| 单词 | compound |
| 例句 | The driver stopped in front of her parents’ walled compound in Ikoyi. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The compound was deserted and she peered through the locked gate for a while. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z No matter what its original condition, the intense rain and heat of the forest have eroded its surface, washed out all its minerals, and decomposed vital organic compounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a nice, quiet afternoon, with cattle grazing in front of the family compound and Nyanriak in the yard grinding millet—a kind of grain we Dinka eat a lot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined another air raid, bombs rolling out of a plane and exploding in the compound before she and Odenigbo and Baby and Ugwu could reach the bunker down the street. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I mixed the moonshine into a zinc-and-sulfur compound and was rewarded with a thick gray composite that could be shaped like modeling clay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I get up and lean around the truck to see the compound, half my body hanging over the road. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Lord, for journey mercies,” Papa said as he drove into the compound, crossing himself. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I think of the flowers inside the compound, and the wood floors, and all the beds in the hotel that are unoccupied, and say, “Do you ever help them?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He glanced behind at Ugwu and Baby before easing the car out of the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Back in Faye’s room she poured the three tablespoons of vegetable compound in the glass and stirred it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z When he roars into the compound in his pickup, all four of us run down the driveway to greet him with kisses and hugs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The only remaining part of the University School compound that had paneling was King Hall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The hallways in the compound are empty except for a few stragglers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Potentiation seems to take place when one compound destroys the liver enzyme responsible for detoxifying the other. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I need them to be exposed to the airborne serum, to pass it on to the rest of the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z This school, Thomas Jefferson High, was another public school, a sprawling brick compound. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Watch out for general when it’s part of a compound word. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t turn on the lights in the bathroom because I know they will be pale and bright, just like the lights in the Erudite compound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The rain might have stopped, but the compound was still a morass of shallow lakes and slippery mud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z How long was it before they moved up to buying their joint compound by the quart? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z So I focused on the sturdy walls of the compound and prayed straight to the black stones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had often seen the impis who lived in the compound go on a rampage with knobkerries and spears. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them nodded at her, and the others gave Fossie a long stare, then they filed off to their hootch at the edge of the compound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was talking about it, even the taxi driver in the white hat and caftan who drove her and Baby from the airport to Arize’s compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We follow her past the gene therapy room where I saw a map of my genetic code, farther into the heart of the compound than I have been yet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He was thinking that under such circumstances an electron might combine with a proton to form an uncharged, hitherto undetected compound particle he dubbed the neutron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His voice softens when he talks about her—he is no longer the toughened leader of this compound, but an old man, reflecting on some fonder past. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He parked in the shadows of willow trees that spilled over the walls of the compound located on Street 15, Sarak-e-Mehmana, Street of the Guests. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My heart beats faster the farther we go away from the compound, and then Karen’s voice speaks through an intercom: “Prepare for takeoff.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The last time we did this, he Wanted to show me that the lights were on in the Erudite compound, wanted to tell me that Erudite was planning an attack on Abnegation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We walk quickly in the direction of the front entrance, where I first entered this compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Some nights after supper, Mundín gets to drive the car up and down all the driveways that connect the houses in the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The compound is thick with people this morning, all dressed in green or dark blue uniforms that pool around the ankles or stop several inches above the shoe, depending on the height of the person. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z From somewhere behind the UN compound, an angry roar shook the city—the sound of a drakon waking. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “First lesson: Don’t be afraid of it. Grab it. You’ve held one before, remember? You got us out of the Amity compound with that shot.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But before Rivka could answer, a shout from the gate end of the compound riveted them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We drive through the gardens and outbuildings that surround it, and peeking out from behind the edge of the compound are the airplanes, white and stationary. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There was an inquiry, of course, and a week-long air search, and for a time the Tra Bong compound went crazy with MP and CID types. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In order for the toxic compound to be excreted in the urine, it first has to bind with available molecules of glucose or amino acid. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first is missing the hyphen that bolts together the pieces of the compound word that was supposed to remind readers of the problem with piranhas, man-eating. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The place was thick with the odor compounded of paint, linseed oil, and turpentine—and after a few moments the subtle aroma of stale beer. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The rain had turned half the compound yard to ankle-deep puddles and the rest to sucking mud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Oblivious to the charms of the moonlight, Agent Jones stood outside the volcano compound, removed his gloves, and lit up his last cigarette of the night. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The commandant stared around the compound as if his mind were on other matters. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Prisoners were often kept in barbed-wire compounds, flogged, tortured, starved and hung from trees, and those who died buried secretly in unmarked graves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the peacekeepers became romantically involved with one of Adele’s friends: He would take the girl out drinking, then take her back to the UN compound. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Badal, the water man, would bring it up the hill to our compound every day from the well. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They came around a corner and Rowan saw their destination: some sort of compound made to look like an old adobe mission, completely out of place in the cold of MidMerica. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He smelled something sweet, heady, as they walked into a compound, and was sure it came from the white flowers clustered on the bushes at the entrance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside is the first beautiful thing I’ve seen in the District 13 compound: a replication of a meadow, filled with real trees and flowering plants, and alive with hummingbirds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If she was having flashbacks of Tartarus, enhanced and compounded with all her other bad memories, her mind wouldn’t be able to cope. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He let Fidelito ride most of the way back with him, putting the little boy down only when they came within sight of the Keepers’ compound. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The packed dirt of the Smoke compound was easy enough to walk on, but in the forest... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But I am on my feet, watching the hole in the compound wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My error had greatly and unnecessarily compounded the pain of Fiona McPherson; Andy’s parents, Ron and Mary Harris; his brother, David Harris; and his many friends. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I fumed as I hefted the stone and trudged back across the muddy compound. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet in the last fifty years we have built a food system that strips many of those healthy compounds out of our foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A small, warm breeze blew across the compound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard towers are gone, and the mess halls and shower rooms, the hospital, the tea gardens, and the white buildings outside the compound. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were full of a look compounded of fear and admiration for Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In this effect, the organic phosphorus compounds resemble the alkaloid poison muscarine, found in a poisonous mushroom, the fly amanita. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “If the Erudite were running the train, they would have taken it to the Amity compound to look for us,” Tobias says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “He could have made the war end twice. Nay, it would look like cowardice to compound.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt good to change out of her uniform into regular clothes and walk across the compound to where they lived with their dogs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A walled adobe compound styled after the historical missions. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My isolation was compounded by the fact that during a weekend home visiting my parents, I had the urge to get my hair cut on a Saturday without an appointment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My difficulty was further compounded by the fact that for some years my father and I had tended - for some reason I have never really fathomed - to converse less and less. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z DRACO: You are late and unapologetic, maybe you are determined to compound the problem. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Whatever. We have to get to the compound.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Jomo takes care of the compound. He comes in three times a week. Funny man, I’ve seen him talking to the croton plant.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Several stories below us is the members’ entrance to our compound. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It’s dark and snowing when we drive up to the entrance of the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mpandhlani and his clique, though while the compound was in operation never went hungry, fell on hard times when it was suddenly closed down, and the clique broke up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused and turned when he heard a shout from some young boys playing War in the middle of the school compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The puddle of magic, compounded now with fear and surprise and worry for the child that was on the other side of this dangerous stranger, enlarged suddenly into a tidal wave. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Nothing moved in the compound, except a few pieces of paper stirred by the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had been born into a large, wealthy family, he told us, with five generations, more than a hundred people, living together in one big compound. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That would be stupid. His superiors know it, but he’s the only person in the compound, yes.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If you’d had a head start at home, you were rewarded for it at school, deemed “bright” or “gifted,” which in turn only compounded your confidence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For the first few nights, I patrolled the grounds of the compound without incident. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is always at least one transfer who doesn’t make it to the compound,” says Eric, picking at his cuticles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The tall, slender man and his goofy wife had been guests in the family compound. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She leads me deep into the underground hallways of the compound, past the place where the GDs gather, to a corridor where the electricity no longer flows. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Her eyes were focused on the compound entrance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had all but forgotten about what I heard in the Amity compound, about the information my father risked his life for. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The tunnel let us out somewhere in the wasteland we drove through to get to the compound, among the crumbling buildings and overgrown trees breaking through the pavement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He did not go to a hospital, and died on a cot in his family compound. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The city ultimately spread across two square miles, an array of two- and three-story buildings in compounds behind massive walls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Navy SEALs had stormed a mysterious compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, looking for Osama bin Laden. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Actually, could you just drop me at the vuvv business compound?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t want to come into your Papa-Nnukwu’s compound? But didn’t you come to greet him two days ago?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In a rose garden, a rose is a rose because of geraniol, a 10-carbon compound, and it is the geometric conformation of atoms and their bond angles that determine the unique fragrance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When she gathered Baby and Adanna and a few other children in the compound and read to them, she hoped Alice would come out and join her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I think about our old compound, the main room, the hallways, our bedroom, Papa’s room, the study, the gardens, Kazi’s own cottage. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That night I told my Lost Boy friend what had happened, and the next day, he came to the compound with me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With flames consuming the compound at an alarming rate, the captain made a judgment call. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z His technique was to expose a variety of chemical compounds to energizing sunlight. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If I had been told, the next morning, that I could stay outside the fence as long as I wanted, that I was free to go, it would have sent me sprinting for the compound. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, 1 should have let Sheriff Dean arrest both of you for tampering with a medicinal product and endangering the public health. My elixirs are carefully synthesized compounds of potentially dangerous elements.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Inside were more than fifty people, probably in the same situation as I. Most were lying on mats in the open compound. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z This was a problem facing nearly every jockey, but with the onset ofhis diabetes, Woolf’s problems were compounded. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead of us was a compound flanked by a number of guardhouses. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Erudite don’t let the Abnegation into their compound anymore. Wasn’t that information available to you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z One of the earliest pesticides associated with cancer is arsenic, occurring in sodium arsenite as a weed killer, and in calcium arsenate and various other compounds as insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Somebody was playing loud music from a gramophone; soon, a cluster of men by the compound gate began to laugh and jostle one another, mimicking the song. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Seeing him in the Erudite compound feels like a dream now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Amar gave us a little over an hour to find and inoculate Uriah’s family and get back to the compound unnoticed, so I only have time for one of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When Tabitha got to my friend’s, we left right away and hurried to the UN compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We never actually saw him die when we escaped the Amity compound, but I just assumed he had—I’m not sure how I feel. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You are only permitted to leave the compound when accompanied by a Dauntless,” Eric adds. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Once alone outside the compound, I am wracked with guilt for what I have done. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right now I want to offer you an opportunity to see what the world is like outside the compound.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We accelerate again, then reach a wide, open road suspended across the railroad tracks I once walked down to reach the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Initiation day plunges the Dauntless compound into insanity and chaos. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The scent on the evening breeze was a fragrant compound of roasting rice, wild-duck stew and wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, Moo of the lethal dose of each compound may be fatal when the two are combined. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We will reset the people in the compound, and work to rebuild this place together. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As we walk into the compound, I know for a fact that Caleb succeeded, because there is no one in sight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As Rat described it, the compound was situated at the top of a flat-crested hill along the northern outskirts of Tra Bong. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed guards lined the path to the compound. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “One death, to save thousands of people from a terrible fate? And cut the compound’s power off at the knees, so to speak? Is it even a question?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Behind the compound are a few tall towers with bulges at the top—I don’t know why, but I think of the control room when I see them, and wonder if that’s what they are. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You can protect other buildings that are threatened,” the young scythe said, “but you’ll let this entire compound burn to the ground.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Jeanine made it sound like there was no one left in the Dauntless compound except the soldiers she sent back to guard the computers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My only choice is to go with them and try to forget what’s happening outside the Dauntless compound. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Now I feel scared of leaving the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She became absorbed into the compound, and then worked on its behalf for the rest of her life. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Outside, he was talking to Papa Oji and some of the other men who were standing by the compound entrance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After putting away her clothes, Adams decided to take a walk around the compound to orient herself. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was quite cold in the room now; the chimes would ring for one any time now; the chill had a compounded, a gathered quality, as though preparing for the dead moment before dawn. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I had carried some old firecracker fuse with me and carefully threaded it up into the nozzle until I could feel it stick in the zincoshine compound. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Why was he looking forward to life inside a compound with a bottle of laudanum for company? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You use muriatic acid to control PH, or the acid content of a compound. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He watched her walk to the hedge that separated the two compounds and slip underneath it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But if it's more comfortable to count "ONE-and-a-Two-and-a-ONE-and-a-Two-and-a," it's probably compound duple meter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One day, in the failing light of dusk, Ugwu looked up and saw three soldiers barge into the compound and leave moments later, dragging the professor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There were long talks before the work began, because of a goat house and compound wall that would have to be removed, but the work went well. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If we could have pooled our resources and bought a compound, we would have happily lived on the same plot of land. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The woman slid a bag into her hand and walked back into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she asked if I was in any danger and if I needed to stay at the compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t a real doctor in the compound, so the doctoring was up to him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “If the Bureau is going to load all of those planes with the memory serum virus to reset the experiments, will there be any serum left to use against the compound?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “They’re locked up in their compound. The doors and windows are covered with bags of salt—mountains and mountains of salt! All the boys helped.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway. When the experiments were first developed, the airport was converted into this compound so that we could monitor the experiments from a distance,” Zoe says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z This is all completely insane, and every new piece of information only compounds the insanity. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Too long. Most of us came at the same time, shipped up on a train from the Jackson compound.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When I first arrived here, I felt like the compound was huge and unknowable. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We entered a fenced compound that had several rows of houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Their motions are more truthful than the stars,” he tells me, “because common flies have compound eyes.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A bunch of lights publicized the New Motel, which proved to be, as the travelers neared it, an impressive compound consisting of bungalows, a garage, a restaurant, and a cocktail lounge. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z So for the time being, my parents’ worries about their younger son’s physical health were compounded by their worries about their older son’s mental health. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The two slightly shorter sides were taller frame structures—the machine shops and repair shops—and across the whole north end of the compound was the cotton mill itself—a gigantic six-story brick building. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court shackles the police, compounds confusion in the legislatures of the states, and turns loose murderers and rapists to repeat their evil deeds upon the innocent and law-abiding members of society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Fine,” Eric says, “but you are not allowed to leave the compound without supervision again, you hear me?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Tiring pacesetters generally slow down right in front of the rail-running pack, compounding the traffic jams. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I circle around the compound, but she is not there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems that the day after he evacuated us, Chucha also left the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z My arms shook as I picked up the same stone that I had just carried across the compound, but not from weariness this time. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “But we’re going back to the compound very soon, and you have to come with us.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was very hard to get in there unless you had a good reason to give to the security guards who protected the compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s easy to allocate resources when everyone gets the same thing, but everything is more varied at the Dauntless compound. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I watch the glass building above the Dauntless compound shrink behind us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z All five women moved to a secret location 40 miles northeast of Moscow, a walled compound filled with people working on the Soviet space program—scientists, engineers, and cosmonauts. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a volatile compound. An explosive. The less handling, the better.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It took us twenty minutes to locate our compound among the sprawling settlement. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z "I quickly jumped in," Blake recalled, "and was driven at high speed to a safe flat in the neighborhood of Karlshorst," the main Soviet military and KGB compound in East Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Piliso knew about Justice, as the regent had sent a letter months before making arrangements for him to receive a clerical job, the most coveted and respected job in the mine compound. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They dashed out of the compound, laughing loudly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They stop beside a volcano, punch in a code on the keypad, and enter the secret compound, where they immediately go into the shower area and examine themselves in large mirrors. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Can the Keepers get water in their compound?” he asked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you do taste the compound, it will be strong and unpleasantly bitter, so you may line up—calmly, please—at the fountain for water.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Your father said you are to stay fifteen minutes,” Kevin said, as he parked on the roadside, near Papa-Nnukwu’s thatch- enclosed compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Thank God the Dauntless compound is usually loud. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I taught at a special school in the compound for Americans who came to work on the Inga-Shaba power line. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The ride back to the compound is slow and dark. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They could scheme all they pleased to hide aboard a vehicle or steal one, but no vehicle ever came into their compound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The compound was empty and only one or two people walked past the road now. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Plus, you will love the compound. Weapons galore! And gummi bears.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She entered the compound through a gated arch. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Times Square had been barricaded off and converted into a temporary CDC—Centers for Disease Control—compound, complete with portable labs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He had another bull's-eye in our backyard where he liked to practice archery with his compound bow. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The scent of fruits filled my nose when Adamu opened our compound gates. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I fancied that, should I be discovered, 1 should be caged and tortured like the animals in the experimental chambers, burning compounds applied to my skin, incisions made near my eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z DDT, methoxychlor, malathion, phenothiazine, and various dinitro compounds are among the numerous pesticides that have been found to inhibit one or more of the enzymes concerned in the cycle of oxidation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A squad of Specials was headed toward her across the compound, an open door behind them at ground level. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I snapped my Zippo lighter and burned the evidence with full knowledge that I compounded the contempt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And R. leguminicola, it turns out, is a variety of mold that produces a potent alkaloid called swainsonine—a compound well known to ranchers and veterinarians as a killer of livestock. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a new neighborhood then, still developing, with empty lots of land and halfconstructed homes on every street between compounds surrounded by eight-foot walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Billy Pilgrim says he went to Dresden, Germany, on the day after his morphine night in the British compound in the center of the extermination camp for Russian prisoners of war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to, but I couldn’t find you,” Shin replied, explaining that it was late at night and the teachers’ compound was off-limits to prisoners. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He compounded his heresy by adding that if New York had won the fair, it would not have done as fine a job. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Olanna watched him leave, and long after his car had reversed out of the compound, she stood at the door, watching a bird with a blood-red breast, perched on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The laughter had not died on their faces and their hands were still clasped on the bench when Special Julius walked into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Kainene let Baby hold the dagger of the emaciated man who paraded the compound, muttering, “Ngwa, let the vandals come, let them come now.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The compound walls would crumble, I was sure, and squash the frangipani trees. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The next day I take a truck from the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Landau starts talking about chemical compounds and genetic differences, and everyone is bouncing in their seats. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She had lasted a couple of months at the compound before disappearing one Sunday. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Are you afraid of the rest of the compound? Or of something else?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Cool air rushes over my face as I walk into the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was the storehouse of Lady ’Stache Off that had exploded, destroying much of the compound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Its relations to man are varied and historic^ Since many of its compounds are tasteless, it has been a favorite agent of homicide from long before the time of the Borgias to the present. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the days that follow, it’s movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay, so I walk the compound halls instead of sleeping. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Even though I was very afraid that my uncle would make me marry the older man, I couldn’t stay at the compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “The man says he has some Asaba people in his compound and he will take her to stay with them for a while.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The vuvv compound rises out of suburbia, a collection of towers, buttresses, and bulbs of green metal. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It isn’t as clean as it was when it was the Erudite compound; now it is ravaged by war, bullet holes in the walls and the broken glass of shattered lightbulbs everywhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He also spat into his hole before heading back to the camp compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Altogether, the place was barely larger than her own room had been in the clan compound. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Armed guards in black shirts nodded as the agent passed through security and into the secret compound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was the first time that we had left our compound. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some children were standing under the mango tree in the school compound, throwing stones up at the fruit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They sat in the living room with photos of Arize and Nnakwanze’s wedding on the oily wall, while Baby played with the children in the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I hold my breath and look around the compound. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next two weeks, it’s as if someone is getting married in the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z They fixed the cracks themselves, carefully, with dabs of joint compound from a pint-sized container. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a compound, Fjerda’s ancient stronghold, home to an unbroken succession of kings and queens, repository of their greatest treasures and most sacred religious relics. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A few days ago, Mr. Washburn was issued revised orders to vacate the compound and have no further dealings with any dissident elements. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Now she was falling again, the dirt of the compound replaced by a building below her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It was an extraordinary compound including a gym, large stadium, outdoor fields for soccer and volleyball, tennis courts, a giant auditorium, and a library. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They chased each other across the compound, twirling their papier-mache maces. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t help but remember the look in his eyes as he held me over the chasm by my throat or slammed me against the wall in the Dauntless compound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It bore an uncanny resemblance to a prison: a large, bricked-in compound with walls at least twice his height. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Yep, we have to send a kid down to the teachers’ housing compound behind the school to wake Mr. P, who is always conking out in front of his TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The only hospital in the camp was a six-bed affair in the British compound itself. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the house and grounds, which stretched away on either side of the hill, ran a low compound wall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z This is now compounded by panic, which is bad for the digestion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was marking the boundary between the American and English sections of the compound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at the Special Circumstances compound. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That jump led to bone tools, single-purpose stone tools, and compound tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Policemen have thrown a cordon around the compound to prevent new arrivals from entering. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, Rat said, Mary Anne seemed to accept it, but then after a day or two she fell into a restless gloom, sitting off by herself at the compound’s perimeter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly in front of them, a row of twenty or so darkly tinged windows stretched across the compound horizontally, one after the other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Some organic compounds are simply combinations of carbon and hydrogen. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then I’m making my way over paths across desolate fields, with the lights of the vuvv compound in front of me. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The difficulties outside Antonio's home were compounded by severe domestic abuse inside the home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z North of the compound, the brook was in full spate, choked with leaves and bits of wood, but the scouts had found where the ford lay and the column was able to splash across. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When the convoy of jeeps and Pontiacs drove into the compound, they all stood up and saluted. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He leads me out of the dormitory and down the hallway and around corners to a room far away from any that I have seen in the Bureau compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Attention all compound residents. Commence emergency lockdown procedure, effective until five o’clock a.m. I repeat, commence emergency lockdown procedure, effective until five o’clock a.m.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I caught sight of myself in a window on the way into the compound, and my cheeks and eyes were both bright, my hair tangled. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Chinyere’s mistress was only one of many families on campus who were leaving; houseboys bought huge cartons in the market and cars drove out of compounds with their boots sunken by heavy loads. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After cake and cafecitos, the cousins will disperse down these paths to their several compound houses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But it would end up being one of many little things—a slow accrual, compounding steadily and imperceptibly toward critical mass. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Pastor Ambrose cried, and he was first to run out of the compound, a stuffed duffel bag in his hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If he overloaded the boiler next to the Keepers’ compound, it would explode and— Was it wrong to blow twenty men to smithereens? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Another corner of the compound held gardens—from where he was standing Thomas recognized corn, tomato plants, fruit trees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The street looked strange, unfamiliar; the compound gate was broken, the metal flattened on the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We infiltrated the Dauntless compound, and my father and I went up to the control room. He fought off Dauntless soldiers at the expense of his life” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Rahel, breathless, holding a coconut, stepped into the temple compound through the wooden doorway in the high white boundary wall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like with Shooting Star’s meteoric rise, my admission to Juilliard—if it happens—will create certain complications, or, more accurately, would compound the complications that have already cropped up in the last few months. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nervously, I walk out of the compound of the camp; in a couple of hours, I will be with Ma. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few women turned and dashed into nearby compounds. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I had heard that the Sierra Leonean ambassador let refugees sleep temporarily in the compound of the embassy, but I had no idea where the embassy itself was located. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Eventually, Bobby leased a home in the same compound where Torre lived and, as a constant dinner guest, often enjoying the cooking of Torre’s wife. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She watched the car ease out of the compound and stood there, telling herself she was mistaken; there had been nothing in that gesture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the morning of August 1, 1985, Colonel Vitaly Yurchenko informed the staff at the Soviet embassy compound in Rome that he would be spending the morning touring the museum exhibits in Vatican City. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The soft wood groaned under my weight, and the compound fell silent. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I don’t know exactly where I got the singing part from, but Chas, Joey, and Kevin weren't about to stand in the way of my willingness to compound my idiocy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One evening while dragging myself home after a day of excruciating hunger, I stumbled across a group of boys my age who were pacing briskly and excitedly in front of the compound. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We went swimming in the river, and we helped Yar with easy chores, such as sweeping our compound or collecting fire for cooking from a neighbor. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma drove into the compound just as we finished breakfast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z All you have to do is come up with an idea, gather a team together, and propose it to the council that runs the compound under David. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “There is no prize for being first to get into the school compound.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “But you know, I’d have to say finding out there was a Corporation compound right here on the island the whole time and we never knew it. I felt like such a doofus!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The cell was a beaker of chemicals, biochemists argued, a pouch of compounds bound by a membrane that were reacting to produce a phenomenon called “life.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z "Yeah," I said, and I felt fear rush in, compounding my guilt. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The Dauntless compound sounds like home now—at least there, I know exactly where I stand, which is on unstable ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He heard through Radio Bemba, which is how people are referring to gossip, Radio Big Mouth, that the compound is now a SIM interrogation center. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z They climbed the nearest tree and searched for the vine that would carry them to the next tree in a contagion that would take them nearly to the compound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z We stay away from the dirt road the Erudite and Dauntless took to get to the Amity compound, following the train tracks toward the city. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In our neighbourhood there was a large compound that housed migrant workers from the tribal reserves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Three little boys rushed into the compound to greet Papa. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z In less than a week, the Dauntless-born initiates will find their families on the Pit floor, or in the glass building above the compound, and do whatever it is the Dauntless do when they reunite. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My desires are strangely compounded of yearning and misery. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z One day a soldier entered the clinic compound carrying a gun. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I lived in a world magically compounded of sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a place for them to stay right next to the compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “We knew the Keepers were trafficking drugs, but we had no legal way to get a search warrant until Ton-Ton told us what he saw at the Keepers’ compound.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at his perfectly dug hole, spat in it, then turned and headed back to the camp compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z These compounds help plants to defend themselves against pests and diseases. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Every compound outing has been hosted by one gracious aunt or another, presenting the landscape as if it were a floor show mounted for her niece's appreciation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I stand alone in the blue light coming from the lamp above me, and I understand: She has been to the compound before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Though we are no longer in the Commanders’ compound, there are large houses here also. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Children of guards live in the compound and attend school there. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The compound walls, topped by coiled electric wires, were so high I could not see the cars driving by on our street. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The gate was locked, the compound empty and she waited around for an hour until the crowd began to disperse. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z An older man of some fifty or sixty years walked among the others of our Regiment, offering a compound in a bowl which he spread on muskets as a blessing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He looked us up and down, and I wished I’d smoothed our hair and skirts before entering the compound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I haven’t seen Myra since she left the Dauntless compound with Edward, right after his eye was claimed by a butter knife. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The world that I knew was our family compound in the village outside of Taiyuan. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “The walls are hideous,” Amaka said, in English, and I wondered what she would think of our compound walls back home, if she ever visited us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He also discovered many useful compounds, among them ammonia, glycerin, and tannic acid, and was the first to see the commercial potential of chlorine as a bleach–all breakthroughs that made other people extremely wealthy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Our bodies evolved to use those same compounds to protect us from disease. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Not a chance of it, Lem. This is a compound fracture.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Men in dark glasses who look like the thugs who raided the compound months ago lurk at the shadowy edges of the patio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Above his head, light refracts through the water tank, the symbol of the compound’s slow, pointless struggle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry; in secret chambers withered men compounded strong elixirs, or in high cold towers asked questions of the stars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It, like all other furniture in the Amity compound, is made of unpolished wood, and looks sturdy, like it is still attached to the earth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z On his own initiative he had decided to offer me free accommodation in the mining compound. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He goes, “I leave the rest to you,” and he and Mr. Woodwell sit on the dock and watch me fill the seams with tubes of caulking compound. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Her arms flailed wildly, but somehow Tally kept her footing, shooting across the compound and over the rabbit pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And then, when nothing happened—as nothing would—he would apply the neutralizing compound to deactivate it so it didn’t just drip down the impervious metal and eat its way into the ground. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In a certain sense, Hall’s Adventure Consultants compound served as the seat of government for the entire Base Camp, because nobody on the mountain commanded more respect than Hall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Two things compounded my fears: There are a lot of bearded men in Peshawar, and everybody stares. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They remained seated on the ground, leaning against the mud compound walls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Many of the children from the flats were playing football in the compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She thought I was one of those women who had come to the compound because they didn’t feel safe, because they thought they were going to be forced into marriage. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "I wonder how she knew all our names," Stanley said as he walked back to the compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, they saw large footprints around the compound. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Meters can also be classified as either simple or compound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I waved back and kept my eyes on him while he shuffled back into his compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “A few days after I injected them with the compound, they reverted to an adolescent stage.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Our compound is crawling with fish, all right. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu had never set foot in it, because when Papa had decreed that heathens were not allowed in his compound, he had not made an exception for his father. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Even Harrison himself did not know exactly why Odenigbo had driven into the compound that evening and shouted at him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “And you must never go near that,” Rivka said, turning suddenly and pointing way across the compound to a large wooden fence. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The school is a walled compound as big as a jail, but with an inviting gate and a friendly watchman who waves us in as soon as I say I want to see Viji Aunty. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z On the east wall of our compound was the river, which my father said liked to swallow little children. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Tents had gone up all over the compound. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As we go out, I hear my grandfather telling the story of how he bought the land for the compound after the big hurricane of 1930. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Maybe tomorrow, if I feel better, we can drive around the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Canopies and buffet tables dotted the massive compound, which was green and landscaped, with the promise of a swimming pool in the back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We walked past the rows of brick structures with corrugated iron roofs to a big grey building in the back of the compound. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in a residential area, driving past bungalows in wide compounds with rose bushes and faded lawns and fmit trees. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z My family—my father, my mother, my little sister, Tabitha, and I—lived in a compound with another family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m having trouble paying attention. “—doing some genetic analysis, which is fine, but before, we were developing a way to make the memory compound behave as a virus,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One of Jeanine’s lackeys, a man in a blue collared shirt and sunglasses, drives me back to the Dauntless compound in a sleek silver car, the likes of which I have never seen before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z To compound this, he made the mistake of not formally recognizing her during service when she came to visit the church. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at the compound, they had dug in a systematic order, row upon row, allowing space for the water truck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The drugstore was coming in to help the doctors, but Dr. Wilde was one of the few to maintain his own dispensary and to compound his own prescriptions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We walk for a long time, deeper into the compound, and then Zoe stops, facing us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Then one day—a bright, soft morning with a whisper of rain in it—we got there to find the gates closed and guards posted along the iron railings that encircled the compound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z About the compound yard were strewn empty beer cartons and bottles, papers, rotting porridge, rags, overturned trash cans, overturned nightsoil buckets, ash from burnt peat and coal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t think of many young people who would have come after me instead of running for cover, or who would have been able to save this compound the way you did.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When Papa started the rosary as we drove out of the compound, his voice was different, tired. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Smoke rose from a compound near the corn-grinding station a street away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m famous for my love of animals, too, and have created quite a little menagerie in the compound between the garden and the restaurant for everyone’s amusement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t teach at our school if you don’t live in the compound. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Our last Saturday night on the Island, the compound folks sit on Tía Carmen's patio, reminiscing. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I see the compound, shaped like the picture of a neuron I once saw in my science textbook, and the fence that surrounds it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Six months earlier Tamara had been badly injured in an air raid with a compound fracture to her left leg, which left her with a permanent limp. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When we got back to the compound, Peewee couldn’t walk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a compound of rotten fish, excrement, and vomit, with a sweet chemical odor that was worse than the other smells put together. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers swept the compound, washed their clothes, lined themselves on benches to welcome him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Farmer asked the captain if anyone in the compound needed medical attention. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Olanna waved until the Land Rover drove past the compound gates. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His family lived a few streets south of our home, in a posh, high-walled compound with palm trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I, however, think of speeding through the air, high above the compound, and feel like I might throw up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I want to write down everything that happened the night that Tío Pepe rescued us from the compound—not that I’m likely to forget. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z He stood there for five minutes, then finally he left his spot at the gate, losing himself in the maze-like compound. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Stephanie and Rose volunteer to monitor Evelyn’s movements in the hours before the escape, and to report any unusual behavior to the Amity compound by two-way radio. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The wooden gate in the mud wall behind the house creaked open and Aniekwena came into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A large crowd had gathered in the chiefs compound for our arrival. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The compound was like a prison, all pavement and block, enclosed by razor wire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in the Bureau compound, people are sitting in the cafeteria right now, eating and drinking and laughing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I made my way through the security line and the winding halls of the UN compound, until I reached a corner room where the event would be held. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t survive the death serum without an inoculation, and I’m the only person in the compound who possesses that substance.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You want me to go hang out at the Erudite compound for the day, you had better give me a reason!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Mary Lou told them everything — about her nights with Tane, how special he was, about his theory that The Corporation had a secret compound on the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z David takes us through the compound to a carpeted area with potted plants on either side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You took one copy of the data. All the footage of the Dauntless compound recorded; during the attack was also sent to other computers throughout the city,” says Jack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Carroll was shaking his head in frustration—about the crime and about all the challenges of peacekeeping—when an aide appeared and told him an American was waiting at the compound gate to see him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A wave of terror rushed over him when he saw the compound—the tents, the Wreck Room, the Warden's cabin under the two oak trees. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Tell whether the following words are primitive or derivative, and also whether simple or compound:— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Brother Rufus had a specific compound that he had invented some years back to deal with such emergencies as summer stings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I say hollowly, “let’s provoke the woman who can force half of this compound to kill themselves. That sounds like a great idea.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z New soldiers wait for us at the entrance to the compound. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z One by one, Stanley watched each of the boys spit into his hole and return to the camp compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I was rambling dizzily about one street when I saw a group of boys pacing briskly and excitedly about the entrance to a men’s compound similar to the one in our neighbourhood. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The events were compound words that could never be ripped apart. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon when he dragged himself back to the compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The compound had row after row of shining metal houses and dozens of liquor bars glittering at daybreak with an aura of fresh vomit and broken glass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice trailed away as a man inside the compound strode toward the gate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The fruit stands behind her now, Yolanda approaches a compound very like her family's in the capital. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They walked without stopping again, straight to the far end of the compound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama was at the door when we drove into our compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Are you telling me that you were almost murdered by the Erudite ... and then fought your way into the Dauntless compound... and destroyed the simulation?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She poured herself a slug of the vegetable compound and sighed with relief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In a south section of the prison compound there stands a curious little building: a dark two-storied building shaped like a coffin. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw Father Amadi’s car turning into the compound when we went back out to the verandah. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We can work in the Dauntless compound, drawing tattoos or making weapons or even fighting each other for entertainment. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Although such incidents are apparently uncommon, medical authorities advise caution in use of such compounds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The grandfather put Junsoo down and knocked on the door to a large house compound. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z As the driver backed out of the gates of the salon compound, Aunty Uju gestured to the gateman, rolled down her window, and gave him some money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what a harem is, so I know the compound can’t be that. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z By the entrance to the compound a few rabbits hopped aimlessly, too addled by their sudden freedom to make a break for it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The house that stood in the middle of the compound was small, compact like dice, and it was hard to imagine Papa and Aunty Ifeoma growing up here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He scanned the compound of the Glade, this new place of nightmares where he seemed destined to live. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They had driven through heavy iron gates into an open area inside a compound of buildings. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Then Matthew and Cara pore over a map, examining different routes to get through the compound to the Weapons Lab. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Moments later, a massive explosion rocked the embassy compound. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I hope your faction doesn’t change their decision to make this compound a safe house.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I tell her that there is important information in the Erudite compound, in addition to all the knowledge they possess, that especially needs to be recovered. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Traffic has been getting increasingly worse, and the GPS apps keep giving everyone the same alternate routes, just compounding the problem. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “If I had, I wouldn’t have helped you in the Dauntless compound.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time Chacko emigrated to Canada, the family’s only income came from the rubber estate that adjoined the Ayemenem House and the few coconut trees in the compound. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the same social system that exists in the cities also exists in the compound; it’s just a little harder to see.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The rezident of the Soviet embassy in Washington approached Victor Cherkashin, a veteran KGB officer and spy handler, as soon as Cherkashin stepped out of his car in the compound's secure parking lot. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z To compound our problem, my parents came from different tribal reserves, and in the event of the family breaking up, I did not know whether my mother would be allowed into my father’s tribal reserve. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z How Mg** ions might be used to bind negatively charged phosphate groups in the center of a compound helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Stay here,” Mohammed said, as he stopped the car outside Uncle Mbaezi’s compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After a pause of a few beats he says, “It’s caused by a cresol compound used by a manufacturer.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I miss the way my footsteps echoed in the Dauntless compound; I miss the cool underground air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It moved relentlessly toward the hospital, which squatted at the compound’s end. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z While a baby Feral might have caused inconvenience, a baby Ruby had had a more dangerous effect, compounded by the volatility of her nature. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The compound was barely a quarter of the size of our backyard in Enugu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Hybrid words and wild varieties of compound words are the progeny. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When man or woman is part of a compound, often both parts become plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This was then covered by a layer of clay and plaster compound. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z He traveled to Chicago, Asheville, Knoxville, Louisville, and Rochester, each overnight leg compounding his distress. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t any one big thing; it was the way all the little things added up and compounded. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Kainene showed her the bunker, a roughly dug pit covered with logs, before she began to walk toward the building at the far end of the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When you use a compound tense with has or have on the if side of the scale, you need a will have on the other side. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The firm elbow of the elderly man beside her landed painfully on her side as he launched his run into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Today we are higher than yesterday, and tomorrow—he, the compound figure of Wilbur Mercer, glanced up to view the ascent ahead. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “You know it, I know it, God knows it. Do not compound your sin on the flesh of innocents! It shall not cleanse!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “It could be anywhere. We can’t just appear at the Erudite compound and start poking around.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You will take me to this compound now.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z These were appalling scenes, compounded in January 1944 by the retreating German armies looting and destroying the historic galleries, mansions and palaces of the tsars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Let me get this straight. So you left the Dauntless compound to get ready for war... and took your makeup bag with you?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The normal meanness that the winter brought was compounded by the small-spiritedness that hunger and scarlet fever produced. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve always kept an eye on the fringe, which is the nearest genetically damaged area outside the compound. Mostly just research, studying how the genetically damaged behave,” Amar says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The man wore a gaudy blanket, one of the blanketed people who lived inside the compound. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the shuttle lifting off from the compound. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And the first time I felt powerful in the Dauntless compound was when I was holding a gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But she would not have him compound the felony. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z While attempting to isolate enough of the compounds in the cockroaches, an international consortium of scientists develops revolutionary technologies to increase the size of the cockroaches through genetic manipulation. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The shame Shin feels about the executions has been compounded over the years by the lies he began telling in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Moreover, the reputation of her six mean children and the fact that she was a precinct captain compounded her power and gave her the leverage to deal with even the lowest crook without fear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When the driver pulls up to the glass building above the Dauntless compound, Eric is waiting for me by the door. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As we walked up the steps, we saw the three MPs sitting at the entrance of the compound, chatting and ignoring us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z After I left Uriah’s side last night, I wandered the compound without any sense of direction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “There’s a rescue a coming! We got to get out of the compound! Come on, run!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Short-chain aliphatic compounds are elaborated by female monkeys in response to estradiol, and these are of consuming interest to the males. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was used in heavy industry to render other compounds like refined gasoline or polyvinyl chloride for plastic pipe production. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Two boys, each carrying a shovel, were coming across the compound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The train passes the Erudite compound, which is dark now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But every time he came, he would leave Tabitha in her sick bed and walk around outside our compound. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Before she even left the compound, Yolanda put the list away in the glove compartment. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma and her children were climbing into their station wagon as we drove into the sprawling church compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A hundred meters away, Tally saw the hoverboards cruising across the compound, called by her crash bracelets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But when the panicked Tonists saw him, his sword, and his apprentice armband, they ran back into the compound, where they became prey for the scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Not being allowed a phone at school was bad enough but here, in the middle of Sayle’s compound, he felt lost without it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The compound was littered with moons, one in each mud puddle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We found that if you change one compound in Lady ’Stache Off, it becomes highly unstable. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I don’t know where Caleb is—researching whatever made him so distant yesterday, probably—or where Christina and Uriah are—exploring the compound, maybe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When we arrived at Abba every Christmas, Papa would stop by Grandfather’s house at our ikwu nne, Mother’s maiden home, before we even drove to our own compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And protests — by the time troops had turned their muzzles on the marchers down South, the family was buying its joint compound by the half gallon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted the ground to open up and swallow the whole compound. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I wish I could,” she says, “but the Erudite have prohibited Abnegation visitors from entering their compound. If I tried, I would be removed from the premises.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They compounded his misery by holding him back a grade. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The compound looks cleaner than ever before, now that I’ve seen the fringe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Soon we’ll move into apartments on the other side of the compound. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She glanced over at the Special Forces area, then turned and walked quickly across the compound toward her own bunker. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The station is near the southwestern corner of Camp 14, and to get there from school students had to pass below the Bowiwon compound, which sits on a bluff above the Taedong River. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “How do you survive in the Dauntless compound?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Just some memories of the compound so far. But it’s getting interesting.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They did not just stop, though; they drove past him and into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As he drove me home, I looked out of the open window at the compounds we drove past. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Each time she walked into their cemented compounds, she longed for sand in which to curl her toes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And you . . . had better make sure none of the transfers leave this compound again. And that none of the others try to kiss you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Later, bouncing together on Sammy’s trampoline, we promise not to tell our parents about our discovery just yet or they won’t let us explore the compound anymore. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Papa finally eased the car into the wide school compound and parked near the volleyball court, beyond the stretch of manicured lawn. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I showed it to them and they let me into the compound. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “You’re right. Let’s talk to Ladybird. I’m sure she’ll clear everything up. We can talk to her back at the compound.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Her brother, Robert, chose Amity when I chose Dauntless, so he is somewhere in this compound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They made us all stand in the compound of a house that was closer to the bush. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Silently, one by one, they came up the hill, passed through the wire, and drifted in a loose file across the compound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like I was staring into the compound lens on the eye of an insect. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z First, we walk through the rest of our compound where we live since Papa is the head doctor for the Mirpur Khas City Hospital. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I’m about to say no, about to tell the truth, about to wave her away, when I remember: on the way to the hospital, we’ll pass close by the vuvv compound. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z That night there was silence all over the camp, from our little homes to the Lost Boys’ compounds. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was because Abba was different, because people strolled into our compound at will, because the very air we breathed moved more slowly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z People tend to compound the two problems into one; quite often when they ask, “Why is that art?” they mean, “Why is that good art?” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The surrounding buildings are half-collapsed and appear to be abandoned, which is probably why I never noticed the Dauntless compound before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Indians who had once used hatchets to bare the skulls of white men drifted over from Buffalo Bill’s compound, as did Annie Oakley and assorted Cossacks, Hussars, Lancers, and members of the U.S. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They stood in the courtyard of an old compound, like a monastery. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They had sat down to have breakfast when her parents’ Land Rover drove into the compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A large generator in the compound provided electricity, and there was running water. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There was a heat unlike anything I’d ever felt, a heat from the great buildings, compounded by the millions of people jamming themselves into subway cars, into bars, into those same tiny eateries and cafes. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The carriages rolled past Sitting Bull’s Cabin, the Lapland Village, the compound of the allegedly cannibalistic Dahomans, and, directly opposite, the California Ostrich Farm, redolent of simmering butter and eggs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The train tracks loop around the Dauntless compound and then continue farther than I can see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After Ugwu watched Master drive out of the compound, he went and stood beside the radiogram and looked at it carefully, without touching it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In compound meters, each beat is divided into thirds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The compounds were often small, with few guards and not much fencing, but during their brief stays inside, many North Koreans said they routinely witnessed executions and deaths from torture and starvation. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She washed some sand off Baby’s face and hands before they walked out of the compound and down the road. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wasn't really paying attention to it, but his hands had constructed a three-story compound with fortified walls, a moat, and a drawbridge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I say it’s a compound, or multiple, love story, pure and complicated. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z I just push farther into the Bureau compound, farther and farther into the belly of the beast. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A shrub was growing at the gate of their compound and he parked near it, his chest rising and falling, his breathing loud. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z With the consul living next door, marines guard the compound round the clock. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Clearly, however, from the sounds coming from elsewhere in the compound, it was not over at all. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The pirates and the girls had made it back to the compound conference room. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In China, families lived in compounds; a splintering in the family was called dividing the kitchen, and often meant that, literally. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet none of it compares to what I am about to do in the Dauntless compound. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My family lived in a modest two-story house with a smaller house in the same compound, which was really just two side-by-side rooms for our cook, an everyday servant, and their families. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, when you use a compound tense with had on the z/~side of the scale, you need a would have on the other. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and dashed into the church compound. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Just beyond the whitecaps cruised a Navy destroyer, keeping watch on the president’s compound. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A building in the compound exploded, shaking our barrack, and I covered my head with my hands, just like all the prisoners around me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It seems like the .rebellions never stop, in the city, in the compound, anywhere. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The hospital is a compound of beige stone buildings situated on the crest of a softly sloping hill. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She was always restless when her moths were out, and now her confusion was compounding it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “There are twenty-four students in the class. Statistically, at least two of you should not be able to taste the compound on the paper.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then we piled into a bus along with our coaches and trainers and drove almost an hour to the compound where the athletes would stay. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z However, she faltered as she beheld the mounds of bone-colored rock at the far end of the compound, and the small figures going in and out of the many mouthlike holes cut into the mountains. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Out on the patio, the visiting relatives have left, and only the compound folks remain, talking in low, preoccupied voices. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z To compound this—all these unpleasant recollections to the contrary—so much remained of the old Bunny, the one I knew and loved. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When I am fully conscious, I am sitting on a concrete slab beside the high, glowing lights of the vuvv compound. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I cross the room and stand in front of the windows, staring at what we can see of the compound, which is just more of the same glass and steel, pavement and grass and fences. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Now, with the García cousins leaving, only my family will be left living at the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z And, when her mother’s cousin, Uncle Osita, came from Umunnachi to tell her that she was being summoned to a meeting at her grandfather’s compound, she did not tell Odenigbo about it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From the car’s glove compartment Perry fetched a pint bottle containing a ready-mixed compound of orange flavoring and vodka. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I went up there only when I wanted to see farther than the road just outside our compound walls. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But until our language has a sex-neutral possessive that everyone can agree on, we’re stuck with his, her, or the clumsy compound his or her if we want to be correct. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her logic was a combination of half-truths and cliches, her worldview a compound of misconceptions deriving from a history of our nation as written from the perspective of a subway tunnel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He is explaining that the new government will be returning the compound to us, that we’ll have to decide if we want to sell the property or keep it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Her African-bush secretiveness and suspiciousness had been compounded by slavery and confirmed by centuries of promises made and promises broken. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed long brick walls dividing the compounds of Seatown’s wealthy traders from the common folk who did the work of the city. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The Americans marched fairly stylishly out of the British compound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z David tells us that this part of the compound was a hotel, connected to the airport by a tunnel, and this room was once the ballroom. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He scribbled, “I suspect conscience, an hereditary compound passion. Like avarice.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Once in the car, I lie on my back next to the door and watch the Dauntless compound disappear behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He walked out of the compound, to the street, and looked through the plants on the roadside until he saw the rumpled leaves close to the root of a whistling pine. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He couldn't even see the camp compound anymore, but he still kept passing holes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “But that’s inside our house. The outside one’s for bodily waste, full of quaternary ammonium compound chemicals. You know, like that stinky blue soup at the bottom of a porta potty.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He also described the structure of feathers, the nature of a butterfly’s wing and the compound eye of the fly, among many observations of the living world. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get rid of it and everything he did seemed to compound it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But people in laboratories are working on new materials, such as ceramic or carbon compounds, that could withstand such high temperatures without melting. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This made him think that the DNA molecule was a compound helix composed of several polynucleotide chains twisted about each other. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He knew what went on inside the Keepers’ compound, which was surrounded by a high wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinjoo unlatched the door that had been left unlocked and entered the house compound. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He’s the leader of this compound—of the Bureau. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z |
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