Calder smiled, remembering their conversation in the kitchen when he had first gotten his pentominoes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think Grandma talked to her about our conversation, and she was trying to cheer me up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have this conversation,” Mr. Barris says once the ticking becomes insufferable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Ah! but I am referring to—let us say the last hour and a half of your conversation. You got out at Vincovci, didn’t you?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, we had a deep, heart-wrenching conversation, and decided that our relationship had run its course. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The conversation that follows involves more creative coercion than outright job offer, and there are several deviations into the subjects of the ballet, modern fashion, and Japanese mythology. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I asked, trying to coax him into a conversation as I placed the yearbook down on the kitchen counter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s always telling us that having a real conversation is the best way to learn a foreign language. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Around our dinner table on most evenings, we had the same conversation over and over: high school or home school? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As I make my way up the front walk to Chokecherry Middle School, heads turn in my direction and animated conversations break out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And I think we were reluctant to start any new conversation we’d regret not being able to finish properly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a conversation I don’t know how to have without baring my entire soul. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In afterdinner conversation, he sometimes referred, in a tone of utter boredom, to summers spent with the European nobility in the castles of Liechtenstein or the Cote d’Azur. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the swinging half door that leads into the kitchen, I overhear snippets of conversation from the dining room. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just waited, hoping the conversation wouldn’t end here and that the phone would buzz one more time. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She owed her greatest relief to her friend Miss Lucas, who often joined them, and good-naturedly engaged Mr. Collins’s conversation to herself. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“This kind of conversation depresses me more than you could possibly imagine,” the young man told him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctor would have liked during the course of conversation to ask, “Is there any man in the “Informally; as a good friend. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon she heard a most interesting conversation and witnessed a strange event. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then she turned back around, ending our conversation. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was the only logical explanation; she must have misunderstood the true meaning of the conversation, for she was not used to grown men jesting with one another in such a free and sportive way. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

During my conversation with Jan, she spent more time comforting me than vice versa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their survival depended on ongoing diplomatic conversations between Wahunsonacock, the leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, and John Smith, leader of the Jamestown colony. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

This was not the greatest conversation starter in the world. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my tray before the conversation can go any further, and tell them I’ll see them later. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When she reached the top of her stairs, she found her brother skulking about in the hallway and guessed he might have overheard her conversation with Ms. Lee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She’d been mostly normal since our conversation on Christmas, but she always looked a little nervous when the competition came up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Their response, of course, was that I should stay out of conversations of this sort. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was like he had heard my conversation with Jessica at lunch and was trying to prove me wrong. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Later they would beckon me to fetch fire or water for them, or to tell the women they wanted tea, and in those early months I was too busy running errands to follow their conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was doing a lot of talking in my head so that I would be deep in conversation with myself by the time I got to the laughing man. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the tables of the inn there were a couple of other voyagers, traders of the East Reach, but most of the men were townsfolk come there for good ale, news, and conversation. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Noah, quite frankly, I’m not comfortable with this conversation.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy looked amused; Mother looked as if she had a sick headache but gamely held up her end of the conversation. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Before we can have any sort of conversation, which is what I’d really like to do, Dee leans over and kisses me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Star Wars film. Remember our conversation from earlier? At the train station? About Lando being the best?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She seemed to want no company; no conversation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The tense atmosphere had slowly subsided into a casual conversation; I guessed that Jasper was using his peculiar gift to control the situation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And he seems to think his chatter improves our conversation, since I only write things on paper. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few conversations mentioned a captain, but no name to go with it... only “the captain” wanting to be under way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was inappropriate, at the beginning of the meal, for Marshall to turn away from his hostess and begin a private conversation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The flag reminds me of our conversation at breakfast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Men were passing in and out, much conversation. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the way he always ends a conversation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They have a quick conversation, and then Edith turns to me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At the very least the card was good for conversation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard Daddy’s name as well as he did, but I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss a word of their conversation. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The conversation left me thinking about the many reasons that an officer might come to regard inmates as savages. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino sighed with satisfaction—and that was conversation. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not how this conversation was supposed to go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When she returned with his order, he said, as though he was continuing an old conversation, “Have you heard about the man who had twin sons?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been four days since their last conversation. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

How much of that conversation did he hear? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

From Jamison’s side of the conversation, Cora gathered that the recruit had been making the rounds of the county, learning the protocols of his squad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He drifted from group to group, listening to conversations and storing up information. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From our very first conversation, he’d shown me that he wasn’t self-conscious about expressing fear or weakness and that he valued being truthful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

People notice, try to bring me into the conversation, but I just brush them off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He liked people to know he’d gone to Yale and often brought it up in conversation. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I do not want to make conversation with Don Manuel about my headache. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strikingly, Grover did not fidget at all; what was more, he participated in the conversation with as much alacrity as he had formerly shut it out. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chip tried to keep up with the conversation. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On September 29, Bunderson wrote Daines to put in writing the proposed settlement that had been the product of ongoing conversations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and remember how Max dove into the conversation with the man walking dogs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Censorship, which at first covered only the mass media, was soon extended to textbooks, song lyrics, movie scripts, and even private conversation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was never any simple, intimate, human kind of conversation between him and his son. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He checked behind me and said, “I want to finish our conversation, because I want you to know what’s going to happen.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking from his Manhattan apartment to get a haircut, he picked up bits of conversation as people passed by. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want or need any more conversation. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Poe was scarcely at home, because he was very busy attending to the Baudelaire affairs, and when he was home he was often coughing so much he could barely have a conversation. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The floor vibrates under my bare feet and the rumble is soothing, loud enough to cover a conversation. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I caught up to him, and this was our conversation: Man, why you ain’t been to school? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always got along with Ifemelu’s mother, the easy relationship between two people who carefully avoided conversations of any depth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can tell by Mama’s rigid backbone that the conversation is uncomfortable, but at least they’re talking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Taran had been trying to follow this conversation of the enchantresses, but found himself more confused than ever. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like she suddenly remembered where we were and what had just happened and how crazy our whole conversation was considering all that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think about all the conversations we’ve had, how Sam always looks at me like she is really focusing on my words, taking all of me in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Words from commercials, conversations, and books run between my doodles and across the backs of my drawings. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butler longed to whistle, to make conversation, anything to break the unnatural silence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to draw their expressions simply by hearing the conversation but not seeing their faces. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Do let us have a little music,” cried Miss Bingley, tired of a conversation in which she had no share. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Men flocked around Denna, and I knew from our conversations how tiresome she found them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And so I just sit there, kind of in shock for most of those conversations. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

But then I recall Nyla and Crick’s conversation at the party. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our Father eyed that little pink woman and became inspired to strike up a conversation with Tata Ndu on the subject of false idols. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Papi looks up from his food to add his two cents to the conversation, it’s like his words are a tambora adding deep wisdom to all that superficial gossip. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’m nervous about where this conversation is going. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell them what I knew and all about my conversation with Detective Inspector Pearce but she had told me to say nothing for now in case people started to hope. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad news is that now I’m running through the conversation that he might’ve overheard. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

All the staring faces quickly dived back into their sewing or knitting or conversation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I kept watch on the DNA literature, there was a chance that something might pop out of lunch or teatime conversations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She slept out Sunday mornings and forced herself up for dinner, which she ate, as she ate all her meals now, automatically and without conversation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently, they had all paused a moment for the lights coming on, and then proceeded to fall into conversation with one another. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her views of improving her little friend’s mind, by a great deal of useful reading and conversation, had never yet led to more than a few first chapters, and the intention of going on to-morrow. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

"Oh?" my mother said casually, wanting to rejoin the conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She realized she was having a conversation with a goldfish, which was very unusual, so she decided to listen. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had lately taken to making conversation with the dummy to add some theater for the audience. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Frank,” I said, “before we put an end to this conversation, for ever let’s say, will you promise to answer me one thing, quite truthfully?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he did before, Mr. Loomis was carrying on a conversation, and I could hear only half of it, but he was hearing both sides. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If she listened carefully, Amari could figure out bits and pieces of the conversation between the captain and his crew. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few customers had left, the rest were smoking their pipes and enjoying their conversation. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam waved her hand to get Ube’s attention, breaking off his conversation with Redemption. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the time we couldn’t get through a conversation without trying to strangle each other. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Further conversation became impossible, and in less than ten minutes Francis was out of the Professor’s office. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He and Frank had a quick whispered conversation. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Though Francis could not help dominating the lunchtime conversation, his mood was no longer that of a confident master lecturing hapless colonial children who until then had never experienced a first-rate intellect. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Reading through letters that probably contained personal conversations. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around for Stephanie and found her in conversation with a few juniors. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And then they went back to talking, the conversation shifting this way and that, everyone telling stories, talking over one another, laughing. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After a while William went disconsolately back to the Bear Flag and through the window he saw the conversation spring up again and it saddened him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very late in the evening, Chandresh has a rather lengthy conversation with the ghost of an old acquaintance he knew only as Prospero the Enchanter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I try to think what I could say that makes sense in the conversation. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The auditorium was loud with conversations that I’m sure had everything to do with the email, but the people around me were quiet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes blink, and her head moves left and right as if she's having some sort of conversation with someone who isn't there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you really want to have that conversation?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

French officials warned the Americans that their most secret information, including word-for-word reports on their conversations with Beaumarchais, were showing up in London within days. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would become quite a topic of conversation in the neighborhood. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Scarlett could tell that Bod was talking to people as he went, but could only hear his side of the conversation. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He thought about his conversation with Chuck, wondered how it would feel to have parents say good night to you. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So Dr. Trefusis descended out of the obscurity of death through talk of the underworld, and rejoined the conversation of man. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Minnie looked tired but otherwise appeared as I had imagined—patient and strong—based on Walter's descriptions and my own guesses from our phone conversations. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The whole conversation ran on the breakfast, which one and all abused roundly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

One Thursday, as she was standing in line at the Garn Square market, hoping to get a bag of turnips for stew that night, she overheard a startling conversation between two people standing behind her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then something occurs to me that’s not just a conversation filler, but something important. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Is this the kind of scintillating conversation we're going to have now that we don't have any secrets?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He lifts his hand and waves but returns to his conversation. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His notes are given after rehearsals to the whole group, or in offhand and often indirect conversations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she objected to his ranting, he broke off the conversation and didn’t call back for months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been quiet for a while now; our conversation was intense and tiring. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In a conversation like this, the role of tough talker almost always fell to me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There is a new air in our conversations, short and choppy, so hot that the effort suffocates us both. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I have taken the liberty of informing the impresario that you acquired your astounding musical facility in one night through conversation with the Devil at a crossroads.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As others join the conversation, Megan turns in her seat and squints at Molly, as if noticing her for the first time. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Those conversations could trick me into believing I could say anything, even though there was so much I was holding back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He and Goober had had only one brief conversation about the assignment—in fact, it wasn’t really a conversation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrived back at our own camp to find Rob, Dr. Caroline Mackenzie, and Scott Fischer’s doctor, Ingrid Hunt, engaged in a tense radio conversation with someone higher on the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And based on my decisions, a film will evolve—one that has the power to start conversations and get people talking about things like feminism and art. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My conversation with my father; my worries that I’d done the wrong thing. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Page 61 I left him to have a little conversation over by the keg pool. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

During the conversation she seemed only to be replying to things, and wiping her face with the ends of one of the saris. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was something habitual about it, as if they had had different variations of this conversation so many times that they knew just when to laugh. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Can't you see I'm trying to have a conversation about somebody stealing my money?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Too much conversation had made them both—now just Will—uncomfortable. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A statement in a legal document will be interpreted adversarially, without the presumption of cooperation that governs an ordinary conversation, so every exception must be spelled out. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In particular, that conversation got me looking at Miss Lucy in a new light. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew you couldn’t handle that, and it led to our very first multiword conversation. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I was now, like her, the wife of a U.S. senator—Mrs. Obama, she’d called me throughout the conversation—but that didn’t mean I had to drop everything to support him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My parents finished their conversation, and it was obvious that one of them was heading up to speak to me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

You’d see a bunch of kids in a huddle in the hall, and you didn’t have to eavesdrop to figure out the topic of conversation. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I walked over to him, because it was kind of awkward having a conversation with fifteen lockers between us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Murmurs of conversation floated through the room, but to Thomas they seemed to come from another world. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I close my bedroom door and sit on my bed with the busted laptop that started this whole Craigslist conversation. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

One moment she is actively engaged in the conversation, her laugh echoing her sister’s, and the next she seems distant, staring through the dripping candles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The day after the April 15 hearing, Bunderson wrote a memo following a long conversation with a local lay official in the Mormon Church, Rod Merrell, who was the president of the Shaws’ region. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Having made-up conversations with her brother and her dog. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Citra unceremoniously withdrew from school and said good-bye to friends in awkward little conversations. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sitting near the lake, watching the giant squid waving its tentacles lazily above the water, Harry lost the thread of the conversation as he looked across to the opposite bank. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was talking with Daisy Ramirez, who’d played the role of my Best and Most Fearless Friend since elementary school, but I couldn’t follow their conversation over the noise of all the others. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, marveling at my ability to rely solely on this most simple word for our whole conversation. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As he made casual conversation at the breakfast table, Herold appeared unaware of the danger he faced. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I made conversation, asking him what he thought of this and that. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon he swam and lay on his back on the mossy bank, his hands crossed under his head, his thoughts returning to the conversation he had had with the storekeeper. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to bring up my conversation with Will, and I definitely wasn’t going to tell them about Stephanie and Erin. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The men and women took their places, and immediately a surge of conversation filled the room. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And after morning break she came and sat down next to me and said she had read the bit about my conversation with Mrs. Alexander and she said, “Have you told your father about this?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All conversation stops as the entire lunchroom gawks, my face burning into their retinas. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s talk about why you really didn’t mail the breakup box,” Dylan says, like he’s going to bill me for this conversation. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bessermann is in the courtyard, nicely dressed with a bag over one arm, having a friendly conversation with Mrs. Krajewska. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And like that night, I have a conversation with some other part of myself. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Perched on a corner of table eight, the young lawyer tried to start a conversation with Angela, ignoring Sydelle Pulaski, who twice asked, "Surely you must have the answer, Mr. Plum?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced himself as Rowan, and they shook hands just as the lights dimmed, the curtain went up, and the music exploded too lush and loud for them to be able to hold a conversation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Some days, I would eavesdrop on conversations among my parents and other adults. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Director looks past me to the two Red Cross observers who are documenting the conversation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have this particular conversation in this particular store.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He might come while I’m still making it, and then we’d have to make conversation for an hour and a half till it was ready. Anyway, we’ve got some biscuits.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dad stops to talk to someone at a long table selling T-shirts with the community center logo on them, and I hear snips of the conversation: “lots of kids,” “lovely night,” “the pharmacy is good.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siobhan recalled the conversation she had overheard a few weeks ago between her parents—the day after her father challenged the Wallace team to the game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He starts conversations, I come over and drop a line or two that helps him make his point, real subtle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no more than a brief conversation, Darwin had inserted a sluice into de Vries’s darting mind, diverting it forever. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly where that conversation was headed and I was not going to let her take us there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Evidently they had overheard the conversation through the compartment door, which Dean and Seamus had left ajar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But there was one conversation he avoided having, and that was with me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The black cat, who had sat on the floor, grooming his fur, through this entire conversation now stood up and led the way into the hall. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The three men have a brief yet engaging conversation about clocks and the nature of time before Mr. A. H— makes a polite excuse and fades into the background again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I meant only to sound determined, but apparently there was a measure of grimness in my voice because the conversation momentarily stopped, and everyone, including Travis, looked at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“How has the night been going for you? Mine has been full of dull conversations about how my head is going to find itself on a spike.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And now here we are, standing with the winter chill nipping at our noses, forcing ourselves into a conversation. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here, Sir Lawrence came down from his office, let me say a few words, and then retired for a private conversation with Max. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When conversation at our table reaches a lull, I hear every word they say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We lingered in that awkward stage of a conversation where there was no logical next topic but the silence hadn’t yet grown uncomfortable. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were not the only ones who had been talking; the whole Hall had erupted in a buzz of conversation at the news that Snape had finally achieved his heart’s desire. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I began looking for opportunities to use my improved vocabulary in conversation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Polite persons do not listen to conversations that are not meant for—” but Emma was already running from the room, and Miss Peregrine cut herself short with a frustrated sigh. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They seem to call to you from another place that you’ve accidentally tapped into, like a cell phone pulling in a conversation in some foreign language—yet somehow you understand it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A conversation in a place that was neither life nor death, but a womb between the two. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The conversation at the dare was too quiet; the women no longer clustered in groups at the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older white man in command discouraged all conversation with his glowering. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Not saying a word, Smith moved closer and closer, acting as a party to the conversation and entering the inmate’s personal space until he stepped back in frustration. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked as if he had this conversation at least fifteen times a day. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, it feels like we spent ages in that steamed-up kitchen after breakfast, or huddled around half-dead fires in the small hours, lost in conversation about our plans for the future. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is harder to carry on a conversation in a dead language than you might think. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was always the model of old-fashioned manners, of course, but he could go off on strange and interesting tangents of conversation that I think Mother didn’t always find suitable in polite company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Point taken,” he says, which makes me feel grown-up, worthy of this conversation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all about putting yourself in a man-meeting situation where you can—” “Mama,” I say, just wanting to end this conversation, “would it really be so terrible if I never met a husband?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We had many long conversations, and over the phone we got to know each other again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each week Ms. Byrd and Mr. Miller had the same conversation. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When he saw Faraday, he excused himself from his current conversation and made his way toward them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the next moment, this new conversation has ended because Frank and Byrd step into the living room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This is the first conversation my mom’s attempted to have with me since she and my dad got that phone call from the sheriff three days ago. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Dinner passes the same way it has for months, stretches of silence broken by his mother’s attempts at polite conversation and Caroline’s occasional sighs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you happen to notice from our conversation that she is a councilman’s daughter?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An explosion of excited conversation—no KP for a whole month? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped outside to show that I wanted no part of that conversation. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened to the professor’s version of the tale, which differed only slightly from the one he knew, waiting for the opportunity to steer the conversation the way of his question. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In any case, there was no proper conversation: she didn’t want me there and neither did I. I think I made some apology and went out, half expecting her to call me back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I know she ain’t saying what she want a say either and it’s a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, he recalls, it was this conversation that set fate on its course. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I can't stop thinking about our conversation in the parking lot and what you said about what I took from you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The one sane and constant person he knew had flipped, had ripped open and was spilling blood and foolishness instead of conversation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex thinks about the conversation he overheard in the housekeeper’s office, wondering if his dad is ever going to let him in on the full picture. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She promised to tell me later when we can have a more private conversation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered very clearly his last conversation with her over the phone, three days before she died, her growing despondence with her job and with life on the campus. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Slowly the conversation drifted off from my adventures as a farmhand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She isn't going to let the conversation slow down. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jabbed my finger with the needle as my eavesdropper’s ears picked the conversation out of the common room’s general din. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I returned, Mr. Norton was sitting up unaided, carrying on a conversation with the vet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of their conversation filled Moss with a familiarity; he remembered suddenly how much time Shamika had spent at the house after his father had died. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t have a conversation, really: the cattle made too much noise as they tromped along mooing, and we had to shout to hear each other. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We booked in a local hotel and found a crowd of blacks and whites sitting on the veranda making polite conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of them were lying down, heads on their paws, watching, and the other was still sitting up, following the conversation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry lurked behind a low stone wall, feeling at peace with the world and listening to their conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

More than one conversation drops out as Alex and Henry pass, mouths hanging open over entremets. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to hear how light their conversation was. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song on the jukebox ended, and for a moment the bar fell quiet, every conversation at a lull. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Heard their hallway conversation, and the bathroom laughter penetrating the broom closet like fumes from her bottle of ammonia. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fell into conversation with them so quickly and so naturally that Colin was already revising his Celebrity Living theorem. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This was the doubt that sat in my mind through student orientation, through my first sessions of high school biology and English, through my somewhat fumbling get-to-know-you conversations in the cafeteria with new friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, the subject skims the joy off a pan of conversation.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After this ten-minute conversation, Bobby said he was going to play “no matter what,” and that the interests of the United States were greater than his personal interests. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For him, the only meaningful kind of conversation was an argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The conversation was getting to be stupid and I knew it was going to get worse, because Mr. Lynch was coming down the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to get my head around it,” Debbie said two years after that first conversation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the whole scene reminds me of my conversation with Uncle Phil, about the salmon that didn’t return, the empty nets that last year he worked as a fisherman. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Huddled in the hallways and making the most of our pathetic French, my fellow students and I engaged in the sort of conversation commonly overheard in refugee camps. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But Merlyn did not speak much, and when he did speak it was never in questions, so that the Wart had little opportunity for conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to ask him what the Middle meant in Middle German, but I decided not to push the conversation any further. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So she hadn’t exactly spoken to Mamma again; she was sure that wasn’t going to be a fun conversation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For awhile Farmer joked in Spanish with the server, and then the conversation turned to the book I was writing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They had sat in front of me for years and had never initiated a conversation with me during assembly. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He punched Haupt squarely in the nose, ending the conversation but not their friendship. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Janie did what she had never done before, that is, thrust herself into the conversation. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

Slughorn looked deeply troubled now: He was gazing at Riddle as though he had never seen him plainly before, and Harry could tell that he was regretting entering into the conversation at all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Across the hall came the quiet conversation of Madam and Lady Seymour. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation between the captain and the doctor went in circles. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It kept her from dwelling on her conversation with her mother the night before - that bleak glimpse of the future Aphrodite had made her promise not to share . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dialogue means that he has to type a whole conversation. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wind, which was enjoying the conversation, started to blow with greater force, so that the sun would not blind the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I replayed the last bit of their conversation that I’d been half listening to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was the strangest conversation I’d ever had in my entire life. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t say anything to each other, though I can feel a conversation brewing between us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want any conversation at this point. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had concluded our conversation the week before by saying, “An old friend told me that he’s very sick. I asked my friend to pass on your number to his wife.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Every so often she’d flap her hands and say something too quiet for Emily to hear over the TV noise, like she was carrying on a one-sided conversation. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The sounds of the planets make for a great conversation starter if you have people to talk to, but if you don’t, they make for great white noise when you’re going to sleep. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The fluorescent lights transmit conversations from passing cars on Broadway. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eventful day for my mother might have involved a trip to the dry cleaner or a conversation with the potato-chip delivery-man. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But when she tried to engage him in conversation he seemed uninterested, taking my hand and backing away, his gestures saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so pleased with himself, I felt obliged to hold up my end of the conversation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And I became nervous and fearful that some heedless word, some turn in a careless conversation should bring that expression back to his eyes again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wince, remembering the conversation I had with my parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

From a far chamber, I could hear the conversation of vital men, men on whom depended the colony’s well-being. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We exchanged a few more comments on the weather, which was wet, and that was pretty much it for conversation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had whole conversations with birds and fireflies, goats and horses. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rather than the blank canvas I feared during my conversation with Josh, I saw myself volunteering with the MSA, shining in my classes, and having time for myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He picked up a fork and began shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth, hoping to deflect any invitation to join in this part of the conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The five people sitting round the table seemed to find conversation difficult. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I reject the break room for this purpose because the TV inhibits conversation, and for all I know that’s what it’s supposed to do. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having thought so carefully of what he would say to her, he felt as though he had already had the conversation and had set- tied everything. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared ahead of herself as she spoke, and Tristran had the feeling, which became a certainty, that she had conducted this conversation in her head a hundred times in his absence. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to end this fiasco of a conversation. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't take many conversations with Ralph before it became clear that he had difficulty remembering names. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The ceiling was at least twice as high here, and most conversation echoed within the space. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jody’s father joined the conversation then and lectured the boy a little. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her I like the second photo best, and then I delete the entire conversation. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She did not want to start a conversation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So I say, “I need to get back to my physical therapy,” and end the conversation. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I asked, thinking I was making casual conversation, but boy, was I wrong. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After about six weekly sessions of chess, at the point when Fine believed Bobby had bonded with him, the psychoanalyst nonchalantly started a conversation about what Bobby was doing in school. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

No one mentioned to him the incident out of which the nickname grew because he was a difficult man to approach—a hard man, with a manner so cool it discouraged casual or spontaneous conversation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things got worse when the conversation turned to Cyprus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s as quiet as a chess tournament except for the clinking of hammers, the shaking of sieves, and the low buzz of conversation between colleagues. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

More people were involved; more conversations needed to be had before even a small decision could be made. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My parents have always blanketed me with conversation. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She tries to convince herself that he is living with a friend, but she remembers their last telephone conversation: “I’ll be there soon,” he said. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We let the conversation die off and pedaled our bikes back to the house in silence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She went over to Mrs. Singer, who was now in the middle of a conversation with Phyllis, the other sales girl. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If I’m stuck with her, I might as well make conversation. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Not only were things over with the band, but since our last conversation, I felt like talking and texting with Dad was awkward. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“You have other options,” I said, then stalled, thinking of my conversation with Deoch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Duluth!’ yelled a third, which momentarily stopped the conversation as the other ghosts gave him confused looks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

None of this conversation was making me feel any better. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

On the ride back, Brigadier Munro said to me in a casual way, as though he were simply making conversation, “Mandela, we are not taking you back to your friends now.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I can’t hear a rustle of wind, the buzz of a fly, a word of conversation. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The first couple of hours usually went by fast, since there were forms to fill out and interesting conversations going on around us as the women told each other their stories. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"But if my math is right, he's doomed to starve to death before we can possibly help him. I'm not looking forward to the conversation." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made a suggestion to a drunk. Drunks are highly suggestible. And nicely accepting of conversations with dead people.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Over the next two days, my conversations with Branwell were once again only one-way. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them said a word, but a whole conversation seemed to happen with their eyes. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Kotler was deep in conversation with Gretel and whatever he was saying must have been terribly funny because she was laughing loudly and twirling her hair around her fingers into ringlets. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Most importantly, the conversation at Jefferson’s quarters was merely one part of an ongoing and larger conversation in which the very survival and subsequent shape of the American republic seemed at stake. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She gathered the cats, and there were plenty of them, and then she held long and detailed conversations with them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not a very advanced conversation, but it is one that makes Signora Mondopoco very happy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

High-pitched conversations bounce off the ceiling, echoing and multiplying until the voices of twenty sound like the screeches of a hundred. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Julia left the apartment late that night, in good spirits, Mrs. Crowe later recalled: “there was nothing about her conversation that would lead any of us to think she intended going away that night.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If he had any interest in me, he would have made more of an effort to make conversation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He always spoke quickly, pugnaciously, as though every conversation was an argument, the speed and force of his words suggesting authority and discouraging dissent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the topic of conversation was a motion study project, such as clearing off the dishes from the table. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another boy breezes in and comments on Volpe’s attire, a frequent topic of conversation, and what looks to him like peace signs on Volpe’s belt. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” I say, just to get the conversation over. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Our conversation had made a particularly confusing Slingshot Maneuver. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But right now his honesty was making this conversation harder than it needed to be. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sits up with a finality that I guess is supposed to be the period on our conversation, but I know I can’t give up, not that easily. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She did not care for the way this conversation had gone. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She imagined both of them, hand in hand, going to the mall in Stamford, she teasing him, reminding him of this conversation on the day they met, and raising her face to kiss him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was not privy to it, but some sort of conversation between adults took place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Our conversation was singularly dull as we each wondered how to bring electric rockets into it,” Charlotte recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scraps of a waltz played by a large orchestra drifted down to the travelers on the grass, and scraps of conversation too, from the people who were walking to and fro. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Arthur chooses “What I Did for Love” from A Chorus Line, and every song we choose feels like we’re having a conversation without saying a single word. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I sat next to her once in the bus from Agerstown and we sort of struck up a conversation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Whenever there was a break in their conversation, one or the other of them would steal a glance in my direction as though trying to find it in himself to approach me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were little knots of people sitting in conversation groups, the kind I find it impossible to join. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Past the table, a door led into a brightly lit room, and lively conversation drifted out to Anya as she lingered by the doorway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed what little conversation they were able to have, shouting up and down to each other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I want to push Stop on the Walkman and rewind their whole conversation. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

How many days and nights had I spent perched up there with Sam, steadfastly ignoring Vanessa’s attempts to drag us into some stupid, pointless conversation? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Once airborne, Maddie didn’t initiate conversation—she never did with special passengers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Their lowered voices were drowned out by surrounding conversations and the echo of footsteps on marble floors. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, she relived her conversation with her mother about what was to come. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But as we settled into the living room with our glasses of wine, it didn’t take long for the conversation to start flowing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was still staring at me like he couldn’t believe we were having this conversation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was that evening, shortly before dinner, that I overheard the conversation between Mr Lewis and M. Dupont. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I know now isn’t the time for conversation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When he started conversations with people in elevators, or lavishly complimented strangers, she held her breath, certain that they could see what an attention-loving person he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now the parrot winks at me any time he sees me, to remind me of our secret conversation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I repeat the same boring conversation with a dozen other Austrian leaders over the next hour, until at long last, Grandfather steps away from the unending stream of guests and pulls me aside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’s this drone of quiet conversation and denim rustling against seats. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I click out of the video and stare at the conversation with Angela, suddenly aware that I’m breathing hard. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Because the conversation turns into a vacuum whenever she walks into the room.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He boldly struck up a conversation with Seward’s male nurse, just to make sure the secretary was indeed at home. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Striding along the sidewalks, he bathed all whom he met in the boyish grin, and his conversation with any who came up was quiet and pleasant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gradually wound myself out of their conversation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that they didn’t want her to overhear their conversation with Bill, and she suspected that he had given some sort of statement indicating who was responsible for blowing up his house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There were people standing about in the rows of pews, some off to the side, nearly all of them engaged in some sort of conversation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s mind was too full for conversation, but she saw and admired every remarkable spot and point of view. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

As we walk the streets I once called home, conversations sputter and die, and eyes cling to my face and body. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the door, assuming someone’s about to follow him in, someone immersed in this conversation with him, like the English guy, I think with a flutter, but no one joins him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Remember you told me about that conversation with Mars? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Somehow as we left the front gate heading north on Q-gallery, the conversation turned to the last big unrest Sing Sing had had. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She spies on everybody. Don’t take it personally. Staring at somebody without making a peep is her idea of a conversation.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music is very nice for a party because it gives you time to eat your fill without having to make conversation. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they spoke almost no English, they seemed to have great respect for the conversation, as if sensing that important matters were being discussed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been one of our longer conversations. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped it would be a simple conversation, but there were layers to this case, political hurdles, just below the surface. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me! If anyone interrupts me again,” Mr. Stoker snaps, “we will be having this conversation after school. Thank you.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation was calm, comfortable, like it had been years before on those dusky evenings in the corral. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He remembered the last attack, the bodies that had littered the ground, and then...a conversation with Kamau. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He and I had some uncomfortable conversations about my family and about how they might not accept him in the way that his family had accepted me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In 1683, Halley, Hooke, and Wren were dining in London when the conversation turned to the motions of celestial objects. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

From where I was sitting I could hear a few different conversations. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There had been bits of conversation overheard, topics abruptly dropped, glances hastily averted, phone calls carried out with muffled voices. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He just hoped he could figure out how to talk back, so they could have a conversation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Ben placed his new All Stars in the locker, then entered the hushed conversation by sitting on the wooden bench and turning toward Pinkie Taylor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what’s the point of boring you with harsh words, spiteful conversations and tears when you know they bore us even more? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He went into the hooch to look for his pick, and the VC was sitting in there and started a conversation with him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teluman nods a greeting at me but continues his conversation with the girl. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her parents stood where she’d left them, leaned together in conversation. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

How many conversations have you had with him? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I wonder if the Gamemakers are blocking out our conversation, because even though the information seems harmless, they don't want people in different districts to know about one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not only was the conversation flowing more freely and loudly, we found ourselves serving out wine at a conspicuously increased rate. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In conversation, they sometimes refer to it casually as Ebola Reston. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That guy is a goof,” I said, hoping to get a bit of conversation going. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But all Silas said was, “This conversation is at an end.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of swimming,” said Mack to fill in the indelicate place in the conversation and to shut Jones up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the circle of lords and warriors around them there arose a sound of breathless and excited, but obviously cheerful, conversation. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I tossed in everything I saw and thought and felt during the day and wrapped it all up with book quotes and prison slang and bits of wild conversation, and anything I thought was interesting. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was a spectacle to Moss, seeing his mother’s eyes wash over the people in that church, jumping from one raised hand to another, always knowing when to shift the conversation to the next person. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, just something to spark conversation. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After a couple of years of phone conversations and visits, I agreed to marry him. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not Benton Sage who was bothered by the conversation that night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

What they found was that Emily’s conversations with herself were more advanced than her conversations with her parents. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clattering stream on the rocks was a good reposeful sound, but the conversation of the farmer stayed with me—a thoughtful, articulate man he was. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was just trying to steer the conversation away from Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a nice day,” Violet said finally, making conversation. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Part of him was hurt, part ashamed, part relieved that the awkward conversation he had been dreading wouldn’t be happening. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When Shin later had a chance to talk to his father about this, the conversation was strained. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I saw the conversation steering into a circle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For a while, we stuff our faces and talk about nothing, but the moment there’s a lull in the conversation, Bess sets down her ginger beer and says, “We should play Would You Rather.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We started a conversation about how crazy it was watching Rondell take over the basketball game, before what happened with the Timberland guys. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The conversations aren’t deep or anything and only last five or six fries, but still, they leave me a little breathless and focusing a little too keenly on that dimple. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He could introduce himself as Colin or Jason or Marc, as anybody at all, and their conversation could continue, and she would never know or care. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was anxious about seeing Benny again after their super-weird conversation a couple of days ago. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So he kept the conversation flowing, along with the lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They stayed on the patio with Papa, and even though I tried to, I could not hear their conversation. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Vivian was involved in a conversation with the other girls at her table and didn’t look her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But his father did not take up the conversation. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As friends trickle into the classroom, I make as much conversation as I can. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“No, sorry,” said Harry, and he turned quickly to join in Luna’s conversation, forgetting for a split second to whom she was talking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Dante didn’t like where the conversation was going so he tried to change the subject. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But I understand her attempt to draw out the conversation. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I spent three hours in conversation with him and was struck by his sophistication and willingness to listen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cafeteria clamored with the sounds of plastic trays against wooden tables and forks scraping plates, but any conversations were muted. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Laney was not known for being a reliable interpreter of conversations. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Fadi tuned out his sisters’ phenomenally boring conversation, added a chunk of crumbly brown sugar to his watered-down hot milk, and stirred. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They took away the sanctity of home, privacy of mail and telephone conversations, and the freedom of speech, press, and assembly. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’d lived with other people’s expectations so long that they were almost embedded in every conversation we had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We tried to make our conversation seem like more than an interview. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of drifted out of the conversation and started thinking about Ice again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would start a conversation about something else. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” he said, as though continuing a conversation begun while Eleanor slept, “I cannot believe that my wife stirred up that storm, but I do admit that one more word about pure love...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us walked out on the porch, where Sloane and the lady began an impassioned conversation aside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Darcy took up a book; Miss Bingley did the same; and Mrs. Hurst, principally occupied in playing with her bracelets and rings, joined now and then in her brother’s conversation with Miss Bennet. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't have spoiled the conversation if they had, but it would've been different, probably. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Groups of unnamed avatars cluster here and there, deep in their own conversations. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the last conversation I had with Sandy Sanders was when I told him I couldn’t be his friend anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Grandma even stood by, listening to the entire conversation, with arms folded and a huffy attitude. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo got the feeling that the two of them had had private conversations about the House of Hades, and they weren’t sharing all the details. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“So you make these,” I said, to make conversation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, ten months after our first conversation, Deborah called me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Late in the evening, Scruggs struck up a conversation with him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

King PeDinore’s hone stood patiently while the rope was wound round its legs, and Merlyn and the Wart had to catch the brachet and unwind it before the conversation could go on. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This conversation isn’t as intense as I thought it would be. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every day he'd talk about how smart he was, and it was always the same conversation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Normally any conversation that includes the phrase “bodily functions” and me in the same sentence would have me burning with embarrassment. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Vivian was involved in a conversation with the other girls at her table and didn’t look her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile I paid close attention to the conversation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The barest amenities, on which we rely for opening conversations—Hello, are you there?, from us, followed by Yes, hello, from them—will take two hundred years at least. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, because I don’t want to continue this conversation. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed keen to change the direction of the conversation; perhaps he did not want to be her teacher either. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, realizing I was in the middle of a conversation, he looked at Love and said awkwardly, “Oh, excuse me for interrupting.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she switched to a private voice channel, so no one could eavesdrop on our conversation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They went back to their conversation as if I’d never existed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope Her Majesty was in good health; was your conversation a pleasant one?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever think of the men you’ve killed in combat, darling?” she said, trying to begin a conversation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Axel,” Byrd says like they haven’t just come to the end of the conversation. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could remember no other unusual conversation with her, no strange behavior, no meaningful looks or sulks to suggest that her schoolgirlish passion had lasted beyond that day in June. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Isobel says, looking around to see if anyone is close enough to overhear their conversation, but most of the mourners have dissipated into the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Shelby, on the other hand, makes an effort at conversation in school, but I doubt her motives. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He sat down, and Harry saw Karkarofflean forward at once and engage him in conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Taylor is perfectly earnest, and Martin is perfectly crotchety, and Abby is so lively and funny that it’s almost like our conversation in the dressing room never happened. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He hates contributing to these conversations, hates listening. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after this conversation between Botticelli and Roscuro, a prisoner did arrive. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Throughout all this conversation, my eyes flickered again and again to the table where the strange family sat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only a handful of people are invited to be part of that conversation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Groom heard the conversation between Harris and Hall on his radio as he was descending the Southeast Ridge with Yasuko Namba, just above the Balcony. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The ship stops in ports as you go,” Dad said, deliberately redirecting the conversation. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The imaginary conversations were back, but much worse than they had been after Peris had left A thousand times she’d fought with Shay in her head—long, rambling discussions about beauty, biology, growing up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The protective mother was never far away, and she felt something like amusement at the silly conversations she overheard, and she felt something like happiness that her son had made such a good friend. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was about to use it as a pretext for starting a conversation when the train stopped again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We wait while our parents finish their conversations. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That news always kills any conversation you’re having with grown folks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soon after this he overheard the conversation between them that caused the trouble. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though James had his window open upstairs, too, they seemed to have made an unspoken agreement that there would be no verbal conversations when the message bucket was in use. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I figured that I would be telling Bran about my conversation with Morris and how Morris had admitted that Branwell had seen him in the bathroom that day. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this related to our earlier conversation about the pastor’s sermon today?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was aware that he’d been having private conversations with friends, advisers, and prospective donors, signaling to everyone that he was mulling over the idea. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I gulped it down like it was lemonade to keep from having to engage in any more conversation. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Post reviews on your profile, join book conversations in the forums, and bask in the book-loving ambiance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She’s had several conversations with my counselor about me making up work and returning to school, but I’ve been a complete brick wall about it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And maybe I could have followed up with a line like: Tobias, as long as we’re having a normal conversation, why do you keep acting like such a jerk? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In all, the wiretap in "Harvey's Hole" recorded a staggering 433,000 conversations, giving America insight into the mind and plans of its main enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, we see John and my mother wander past the window, deep in conversation. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to have a respectful conversation, let alone make a Last Friend. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Never before had the obligatory dinner conversation sounded so inane. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She was well composed, given the subject of our conversation, and for most of the visit I struggled to separate how she actually felt from what I felt she must be feeling. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I won’t bother to tell you the rest of that conversation. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You’d be good, you know,” I say, warming up to the fact that we had a focus to our conversation, other than the one I’m avoiding. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Every day brought compromise so basic neither one would talk about it, as though such prideless friendship belonged to a realm past conversation. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, that was too much; they’d never even gotten to have that conversation before he was killed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wished I were inside with them, helping set the table, joining in their conversation, sitting down with them in the lamplight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They ate, and some small effort was made at polite conversation, but their minds were elsewhere, dwelling on the story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun is shining, the sky is deep blue, there’s a magnificent breeze, and I’m longing—really longing—for everything: conversation, freedom, friends, being alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He always ended these interrogations with an exasperated, loud private conversation with God concerning our hopelessness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the conversation with Locke couldn’t have been the humiliating kind, the kind she tries to pretend away, could it? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The German people also lost their right to privacy, so government officials could read their mail, listen to their telephone conversations, and search their homes without needing a warrant. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She never even seems to mind when Tyler butts into our conversations in shop. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But Susan was chatty as they were driven home; she asked if his conversation with the woman had been interesting and hoped he had learned something that would be useful for his book. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The book takes place in the 1920s, which I thought was great because I supposed the same kind of conversation could happen in the Big Boy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she was the “girl” being discussed in the phone conversation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day is a blur of failed combat battles, curt conversations, and narrow escapes from Helene. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ken and Bob both talked so fast—their conversation filled with references to people I’d never heard of, like Stanley Kubrick and Woody Allen—that it was sometimes hard to follow them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who would bother striking up a conversation you might not live to finish? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We were not permitted to speak much, there being little time for conversation; and so we were reduced to nods and watchful eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The room was already back in the swing of multiple conversations. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Two people may arrive at a conversation with very different conversational patterns. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have special protection,” Juanita said as she ran up to join our conversation. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re a criminal. I’m Captain of the Royal Guard. I’m not obligated to bestow any kindness or conversation upon you. Be grateful we don’t keep you locked up in the wagon.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The two women lagged behind their mistress and exchanged exasperated looks that informed the assassin this conversation had been held many times before. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She hoped the perfect opportunity to present it would naturally arise at some point during the conversation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In a subsequent conversation, Rob confessed that in past years he’d been critical of some expedition leaders for being careless with their Sherpa staff. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he was Hazel’s brother, and finding him was a conversation for another time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They had this conversation again and again, with no resolution. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s happening here,” is what they say, and many of their conversations revolve around their plans for escape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny had an uncanny ability to ferret out topics of conversation that made his listener uneasy and to dwell upon them with ferocity once he had. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Those were the days when all conversations seemed as important as a cabinet crisis. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As Miss Duncan and Katherine resume their conversation, I reach into my shirt and touch my penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Having started a conversation which he could not endure, he discovered himself unable to get back out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It instantly began broadcasting conversations between ground control and the B-29 observation planes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like my conversation with Mr. Gore, and that makes me apt to disagree with anything guidance has to say. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days there were only two topics of conversation: the Radio Mullah and the fighting just across the border in Afghanistan. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Telephone operators helped the Gestapo by listening in on conversations between people under surveillance. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Peach sobbed and sniffed, and I heard leaving noises, the kind of settling-down, murmuring noises that drift across people when they are all talking at once, softly, ending a conversation or starting the next one. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d kept to herself for so long that it was hard to remember how to make conversation with someone her own age. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The tape recorder is still talking, like a third person trying to keep the conversation alive. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than ten days elapsed before I had again any conversation with her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom offers a few more conversation starters, but when I don’t answer, she gives up. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then again, it’s not like it was a long conversation. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A few people looked our way and then went back to their conversations. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They bugged his home and listened in on his conversations with his wife. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Regulations dictated that conversation had to be in either English or Afrikaans — African languages were forbidden — and could involve family matters only. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss wished that conversation came easy to him, but as he read the text over and over again, every response he came up with sounded like a cliché. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Worst of all was sitting down for afternoon tea, carrying on what she called polite conversation, which, in her estimation, was something every gentleman should be capable of doing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

People like France, so that ended the conversation, even though the French kings pooped right in the hallways of their castles. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She should have nurtured that conversation, however, instead of shutting it down, because Amanda was one of the few people who spoke to her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Did this have to do with the conversation they’d had at the library about boy books and girl books? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The videotape of Bill and Sue’s discussion seems, at least at first, to be a random sample of a very ordinary kind of conversation that couples have all the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Engaging Noah in conversation isn’t the easiest thing to do under the best of circumstances. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I wrote down the conversations my brother and I had when he was asleep late at night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Who would’ve thought this guy had abandoned his family?” she said, joining our conversation. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Is that my fault? That he couldn’t have a mature conversation with his wife?” she growls. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The conversations she had with her friends weren’t much different from the sort my mother had with hers, except in addition to the usual gossip, they discussed potential brides for Jawad Sahib. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There could be no conversation in the noise of Mrs. Phillips’s supper party, but his manners recommended him to everybody. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

All we could return to is a rented, joint-family flat in the overcrowded city of Calcutta, where Ma's inability to have a son would be a constant subject of conversation for other women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And that was why, she realized, their conversation was always lighthearted, superficial, essentially meaningless. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at the floor in front of my feet as the room bursts into conversation. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sabrina introduces the rest of the panelists and tells us, “This is the first of many conversations, so if your question doesn’t get answered today, don’t worry.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Those looks could travel around a room as quick as the wind, replacing all conversation as soon as you entered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer repeated the brief conversation he had had with Chevalier. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, all conversation stops as we fill our stomachs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I asked, to try and gain a foothold in the conversation. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I listened to their conversation for a while, because I didn't have anything else to do. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They thought improv games were fun, and dropped lines from Tennessee Williams plays in casual conversation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

If one mentioned a name unfamiliar to the warders, they would interrupt the conversation, and ask who the person was and the nature of the relationship. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can count on Soojin to end the conversation by saying that I’m better than most of the people on the show, and that I deserve to be on it someday. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ruth blows her nose—actually she sounds like she’s trying to blow it off—and brings all conversation to a halt. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dadi and Papa are having lots of whispering conversations at night, too. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought back to our conversation in Dad’s office, and it was almost like I’d been talking to a different person entirely. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Over eighteen hours had passed since our last conversation, and there was little chance that the Sunday papers would have distracted him upon his return to the Green Door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

While the TV crew finished setting up, the director walked over to have a hushed conversation with Jenny. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

On his walks Cal often recalled the conversation between Lee and Adam he had heard on the ranch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Avrion Mitchison then rejoined us, and the conversation for a short time reverted to the casual banter of the intellectual middle class. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Kaede remembered their whispered conversation in the middle of the night after leaving Mona’s cottage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Other patrons pass by on their way from one part of the circus to another, too absorbed in their conversations to notice him contemplating a postcard-size tag by the side of a tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But it isn’t OK, because I’m tired, too, and I’d like to have a conversation about money and our situation here that doesn’t end with him just walking out of the room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the sky, carrying on conversations with no one. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Out in the dooryard the conversation continued to be mild. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did come here for something important: to tell him the conversation I overheard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the day goes on, the name Pamela bubbles out of every conversation, spoken quietly, but so often that it’s a growing echo in the school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The lack of conversation doesn’t seem to bother her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The ladies, since the gentlemen entered, have become lively as larks; conversation waxes brisk and merry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was the phoniest conversation you ever heard in your life. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was never a "no daughter of mine will leave the house looking like that" conversation in the McConnell home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She liked baseball, but Jack had the statistics of every player memorized, and that just was not good conversation in her opinion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now that my head was static free, I heard my conversation with Morris Ditmer loud and clear. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my mother tries to lighten the conversation with talk of my sister’s dance recital, successfully filling the time with non-morbid talk until visiting hour is over. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Both men broke off their conversation and waited in stony silence for him to go. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Deborah called Gary The Disciple because he had a habit of channeling the Lord in the middle of a conversation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

These clumsies may be fine in conversation, but written English isn’t ready for them yet. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was such a thorough burp, and had emerged from such a small subject, that all conversation was momentarily suspended in amazement. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d eaten dinner with them a couple of times, but the conversations were awkward and unmemorable. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to barge in on their conversation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I want to be the one to end this conversation. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had felt uneasy after his conversation with Mother, so he had called Dad to see exactly what was being done about Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“They are brilliant with atmosphere,” Chandresh remarks to Celia as he joins their conversation, switching her empty glass of champagne with a freshly poured replacement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to remember our conversation, are you?” she said, pushing another twenty across the counter to him. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And now, years later I am still confused by our final conversation. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But in informal writing and conversation, if no one's likely to mistake your meaning it's fine to put only where it seems most natural—usually in front of the verb: I’m only saying this once. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness the girl interested him in conversation. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaunty never said much to him during the long, four-hour watches, and when the captain joined them, he didn’t add much to the conversation either, but that was all right. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It took people awhile to realize what was going on in the districts, how private conversations were being transmitted. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mind feels thick, and last night’s conversation and what Jake just said to me finally make a little sense. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Once, after my dad caught an earful of their conversation, he rushed over to the phone base and stabbed the button down with his finger to disconnect the call. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They were exchanging inanities about the size and terrors of New York, but my body knew that the conversation was about something far more threatening. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This new consensus must begin with dialogue, a conversation that fosters a critical consciousness, a key prerequisite to effective social action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Such calls were common, and though she sometimes wept, she never mentioned the conversation after slamming down the receiver. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One minute you were having a conversation and the next minute he was blowing up. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Disguised as a traveler, she would slip into taverns and coach houses to eavesdrop on conversations and chat with the locals, then bring the peasant talk back to camp. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This was a disappointment, since Virgil hoped to slip out the front door without having an actual conversation with either of his parents. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We continued to pester them, and finally Professor Matthews, who was a lawyer, said that it had been a privileged conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra knew that was that—the conversation was over, the battle lost. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Jean has her flowers,” Matty said, hoping to turn the conversation to Mentor’s daughter. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

This was a favorite conversation among non-Messengers, but never a productive one, and it was no different with these boys. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie stood a few feet away, but he was too caught up in the conversation to notice her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was great commerce and discussion between each dance, often beyond the scope of my understanding, the whole room a very Babel of rich tongues and alien conversation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We still occasionally had discussions about the egg, but these conversations were always guarded, and we were careful to avoid talking about specifics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But in what I knew to be the context of our conversation it meant, “I have failed you.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Under Pendleton’s prodding, Hamilton agreed to a statement disclaiming any recollection of the conversation as recounted by Cooper. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He never said or wrote anything concerning our silent conversations. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe replays the conversation a couple of times in his head. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They had him up for conversation every day the Lord sent. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I guess typing a conversation takes a lot longer than talking face to face. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whispered the word offed in case anyone was listening to our conversation. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad had helped haul another empty Norvelt house to West Virginia so he wasn’t around, and I always felt guilty in front of Mom so I avoided conversations with her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I want to go, too,” I said, smiling, because the words I had just said, the whole conversation with Amaka, were dreamlike. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

That had never happened before, and Malcolm was amazed, but simply waited till the two dæmons had finished their brief conversation and went out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I’d cooled down by then and so had he, and we were able to have a better conversation about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother also e-mailed me, and we had several telephone conversations around that time. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sloane didn't enter into the conversation but lounged back haughtily in his chair; the woman said nothing either--until unexpectedly, after two highballs, she became cordial. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She might be having a conversation like this with some other half-blood long after I was dead, but Bianca would still look twelve years old. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Moushumi refers to Nikhil in conversation as “my husband”: “My husband and I have a dinner to go to next Thursday.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leave it to Pouncey to cap off the conversation with something nuts. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Everything’s so hip and elegant here, and no normal conversation feels worthy. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But it has to be a conversation with a patient. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Even though sometimes I have a big mouth, I find it hard to strike up conversations with people I don’t know. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As I cleared the dirty mugs off the last table, Grandfather stood deep in conversation with Mr. Rowley. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t quite sure why, exactly, except that she was sick of imagining a thousand conversations with him every night before she fell asleep. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She did not wonder that Lord Fredrick occasionally suffered from headaches; ten minutes of conversation with Lady Constance and she was starting to get one herself. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

This is not going to lead to anything more than an honest conversation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the Hulls seemed to talk together about anything, not as if conversation were divided into Adult subjects and You’re-Not-Old-Enough-to-Understand subjects. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened with growing uneasiness to the conversation fuzzing away to a whisper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

News of departures became a part of everyday conversation. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And the conversation for the rest of the night was pretty much all about the Olympics. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We left campus and, at first, the conversation felt awkward. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t mind,” she says softly, “let’s keep this conversation between the two of us. I don’t know who your dad would be madder at—your coach or me.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

That was how Ruth and I came to have our conversation under the eaves. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birdie looked hopeful for the first time in their conversation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Obedient to Sirius’s wish of hearing about anything odd at Hogwarts, Harry sent him a letter by brown owl that night, explaining all about Mr. Crouch breaking into Snape’s office, and Moody and Snape’s conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s me or them, but any attempt at conversation usually fades away in a minute or two, and the barriers go up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were four minutes remaining in my lunch period, which was the perfect length for a Mom conversation. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every day, the cashier and I have the exact same conversation. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Here are some of the conclusions that I gleaned from conversations with McKinsey executives and from their reports: We Americans often fantasize that German and Japanese industries are super-efficient, exceeding American industries in productivity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Was this part of a conversation he’d been having with himself about his own life? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming silently down the tunnel, she could hear them talking in the room below, and she paused a moment to eavesdrop on their conversation. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Neither question nor answer was meant as anything more than a polite preamble to conversation. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by their eyes that they were having a full conversation grown-ups have without saying words. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He whistles softly as she walks by, hoping to start a conversation. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He never waited to hear my answer, which was “Yes, sir,” before he’d resume his conversation with Bailey. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since I’d made simple conversation with someone that I felt strange and hesitant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If anybody presumed I was too young for a conversation about adulters and not getting babies they had another think coming. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been able to follow along with the conversation up until this point, but I dreaded the thought of having to speak. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

You overhear a conversation—a conversation which was not meant for you to overhear—and you decide—without prompting, in fact, without leave — to interfere, and interfere hard, in someone else’s business. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Anatole reminds me of our long-ago conversation when I tried to explain how we grew food back home, in huge fields far from the people who eat it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was deep in conversation with Mr. Carris as we entered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana could see right then she had rounded the bend where conversations with her parents were no longer going to be as easy as they once were. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And though their conversation had ended minutes before, Lucas approached her once more in the parking lot and asked her a surprising question. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

That evening, feeling demoralized and a bit angry, I had a conversation with Benjamin Pogrund of the Rand Daily Mail in which I suggested that the days of nonviolent struggle were over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d agreed and the conversation had ended, but the problem was not solved. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed that night, I think over every conversation, every minute of time I can remember spending with Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You have come again with your university talk, Ifeoma,” she said, mildly, and then looked away to signal that the conversation was over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was being unkind, and I hated myself for it, but I had to find a way to get through this conversation before it killed me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The others around me stay a good distance away, apparently eager to avoid an awkward conversation. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The glow from an actual, normal conversation with Mom keeps me from thinking that the talent show might kill me, until about second period. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom was right, but I didn’t want to have a conversation about diversity in fencing at that moment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But everything is not normal, and when I don’t smile or laugh or talk back, she stops trying to make conversation. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hermione refused to sit in the common room while Ron was there, so Harry generally joined her in the library, which meant that their conversations were held in whispers. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Shepherd was on the air, Bobby would darken his room and have a one-way conversation that eased his loneliness. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Moushumi had first introduced him to her crowd he and she would sit with their arms around each other, their fellow guests a footnote to their own ongoing conversation. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She makes me memorize one new word a day and practice it ten times in conversation. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The conversation with Jeremiah settled Luma’s mind on the question of Ashton’s: it was time for her to admit her failure and walk away. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When she doesn’t answer, I figure there’s no more point in conversation. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I suspect he occasionally heard conversations from Klan club members that caused his heart to miss a beat. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She has a not-so-secret habit of eavesdropping on other people’s conversations. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A clear version of the mysterious conversation never did emerge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the bright hall of Zeus upon Olympos the other gods were all at home, and Zeus, the father of gods and men, made conversation. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to imagine how to begin the conversation—how to tell her she shouldn’t marry my brother—when she spoke. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then there’s Peeta, who will be my partner in this deception, but how do I begin that conversation? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sure,” Chas said, obvious in his lack of enthusiasm at engaging his new roomie in conversation. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t always agree, but that was what made the conversation so interesting. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I did not care for the direction this conversation was taking. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So when I slipped my headphones over my ears, I turned the music up until bass strings thumped, cymbals hissed, and guitar strings squealed like they were having a conversation with each other. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Skunk and Ma paused their conversation and had a good laugh at that. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In public conversations, I’d refer to ‘my parents’ or ‘my mother and father.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally pushed away and floated on her back, looking up at the sky and wishing this conversation would end. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then the two of us did the whole conversation just fine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moment Corliss had gone, the corridor erupted into a cacophony of excited conversation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wart knew that if he told the elder boy about Us conversation with Merlyn, Kay would refuse to be condescended to, and would not come. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks out, engaged in low conversation with his men, snapping at Sana to follow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

That brief conversation not only ended my law career but placed my speech problems in the center of my consciousness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he says, the cocktail party effect shows the limitations of attention; after all, you can’t pay attention to two conversations at once. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she said things like It’s not a democracy, suddenly I couldn’t stand to be having this whole conversation. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am sitting in one the chairs, going over their conversation, which was very nice and normal and nondisturbing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It becomes a social experience, an object of conversation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One minute ago I was speaking on the telephone to a colleague in Droitwich. Abruptly, I was obliged to apologize, and terminate the conversation. Now. Who can guess the reason?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A new term began to make the rounds in policy circles, the press, and private conversation: the missile gap. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I realized with a strange sort of happy dread that we were falling back into the easy conversation we’d had at the bonfire. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We both got quiet, like we just realized that we were having a conversation with a total stranger who maybe didn’t feel so much like a stranger anymore. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Doctor would have liked during the course of conversation to ask, “Is there any man in the case?” but he knew his Creole too well to make such a blunder as that. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Her “condition” was in no way apparent, and no one would have known a thing about it but for her persistence in making it the subject of conversation. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eavesdropped on their whole conversation from the other room. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Our conversation centered on the possibility that at Pasadena I might continue X-ray work with viruses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

All those conversations with Mama in that sunny Harlem apartment, conversations meaningless to anyone but us, prepared me to use language in special ways, making it my own. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This celebration was the first time in days that they could simply enjoy one another’s company without the events of February seventh dominating the conversation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t looking for them! They said hi, I said hi—it was a one-minute conversation! I don’t even know them!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I remembered something and dug into my pocket, glad for an excuse to divert the conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She squared the book up in front of her, then, as usual, quickly swung the conversation in a more sensitive direction. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m in the middle of an important conversation.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of loud, lively chatter and jovial laughter, their conversation was all hushed whispers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lunch was the worst. All the conversations crashed together.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I had, naturally, been called to the drawing room several times already that night to replenish refreshments, and had observed on these occasions the gentlemen deep in conversation over weighty issues. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Later he said the wacky conversations in the story reminded him of his own family. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne looked up from the magazine and made a conscious decision to have her first real conversation with her father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sound track of the conversation he had had with O’Brien, on the night when he had enrolled himself in the Brotherhood. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I turned to face the wall, trying to hide my end of this bizarre conversation from Linda, who shot me curious glances while pretending to read a fashion magazine. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

You weren’t as suspicious of people as I was, and the last thing we needed was to strike up a conversation with him. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She valued all her students equally and made sure they knew that every voice was important to the conversation in her class. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s still only eight a.m., but no way am I staying in the house and having any more of these conversations. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Derby continued to pick at her food, and her husband sometimes stopped his conversation with Clay to cut a small piece of meat for his wife so she would eat it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the house, I hear laughter and conversation, the sounds of women enjoying each other's company. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think the valve inside me that loosened during the conversation with Oscar has popped its gasket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Our conversations eventually branched out, until it was the three of us talking about anything and everything for forty-five minutes at ten o’clock every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

To make conversation, the man asked Dicey how much money they’d earned, and she answered that they hadn’t counted yet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been working very diligently with the children on good manners, socially useful phrases and appropriate party conversation topics; perhaps this expedition could serve as a valuable rehearsal. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They were less books than notebooks, filled with rambling transcriptions of his own internal conversations that ricocheted off one another at unpredictable angles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I was just...lost. In conversation. I didn’t feel my phone vibrate.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Soon after that conversation with Qareeb, my sisters and I brainstormed ideas for the types of clothes we wanted to make. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

As the days stretched into weeks, Harry began to suspect that Ron and Hermione were having conversations without, and about, him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But today, civil rights is a dominating issue in every state, crowding the pages of the press and the daily conversation of white Americans. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was hungry, so I grabbed two, and when I came back, Miss Winthrop was deep in conversation with an older woman I thought I recognized from church. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew her out in conversation on this matter, and she told him how she tried to keep in mind certain basic articles of her faith. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

That conversation, as Hamilton now remembered it, “consisted of comments on the political principles and views of Col. Bur...without reference to any instance of past conduct, or to private character.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you make out like you have a dead poodle just for the sake of conversation?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no conversation for a few moments. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I’m not, my father has long conversations with me in which he explains that being home on time is like being on time for a train. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve already imagined the people who would be at my side, and those in front of me, and the conversations and prayers we would share. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Takumi started up again, but Alaska raised her hand as if to swat the conversation away. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone breaks into conversation, sneakers squeaking into the hall. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you enjoyed your private conversation.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After a week or two, a lot of the time, he didn’t even try to listen to the rest of the family’s conversation. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was an easy flow to their conversations; a sort of instantaneous shorthand, maybe because they came from similar backgrounds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But they could not carry on a real conversation. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, a man in a black suit arrived at the house carrying a brief-case, and he held a long conversation with my grandmother in the living-room. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

With a sister like Margaret, there is no such thing as a perfect reply, a perfect conversation, or a perfect carving in ivory. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only living things I had met were monkeys, snakes, wild pigs, and deer, none of which I could have a conversation with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As Schindler strolled past us in conversation with a German officer, I suddenly felt that I must do something, anything, to prevent our being sent back. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As our conversation continued, my jittery nerves and the butterflies floated away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mamá Jacinta rubs her temples, as if this conversation were giving her a headache. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever read your cards for someone who could not understand what they were dealing with, even though to you it was clear from only a short conversation and pictures on paper?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I was having a conversation with my friend here,” Mr. Sager said, stepping toward the Highlander. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

So whenever we hung out with Babiki and her sisters and their friends, a lot of the conversation was in English. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As we walked, I told Grover about my conversation with Apollo the night before—how he’d told me to seek out Nereus in San Francisco. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she gets into her work like this, it’s like trying to have a meaningful conversation with a high-speed computer that loves Chipotle and makes fun of what you’re wearing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After all, flattened ears and a tail-wag were scarcely a conversation. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early days especially, there was no conversation which was not concerned with him in some way or other, even if only in secret. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was how her conversations with Clara went, and why, for Alba, the most important person in the house and the strongest presence in her life was her grandmother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we had that conversation, I kicked my doubts to the back of the closet. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl of action, clearly not open to conversation. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the conversation centered instead on Dorothy’s recent work with insulin. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As practice for the event of encountering a possible suitor, we urged her to engage in small conversations with nearby men. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I hate that we’re having this conversation when I have to leave for class, Malú,” Mom said, glancing at her watch before giving me her concerned parent look. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As the conversation wore on, it seemed like he was siding with Baird. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dante never had any trouble starting up conversations. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I would think about some conversation we were having where I was dumb. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both turned to each other, picking up a new conversation, blocking Hattie out. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The fourth section was devoted to the moments of inspiration when book ideas came to me in full-color flashes, like bits of a film remembered, or a forgotten conversation suddenly pulsing to life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I try to escape down the stairs, because I really want to hear the conversation Mom is having, but Dad gently grabs my arm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to start the conversation because he didn’t know how. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine the conversation between my father and Mr. Markey. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was Judith who kept the conversation going. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Drummle, I did not seek this conversation, and I don’t think it an agreeable one.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

This, of course, is a real false start, a fake beginning to a conversation, only because Ma and Momly speak like six thousand times a week. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, Annie and I pretty much shut it all out, scooted our desks close together, held hands on my lap—score one for atavism!—and whispered and mouthed our own unobserved conversation. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Monitor your conversations, please! You know the rules!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their conversation is confusing, but I can’t waste time now trying to determine what their bizarre words mean. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

People abandoned their conversations and gravitated towards her in a murmuring swarm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said it so seriously that she blinked, wondering if maybe she had accidentally struck up a conversation with a psychopath who had a thing for baking. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The kids stared at the goatmen in disbelief, unsure how to continue the conversation. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes, he seems to forget all about our conversation. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But really she was scrolling back through the text conversation, to see what Mom had told Ms. Morales earlier in the day. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Edna entered the dining room one evening a little late, as was her habit, an unusually animated conversation seemed to be going on. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sefia had brought it up with Nin, her aunt had gone sullen and silent, refusing to answer any questions or even make casual conversation for a whole day. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bengali conversation fills the cabin; his mother has already exchanged addresses with the family across the aisle. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to cut our conversation short, Miss Deveraux, but there is an urgent matter I must attend to.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Every conversation was private, with no media or staff observing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Citra brought it up in the middle of dinner one night, with neither warning nor context of conversation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I have never passed an unshaded window without looking in, have never closed my ears to a conversation that was none of my business. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through conversations I learned that the members of the New York John Reed Club were in despair at the way in which the congress was drifting, but they took care to conceal their disapproval. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I headed to the stairs, eyes on the floor lest anyone try to catch me in a conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Apparently it was up to her to provide the conversation. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Other people’s tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation. There was no reason for me to tell you.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got my hopes up halfway through the conversation with Rachel—that was my mistake. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I almost turn away to end the conversation, but her words create a kind of pressure inside my mind, like she is squeezing my brain between her hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Pamela, Nick’s American,” Lydia says, leaning across the table, rescuing Gogol from the conversation. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She wants us,” Mr. Winnike said, and now he smiled self-consciously, or seemed to, “to have a conversation.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Because if he can do that, he’ll be able to chart most of the houses I’ve been in over the past two or three years...which will lead to a lot of confusing conversations. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And after our conversation that morning, Dad would know exactly what was going on. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Safer’s mom and Pigeon pretty much carry the conversation, asking me questions about my family and school. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grantham had pulled some knitting from her basket and the click of needles, like the rubbing of the smallest of bones, entered the conversation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was really listening to the men’s conversation, watching for any sign that Billy was about to rat me out, trying to think of ways to stop him if he began. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All of this was spoken like ordinary morning conversation. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then, from each conversation, she selected two ten-second clips of the doctor talking, so her slice was a total of forty seconds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“If you ask me,” said Ron once Harry had finished describing his conversation with Tonks, “she’s cracking up a bit. Losing her nerve after what happened at the Ministry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and added, "She is a hybrid genius of unknown I.Q.," and I knew that she was acknowledging our conversation of last summer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They liked being together, and in the early afternoon before he grew too tired, Jethro would walk along with Jenny when she took her turn at the plow, preferring conversation to solitary rest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d strike up a conversation about the crazy crow in the big oak tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To an extent this is a semantic conversation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If maybe he was listening to my conversation with Helena with the stethoscope. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dad didn’t like the direction the conversation was going so he called the landlord for the hundredth time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was fine with me, although some conversation would have been nice. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They simulate a conversation, as classic style recommends, and they are gifts to the memory-challenged reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

On winter days it swims with the odor of roasting chestnuts; on summer evenings it becomes slow and drowsy, full of sleepy conversations and the scraping of heavy iron chairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It now consisted of about a hundred of these same exact conversations a day with everyone I happened to see around town. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They found the cat, but neither the potential conversation nor the afternoon was redeemed. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Some of our conversations were angry and tearful, some of them earnest and positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Your mother was so lonely for good conversation she gladly accepted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saying Cecile’s words, one after another, felt like we were bringing her into our conversation instead of turning our voices on her, like we had. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is somewhat taken aback, though, by a conversation with Moore early into his tenure. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Are we really going to have a conversation about money? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

‘We don’t want to interrupt your crazy time. Maybe you can just finish this conversation with yourself and we’ll come back later, with, um, some bigger weapons and possibly some sedatives.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was dinnertime when I came downstairs, steeling myself for the conversation. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Madame Ratignolle kissed Edna goodnight, and went away, being in truth rather desirous of joining in the general and animated conversation which was still in progress concerning Mexico and the Mexicans. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while William went disconsolately back to the Bear Flag and through the window he saw the conversation spring up again and it saddened him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could it be that my first one, that long-ago day with Maeve, still seemed as fresh in my heart as my conversation with Stephen and Samar from the previous night? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t say anything but when, a lot later, I went over the conversation in my head I realized I never asked him the same question back. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three of them looked puzzled, and Chess realized their conversation had moved on while he’d been stuck in the past, stuck hearing echoes of Mom’s voice in his head. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Intensely frustrated with his inability to connect with young people, Nixon tried to get a conversation started. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After Comrade Pillai left, Inspector Thomas Mathew went over their conversation in his mind, teasing it, testing its logic, looking for loopholes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I asked her the simplest of tax questions, for example, she could turn the conversation around and make it seem as if I were too cheap to pay for her legal advice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had participated in secret conversations, received certain assurances, and gone so far as to make reconnaissance forays to outlying parts of the city. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Bells and conversations and carriages and footsteps burst through the air. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mom always led the conversations by asking a million questions about our hopes for the new school year. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Wes is very polite and carries the conversation as the Allens ask us about basketball and school. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smart ones learned to keep quiet and let Smith initiate a conversation, which he did every once in a while. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the conversation we had in the meadows a few weeks ago—how he talked about missing Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The man seated next to her was eating bitter kola, crunching loudly, and when he turned to make conversation she slowly shifted away until she was pressed against the airplane wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she should have been less histrionic and given them both the chance to have a calm conversation about what happened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Other conversations resumed around the oligarch, who was now clearly drunk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You overheard my phone conversation?” she asked softly. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to feel intimidated when classroom conversation was dominated by male students, which it often was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A cup of tea, a conversation—did he have no time for that? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t have a phone,” Velia said, joining the conversation with the same conviction as Delia and I. “I mean, my mother does, but...” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She nods and begins a conversation with herself about me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It was hard for Dallas to keep his mind on the conversation. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We wouldn't have had to trick ourselves into sleep to stave off the need for conversation. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad pretended he had forgotten all about her, as he resumed the conversation. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the conversation shifted after the stern warning. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were, like, a million conversations I’d had in my mind with my mother. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But judging from Lauren’s silence on the floor, she had sent the conversation down the wrong road entirely. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

While we wait for the delivery, the conversation stays on food. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then Rob, who was bringing up the rear, caught up to Doug, and a brief conversation ensued. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Again she thought of Hollister and their conversation the day before. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. Frisby stepped from the elevator, it became obvious that strangers were a rarity down there, for the hubbub of a dozen conversations stopped abruptly, and all heads turned to look at her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He bowed extravagantly at the beginning of each conversation. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew also, both from the first conversation and from the talk he heard, that Aron was not likely to be pleased at discovering her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even his conversation was, as it were, a spoken part It would end according to the script. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly a year after our first conversation, Deborah refused to talk to me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the conversations were about lost relatives and friends. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time their conversation was through, Chronicler’s gaze would be considered intense at the very least, and rude by most. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gogol is only partly attentive to the conversation. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few of us tried to carry on conversations, saying anything we could think of to keep ourselves calm. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of it being a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon, I make it a conversation between Ellis and me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

This unseemly conversation, luckily, couldn’t be overheard because of the deafening roars of the vast crowd, which had begun as Caesar’s party entered the box and didn’t die down for long minutes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She closes my file and puts it aside, perhaps a gesture to imply our conversation has just become informal and off the record. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But quailing at the thought of Strauss’s certain apoplexy at his withdrawal, he chose to put off the uncomfortable conversation until the last minute. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I hand Mama the phone and listen to their conversation. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m no master of small talk or nothing, but I had enough home training to know that you at least try to spark a conversation with people you’re working with. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked down and opened my blank notebook to a random page, hoping the action would inspire an end to the conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She remembered their conversation on the balcony and frowned. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pretend I want to dance to escape the conversation, but Kristina comes with me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The minute he went on to another topic of news, the barbershop broke into loud conversation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate two bowls of chili—the house specialty—and listened to the general conversation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of it slides under the door as I stand there, remem-bering the conversation I had with Simon at Christmas when he picked me up at Milla’s. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Who can it be, though?” she said in a quiet voice, as though continuing a conversation they had just been having. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mom and 1 knew better than to start a conversation—even at her best, my sister wasn’t a bundle of cheer in the mornings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Third, the correspondence can be read as an extended conversation between two gods on Mount Olympus because both men were determined to project that impression: “But wither is senile garrulity leading me?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He holds the box out, puzzled, lifting it into the conversation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Can I just—?” I began, but the conversation rolled right over me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Intermixed with its notes, conversation and laughter begin again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Me, too. It’s not a sex conversation. So why are you doing Miss Teen Dream? No offense, but it doesn’t seem like you’re really into it.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She’s drunk and I’m high—it lets us relax, keeps the conversation light. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A classic writer counts on the common sense and ordinary charity of his readers, just as in everyday conversation we know when a speaker means “in general” or “all else being equal.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

This really bugs me because for nearly an hour the conversation was all in Korean. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Most of the senior officers were in deep conversation with Reyna. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time since this conversation began, he’s not in charge of it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasant, remotely masculine smell of him hit her when he walked into the hall, but shaving cream, tobacco, new car, and dusty books faded at the memory of the conversation in the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Usually at the start of a meal, while Mother served up the plates at one end of the table, Dad served up the day’s topic of conversation at the other end. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chatted some, but mostly they drank, and I drifted out of the conversation and ended up squinting through the dark, looking at the book spines in Alaska’s Life Library. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jerrie, who often hung back in conversations due to her shyness, spoke up with her opinion about the plane, which the Soviets had been having trouble with. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone seems to know everyone else, embroiled in conversations that are impossible to join. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The consequences of their conversations seemed scant but they both seemed pleased with the possibilities, which, in turn, pleased Angela. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation was over, and I had my orders. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“A conversation. She wants us to have a conversation. If you’re going to tell me that she talks...” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A low chuckle runs up and down the table, and conversation picks up again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Post reviews on your profile, join book conversations in the forums, and bask in the book-loving ambiance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When they were reasonably sure he was asleep, the two held a hurried whispered conversation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The idea of his trying to tell me what to say in a conversation only part of which he could have heard! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we ended our conversation, I asked Rao what he is up to next. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

They said their hellos, but conversation was clipped. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mom never brought up the conversation we’d had about my brother. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Hanako hung on the outskirts of the conversation, hoping someone would include her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, despite the clatter of forks and the roar of hundreds of conversations all around me, I rest my head on the table and fall asleep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mind wanders to Pa, Ma, and Geak, and I become deaf to the conversations around me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no reason to fear that sort of conversation in this group. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s all comfortable for quite a while, until Marie’s words stop and stand in the middle of the conversation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He guided her to a spot behind a bookcase where their conversation couldn’t be observed by the security camera blinking up in the ceiling. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Um, no. That was an accident. I kind of . .. dropped into the middle of their conversation.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The topic of the conversation should be how “us” can come to include “all of us.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not tuning out, just relieved that they’re going to carry the conversation. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Oddly, there was little of the easy conversation one generally hears in public rest rooms, none of the laughter and “woofing.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two composers did meet once, an encounter brokered by the kindly Antonio Salieri, and we have it word for word since Beethoven, being deaf, had to have the conversation written down. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Dad never mentioned Old Charley in his conversation with the commissioner. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There men, and a few women, lifted their glasses in toasts and singing and let the hours slip away in lively conversation. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Wow, there was little I hated more than this conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t hear the rest of the conversation after that. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a disappointing conversation with him, I started to think. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sam had taken no part in the conversation, though he had listened; and at the same time he had attended with his keen hobbit ears to all the soft woodland noises about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When we’re done with the world’s longest conversation on the blue wildebeest, he pats the couch and I sit down next to him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was a strange feature—now that Lancelot was in the conversation—that Mordred's vivid feeling was exchanged for indifference. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard snippets of their conversations, a soc­cer game in Union City next weekend, a new Afghan restaurant in Santa Clara. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m having this conversation with my brother, Tommy, on the phone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

You can, too, in conversation and informal writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While some remain single letters, content with their onetime replies, others evolve into longer exchanges, collections of ongoing conversations. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not only the bartenders and cooks, who knew everything about everything, it seemed to me, but even the customers, also began to school me, in little conversations by the bar when I wasn’t busy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s such a short ride that there’s no real time for conversation, but when Peeta takes my hand, I don’t pull it away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard long, angrily whispered conversations between my mother and grandmother to the effect that “that woman ought to be killed for breaking up a home.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suesetta and I retell the whole conversation to each other, like we need to hear it again in order to understand what just happened. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Annabeth didn’t feel particularly witty or courageous, but her instincts told her to take the initiative, or this would be a very short conversation. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She would even have welcomed the conversation of Illyrio and her brother, but they were too far below to hear her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She could carry on a conversation now about health and one about weather, but she couldn’t manage to say “Miriam.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have stored up months of conversation and couldn’t wait to let it all out. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not so I could eavesdrop on people’s conversations to see if they were talking about me—although that would be pretty cool. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Between the long lines of high bookshelves, Harry could see that their heads were close together and they were having what looked like an absorbing conversation. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Yeah, the conversation would suck, but at least there wouldn’t be this void. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He said our conversation had been the “dismount” of our time in Cuba. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She sat without moving a muscle, and listened to the conversation of the people. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the conversation was over, Jule held the phone to her chest for a while. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We are welcome to continue our conversation in the principal’s office, or we can stay and be quiet. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because that concerns me. The fact that you’ve testified about this conversation without having heard any part of it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hung up and sat in the silence again, the temporary lightness she’d felt from the conversation already receding. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I turned the conversation away from me and back to Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then we've run out of conversation again, and it’s so strange the way an ill-timed kiss can make someone feel like a stranger. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Con looked over at Kaede, who had listened to their conversation in silence, and asked, “Does that sound all right with you?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As she waited, the conversations with Shay in her head came back again, but they weren’t so troubling here. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I replayed our encounter, only this time I was charming, confident, able to carry on a conversation that dazzled him while Maritza and her friends watched enviously. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He hated to have a conversation die out like this. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke glanced back at the computer screen, where the conversation continued. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

This sobered Luxa up for real, but it killed the conversation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I say, trying to dodge the seriousness of this conversation. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

In a lull in the conversation, I try to get Mr. Burnside’s attention. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As I picked up the phone, I said, “This might be a long conversation.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed in their familiar scent—bleach, sweat, and something distinctly earthy—and tried not to listen to the conversation above me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

While waiting for the bus I started a conversation and explained how interested I was in DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I nodded and gave her a small wave, bowing out of our conversation. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The conversation shifts from school to mutual friends to inside jokes I’m not a part of—relief rushes over me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was wary of this conversation but curious to know how well he’d learned the teachings of the Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the beginning of their conversation, he asked her if she was an Aryan. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ashe paused, and a tiny smile tugged at his lips, “Say, did any of you ever carry on a thought conversation without knowing it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Our conversation was interrupted by a knock on the front door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had lain on a bed in the infirmary, in pain, unseeing, his memory slow to return, and half listened to the conversations of the gentle folk who took care of him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I could barely read what I’d been assigned, barely form a complete sentence in classroom conversations most days—it was more how everyone acted. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to steer the conversation in a more positive direction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She sets it in the middle of the table and steers the conversation back to Emma’s problems with long division. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But Obinze said little, and Kayode was left to carry the conversation, his voice getting boisterous, and from time to time he glanced at Obinze, as though to urge him on. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And of course the whole conversation was carried on in German, because not only do they speak it at home with their mother, but as their cousin I’m expected to understand it too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the old man persisted in his attempt to strike up a conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us, a group of women was carrying on a conversation, criticizing a neighbor’s wife who, upon leaving Haiti, had turned from a sweet Haitian wife into a self-willed tyrant. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Most of all, I had to have a serious conversation with the god who’d tricked me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Lelia adored Jack because she always said so whenever he came up in our conversation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray said, “We keep the living room for family conversations,” which is true, I guess, since we never had any family conversations. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I sit in the front seat, and the boyfriend initiates conversation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They might even have become friends, but the Englishman closed off the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got so that every day John and I would go over to the Pigman’s after school and have a glass of wine and conversation. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So she had a telephone specially installed beside her bed in order that she might have one last conversation with me. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never let a dull spot appear in conversation if he could help it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can end this conversation if I can muster the courage to arc my body into his, bring my lips to his mouth, let our bodies align while the rest of the world falls away. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

That was the deepest conversation we would have all week. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile at him, grateful that he’s looped me back in to the conversation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were in a perpetual conversation with each other on topics both solemn and trifling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward she said, “At first he may have wanted to see you, but I won him over. When he bid me good-bye, he said our conversation would stay in his memory forever.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout, her conversation with Kat about The Taker plays in her head like a radio turned down low. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It is not easy carrying on both halves of a conversation and having to avoid words that are on the top of your mind. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had held this conversation in a low voice, well knowing my guardian’s ears to be the sharpest of the sharp. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

People at nearby tables had halted their own conversations and were sitting in silence, listening to ours. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Just a year ago we were groaning over the dismal Christmas we expected to have. Do you remember?” asked Jo, breaking a short pause which had followed a long conversation about many things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had obviously heard our conversation and her sudden exclamation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So, as I’ve warned you,” Henry says as they approach the doors to the Royal Box, “Philip will be here. And assorted other nobility with whom you may have to make conversation. People named Basil.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The conversation was so long-winded and boring that I suddenly fell asleep on the cold, hard linoleum. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Goose bumps sprouted all over her body as the conversation they’d had last weekend after Rios floated into memory. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kaz had crouched down, turning all the keys, trying to get all the dogs waddling at the same time, and the boy selling them had struck up a conversation with Jordie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I was just wondering why you’re here,” I mused aloud, remembering the conversation that seemed so long ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is such a cliche conversation. I don’t know what else to say.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

For our taped conversations, we had switched from handheld microphones—because it was too difficult now for Morrie to hold anything that long—to the lavaliere kind popular with TV newspeople. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin wanted to continue the conversation but didn't quite know how, so he lay back and rubbed his sore shoulder. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But there’s only the same look of amusement that ended our last conversation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“That conversation we had really stuck with me. My first reaction was ‘Gosh. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their conversations surfaced and dipped like mountain streams. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she got close to the head of the line, she heard the same conversation several times. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure we’re gonna have to have a difficult conversation someday, too. But...get better. Deal with those parents of yours.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he was on his way but needed to stop in to have one last forty-five-minute conversation with a colleague before he got into the car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mom launched into a one-sided conversation about her work stuff, but my worried mind struggled to tune in. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Washington knew that just the opposite would happen, because the farmer was a Tory who would quickly report the conversation to British officers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but they do, and they will,” she replied in a knowing way, and that ended our conversation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It's weird for me, being in conversations with both Peeta and Gale, but they seem to have set aside whatever issues they have about me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If I were a male—one of your precious sprites—we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Not in this conversation, not in this room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fancy that he heard our conversation, but that he paid even greater attention to my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turns toward me; the English language and I reappear in the conversation. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Our conversation on the previous night had hardly alluded to that approach. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He cannot imagine them contributing to one of their dinner party conversations. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Neither woman imagined that these would be the last conversations they would ever have with Fischer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The eggplants gave them an excuse for breaking the rules and starting a conversation. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conversations weren’t easy or comfortable...not like the ones they’d had in July, when things were different between them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the loneliness of being the odd man out in these conversations got to me but most of the time I just ignored it. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other man at the bar bent toward them to listen; he had been silently following their conversation for several minutes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two girls are talking nearby, and I have a sense that at one point she was a part of their conversation, then decided to drop out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“The conversation,” observed Archimedes, “arose out of whether birds could talk.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make conversation, he said, “At least it’s a beautiful sunrise, Archivist.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Poor Alex just wanted to be a part of our conversation. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He could make conversation with a brick wall—part of his salesman DNA. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They shook hands with everybody around them and had little smiling conversations as they made their way back toward the road and the so-called real world. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no noise or conversation, for each person seemed to be alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She has long, private conversations with them on the porch of our house. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The conversation turned to politics after that, which was all anybody had been talking about lately. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The King Lords leave, and conversations break out all around. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mom refocused the conversation, her eyes back on me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Kim said, “I was not, I was just making pleasant conversation.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Except for two older women, who were deep in conversation on her left, she would be the only person seated in the long row of chairs. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was crime that led the nightly news and the national conversation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She was too tired to be amused at her uncle’s telephone manners: he viewed such instruments with deep anger and his conversations were monosyllabic at best. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dinner with claret, however, restored the conversation to our impending triumph with DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And then she turned to Twig and Dari and asked for their parents’ phone numbers, and I knew the conversation was over. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The cream cakes appeared then, and the conversation took a lighter turn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With this, they returned to their previous conversation, and I exchanged no further words with them until exchanging good nights a little while later. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I also knew that eventually we would have to finish that conversation about why he treats Needles like he doesn't love him, when we all know he does. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I left my brethren rapt in conversation regarding what this mark of special notice might signify. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The walls weren’t thin enough to hear normal conversations, only raised voices, so they had to be arguing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So,” Genie said, trying to steer the conversation back to what was important. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cabby makes a few other attempts to get a conversation going, but Alicia just nods or murmurs a little, so the guy gives up and punches up a country station on the radio. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the conversation continued, Chronicler’s expression had grown by degrees more puzzled and more intent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The conversation moves around me while I try to keep up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not a good time for a conversation with my father. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Once, I managed to start a conversation with Elle at a sophomore dance. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

This conversation is about William H. I don’t have to apologize for that! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your village is very fine,” Nhamo said, uncertain how to strike up a conversation. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asks what “moving on” means to each of us, and calm conversation continues. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When he had conversations with Perry Como or other white television hosts, when he sang on their shows, they all seemed to respect him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I ask, trying to get another conversation going. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

One woman’s name, she gathers from bits of conversation, is Beverly. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The slave girl gently petted the dog under the table, looking as if she was trying to follow the conversation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also overheard her conversation with Mary Miller. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Puffs of conversation broke the silence of their tomb. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Angel stood there, listening to Monique’s side of the conversation. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A favorite topic of conversation was what they wanted to eat. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

We could hear her side of the conversation. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s have a conversation, Dad,” Mary Anne continued. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a couple of hours visiting the seedier taverns around the University, making casual conversations, asking casual questions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The signs and their removal were a regular topic of conversation among the women of West Computing, who debated the prudence of the action. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Right then I sort of remembered back to the first conversation me and him had when we were roommates. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The conversation with Red Corn, though, prompted me to probe more deeply into perhaps the most puzzling of the Osage murder cases—that of Charles Whitehorn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He knew this from the beginning, had sensed it in their first conversation after a friend introduced them at a wedding. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tells me about the underground tunnel that leads outside, and the ramshackle town in the fringe, and the conversation with Rafi and Mary. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sender frowned, glancing across the courtyard where Lev was engaged in deep conversation with other stiff old men. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So to spare my mother’s having to make conversation and to keep myself from missing the bus, I took the receiver from her without being called. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or in the middle of a conversation he would suddenly bring himself up short and say: “Richard, old man, why don’t you keep any pictures of your folks around?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Right after that conversation with Dr. Charles, Dante’s mom and dad came to visit. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Over the next two and a half years, the tape machines picked up nearly four thousand hours of meetings and phone conversations—including an excellent record of the president’s imminent showdown with Daniel Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By the time we reach the city, all conversation has halted in the truck, replaced by pressed lips and pale faces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I am really out of my league in this conversation. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had asked her; we were having the drug conversation in a playground. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Edmund is such a simple soul. I never thought I’d be surprised at anything he did or said, but he and I had a very odd conversation the other day.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her classmate was quiet, reserved; she spoke when spoken to, but rarely entered into any conversations on her own. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I found that I had spoken this conversation aloud and a man had stopped to take notice of my words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Liyana felt a charge of enthusiasm as if such a dopey conversation were electrifying her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was so out of touch with his sons that every conversation he had with them ended in a shouting match. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After introducing himself, he facilitated a conversation that would last about an hour, asking people to share their stories and describe their concerns about life in the neighborhood. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We sat, and I could tell from the silence collecting between us that this was going to be a hard conversation—one neither of us wanted to start. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She gathered up their tools while Mother struck up a conversation with Mrs. Gates. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“She was worried about you, that you could not hold a conversation with even the children upstairs. But she didn’t ask me to take you.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Only when the subject of college applications came up did the conversation stall. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before, when our tongues touched, when I was on the other side of it, it felt like another form of intimate conversation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“My car is on the other side of the hill. Don’t mind me. You don’t even have to remember this conversation.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Marco escorts the man in the grey suit through the library, sliding the stained glass open to access the empty game room and continue their conversation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Their orders in and fresh drinks on the table, the grownups fell into the steady drone of adult conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a very short conversation, however, because I cut him off by asking him to recite pi to the sixth digit, claiming it was an entrance requirement, regardless of the shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to try to write down the whole conversation again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, it was all right to make comments at girls—particularly if they were insults—but real conversations were out, at least in public places. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad pulls me away by both shoulders which means the conversation is over NOW I look around for Michael because his mother was shot like Devon so he should be at the fun raiser too. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan tried to hear more individual conversations, but they were lost in the din. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was still outside, speaking with a teacher on the steps, but as soon as he noticed Javi, he began to lead the conversation into the building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the girls in school have but the one topic of conversation: sex and boys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you — are you hunting today?” she asked, trying to make conversation. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Engrossed in conversation, they never saw the man lurking on the other side of the street in front of the hotel. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But it’s better to keep in mind the guiding metaphor of classic style: a writer, in conversation with a reader, directs the reader’s gaze to something in the world. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Good-looking, but he can’t have a serious conversation to save his life.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

That year, the conversation about boys had turned from hypothetical dreams of rappers and movie stars to realities of neighbors and classmates. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was so odd how they never really ended a conversation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He accepted the silent conversation, agreeing to their unspoken terms. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who delivered our drums of food were from the general section, and in the early months we managed to have whispered conversations with them in which we conveyed brief messages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, whenever I used to think a conversation I’d had with someone was especially funny or enlightening, I would jot it down in my notebook, the same one I kept my book titles in. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He told Wentworth not to reveal their conversation, hoping that he would report it to the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their conversation seems serious from the start, so I pull out my phone and search the Internet for photos of Prism. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her phone rang, interrupting their conversation, and she picked it up. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You know what? There’s no point having this conversation with you,” Uncle Carlos says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But that they both told the truth, Frank with his fishing lures and Axel with the feathers, and even though it wasn’t a special conversation, it was good enough. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Usually joins in the conversation, never fails to give his opinion. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, I slip back into consciousness and become aware of a quiet conversation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The conversation went on like that for a while. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These things are always seen and felt in a person’s manner and conversations, if modestly used, but it is not necessary to display them,” said Mrs. March. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, a trifle inanely but just trying to make conversation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He went through the darkened parlor with its low early evening spatter of conversation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, it seemed, the house had filled with bodies and conversations and unfamiliar fragrances. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

One was a special bird called a jabberjay that had the ability to memorize and repeat whole human conversations. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As we drove, Daisy struck up a wholly unsubtle conversation. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The heraldic sails of Ban’s fleet, and the sailors in the rigging, and the armed turrets and archers and seagulls, like flake-white, had been a background to their conversation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay in silence for the longest time, looking at the stars and listening to the soft murmurs of various conversations drifting across the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

That put an end to their conversation that night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted very much to hear such a conversation and decided I would take the wallet from Hugh's back pocket as we left the train. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then he changes the conversation to something that happened at work, and my day, briefly registered, becomes solely my own again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The belling tower struck and Simmon sighed, sensing it was pointless to pursue the conversation further. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He put the camera and yearbook aside, then lowered to his round belly and scooted closer to the conversation, with his notepad in hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He glanced over at Daddy, but he was engaged in a conversation with a neighbor and wasn’t listening to us. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were supposed to lecture me about not sword fighting in the house,” I say, trying to steer the conversation away from the whereabouts of Cardan. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Earlier, when Bargh had gone to the committee at NYU that approves human experiments, they had made him promise that he would cut off the conversation in the hall at ten minutes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If she finds you with Scorpius, I will fix you with a spell which will allow me eyes and ears into your every movement, your every conversation. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

When the conversation turned to the preparations for Hafsa’s sister’s wedding, everyone started talking at once, and I found it difficult to focus. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you’re deaf to this subtle conversation, it comes as a shock when the opening bid seems to be, “Madame, I request from you three thousand zaires.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the ghost who always died violently before reappearing at her place at the table, and Ophie worried that she did not have time for much conversation before the woman choked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Part of me would like to tell Kristi the truth, but I don’t want our conversation to become about David. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh and join the conversation, hoping to quell his suspicions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I double dare you to pick up the phone and dial a random number and have a conversation with whoever answers, like you know them.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even her customers, offering lavish praise and seeking details about the food, could not get her to linger in conversation. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In the pause that follows, a gale of laughter rises from a few tables over, rippling through the air before settling back down, disappearing into the low, steady hum of conversations and clinking glasses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Additional conversations with my doctor helped me understand that my behavior had become harmful to me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t hear those conversations as they were happening,” he says. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Erin and I have this conversation every year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their conversation was causing confusion in the crowd. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Our conversation on the way is what leads to the reason for this report.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I had more to say to keep the conversation going, his interest piqued, but I couldn’t think of anything else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They cross-talked for a while, then hit one of those natural breaks in the conversation and both turned to look at me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But by the time I reach them, the conversation is already over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On my right, the conversation was even worse, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Luke told the boys to get their jackets on, standing up like the conversation was over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then he announced that this conversation had come to an end, and Anatole could consider himself excused from the table and this house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The balcony is a special place because it’s where Pa and I often have important conversations. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In many ways, even though we were separated, I kept up a lifelong conversation with him in my head. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the road, Shin encountered several worn-looking men and eavesdropped on their conversations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A few years ago, in whispered conversations that stopped as soon as I walked into the room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Managers upbraided a group of messenger boys overheard dishing office dirt at a local diner, and engineers caught having a loud, detailed work conversation at the Industrial USO were called on the carpet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

No use inviting any more unwanted friendly conversation. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

His tired voice makes strained and banal conversation with my parents. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A couple of people glance over at him without breaking their conversations. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After that conversation, Charles had gone to visit his mother’s brother, Josiah Wedgwood, at his house, Maer Hall. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, the stranger realized that he was being drawn, like it or not, into the conversation and, reluctantly, he stepped out of the shadows, detaching from them like a patch of darkness. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But this is not the conversation that happened. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Gladers murmured their conversations in hushed tones, an intense feeling of dreadful anticipation hanging over them like a patch of thick fog. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

From snippets of conversation I gather that they want the sheriff to open the door, tell them what’s happening. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Normally he was not much interested in the dinner conversation. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Two nights later, they lodged in a tiny village perched on the banks of the Nir, and Ento was the only subject of conversation in the village’s lone tavern. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, I spoke to the teacher to get a list of back assignments, and during the conversation, I asked if she could do something to calm people down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving I had a conversation with some other people in the township, one of whom struck me as an undercover policeman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I saw them lost in conversation with each other, mother and father, while their sons commanded entire sidewalks with their tricycles. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

His silence has always been part of his conversation. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

One sat in a chair and looked through the thick, smudged glass that had a few small holes drilled into it to permit conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t know what’s going on in their lives, how am I supposed to insert myself in the conversation? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I swear it was like he was trying to listen in on the conversation, too. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My doctor walks back in, saving me from a parental conversation that might be even more painful than my elbow. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

All that work, for just a few moments of conversation? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They have long, loud, and sometimes serious conversations during my appointments. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dicey waited for the conversation to continue, but it didn’t, and James just stood there looking at Stewart as if Stewart were a mountain or something terribly large. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hid nothing, laughing through the entire conversation, and said little about Cabot save for mentioning that he had gone “a little bit crazy.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A conversation between an acorn, a sapling, and a powerful oak. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Benji couldn’t hear their conversation over the hum of the engines, but they smiled and nodded, so he imagined they were talking about the weather and not money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Souls continued their animated conversation, when suddenly, as if on signal, the four of them looked back at Mrs. Olinski. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that their eyes were having a private, silent conversation. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Lord, I am thankful for the gloves Charlie’s mother gave me,” I said, starting my daily upward conversation. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ben said, beginning a conversation he had fantasized when his father was flying from the carrier off the French coast. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if the bishop’s wife saw the flush on my face, but she went on smoothly with the conversation, and I listened to her greedily, like an eavesdropper at a shuttered window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation continued ahead of us, but I stopped paying attention, because I heard that music again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The vines creep onto the window’s corners, like they are trying to come in and join the conversation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Always a sure way to change the conversation. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us, the others return to their conversation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaw had not understood our conversation, but she could get the meaning of it just from Father’s angry tone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Ingram took a book, leant back in her chair, and so declined further conversation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was a conversation I didn't think I was ever going to have. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think she would win, but she did think she could use the election as a way to start a conversation about topics she considered important, including female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After a while, Yali turned the conversation and began to quiz me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We share important conversations on all matter of topics. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They lean in, anxious to hear every bit of this conversation. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure who started the chat, or who suggested moving the conversation to the phone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Did your husband mention he’d gone out there? Did he tell you about his conversation with Mr. Jurgensen regarding the purchase of these seven acres?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No! Other girl stuff. You do realize girls have other topics of conversation besides dudes, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“This is certainly a very long private conversation,” she said. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was left out of the conversation when the talk was in French. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had such loud conversations around her even when they weren’t using their words, as if she couldn’t understand all the other kinds of languages that didn’t need sound. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And he sometimes comes round to the house in the evening to drink beer with Father and watch the television and have a conversation. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This newfound weight on my shoulders changed and reshaped my conversations with God. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was something else, but with Hebrew words sprinkled throughout, and Anya caught the tiniest pieces of the conversation. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was no conversation about why she brought me there, or what she needed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I sat forward in my chair, suddenly conscious of the unreality of the conversation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’ve used your irreverent, hectoring funny and thought-provoking voice to create a space for real conversations about an important subject. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The goose had been listening to this conversation and chuckling to herself. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I have no memory of the conversation, but I remember writing the journal entry about it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There is the usual academic talk around the table, versions of the same conversation he can’t participate in, concerning conferences, job listings, ungrateful undergraduates, proposal deadlines. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute I just stood there, incapable even of making conversation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before too long, I struck up a conversation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet all too suddenly Rosy popped back into the conversation, and the possibility of really mobilizing his lab’s efforts slowly receded as we paid the bill and went out into the night. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

My parents have always blanketed me with conversation. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The conversations had run in a loop since that day: Would they really convict him? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Though it seemed so long ago, he well remembered their conversation about the chess problem. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In later years, after the bombing, Mrs. Wesley often reflected on her last conversation with Cynthia on September 15. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me was the malign Edmund, before me an angry Claudius deep in private conversation with Laertes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I just need to find the perfect words to keep this conversation going. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The wire about me had made them all uncomfortable, but my ‘ ‘What you know, Daddy? ’ ’ approach at least enabled us to have some conversations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am just about to flee the dining hall rather than participate in careful, polite Abnegation conversation when Tobias comes in, looking harassed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his conversations, he appears to be more a philosopher than someone with a medical and psychological background, quoting Hegel as much as Freud, Plato as much as Jung. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ann barely noticed their talk until the conversation drifted to the escalating local controversy over segregated buses. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

"He can't carry on a conversation or anything. But parrots can be trained to say lots of human words. He's not the only talking parrot in the world." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I could feel him begin to pull away, to lose interest in the conversation, and it made me suddenly anxious. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk to him about her so badly that I was glad the conversation would be one way. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin left us to perform our passatas, and drew Nick into a corner, where they had a lengthy conversation. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause in the conversation, and the words glared back at her strangely, like the echo of a burp in an empty auditorium. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I can't figure out if we were having the same conversation or what. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

As we both started the assignment, I wondered if I should be making conversation or if he wanted to focus on his homework. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was pretty obvious I was being purposely excluded from that conversation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn't paying close attention to their conversation. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Claire and Maya look like they’re up to a serious conversation, but then Maya’s face breaks into a grin, and she looks so much like Melissa in that moment that Joaquin feels his chest swell. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said awkwardly, trying to make conversation. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I figured there was no reason to drag the conversation out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

So when everyone was gathered around the fire, they tried to keep things pleasant by having conversations like these. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But this time, instead of going back into the kitchen, she was standing in the doorway, listening to the conversation. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, and despite Cassiopeia’s rather adorable attempts to teach it polite party conversation and socially useful phrases, the squirrel was not talking. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It wipes the smile off my face, though, thinking about those conversations. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be distracted by their energy and conversation. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wherever those conversations ended up, they started as honest exchanges. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’d had so many careful, sensible conversations at this point, with so many people, about how to extract myself from a career in which, by all outward measures, I was flourishing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He heard sounds all around them and thought them to be the sounds of Village: soft laughter, quiet conversation, and the bustle of daily work and happy lives. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew, from having heard our conversation, that I was a stranger in the area. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ms. Rochambeau finishes up a conversation with one of the girls who’s obsessed with getting a 100, I step forward. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The man bellied up to the bar, and conversations around him quieted a notch or two. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’d catch a bit of their conversation, learn more about their group, and then leave. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the car on the way up I had carried on a lively and wide-ranging conversation with the Object’s father. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, he appeared to be deep in conversation. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

At eleven he had denounced his uncle to the Thought Police after overhearing a conversation which appeared to him to have criminal tendencies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn a cramped and aching Lupita listened in spite of herself to the conversation of the two men sitting on the bench to her right. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Lee Scoresby sensed that the little community was glad to have a visitor, if only because he introduced a change of conversation. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you would prefer, we may continue this conversation in Yiddish, although it’s been years since I’ve had to use it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Adams began to leak his thoughts along these lines in private conversations that he knew would find their way back to Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And anyway, it was too loud in a chicken plant to carry on a conversation. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Bill was coded as defensive, as it turned out, for forty of the first sixty-six seconds of their conversation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

During their conversation, the subject of registering for the draft came up. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My mom interrupts my eating and writing for a variation on our usual conversation. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You asked him about the content of his conversation with the defendant?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His thoughts were churning too much about the gray sky and what Teresa—at least, he thought it had been the girl—had told him in his mind to participate in any conversation. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Kate picked it up as though it were her own conversation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had to trade papers in English and ended up having a whole conversation. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The conversation then shifts to chatter about my team’s district win, and discussion of our first section game—we Fulton Firebirds take on the Decatur Red Devils. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Then something from one of my conversations with her surfaces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She takes over the conversation and my date. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Terryl would get frustrated that her mother didn’t seem to want anything to do with the past, wouldn’t so much as brook a conversation about it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The conversation had been brief and thoroughly awkward. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The white flakes dance around us as if they are part of this conversation. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As he read on, an old man sat down at his side and tried to strike up a conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned me down in the polite way that all Dinka girls turn down all Dinka boys when they try to strike up their first conversation. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had already decided: I wasn’t going to make conversation. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They sit there until Henry finishes his drink, Alex listening to the placating murmur of Henry talking about different brands of gin, thankful that for once Henry seems happy to carry the conversation alone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As she turned back in to Farley’s, her comments ignited everyone in conversation again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This conversation has taken an unexpected turn, and my head is going back and forth like a Ping-Pong ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Gregor caught snippets of their conversation, but nothing that made sense. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here she was talking with a ghost as normal as talking to anyone else, except this ghost seemed to be enjoying the conversation as much as Ophie did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wrote down the conversation I’d just had with my dad, and then I closed the book and put it back under my mattress. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We listened for a while to the rain having its own conversation with the sea, the wind chiming in when it had something to say. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the nuns got to her young, and Vic has nodded himself silly several times to catechism lessons disguised as dinner conversations. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Dasch started the conversation by telling Traynor that his name was George Davis, and he was the leader of eight men who had just arrived from Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Music from an unseen orchestra was barely audible over the gabble of conversation. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The mufti jumped back into the conversation, complaining about girls entering the school through the same gate that men also used. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dr. Doris kept steering our conversation toward my parents, and I kept steering it away, so we talked a whole lot about nothing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Connor exited with his father and two other men, all deep in conversation. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“As well as to being known as the Gunners. We also object to the fact that people who do not currently attend the school seem to dominate the conversation regarding the mascot.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And with that music playing so loud, Mr. Buono wouldn't even hear this conversation. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, Lana’s nursing instincts won out and she took the reins of the conversation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the solace of daily conversation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanasia goes and sits at the other end of the table, on the other side of Spike, who has paused her conversation with Lara about the djembe to raise her eyebrows at me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My bewildered face is plastered all over the front pages, and even a guy from a radio show shows up and tapes a conversation with me in my lounge room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was disappointed but anxious to end the conversation. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Saying Cecile’s words, one after another, felt like we were bringing her into our conversation instead of turning our voices on her, like we had. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We can finish this conversation another time," the monk whispered hoarsely. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“That was probably an interesting conversation to overhear. How old were you?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The outlines of the conversation were clear: up with freedom and down with big government. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s the conversation I think about every time I see him now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

How do you listen to several conversations at once? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I caught Tamika up to speed, regurgitating my phone conversation with Dr. Spires about the possible food allergy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In any case, her mood seemed to change at that point, and our conversation rapidly lost the rather personal tone it had begun to adopt. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think the only time I ever even had a conversation with him was that time he asked me if he could borrow this turtleneck sweater I had. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The other option is to listen in on very brief snippets of conversation between each doctor and his or her patients. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, hoping she’d figure out the conversation was over, but she stayed where she was, perched on the edge of the bed, watching me intently. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Now she saw him and she asked, breaking off her conversation with Roy: “You hungry, little sleepyhead?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I stare into the darkness, thinking about my conversation with Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listened to the conversation around him, the joking, the needling, the telling and retelling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If you must insist on talking in class, may I suggest you continue your conversation outside?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This is a culture in which enormous attention is paid to the relative standing of any two people in a conversation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He had been remembering all the words of the only conversation which he had held with his hero. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” I said, unsure of where this conversation was going. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Xenocrates stood, ending the conversation with, “I’m sorry for your loss.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And now all this was forgotten and put aside, our conversation down the telephone, our mutual anxiety, his insistence that he must see me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to have a smart comeback, but by the time I thought of something in English, most conversations had usually moved on. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Not love at first sight, but love at first meaningful conversation. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The conversation remained friendly, even though the tension between the two societies that Yali and I represented was familiar to both of us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or cutting their conversations whenever he walked by, like he was some kind of human mute button. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He attempted to engage Hermione in conversation again, but she was too busy cheering Harry to listen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He works to remain calm during these conversations, not to accuse her of meddling, as he once would have done. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would gladly have heard more of her solemnity; but following her performance, the music ceased, the fire was banked up, and conversation became general. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Our conversation proceeded as if I were a newspaper reporter who had dropped out of the blue to interview him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And yet I’d had one of those classic conversations with a doctor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Brother Louis, after trying two or three times to make conversation, gave up and led her in silence to the President’s rooms in the tower. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Picking up the receiver again he said harshly, “Give me an outside line, Miss Marsten. And don’t listen in on the conversation; it’s confidential.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Too clever and too persistent for me, because by the end of our phone conversation, I had agreed he could come to our house just for a "chat." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Bargh wanted to learn whether the people who were primed with the polite words would take longer to interrupt the conversation between the experimenter and the confederate than those primed with the rude words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Doubly surprised that he would have the bad grace to interrupt me when I was in a private conversation with a young woman. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The memory of the morning conversation creeps over me again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Valerie had reserved twenty minutes on her schedule to talk to me that day, but our conversation ended up stretching for an hour and a half. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her attempts at conversation with them are a performance, an imitation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was quite sure we were having a conversation. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I kept our bio conversations as brief and boring as possible. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had never had a conversation this long with her before and had never seen her so close up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s not sure which conversation with his mom finally convinced her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Billy made no reply to this, either, there in the ditch, since he didn’t want the conversation to go on any longer than necessary. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a conversation going on, and Laila knew that she was at one end of it, but she felt removed from it, as though she were merely eavesdropping. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he opened his eyes, he resumed their conversation as though there had been no interlude. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I don't explain that everything in the world is temporary, because I don't get into those conversations. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Naomi said cautiously, feeling her way along, trying to get a hold of this conversation. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told him what I knew of you from the few phone conversations I had had with your father, but mostly I did not know how to answer him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation turned to other topics: Team cancellations. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nico waved at Percy, then went back to his conversation, leaving Percy more sure than ever that Hazel’s brother was trying to avoid him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“At least the apprenticeship isn’t four years long,” Rowan interjected, as a way to get into the conversation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The adults among these children from the war zones would be lost in their thoughts during conversations with the elders of my town. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We were having this conversation on a fine summer evening, sitting out on the little balcony of her recovery room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reads it as she eats, not saying a word, while my dad and I try to carry on a conversation about college. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Your name suits you perfectly. A trotter is someone who runs. So why don’t you run on home. But first you might like to know that I’m taping this whole conversation.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light social conversation, designed to keep the party going, prevails. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say this because it’s true, and also because it’s joining the conversation. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was on that same house party that we had a curious conversation about driving a car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Half of the students didn’t even bother to open their books and simply took up the conversations they were previously having. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When a conversation starts out like this, brace yourself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was not bored; he had no desire for conversation or distraction. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That is to say, I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day, what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted, humorous sort. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I shall gift her with a pair of absorbent white athletic socks in the near future; this gesture may affect her and lead her to conversation. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka’s tone was as polite and normal as everyday conversation with an older person. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a funny way to begin a conversation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about?” asked Chaol, and she explained the gist of their conversation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The knives stop, and so does all conversation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, he returned, once again composed, and resumed the conversation, but without answering my question. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marigold could not believe she was having this conversation with her own mother. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Laughter tinkles from nearby, a door slams, a child shouts, and beneath it all, the low murmur of conversation thrums. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I realize Vik’s got his hand over the phone so I can’t hear the conversation he’s having with someone else. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When we walked in, Nan was at our small kitchen table with Miss Esther, deep in conversation. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Amari knew that Teenie would fix what she wanted to in spite of what Mrs. Derby suggested, but they had this conversation every morning anyway. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was only after two or three such vaguely overheard conversations that we realized that the story was about Pecola. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gap in the conversation yawned wider until Travis chimed in. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess you don’t believe that a king would talk to someone like me, a shepherd,” he said, wanting to end the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behave yourselves and practice adding your moons until I return from my conversation with Lady Constance.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Just enough time for a hot lunch and a little conversation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was like; last night again, hearing only Mother’s end of the conversation. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once you see yourself in that mirror, whatever conversation we were having is over. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They’re deep in conversation, him leaning in, her using her parasol as an effective barrier against him getting too close. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She is sitting in a pew, waiting for Arthur to finish up his conversation with Deacon Boyd. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was just curious. You don’t have to tell me. I was just making conversation.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand there forever, but I didn’t know how to interrupt a conversation about whether I was a threat to national security. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He reminisced about the stimulating conversations that took place in rustic pubs over warm beer. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The traffic starts to speed up, and I want to end the conversation now so that he can focus on the road. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He probably eavesdropped on their conversations or perhaps he “turned” some so they would betray their comrades in exchange for extra privileges. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run on ahead, leaving Lula and Travis to their inane conversation, but I feared he would be fallen upon by thugs along the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There's some murmured conversation, and then Anu comes into the kitchen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Once, briefly. It wasn't exactly an enlightening conversation. Mind telling me more?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When the plane took off for the final hop to Vietnam, the conversations got quieter. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in the booth were still laughing at the drunk who was trying to hold a conversation with the mute. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I think I understand,” Milo said, still full of questions and thoughts; “but which is the most important——” At that moment the conversation was interrupted by a far-off chopping noise. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My brother, Ashish, and I have had that conversation many times.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We pretend there’s such a thing as a private conversation in this house, but I have always been able to hear everything from the hall outside my bedroom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The conversation would flag into silence, and everyone would look at the floor, not knowing what to say, and someone would start crying, and then they would see tears running down Ada’s face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t tell if she was nervous or excited just to be having this conversation. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was almost no conversation while the four of us ate grilled cheese sandwiches, pickles, and potato chips. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Can't you see I’m trying to have a nice conversation about clothes? Why do you always have to be so negative?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But that's not how the conversation went in my history group. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t listening to your conversation at all.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And Dimple had been too angry to have a real conversation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But finally, after I was riding a while, the cab driver and I sort of struck up a conversation. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I finally finish, in the middle of a conversation with Rufus about how his parents almost named him Kane after his mother’s favorite wrestler, my eyes close and my head drops. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Who are you talking about?” said Harry, with an increasing sense that all reason had dropped out of the conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At noon the guests began to arrive by coach and horse, and the great adobe house filled with laughter and conversation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Ben had pleaded for the station wagon, Bull had insisted that the Plymouth was a conversation piece and would help break the ice on Ben’s first date. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Muse mostly listened and peppered their conversation with brief comments. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The conversation had to do with whether Reggie could complete his mission, still his stated dream. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a while they left him out of their conversation. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sudden entrance of Hamlet and Horatio put a stop to our argument They were deep in conversation but halted their steps upon seeing us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Chester and I were unable to continue our conversation because a deafening crash commanded our attention. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

A Kenyan doctor who had investigated the Monet case happened to be drinking a beer in the bar, and he struck up an idle conversation with her and mentioned Monet’s name. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of our conversation the mistress of the boardinghouse nervously ushered a white man into my room. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell they had rehearsed this conversation while he had been asleep. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s a nervous woman who makes so many trips to and from the kitchen that she never really sits down long enough to eat, let alone have a conversation. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was correct with me, never friendly, and directed most of his conversation to Tessie, who sat in a chair in the corner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I learned this from a conversation my mom had with her friend Kim. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation died down and the men who were just hanging around seemed reluctant to go. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some would hold out for months, I was told, expecting a face-to-face conversation with every candidate before finally committing to one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He tried, too, not to drift throughout the conversations, not to show how awkward he felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hannah led the conversation, as though to smooth the air, her voice calming, bringing up subjects they would all agree on, changing to something else if she sensed a looming disagreement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He sat a while with those longshoremen, shipwrights, and weatherworkers, taking pleasure in their slow, sparse conversation, their grumbling Gontish speech. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t ask. And I didn’t say. But it’s a conversation we need to have. I know that now, Moose.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The imp saw your room, and heard conversations from wherever Seth stashed it,” Grandpa concluded. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She showed me the conversation between Axelroot and another man, written down in her journal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Scholars greeted the visitor and moved into the room, some sitting around the table, some in the armchairs, and soon a buzz of conversation filled the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Any genuine conversation he seemed to save for his son. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted my blanket in my hands and clenched my teeth, trying to shut out the low rumble of conversation punctuated by coarse laughter and quiet, hopeless sobbing from below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Esperanza limped inside nearly an hour later, and the conversation stilled immediately. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We had dozens of phone conversations with him and even met him a couple of times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Alfred Cheetham, the third officer, found himself in conversation with some women who wondered about the dangers ahead, and about Shackleton’s ability to lead the men through unforeseen perils. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

To be fair, sometimes the topic of conversation really is the activity of researchers, such as an overview intended to introduce graduate students or other insiders to the scholarly literature in their chosen profession. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the distance three camels were strolling along side by side, and not far away a beaver and an American vulture were deep in conversation. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And she said, “You won’t tell your father about this conversation, will you?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Around kids his age he was awkward and quiet, never knowing what to say unless he could bring the conversation around to books. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt’s tone warned that the conversation about the Changing was over. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t conversations with the sergeant ever go smoothly? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's got an earpiece in one ear and is deep into a conversation. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After reading to Diego from my journal, I felt less like a freak discussing the aliens with him, though they still weren’t my favorite conversation topic. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A whole angry conversation seemed to pass over her face. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s bedroom light is still off, so either he’s having a detailed conversation with his parents or he’s still hungry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He was in England for three years and spoke to her only a few times, strained conversations during which he imagined she was wondering why he had made nothing of himself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When their conversation was over, he patted the senior man on the shoulder and seemed to send them on their way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s no wonder my mother and I never had an interesting conversation when all we eat is canned soup, chop suey, and instant coffee. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Turner told them about his conversation with the old woman and what she had said about her sons. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Laughter, shrieks, and conversations echoed in the large hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The diners and drinkers at neighboring tables have, over the course of the innkeeper's tale, let their own conversations fall to the wayside and have begun listening to ours. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He always did this when settling in for a long lecture or conversation. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But the entire cafeteria, the conversation he was having with Luke and Annie, felt like they were happening to somebody else. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What would you do if one of the men in the group asked you about this conversation?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was not at all like Market Day, with its sounds of laughter, conversation, and commerce: good-natured bargaining, the squealing of pigs, the motherly cluck of hens with their cheep­ ing broods. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t look at me. I’m a young god, remember? I don’t keep track of all those ancient monsters and dusty titans.. They make for terrible party conversation.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I try to make myself believe it means nothing, but after the strange conversation we had, I can’t. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Every time he met someone new, he managed to work it into the first few minutes of conversation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Pappa and Ma, too, although they were pretending they had nothing to do with this conversation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They let their conversation lapse as they opened one of the many empty rooms on the second floor, undressed Chronicler, and tucked him snugly into bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rather, the Tie Club was loosely clustered around informal conversations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The three Hessians were standing together, deep in conversation, the younger one still holding the rope. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He read it in a couple of days and, after a conversation with the school librarian, moved on to Tolstoy’s War and Peace, a thousand-page novel. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

What I wouldn’t give for five minutes of conversation with him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, Wayne came to realize that his conversations with his teacher were only partly about theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was already in conversation with the rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Our conversations were often like that, just a handful of words. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then the conversation was resumed—but this time in whispers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their conversation turns more urgent, I tap my phone twice and send out a text message to the police. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t I ever have a pleasant conversation with Mike anymore without it getting awkward? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Noah’s IQ was off the charts, but he’d yet to hold a conversation with a real human being this year. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then Grandpop said his name, which of course always brought Genie back to any conversation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m gonna have to have that conversation with him, he thought, and it sank in his stomach. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The trial,” I start to say, looking over at Barb and holding up my hand to pause the conversation as I cough up a wad of mucus. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

If I were an outsider watching this conversation, I would tell myself to stop pushing, that no one wants to help someone behaving childishly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a long conversation; I moved on quickly. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to go with the small talk, tried to pretend I hadn’t had that imaginary conversation with him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I spent hours in conversation with all sorts of people, from struggling mothers to impoverished children who sniffed glue to help them cope with hunger and police brutality. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

During the following week, there seemed to be only one topic of conversation, no matter where Harry went: the Triwizard Tournament. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She seems hypersensitive to my reaction, and I’m guessing the conversation usually gets shut down long before this point. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was not sure he wanted to have one of those conversations so many Biafrans had now, passing kernels of blame to others, oiling their own faces with a valor they had never had. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I knew long ago and rediscovered that the best way to attract attention, help, and conversation is to be lost. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She obviously hasn’t even been following our conversation. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had no intention of brightening up the ride with a bit of conversation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I unlock the phone and open our conversation, just to be certain. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I cannot imagine the details of that conversation, but I know that for Audrey it must have been a tremendous relief, laying my words before our mother, finally able to say, I’m not crazy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to have meaningful conversations with my grandma and aunts that captured my sassy humor and penchant for sarcasm, but I couldn't communicate much beyond the usual Farsi phrases: "Delam yekzareh shodeh." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The conversation took a downward turn from there, and even though none of them said what they were thinking, the evening ended on a grim note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She skimmed through the pages, aware that he was watching her and that the newspaper was his way of starting conversation. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Just hoping for a little conversation. It’s regarding your boys here. And some of my property.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ghost had disappeared when Richard sat in the chair, and now that she was no longer distracted she was better able to focus on the matter at hand: Richard and his mysterious conversation. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her conversation was mostly worries that the earl would marry and have a child who would replace her as his heir. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I was engaged in conversation, he was supposed to say, “Pardon me, Delphine. May I have this dance?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The actors walk in a few minutes after the final bell, and after a few minutes of conversation—often raucous, frequently profane—they put their cell phones in their backpacks and walk up onstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered why Dumbledore did not consider it rude to call on his old colleague so late, but now that conversation had been established, he had more pressing questions to ask. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He indicates over his shoulder where Minerva and Lio are immersed in an intent conversation in a comer of the galena. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My plan was to try to ease him into the conversation by letting him know that we just wanted the truth. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is a conversation that continues to be played out between self-styled ‘serious’ composers and ‘crossover’ composers to this day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

That science of ignoring is a key part of the attention conversation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He shook hands with Mr. Dacus and paused to have a brief conversation with the principal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was good with conversation, and soon she revealed to him her deepest sorrow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He listened to the conversations in the evenings, writing in his mind what he would later transfer to paper. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa were so engrossed in their own thoughts and conversation that they didn’t hear the two sets of footsteps pitter-patter down the upstairs hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look like they were having any big conversation and I didn’t hesitate to go up to them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just to be clear...you’re having a conversation with the elevator?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Xenophilius, who was deep in conversation with an acquaintance, had missed the exchange between Luna and Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In June, in one of those conversations, she got the impression from him that he was frustrated and that it seemed the likely outcome of the case would be a ticket for driving left-of-center. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom and 1 knew better than to start a conversation—even at her best, my sister wasn’t a bundle of cheer in the mornings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Anything else?” he asked, like he couldn’t wait for this conversation to end. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a staged conversation, I told our attorney Joel Joffe that I would need the Treason Trial record to prepare my testimony. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes as I worked, I imagined both parts of a conversation between a beautiful woman and her noble suitor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I was not surprised when nobody agreed with her, and once more I was grateful to Frank for turning the conversation away from me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner conversation was dominated by the three clients who were doctors—Stuart, John, and especially Beck, a pattern that would be repeated for much of the expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ice-cream-eating man sat beside her on the train and, to discourage conversation, she stared fixedly at a brown stain near her feet, a spilled frozen Frappuccino, until they arrived at Trenton. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She says slowly, “The decision was not mine to make. If it was, perhaps we would be having a different conversation right now.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A dinner conversation from four years ago, at the Van de Kamps'. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And now, as I kept at it, all I could think of was that conversation we’d had about this very thing, and her smile as she repeated over and over again, “Maybe when you’re thirteen.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was a routine conversation which was not going to bring about any break in the stagnant war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She felt saddened by their conversation but glad to be mentioning it, at least. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Did he say anything about this conversation? Anything you can remember?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The current running under this conversation had changed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of running up to her and trying to start a conversation, I test out a wave to see what her response will be. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So I should definitely tell the truth and definitely lie and also definitely avoid the conversation altogether. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The last conversation I’ll ever have with her, and it was full of lies. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple was sipping her water, trying not to look like she was eavesdropping, but it was hard to do when the conversation was taking place literally two feet from where she sat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Giles was more concerned with food than with the conversation, though now and again he remembered my existence and flung me a remark at hazard. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation rained in softly and comfortably and told the two stowaways that they had the correct age group. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like I’d forgotten everything that had taken place in the past two hours and was willing to have a conversation about it so I could fill in the holes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had taken off and that was the last of the conversation. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll keep having this conversation every single day, over and over again until you are sick to death of hearing it. Until you finally stop.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Like I said, I’d probably not have got nearly so cross if it hadn’t come up in the middle of such a serious conversation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had come back home, social conversation was impossible for her because she could not lie. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I doubt that she gave our conversation another thought. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The conversation didn’t go any further ’cause when I stuck my hand in my bag I couldn’t find the leather petty-cash envelope. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding that the devil, played by Cook, gives himself away at once by wearing red socks, the infallible mark of a cad, Dudley falls into conversation with him. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“As we have our conversation, we need you to speak loud enough for everyone to hear, okay?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They had tailed Ministry workers on their way in, eavesdropped on their conversations, and learned by careful observation which of them could be relied upon to appear, alone, at the same time every day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a conversation with friends he would talk about how much he loved smoked salmon when Ammu knew he hated it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, there was someone he could rely on when his hand-gesturing and broken French stalled the conversation. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Gazing and listening are all right for church, but they sure kill a lot of conversations. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I frequently had difficult conversations with clients who were struggling and despairing over their situations—over the things they'd done, or had been done to them, that had led them to painful moments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As Sula poured the liquid into a sticky spoon, Nel began the sickroom conversation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

All along I knew that there were some, those who lived in the Dream, for whom the conversation was different. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t mind that he sometimes listens in on my conversations with Zohra because I know he likes to hear about what’s going on with everyone in Lahore as much as I do. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that Elizebeth had steered the conversation away from anything remotely secret. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s basically impossible to have a conversation with a guy like Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Throughout their conversation, Sticky’s expression had grown more and more dejected, his big eyes sadder and sadder, so that at last his face had taken on the exact gloomy look of that miserable man Milligan. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think of how I fled from our conversation on my way to Hollow Hall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She and Dad even had a brief conversation about it yesterday at the handoff, and there wasn’t a hint of snarling. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I thought back to our telephone conversation a few days ago. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The conversation was clearer from here and it was easier to make out what Professor Ezeka said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Someone remembers at some point to include her in the conversation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was joining in our conversation, but keeping an eye on Tommy, who I noticed was right at the heart of the game. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple glanced over her shoulder and saw Celia deep in conversation with one of the hipster-model boys, tossing her curls and laughing throatily at a joke. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The four men had spent a sleepless night in an outdoor cage and did not have the energy to make much conversation, but this new prisoner more than filled the silence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Our parents are engrossed in conversation while the television blares in the background. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grassel finally struck up a conversation with the folks behind him and left us alone. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It sounds like they’re having a normal conversation about the weather and the crops. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more minutes of conversation, he stood up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to stop our conversation, but I also didn’t want to invite her over because we really didn’t know each other yet. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When there’s a lull in the conversation and Ben reaches for the radio knob, I say, “Metaphysical I Spy!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The responsibility for continuing the conversation, since I had forced it to be superficial, was mine. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s usually the part of the conversation where she pulls her hair back. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Three days after my conversation with Mother on the porch, I spread out the help-wanted ads from the Jackson Journal on my desk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Their conversation stops immediately when I walk in. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I told her that the conversation—if you want to call it that—went much faster when he did the pointing instead of me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm even close enough to make out some of their conversations. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Many of them were engaged in shouted conversation with inmates down on the flats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeks later she might comment on the conversation, whether she had participated or not. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was now an apparent disposition to relax, to widen the circle or confidences and give a more general tone to the conversation. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear my conversation was not making much of an impression on him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That is, until a Soviet gambit changed the conversation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Grasping on to every word, Amari did her best to figure out the conversation. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps sensing that the conversation was moving from stupid to stupefying, Mini piped up. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep the conversation light, as I do when I say something Mom won’t like. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Trying to make conversation with a small boy, Kennedy asked him, “What did you have for lunch today?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally my mom put an end to the conversation. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I sit in the terrible waiting room and try to listen to Dr. Katz’s conversation with Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

During another one of our lunchroom conversations, Danny asked me what good symbolic logic was going to be for me when I entered the rabbinate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

One day that September, the undercover operative who was pretending to be an insurance salesman stopped at a filling station in Fairfax and struck up a conversation with a woman working there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

To rescue the conversation from one of the wells of silence into which it kept falling, Jo said hastily, “Now you must have a good long holiday!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorely tempted to end the conversation by informing Sergeant Bickle that his son was a potential lunatic, but I refrained. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As always, the conversation stalemated with “None of it really makes any sense.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though my name’s part of the conversation, it’s got nothing to do with me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There have been no actual conversations about my art. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

While he ate his sandwich and sipped his beer, a bit of conversation came back to him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I finished and said, “Can I be excused?” and they hardly even paused from their conversation about the strengths and weaknesses of Guinean infrastructure. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be trying to engage him in conversation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The German man's small, correct handwriting mentioned unmentionable things—bed conversations were recreated on the thin blue sheets of aerogramme letters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The first few days after the alleged theft, he seemed not to understand the trouble he was in, and our chirpy little conversations had continued. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Till this moment, I had been so intent on watching them, their appearance and conversation had excited in me so keen an interest, I had half-forgotten my own wretched position: now it recurred to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Tyson, who’d lost interest in our conversation and was happily making toy boats out of cups and spoons in the lava. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel loved to hear conversation but he didn’t listen to words—just to the tone of conversation. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled as the conversation came back to my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The art of classic prose is to signpost sparingly, as we do in conversation, and with a minimum of metadiscourse. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and sit on the bed and think about the conversation I had with Andy, the fact that it tallies with what I remember. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the other instruments took turns trying to interrupt the conversation, but in the end it was Miss Thomas’s voice and Steady’s saxophone doing the talking that you really wanted to listen to. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mother and I are finally having something that resembles a conversation and she has to put a stop to it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

For Smith, training was a long, quiet conversation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow’s voice had grown sadder and sadder since the beginning of the conversation, and now he definitely began to snuffle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight glowed through the blanket between the shadows of overhanging trees while Fletcher made conversation with his horses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I drift off to sleep, carried by the sound of distant conversations. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mother tried to engage her in conversation about music, but she would have none of it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“When are you going to come back?” she asks, even though she’d heard the same conversation that I had. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, I told them how our conversation had ended—with a bomb detonating at my home address. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad I’m not. Have you had a conversation about breaking the spell of the educated witch?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few beds over, one of the girls had finally dropped off into the oblivion of sleep, and her snores were helping to cover our conversation. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“No. I’m not going to bring this place up in conversation anymore.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sends me these texts out of nowhere with no real opening for a conversation. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was partly because Ruth was exhausted—that last conversation on the roadside seemed to have drained her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The new Nigerian upper class is a collection of illiterates who read nothing and eat food they dislike at overpriced Lebanese restaurants and have social conversations around one subject: ‘How’s the new car behaving?’” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tally hadn’t realized it at the time, but that had been an important conversation for Shay, the first time she had talked about wanting to stay ugly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In each case, the conversation had been stilted; they had tiptoed through the talk as though through the bedroom of a fitfully sleeping child. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night, I lie on my smelly horse blanket in the corner and replay our last conversation, word for precious word. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The clock was only about a foot taller than she was, and she stared up into its face as if to have a conversation. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Once the men are seated in the living room off the inside patio, they try to lure the children into conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A few contestants tried to make conversation with him, but I tuned them out, bouncing on the balls of my feet, battling the cold and my nerves. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Five years later, a handsome, apple-cheeked young man named Andrew would look back at that conversation as one of the most validating moments of his life. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Archer glanced at Captain Reed, who nodded and stuck his hat back on his head, ending their conversation. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He could bring up whole faces in his mind and inspect them, and also scenes and conversations. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z