists have been competent in both painting and sculpture, only a handful managed to bridge the gap between them with complete success. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to repeat your dream to yourself, with complete faith that you will get it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home—Jane Austen, Dickens, Conrad, all in the library downstairs, in complete sets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The fracture is complete, dividing the bone into two neat pieces. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner Monday night, Ellis is a complete douche. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I looked around the train platform, which was now in complete pandemonium. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

So I began to complete every quest I could find, sometimes jumping five or six levels in one day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Milkman stopped, surprised at the calm, steady beat of his heart—the complete absence of fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Goddess in The Temple The uneasy response to Caesar’s relationship with Cleopatra increased when he completed a building project of his own in the center of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway, this boy’s name is always on the board because he acts like a complete moron most of the time. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

With a start, Livingston realized that he had only two weeks to complete the work necessary to receive a doctorate that June. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a wildly irrational, completely uninformed idea, but the fear it produced was complete enough. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lay there in complete bewilderment, unsure what to do next. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Gathered around Meredith’s hospital bed, leaders from three civil rights organizations—SCLC, SNCC, and CORE—vowed to complete the march for the fallen activist. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Circumstances knit themselves, fitted themselves, shot into order: the chain that had been lying hitherto a formless lump of links was drawn out straight,—every ring was perfect, the connection complete. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Daniel Chester French’s “Statue of the Republic”—nicknamed “Big Mary”—stood in the basin complete and gleaming, its entire surface gilded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They had Worsley’s compass and an outline map of South Georgia that showed the coastline in detail and a complete blank in the interior of the island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She issued orders in a confidential whisper, “I want no noise, please. Your Chief must have complete rest. Don’t let him exert himself when he wakes. Now you’ll have to excuse me.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The first villager reached out his hand to Amah for his completed job, a cloth embroidered with the dark blue color of a burial robe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of the usual one to two hours, speed chess often takes only ten minutes to complete; five minutes or less if the players want to challenge themselves even more. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was symmetry, both complete and carefully broken. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces showed complete awe, as if they were watching two ghosts strolling through a graveyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The new tourniquet complete, I surveyed my gory handiwork. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Victor looked first to the left, then to the right, and finally over his shoulder, but could see nothing in the complete darkness that enveloped him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those who had trouble completing the unimaginative, unvaried course of calisthenics did not always agree, but I was ready for any break from the tedium of the class-room. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse galloped until he had completed a mile in 1:36, more than a second faster than any horse would run that distance at Santa Anita in the entire year. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I completed sixth grade, I weighed over 200 pounds. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Happiness, of course, is a complete absurdity at this point, since at the rate things are going, I’ll be dead in a day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She saw herself shining back at her, very smart, very interesting, her hat on straight, her coat nicely pressed and her new gloves just completing the whole effect. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They represented a complete record of four years’ worth of the gang’s financial transactions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Either find a way to complete the tasks I have set before you, she would tell us, or die in the attempt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wednesday, I go alone to complete my work. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"No," he said, "it wasn't enough to take him to the Quarters, you had to make the complete tour, to give him the full treatment. Was that it?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, he refuses to admit the complete truth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I know the Abyssal Serpent follows us somewhere beneath the glassy surface of the water, but like the ship, it travels in complete stealth, leaving no evidence of its passage. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She wondered what it would be like to be among complete strangers, with people who didn’t know anything about her and who didn’t expect her to be a certain way. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first possibility is that he worked in complete isolation, without knowledge of anything that had gone before. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is the first time he has traveled since completing his treatments in Stuttgart, and he feels as though the density of his bones has decreased. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Leninci felt herself entitled, after this day of queerness and horror, to a complete and absolute holiday. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was, in his expression and tone, a complete assuredness; she felt defeated. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This being the case, they decided to obtain several of the latter, and, having completed the mission, went on to attack a few more clothing emporiums—Shepherd & Foster’s, Rothschild’s, Shopper’s Para-dise. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no flicker this time, just sudden, complete darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know who completed what chores around the house. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This, Toño tells me, is the complete and real true name of the place where I am. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The result was an almost complete shutdown of the city. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Cole nodded and handed Edwin his completed lessons. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Hamilton requested a brief delay so that he could complete some pending legal business and put his personal affairs in order. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It seemed an eternity before the Book reached her, but as its weight settled into her arms, she finally felt complete. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When she completed her associate’s degree, she decided to pursue her and her parents’ longtime dream of completing her bachelor’s. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There was no time to talk until the customer’s order was complete and the bell rang, signaling her departure. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I am Inigo Montoya and I do not accept defeat—you will think of something; I have complete confidence in you.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever Jess was planning had Sam’s complete approval, simply because his mother could do no wrong as far as he was concerned. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I swing by her, Shay says in a low voice, “You’re still a loser, Ally. A total and complete loser.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I only had to add, “pushed him out of the tree” and the chain of implausibility would be complete, “then I ...” just those few words and perhaps this dungeon nightmare would end. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, beans and maize make a nutritionally complete meal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So when I started explaining McCoy and Celia and everything that had happened this year, she absorbed it the way my parents absorbed war documentaries: with complete seriousness. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The riggings and armaments were complete, but something was wrong. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was wearing an enormous Russian fur hat, complete with earflaps, which he had pulled down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mayor Schmoke knew that, weeks after I completed the internship with him, I would be heading to South Africa for a semester abroad. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The window at which I stood was tall and deep, stone-mullioned, and though weatherworn, was still complete; but it was evidently many a day since the case had been there. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And they made a complete pigpen of the bunkhouse, didn’t they, Buddy?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The government continued reassuring whites that the situation in the ghettos was under control, that it was only a matter of time before complete order was restored. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He states his opinions as if they’re facts, and somehow his complete lack of doubt makes you believe him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Curled up under the sheets, she watched her mother complete her nightly ritual and climb into bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s complete enough for his daughter to use if she must: the irregular polygon of the island framed by ramparts, each of its eight hundred and sixty-five buildings in place. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But as soon as you complete your assigned task, you report to the team leader to be assigned to help someone else. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished, apparently no longer able to speak in complete sentences. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the official in charge of making the call ruled it a completed pass. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when it had completed its first full turn did Gronau feel the test had been successful, at which point he said, “I could have yelled out loud for joy.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He’ll remember how that was nothing compared to the complete devastation on Daniel’s face when he learned the news about Natasha. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Davis’s testimony carried with it the unstated accusation that Burnham and Baker had inflated the amount of money needed to complete the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For the Ring's first complete performance, Wagner decreed that the house lights should be dimmed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

An odd moment of complete silence hung over the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It would take days to complete the rescue efforts. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A sense of complete helplessness had descended upon him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The dark in the doll shop was now complete. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“We only could include the animal if we saw it with our own eyes. So it’s not really a complete guide to Cape Ann.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

What it means is a complete overturn—a complete change. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one of the most entrenched traditions of Mess Night was that a man could not exit to relieve himself until the dinner was completed unless the president of the Mess granted permission. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So apparently the pater wasn’t a complete moron, but Annabeth remained confident. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just as the train came to a complete stop, Train Ear shouted, “Beats out!” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“We have completed your American family tree. Let’s meet your first American ancestors!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As for me, after receiving the Rhodes Scholarship, I spent two and a half years completing my master’s in international relations at Oxford. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In spite of the complete overhaul that your mind is crying for, you have a brain that could really grow and flower here in N.Y. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he made it through two complete rotations, Laura Friendly burst into the room wearing a reflective jogging suit that made her look like a small astronaut. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it’s great,” said Ron glumly, who was attempting to mop up the sodden mass of ink that had recently been an almost completed essay. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The conversation had to do with whether Reggie could complete his mission, still his stated dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They're kind of laid-back about body art. I mean, I'm salutatorian, so I guess they figured I can't be a complete mess if I'm getting straight A's.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The picture is complete before I can take two steps forward. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The United States and Oman had just completed negotiations on a free-trade agreement to eliminate tariffs and trade barriers between the two nations. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘You demigods have learned nothing. There are no gods to aid you. We need only one more thing from you to make our victory complete.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But at the very least, the place wouldn’t be a complete circus. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat from the oven makes our kitchen cozy, and our table for three feels complete. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In a given year, some forty million Americans swap intimate truths about themselves with complete strangers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

While all this was going on around him, Jefferson professed complete ignorance of his candidacy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For an instant there was complete silence, and then my oldest sister giggled. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As he so rarely leaves the house these days, renovating the gardens seemed a good place to start. Would you like to see what it will look like when it is complete?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But there was an awful lot to learn about mummies, and even after a whole evening of study it turned out that Toby’s information wasn’t all that complete. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The runway lights blinked on and off and the darkness was complete again, absolute; in the blue-blackness Richard felt his head swimming. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The collection of maps provides a complete description of the surface. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found I couldn’t complete my own sentence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was allowed to sing the complete aria. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

All the guys in the cast wear White Sox uniforms, complete with cleats and high socks pulled up over their tight pants. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In meetings over the next few days, Groves was given the complete picture. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one stared up at the first sergeant, yet there was complete silence as he spoke. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk back to our seats, Luke begins dragging himself across the screen with complete, desolate desperation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The completed material was folded four times and glued together. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not really. I met nice people and stupid people and complete jerks, but I didn’t really meet any cool people.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When Bobby didn’t answer and the press interviewed Euwe about it, he issued an apt reply: “At the moment we are in a complete stalemate.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to take as long as possible in order to see that look of complete absorption upon her face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bush and Conant had proposed something of the sort to Stimson in September 1944: “complete disclosure” of the technology, omitting manufacturing and military details, “as soon as the first bomb has been demonstrated.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And the other voice, which was the lady’s voice, said, “Well, perhaps you should have thought about that before you made me look like a complete idiot.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In my thirty-nine years on this earth, the Holy City of Mecca had been the first time I had ever stood before the Creator of All and felt like a complete human being. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no plantains and avocados to make a complete Haitian breakfast. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The lack of rain and the fact that the park’s waterworks were not yet completed meant Olmsted could not plant exposed portions of the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There were four whose apprenticeships were now complete. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Here were four kids who could speak in complete sentences without a single you-know as filler, and Holly Blackwell asked them nothing. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jake hit the cafeteria and quickly completed the next level in Revenge of the Brain Dead with one hand while munching on a cheeseburger with the other. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When Lill finally completed the job, she came to Dad in tears. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It completes the set of six and creates a perfect half-moon curve. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The cleaning of the blocks had not been completed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the kid completes the plan and meets the benchmarks, no criminal charges are ever filed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that the Washington Monument is five hundred and fifty-five feet tall and was completed in 1884?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The alchemist began to draw in the sand, and completed his drawing in less than five minutes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the quiet, the dull beiges and greens, the familiar farm chores, the complete lack of other people—this used to be my life; it used to be enough. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She would catch up to him eventually, and unless he was a complete fool, he knew it, too. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then, when they were alone, they ate almost in complete silence. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the way I can shoot at an animal in almost complete darkness and still take it down with one arrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Clarkson immediately issued a statement expressing his complete support for the efforts of the society. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

To complete the game, every treasure you collected had to be returned to the living room and placed inside the trophy case. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When these students were asked to read Of Mice and Men and complete a sentence beginning with “Although George,” many were stumped. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“But this is such a complete about-face, Melissa! I mean...” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It had taken the Freys three generations to complete their bridge; when they were done they'd thrown up stout timber keeps on either bank, so no one might cross without their leave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

These chemicals seem to initiate the malignant change, which may then be completed by other chemicals of types prevalent in the environment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a time his withdrawal from the world seemed complete. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Council left the mortally wounded soldier lying on the sidewalk, returned to his bus, and completed his route. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Corinthians was naive, but she was not a complete fool. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he takes that as the okay to reenact the Battle of Gettysburg on his plate, complete with sound effects of gunfire and muted cries of “Charge!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I know you want to finish the game, but this feels too risky for a game we’re not even sure was completed.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He looks at me like I’m a complete idiot. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

An app for all chronic illnesses, complete with med charts, schedules, and dosage information. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He cleans up the next three questions and completes round four, keeping us in first place. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I acquired the complete works of Marx and Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, and others and probed into the philosophy of dialectical and historical materialism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presented Pollard with a complete script for the interview, leaving nothing to the jockey’s rich imagination or questionable vocabulary. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In February 1562, Tycho left Denmark to complete his education abroad, part of the usual process intended to turn him into an adult fit for his position in society. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I picked up bits and pieces naturally, and Celia taught me how to find the patterns, to put the sounds together in complete sets.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was not just a stick, but a true wooden sword complete with grip and guard and pommel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now I was about to experience complete independence. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Two, at eye level, completing the royal arch. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The little one's hair is a dark cloud of coils and glitter, complete with metallic threads reminiscent of lightning streaks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then we traveled by train to Lahore, where my dadi lived on a sprawling village farm outside the city, complete with chickens, cows, and fields of turnip greens. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Their deadly ritual for the autumn solstice would have been completed by him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Look what she has done!” she said and showed him the scrap that Kira had just completed, the one that had composed itself so magically in her fingers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, a team of gunters tried to dig a tunnel under the dome wall, and that was when it was discovered that the shield was actually a complete sphere surrounding the castle, above- and belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Since January he’d been working at home, trying to complete the final chapters of his dissertation on agrarian revolts in India. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s our job to know. Your gleaning won’t change any of that. You lived a good life. Scythe Faraday is here to complete it for you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Over time, I will find better ways of completing my tasks. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This complex and exceedingly efficient government operation was completed while residents of New Orleans were trapped in attics and begging for rescue from rooftops and highway overpasses. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, she adds, it might have been official, a complete meltdown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were on camera, it felt like it took a million years to complete our round, but in just a few minutes the second set of contestants come back to the waiting room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As long as it might take to count ten, there was complete silence. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Atawallpa fulfilled his half of the bargain and the ransom was complete Pizarro melted everything into ingots and shipped them to Spain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He jerked at the chain and tried to get loose, not to get away from the dogs but to get at them—I mean, it was complete insanity. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To the extent that major changes are achieved without a complete shift, the system will rebound. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Warning. You have eight minutes to complete this challenge.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Then she found herself shooting upward again, completing the circle, so that the sky wheeled above her, then over and downward again, more crowd parting in front. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All the passes he linked up, all completed, all slow, templed and smooth. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“But it’s actually quite good. I’ll fix the mistakes later. Let’s keep working, shall we? We just might complete this order if we both keep going.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Something in her eye right there in the comer stopped Nel from completing her question. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were little white boys with complete collections of football cards, and their only want was a popular girlfriend and their only worry was poison oak. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When its badinage was completed, we picked up our instruments and began to play the overture for The Blockade of Boston. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In December 1942, the women of the 587th finally completed their grueling training course and were assigned to fight on the Don Front, one of the areas of battle aggressively defending Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ben yelled out in one of those rare yet complete moments of silence, a doldrum among the spectators, “Hey, why doesn’t someone teach that kid how to bat!” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam watched as Whisper caught the fruits one by one, dropping their torso into a deep and dramatic bow when the performance was complete and the air was empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The translation of a few pages of German occupied an hour; then I got my palette and pencils, and fell to the more soothing, because easier occupation, of completing Rosamond Oliver’s miniature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, it placed upon men such as Powell and Donovan the necessity of synthesis of complete robots,—a grievous and complicated task. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Adam was interested in his own complete lack of emotion. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I tell her that we have a pretend room complete with Semper Fi bunk beds, she rotates in her shell. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When he came to, Gabriel Witter found himself in complete darkness. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once Luna was in place and Glerk was safely outside the chalk rim, Xan would complete the circle, and the spell would begin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We had nearly completed the first part of our adventure, so there was a certain home-stretch perkiness in our steps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the man had saved his family and could’ve died before completing his task—it was a mighty thing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Appalachian Trail was formally completed on August 14, 1937, with the clearing of a two-mile stretch of woods in a remote part of Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The experimenter lost 10 weeks from his work, and at the end of a year, when his case was reported in a British medical journal, recovery was not complete. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The buzzing in the room dies down as everyone waits for the machinery to come to a complete stop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

His process was a journey taken with his peers, guided by his elders, and completed in a celebration. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Journeying abroad initially appeared the perfect solution to the complete lack of chemical facts in my head, a condition at times encouraged by my Ph.D. supervisor, the Italian-trained microbiologist Salvador Luria. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

No one shall leave the Premises once the Inoculation is complete. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am in complete control of this world. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Oliver with complete honesty, hoping that was the right answer. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

An exposure of a different order, as if I were offering a private fact about my father or mother to a complete stranger in one of our stores. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belet's pirouette completed, she slowly lowered her foot like a ballet dancer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“My first order, and only one day to complete it,” the woman was saying, almost as if she were talking to herself. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bitter had completed the figure in the middle, but it was nothing like what the softness of the ragas would have predicted. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Nearby, at the distribution warehouse of the Chicago Inter Ocean, a widely read and respected newspaper, a young Irish immigrant—and staunch supporter of Carter Harrison—completed his workday. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It's the only component that causes a complete mission scrub if it's not working. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had a history of taking over territories he considered German, and he and his ambassadors believed that people of German heritage owed “complete subservience” to their “home country.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then one night, like a complete idiot, I told her how I felt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Holding it in front of both of us, I point to the most completed sketch, a frontal view. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The shards of marble gathered into a miniature tornado, spiraled back to the pedestal, and reassembled into a complete bust, the note still tucked underneath. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I completed my work and straightened up, I realized there was no sound or movement from within his. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had enough of this. For the last time, numbers do not have colors. Now, are you going to complete the assignment?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A teacher can simply give students extra time to complete the test. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the Übermensch had once been an Überhippie, complete with a scruffy beard and hair that reached past his shoulders. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But when Brother Tod Clifton came into my office to discuss the street meeting I saw no signs of resentment, but a complete absorption in the strategy of the meeting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My three brothers were back and our household was complete. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In May, the company announced that its big new coal-preparation plant in Caretta was complete, and all the coal from both the Coalwood and Caretta mines would henceforth be loaded into coal cars over there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It provided a chance for Forever Witchlings to close their circles by completing an impossible task. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sense them urging me to do well, to sit up straight and answer in complete sentences. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The evacuation had been so hurriedly planned, the camps so hastily thrown together, nothing was completed when we got there, and almost nothing worked. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two complete and separate thoughts ran in his mind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, the triumph of the discovery enterprise was not complete until well into the eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thomas asked, trying to suppress the complete hatred he had for him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It is too well executed to be spontaneous, because it happens in complete unison. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Duties complete, he scampered across the field and through the stand of trees bordering the swimming pool. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe just so I can draw a complete breath again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Others are complete strangers, reminding me that the factionless population is larger than any of us suspected. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Its gas tank had flames painted on it, and a shotgun holster riveted to either side, complete with shotguns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We watched in complete astonishment as she put the skeleton through various contortions, thrusting her pointer around without the slightest self-consciousness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A broken razor flinging them backward over his shoulder the same motion complete the jerked skein of blood backward not looping. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surprised team completed its exit from the cell and closed the door. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of his job was to find a place for me to live after I had completed my rehabilitation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a feeling in me that resembles complete and utter desolation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, we slept so deeply, that we were shocked when we awakened to find the landscape outside the windows in complete darkness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

This time, she carried a small container that was camouflaged to look exactly like a wooden log, complete with real bark. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled up the completed bundle of work and slid it into the pneumatic tube. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Kyle had already found the pinecone to complete his “outdoors” round. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Sam spread his deerskin sleeping bag on the big stone table and, after completing his chores and writing in his journal, he lay down and watched the stars come out. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They smile and laugh as they talk, and she looks so happy—it’s the complete opposite of how I feel whenever I’m with the other Junior Agent trainees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He hit it without hope but with resolution and complete malignancy. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one that may bring about the complete annihilation of our people,” said Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Please submit your completed worksheet to your instructor in the envelope provided. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I try to move on to completing the dosage table for diabetes in my spreadsheet of the most prevalent chronic conditions, sorting through varying ages and weights and medications. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He remembers those meals eaten in complete silence, the television turned off. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he completed his thesis—“An Analysis of Conical Helices”—he transferred to Hughes’s big California operation, where the real action was, eager to make his mark in the race for space. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my pad and pretend to sketch, but my drawing of the garden is complete. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Except under pretty rare circumstances, in any crisis, when I was nineteen, my funny bone invariably had the distinction of being the very first part of my body to assume partial or complete paralysis. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

If they’d really wanted wilderness, there was plenty of it on the mainland, complete with bears and coyotes and mosquitoes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even if I just did what I did with a complete stranger named Kim. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The brothers completed the work nonetheless, and as word of their craftsmanship spread across Canada they began to get new commissions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The New York Athletic Club’s facility there, completed in 1888, sprawled over thirty neatly manicured acres at the center of which stood a posh, sprawling clubhouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The reaction was one of almost complete disbelief. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I was determined not to lose myself at this point, now that my plan was successfully completed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

New York’s prison system in the early twentieth century, to his concerned eyes, was in need of complete overhaul. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I guess the trip to 12 wasn’t a complete waste. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

To complement is to complete, to round out, or to bring to perfection; a complement is something that completes or makes whole. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he spoke himself, it was in complete paragraphs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Why should I waste my time solving Garrison’s game when I’m fairly certain this girl has already done so? Or is close to completing it, at the very least.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He planned to complete work for an A.B. degree and then enter law school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By eight o’clock they had completed the first of the five circles that would eventually take them up Deerhair Canyon to the lowest Little Baldy Bear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he’s in full astronaut gear complete with airtight helmet and bulky oxygen tank, sitting in the diner at a table piled high with food. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had lots of forms to fill out and reports to complete about what had happened to his patrol car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy Weasley had stopped dead at the head of the stairs, prefect badge agleam, an expression of complete shock on his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At last the day came when Snowball’s plans were completed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She feared leopards with a terror so complete that she couldn’t breathe when she thought of them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four or five strokes into the race, Gordy Adam and Stub McMillin “washed out,” their oars popping out of the water before they had completed their pulls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas Jefferson was also returning to the Philadelphia area to complete his time as secretary of state. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

So convincing were these dreams of lying awake that he awoke from them each morning in complete exhaustion and fell right back to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The class didn’t have enough people to complete the final letter of the message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It fronted a town park, complete with bandstand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was going to be cremated in two days, as soon as all the paperwork was complete. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I cooked them a special candlelit dinner, complete with blackberries and cilantro sprigs as garnishes, and rice molded to the shape of an upside-down cup like I’d seen in a magazine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was complete silence, but for tinkling glass, crackling fur, and the sudden release of breath. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Entire plots were hatched around swiping food, complete with double-crossing, backstabbing, intrigue, outright robbery, and gobbled evidence. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death would be a complete knowingness, but what frightened him was this: not knowing beforehand what it was he would know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked like the typical SS officer: a cruel, though not unintelligent, face, complete with monocle. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grandchildren would inherit a quarter; his great-grandchildren, an eighth; his great-great-grandchildren, one-sixteenth, and so forth—until his genetic essence had been diluted, in just a few generations, into complete oblivion. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once the painful transformation was complete he was more than six feet tall and, from what he could tell from his well-muscled arms, powerfully built. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as the deal was completed he hurried out of the Koza Han to attend to his real business in town. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The work was completed by prisoners from Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson, Louisiana, and from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She found his fastidiousness and complete lack of humor touching and longed to introduce him to the idea of delight. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outer ring of candles was complete, twelve white columns burning exacdy as they had when Will was last in the hall. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came again—a wave of complete blankness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He invited them in to complete their business transaction and, before they were done, they found themselves eating a hearty noon dinner with the family. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the Pensacola tests were complete, she had passed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last, with a final lurch, the train came to a complete halt. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But what if it could have been the complete opposite? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The darkness was so complete that Prosper couldn’t even see his own hands. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched me for a moment, as if to make sure my tirade was complete. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The memories I carried from the days I’d had with my parents were kept in cradleboards in my mind, situated in complete safety, even the bad ones. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It comes to a complete stop a few houses away from Iesha’s. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The last moment in her complete life was going to be the worst by far. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

On my way there, I happened to glance out into the dining room and saw Francesca standing by the sliding glass doors, her face a mask of complete anger. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The result was a complete paralysis, only broken when Ricky said his name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had curled herself up tightly, her arms around her knees, and sat in the complete darkness, blood spangling the silk of her dress like the gloaming stars first bleeding into evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My intentions would be obvious, and all chance of completing my mission would be lost. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I now stand in darkness so complete that when I hold my hand in front of my nose, I can’t even see its silhouette. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he regains it, your valour is vain, and his victory will be swift and complete: so complete that none can foresee the end of it while this world lasts. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When the winter set in we moved into the auditorium and there, although many a meal was eaten in complete silence, we felt we belonged. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although the women of Marina’s regiments were trained as strictly as any soldiers, they didn’t receive military status until their training was complete. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

What kind of job could a nine-year- old who could barely write a complete sentence of English do? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you, Percy,” Hermes said, “have a shorter deadline than you realize to complete your quest. Your friends should be coming right about... now.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His disfiguration was complete, his whole skin clotted with pustules. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gasping for air like I just completed a grand allegro combination. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just as it's difficult to count the Motherland’s complete death toll, it’s difficult to verify exactly how many Soviet airwomen were killed during the Great Patriotic War. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

That task completed, he shaved, changed into his best suit, and proceeded to load both a semi-automatic .22-caliber rifle and a Ruger .22-caliber revolver. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way if one or two probes had problems, we'd still have enough food to complete the mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this complete record of prespraying conditions, it was possible to measure the damage done by the spraying with an accuracy that has seldom been matched elsewhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

While they were wonderfully gentle and easy-minded, they had rules, and when those rules were broken, sometimes their retaliation was complete and devastating. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"What will they do when the irrigation is complete?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She slept most of the day, and spent her few waking hours sewing tiny articles of clothing for a complete pink wardrobe, for she was convinced that her baby would be a girl. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a tortilla factory, where my job would be to load dough balls onto a conveyor belt, the “interview” is completed by a bored secretary without so much as a “Hi, how are you?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a few notable exceptions, most of the stories were thinly veiled accounts of the author's life as he or she attempted to complete the assignment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t sound complete; it needs a word to rhyme with house.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

And he was lucky that the kid didn’t feel like talking, because despite the complete weirdness of everything that had happened within Thomas’s known reach of memory, he felt calm again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She picked up the phone and started to dial, then ended the call before completing the number. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After completing the check, he ran a diagnostic on the engines. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three brothers followed him, boisterous from the open air and their recent doings, so that now the dan was complete. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That glossary isn’t complete—there are hundreds of the flowers of rhetoric in the overstuffed greenhouse of oratory—but it should provide a solid starting point. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

As they named all of the revolutionaries who made change, Hirohito came to a complete stop. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took Pomp some time to complete the shaving, he not being accustomed to that work. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When Quintilian says that circumstantial evidence can take the place of a witness, later lawyers took him as authorizing it to be considered as half of a complete proof. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When they shut the door, the darkness was complete. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, realizing that that wasn’t the complete truth, he corrected himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As Thomas drew, he started to feel a tickle of panic, a sick feeling that what they were doing was a complete waste of time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Most garden paths in everyday writing, unlike the ones in textbooks, don’t bring the reader to a complete standstill; they just delay her for a fraction of a second. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Newton performed his experiment in 1666 it was probably deliberately designed to produce the elongated spectrum, an effect he describes as if were a complete surprise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When all were completed and full expiation made for the death of his wife and children, he would seem to have earned ease and tranquillity for the rest of his life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would call when he completed the Theorem, which led him back to it and the seemingly intractable III Anomaly. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The project took about fifteen years to complete, a testament to the civil engineering of the day and an indication of the extraordinary practical capability of the Ionians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita ran up to meet the donkey, who had come to a complete stop before us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

With complete control of the country in his hands, Hitler began persecuting German Jews, stripping them of their legal rights, kicking them out of universities and government jobs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked to hear me read the catechism in English, although she could not understand all I read, and I myself could not yet read with complete comprehension. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was how we would get back to Hermes after surface operations were complete. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh Jesus,” I say, at a complete loss. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A prunus vase, with a plum branch to complete its beauty—his dream of making one returned, stronger than ever now, for it would be more than a dream. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Their jailers, black Union soldiers, had complete power over their daily movements. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tom’s father was determined to make the killing mercifully swift, and once the apparatus was completed, he repeatedly tested it with sacks of sand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

By the time he stopped talking, Charles and Henry had completed whatever business they’d been discussing and Charles had gone to the closet for his overcoat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, the book did not appear in complete form until 1909. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She sensed when a guest needed more tea before the guest did, expressed herself by filling his cup, thought in terms of matching, balancing, connecting, completing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to that, no one from my neighborhood had ever successfully completed college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They acted as temporary flying buttresses until the stone arch was complete. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

"Mother says I'm a complete disaster," she whispers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was occupied in knitting; a large cat sat demurely at her feet; nothing in short was wanting to complete the beau-ideal of domestic comfort. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A complete break with the traditions of this country.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two and a half miles of complete darkness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His life descended into a nightmare of drug dependency and chaos, complete with the growing risk of death by overdose. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Unlike half the children from his neighborhood, he completes elementary school. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Wishing for my mother to come back and complete my family never worked. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to complete what he had begun, but he overrode the brutal imperative of the hunter in him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Once the dances were completed, the crowd was to sing “Home Sweet Home.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had complete access without the church pastor knowing it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They bring us stories like Patrick the magician, engaging the top- down systems that want to find answers, complete tasks, follow narratives. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Me: "The girls get nothing. The boys get the extra point. They're complete at one hundred percent. That's why women are stronger: We live with omission." Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Please note that the garden is wet and so I cannot do the weeds at this time, but please be assured this task will be completed by the end of the weekend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

During the entrance tests, they gave me some sentences to complete. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And so Shin’s misery never skidded into complete hopelessness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“This is what a completed piece looks like,” I said, holding the pad up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yellow lights were still burning in several stores, and a juke box that had played steadily for one hundred hours finally, with a crackle of electricity, ceased, making the silence complete. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the boys completed their Reich Labor Service, they reported for two years of military service, either with the Wehrmacht, as the regular German army was called, or with the SS. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

More than a century later, when Dobyns went to Lima, Prescott’s was still the only complete account. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I presume you are just as cold as we are, so let us complete this transaction as quickly as possible.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nor are they really complete theories, because they contain a number of parameters whose values cannot be predicted from the theory but have to be chosen to fit in with experiment. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher had the students complete some Punnett squares and then began lecturing again in a straightforward, no-nonsense style. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, I had Adria under my complete control, taking her everywhere in the house and yard with me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The aches in her joints reminding her that she was still a few hours shy of a complete healing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I’ll be able to get away with my complete disregard for the clockwork precision of attendance required by my hosts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After two complete rotations, she wiggles the whip. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The cracked and broken pieces stand and re-form themselves around the liquid until the cup sits complete once more, soft swirls of steam rising into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All the animals nodded in complete agreement, and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Reassured that this isn’t complete madness, I crawl through the space. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Angola prisoners completed the network of outdoor jails in two days, sleeping at night next door to the Greyhound station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It is no exaggeration to say that after and because of Beethoven music approached the status of a religion, complete with gods and goddesses for worshipping, a state of affairs that persists to this day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And just like that, I see the solution play out in my mind, complete with the MacGyver sound track: Nino Carlitos walks through the doorway, eager to press against me, but this time I’m ready. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took some getting used to, Morrie admitted, because it was, in a way, complete surrender to the disease. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me again, earnestly, to con it out; and I admitted that the letters were not formed in complete perfection; that it resembled somewhat, Liberty to Slane, with a wriggling trail after the e. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Unlike other potters, who traced a complete pattern with their initial incisions, Min sometimes varied from the sketchy tracing; his work seemed to flow more freely both in the making and in the final result. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I just want you to have a good time. And I know you’re going to rock his socks off as you are, but this would really complete the ensemble.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I can think of students currently enrolled in the Arcanum who would be hard pressed to complete a double binding, let alone draw enough heat to ‘blister a man’s foot to the knee.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have just completed Out of the Dust, you answer, reading from your notes. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I felt like turning to see what looks were being exchanged, but it was almost like we were back at Hailsham, and we had to keep facing the front with complete attention. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tandy, tell me your movements of the last six hours. We have to do a complete report, you understand. It’s necessary for us to know where everyone was when your folks were killed.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The agitation would take the form of many protest marches complete with the traditional banners and posters, but these would say. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered a comfortable lounge in tourist class, complete with a screen for what were then still often called “talking pictures.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most of these people were complete strangers to Moss, and he saw something in his mother that he recognized. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The military uses of horses and camels, and the killing power of animal-derived germs, complete the list of major links between food production and conquest that we shall be exploring. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A shudder ran through the tree from root to tip, and complete silence fell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A post-mortem examination revealed a complete wasting away of the bone marrow. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he completed his circle, he let his arms drop. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“What’s happened?” he asked Ron and Hermione, who were sitting in two of the best chairs by the fireside and completing some star charts for Astronomy. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

All-round is better than all-around, in the sense of complete or rounded. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house was a combination three-ring circus and zoo, complete with ongoing action, daring feats, music, and animals. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I completed the game by picking up the wizard’s magic ring, claiming it for myself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The inside of his head seemed to be in complete disarray, as though his brain had been ransacked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now the Roman army seemed to be getting ready for a complete takeover. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get more doughnuts, but it was this debate between getting more doughnuts, which were really good doughnuts, but not being able to stand up because 1 had complete prong. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once his mother had undertaken a major cleaning of Gregor's room, which she had only completed successfully after using a few buckets of water. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

After several seconds of complete silence in the studio, Cathy turned to the camera. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human populations of only a few hundred people were unable to survive indefinitely in complete isolation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe now that the job was complete and he was on his way to his share of the haul, Wylan was done slumming with criminals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The great majority of what one hears said about his lordship today is, in any case, utter nonsense, based on an almost complete ignorance of the facts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Have we unwittingly exaggerated the importance of individuals succeeding within pre-existing structures of power, and thereby undermined King’s call for a “complete restructuring” of our society? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There had been calls for the removal, even the court-martialling, of the general concerned, but the army had defended the latter and he had been allowed to complete the campaign. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “The lady at the cafe says you’ve been here for 2Vi hours, and when she tried talking to you, you were in a complete trance.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It rose out of the years complete with all its colors and its cries, its crowded feelings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each in our own kayaks, complete with camouflage life vests and double-ended paddles, we headed out. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

However, if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The estate was ringed by a ten-foot crenellated stone wall, complete with the original guard towers and walkways. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Why is it not in a state of complete disorder at all times? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1848, the year the canal was completed, the nation’s attention had turned to building railroads. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had been working on the chemistry of nucleic acids in Copenhagen—“a complete flop,” as he would later describe it—but Wilkins’s photograph entranced him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“What can I expect after I complete my initial processing and get placed in my permanent position?” asked Johnny, the training film’s main character. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I also give my consent for my children and my children's children, etc., to continue in this experiment until such time as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare deems it to be complete. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This is what I long for now, something to make Nino Carlitos’s touch disappear, something to make me good and complete and pure again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, I do believe that in the kind of article I am projecting there would be complete protection of the rights of all individuals. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The others took theirs silently and began to read in complete absorption. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man Jack was, above all things, a professional, or so he told himself, and he would not allow himself to smile until the job was completed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Because a Horcrux is the complete opposite of a human being.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was even talk that Aunt Bushy would have to leave school upon completing Standard Six, and look for a factory job, so she could help pay for Uncle Piet’s schooling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, on Walter’s recommendation, Lazar Sidelsky had agreed to take me on as a clerk while I completed my B.A. degree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Camp Half-Blood is sending a quest, as you predicted. Our side of the bargain is almost complete.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My theft complete, I descended the stairs as softly as I might and passed silently through the parlor towards the back of the house and escape. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If things had gone as they had hoped, the hospital would have been completed within a year, and Old Granny would not have had to die in the street as she did. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, instead, to my utter and complete amazement, she started to laugh. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“This is the end of me. Woe! Woe to the world! I never completed my task!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But seeing pictures and descriptions of completed recipes wasn’t helping me think of new ones. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Fifth? But, Mother, I don’t speak English. And besides, I only completed three grades in Chungking.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The answers only seem obvious when you get to the end of the book, when you turn the last page and the puzzle suddenly looks complete. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds so loudly I am sure others can hear it as my feet come to a complete stop. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jamison came to her room, Kira showed him that the repairs to the robe were complete. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authorities attempted to impose a complete blackout; they did not want us to learn anything that might raise our morale or reassure us that people on the outside were still thinking about us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whitewash was only partially completed, and the kiva murals were veiled under the white clay wash, not yet repainted for the winter ceremonies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A little girl just like you, and we will call her Obianuju because she will complete us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A projects committee saw that work was completed as scheduled. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they really have are brains—full and complete with whirling bridges and intersections and plazas and parks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Right. Those. So, Subject One, this is my urgent status report. I may have an antidote. I may also have a Spanish-language jelly bean. Which one do you want me to complete first?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Later.—It is all done; my will is made, and all complete. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Often, phrases come in definite pairs, with the first phrase feeling very unfinished until it is completed by the second phrase, as if the second phrase were answering a question asked by the first phrase. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

One of the local pilots told her that her commander had been killed, and she reacted with complete disbelief. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair was totally done up, and a pair of glasses completed her disguise. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With barely a minute to spare, the list was finally complete. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My husband was, in all of this, a complete nobody—a humble state legislator who’d never stood before a crowd like the one of fifteen thousand or more that would be gathered in Boston. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Stay tuned to this column for a complete write-up as events develop. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

While we talked and waited for the souffle to complete its magic rise, the smell of baking chocolate seeped out of the kitchen and filled the house. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

After all, Goddard promised his disciples anything a human heart could desire, in exchange for the complete abdication of one’s conscience. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If I knew what I was doing, I could have put together four complete outfits from all of the clothing and jewelry strewn on the hallway floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mama turned another page, saying, “Just a few more minutes now, Stella. We have chores to complete.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I have complete faith in your inventions, Father! No one has ever been as smart as you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he had completed the cleaning, he asked the man for something to eat. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I completed the first draft of this book on the sixth anniversary of my adoption. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We don’t talk much, but I believe we have a more complete communion with one another than even lovers have. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

You never see a complete girl in the Dark Room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He not only tutored me and challenged me, but he made me realize that hard work — that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task — is joyous. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

A more complete vision of chaos would be hard to imagine. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A verdict of guilty in a capital case required a complete proof of guilt, for example the testimony of two witnesses who had seen the crime occur, or a confession. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I would learn in subsequent years that he had been trained as an industrial engineer, and had actually completed a master’s degree. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sergeant told her to pass it on to someone else when she had successfully completed her mission. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She was sobbing with rage, and the knife was still upraised, her arm trembling wildly as it fought to complete the arc it had begun and bring the blade down on Sarai’s throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m about to fall apart, the endless hours of practice kick in and I’m sailing along in complete control. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a younger brother, too—a complete dumb idiot. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He ate perhaps once every two days, feeling no need of food but knowing that without it he could not complete the journey. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then I made a silent vow not to go outside again until I had completed my quest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In China there was time to complete feelings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler still didn’t have complete power, but that would come the following year after President Paul von Hindenburg died. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was well nigh impossible for a teacher to convince the proud father or mother that their beloved offspring was a complete nitwit. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In Williamsburg, it was the custom to treat the movers to a pint of beer when they had completed their job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I didn’t,” said Hermione, “I had complete faith in you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Complex agricultural societies gradually arose in the Americas far to the south of that entry route, developing in complete isolation from the emerging complex societies of the Old World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harder to understand was the islands complete desolation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But either the darkness had grown complete, or else his eyes had lost their sight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They’re the same names, but next to them, there’s also a tick scratched in, obviously for each time I completed what I had to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And for a little while longer he lay quietly with weak breathing, as if perhaps waiting for normal and natural conditions to reemerge out of the complete stillness. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore heaven was completed first and earth assumed shape after. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever window of opportunity had existed to complete the one glaring piece of unfinished business in the revolutionary era was now closed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

With so few possessions, Penelope did not take long to complete her task. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The destruction of the raiding party was so complete that Mrs. Coulter, who had seen many things to be shocked by, was nevertheless shocked by this. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As Bear loomed large before her, a grand grin spread upon her face, revealing not just joy, but a complete lack of teeth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie completed the rest of her afternoon tasks, which were few, and sat with Mrs. Caruthers until it was time to leave. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Frederick leans over the side of his bunk, and for a moment in the nearly complete darkness Werner believes they will finally say to each other what they have not been able to say. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I let the tears trample my face in complete silence, guilty that I couldn’t even summon the courage to speak about him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The body of the sugar basin was quickly completed and he began repousseing on it the rich garlands of fruit with the same skill he had had forty years before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clarity that if they just completed their challenges, they could get what they wanted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The work on the trunk’s completed just as we hear the wave begin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when the procedure was complete, she felt relieved; it had been quick and painless. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I believe Adiah will be quite accomplished in a few years, once she completes her training.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in the best of moods because my own donor had just completed the night before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was some kind of spy or at the very least a complete nerd. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Herbert became one of thousands of combat veterans who end up in jail or prison after completing their military service. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And remember that by this time, still not 30, he had essentially completed his work on light and on calculus. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A terrible defeat, but not quite a complete one, for the left wing of the Army of the Cumberland had held firm under the command of a general named George Thomas. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a long while to satisfy her, as she had brought a complete inventory with her and went right through it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By running at top speed and by never stopping to sightsee or second-guess myself, I managed to complete the game in twenty-two minutes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

What he had seen, he knew, might be a reflection, a piece of flat shell accidentally drifted in or a complete illusion. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, higher spin particles look the same if one turns them through smaller fractions of a complete revolution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they were able to complete it in the summer of 1945,” he said, “we might have had the luck to complete it in the winter of 1944-1945.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It boiled down to this: I wanted to buy the fanciest, most expensive casket in the place, complete with every extra handle and cushion a casket could possibly have. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The first day began with a complete medical and aviation history, followed by a comprehensive check-up by an internist or flight surgeon. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

A melodic phrase is a group of notes that make sense together and express a definite melodic "idea," but it takes more than one phrase to make a complete melody. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Each worked for him throughout the period of construction and continued to associate with him after the building was completed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Above these were three other names that belonged to complete strangers as far as Jethro was concerned. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was weary from practice, the constant punishment his body took, the frustration of never getting a play off, never completing a pass, the coach’s sarcasm, the lingering September heat. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After completing grade school, Evelyn was sent to Johannesburg to attend high school. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luke looked at Ricky, he realized he was wearing a pair of pressed blue jeans and a button-up cowboy shirt, complete with bolo tie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson's body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

All these arrangements were only just completed when the Queen, now fully dressed in a trim skirt and cashmere cardigan, entered the Ballroom holding Sophie by the hand. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a calculation is complete, all the user has to do is look at the final position of the stones and translate that into a number—a pretty straightforward operation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But add either an article, as in A daughter cooked dinner, or a genitive, as in Jenny’s daughter cooked dinner, and the sentence is complete. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Where you from?” the driver asked with a complete lack of interest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two places set at a round table, complete with pads, ashtrays, and water jugs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was some kind of spy or at the very least a complete nerd. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

More than a little patience will be needed when explaining the complete about-face. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the time it is complete, Jule has become the kind of woman it would be a great mistake to underestimate. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every glade and dale seemed to have just completed some massive cataclysm. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to say he had a complete mental meltdown. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Civil rights activists have created a national movement to save affirmative action, complete with the marches, organizing, and media campaigns, as well as incessant strategy meetings, conferences, and litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The complete price is $10,500, for two bedrooms, a large living room, kitchen, bath, and dining space, and five closets.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A senator who had spoken earlier had come up to him after the rally and had enthusiastically shaken his hand, promising him his complete support. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He considered this for a second and said, “Give it three days to work its way through your veins. Once it’s complete, you’ll feel it.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

They came and went about their business without disturbing Longridge, and there was complete accord among them all. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colored people are a hybrid, a complete mix. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And when the glad shout had swelled up and died away again, to Sam’s final and complete satisfaction and pure joy, a minstrel of Gondor stood forth, and knelt, and begged leave to sing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“And you, Rowan, will complete your training in the capable hands of Honorable Scythe Goddard.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Napoleon himself, attended by his dogs and his cockerel, came down to inspect the completed work; he personally congratulated the animals on their achievement, and announced that the mill would be named Napoleon Mill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In order to provide the clearest, most complete idea of the scene, the Egyptian artist treated each element as an entity unto itself. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To win this game, your team must be the first to complete four laps of the second-floor balcony without spilling any of the three dozen books stacked on your rolling shelves, no matter the obstacles.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

One day, after completing his shift chopping vegetables, Wes took a detour on the way home. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On April 26, the horse completed his 24,265th mile of career rail travel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had fallen from that high estate which God had intended for men and women, and she made her fall glorious because it was so complete. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Auk XII, on the pad, was built to the design we had more or less standardized, but how it would perform loaded with melted rocket candy was a complete unknown. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did a complete and perfect double take. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their self-brainwashing had been so complete that not long after, in the gas chambers, a lot of them were still gasping, “It can’t be due!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This idea was elaborated by Ptolemy in the second century A.D. into a complete cosmological model. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My solitude seemed complete and the familiar natural sights brought me peace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Something like that. Google says the architect of the Flatiron Building ‘hanged himself after it was completed, because he forgot to put in a men’s restroom and was humiliated.’” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Go on—you have to hide the bags somewhere until they complete their purpose.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Shaffer completed the walk in early August, four months to the day after setting off, and reported his achievement to conference headquarters, no one there actually believed him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was no reason to think that they wouldn’t continue to poach more tasks that were currently completed by hand. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“None of your mockery! Release me. I have to complete my task lest...lest...” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now the construction of Hugh’s X-ray camera was completed, and soon he hoped to get experimental evidence to settle the debatable points. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"Of course not. I need to...I need to advise one of my sisters on whether she should complete a specific beauty request for one of her clients." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she felt that she had completed her job by teaching Kira, Jamison pointed out solemnly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one gold lamé sandal on my left foot and one gold lamé sandal on Mami’s right foot, we’re a complete person. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kira had thought that when this work was complete she could turn to her own projects, to some of the elaborate patterns that she could feel and see in her mind. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cytoplasm will flow easily from one to the other, the nuclei will combine, and it will become, for a time anyway, a single cell with two complete, alien genomes, ready to dance, ready to multiply. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would never have given up, although it was discouraging; the crucifix around his neck and the rifle at his back were twin tokens of his absolute determination to complete the task. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Romanian folk dancing? Aristotelian literary criticism? Or perhaps—Mr. Jankowski—you completed a performance degree on the accordion?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

On each table there was a different classic home computer or videogame system, accompanied by tiered racks that appeared to hold a complete collection of its peripherals, controllers, software, and games. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The granules of sand at my feet and the sun and sky above me seemed to dissolve into one strange, complete being. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was pride in his mother’s breast when she saw him walking, sitting down and rising: Siddhartha —strong, handsome, supple-limbed, greeting her with complete grace. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

A complete inventory of her virtual belongings appears. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s a skilled enough killer, though he didn’t complete the final test at the Cage.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In 1960, Langley had only just completed Building 1268, a West Side facility housing one of the most advanced computer complexes on the East Coast. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He let his voice trail off and nodded to let Tayo complete the thought for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The silver towers of the partially completed Bay Bridge rose dramatically from the water before them, elegant spires stretching with surprising grace across the bay toward Treasure Island and San Francisco. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, with feedback in hand, I revise each chapter twice more before circling back and giving the entire book at least two complete passes of polishing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Min had done the mixing of the glaze himself, so the mistake could only have been in the firing—the part of the work over which not even Min had complete control. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I shielded my eyes from the sun and admired my completed work of art. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kissinger agreed to the complete withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Their hacking coughs and complete lack of output suggested that, for certain writers, smoking was obviously not enough. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And anyway...”—he hesitated before completing his sentence—“you still owe me, don’t you?’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

About 70 percent of people with criminal records did not complete high school, and according to at least one study, about half are functionally illiterate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Strange to see a New York where you couldn’t get a complete meal on the street. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And when all the contests had been held, all the events finals completed, I had earned two more gold medals for vault and floor, and a bronze on beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The darkness was almost complete, and they could see nothing much beyond their hands’ stretch; but Gollum’s eyes shone pale, several feet above, as he turned back towards them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It washed out from his chest and up into his head, so total and so complete, as if he were under a waterfall that flowed the wrong way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were bound volumes of the Banker’s Journal and the Stockbroker’s Gazette, and complete sets of the Victorian novelists, never opened. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Answering before a question was completed or having several kids answer at once were violations of the rules that would cost points. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She hovered over one, and a bubble popped up that said, Dashiell Hammett lived at 1155 Leavenworth Street when he completed the final draft of The Maltese Falcon. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The fire truck is there, but nothing can be done. The house is a complete loss.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s as if I had turned into a different person. The new life around me was so complete; it pulled me away. You became people in a book I had read a long time ago.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, after completing my graduate degree, I joined the world of high finance on Wall Street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I was alone, out of the cold, and one step closer to completing my mission. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It had taken almost a month to complete this journey; most of the time had been spent getting out of Maryland. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Housekeeping complete, Tree-ear left his companion and set off back up the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was devoted to the pursuit of boundless joy, complete freedom, and endless pleasure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He sat in complete darkness, staring into a black void, but spots swam before his eyes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And to Trip, the whole thing was pure comedy: a glorious slapstick spectacle, complete with bleeped-out tirades and plenty of chair throwing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On a chance we tried an important-looking door, and walked into a high Gothic library, panelled with carved English oak, and probably transported complete from some ruin overseas. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Lord Zeus has closed discussion on this matter. He will not allow talk of Kronos. You have completed your quest, child. That is all you need to do.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm going to stick with the complete sentences, here,” she said, waving the essay at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eric watched the scurrying woodlice that were so frantically unable to avoid the flames, and thought of the first fire just down there, on the steeper side of the mountain, where now was complete darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Pitch and roll complete, twenty-two seconds till staging." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, that famous teen sarcasm. No parent's life is complete without it." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

San Juan is so small a place, on any day I believe I could nearly spit its whole complete length. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was noble that the scythes saw fit to pay homage to the gleaned, but if they only had twelve hours to complete three months worth of business, she didn’t see the sense of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost finished. We just have two more interviews to complete and I was wondering if I should send it directly to your attention or to your secretary.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then a day or two later, my father took me into the Schottegat where they were completing tie loading of the S.S. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crane-man hailed him cheerfully from under the bridge with the news that two pairs of sandals were complete. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In January the Underdowns showed up as a complete surprise from Léopoldville.They came in Mr. Axelroot’s plane, when the most we were really expecting was Potato Buds and Spam. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I say from the door, waiting for my stomach to complete its crazy Olly dance. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their appeals are to regional interest, showing complete contempt for privacy of conscience, and a willingness to destroy and subvert values that have traditionally been held supreme in this land. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Therefore, you will have a special assignment to complete during the summer.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So,” she said after nearly a minute of complete silence. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

An hour or two sufficed to sketch my own portrait in crayons; and in less than a fortnight I had completed an ivory miniature of an imaginary Blanche Ingram. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’d completed two or three rotations when, suddenly, my grip slipped a little and I started toppling to one side. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I held up my two hands to illustrate the total and complete lack of gifts I had brought for the African children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s attitude was the complete reverse of her brother’s: she was completely and utterly convinced that her Tao was alive, and that sooner or later he would return. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day my grandfather tumbled his grandmother, Pancha Garcia, among the rushes of the riverbank, he added another link to the chain of events that had to complete itself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler’s third law described the time it takes for planets to complete an orbit: r3/t2 = k for time t, distance r; and a constant k. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Chou, my older sister by three years, is the complete opposite of me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disgraced by his own partial immersion—and dabbing himself like a Protestant—Father Mike completed the ceremony. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The basic alphabet of the genetic code was complete. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Why don't you stop by sometime, and we can talk? When the mikvah is completed, I will show it to you. Maybe you will think better of it then." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The lists of plants, the many characteristics of each, the details of the dyeing procedures, so much complex knowledge; all of it was clear and complete. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our work complete, the row of buildings all along the riverfront given over to flame, we returned to our landing and stood in formation, awaiting the order to embark. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

All chemical reactions complete, the sheet was sterilized and moved to a clean room. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an impressive feat, to get such a construction project completed so soon after the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As Mayor Clarkson approached city hall that morning, he carried with him the full weight of his city’s almost complete collapse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. McCracken looks at me, surprised—almost proud—which gives me a queasy, uncomfortable feeling, like my journey to the Dark Side is now complete. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics implies that certain pairs of quantities, such as the position and velocity of a particle, cannot both be predicted with complete accuracy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whole person could go through the wringer and come out flat, neat, completed, like a flower pressed in a book. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When her ice house was completed and her skins were spread over the floor, she sat down and took out the totem of Amaroq. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s possibly the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. You love him, even if he’s a complete idiot.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he had completed turning around, he immediately began to wander straight back. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her eyes meet mine, I see complete understanding there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Merry Christmas to you and yours, dear Celie. continent with prayer and song and a large picnic complete with watermelon, fresh fruit punch, and barbecue! The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By February 1955, the tunnel was nearly done—complete with its own ventilation system and trolley for moving men and materiel along the full length of the narrow passageway. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed like an old-time prisoner, complete with a ball and chain around one foot. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It explained mathematically why the electron had spin Vi\\ that is, why it didn’t look the same if you turned it through only one complete revolution, but did if you turned it through two revolutions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Collins’s triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

If it had, Giotto would have completed the perspectival revolution, Brunelleschi’s images would have been unnecessary, and Alberti would have had nothing new to say. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had to complete this impossible quest, which at the moment meant reaching the convenience store alive. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

For the United States, it was a complete screwup. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I did feel different: larger, fuller, more complete, no longer divided against myself—compulsion to comply against wish to refuse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still, complete technical command is a requisite of masterpieces, which are distinguished by their superior execution. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shower then completed the whole body’s purification in readiness for prayer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outer ring of candles was complete, twelve white columns burning exactly as they had when Will was last in the hall. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foreheads are smacked and eyes are rolled in complete disbelief. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A regular contractor would have wanted weeks to complete the task, and would have used heavy machinery. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But instead of completing a number grid, she was trying to fill in dates, times, and locations. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Within a month the preliminaries were completed, the day was fixed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Alabama Supreme Court had scheduled execution dates for several death row prisoners who had completed the appeals process. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the slave completed the work, he asked the farmer to keep his end of the bargain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Exhibitors gradually completed their installations, and electricians removed the last misconnects from the elaborate circuits that linked the fair’s nearly 200,000 incandescent bulbs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was still in a state of complete disbelief. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The first day of my trip is now completed, and all in all, I must say I am quite satisfied. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually I would understand that she didn’t mean the list as exhaustive, something complete, in any way the sum of my character or nature. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in first grade and could tell you that that was sixty-six books to complete over the year. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Right next to me as I walked in was a young man having a complete meltdown, talking to himself, bawling his eyes out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But in order for me to become articled, I first had to complete my B.A. degree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed his fist against the body of the plane and to his complete surprise the aluminum covering gave easily under his blow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kappe had told them to bring a complete suit that was made in America to change into and wear, so they would blend in. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The group was now complete, the solidarity circle perfect and without flaw. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At just the time that Henry Cavendish was completing his experiments in London, four hundred miles away in Edinburgh another kind of concluding moment was about to take place with the death of James Hutton. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even as the darkness became so complete that trees and rocks became not objects but mere shadows, he climbed, until finally he reached the stone outcropping. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

As you must know, it would be unusual for us to publish a complete novella by an unknown writer, or for that matter a well-established one. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The paper chain is complete, and this once-unknown town has become a household word around the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not!” said Filch, a statement at complete odds with the glee on his face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I shrug to communicate that my hair length’s a matter of complete indifference to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Her silence was so complete, her gentleness so apparent, that the residents would crawl from their nests of thistledown and dandelion fluff to join her. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Much of the coverage was left to complete novices on loan from other beats. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the ice was advancing again, the Hainish Withdrawal was complete and the Colonists were on their own, an experiment abandoned. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking at apartments on my phone, getting more and more disheartened by the cost and the fear of the complete unknown, when Jamie groans from the other side of the room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Farmer and Jim reluctantly agreed that all patients had to complete the standard WHO protocol before their cases could be deemed “treatment failures.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I’m walking into my worst nightmare, a space of complete darkness without Mom, Dad, or Javier to hold my elbow. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had been showing Parvati her completed horoscope under the desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The yolks had transformed into embryos, complete with tiny blood vessels, and they had grown heavier. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In 1989, after completing a tiring mission, I took an extended vacation to the Caribbean. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, she is alive, but she lives in complete retirement. Her health is very delicate, she has to lie on a sofa most of the time.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you didn’t offer that as an explanation to the sheriff. You said nothing about having seen Carl Heine. Now why was this, Mr. Miyamoto? Why did you claim complete ignorance?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sang the first two lines over and over to the complete tune. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horror of darkness had never been so complete as it was for me that night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To complete this vision of perfection, she was carrying a heavily laden breakfast tray. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Three weeks to solve a mystery, three weeks to complete the task, three weeks to fix this or they’d lose their magic and be Witchlings forever. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The First World War had ended before he completed his flight training, but he often wrote about combat pilots and aerial performers in his fiction. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They seemed absorbed with the cause and in complete agreement, blacks and whites. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the scorpions above us, the purple evening sky and the trees, and then the hole shut like the lens of a camera, and we were in complete darkness. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was not a complete lie; but it was a complete lie. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As March continued, the weather turned to rain and then to snow, and the men crawled into their damp sleeping bags in complete, wretched misery. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

My reply was so unexpected, that Mr. Jaggers put the handkerchief back into his pocket without completing the usual performance, folded his arms, and looked with stern attention at me, though with an immovable face. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, on September u, ten months after we had first assembled in the Drill Hall, the prosecutor announced that the state’s case in the preparatory examination was completed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished, Cole hollered for Garvey to come from the cabin and take a look at the nearly perfect circle that now completed the totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The silence in the courtroom was now complete. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If some action is not taken, the citizens of this country will have to agitate for complete control of all radio broadcasting by the Federal Government.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

That summer the CIA completed a report titled “The Vietnamese Communists’ Will to Persist.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dutchy completes his technical training and aircraft carrier flight deck training, and after he’s been in San Diego for a month, he learns that soon he’ll be shipping out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Often it would take all a leader’s courage and skill to complete his task and bring his rabbits—or some of his rabbits—back to the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham fought to boost the rate of construction, especially of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, which had to be completed by Dedication Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A large black raven sleeps uncaged alongside the complete works of Shakespeare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A quarter-hour passed as I watched it complete its circuit of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My eyes count the people in front of me, assessing how much time is left before I have to speak to a complete stranger. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once Lee crosses and burns the bridge behind him, his escape into North Carolina and the heart of Confederate territory will be complete, and the dreadful war will continue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them walked all the way to Matilda's house in complete silence. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty-two years old, Hunt had completed her residency only the previous July. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Miss New Jersey pageant is sponsoring a trip for the contestants in our pageant to visit Convention Hall, complete with a pool party at a hotel and dinner at a fancy restaurant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z