| 单词 | connection |
| 例句 | I flinched, severing my connection with the Story Box. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Apparently collaborators are so violently detested in Ormaie that anyone will shoot them, even ordinary citizens who have no connection to the Resistance, and he has to keep his head down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z That can be done through the influence of special kinds of people, people of extraordinary personal connection. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt, whether I wished or not, the connection, the communication that ran, wordless, inarticulate, through Faxe, and which Faxe was trying to pattern and control, for he was the center, the Weaver. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The connection seemed thin, but I still wanted to check it out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Talk went around of students, somewhere else in the country, getting deferrals because they’d shown they were in love—and now, just sometimes, the talk was of students with no connections to Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z These earrings were a physical connection to him, and to that world. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My conditioning as a Negro, and the immense sexual implications with which the racists in our culture bombard us, cut me off, even in my most intimate self, from any connection with my wife. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The once tight connection between race and class has weakened, too, as many African-Americans have moved into the middle and upper middle classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Those three things — autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward—are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The “typical” connectives in the charts, however, are only typical, and writers can leave them out when the connection is obvious to the reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z While waiting for my connection out of London, I found a phone booth that worked and punched in the number Piper sent me. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s easy to hang out with Kenya because of our connection to Seven. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Well, the connection would be...here, in our minds. But not there. If we can think about that other world, we could see a connection, even if there was no one there to see it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He was not dreaming of scandal when he uttered this warning; that was a thing which would never have entered into his mind to consider in connection with his wife’s name or his own. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped and stared at the connection like something both magical and dangerous had happened. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Most of the material that you were dealing with had no connection with anything in the real world, not even the kind of connection that is contained in a direct lie. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Thomas wondered again about his inexplicable feeling of connection with her, though it had faded a little—but that could have been because of everything else occupying his thoughts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “The connection between Olympus and America is dissolving. If it fails—” “The gods won’t move on to another country this time,” Thalia said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Maybe if they distracted him from his fear, he’d be better able to help them find the connection. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I felt a connection with these readers but didn’t know what that connection was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "He is a loquacious individual who likes to brag about his activities as an espionage agent and his connections with Nazis," the prison ward reported. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The red is the same but there is no connection. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Khaleh Mandana and I have always shared a special bond, and I'm certain our connection has to do with the fact that she essentially saved my life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Oh my God,” I said, making the connection instantly. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “First it’s money, now it’s connections. Just spit it out, Fabulous.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Lipnitsky stressed the connection between commanding the center squares of the board and seizing the initiative through the mobilization of the pieces. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They had connections, they had ways of researching that weren’t accessible to just anyone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And since he’s off the soccer team, the sports connection between us is gone too. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But it did have some connection to vitality, or “passion,” as Master Hyrrokkin said, and those without it were emotionless, lethargic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The pigeons aren't the ones doing the speaking, naturally, and no one would make such a connection. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The connections between modern landmasses and those of the past were found to be infinitely more complex than anyone had imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And what possible matter of importance could Father Quinel reveal of that connection? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We make connections much more quickly between pairs of ideas that are already related in our minds than we do between pairs of ideas that are unfamiliar to us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Maybe I could hang his picture on the bulletin board, like a real-life missed connection post. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Patterns of connection between the people I pass. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As mathematicians were uncovering the connection between zero and infinity, physicists began to encounter zeros in the natural world; zero crossed over from mathematics to physics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As soon as Dr. Philobosian had severed the cord of flesh, another, spiritual connection had grown up in its place. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But, no—connections like that were fast, and lasted only a few seconds, no matter how long it felt to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Essentially, it was a hazing ritual: Despite the instructors’ claims, I could see no real connection be-tween repeatedly falling flat on your face and self-preservation in-side a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the connection broke, when Faith’s hand or elbow or shoulder disappeared, I was left holding my breath and my skin tingled where she’d been. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Schafer coined the terms keynote, soundmark, and sound signal to distinguish between different types of sounds, their connections to the environment, and our perception of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Was he trying to determine whether I had influential enough political connections to make trouble for him? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One day at that time, not so very long ago, three things happened and at first there appeared to be no connection between them. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of all, they all had connections that fed into a huge web of people with power. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But he was worried that he might not be enough of a genius to make the connections. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z If Mollie were to let the authorities know of her connection to Roan, she would have to admit to Ernest that she’d deceived him all these years. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There would seem to be no connection between bookkeeping and science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But he was with Quintilian in believing that there was a vital connection between virtue and rhetorical accomplishment. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The woman was Anita Perkins and the man was Leonard Williams, and they both had fancy pedigrees and degrees and obviously tons of connections everywhere. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Colin's skin was alive with the feeling of connection to everyone in that car and everyone not in it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And the connection that had grown between them was still there. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We’d only spoken for a few minutes and lost the connection. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A slow dread built up inside her as she began to make the obvious, logical and completely mistaken connections between the night’s happenings and the missing children. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The principle pleasure of these audiences, says Dr. Trefusis, lies in referring to royalty without either revealing or denying the closeness of his connection, viz. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They had a reputation for high prices and outdated hardware, but their connections were supposed to be fast, reliable, and lag-free. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Because these tools are delivered over the Internet and written in standard Web formats, they are accessible to anyone who has an Internet connection and are easily interoperable with any business. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z I have not yet said anything condemnatory of Mr. Rochester’s project of marrying for interest and connections. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Thanks to Abdol's connections, my dad was able to attend one of the best private schools in Tehran, free of charge. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In this brief moment of passage I became aware of the connection between these lawns and buildings and my hopes and dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They had the best educations, a thousand chances, a thousand connections, and still they’d ended up unable to support themselves. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “The magic is stronger if you draw it yourself. Because you’re like, more connected to your own picture, and the spirits grow strong off that connection.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I immediately felt a connection to the Moroccan people. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I think of how I never realized that she and my mother shared this connection. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped the phone cord around my fingers, trying to feel the connection between us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “What, I can’t call you and talk, voice to voice? Have a human connection?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z At the time, though, the lieutenant made none of those connections consciously. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But this was the first time the entire student body made the connection. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z If I had let Bran walk out when he had turned over the chair, I would have broken the last connection between him and me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The specific connection that summons them is ethereal, a bond of blood, bone, and soul.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z ‘So you think we were drawn here because you have some sort of connection to the ghosts. Like what happened in San Juan?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Ishtar says she has a lot of connections in Hollywood, so I brought that along. Who am I to refuse an offer like that?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One story will lead to another one through some connection, and then he weaves them all together. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z At a time when most scholars were trying to separate the natural world into categories, Maria insisted on finding connections—between life stages, between insect and plant, between art and science. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z That we made a connection, that there was something real between us? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Our one moment of real connection before the Hunger Games. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Therefore, imprinting in an animal’s mind the artificial connection that if it does a certain action, say, roll over, it will get a treat can be achieved only by mind-numbing repetition. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have connections. You see”—Jen’s dad hesitated—“I work for the Population Police.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z And with that, my mother waved her hand over the mist, and the connection dissolved, leaving me with one final image of her new friend, Mr. Blowfish, smiling down at her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And the closer we get to the end, the more connections I’m discovering. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “I’m on my cell, and the connection isn’t great. What was that about the bracelet?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It didn’t take a professor to make the connection. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Of the twelve passengers in that coach, nine have been proved to have had a connection with the Armstrong case. What next, I ask you? Or, should I say, who next?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not ever fully made the connection between my reading and the writing process. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He paused, and I thought perhaps the connection had failed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Whatever my connections may be,” said Elizabeth, “if your nephew does not object to them, they can be nothing to you.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Once in a while, one is taken down when a connection is made by a distant relative who remembers: My cousin had a child by that name. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In his campaign, Garfield reminded voters of the Democratic Party’s connections to slavery and the rebellious South. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Did his father have some connection to snakes? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I felt the connection of all the worlds and the endless power of the spiral. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “We only severed its connection to you,” White Shell Boy and White Shell Girl said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When the connection is made, and a particular lymphocyte with a particular receptor is brought into the presence of the particular antigen, one of the greatest small spectacles in nature occurs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad entered the blockhouse, and I directed him to the firing panel after checking the connections. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This strange connection he felt wasn’t his alone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Hard work—more than education, natural ability, or the right connections—is regarded as crucial for getting ahead in life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The master used his connections in the British high command to secure extra firewood for the house, declaring that his aunt’s bedchamber be kept as warm as the month of June. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t kidnapped her because of her connection with Mrs. Coulter; so perhaps they weren’t in the pay of the Gobblers after all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z What makes it feel small is the web of connections, the way people’s stories tangle together. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When he was growing up, Wes would occasionally follow his mother to the New Metropolitan Church on Sunday, but even on his sporadic visits, he never felt any connection. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I wanted one last glimpse, one more connection with my parents. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He had some connection with bulls as well as with horses, but the bull was connected with many other gods too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “And maybe there’s some other crazy connection with Charles Fort,” Calder went on. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He was going to sever the lifelong connection between her and the golden monkey and use the power released by that to destroy her daughter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His eyes take in the large breasts, the slim waist, the hair cascading down to the defenseless coccyx; but Lefty doesn’t make connections. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I'm not sure if there is a connection. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, I feel a strange connection to him, like family. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mr. Stine showed him the collars that formed the connections between the heaters and the gas pipes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the image a few more seconds, just long enough to curse myself for not making the connection on my own, months ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Wasn’t that exactly the feeling of connection I had been looking for when I began my journeys along the food chains of the U.S.? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was powerful, and it was transferred by their connection. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But the somber mystery of connection that was like a voodoo offering was gone forever. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Cole puzzled so hard his head hurt, but there seemed no connection. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z She glanced between them struggling for the connection, something to close the distance between the silent staring child and the slippery crazy words. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear,” said Lee, “if I heard such a piece of news I think my first impulse would be to telephone someone. Maybe you’d have a bad connection.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But if the first sentence had been A tank came roaring around the corner, which refers to an atypical example of a vehicle, a reader would have had a harder time making the connection. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He's a first-class doctor, but with all respect, he doesn't have connections as such. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, the list of properties subject to forfeiture expanded greatly, and the required connection to illegal drug activity became increasingly remote, leading to many instances of abuse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She slammed hard into dry sandy dirt, coming down on arms that hadn’t been braced hard enough for connection with solid earth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z "This is rhythm, connection, and timing. Just like we practiced," she reminded us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z In a matter of hours, the connection to the Tomb of Horrors D&D module was posted to every single gunter message board. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The office had a telegraph connection to keep him informed of progress by Republican campaigners throughout the country. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I go on Craigslist and find missed connections—not missed you connections, Pa, wow—and I look through their dude-for-dude listings in Manhattan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In time Hattie became reconciled to our marriage and used her connection to us to her best advantage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s better than nothing. As long as the connection holds, we can use it to try to figure out a way out of here. We can even look up Jack’s father’s new address.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And she learned how to bring that connection to the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There’s a podium up there waiting for me and also a computer to provide the Zoom connection. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z From the very first time she performed the ritual, she had known that the connection between the two of them was different than what she felt with the others. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 But it also creates genuine connections with clients. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Who, in real life, plops herself down in a totally strange environment—without housing, family connections, or job—and attempts to become a viable resident? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Our top-down, goal-directed system wants to keep in touch, make connections, form relationships, forge partnerships. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z O'BRIEN The prosecutor's strongest point against you is the connection between you and King. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a frightful blow, especially as Lawrence’s name was starting to be heard in connection with the Nobel Prize, for which Bohr’s endorsement was indispensable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She saw nature as an ever-transforming web of connections—and changed our view of it forever. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Who are they, and how did their lives touch Westing's, these sixteen strangers whose only connection with one another was Sunset Towers? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Apollonius of Rhodes told at length the Quest of the Golden Fleece, and in connection with the story a number of other myths. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I had studied American history the year before, but I was having a hard time making the connection. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z That word came back to me from Philbeit’s letter; it was my first hint of any connection. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hoping she wouldn’t ask where he lived, in case she knew where Lyra was and made the connection; but hadn’t they said she had no interest in the child? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They spent their days hoping and yearning for someone who could see them, a connection to the world of the living, for it was rare that such folks came along anymore. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But my saving human connection—my oxytocin receptor, as it were—is George, the nineteen-year-old Czech dishwasher who has been in this country exactly one week. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a connection, he said, that was more powerful than the one he felt to his Fugees teammates from other countries. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Valerie Jarrett was the newly appointed deputy chief of staff to the mayor of Chicago and had deep connections across the city’s African American community. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If you keep searching, you’ll find connections spanning many years, each offering a small piece of the story. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That was just...unbelievable, in connection with Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In short, there is an obvious connection between innumeracy and the poor mathematical education received by so many people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, playing for higher stakes than he could afford in some rather steep bridge games with his New York connections, he had held cards and won several hundred dollars. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The Ministry had arranged this one-off connection to the Floo Network to return students quickly and safely to the school. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He’d paired up with two other veterans, both former military officers who had extensive political and military connections. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The General waited so long before he answered, Arm thought the connection had broken. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I called him, but he definitely wasn’t interested in attending the Slater funeral, soldier or not, drug connection or not. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Maybe I was searching for a connection to her, some connection outside of school, and it’s the only one I could think of. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She played each note separately, as if they had no connection to each other, and they echoed through the house and landed on the walls like tears. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “And look—some of the original Merritts might have had a connection to Martí.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Some members of the wavering class could move up in the system by joining the Korean People’s Army, serving with distinction and, with luck and connections, securing a lower rung in the ruling party. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Instead, it seems to me that, in the past, good institutions always arose because of a long chain of historical connections from ultimate causes rooted in geography to the proximate dependent variables of the institutions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But there had to be a connection between him and Mr. Flux for them to look so similar. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And to have a face to match her words made our connection seem that much more real. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Even though we Dinka people had had to leave our homeland in Southern Sudan years before, we had managed to keep our connections going through a kind of Dinka “grapevine.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The exit of professional families ruptured the connection that the less fortunate had to the world of college and middle-class jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I thought about tattoos, about the connection, about the tattoo on Ema’s back, the tattoo on Antoine’s face—and most horrifically, the Auschwitz concentration camp tattoo forced upon a young girl named Elizabeth Sobek. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It wasn’t my cooking that made it perfect, but the connection we felt with the food, with the place we live and with each other. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When the wounded were screaming, you dreamed of sharing a little house somewhere, of an ordinary life, a family line, connection. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She also felt a deep connection to the Egyptian people. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I had ready connections to him, of course. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The connection is too slow for gaming and none of my friends is online to chat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “You have no regard, then, for the honour and credit of my nephew! Unfeeling, selfish girl! Do you not consider that a connection with you must disgrace him in the eyes of everybody?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I hadn’t meant to make the connection, but it was too late. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As genetics moved from a material to a mechanistic conception of genes—from what genes are to what they do—human biologists began to perceive long-sought connections between genes, human physiology, and pathology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But what about the connection I’m making with his twin brother now? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Better you send money back. Unless your father is big man? You have connections?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Muslim program began with recognizing that color and addiction have a distinct connection. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I only got as far as step 1.1 checked Pathfinder's connections and the negative lead was no longer attached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen larger buildings, but never one that had any connection to his own life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Thomas was baffled by this girl—first the connection he’d felt to her from the very beginning, then the mind-speaking, now this. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And this brings us to Hume’s third category of connections, cause and effect. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “So you said. But, Mademoiselle, the Orient Express leaves Stamboul every day of the week. Even if you had missed the connection it would only have been a matter of twenty-four hours’ delay.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Every decade has had its landmark moments in HeLa research, and the connection between HPV and cervical cancer was only one of several in the eighties. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It was an hour before Hal got up to go to the can and Joe could follow and make a connection. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had often imagined that his own head was filled with cogs and gears like a machine, and he felt a connection with whatever machinery he touched. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But, curiously, Granovetter found that of those personal connections, the majority were “weak ties.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are places like that, but you have to know someone to get in. You have to have the connections.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The city had some connection to Annabeth—the only person he could remember from his past. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z But I could tell she felt it, too: our connection over this. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z People look at you strangely, and even in their gazes you can see the connections between you, them, and the rest of the world. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z After only a few seconds, the connection was cut. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “In reverse order. More would have appeared, of course, had you maintained the connection. Very well, Harry, these echoes, these shadows. . . what did they do?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He knew there was a connection but it was hard to put into words. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All I can think of in connection with a balloon is the explosion when it breaks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She was thinking through the letter, trying to make the connections among the library, the Allens, the Washingtons, and her grandmother. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Conspiracies and connections as twisted and sticky as a black widow’s web. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The NeuroLink’s connection also seems to have gone down, making it so that no one can bring up a virtual grid in their view to see where they’re going. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And it was impossible to find a connection, because there was no God. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I thought he felt it too, a connection, the possibility of deep friendship rooted in common experience: being afraid of the next attack, not knowing when it's coming. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z They became admirers of each other’s passion for justice, and then they found a deeper connection, fell in love, and got married. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She is my last connection to the living world. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Leo hadn’t made the connection before, but he had a vague memory of older family members calling his grandfather Sam Junior. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z For one: the power of social connection, the need to stay in touch with friends, family, and business connections. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just about the number of heartbeats per minute, but about the personal connections. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z There are whispers that without Lucera, the murals that are touched with shadowshaper magic will eventually fade and the connection to the spirits will be obliterated. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The personnel department maintained a file of available housing for new employees, carefully segmented by race to “establish congenial connections” and “avoid embarrassment.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If Oppenheimer ever wanted to share any scientific information with the Soviets, he could use this connection. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t rate: some defect, lack of connections. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed terribly unfair that her one chance at connection had been dashed so thoroughly before it even began. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I was always moving them around, trying to make connections. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Computer programming didn’t operate as an old-boy network, where you got ahead because of money or connections. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “It was quite a scandal when they married. She had no money and no connections, but at least she abided by the law. Not like your birth mother.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z If someone wanted guidance or help making a connection, I did what I could to give it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “He had a connection to the land. He loved farming and riding horses.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z If they knew what death was, thought Father Gomez, and if they could see the connection between death and himself, then there was the basis of a fruitful understanding between them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If the sandstorm damaged it, I'll have lost my connection to NASA. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So there is a direct connection between the dream and my life. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z ‘Introduce yourself as a child of Pluto. It is important you make this connection.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We both hang up, but it's like there's still a connection. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He has mastered what sociologists call the “weak tie,” a friendly yet casual social connection. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A connection that defies the fact that we’ve only just met. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Harry could not help thinking that he and Dumbledore both had deep roots in this graveyard, and that Dumbledore ought to have told him so, yet he had never thought to share the connection. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The cane-sucking habit in Kilanga was no doubt connected to the black stumps of teeth most everyone showed off when they smiled at us, and Mother never lost an opportunity to remark upon that connection. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn't, even though I had connections, even though it was less dangerous for me than for her and Mina. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Their presence in Africa would astonish us, if the presence of Indonesian people on Madagascar had not already alerted us to Africa’s prehistoric Asian connection. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He never did make the connection between that fast-food stop and my request a couple of weeks earlier. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The connection between Holland as an exploratory power and Holland as an intellectual and cultural center was very strong. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The bonfire will provide him with a connection to the circus, even though he is not entirely certain how well it will work. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once when he happened in some connection to mention the war against Eurasia, she startled him by saying casually that in her opinion the war was not happening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “You think you are making personal connections with these people?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But you don’t have anything to worry about. Root is...a part of my family, part of our history. A connection to the earth and our ancestors.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z You start with an incomplete roster of facts, characterized by their ambiguity; often the problem consists of discovering the connections between unrelated pieces of information. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then the FBI caught up with him and brought him in. He got big connections and got into Officers Candidate School.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her silences were brooding, insular, and yet he felt a connection to her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I had no connections in the world, no voice anyone would listen to. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I pick up the train connection in Toledo. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z One that only hovers near my mouth and has no connection to anything within. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The moment their connection was severed, they let out a scream so powerful it generated its own wind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t think so. No mention of you anyway. But it’s the first connection to you that hasn’t triggered some mental meltdown,” says Haymitch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When he had looked like that, she could almost have believed a connection between them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once you’ve made all of the connections, the strange thing is that you will find the same names coming up again and again. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the marks here matched the three she’d spotted at Xavier’s murder site, but there had to be some connection. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead it was probably created to separate elite from hoi pol- loi, with the goal of emphasizing the priestly rulers' separate, superior, socially critical connection to the divine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Circumstances knit themselves, fitted themselves, shot into order: the chain that had been lying hitherto a formless lump of links was drawn out straight,—every ring was perfect, the connection complete. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Travis unhooked the electrical connection from the starter motor and clanked around with the wrench until he got onto the other bolt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Cobbett hated Rush because of Rush’s prominent connection to the Revolution and his belief in representative government. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Lee,” Mike said, making the connection at the same time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “No, but I got connections and it’s always worth my while to stop there.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Note, too, his use of the plain style—establishing an ethos connection with Dud. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He burned a lot of papers too, documents, anything that might suggest he still had some connection with Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like that, the fragile connection we were starting to build snapped. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Polly was finding the song more and more interesting because she thought she was beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that were happening. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z In the coming months, I’d feel the power of connection to these other women. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Like most people, I had no clue of her random connection to Hannah Baker. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I was just a boy; I had no connections; I had no skills. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I waited quietly for him to make whatever fantastic connection there might be between this and his shirt. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And holding the connections between them in her mind...It had once been like running, or singing, or telling a story: something natural. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Both fully realized,” Alexander wrote later, “that War Admiral’s connections would pay no attention at all to the pipe dream of a mere newspaper columnist.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Miguel, “once we have more clues, we can use Sherlock Holmes’s famous ‘deductive reasoning’ method to make logical connections between all the random junk.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Each had been chosen because of its connection with the history of Perry Smith. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Proof of this possibly evil, or at least cantankerous connection, would come just a year later. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z More connections, faster connections, more efficient connections—Neal and others in the booming tech industry serving a seemingly insatiable drive to communicate with one another and trade at ever-increasing rates. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A second or two it rested there: a blaze of connection, the feeling of being seen and set apart. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The rabbi wants the Zoom connection to be online and running before the service starts so no one has to fiddle with electronics during a Sabbath service. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He was there to convince them that our stories connected us to one another, and through those connections, it was possible to harness discontent and convert it to something useful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But you see their connection in the way they twirl their hair or chew on their bottom lips or how they whistle through their straws before each sip. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She takes a deep, relieved breath, feeling a sense of connection to her fellow journalists all those years ago, as they boarded helicopters halfway around the world to escape the Viet Cong. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The conference would furnish important connections for the ANC and be the first and best chance for us to enlist support, money, and training for MK. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked where it was going: the driver named a place a long way off, and where I was sure Mr. Rochester had no connections. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d be free to make connections with the acting community in New York City. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t feel the spark of connection with them, either. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In it, Jesus really was a nobody, and a pain in the neck to a lot of people with better connections than he had. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But even more than that, he believed, “They are not ready to give up this play. They’re just not. They have such a deep connection to it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Because it’s the only connection to you I have left. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Maybe the hand felt a connection to the dancers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z We started working family connections, trying to find someone to help me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Horchow has an instinctive and natural gift for making social connections. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They started their race studies with the Herero and concluded with the Jews. Of course there’s a connection!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There are something like a hundred trillion, 1014, such connections in the human cerebral cortex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The connection is rarely made that rounding off and making reasonable estimates have something to do with real life. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore had known his middle name....Dumbledore might have made the connection with the Gaunts....Their abandoned home was, perhaps, the least secure of his hiding places, it was there that he would go first.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “But if you are asking whether they all have a connection to an Otherworld...Yes.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What connections to other parts of the curriculum can be made? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Europeans had no such connections to North American lands. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The transmission is full of static, apparently caused by the makeshift connection. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Thoughts of the girl crashed around his mind, made him remember the connection he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It was only through luck and connections that Grant secured a commission in an Illinois regiment. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “With an Internet connection, anyone can see. At school, the public library. Home. Anywhere.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z At public events, I focused on making personal connections with the people I met, in small groups and in crowds of thousands, in backstage chats and harried rope lines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Uncle Abdullah gave me a shove toward the gate, not caring that I had lost my only remaining connection to my mother. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In this book, we will explore a holistic, artistic, integrated, and forward-thinking 21st-century approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z That momentary connection made him feel, if even for a second, like he was less alone in the world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z An impeccably groomed and proper San Francisco lawyer with extensive connections on Wall Street and in Washington, Gaither was a habitue of the worlds of finance and of technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had lost his money, but not his connections, nor his eye for opportunity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, Oppenheimer has a local connection to the Bay Area: he taught at the University of California at Berkeley. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Gone were the small-town rhythms and the day of the waterman, replaced by connections to the larger world and the vitality of middle-class dreams. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I realize all of them, created in a lab to be homogenous, can’t feel a connection to any ancestors. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This connection between puzzles and mathematics persists through to graduate and research-level mathematics, and the same may be said of humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s not her fault, coming from a family with connections to the KKK. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z That Sunday goes and comes in my memory like a bad connection on an overseas telephone call. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike me, she had a direct emotional connection to the issue: Beau Biden, Joe’s older son, was serving in Iraq with the National Guard. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was an awkward moment when Luke had to rewire the connection between his brain and his mouth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She thinks there is a connection between butterflies, moths, caterpillars, and the rumpled brown cocoon before her, and she is determined to find it. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The principal of Healdtown was Dr. Arthur Wellington, a stout and stuffy Englishman who boasted of his connection to the Duke of Wellington. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is important to remember this in connection with recent happenings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her face smoothed out and she said: "What an interesting idea, honey. But I'm wondering . . . will people make the connection? Maybe it's better to wear a brighter color. Like something red. You love red." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z You can see things that we cannot, you can see connections and possibilities and alternatives that are invisible to us, just as sraf was invisible to you. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I keep trying to think of something to say, but apparently I’ve lost the connection between my brain and mouth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But is it not also thus: the living man, black and desperate to run, cursed by his connection to the white, devouring ghost? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Promises, from Richards: mentorship, connections, if “you’d just get a drink with me after work.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In the same way we crave food, we crave connection. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z God said this: From this moment on, He will punish horribly anybody who torments a bum who has no connections! Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “My son wasn’t exaggerating. I have connections. People I used to rally with. Many who helped us after things went bad.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In a way more felt than thought, he sensed a connection between Nipper’s absence and Dorothy’s words, which had been haunting him without letup. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Odenigbo had insisted on installing it himself, at first, and each time she pressed it, there was a fire spark at the wall connection. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This traditional Japanese form of storytelling will draw students in while they make connections with music, the visual arts, language arts, history, culture, and character education. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But if Branwell made a connection between my saying it now and my saying it about the Jack-and-Jill, he didn’t show it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler’s third or harmonic law, a precise connection between the size of a plan- et’s orbit and the period for it to go once around the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There may be planets where the intelligent beings have about 1014 neural connections, as we do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At once I felt a connection to it, for it, also, was ugly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z In retrospect I have to think it was the kind of connection that makes people decide to phone each other at the same instant after fifty years of not talking. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The connection hadn’t seemed so terrible to me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Now are you willing to concede that there is some faint connection, not necessarily between two eccentrics, but with a—um—general turn of mind that exists in some quarters across the water?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The bizarre, tenuous nature of their connection struck him with new force—that a moth should be their only link. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I may just do that,” I tell her, because I’m making the connection between training to break a league record and training to ace a math test. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But Spaghetti and I have a special connection. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In her shock, she’d severed the connection and left the moth on the dreamer’s brow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t say it because I couldn’t let myself believe there was any connection. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Such an alliance would create a family connection that would demand loyalty and service. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Though they were nice, my immigrant neighbors could see no connection between their personal habits and the armies of mice and roaches aggressively occupying the building. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I feel a million of their tiny pulses in the air, and in the moment their collective heartbeat finds my own, I also feel a distinct sense of connection to them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As a result of the delay he misses his commuter rail connection in Boston, waits another forty minutes for the next one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Growing up, I was always tickled by this raffish personal connection to history: part of the Puritans, but not actually puritanical. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know the connection with her bridge club either, although I’m sure there is one. She’s your mom’s mother, maybe your mom will know what that meant.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z The most oft-cited story was that an American consular official with connections to the CIA had tipped off the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had ever known him to be related to the Gaunts, he had hidden the connection, the killings had never been traced to him: The ring, surely, was safe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I cannot understand....The connection...exists only...between your two wands....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Percy, remember your training. Remember your study of mythology. What is my connection to the titan lord?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But the connections had never been broken, she now saw, and anyway her parents were absent in their different ways, Briony was lost to her fantasies and Leon was in town. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Was this the connection between the symbol and Serakeen, the assassin and the book? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A blaze of connection—or collision, as though they had long been wandering in the same labyrinth and had finally rounded the corner that would bring them face-to-face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z According to neuroscientists, what makes a creative thinker is the high activity in the association cortices sections of the brain—responsible for making new connections and for “eureka” moments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Passengers held the yarn as long as possible, maintaining the connection to the faces disappearing onshore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I imagine the experience of unease mixed with exhilaration often described in connection with this moment is very similar to what I felt in the Ford as the surroundings grew strange around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t impose on them anymore than I already had, or risk ruining them with the invisible fingers that seemed bent on tearing apart every single connection I managed to make. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Otto and I went to my room to video chat with Dad before dinner, but I’d just established the connection when the satellite link went down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Please note, Mrs. Miller, that the “connection to the assignment” is that it involves two roads diverging—not in a yellow wood, like in Frost’s poem—but someplace else. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Everyone in school knows that the Irish mob moved Erin, and, because I’m the last remaining connection Erin has to Bellmont, people are afraid to be around me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very confused about why the window was set up in such a way that the human connection was lost between the interviewer and the interviewee. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I had not considered how easily my connection to Elsinore might be uncovered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Now that the fog of the nagual’s spell had lifted, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t made the connection sooner. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I said that I imagined the Cubans liked his published attacks on American policy in Latin America, his admiration of Cuban public health and medicine, and his efforts to create connections between Cuba and Harvard. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I thought Olive, who was small and quick, or Hugh, with his peculiar connection to another sort of winged creature, might have some luck, but both were humiliated. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He wrote, “Frank Millet, whom I loved, was aboard her...thus cutting off my connection with one of the best fellows of the Fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Only the biggest, baddest operator in all of Ketterdam. He has money we don’t have, connections we don’t have, and probably a head start.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The law set up the Civil Service Commission to fill thousands of federal government jobs based on applicants' experience and ability, not their political connections. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "Let them show us their divinity, their connection to the Goddess of Beauty." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The connection went through on the fourth try. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z These learners think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns making connections between pieces of information. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “If you are enjoying the connection, time goes quickly. If you aren’t, it’s the longest six minutes of your life,” she said as she watched the couples nervously chatter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She had a flawless reputation for work and study; she was now a skilled and record-breaking air navigator; she had squeaky-clean connections. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Hopefully, this little bit of a connection will help ease her through to this side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “What connection did they have to the village? Or to the people, and the children, in the burning houses?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Yet you confide much more in a boy who is incapable of Occlumency, whose magic is mediocre, and who has a direct connection into the Dark Lord’s mind!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We learned within days that a member of the Conservative Party, Clive Derby-Lewis, had been arrested in connection with the murder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it happened so many years ago and so far away, our school has a direct connection to the Holocaust! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They plan innumerable journeys across country for the fun of linking up impossible connections. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z In its place came empty discussions about matters that had no practical connection with the desperate needs of the masses of Jews. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I had become indifferent to my old connections, an attitude I had adopted in part to justify my flight and somehow alleviate the pain of my separation from a world I loved and valued. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These connections, which drape themselves from the limbs of one tree to the limbs of another, violate the neatly nested, branch-within-branch geometry of a tree.2 I’ll call them arcs of coherence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I was watching her closely, but it never seemed to occur to her I might make the connection—maybe she’d even forgotten herself where the image had come from. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course she had never considered that their father, who could not even trap a mouse, had shot their friend, but the connections seemed jumbled. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It is too big, too complex, with too many working parts lacking visible connections. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to know more about her, understand the odd connection he felt to her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They were not wholly of the American aristocracy but tolerably close, with connections and affluence that endowed Alfred with upper-class tastes and bearing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In a few hours, once the dawn breaks anew, citizens will gather to begin their observance of the Bonding, a holy day in which we celebrate our connection to the gods of this land. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Please sit and press your hands to the earth. We are going to test the strength of your connection to the splendor.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Interestingly, there is often an affective connection between music and the emotions, and musical intelligence may share common thinking processes with mathematical intelligence. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And what’s the connection between whatever’s hidden in the cupboard and whatever’s inside the box from Madagascar? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Where we come from, it’s hard to see the connection. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was strange. She seemed to think I had some connection with the child. As I do, I suppose, indirectly, through you. It was...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I scan the tent for Marlena and instead see a panther slide through the connection into the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “If you will forgive my saying so, Agravaine, I would prefer you to speak of your aunt by her title, at least in front of me—even in this connection.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Adult-led learning situations may be able to tap into or approximate the multi-modality that may increase arts and learning connections for children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The only Iranian guys I knew were related to me, and anytime I met one who wasn't, I instantly felt a familial connection. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It also referred to her positive connection to Ptolemy XII. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He was my shield in life, my link to Beyond, my connection to my own self. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “This is your case, Flora. I know you have a special connection to the kid. Can you shine any light on this for me?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I was losing my connection to Islam, and I realized how much I missed my Muslim community back home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had thought he’d made a real connection with her, but what did he know? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And somewhere in my fuzzy mind I make a connection—that’s how everything is done. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z And that was when Mary began to see the connection between the mulefa and the question that had occupied the past few years of her life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In all four cases, there was historical evidence of altered states of consciousness, frequently in connection with the outbursts of violence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Kind was at first a family connection, later an elevated social rank, and finally came to rest meaning kindly or gentle. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I type the information into my mom’s phone and wait for a connection. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z In that tiny fishbowl box office, my only connection to my coworkers in the lobby was a red phone. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The connection I have with Rufus isn’t what I expected when I met him around three in the morning. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I was so distracted, I didn’t make a single one of my connections, and I wobbled through the routine like a bobblehead toy. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We’re only just investigating— questioning those with a Death Eater connection ... Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I started by reaching out to some of his old connections, German expats in Johannesburg, a woman who used to date one of his friends who knew somebody who knew the last place he stayed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I would eat dinner with cabin eleven, scrape part of my meal into the fire, and try to feel some connection to my real dad. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Tennessee’s disasters were the fruit of indifferent nature, without connection to the crimes of the homesteaders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It made me uneasy, thinking it might have been a mistake to reveal my connection and where I had come from. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I spend the whole time reading missed connections on my phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z That it was old-fashioned only strengthened the association, because it meant I usually only heard the word in connection with myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘Shadow-travel is magic. Several of my followers are daughters of Hecate. It was a simple enough matter for them to pull you off course, especially since you and I share a connection.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The meetings were wedged in among constant banquets and receptions, at which Ernest considered his attendance essential to forging a personal connection with his Russian counterparts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I guess that connection I thought we had at school, where we were back to being Twinkle and Maddie, was just in my head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It made sense that every place should have a connection to death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But the Americas, as we have seen, are broken up into “islands” of societies with tenuous connections to each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only connection he wants is with Caroline. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But out there on the page, the connections have to be signaled by the lexical and syntactic resources of the English language. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z At first it was hard to go through each day without making any lasting connections, leaving any life-changing effects. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But Morrow had led a very different life from Halliday’s—one involving a much greater connection to humanity. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I log on, type in my password, M-A-N-G-O, and wait for the connection to go through. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Many cases of human poisonings are on record, most of them in connection with industrial handling. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A forest has no connection to a city. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, what the hotel offered in charm and serenity, it lacked in modem technology, such as in-room Internet connections. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Did Professor Docker say that you had some connection with Mrs. Coulter?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Shock, I thought, and I tried to tell him that, but my tongue wouldn’t make the connection. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After leaving the movies, I’d make my connections for supplies, then roll my sticks, and, about dark, I’d start my rounds. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We have connections to most of them, not just from Queens and the other boroughs but from Nassau and Westchester and Bergen counties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z People look forward to weekends for connections, revisions and separations even though many of these activities are accompanied by bruises and even a spot of blood, for excitement runs high on Friday or Saturday. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes darted from the key to the wrapper and back to the key again as I tried desperately to make the connection between them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nor the significance of that preserve in connection with the significance of yours. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Now what connection under heaven can there be between the golden man hanged so long ago and the sweet little bearing mother? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Jesus. You know why you’re messed up? It’s because you don’t have a connection with other people.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z That night, lying in bed, Roy felt a stronger connection to Mullet Fingers, and a better understanding of the boy’s private crusade against the pancake house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It transpired after a confused five minutes that the man had heard Gatsby's name around his office in a connection which he either wouldn't reveal or didn't fully understand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Sugar was the connection, the tie, between slavery and freedom. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He takes off the headphones and breaks the connection. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When I floated up and out of my body that first time, I understood what Doc had been telling me this entire time: Rootwork is a connection to my ancestors, my traditions, and my heritage. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I had discarded my presumptions that graduates automatically became leaders and that my connection to the Thembu royal house guaranteed me respect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His talk was far from vacuous and stood out sharply from the rest, several of which bore no connection to the purpose of the meeting. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I secure Bobo’s door and slip into the connection, the roofless canvas tunnel that joins the menagerie to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He had to understand every connection, or the knife would not hold together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone; never. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “It seems like there’s too much connection here,” Petra said slowly. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Dumbledore wanted you to use Occlumency! He thought the connection was dangerous—Voldemort can use it, Harry! What good is it to watch him kill and torture, how can it help?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mother explained how the administrator had called her into his office and told her he had the connections to see that she got offered a job in Oklahoma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gray asked if she had had “difficulty... in connection with the seating arrangements.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z As I speak, I think of the people she stands to lose—her father and mother, her sister—all those connections, forever altered or discarded, in the name of genetic purity. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I walked slowly, because there was more to see than at any of the others, more places to hide, and because I knew this pseudovision had a direct connection to the minimall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Tipsters with the slightest connection to the twelve-day search for Lincoln’s killer tried to get their piece of the reward. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In official games, the players step inside these booths to ensure that everything is exactly fair for both teams: equal temperature differences; air pressure; Link calibrations; connection to Warcross; and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Government jobs go to people in certain families or with good connections, says Norma. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z This book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Please. Not another hysterical scene. You’ll dislodge all of the thoughts which are developing in my mind in connection with the lecture.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z None reported feelings of rage in connection with the murders, nor did they experience anger in any strong or pronounced way, although each of them was capable of enormous and brutal aggression. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If the drill leaned against the workbench just right, it could make a metal-to-metal connection. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice of the studio announcer informs the audience that the network has lost the connection to Grovers Mill. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He and Kathy worried about the reach of the Department of Homeland Security, its willingness to contact anyone born in or with a connection to the Middle East. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z If only she could have had some common sense, she would have been glad of his marriage, as such a connection would have been profitable for her and the children, too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But she did seem to have a special connection with Tater. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And to Pythagoras the connection between shapes and numbers was deep and mystical. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I severed my connection to the sand story above our heads and shoved everyone toward the entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I’d never felt such an instant connection with another person, in the real world or in the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But I don’t make the connection until Serenity voices it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a long silence on the other end of the wire, followed by an exclamation . . . then a quick squawk as the connection was broken. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It only exists in connection with those whose habits are to seek association with men and domestic animals, to bite them and to suck their blood. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Because you can prove Pythagoras’s theorem. So you know it must be true. But there’s nothing to prove with the beehive. You can see the connection, but you can’t prove...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Any connection, no matter how specious, might be used to justify his incarceration and extend it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For better or worse, they shared a connection now. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My innovation in connection with the filing system must remain secret for the moment, for it is rather revolutionary, and I shall have to see how it works out. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be an ordeal, putting our home back together, but we were far better off than most: We had international connections and the wad of hundred-dollar bills my father had brought with him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “You’re saying that if white people had not murdered the Herero, the Jewish Holocaust would not have happened? I don’t see a connection at all!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then the problem was taken up of how I might establish a connection with the high-class boarding house run by Camille “Pop” Prior at 8 Scroope Terrace. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The teachers introduced a program that explicitly trained the students to construct coherent arguments, with a focus on the connections between successive ideas. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “But on the whole it was perfect. We hit the ball right out of the park. It’s lost. And it’s gonna stay lost. There isn’t a single connection.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Any connection between American art and American nature is purely coincidental, but this is only because the nation as a whole has no contact with reality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Learning happens when brain cells make new connections. The strength of these connections is enhanced by a group of proteins in the brain called growth factors.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t told him about Cain revealing that he knew who she really was, or the possible murder connection to the Wyrdmarks—not yet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We will need to learn more about the cycling of life in the rest of the system, and about our connection to the process. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the important people, he realized, the ones with connections, the ones whose families were safe. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “For sure. But you know what? I’ll bet, except for a few Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, and Arikara people who come here, no one has the connection to this place that you do.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Most commonly, you’d hear them referred to indirectly, in connection with an object or a chore. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “To the theatre! Maybe we can find out what’s going on! There has to be a connection between the theatre and your uncle and the Marvels, right? And maybe with Marcus, too.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps because of Taisin’s new confidence, today the connection opened up, and for the first time, each could see a tiny part of the other. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But the poor judgement of men will begin something that seems good at the outset without noticing the poison concealed underneath, as I said earlier in connection with consumptive fevers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer had made an important connection between the past research in the attention/distraction field and the challenges faced by multitasking drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Jerome's money connection hadn't arrived and nobody knew why, especially Jerome. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It’s not that I feel a deep connection or anything to him already, but the idea of watching anyone die makes me sick and sad and angry—and that’s why he’s asking. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then, without any explanation, as if the connection between the two were obvious, I wrote, I don’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to get a decent education as a child. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Joseph had felt a connection to Leo the first moment he’d seen his photograph, and now he wished he could have met Leo, to tell him he felt the same way. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She decided at that stage, at least, she would not tell them about their father’s connection with the rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be no connection at all among the books, except that they were all about traveling and had all been published after the minimall was abandoned. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But he has heard about a group of Communists working underground who have connections. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I felt so embarrassed, I was about to wave my hand through the mist and cut the connection, but before I could, my mom saw me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Every moment of every video record was connected to a hundred others by different criteria—which meant that every connection Citra followed led her down a rabbit hole of virtual neurons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I sensed some connection to this desire to give and the raw poverty of her youth. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “What are we missing? There’s got to be a connection between Parker and this city.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We would not need to go hunting for our connection to our food and the web of life that produces it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “We only severed the connection the spirit had upon Nathan. Right now, it is finding its way back to his uncle. It will be very angry.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He was discovered missing at 5:35 a.m. when the police raided his house in connection with a corruption investigation. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “You converse easily. It seems as if you have...a connection.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Miami connection was delayed, so we passed time in an airport restaurant. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I checked all the connections and made sure there wasn't any dust on them, but they still just aren't 100 percent. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned further in, closing my eyes in anticipation of the bright connection of her lips. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “And Mary King is safe!” added Elizabeth; “safe from a connection imprudent as to fortune.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The first describes the way a speaker establishes—both overtly and more subtly—his bona fides as a speaker and his connection with the audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I’d never had such a powerful, immediate connection with another human being before. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a very good mobile phone connection, which made it easier for Aimee to answer in monosyllables and not have to explain why. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The new mass of knowledge is still formless, incomplete, lacking the essential threads of connection, displaying misleading signals at every turn, riddled with blind alleys. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wolf's trial also sparked a debate about crimes committed during the Cold War, who should be considered guilty, and the uncertain connections between past and present. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mary’s is a clergyman, a college friend of her brother’s, and, from his attainments and principles, worthy of the connection. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But the connection came through as a man's voice, very thin and far away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A dial tone, of course, followed the formal break in the connection. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It seems like a profanation of the word to write it in connection with such a monster, so asked him point-blank:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “No money, no family, no connections, no experience. I thought, ‘This is your only way to get your foot in the door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It created a connection between the Columbia message viewers saw on television and the message they read in a magazine. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought we would have a lot in common and hoped we’d have a real connection, but from day one, something was off. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But a person who crossed the black water lost all caste; he was stripped of the connections that had defined him and his family for generations. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that his connections hadn’t helped him. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As if Molly might not make the connection, she moves the rag to her head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, doesn’t count. You missed the connection. Start over.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The paper chain is about the Holocaust, so there’s a Jewish connection. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, when Frank mentioned Temple of Zeus and statue, Leo’s brain had made a connection. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Because many of the subjects were taught in English, and I had had a head start in the language through my connection with the Smiths, I quickly became one of the better students in school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way Bobby Joe built up some interesting and valuable connections and with their help, just before leaving Vietnam, he worked out a daring plan to send himself a “body.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m fine. You sound funny, though. Either you have a terrible cold or this is a terrible connection. Where are you, anyway?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z As soon as he heard it, Toby remembered reading something about the Egyptian priests making predictions, but he just hadn’t been thinking about the oracles in connection with the Egypt Game until that moment. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The connection between the solids of Pythagoras and the disposition of the planets could admit but one explanation: the Hand of God, Geometer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You find a connection between the name and something about the person. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She did seem familiar; he felt a connection to her, though it was impossible to grasp in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But where there is no desire and no shame no one, however anomalous, is singled out; and I think Asra made no connection of this notion with myself and my peculiarities. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She could continue on to a connection in Indiana, or stay on the Valentine farm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z You are listened to with respect and yet your connection with them is no longer so tight but that you cannot possess considerable freedom of action; even if the action is somewhat unorthodox.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z As advances in medicine and disease prevention have increased life expectancy in the United States, the benefits have disproportionately gone to people with education, money, good jobs, and connections. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Not for the money or the card or the gift, but the connection. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “A missed connection. You know those posts where it’s like, I saw you on the F train reading Fifty Shades of Grey and eating candy corn.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Like the mass of cables drooping behind a desk, the conceptual connections from one sentence to another have a tendency to get gnarled up in a big, snaggly tangle. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I turn on the computer because it’s a connection to the world, and maybe that’s what I need right now. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “What kind of work did you do? Maybe I know someone who can help. There might even be someone here in the building with a connection somewhere.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It turned out that they needed someone with long arms who could plug in connections the length of the switching board. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They installed me at the marquetry table with some harmless dummy documents to work on—finding the best connections between French rail and bus timetables and making a list of them in German. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Did they not appreciate the connection this church created with their lord Jesus Christ? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Heather doesn’t have talent or connections—I tell her she is wasting her time to even think of it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Later on, as I sank deeper into all this mud, I would realize how much of his success Bodega owed to Nazario and his connections at City Hall. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Evidently Mrs. or Miss Oliver had good connections... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But what most intrigued me was the connection between dark skin and poverty. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There could be no connection between that drawing and the goblet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z With tremendous good fortune and not a few connections they’d found a way to send their daughter abroad, on a student visa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In connection with the new arrangement, Lawrence received approval for his expanded Alpha II plant, which would supplement the feed from the diffusion process in a final push to produce uranium enriched to weapon-grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To my eye, historians have been puzzlingly ready to dismiss such connections. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was considered one of the top girls—and the principal’s daughter—and some girls thought maybe there was a connection between the two. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I definitely didn’t make the connection between the letters in his suitcases and the envelopes in Grandma’s dresser, even if I should have. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You understand, Alex. No one’s using money anymore. It’s all food and gas and connections.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They have no deep connections here, no old friends, no parents to sit for their children. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He goes backstage for a moment, they speak for a moment, but Sorrel is a gentleman and Harrison is a player, and there is no further connection. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Prisons reconvene old neighbors as well as people with even deeper connections. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had written scholarly articles on the history of various diseases, often focusing on their connection to poverty. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Because we have this secret connection that only you knew about?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z My anger and frustration with all of you turned to tears and then back to anger and hate every time I found a new connection. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It resembled MacGregor, of course, because it was his clone, but MacGregor was an adult with differences that made it hard to see the connection. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And now our connection is purely business, no matter what my heart might say every now and again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The first connection is the most direct one: availability of more consumable calories means more people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z More than the dilapidation, it was this connection, this lost memory of the temple’s grander relation, which gave the useless little building its sorry air. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps there was some connection between that very early story of him and the fact that he was God of Commerce and the Market, protector of traders. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My connection to the palace isn't completely lost if she's here with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As pharaoh, Cleopatra had a strong personal and historical connection to the Egyptian gods and goddesses. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “My colleague wanted to know about your connection to this place. Is it true that your own father was shot and killed by the Oakland police?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I passed along his exhortations to endure, and to use the Net to make friendly connections. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His connection to this organization, about which I still knew very little, gave him the reputation of a rebel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it was supposed to have stopped! Your scar—it wasn’t supposed to do this anymore! You mustn’t let that connection open up again—Dumbledore wanted you to close your mind!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We had this immediate connection, and he was my uncle, my family. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When he touches me, I feel like everywhere his skin meets mine is changed by the connection. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z SIAS: Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space—it makes connections. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Turns out it weren’t nothing crucial, just a loose connection on the fuel line. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Shoemaker had an Iowa connection–his daughter-in-law taught at the University of Iowa–and he was familiar with the Manson crater from his own studies. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But I had no connection to the history I was learning. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z That he was surprised by the connection was evident; he sustained it, however, with fortitude, and so far from going away, turned back with them, and entered into conversation with Mr. Gardiner. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Some reporter had rigged up a connection to the line. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My connection to my sisters and the Goddess of Beauty is lost. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Curtis, “the only connection I can see is Thomas Wolfe wrote Look Homeward, Angel and Lewis Carroll wrote Through the Looking-Glass. Both titles have the word ‘look’ in them. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z What if the prosecutors, hoping to justify Zeitoun’s incarceration, tried to make a case against him—a connection, any distant connection, to some terrorist activity? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z What I did next had no connection, I believe, with my chromosomal status. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, those would work. Let’s imagine another world, a different one again, where there are bees but no people. Would there still be a connection between a beehive and sweetness and light?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It makes my chest ache, wondering if we might be too different to ever make any real connection. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “First Turkey has a connection to the Third World that no one else has. Her feathers were touched by my mother’s water.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z This person’s parents will have done meaningful work in the garment business, passing on to their children autonomy and complexity and the connection between effort and reward. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I knew we were in major trouble, but I went through the motions of removing the cowling and fiddling with the spark-plug connections. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Prose becomes stuffy when an insecure writer hammers the reader over the head with redundant indicators of a connection, as if unsure that one would be enough. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Stanton and Anthony were eager to replace the connection to the press that they had lost in the split with Horace Greeley and the New York Tribune, so they accepted his offer. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But how could he tear me from my home, take away the only connection I had to it, and then pronounce me backward? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “It serves several purposes. Primarily, it is my connection to the circus, but it also functions as a safeguard of a sort. I neglected the fact that it does not cover those outside the fence.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He hooked up the electrical connection and scooted out from under the car. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Is there a connection between all of these?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Here’s to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Johnny wanted to stop—tell that fellow—that Rab—of his great connections, but decided to wait until he was sure of his welcome into the Lyte family. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day added something to their knowledge of the officers’ names and connections. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I figured that out from some subtle clues: the shape of the connection points, the thickness of the insulation, and the fact that it had "LiSOCl2 NON-RCHRG" written on it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She only admitted facts she was sure her questioners knew from other sources, especially her connection to Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the truth is I’m not ready to leave Wal-Mart yet; it’s my connection to the world, my source of identity, my place. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry’s father traveled a good deal; besides, if there was a connection, what could it possibly be? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, that afternoon, that moment, when that first molecule pierced her skin, was the beginning of our connection, one that led me into a darkness that was as twisted as it was sublime. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It no longer surprised me to find connections between the articles in the box and Miss Sadie’s stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z For a second I find the connection interesting. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I think she was trying to make an embarrassing romantic connection. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My family was kept in a military hostel near the hospital and had little access to news from the outside world, since the hostel had no Internet connection. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They say hard work and a good education are more important to getting ahead than connections or a wealthy background. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But Ma and Pa encourage him to spend time with Uncle Cent, who will help him make good connections with other well-placed people in the city. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was fairly certain he would never use it, but having it in the garage, she knew, would mean something to him—a connection to the past, the possibility of adventure. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z These things were you, now there is no connection whatever; the sorrow within me is not for this body which has suffered and in suffering has let slip the spirit, but for you, my son. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And White came upon the two deserters who had killed his older brother, Dudley, though White never mentioned the connection, not wanting to cause them any distress. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The information content of the human brain expressed in bits is probably comparable to the total number of connections among the neurons—about a hundred trillion, 1014, bits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The switchboard put her through to a helpful nasal voice, and then the connection was broken and she had to start again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The coincidence of that connection made me laugh, and I think it was the first good laugh I had behind bars. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I was like a boy who worships a local soccer hero and is not interested in a national soccer star with whom he has no connection. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dumbledore, I’m afraid I don’t see the connection, don’t see it at all!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Is there any connection between my present desk job and a lack of physical grace? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Plus, she had tons of connections, and everybody seemed to owe her a favor. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z And while I doubt Mr. Kennedy has a connection to the KKK or any hate groups, he is a pretty crabby guy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But there is really no connection between his status as an economist and his Mavenism. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s just interested in a connection with someone from her own country.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Maybe she was already making the connections she would later make, between village babies and this suburban one, between old wives’ tales and new endocrinology . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then find a secure non-IOI-controlled Internet connection and get back online. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Because that wasn’t the wind and some cosmic connection to the storm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Any of you younger siblings who are hoping to forge a better connection with your older brother or sister, here's all that's required of you: don't sell them out to Mom and Dad. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He found that 56 percent of those he talked to found their job through a personal connection. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to think of something to say, something smart, something to make her look at him again, to renew the connection he’d felt just a moment before. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z All I know is I’m making a connection with whoever it is. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I stared at him blankly, my mind groping for connections. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z How could he not make the connection, blame her? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I did not want to miss my connection.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I immediately thought of Danielle, and hoped she would get a chance to meet Terri and discover for herself the connection they shared. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “It’s just that I have a connection of sorts to one of the people who runs West Oakland High,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I met this kid a few hours ago because some creative designer somewhere developed an app to forge connections. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t let him go. He’s got those connections.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’ll e-mail the guy who wrote most of this page and see if there are any obvious connections between Woody Guthrie and Margo,” Radar said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But Vincent does not come from such a family or have any connections with the kind of people who could be patrons. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Since my mom couldn't speak much English, she didn't want to make any airport connections by herself, so my dad planned to fly to Atlanta to pick her up. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Harry Rowen sat at his desk, fielding call after call about Rand’s possible connection to the leak. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The people of the area, many of whom had some connection with the university, could trace their ancestors to every continent, and just about every country in the world. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Leonard Hayflick had an especially personal connection with his cell line, WISH, which Gartler had listed as contaminated: he’d grown it using cells from the amniotic sac in which his unborn daughter had once floated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In other prisons, convicts often said that if you had the right money, or connections, you could get transferred to this Colony whose penal policies sounded almost too good to be true. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, Peugeot SA seems to have no essential connection to the physical world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A radio with a faulty connection played loud and rasping for a while, then suddenly quiet and insinuating. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It had taken her longer than anyone else to figure out the connection between words in her head and the charts of both printed and cursive versions of the ABCs on the wall. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Beginning in 1864, Booth, the young stage star, had pledged his cash, his celebrity, and his connections in hatching a bold plan. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Tokyo Dome is on its own network of connections for the Wardraft. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s coming back . Karkaroffs too . . . stronger and clearer than ever . “A connection I could have made without assistance,” Dumbledore sighed, “but never mind.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The characters say something and mean something else, but the connection is so obvious it embarrasses the reader. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Dylan locked away for his crimes, hopefully for many years to come, whatever connection we share won’t matter for a long time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was through this "auntie"—a woman with loose connections to our family back in Calcutta—that Baba found the apartment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I gave the girl even more money for a list of addresses in San Francisco, people with big connections. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind from the thermos stirred up a nice sea spray that made a rainbow in the sunlight—perfect for an Iris- message—but our connection was still poor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A much more excited Lavrenti Beria hugged and kissed Kurchatov, then ran to the phone and shouted for an immediate connection to Stalin’s home. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I saw a cat slide through the connection leading to the big top—it was a panther, and as its lithe black body disappeared into the canvas tunnel I braced myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He might think he saw a connection in it--he might think anything. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I countered that if he did that, I’d run away—I still have enough connections overseas—or I would sue for emancipation. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I was right to say that he was desperate, desperate for a connection to Evelyn, desperate not to be damaged, but I never thought about how those things were connected. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “And you think that connection has a consciousness?” she asks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “No, something about a strained or sprained calf or something, but the connection was bad.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Despite the obvious differences between us, there were also some connections. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It changes the patterns of social connections between neighborhoods. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas thought about how he’d always felt a connection to her, ever since she arrived in the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The sound of a large explosion shattered our connection. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And I was an idiot to let myself think that there was a connection between me and Scott, that I could help him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I know she has expected something from me, some connection to her old life, or to herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Our clients were multinational corporations, bureaus of foreign governments, individuals of resource and connection. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But as students and staff made the connection between Sasha and the Person Formerly Known as Luke, they absorbed the information without much comment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Hugo had come to understand the connection between horology and magic that his father had talked about. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Archie was surprised by Leon’s audacity, knowing his connection with The Vigils and bringing him in here this way. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wave my phone around and try different spots in the yard until finally, a connection. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Even if she didn’t know it herself, she had connections. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no pattern; five were dead, and they had no connection to each other, aside from the competition. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The fine line between safety and danger was probably all about lucky connections. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was the nexus of all the connections his brain made—the wheel's hub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z What was the connection between the East Village and Middle America? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so happy that you enjoyed your trip here, and that you’ve made such a strong connection with everyone.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “What do you think her connection with the Armstrong family can be? She has never been in America, she says.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When people love something so much it fuses with what they wear, I feel this instant connection to them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A badly judged joke sends your connection with the audience down in flames. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Via mysterious connections available only to initiates, they learned of Clara’s existence, established telepathic contact with her, and immediately realized they were astral sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We are evolving into the situation of a Skinner pigeon in a Skinner box, peering about in all directions, trying to make connections, probing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Our connection to Dubai wasn’t until the evening. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z One letter from the regent was enough to secure a man a good job, and Justice and I were treated with extra care because of our connection. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I too find it hard to believe there is a connection across time and space, linking me to a race of ill-mannered clowns. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The most obvious connections might be between music and logical-mathematical or spatial intelligences since music involves rhythm, counting, and working with time-space relationships. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I’d found my connection to my family, my people, and my magic. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He was stunned he hadn’t made the connection sooner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Lauren picked Germany, as did many other kids in our class who had some ancestral connection. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Tison's trial in connection with the January shooting that left one teenager dead and another wounded is set to begin approximately five weeks from today. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 Few then could fathom his arrest and subsequent conviction on arson conspiracy and perjury charges in connection with the burning of a building that had been the tentative site for a new civic center. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He picks it up, slowly making the connection, but when I slide down to join him, he looks more despairing than ever. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His connection to the Church was always somewhat ambiguous. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My father's family, meanwhile, sprawled across Chicago’s broader South Side and included an array of great-aunts and third cousins, plus a few stray outliers whose blood connection remained cloudy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And when it tore, it destroyed some of the connections between neurons, which was a word the doctor had to explain to us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The next day, the magistrate seemed in awe of Bram’s family connections. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even using the Plug’s high-bandwidth fiber-optic connection, the total estimated upload time for ten zettabytes of data was over three hours. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I can feel a hint of his emotions through the connection. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It seemed as if our worlds were different now and our connection was breaking. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I watch as he disappears into the bus station to wait for his connection. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sorely disappointed, I tossed the seeds away but decided to keep the cross in the pouch as the solitary connection to my past. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Whenever one sentence comes after another, readers need to see a connection between them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This chapter covers some of this research in terms of music processing, active listening, and benefits of the music-brain connection. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an example; it has no conceivable connection with any event in nature. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids at Stuyvesant were all bright, among the brightest in the city, but my growing shyness made it hard for me to make connections. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He spoke with an accent, and his family connections consisted, principally, of being the son of Solomon and Yetta Bickel of Bucharest, Romania, by way, most recently, of Brooklyn. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Calling on his Washington connections, Galifianakis brought a congressional committee staffer to town to investigate the possible abuse of federal funds. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But, after all, what would make them think of me in connection with jobs when for years I had encountered them only casually in the classroom? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Being there—having family or friends, forging the human connections that made your life meaningful—was a privilege for others, not for her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Even when we try to make a connection, we can’t get any traction. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Jimmy's hand reached over and touched his wife's arm and at the exact moment that he made this connection, the world literally came apart. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Again, the Jewish boys in high school were troubling because I could find no point of connection between them and the Jewish pawnbrokers and landlords and grocery-store owners in Harlem. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z It wasn’t only a notebook—it contained connections to my past. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They had enough money and connections to move mountains. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Not the routine, not just the fitting together of things that no one had guessed at fitting, not the making of connections; these are merely the workaday details, the methods of operating. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a direct, intimate connection between chastity and political orthodoxy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z There was no time to establish anything beyond the connection itself, then she hurried round to be by her mother who began to give instructions for a cold compress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “A minute ago you were all about what a great connection we have. Now you’re promising to disappear?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I knelt at its base and started twisting together the ignition-wire connections. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She wore no part of her grief, so to speak, on her sleeve—in fact, there were no outward signs at all of her late, enviable connections with the Deceased. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I should wish to offer a little present in books in acknowledgement of their kindness, and in connection with the purposes, as they have announced, of their visit to England. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He’s bound here by this connection, motivated by emotions. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He was also an alleged train robber, a kingpin bootlegger with connections to the Kansas City Mob, and a blazing gunman. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I can’t help thinking of the sports connection—like when a team nobody takes seriously comes together for a playoff push. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z David Hume, in his 1748 book, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, wrote, “There appear to be only three principles of connections among ideas, namely Resemblance, Contiguity in time or place, and Cause or Effect.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As the only hijabi and one of only two Black Muslims in the group, yet again, I felt like an outsider where I should have found an immediate connection. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Not just for its own sake but because connection is essential for survival. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He never did anything else in connection with Lloyd’s that I could find out, except come back again. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z After a moment she added as if she might have sounded irreverent, "There wasn't any connection." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z JoJo said, shaking his own phone like that would kick in a satellite connection. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just hate that thing where people assume a girl who’s attracted to girls is attracted to all girls. I want an actual emotional connection, you know? Romance. Attachment. Love.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “But Dusty’s got connections with the Coast Guard and the cops,” Dad complained. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Without money or connections, moderate tasks consumed entire days. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “He’d have to be someone with some connections to the world outside of Manifest,” I mused. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Some prominent members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police; they wanted to know what he thought of the situation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not so surprising, then, that occasionally one of these 30,000 strange connections comes to light. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was the one who insisted upon your father. I thought he was an up-and-coming preacher. A man with his wealth, with his connections—I thought he would rise like a star in Maine.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But she doesn’t get what’s going through my head right now and doesn’t want to hear about my connections to Pakistan, and especially to Zohra. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “That’s right. There’s a natural sort of connection with the beehive, but not with the other two.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Did they use the word uranium in connection with this atomic bomb?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z While the detectives were trying to establish a connection between the slayings of Charles Whitehorn and Anna Brown, Comstock passed on tidbits that he collected from his network of informants. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Me and Hazel holding hands...it’s not what you think. She was showing me this flashback from her past, trying to figure out my connection with Sammy.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was my last connection with this world before I was swept into a dark empty one. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I should have cried out for help, but I still feared that, if cornered by the company, Nick would reveal my connection with Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “You know the way we feel right now? This connection between us that we don’t understand and we don’t want to let go of? That’s God.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Most of the names weren’t actually summer names, but they were names that had some kind of connection to summer. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “You fought with your brother,” I say, making the connection. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I checked the connections in the blockhouse and tried again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He took another deep breath, both excited and terrified to share what he'd learned about the Governor's secret connection to Father Cham. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As those conversations took place, the one thing that stood out for my parents and me was the personal connection I felt with the agent I ultimately chose, Janey Miller from Octagon. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The figures in the foreground—ideally, vibrant images that have a strong symbolic connection to the phrases or ideas they are intended to evoke—come and go as required. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Angry and unwilling to be crossed, Fabyan used his wealth and his business connections to stalk them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He leans over the car battery on a fold-up table, adjusting clamps and cables and connections to six phones. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The radio had stopped working consistently a year earlier; it would come to life only if I hit a pothole or stopped suddenly enough to violently shake the car and spark a connection. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ma and Pa think he should socialize more, make more profitable connections. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In connection with the nearly universal use of insecticides that are liver poisons, it is interesting to note the sharp rise in hepatitis that began during the 1950’s and is continuing a fluctuating climb. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But fortunately, here again, there seemed to be no logical reason to believe that that mystery could have any connection with the mystery of the oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The magistrate's imperial connection was only by his son's marriage—not considered strong enough to claim a dragon! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “No, indeed, I did not. I knew nothing at all of Lady Catherine’s connections. I never heard of her existence till the day before yesterday.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It establishes the connection between the speaker and the audience, and it steers how that speech will be received. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Something significant had happened last night, a thread that interwove between her, the Shetani, and that strange feeling in her feet, but she couldn’t understand the connection. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The fourth hit an electrical connection, disintegrating the plug and short-circuiting it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z At the critical point, the imagination makes connections between seemingly unrelated parts and recombines them. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt watched the milling crowd of guests and recalled their names, business connections, and scandals. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I also want to rent a fat-pipe connection. I need to upload a large amount of data to my account.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z None of these facts has any connection with the others. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z So it wasn't just that things interested him because he didn't know from boring—it was the connection his brain made, connections he couldn't help but seek out. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Our connection is still so natural, though now, for me, it’s tinged with guilt because of Dad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She was pleased with the prospect of anything to do—if “pleased” could be used in connection with so grim an interest. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Tonight, it's Ochún who's supposed to fill our heads with thoughts and dreams of beautiful sparkling things, pretty faces, soft touches, warm hugs, tender kisses, and deep connections. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z These are what—in connection with forensic rhetoric in particular, though they have their analogues in the deliberative sphere—Aristotle calls “nontechnical proofs.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The telephone and the modem made it possible to establish physical connections between all the world’s PCs. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The lines, the connections you see between all things. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But it was also lonely, not having the common connection of grandparents or aunties like we used to have so often. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Butler held his tongue until they were aboard the Heathrow connection from Bangkok, then he had to ask. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But there is no evidence that its functioning is due to anything more than the 1014 neural connections that build an elegant architecture of consciousness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She certainly hadn’t expected to feel it for Taisin, who was usually so distant and self-contained that any possibility of a deeper connection had seemed impossible from the beginning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z To keep the text coherent, the writer must allow the reader to keep track of these themes by referring to each in a consistent way or by explaining their connection. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When you begin probing into the origins of aids and Marburg, the light fails and things go dark, but you sense hidden connections. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Through her connections in the Soviet government, she managed to get Stalin to approve her position as the commander of a new long-distance bombing regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The boy looked impressed by our connection — I decided to roll with it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Every year, Alex, June, and Nora fill up the East Room on the first floor with three hundred or so of their friends, vague celebrity acquaintances, former hookups, potential political connections, and otherwise notable twenty-somethings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Parents with money, education, and connections cultivate in their children the habits that the meritocracy rewards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Be patient. Everything will come back. Over time all the connections will be made.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Extraordinary things happen in connection with such an event that do not exactly have anything to do with tournament itself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He wanted you to tell him how to overcome the connection between our wands,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And even if she wanted to know what was on those pages, I couldn’t believe that she wanted to take those connections away from me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I don't know who came up with the traditional vachette program, but I'm willing to bet that he had some outstanding drug connections. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She said, “This device is fine as far as I can tell. There’s no damage to it. All interior connections and circuits—if that’s what you even call parts this advanced—haven’t been disturbed.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I was happy that she didn’t really care and happier still that I had not used Bodega’s name but rather his old one, Izzy, keeping her from making a connection. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Watching the pre-game warm-ups, he seemed devoid of any emotional connection to the team, his infectious self-confidence dissolving into detached coldness, an observer peering in on something that had no place for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Isis also had strong connections to water and to the river itself. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There’s nothing to do but use my last seconds of connection to the tiles to push off for the intersection. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At Birmingham New Street station he missed a connection and the next train was canceled. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Have extensive interdisciplinary expertise and can help others understand and make connections through formal and informal communications. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z At the time Galileo was born, the family had good connections and a respected place in society, but finding the money to maintain that position would always be a problem. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I’m ready to show the world what I have inside me, to reach out and make that connection. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I said, bonding with the new girl over our Buckeye State connection. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z From his old connections in the rum-running business he rented a slot machine and ordered a week’s supply of beer and whiskey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was worried that the connection between himself and Voldemort had been damaged, a connection that he both feared and, whatever he had told Hermione, prized. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I privately wondered: What was the connection between reading and learning? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And when it comes to social connection, What is the value of immediate gratification? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Many neurons have thousands of connections with their neighbors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you had a special connection with her. There’s no denying that.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Suspecting Moishe had connections to anarchist groups in Chicago and had helped assassinate Mr. Katz, despite only being sixteen, the police put out a manhunt for him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I do think there are some interesting connections between the poet in ‘Song of Myself’ and Margo Spiegelman—all that wild charisma and wanderlust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z If there was no personal connection to the place, how could we ever expect to win? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Plus, the Frog connection had been such a weird coincidence. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She’d supported my efforts at Public Allies when I was there and helped raise funds for Barack’s various campaigns, marshaling her wide network of connections to boost our every endeavor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They did not hear all of what he said; they heard the one word, or phrase, or inflection that was for them the connection between the event and themselves. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell him that people are dashes too—each a tiny bit of a connection to the next. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I tried one more time to make a connection. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z There had to be a simple connection I wasn’t making, a sly reference that I still wasn’t clever or knowledgeable enough to catch. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Language and music are intertwined to the point where there is evidence of a connection in the brain between phonemic sound discrimination and musical sound discrimination. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Brushing my teeth is very important and not just because of the proven connection between poor oral hygiene and heart attacks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z |
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