| 单词 | complicate |
| 例句 | Ummm... all right And she burst into this fantastic, complicated jazz thing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But David’s revelation had suddenly made everything much more complicated. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The unexpected early arrival of the Murray twins has complicated his schedule already, but if the lighting of the bonfire proceeds as planned, that should be enough. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But we should hit the road as soon as the sun comes up. This whole thing has gotten too complicated for my peace of mind.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She’d only gotten to say about three sentences, and it was such a complicated story. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “Isatu’s not our child. Do you know how complicated it would be to take someone else’s child to a foreign country?” my father asked. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It was changing its shape in a complicated way, thinning at the base as a vertical column rose five or six feet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But it went to the heart of the complicated situation for minority officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I have no idea how I untangled the complicated process of words and thought, but it happened quickly and naturally. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Well . . Molly says. Here goes. “I don’t think it’s so complicated now. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He’s like the perfect poster child for divorce: Adults are complicated! Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s like we’re a single, solitary identity and nothing more. The world is hella complicated! There’s more to it than that.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “The money is good, but if Dan has to keep traveling like this, I’m going to lose what little is left of my mind. I can’t keep doing all this alone. Raising boys is complicated.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Shipping the animals to the moon couldn’t possibly have been more complicated. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But the mind is just a complicated machine. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I felt great,” I began almost reflexively, but then paused—there were complicated feelings there that I hadn’t examined—and finished, “but maybe also a bit sad.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only was the whole process complicated, but one had to start from scratch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dimple opened her mouth to say that, yeah, in her opinion misogyny was complicated. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He was typical of the students in Volpe’s productions in that his life had been composed of more struggle than ease, though his circumstances were more complicated than most. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s so complicated! They lost one of their members in a street fight. They want to train a new Mask, and it’s better to start young, don’t you think?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Lyra didn't like the taste much, but she had to admit how grand and complicated it was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Women, in particular, express complicated, conflicted views about crime, because they love their sons, husbands, and partners and understand their plight as current and future members of the racial undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now I think of them both as part of me, and I am proud of that, even if it is complicated. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Our complicated military involvement in the Middle East made me think once again about the dark, divisive days of the Vietnam War. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Aunt Jo. Say it just like that. Let the words slide out and don’t be so uptight about it. It’s just English, not too complicated.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I have no idea how I untangled the complicated process of words and thought, but it happened quickly and naturally. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “You make it more complicated than it is,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed so serious, as if their lives were a really complicated trick that had to be planned and replanned every day. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He told me how complicated the process had been, because the wiring in the building was so ancient. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But such a model becomes increasingly complicated as we try to describe the behaviour of things further and further away from Earth, across the Solar System. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In the presentation speech, Professor K. M. G. Siegbahn of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised the cyclotron as “without comparison, the most extensive and complicated apparatus construction carried out so far.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wish I could make my mother understand how much more complicated this is than she thinks. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Crick told Watson that Pauling’s model was, in fact, the “product of common sense, not the result of complicated mathematical reasoning.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z What you avoid when you don’t meet someone face-to-face are all the confusing and complicated and ultimately irrelevant pieces of information that can serve to screw up your judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In my room I open my sketchbook to the page with ‘guilty,’ ‘complicated,’ ‘hidden,’ and ‘weak.’ Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing and touching the actual machinery made it easier to understand what all these complicated parts did, instead of just reading about them in books. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They are black-and-white pictures, much like the knight, some simpler, some more complicated. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There were the usual complicated sounds of the departure preparations. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She draws twisting white skyscrapers, complicated bridges, flocks of figures beside a river. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but this further complicates our complicated lives.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I really liked him, you know, but it just got too complicated. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Because clearing Charlie’s name is way more complicated than he thinks. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We tied the mast to the railings that ran along the front of the boat with a complicated web of towrope. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She puts her burrito down on the coffee table and shakes her fingers out like she does when she’s about to write a complicated code. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “The Romans weren’t good enough at being complicated, I suppose.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For if I selected one who believed that I had requested to be transferred because I hated my own people it would only complicate matters. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z More than anything lately, Max likes to fold complicated designs of paper airplanes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I remember Mother telling me I was on dish duty, because she was leaving for Utah after lunch to consult for another midwife on a complicated pregnancy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Those are all great ideas. It’s just complicated, honey.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So through a complicated, haphazard, and constantly readjusted web of economic, social, and moral incentives, modern society does its best to militate against crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Stealing gas was, surprisingly, not all that complicated. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For almost as long as black folks have been in this country, they’ve had a complicated relationship with law enforcement—and vice versa. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The details of his business slipped away from him, and managing work became complicated in ways he couldn't understand, which depressed him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was just one of the ways life was getting more complicated as they grew up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z With the demotion of Nick to our ranks, the peaceful interlude began to slip away, and my life once more became complicated, filled with anxiety and finally danger. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was becoming clear to me that Ocean’s feelings about this sport were far more complicated than even he let on. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z In biology, nothing is clear, everything is too complicated, everything is a mess, and just when you think you understand something, you peel off a layer and find deeper complications beneath. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, we live, or we’re given the chance to, at least, but sometimes living is hard and complicated because of fear. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “So!” said Gaunt triumphantly, as though he had just proved a complicated point beyond all possible dispute. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “It’s complicated, Scoob-a-doob. Bottom line, he was unjustly imprisoned. Yes, he did some stealing, and yes, stealing is wrong. But he didn’t steal everything the police said he did.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Now Cabot spent his days not looking for jobs, but pretending to as Alma served complicated coffees in various Italian-named sizes down the street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She was confirmed again in her view that evil was complicated and misleading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We watched them in broadcast order, starting with The Original Series, though things got complicated after the fifth season of The Next Generation, since its sixth season overlapped Deep Space Nine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They have no idea how complicated life can be. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m fine, you tell After she finishes worrying, you ask her how to make Dutch pancakes, but it sounds too complicated, so you stick to instant oatmeal. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "Yeah. It's sort of complicated, but that's the way it's been." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The regulations governing each of Winnie’s visits were long and complicated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is heavier than he had expected, a complicated mechanism of gears partially encased in worn and tarnished silver, with symbols he cannot distinguish etched into the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Harry heavily, resigned to explaining the complicated rules of Quidditch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “This isn’t very complicated, Tally. You have had a change of heart. You have decided to run away, following your friend Shay. Just another ugly escaping the tyranny of beauty.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But the flashback had complicated his feelings a lot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what I’d do if this were any more complicated.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I don’t think boys are as complicated as girls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The doctors say it’s from the electrical shock he received in the arena, but I know it’s a lot more complicated than that. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I was in a high bed, and all around me, complicated machines beeped and purred. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He handled it gingerly, for it was the most complicated mechanism ever created by man. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She was only a farmer’s daughter, but she was beautiful, and also smart, as the daughters of farmers need to be, for farms are complicated businesses. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z There are many such systems used in tournaments, and they’re as complicated as abstract mathematical theorems. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Things get complicated when a pronoun, like any good understudy, takes on different guises, depending on the roles it plays in the sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is a complicated story,” the king said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then there was the complicated matter of minority officers recognizing new inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeking out common ancestors for similar types of instruments is in many cases complicated by the abundant exchange of commodities via trading routes that ran between Europe, North Africa and Asia. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Is it even possible to put a number on such a complicated transaction? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I like to think that the colors and sounds and words have nothing to do with him, that they’re all me and my own brilliant, complicated, buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, godlike brain. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Why did they have to be so complicated? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to answer that question by measuring angles and distances would be much more complicated than simply holding up a mirror. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is the most passionate of Farmer’s books, exploring the complicated history of American policy toward Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “It’s desperately complicated. But at the end there’s light.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what he actually does, but it all sounds complicated and boring. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “But that’s all we know about him. We tried to keep track of him, but it’s a...complicated system.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z These calls to Gardar were important to Bobby because they went beyond the complicated aspects of his imprisonment and touched on other matters, such as politics, religion, and philosophy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Further down the bowling order, things got a bit more complicated. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The whole problem of pesticide poisoning is enormously complicated by the fact that a human being, unlike a laboratory animal living under rigidly controlled conditions, is never exposed to one chemical alone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It broadcast an exaggerated version of our complicated interior lives to the world, made us feel less alone in the madness of the era, less marginal. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Your laundry problem is quite a bit more complicated than that of a hotel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As if a hostage crisis and an Iranian revolution weren't complicated enough, by 1980 the country also found itself at war with Iraq. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z With those stamps, their owner could make copies much more quickly and neatly than if he or she had written out each of the script’s complicated signs at each appearance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That means that when the reader has to handle the complicated phrase, her work in analyzing all the other phrases is done, and she can concentrate her mental energy on that one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He looked at me for a moment as though what I said was too complicated to understand, and then he was off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z By the time she got to the door he had undone the complicated wire cap and was letting the cold milk run into his mouth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My father was a volatile, extremely complicated person, possessed of a brash demeanor that masked deep insecurities. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes correlated quantities are causally related, but other “confounding” factors complicate and obscure the causal relations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey,” she said, suddenly, “do you like to dance? You know—” She held out her arms and did a complicated step as she hummed a Latin beat. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Werner stays up late listening to his radio or driving himself through the complicated math he copied out of The Principles of Mechanics before it was confiscated. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And if we could not make sense of complicated situations in a flash, basketball would be chaotic, and bird-watchers would be helpless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Her love affairs were far more steamy and complicated. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My mother started right off with complicated arithmetic, and since she didn’t know French, she said she would teach me Latin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought about transferring to North Texas State, or to Hawaii, but it got complicated and hopeless. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a very complicated situation. I can understand now why Janice has so many problems relating to people.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The distribution of class schedules was more complicated than usual this year, for Professor McGonagall needed first to confirm that everybody had achieved the necessary O.W.L. grades to continue with their chosen N.E.W.T.s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead she said, “That’s because I’m not her family. She doesn’t love me and so she doesn’t feel all these complicated things for me. I’m just a nuisance at best.’ Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She didn't talk much about her family, but from what Pong had managed to learn, it was at least as complicated as starting a new government. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Her hair was caught up in a complicated twist, and there were gold bangles on her arms. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Dealing with this system on its own terms is complicated by the problem of denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Along the way, Copernicus’s dabblings with the planets and stars showed him how complicated the old Greek system of tracking the planets was. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A complicated expression instantly crossed her face, fleetingly, gone at once. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The problem was that composers were outgrowing not just the old modes and the restrictions placed on them but also the complicated system of tuning that allowed instruments to play in different keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t even know what it feels like to be scared anymore. It’s complicated.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The modern wing rigs were more complicated than he was used to, plus he’d neglected to take refresher courses. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Every reading she has done privately on the matter has been complicated, but there is always the presence of strong emotion on his part. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At least 20 billion, she emphasized, and she showed us some complicated math to prove it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Like most hearts, it was complicated, shaded with dark and dappled with light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I soon was taught that Pauling’s accomplishment was a product of common sense, not the result of complicated mathematical reasoning. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Simple and complicated, as most true things are. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Her brow furrowed, and she smiled a complicated smile when our eyes met. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I sit, my back toward the men, studying the concrete wall like the lines, cracks, and scratched curses are a complicated puzzle. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I’m not sure I was happier then, but my life was a lot less complicated. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He paced, I remember, but it was as though he were doing a very complicated sum in his head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I laugh because if s such a simple and concise way to describe something so complicated. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Numbers are so clean and elegant; people are so messy and complicated.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z To start with, my parents were complicated: strict, generous, punishing, expansive, withholding. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The murder of a child by a parent is horrific and is usually complicated by serious mental illness, as in the Yates and Smith cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Matty could see the slender palms and the strong fingers, calloused at their tips from the garden work, the loom, and the needles that she used for her complicated, beautiful tapestries. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Over the next few days his mind filled with plans, each more complicated and extravagant than the last. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She taught me to make challah, but Bubbe says the kitchen in her New York apartment is too cramped for showing me more complicated recipes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “It’s definitely more complicated, given the cultural scripts we’ve all grown up with,” said Woolner, who has a master’s degree in counseling and radiates a thoughtful sincerity. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What followed was a series of messy, arduous, and complicated attempts at becoming US citizens. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The carburetor of a Model T is not complicated but it needs all of its parts to function. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And it is a very complicated and tragic curse. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Doesn’t he know it’s more complicated than that? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I walk home by myself and I think about stopping at Kristina’s house, but I see her dad’s car in the driveway and I don’t want to make things more complicated for her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I learned that the way black people were portrayed on TV certainly did not reflect the much more nuanced and complicated reality. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Do you expect me,” said Cutie slowly, “to believe any such complicated, implausible hypothesis as you have just outlined? What do you take me for?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Even while he paints the picture on his easel, he is thinking about the next one—calculating it in a complicated way. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The machine was so intricate, so complicated, that he almost got dizzy looking at it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They slid aside the complicated series of magnetic locks and pushed it open, allowing the diviner to enter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On another occasion, as Schindler strolled across the factory floor, he caught me away from my station, watching a complicated machine as it was being redesigned to perform a different task. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Thus in the immediate postwar years he was especially keen about the possibility of solving the structures of proteins, the most complicated of all molecules. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He raised his wand and made complicated movements over the surface of the potion, murmuring soundlessly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Someone had proposed something about her sister accompanying her on blocks, but that scheme was quickly dismissed as too complicated. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, before the bedroom mirror, Desdemona held the strange, complicated garment against herself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is a complicated thing that a little kid, or even a fifth grader, can’t understand, that we are always choosing situations that hurt us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Montez teaching everyone how to read after lights out, coming up with clever ways to remember the more complicated stuff. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "Why? Oh, well it's a long story, sir. I mean it's pretty complicated." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The question of why crime declined in New York City, however, is a little more complicated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easier to think of it now without three eager sets of eyes on me, but slightly complicated by the fact that I was running on fumes, sleepwise. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It sounded a little complicated to kiss with your lips and your tongue. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Mother’s reasons for saving me were as complicated as fate itself, I suppose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is precisely what docs don’t trust. They say, ‘This process must be more complicated than just looking at an ECG and asking these few questions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Too gloomy to guard his words, Ellsberg shot back, “Henry, there hasn’t been a rotten decision in this area for twenty years which wasn’t undertaken for very complicated reasons.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The grisly murder of a popular local official—the assistant mayor had been beheaded and his body tossed in the Artibonite River—was making life even more complicated for Captain Carroll. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Mom managed other people’s money, doing complicated calculations to figure out how much they owed the government. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He was trying to alter them so that they would shut more firmly, and, as the interlacement of such braces was complicated, be had got himself in a muddle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to tell him it wasn't a dream, but she was just too tired to explain the whole complicated story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I watched them as they skipped and twirled, tracing strange, complicated patterns in the empty air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The reasons for that are complicated, and Tony gave them flesh and blood by befriending some Mexican kitchen workers at a restaurant owned by an earlier, successful immigrant from Greece. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z According to this view, any non-rotating star, however complicated its shape and internal structure, would end up after gravitational collapse as a perfectly spherical black hole, whose size would depend only on its mass. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, with the addition of Pearl, there were even more complicated maneuverings. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything was more complicated in the world outside the community. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Balancing the scales becomes more complicated as the tenses get more complicated. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We learned then that war was not a quick heroic charge but a slow, incredibly complicated matter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The question was complicated by the fact that the students were asked to memorize certain information before they made the decision. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It was so complicated. Perhaps if I had known more about the buildings, about what happened to them — ” She was embarrassed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the most complicated part of the spacecraft, and took the longest time to learn. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But this last step, with its complicated dance between the Moon and the lander and the waiting command module, was the most complicated. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She wasn’t safe, and she wasn’t free, and Weep’s problem had just grown much more complicated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Two space dimensions do not seem to be enough to allow for the development of complicated beings like us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, past the open double doors, a hob waits, holding the silver bridles of five dappled faerie steeds, their manes braided in complicated and probably magical knots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But while kintsukuroi was fine for a bowl, she figured life was much more complicated. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And at this point my Professor Hunk says, “Latin America as a whole has a really complicated relationship with blackness, which is overshadowed by that whole ‘we are all mestizo’ story that they tell themselves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She bleakly wondered if there was any chance the children could be made ready for such an important and complicated public appearance in such a short time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z After taking a lot of complicated notes, they were each given a match and started trying to turn it into a needle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It made it look extra-interesting and complicated, which made me seem smart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z I did not want to complicate the discussion by introducing grand political theories; I would rely on common sense and the facts of our history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like there was some complicated recipe that you had to be old enough to follow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He said the procedures were unnecessary and too complicated to follow before surgery and in preparing dressings. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “It seems our girl has become more complicated.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her costume was an enormous and complicated old-fashioned gown made out of cut-velvet and fringe. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The incredible thing about living systems is that no matter how small the view, it is just as complicated as ever. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you get older, you’ll understand that everything is much more complicated than you ever imagined. You plan your whole life, and nothing works out the way you expect.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The women's long dresses were made of thick fabrics, purple, gold, and navy blue, and stitched brightly with fabulous, complicated embroidery. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then the first shock was complicated by the thought that his mother, after all, had not protected him; he had had to protect her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But it turned out to be more complicated than that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was quite a contrast, to see a huge pile of complicated machinery on one side and nothing but blue water on the other. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks we should complicate it, so it’s not race alone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z For so many complicated reasons there would never be another morning as simply beautiful as September 11, 2001. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z They had succeeded, as a matter of fact, after putting in complicated and persevering days at it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They were creatures never seen before, lithe and grand and complicated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “It’s complicated, but he is, and also to the extent that Clinton is benefiting because she’s a white woman,” Nathan said, leaning forward and blinking even more quickly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I noticed the top part was more complicated than I’d thought. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It seems complicated, but it looks like it’s more fun than getting scratched by bushes, looking for a baseball. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse, creating its own complicated path, fire could keep hopscotching over land until it overwhelms us. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I stood there, a person in a crowd, was I watching the images, or was something more complicated happening? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “At first it was just another game,” remembered Bobby, “just a little more complicated.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "I thought being dead would be less complicated than this." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “No. We have to fast before church. Don’t ask why. It’s too complicated to explain.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Which brings us back to the complicated issue of consent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I don't bring it up, either—the reasons are too complicated to explain, even to my best friend. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We were most concerned about understanding the spacecraft, which was a very complicated bundle of machinery—any part of which could break. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to do some problems, but after a while it became complicated, I couldn’t remember all the deductive steps, and I stopped. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And I love Lolo and everybody else in our family, of course, and that’s not complicated either. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He took classes in psychology and philosophy, searching for answers to his complicated, haunted feelings about himself and the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This was in some ways a relief: I think we’d all been getting anxious about how a fresh lot of Hailsham students might complicate things. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z None more complicated than the human brain, Etienne would say, what may be the most complex object in existence; one wet kilogram within which spin universes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Growing rice is too complicated and intricate for a system that requires farmers to be coerced and bullied into going out into the fields each morning. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 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 A group of female Finnish pirates invented it back in the fifteenth century, and named it the Devil’s Tongue because it twisted this way and that, in a most complicated and eerie way. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “My parents don’t really get it when I’m sarcastic. It complicates things.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She loved me and we got complicated, and she would’ve taken me back eventually.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It would be very complicated and expensive to get all the necessary equipment up there. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors and nurses offered complicated explanations for why I didn’t recall the attack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I had thought that the Gemini spacecraft was pretty complicated, but it seemed like a toy compared with the Apollo equipment. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, kid, but it’s like you’re asking for it. Don’t make yourself a target. Things are complicated in the world right now. People are scared. Do you understand?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I proceeded to jump up, get my head and shoulders into the window, and then attempt, via a complicated torso undulation, to dance the caterpillar into the house. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When the police interrogated Ralph, they encountered a man as psychologically complicated as he was physically scarred. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘And these others, they are really complicated, so I will do them myself.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Ekman then began to layer one action unit on top of another, in order to compose the more complicated facial expressions that we generally recognize as emotions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “But you don’t know how complicated something like this would be. You don’t know how different your life would be with me,” I said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But at a bigger size you have to impose complicated hierarchies and rules and regulations and formal measures to try to command loyalty and cohesion. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know about any of you, but when I’m nervous about something, I tend to think about it all day, unless I come up with a complicated mental trick to distract me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It only got worse in high school, where there were more spelling and essays tests, with more complicated words that seemed too impossible to memorize. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even though she has trouble figuring out complicated stuff, Maria understands people and how they feel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “It’s not as complicated as it looks. Good plane like this almost flies itself.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z None of their lives were as complicated as mine, I thought. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The buttons on the presses seemed too complicated for her to push—and what if she caught her hands or her head inside a press? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Under an innocent and misleading name, Nugent’s organization carried out all kinds of missions, dangerous, complicated, tedious, and sometimes downright illegal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He said the science was a little more complicated than that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But it was not clear how one ought to extend it to more complicated atoms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruth was a pale but complicated woman given to deviousness and ultra-fine manners. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, although it is common to think of the Jim Crow regime following immediately on the heels of Reconstruction, the truth is more complicated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Well, they try to deduce all of mathematics from simple logical principles and show that mathematics is really based on logic. It’s pretty complicated stuff. But I enjoy it.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z To get to Tunnel 97, they followed a complicated route through passageways lined with crusty, rusted pipes that carried water to all the buildings of Ember. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Naomi bit her lip, exhausted all over again by the complicated dance she was going to have to do during the coming weeks and months. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The properties of historical systems that complicate attempts at prediction can be described in several alternative ways. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The animals and crops seem to move in circles like some sort of complicated dance. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Walter’s case complicated the debate in very graphic ways. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The practice has been further complicated by the increasingly competitive nature of judicial elections in the state. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But he was vaguely aware of the complicated psychology at work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Instead, there is a complicated network of terms, and a change in the meaning of one term results in adjustments in the meaning of all the others. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had a complicated brain and there were things going on back there from time to time that he only dimly understood, so he relied on his instincts, but he was learning all the time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But on the other hand, Maya knew that the problem was bigger and more complicated than that, and it scared her that she didn’t know how to figure it out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I guess I liked to imagine myself having this complicated secret identity. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z This process and its timing are so complicated that they are still not fully understood. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “When you grow up, sometimes life gets complicated.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Luxa must have given another signal, because the bats peeled off one at a time and began wheeling around the arena in complicated patterns. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Today they seemed awkward and complicated, like I was defusing a bomb. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The reasons are the same: both subjects are still too complicated for us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She read and reread all kinds of books for all kinds of reasons, complicated reasons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Not only did Ayana work in planetary science, but she also had really cool hair braided in a complicated pattern with beads on the ends. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “This would be very complicated to explain to your parents.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Aliases will only make this more complicated,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z However, she would have preferred to qualify, or complicate, her use of the word “saw.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s a little complicated there right now,” Molly says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It would, however, complicate her marriage with Howard, in which time spent apart was already measured in weeks or months rather than days. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Minerva Mirabal, you are as complicated a woman as ... as ...” He throws up his hands, unable to finish the comparison. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Piano chords loll in the speaker of the wireless in the guard station, projecting rich blacks and complicated blues down the hall toward the key pound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Through an open doorway Lyra could see another room, where some kind of complicated anbaric machinery stood in silence. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The janitor did a more complicated whistle, and the bird answered him with a song of his own. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I start to fold the paper in thirds, the way I would a normal letter, but instead decide to crease the paper into the complicated star pattern that Mirjam's letter to Amalia was folded into. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Eating an apple is an immensely complicated process. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The rule is suspiciously complicated for something as basic to everyday expression as future time, and it turns out not to be a rule at all. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Each history in the sum over histories will describe not only the space-time but everything in it as well, including any complicated organisms like human beings who can observe the history of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus all the complicated structures that we see in the universe might be explained by the no boundary condition for the universe together with the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to share them, but he wasn’t eager to begin the process of sifting through his own complicated emotions, even with the help that he knew his parents could give. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But eventually a new question joined it when I looked around the room at all the complicated medical equipment: Who would pay for this? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He specializes in complicated banking cases—“investment banking,” I’ve heard him say. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t ask me. Human children are infinitely more complicated than kittens.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The cabling was easy to detach, too, just a couple of complicated plugs. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Buddhists are more complicated—because of the Buddha’s doctrine of anatta, which basically says that people don’t have eternal souls. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The truth was more complicated, and Mom wouldn’t have approved. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z This incident is much more complicated than the last one, in July 1943. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The next phase—acquiring the motor—would be a bit more complicated, Styx had told us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z One of the most complicated deceptions Washington ever put together came after Howe occupied Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed too complicated, as if each one of us were really two people, one who was loved and the official one who, I assumed, was not. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Why do they make things so complicated?” he asked the Englishman one night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This always happens when I start talking about complicated stuff with people. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mabel said, "It's complicated enough with two," and a few other people agreed with her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It gets complicated when you bring religion into the equation. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z And now the markers were more complicated, maybe, but they were still pretty simple: he wanted a best friend, a Katherine, and a Theorem. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Then she dusts the dough with flour and does this complicated folding, squishing thing before rolling it into flat circles and frying the parathas. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It's not like it was when we were kids—now it's complicated. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There was one knot so complicated that it blinded the knot-maker. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought I knew what I wanted, but lately things have gotten, um, complicated.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The clumsy examples above show that long and complicated subjects are best left unmarked, whereas simpler ones like pronouns work well in the genitive, as in I appreciate your coming over to help. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Old wooden signs with kanji, the most complicated of the three ways of writing Japanese. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It seemed to us, watching the moving pictures, that the doctors did a rapid, business-like job of a complicated abdominal operation. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack himself always said that when you make a bomb you are also constructing a statement, employing a more complicated grammar than is required. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so complicated that I really felt stupid when I got inside it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I do up his nearly bald head and shoulders and then start putting the most complicated, unnecessary, wild highways through him from ear to ear. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z There is of course a legitimate concern about reducing complicated phenomena to simple numerical scales or statistics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact is, the world of today is a very complicated and treacherous place. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s a dance with complicated footwork and a changing tempo. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He put his basket down and greeted her with their special basketball handshake, a complicated series of backhand slaps and finger pointing, ending with tilting their heads over their shoulders and saying “Oh yeah!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Richardson was suddenly keenly conscious of Mirabelle, of the immense weight of the complicated world on this one tiny, vulnerable person. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It also shows that Mr. Jeavons was wrong and numbers are sometimes very complicated and not very straightforward at all. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now that I was wearing hijab to school every day since I’d officially hit puberty, and I was in seventh grade, my life had gotten complicated. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I think so. I’m figuring things out. But that’s okay. Like my dad says, the world is messy and complicated.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He was accustomed to throwing his mind at complicated problems and reasoning them out on his own. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I had always assumed she came to live with us because she wanted to be near us, but perhaps it was more complicated than that. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Every morning, Ranee folds and tucks a long, plain ivory or white cloth around herself, fingers recalling the complicated maneuvers she learned as a teenager. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Rutherford had a horror of complicated equipment,” James Chadwick would recall. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For a tree, communication is just as complicated and miraculous as it is for humans. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For better or worse, I’d fallen in love with a man with a vision who was optimistic without being naive, undaunted by conflict, and intrigued by how complicated the world was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The enormously complicated sequence of movements, each of which an oarsman must execute with exquisite precision, becomes exponentially more difficult to perform as the stroke rate increases. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Crime, on the other hand, isn’t a single discrete thing, but a word used to describe an almost impossibly varied and complicated set of behaviors. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the question of who belongs on Everest and who doesn’t is more complicated than it might first appear. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a lot more complicated than that, Kambili. I had many questions, growing up. The priesthood came closest to answering them.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Cats are sure less complicated than people,” I said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a mess and more complicated than anything she’d worked on before. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z At no point did they mention her interesting condition or her complicated situation. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The notion that African Americans support “get tough” approaches to crime is further complicated by the fact that “crime” is not a generic category. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But neither of us was prepared for rendezvous or space walks, and both tasks could be very complicated. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position of the planets at their moment of birth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Funny how my brain wants to make things complicated and his just cuts to the simplest thing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Some came from generations of military service, while others were teenage girlfriends who’d become brides just ahead of a deployment—their futures now having taken a sudden, complicated turn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It can be a little complicated with divorced parents. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It being so complicated to drive across Canada with firearms, I had left my weapons with my son in Minnesota. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was so much more complicated than that, but she couldn’t very well tell Misha the truth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, Starr. Bren...that’s complicated. We haven’t seen her since we got the news. Don’t know where she is. If we do find her though...I don’t know what we’ll do.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “How very complicated life on your planet must be. Later on you must try to explain some more to me.” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If you want to get really complicated, you can apply both transposition and substitution to the same message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a nightmare of educated guessery, complicated by the fact that I had no way to make accurate measurements. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even when the sentence structure gets more complicated, a reader can handle the tree, because its geometry is mostly right-branching. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Velikovsky imagined the comet, after a complicated game of interplanetary billiards, to settle down into a stable, nearly circular orbit, becoming the planet Venus—which he claimed never existed before then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a perfect symbol for life outside Garland—huge, complicated, and full of hidden traps and pitfalls. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Victoria Claflin Woodhull was a complicated woman, to say the least. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In it Newton not only put forward a theory of how bodies move in space and time, but he also developed the complicated mathematics needed to analyze those motions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rigging was complicated, with countless lines and winches holding the billowing sails in place, and a large crew of men could be seen on deck. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My Indian passport makes the process more complicated. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It always tasted sweet, and it was a lot less complicated than money. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a fun dream—I was racing around a complicated train station, lost and late for something—but it felt too real to turn off the switch. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not just us, dear. I imagine he’s doing the same to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. It’s complicated,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Although Dad made his living by redesigning complicated machinery, so as to reduce the number of human motions required to operate it, he never really understood the mechanical intricacies of our automobile. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, neither one of us cared much for the space doctors and the complicated medical equipment they made us carry on board our spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It all sounded so complicated, I thought of my father when he was discouraged. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If they did, sex would only complicate things further. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Correcting the lunar calendar is a complicated undertaking. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But when I started reading about the contest online, things got a little more complicated. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He raised a hand, fingers dancing through the air in a complicated array of signals, and at once the dogs stilled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “That’s right. Apparently they’re owned by a subcontractor with separate insurance. It’s all very complicated, with lots of people in lots of offices claiming it’s not their liability.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I don't know what I'd do if this were any more complicated. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The answer is a little complicated, but it boils down to this: The price of corn is kept low by government policies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z "Wait. Excuse me? It's better if it's complicated?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “From what I know of her father they are quite different. She never forced Poppet or me into playing complicated games, for one thing.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Under the great business that is much simpler than complicated patching. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone will have to begin running the syndicate for me right away. It’s very complicated, and I might get shot down at any time.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Nature’s complicated that way. I know some folks who will only eat things that grow in the ground.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z As soon as the action on the board began to grow tense or complicated, the boy would grow more pensive and often have to kneel on the bench to get a better perspective. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Pet names are a persistent remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Beads slipped and rolled away at my touch, and I couldn’t make the complicated knots and loops that gave your necklaces a finished look. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Why not? Surely the data involved is not too complicated for it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z What I learned most from talking to Betty Jean was that things were complicated. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z What to do about my right leg was more complicated. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They trusted him to know the paths, to be safe on them, and to do the errands that required traveling through the thick woods with its complicated, mazelike turnings. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “You two sure make life complicated for yourselves up there in the woods.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had found its complicated way to me, and I would cherish the treasure while I had it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Every chance he got, Dreiser tried to separate Sara White from the Republic's entourage, which Dreiser called the “Forty Odd,” but Sara had brought along her sister Rose, which complicated things. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Somewhere along the way, though, he’d stepped into the fullness of his birth name—Barack Hussein Obama—and the complicated rubric of his identity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He soon learned that the project was more complicated than just making a plastic suit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “He feels terrible. He likes you. He really does. It’s just...Well, it’s complicated.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I suspect that Judge Norton had scheduled the final Rule 32 hearing in part because he wanted to get this contentious, complicated case off his docket and out of his court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s complicated,” is all I can manage to say. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the meantime, we were scheduled to sleep for a few hours, so that we would be fresh for the complicated rendezvous. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When we went hunting, he would whistle or sing complicated songs to them and, after a polite pause, they'd always sing back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We studied a number of subjects, some complicated and some simple. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah no, it’s more complicated than that! They formed one so that immigrant Koreans could work together and form their own community where it didn’t matter that their English was bad,” he explained. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It’s... complicated. Aside from being Pluto’s kid, I want to ride horses.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From the waist down, the guy was more complicated. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And it means that sometimes things are so complicated that it is impossible to predict what they are going to do next, but they are only obeying really simple rules. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The answer to that question was both complicated and simple. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had suffered some complicated scruples about this kiss: but had decided in the end that it was permissable. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And just to complicate matters perfecdy, I was starting to feel responsible for their safety and happiness and got panicked at the idea of them being captured or corrupted by the outside world. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It made no sense to learn complicated mathematical methods in order to follow baloney. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “SCID is so rare and so complicated, honey. Not everyone understands it. There are just so many versions and every person reacts a little differently.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Trees have a rather complicated relationship with people, after all. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The truth was more complicated, and Mom wouldn’t have approved. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It is an ongoing responsibility, a parenthesis in what had once been ordinary life, only to discover that that previous life has vanished, replaced by something more complicated and demanding. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s all so much more complicated, but of course 1 can’t explain that to her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the girl and her little entourage showed up, complicating things. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z An abacus is a physical tool for carrying out complicated calculations; it enables you to add and subtract, multiply and divide. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s not complicated,” she says testily when I ask for directions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z To further complicate the psychological torment of this terrifying end, Kind Herod, who had encouraged Salome to dance for him in the first place, orders his soldiers to kill his stepdaughter there and then. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The real answer was longer and more complicated. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z What I feel is more complicated than that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a tiny woman and her hair was pure white, and someone had braided it into a complicated crown on top of her head so that she looked like a fairy godmother. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Second, any model that described the whole universe in detail would be much too complicated mathematically for us to be able to calculate exact predictions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We make complicated floral patterns with a compass, we glue odd substances to cardboard backings: feathers, sequins, pieces of macaroni garishly dyed, lengths of drinking straw. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One of his employees, using a complicated set of mirrors, found out the place in the cellar of the little brick house where she did keep it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Alex looks over at Henry, who’s groaning and rolling his eyes under his mother’s preening, and smiles at how much closer this packaging is to the real, messy, complicated Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Hairdos are another matter, surprisingly complicated, given that the women have no real hair to speak of. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z To complicate things even more, my doctors told Mom and Dad they wanted to amputate my right foot at the same time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In fact, everything in particle physics was about to get a whole lot more complicated. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s complicated, but I do like talking about it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Once you had both keys, you needed to perform a complicated sequence of turns and rotations to open the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Whenever times got the tiniest bit complicated, we did one thing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But suppose what you had to do was so complicated that even several billion bits was insufficient. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He found himself liking her, because she was brave, and because she seemed like a more complicated and richer and deeper Lyra. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was a moody, complicated man, possibly suffering from some degree of clinical depression, who found himself in possession of musical talents even he couldn’t quite come to terms with. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z All of these beings formed a complicated whole that shifted and changed in order to maintain that harmony. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The sound was audible as he opened up the complicated lock and, after removing what he was looking for, locked it up again. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Concepts: As a genre, we believe opera to be a classical form, complicated, and with a long tradition and heritage rooted in the European classical tradition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z There was a simple way he could do that, and it involved nothing more complicated than a pair of scissors. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I tried to explain why my presence in his life would be both complicated and controversial, but Ocean couldn’t understand. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I was thinking that it was all very complicated and would only get more so. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This word has had a complicated history over the years. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the professor turned the wheel, they saw a slender black hand, like a minute hand, detach itself from the complicated background and move around the dial with a series of clicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The complicated machinery inside my automaton can produce one hundred and fifty-eight different pictures, and it can write, letter by letter, an entire book, twenty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-nine words. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I started out with some simple beats.When my hands and feet started to loosen up, I switched over to this really complicated Latin rhythm I’d been working on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So it was just the curious boy and the man with the complicated, attractive face, and Malcolm had to smile in return. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This was slightly complicated by the fact that the bowls were designed to curve as they rolled. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z But there was more to Ogorodnik than a desire for quick cash or a need to untangle his complicated personal life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Scheele discovered oxygen in 1772, but for various heartbreakingly complicated reasons could not get his paper published in a timely manner. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I finish buttoning up the abaya and wait as Sausun does some complicated thing with the head scarf portion of the outfit. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And as a result, we were complicated, too. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I went over and over my life to this point, complicating the threads with my fingers, knotting everything. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When questions of analysis and personal choice start to get complicated—when we have to juggle many different variables—then our unconscious thought processes may be superior. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “She won’t be expecting me to partner with you, not with our...complicated history.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He and my mom shared a quick, complicated hug, parted, and looked away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The standing waves in these carefully-shaped-and-sized idiophones — for example, the blocks on a xylophone — produce pitched tones, but again, the patterns of standing waves in these instruments are a little too complicated for this discussion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Her hair is braided in a complicated pattern that she must’ve sat for hours to get. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Washington wanted an ink that was more complicated, an ink that could not be read merely by heating the paper or by coating it with an ordinary chemical. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z One respect in which rabbits’ lives are less complicated than those of humans is that they are not ashamed to use force. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a smart kid, I know that. But this stuff is complicated.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Mooncalves perform complicated dances on their hind legs in isolated areas in the moonlight. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The accounting procedures used to measure these assets are frequently quite artificial, and there are other complicating factors which are obvious with a little thought. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I threw it away. It was tied in such a complicated manner that I couldn’t remove it quickly. An invisible must always be able to dis robe in an instant, or his power is useless!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He said, “It’s called a recorder. Once you’ve developed a little wind, and some tone and a embouchure we’ll move on to something a little more complicated.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z "I don't think I'm smart enough to handle more complicated," I say. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I had no idea looking beautiful and sexyish was as complicated as solving a freaking differential equation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z From the bed where she’s sat down, she says, “Love’s so complicated, Noah, isn’t it?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z In a right-branching tree, the most complicated phrase inside a bigger phrase comes at the end of it, that is, hanging from the rightmost branch. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Pignati had to explain the whole story over to me again because it was too complicated to get the first time, but I ended up listing the guilty in this order: 1. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Heqet continued to describe every process he was taught at the goldhouse, but the more interesting the processes, the more complicated they were, and the harder they were to describe. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Expensive, he admitted, and the logistics were complicated, but it wasn’t like going to the moon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You, on the other hand, would complicate things needlessly.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You saw that for yourself, didn’t you? You were fine for a little while and then you were almost dead in an emergency room. Immune systems are complicated.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It's a complicated process, but it detaches the bedroom without having to depressurize the rover cabin. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not find Noah's account of the events surrounding his becoming best man quite as amusing as he did, but for several complicated reasons, I did not express my opinion. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know it was all that complicated. The girl joined the zoo. One more animal—end of story.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Alice Manfred swore she heard a complicated anger in it; something hostile that disguised itself as flourish and roaring seduction. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But the history of domestication is much more complicated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It would be a little bit more complicated administratively. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The first one or two thousand million years of the earth’s existence were too hot for the development of anything complicated. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Now control of the scale has become enormously complicated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Self-conscious writers are also apt to whinge about how what they’re about to do is so terribly difficult and complicated and controversial: What are intractable conflicts? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Any other type of configuration would be much more complicated. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Below that, there were other layers, where her reaction to the plane crash was far more complicated. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The planets themselves moved on smaller circles attached to their respective spheres in order to account for their rather complicated observed paths in the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z More complicated even than this—for surely no Sassenach could be so simple as to come in the garb of the Sassenach—were they perhaps not representatives of King Arthur at all? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was the most complicated eighth-grade science exhibit on soil in the history of the world.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But if it starts to get longer it can force a reader to entertain a complicated qualification before she has any idea what it is qualifying. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Rigorous tree-thinking demands that a complicated phrase behave in the same way as a simpler phrase in the same position. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My mother also dated his brother, which complicates the situation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “We can’t expect other people to side with us when everything is complicated, and happened so long ago.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The door was interesting, much more complicated than the Roman numeral combination lock above. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was a trick they’d used plenty of times when a lock was too complicated to pick quickly or they wanted to make a theft look like an inside job. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In fact, my opinion may be better than theirs, because as a layman I react to art in a direct, straightforward fashion, without having my view obstructed by a lot of complicated theories. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Course there is. There’re clubs for about anything. Fishing can be simple, but being really good is complicated,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Janny Scott, a reporter with an unusual gift for rendering complicated subjects accessible, dug into new thinking about the impact of class on health, immigration, residential segregation, and child rearing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Looks that contained all kinds of strange and complicated messages. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z The Wart ran about it like a rabbit in its own complicated labyrinth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans are, of course, vastly more complicated; even in situations of extreme subordination, we can pump up our self-esteem with thoughts of our families, our religion, our hopes for the future. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the bra and inspected the complicated hooks and loops in the back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Life certainly gets complicated when you know more than one person. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was a complicated and confusing story, why they had to be on this ship. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He listened to Matt play the guitar, although the boy’s fingers weren’t long enough yet to play really complicated pieces. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Typical of Mud People to invent a complicated explanation for a simple phenomenon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Its slated turrets, conical in the French fashion, crowded from complicated battlements in a hundred unexpected aspirations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I...I don’t want to make this any more complicated than it already is.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As for herself, she’d begun leaving the radio on all day, and cooking big complicated meals involving multiple bowls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a complicated structure, all doors and windows and pillars and wings added on over the years, and also far too bright. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Having three separate address books makes her current task a bit complicated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But more are complicated, sometimes rules: You can yell on a playground, but not during dinner. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And it really helps to keep the container very narrow, so that you don't have to worry about waves bouncing off the sides and complicating things. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Of course you’ll get your degree. Those tax laws are complicated!” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Its racial problems are complicated, spilling over into matters of class, history, politics, even education. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A far more important outcome of the Rookery meeting, however, was Olmsted’s recognition that the architects’ noble dreams magnified and complicated the already-daunting challenge that faced him in Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “What are you—” Then I saw who was riding on his back, and I knew my day was about to get a lot more complicated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Lon Teter arrived in the final month to serve as, in effect, production foreman—getting an immense and complicated body of work checked, formatted, and into the paper on time. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The situation is made even more complicated by the fact that one chemical may act on another to alter its effect. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This is why it was so easy for my mom and dad to become doctors like Avicenna, because your blood is a very complicated river of information inside every part of your body. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Osborne began to institute familiar reforms but found Sing Sing more complicated than Auburn. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. I do,” Velia said, reaching into her pocket and unfolding a blade out of a complicated gadget that looked like twenty tiny tools in one. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z There were difficulties in her life that he wanted to know more about, parts of her thick shapely body that he longed to touch, but he was wary of complicating things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Most people don’t have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don’t know anything about.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This is the most common method for teaching more complicated or lengthy songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The kids jump-frogged ahead of us, playing some kind of complicated game of tag. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z For one thing, the wallpost matter was also complicated, and criticizing that officer was something they weren’t sure they wanted to do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Either it was you or it wasn’t. It’s not that complicated. She was hit at about 5:30. You would know by looking at your phone. It’s not like my sister had that many friends.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “To complicate matters, Aurora has a torn wing that must soon be mended if we are to continue,” Ares added. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Citra suspected that whatever the truth was, it was much more complicated than either of those things. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We like to simplify things to a choice between A and B, so even if a given question is more complicated, we’re vulnerable to someone presenting it in such a way. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The answer is complicated, but here’s the simplest way to say it: I’m not a whole lot like most girls. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z When I looked up again, his hands were hovering fretfully in the air, like I was doing a complicated manual task and he was itching to help. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not complicated like Daddy and King’s, but it works for us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Malpractice sounds like one of those infinitely complicated and multidimensional problems. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The difficulties are more conspicuous when the problems are very hard and complicated and the facts not yet in. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And even she was more complicated than I thought, keeping a secret that she thought was too terrible to reveal, out of a heinously twisted protective instinct. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final picture. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But the work stalled; the connection between genes and pigments was far too complicated to yield a workable hypothesis. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Not once has she ever wished to contact her departed mother, and she doubts her mother would want to speak with her if she could, especially through such complicated methods. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z What followed our blowup were heartfelt apologies on my end and my parents' end, but we had no idea that our immigration status was about to get far more complicated and scary. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In every picture anyone had ever taken of Emma, she looked like she was trying to solve complicated math problems in her head. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’m glad I got here before you left, Hiram. I’ve been wanting to talk to you... but, well, things got complicated pretty fast.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Diversity of all sorts— racial, ethnic, and gender—has complicated the class picture. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z For the physicists of the atomic bomb program, Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945, complicated the moral and ethical issues connected with the device they had invented. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z According to the scullery maid she was still bedridden; apparently her labor had been complicated. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At three and four and five, children may not be able to follow complicated plots and subplots. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A substantial majority of the AHD Usage Panel accept the so-called fused participle, not just in these complicated sentences but in simple ones like I can understand him not wanting to go. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “This complicates things,” Lydia said when they were done. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He mumbles to himself what he can remember of Celia’s instructions, the ones that are more complicated than finding books and tying strings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z No one makes things complicated by becoming your friend for any obscure reason. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Look how complicated this is, alchemists said, even as they made it so. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Many of the words were too complicated for me to understand, but I did get the gist of the papers’ content. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tokay was a rich gold color and smelled sweet and complicated. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “It’s more complicated for him, and I think you know that.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When a sentence gets complicated, though, even a literate writer can lose track of how each branch in a coordination harmonizes with the rest of the tree. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Without mutual exclusivity, by contrast, if a child thought that elephant could simply be another label for dog, then each new word would make the world seem more complicated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, Annabeth—” I thought about Mount St. Helens, Calypso’s Island, Luke and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and how suddenly everything had gotten so complicated. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I concentrated very carefully on the music, trying to understand the lyrics, to unravel the complicated drum patterns. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I mean mapping here, the forest surrounding the ranch. It’s complicated. You want to come, too?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The door opened to a complicated tinkling of bells. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Other than her bed and rug, there was a table for incense, an enormous, complicated poster of constellations tacked to one of the walls, and books shoved in corners. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A written note if the message is at all complicated. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Real tears were blurring her vision, and it was impossible to see where one rope started and another ended amid the complicated array of knots and loops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I knew I could have tried to comfort her, perhaps telling her how John Kim was probably just as hurt as she was and that his silence was more complicated than she presently understood. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But she also understood that sometimes the world was just a little bit more complicated and grown folks liked to operate in absolutes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z To complicate matters, one of the Soviets leaked to the press that if Fischer failed to come for the second game, Spassky would probably return to Moscow. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Grampa’s pretty complicated. I guess I’m still working on it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z My ear surgery was more complicated, and I’d be in for a few days. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s not a certainty. Here’s the thing, Jackson. Life is messy. It’s complicated. It would be nice if life were always like this.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Between the day’s observations, deductions, and next steps, this maneuver was the most complicated yet. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t have enough recruits to crew and care for these complicated planes, and she didn’t have the time to train reinforcements. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A more complicated case, though one that unfolded outside the AEC’s security process, involved Frank Oppenheimer, a talented physicist who had received his PhD from Caltech but lacked his older brother’s theoretical profundity. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final picture. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z At the factory, Shin’s life again became complicated. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Moments later, Augustus opened a door behind me and engaged in the complicated business of entering the backseat of a car with one leg. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “It'll be too complicated, Mom. I don’t want to have to explain everything to everybody. Not yet. It'll be too big of a distraction. It'll be better if I’m not there.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Señora Rivera,” they said, “we’re sorry. The surgery was more complicated than we anticipated. There was nothing we could do.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I grab the brain model and angrily peel back layer after layer on my own, the complicated names sticking on my tongue as I practice them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I had no idea how complicated this whole process would be,” Mom says now. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Now the weight of America’s involvement in the whole complicated, messy conflict in Vietnam sat squarely on his shoulders. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “What is attention? Attention is a complicated thing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “When your dad lost his job, lost his dad, then he lost us, I didn’t know how to help him, and I didn’t know what to tell you. It was complicated.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In this way a process of evolution was started that led to the development of more and more complicated, self-reproducing organisms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But when the union meeting’s agenda finally reached new business, he stood up and made it clear matters were a bit more complicated than they at first appeared. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These kids could remember complicated strands of numbers and recall words and pictures in correct sequence and quote long passages of poetry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I always believed any sin was easily rectified if only you let Jesus Christ into your heart, but here it gets complicated. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Kira could see that it was intricately decorated with carved designs that interwove around it in complicated curves. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Having her on the loose certainly complicates the situation. Whether my assistance can compensate for her interference remains to be seen.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Leave it to a girl to make everything complicated. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cog-wheels, covering more than half the floor, which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z This latter point requires a reflective review of recent scholarship on the complicated origins of American nationhood. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “There were lots of complicated fish names in that book.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He understood about Esther, during those nine days: that she considered his fear and trembling fanciful and childish, a way of making life more complicated than it need be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But maybe I can go further back, to a less complicated time when cute was an accurate description of my grandfather and Mabel was simply my best friend. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The jovilabe allowed the modelling of a highly complicated theoretical system without endless calculations or any loss of precision. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Some of that stuff is complicated and I remember you saying you hate econ.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Fletcher had undertaken a great risk for them, even when the situation grew more complicated than he had bargained. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As he walked off, it occurred to me that in the course of a single night, my mission had become extremely more complicated. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There was no shortage of skeptics at the time, who said that none of this would work because it was all too complicated, recalled Andreessen. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “And this is something I’d like to do for you. This doesn’t have to be complicated.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “It’s never been complicated for me when it comes to you.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When he hiked past Lowell Park, saw the men playing chess at the park benches, saw the complicated graffiti on the side of one of the apartment buildings, he began to relax. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Love and lives are complicated, so I will tell you only two things that happened over the next few years, though you can imagine a thousand little slights between the physician and Hassan. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s complicated, just like June. She couldn’t get over me working as a maid in your mother’s house.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The arm motions required to prevent twisting were complicated enough, but would mastering them enable me to prevent twisting, rolling, and tumbling all at once? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But Bacon then complicates matters by using the adjective experimentalis to cover all knowledge grounded in experience; and he has no verb for ‘to experiment’ other than experiri. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was either a noise or a complicated smell, and the easiest way to explain it is to say that it was like a wireless broadcast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Shay winked, pushed a button, and said, “Hey, it’s me, Shay. No, I’m sorry, Dr. Cable’s busy. Doing what? Well, it’s complicated . She muted the device. “Shouldn’t you be rescuing people or something, Tally? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It could seem very complicated, but for Fadi, once a camera was in his hand and he was looking through the viewfinder, it all fell into place. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z This complicates our main story, the dissemination of the idea of the fact in England. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Its devices typically were more sophisticated and complicated than those of Los Alamos, and therefore harder to perfect via theoretical modeling rather than testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was a complicated thing for children to understand, and it involved memorizing the squares of all numbers up to twenty-five. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Their collaborations with the underground railroad complicated things. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He tries to linger in her car, asking her a complicated question right as they approach his house, or pretending to lose something under the seat. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Except for Vincent’s last hours alive, this walk through the raindrops to the windmill will be the brothers’ least complicated time together. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “God is complicated. But you should know, he doesn’t want you sitting alone. He loves you.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Negotiating even the simplest deal with him was more complicated than anything Toby did in trig, so he spoke in open statements, “I was thinking...I might...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z For the second half of the experiment, Dijksterhuis went to the furniture store IKEA, where people were making much more complicated and expensive purchases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “But others do not think as I do. I would not see your first term unnecessarily complicated by such things. I expect things will be difficult enough for you without that additional worry.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In a complicated logistics system, infected prisoners were sent to Moscow from as far away as Siberia—with stops, it could be a month-long journey—and there was no way to maintain treatment en route. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There had been a time when he had a head full of hair and when Ruth wore lovely complicated underwear that he deliberately took a long time to undo. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Bear with me, because the politics are more than a little complicated. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then suddenly I felt a huge pleasure—and something else, something more complicated that threatened to make me burst into tears. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s so, so awesome but also very complicated because Felix and I have to share the money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “You must understand,” he said, “Cambodia was undertaken for very complicated reasons.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Turned out, they were way more complicated than you’d ever guess. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Each town more lunatic and complicated than the last. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Not the worst. It’s just...it’s all complicated,” Jasmine says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The complicated chain of events, known as the Watergate scandal, included hush money and destroyed evidence. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z And to complicate it, new wrinkles are being added to the fabric of the Scythedom every day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But remembering all that was too complicated for Cassie. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z NOTE: Do key signatures make music more complicated than it needs to be? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The explanation of how the tricks are worked is too complicated to explain in detail here, and two fairly elementary examples should suffice. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He let his eyes drift toward the Tower—its black, devilishly complicated stonework mimicking the whorls of galaxies and the trajectories of stars; its small, round windows winking outward like eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z My mother can do amazingly complicated math in her head. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z At one point Alpert launched into a complicated story of how to make the best use of coupons in renting videos at Blockbuster. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But it does so in a way that is impossible to calculate for an organism that is as complicated as a human being. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He finally said, “Hey, uh, Fisher... I don’t think lightning is that complicated. I don’t think it knows anything about anything.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is more complicated than I’d planned,” he murmured to himself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When we use wishful language to talk about the past, we sometimes make it more complicated than it needs to be. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Very much Alexander’s style, overly complicated and covert.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wonder if each marker has a story just as complicated as my mom’s. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s folding her napkin into a complicated shape on the table, her shiny black manicure glinting in the chandelier light. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Watende sounded too big, too complicated for such a tiny baby. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Such a move has to be arranged in a complicated way, with cutouts, coded letters, and a “safe house,” a place where the case officer and his agent will not be detected by counterspies. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I had thought my feelings were complicated because he and I had such a strange relationship. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At this complicated moment the cloister door was opened for the second time, and the courteous page announced as impassively as ever: “IBs Majesty the King!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the stacks of crates and kegs, the movement of it was so fast it looked like a dance, a complicated quickstep of feints and counters, with the blades flickering like sparks between them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And I think, How come life always has to be so complicated? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Using the same water and air over and over again sounds terribly complicated, and a little bit messy, but it’s really not such an outlandish idea. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The trio developed what they called a Win Score, which was a rating system based on combining points and assists and rebounds and turnovers and shooting percentages in a complicated equation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Only an extremely limited number of nucleic acid molecules are any good for lifeforms as complicated as we. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The reasons are more complicated than meets the eye. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As the days grow warmer, they stop cooking complicated things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One day Mom will tell me the complicated, messy truth of herself, and I’ll analyze those last few observations, and we will swing forward—into the us that is always changing, always growing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the end, I believe the matter to be no more complicated than this: I had given myself too much to do. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z They make everything seem so simple when it’s so freaking complicated. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Quadratic equations are more complicated than regular equations; for one thing, they can have two different roots. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I say it’s a compound, or multiple, love story, pure and complicated. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Referring to each side’s state- supplied clothing, he told us, “It’s a gray thing and a green thing, and nothing more complicated than that.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of a long story. I’ll have to explain in person. It’s too complicated to tell you over the phone.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He again began by drawing pictures, but gave them up as too complicated and too artistically demanding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z His mother sells houses—a lot of them in The Farm—and for reasons too complicated to tell, Noah Gershom was best man at my grandmother Draper's wedding early last summer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The answer was complicated, with the needle swinging from symbol to symbol in a sequence that made Lyra puzzle for a long time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s far more complicated than that,” said Wish. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was raised to be honest, but the truth can be complicated. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z When we have different things happening at distinctly different times, sentences get more complicated: Elaine says she made tea last Sunday, but she will make coffee next week. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This was all getting complicated, not to mention very tiring. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Nora, you always said boy/girl friendships were complicated pits of madness, and if that was an example, I was beginning to understand why. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s that I believe that things are extremely complicated. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon I began to realize how complicated every decision we made was going to be. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Behind closed doors, those in museums or in positions of authority in the art world were deep in complicated, sometimes angry discussions. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Miss Garcia’s expression is complicated, all mixed up with sadness, excitement, and dread. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I know there are many others like me, who are trying to figure out where they belong, make sense of our complicated and wonderful world, and get other people to care. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Buffon’s observations found surprisingly eager support among other writers, especially those whose conclusions were not complicated by actual familiarity with the country. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The book was filled with complicated sentences explaining Henrietta’s cells by saying, “its atypical histology may correlate with the unusually malignant behavior of the carcinoma,” and something about the “correlate of the tumor’s singularity.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The electromagnetic separation plant was the largest and most complicated installation in the valley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The picture on the screen is a complicated mass of lines and numbers, with certain parts selected in yellow and red. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Hooke had shown that the louse was every bit as complicated a creature as a lizard. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z X was the boy’s sweetheart who came into the family life and complicated it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train- car constructions like, say, “the happiness that attends disaster.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “We work together. And if we...do this...it might complicate things.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She said someone with my athletic potential shouldn’t be tryin’ to make his college career too complicated. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And to complicate matters, there were eggs: scrambled, poached, over easy, sunny-side up. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He looked around for the gate and saw that he had gone directly away from it in his complicated journey over the grass. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z How I'm going to get to Auntie Seema's house is a much more complicated puzzle, but I'll figure it out too. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Life was exploding in its various and complicated ways. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Maybe I was just angry that the world had become such a complicated place, that I have never known even a fraction of the truth about it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A lot of administrators would have hundreds of complicated rules to follow. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z And since the new house was forty-five minutes farther away from Bannon’s than our old one, getting to and from gymnastics practice was going to be more complicated. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “People are too complicated to trust with anything in between.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z And to try to explain the thing truthfully would have been too complicated. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And now things were more complicated than they had been before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I was a little crazy. But I wasn’t crazy in any complicated manner. I didn’t confuse you did I, darling?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A good writer can express an extremely complicated idea clearly and make the job look effortless. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, that's not all, actually. It turns out to be somewhat more complicated." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Sir Cadogan spent half his time challenging people to duels, and the rest thinking up ridiculously complicated passwords, which he changed at least twice a day. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Now a researcher is able to tease some insights from this very complicated set of data. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He may be right, it certainly is as complicated as a chess game. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved with quick, delicate motions like a bird or a dancer, shifting from foot to foot in a silent, complicated shuffle, as if she were practicing choreography. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He would have suspected a trick, if he could have formulated such a complicated thought. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Phoebe tapped on them with the butt of her knife - a complicated series of knocks like Morse code. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She had a way of asking complicated questions without saying a word. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She transformed a book into a dove and enlivened her pencils and quills so that they stood on their own and performed a complicated dance on the desk. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But I knew it was more complicated than that. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z John Gottman took a complex problem and reduced it to its simplest elements: even the most complicated of relationships and problems, he showed, have an identifiable underlying pattern. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z People fear what they don't understand, and let's face it, the world of a geek isn't something most people can understand, if only because it's a complicated world filled with smart folks. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For other mid-twentieth-century composers, however, it seemed increasingly as if being complicated and uncompromising was more important than producing something beautiful, entertaining or simply enjoyable. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Time travel to the past is a complicated business.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Academics have developed complicated theories and obscure jargon in an effort to describe what is now referred to as structural racism, yet the concept is fairly straightforward. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Such organisms, having to be more self-reliant, are also more complicated than viroids and viruses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, Reynard, in this case simplicity is essential. My Whisperer is designed to soothe troubled minds, and nothing soothes the mind more effectively than a simple answer to a complicated problem.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Is it all the attention I’m getting? Because my life would be a lot less complicated if nobody knew my name.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He, after all, had no standards of manliness, of virility, to complicate his pride. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If knowing the exact steps of complicated and exhausting dances was so important, why had this subject not been taught at Swanburne? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She admired a Douglas fir’s complicated bark, followed its grooves to the canopy of branches two hundred feet above. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s complicated. I’m really very sorry because this is so sweet of you and your mom. Please thank her for me.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But once Isobel pointed out specific elements, she could see the complicated emotion, the impending revelation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If the song was being done properly, with both a man and a woman alternating the verses, the song was further complicated by the female’s counter harmony in the refrains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z In some districts, in which winning the reaping is such a great honor, people are eager to risk their lives, the volunteering is complicated. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In San Antonio, Texas, the final contest was a fresh and very complicated rebus puzzle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z That question is more complicated, but I still know the answer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At intervals a complicated system of hydraulic tubes and pumps would cause the towers to telescope slowly upward, a journey of several hours, then allow them to sink slowly back to their original configuration. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Further, one of my students, Raymond Laflamme, found that in a slightly more complicated model, the collapse of the universe was very different from the expansion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess it reminds me of something— something I associate with clarity. Not very complicated.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Other missions were more complicated and required special equipment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I would cherish it because it had come from my mother and because it would always belong to both of us, even after it found its complicated way to someone else. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In distinctive voices they were saying distinctive, complicated things. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But in some unspoken way, he did sense that he was crossing a point of no return, that things were about to get complicated in a way he was unequipped to handle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It was a good deal more complicated than the helter-skelter fort. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The story of New Coke, in other words, is a really good illustration of how complicated it is to find out what people really think. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “We have a friendly contact with the complicated surfaces of the globe.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was much more complicated and much more dangerous. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I write words in the white space beside the sketch, but after ‘pond’ and ‘icy’ the only ones that’ll come are: ‘guilty,’ ‘complicated,’ ‘hidden,’ and ‘weak.’ Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He, Ron, and Hermione kept to themselves, working late into the night, trying to remember the ingredients in complicated potions, learn charms and spells by heart, memorize the dates of magical discoveries and goblin rebellions. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Hitler’s convinced racial purity is the answer. It’s too complicated for children to understand.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The simple type was based on dots and lines, while the complicated type was based on glyphs—grotesque faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The rules are different for the complicated, coordinated, fantastically skilled manipulations we perform with our insides. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was true—and if this relationship became something more, then it would only complicate matters when she eventually left the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One of his most important inventions was a complicated contraption he called the Prospector. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the wood was precisely arranged in a complicated crisscross pattern of many layers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z However, other lessons proved more urgent and, surprisingly, more complicated. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Simple codes like this are easy to remember, but anything complicated will need a code book, which can be hard to lug around. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Instead, a number of established firms designed patterns and prepared the fabric, and then the complicated stitching and pressing and button attaching were all sent out to small contractors. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And I told her that Bill said that these were basically the same classes with more complicated books, and that it wouldn’t help me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She sees Kat sitting at that back table of Essential Baking Company, reading and eating an almond croissant, drinking green tea as Annabelle makes complicated coffee drinks for the other customers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z "Marin. I'm just asking you to think about it. I'm not saying you have to make some huge decision or fall in love or do anything that complicates your life." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “But this workmanship...no offense to you Camp Jupiter types, but this is too complicated to be Roman.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Lucy, it’s just so complicated ...” “It's complicated because you and Mama don’t understand that I’ve grown up!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z In Quintilian it is a little more complicated: witnesses and documents come to the lawyer from outside; technical proofs are constructed by the lawyer himself, so that they are formed within the discipline of oratory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Together, they siphon off an enzyme, which stops the production of a certain hormone, which complicates my life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "It is too complicated. It has too many arbitrary parameters," Lederman said. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some of these terms are pretty complicated, though, so if you have any problems, just text me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It all sounds too complicated and painful to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once elected, Reagan’s promise to enhance the federal government’s role in fighting crime was complicated by the fact that fighting street crime has traditionally been the responsibility of state and local law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s complicated for you. But, Twinkle, I just wanted you to know it’s not complicated for me.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I search my brain for an answer to Dr. Shabani's simple and complicated question. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then one morning he made a discovery, and things got even more complicated. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z To the west, you could see all the way to the ocean, where an old-looking ship rigged with giant, complicated sails glided down the coast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Because machine ciphers were so complicated, and because they had fewer mistakes, they were hard to break. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z On the long train ride from the countryside, Celia lost her mother’s face, the lies that had complicated her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were well organized and built quite complicated villages in the fields. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I start with the simplest things I know to be true and work toward the more complicated. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “What’s so complicated about you lying and taking advantage of my sister? You were never going to leave your wife, were you?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z What was once a simple choice was now a complicated one. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "I'm sure I can use the subway. It's not complicated." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Without devious reasoning or complicated emotional processes, the boy became Katie’s whole world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Six and six, damas and caballeros, they went through a complicated series of steps, the women's maracas clacking a teasing beat, the men echoing their partners' moves with sultry struts, and foot stomps. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Blimey, it’s seriously complicated,” he said, running an eye down the list of ingredients. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "Sort of. Can you explain cricket's rules? I've watched you play from our apartment. It looks pretty complicated, but I learn fast." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It is the simulation, the code already compiled, a complicated list of commands that anticipate and address a thousand different outcomes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z This system turned out to be more reliable than working out complicated arrangements with the nervous ambassadors of the foreign democracies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people have taken this as proof that she herself was Quaker, but the real story is more complicated—and it shows that Elizebeth was willing to use every lever to get an education. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sticky and Constance’s cheating strategy was more complicated. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw a complicated world in the flask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it happens, economists have a curious habit of affixing numbers to complicated transactions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Like me, they live at the far end of a food chain that is long and complicated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The camera slung around his neck, with an impressive telephoto lens and numerous buttons and markings, was the only complicated thing he wore. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "Matilda, so far as I can gather at this early stage, is also a kind of mathematical genius. She can multiply complicated figures in her head like lightning." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Betraying him was complicated enough without this whole new layer of debt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Yeah. In school, they say it’s all really complicated, but that’s basically the story.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But then, there it was on Security—and the problem was just as complicated as ever. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the last time he had tried to talk to Monique about anything more complicated than homework or shoes or mashed potatoes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s way of making hard things seem easy, and complicated things seem simple. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When African Americans began to exercise their right to vote in the 1970s, there was deep concern among some prosecutors and judges about how the racial demographics in some counties would complicate their reelections. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She was absently braiding her hair into complicated knots, then unbraiding it again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And it was complicated by the fact that the interviews— with a psychiatrist, social worker, nurse, and two other staff members—were interesting to listen to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So I feigned interest in flowery descriptions of thwarted romance and complicated sacrifice all the way back to the main road, where Lula turned off to her house while Travis strenuously waved goodbye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Was it a tremor, or just a child learning the complicated business of managing her own fingers? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were billions of conscientious body cells oxidating away day and night like dumb animals at their complicated job of keeping him alive and healthy, and every one was a potential traitor and foe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She seemed younger than Mary herself, though Lyra had said she was hundreds of years old; the only hint of age came in her expression, which was full of a complicated sadness. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At first the whole procedure will seem complicated. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Moreover, my planning for the event was complicated by the uncertainty as to the numbers involved. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She refused to sign the letter and encouraged Stanton not to “complicate or compromise” their efforts to win suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He knelt beside the first of these and looked through into a large white-tiled room, a laboratory with complicated glass and steel equipment laid out over work surfaces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I’d even let Mother brush out my hair, trying to drown out her nervous, complicated instructions. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Out on the street, Mac guided the little gas-powered plane through a series of complicated aerial maneuvers. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Overhead, complicated lights line the ceiling, ready to obey the stage director. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The truth about Genovese, however, turns out to be a little more complicated — and more interesting. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Avoid the hot air, and choose the simple word over the complicated one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your situation is more complicated, I know, but it looks like we’ve reached an agreement. We’re thinking about setting up a scholarship fund in Lucy’s name—something like that.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Not everyone agreed with my father’s philosophy or methodology; he was considered complicated, intricate, and complex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sort of simple question that could completely unravel a complicated argument. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I thought this meal might take me back to a time when the omnivore’s dilemma wasn’t as complicated, when we had a more direct connection with our food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “It’s too complicated now,” his mother said, agreeing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What makes Poppea so radical is that, to put it simply, it is about real people and their complicated, messy emotions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I don’t believe in God, but I believe that things are extremely complicated, and her looking over me was as complicated as anything ever could be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But plutonium was a little easier to make, and the plutonium bomb design was far more complicated. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Marriages in Afghan families could be complicated like that. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z What loomed before his eyes was a huge, complicated vista, crowded with more detail than the mind could absorb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The political dynamic between these two groups was very complicated, but the simplest way to understand it is as a proxy war between Zulu and Xhosa. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Was this what it felt like to be truly angry, or was it something bigger, more complicated? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We still had family in Iran, and we knew how complicated and difficult their lives were under the new regime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Lazlo didn't know exactly what this breakthrough would mean for Weep's problem, which was far more complicated than Thyon knew, but there was no doubt that it was a major accomplishment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She dipped it into the spittle-mud and started to wind it into a complicated knot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The Triton pond rose before them, an inky mass whose complicated outline was honed against a sky turning greener as the light fell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She cursed Leo for making them so complicated. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Maudie, who lived a less complicated life, had had fewer sins to confess and had gotten out sooner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our litigation strategy was complicated by the fact that more than 2,500 children in the United States had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What with the sound of the cracking and snapping and her swift-fingered movements, she seemed to be playing a complicated instrument. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Though quadratic equations are more complicated than linear equations, there is a simple way to figure out what the roots of a quadratic equation are. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I normally wouldn’t condone that type of behavior in myself, but tomorrow would be complicated enough without me being loopy from sleep deprivation on top of everything else. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The reasons for this pressure are complicated, but they begin with the leader of the USSR, Josef Stalin. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “The answer to your first question is yes, technically speaking, I am R. M. Wildsmith. Or as close as anyone alive could be. The answer to the second is more complicated.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They were the weak wicks from fishermen’s cottages, who had risen early to catch a ride in the complicated creeks of the salt marsh. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Add to all this the sudden presence of 4 million newly freed slaves, and the picture becomes even more complicated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It requires a staff of trained technicians and the help of complicated computing machines. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z By his handsome cheekbones the muscles twitched with the movement, and along his forearms they fanned and shifted in complicated rearrangements under the skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Well, I think things may have gotten a little complicated. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z My older brother, Daniel, says I’ll outgrow thinking that girls are complicated and really emotional. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, the spell is a little complicated, so give me a second.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t know chicken keeping was going to be this complicated, but that’s how it is, I guess, at least with unusual chickens. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z |
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