| 单词 | alert |
| 例句 | He lay, hour after hour, day after day, his eyes alert, his mouth shut. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Blore's thoughts were cut short—He sat up on the bed, suddenly alert. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Another hunter phoned in the alert before you.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As alert as an eagle, he was sniffing the wind and wagging his tail as if reading some amusing wolf story. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’d have to get the use of the radio transmitter somehow; then hide out for at least eight days, with the Sarf alerted...Not much chance.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I spent the afternoon in the same spot, alert to every noise, every possible threat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Supposedly, if they tossed one in the air, it would shoot upward in a streak of white phosphorus, alerting the Argo II that the team was in trouble. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "I went to the Chrysanthemum Teahouse early this morning, but Madam Claire turned me away. Princess Sophia alerted all the teahouses to refuse service to me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He would lie by the hour, eager, alert, at Thornton’s feet, looking up into his face, dwelling upon it, studying it, following with keenest interest each fleeting expression, every movement or change of feature. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Eyes open, be alert—old imperatives, old movies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit seemed alert enough, however, looking at me so acutely, bounding up to the fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But at least he looked a little more alert. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Though she hadn’t slept in days, she felt unnaturally aware, as if all her senses were on high alert. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I want everybody on the bench to stay alert and be ready to go in,” Goldy said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z As Laura nears her driveway, she honks the horn twice to alert the guard to open the gate, but surprisingly, it is already open. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He laughed, and thought how, with her, he was as he had never been with another woman: amused, alert, alive. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His dark eyes are alert, and he looks giddy, like a child. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “For the information about that car. For being alert enough to get the license plate. That was well done.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But publicity generated by the case alerted the world’s reinsurance industry to avoid North Korea, and fraud wound down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But he spent small thought on this, for he was looking about him now with every sense alert, looking for that enemy, the shadow, which would be waiting for him somewhere outside the magic walls. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z We had lived in a state of alert, a kind of constant terror, our brains flooding with cortisol because we knew that any of those things might happen at any moment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Penelope saw each member of the table react to the noise in his or her own fashion: Cassiopeia bared her upper teeth, and the boys grew alert and bright-eyed, ready to spring. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In Sanford, Florida, a group of friends—alerted by a neighbor who was listening to the program—gathered together to follow the awful news. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Ready?” the referee asks, alerting fencers that the bout will soon begin. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Stanton ordered troops to turn out into the streets, the guards to be doubled, military forts to be alert, guns manned, and special guards to be posted around the Old Capitol Prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But repeated acts of violence against the Armed Forces of the United States must be met not only with alert defense, but with positive reply,” he said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I could barely keep my head above the cold water, but I was alert enough to see the searchlights from above dancing over the lake’s surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We are on the alert from Wimpy that our evacuation might be sooner rather than later. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z It brought some comfort to every member of the family to know that the big animal lay stretched at the foot of Jethro’s bed, his sharp ears alert to every sound outside the cabin. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching for resistance, alert with alarums, we progressed past silent residences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Ivy closes the bedroom doors and sends the servants away, suddenly alert. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “There are wonderful opportunities for advancement, wonderful plans for the alert young man. The salary may soon change.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It must be getting riskier and riskier to open the Chamber of Secrets, with the school so alert and suspicious. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z By the time I alerted authorities, Katz would have been missing for four or five days. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z From the moment she learned Sarai had fallen, she had stretched her senses to their limits, waiting, hardly breathing, alert to the telltale skim of passing ghosts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Consider me alerted. And by the way, unless you are presented with an actual emergency, I want no further interruptions, understood?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Kendra remained alert, searching the trees for mythical beasts, but spotted nothing more spectacular than a goldfinch and some chipmunks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her complexion was a faint pink, and her eyes were a light blue, and although she gave an overall impression of paleness and delicacy, her alert expression and mobile features saved her from looking insipid. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This can reinforce our goals —alerting us to important information—but also capture our attention even when we don’t want it to, even when it’s dangerous, like when we’re behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z On the day Graham received his alert, he insisted on spending his End Day working. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He leaned forward, brows knit, and then, quite suddenly, his foggy eyes became intelligent and alert. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As Ida Wells-Barnett cautioned, it was necessary to be as “alert as the watchman on the wall.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The stranger was a big rabbit, heavy but alert, with a rugged, seasoned appearance and the look of a fighter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was becoming a little more alert now. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In all probability the man and woman with the flashlight had alerted the police. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z White dressed hastily, made sure everyone in his family was alerted, then left to go to the Tribune office. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “She knows the word, of course, and that was the alerting part of it, but that second little bit was because she likes it, wants to eat one.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He relaxed into the chair that Sweet Jimmy had provided, and struggled to stay alert. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “He's lost more weight. But he's still alert, and he recognizes us. I think he has a few more weeks.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Dark circles ring our captain’s eyes this morning, but otherwise he looks alert and ready. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He saw that Strider was sitting alert in his chair: his eyes gleamed in the light of the fire, which had been tended and was burning brightly; but he made no sign or movement. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The ones you saw today do not reason at all. They’re the ones who may alert the god.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of roasting pork on the farm would alert guards, leading to beatings and weeks of half rations, so they ate purloined pork raw. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z An alert zebra had noticed my carrot and had come up to the low fence. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He’ll be less alert on the road, but few people would say he shouldn’t be allowed behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the commander was not prepared to risk a computer crash in the middle of an alert, and so doused his cigar in the coffee cup of a passing gremlin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Before sunrise and sunset, however, she is very wakeful and alert; and it has become a habit for Van Helsing to hypnotise her at such times. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “To walk my post in a military manner, keep always alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. To spread the alarm in case of fire or disorder.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Its movements were so light, so alert, that Pax knew it was a whisker away from flight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He held himself alert as he lay with his head on his forepaws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She placed a hand on my chest, suspending my descent, alerting me that she’d heard it too. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z To stay awake and alert, the captain, a Greek man of middle age, liked to take up provocative subjects. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A few academics like Jacques Monod and Sol Spiegelman were enthusiastic speakers, but generally there was so much droning that he found it hard to stay alert for the new facts he should pick up. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She walked around to the back, alert to run should a face appear in the empty windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mothers, alerted by the school, were also there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Perhaps,’ said Merry, now alert and aware of Pippin’s guess. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I take a turn around the room, trying to see it as a spy might, alert for signs of secrets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the morning it turned out that one of the guards had become convinced of an escape in progress and had alerted the tower machine gunners. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He had written, in chilling terms in 1929, about the probable coming of a master race, “a race physically strong, mentally alert and morally sound; a race not to be imposed upon.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t stay as alert as he normally did. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He was determined to appear as alert as he could, because of the wild shine that had appeared in Master’s eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even while they were training, they were on alert in case of nighttime attacks by the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z ‘It’s medicinal. Should keep you alive and alert for a few more hours.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His legs were already spindly and his taut, distended belly, like his tiny mother’s goiter, was completely at odds with the rest of his thin, narrow body and alert face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she heard them—female voices having some sort of argument—and she was instantly alert. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Since longitude was the missing piece of knowledge for oceanic navigators, all the early modern studies of the magnet were alert to the possibility that they might be able to fill this gap. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In early July he persuaded Albert Einstein to put his name to a letter alerting the president of the United States to the threat. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The breeze was still downhill—it would alert him if they approached. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Fatherland or death!” the guerrillas echo, all except Felicia, who wonders whether all this shouting wouldn’t alert the enemy in a real war. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But the warrior growing inside me squared my shoulders and put my mind on alert to do whatever was necessary to survive. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z More than that, the teacher, usually so calm, was now tense, alert, and appeared to be waiting for something. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “If you type in the wrong code three times, I get an alert.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I became alert again as he mumbled something incomprehensible about "nostalgia for Harvard yard." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Forget that you will have to do this again tomorrow, forget that you will have to be alert enough to dodge the drunks on the drive home tonight—just burn, burn, burn! Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s game season. The authorities are on high alert.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Our new baby was beautiful, a little lamb-child with a full head of dark hair and alert brown eyes—the fourth corner to our square. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And judging from the fact that they all seemed to be talking at once, Mark had a feeling they weren’t on the alert for intruders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Employees stayed alert to catch a glimpse of the Mercury Seven, who had gone from anonymous military men to among the most recognizable faces in the world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The splash of a feeding tarpon upstream put him on alert, and sure enough, the surface of the water began to shake and boil. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Homeland Security has issued a red alert for the entire state of Illinois. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z If all noises abruptly stopped, it meant the animals—all of them—were suddenly on alert. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was in his office near the station when someone dashed in to alert him about the attack on the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her eyes are wide, alert, despite just having opened. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He was silent, head raised, alert as a wild creature of the forest. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The doctor agreed to come, but, before leaving, alerted the Gestapo of the crash. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I decide it’s smarter to keep all senses on ready alert. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the guests on the platform; they sat with that alert relaxation with which they always met our upturned eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, it is late, and I know how important it is to you all to be alert and rested as you enter your lessons tomorrow morning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z You had to be alert every minute, just as everyone was alert now, looking at Bailey, wondering what Leon’s next move would be. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All it would take was one dog to alert everyone to the girl out on her own in the middle of the night. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As he watched he had an immovable expression on his face, composed but alert, as if someone were giving him directions to an unknown destination. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Shem come running back down & told us that the Enemy was alerted up & that Smoke arose from the far End of the Island & that they was on the Move. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That way they could alert the crew that cops were creeping, but if the cops questioned them, they could simply say they were calling for a friend and walk away unscathed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The small children, alerted by the sound, came scrambling from everywhere. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I have only a minute or two, at most, before Brennar alerts everyone of what happened to him and then security resets me out of the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Crispin, there’s an old soldier’s saying: ‘If you have to choose between alertness and worry, being alert will bring you more days of life.’ Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Even now, alerted to the possibility, he didn’t seem to want to know. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z ‘I will alert the giants. They will destroy you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Don't try to move. If you're too loud, the other servants will alert the Beauty Minister immediately. We don't get much time"—she leans in—"away from others." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We were alert to the gap separating the written word from the colloquial. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, Jason’s senses were on high alert. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Down here, halfway to the river, Tally could barely tell there was a full-scale fire alert in the middle of town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z "Thank you for alerting me, Mrs. Viboon. I will see that he learns his lesson." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z On a Saturday morning in late 1949, he called an urgent staff meeting to outline the concept, unnerving not a few staff members roused from their slumbers by the unexpected weekend alert. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When the story reached the offices of the World Health Organization in Geneva, the place went into a full-scale alert. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you need to be on the alert for a notorious murderer.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She looked so different now, awake and alert—standing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In spite of this, when he thrust his hands into the new opening, some of the insects were alert enough to sting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s usually the friends’ reactions that alert me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z They barely cry, staying awake and alert, with matching pairs of wide blue eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It would be safer not to say her name. But stay alert. One thing I’m sure of: From this point on, the dead are stronger than the living.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The dog reminds me of the CountDowners story I was following when I received my alert, though I’m sure this dog and that one aren’t one and the same. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But he was alert at night, too, on the road, always listening intently for the sound of the engines. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Puzzled, they stood alert, straining to hear if more would come. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In less than an hour, the fence-line telegraph had alerted the whole town that I was in trouble. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Your top-down system is heavily invested, and it gets reinforced by the bottom-up pings alerting you to what are, in a sense, plot updates. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Seven years of drinking poison, of never sleeping, of living on high alert. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They left the door and the window louvers open, both of them alert to the sound of his mother’s car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They weren’t doing theoretical work; they were trying to save lives by helping pilots and radar operators stay alert and capable in the face of an onslaught of information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was decided the open floor plan should be less professional, and bright, like a day care, so the heralds wouldn’t drive themselves crazy as they delivered End Day alerts in cramped cubicles. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then, slowly, he looked round the basement, turning his head like an animal with eyes and ears alert, searching to see if anything was amiss. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But the articles were just as crude, featuring alerts about various threats to the white race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “What is going on over there?” said one of the hideous masters of the House of Wu, alerted by Pinmei’s yelp. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z What I would see if I were more alert to the situation is that the forces of destruction are already massing against me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat eyes above the snub nose were alert, blinking and resetting their attention to the growing noise beyond the flats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If they’ve figured out ways to control our emotions, I tell myself it’s better to stay petrified and alert than accept any more of their drinks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I'm careful not to make noise and alert the morning nurses, who are waiting for me to wake. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Or what it was like for the little girl who couldn’t perform at the school talent show because her parents received the Death-Cast alert while she was dreaming of pianos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "A plot to take over the German government! Germans must remain on ready alert!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Maya had never seen him look so alert before, and it didn’t make her feel any better about the situation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “My parents woke up to the Death-Cast alert on May tenth.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Spoiler alert: Mayhem survives,” I said out loud to him, just in case he could hear me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Silverstein is a slender, short man in his late forties, with a mustache and glasses, and he has an alert, quick gaze. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I cautiously walked into the alley, alert for anything unusual, but there was no sound of drums or gongs or noise at all. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to untie it, but when Songololo cried out I had to stop for fear of alerting the soldiers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Before the war he had been an alert, hard-hitting, aggressive marketing executive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I ask the bus driver if he received the alert today and he shakes his head. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "The last one was the one I met you at," answered the girl, in an alert, confident voice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z To all units: Be on the alert for banzai attacks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, below that, she follow with the alert about the coat drive too, or at least that’s what she was supposed to do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He was fast, determined, and alert, and the instant the swimming coach blew the whistle Bobby would kick off, often landing in the water when the other swimmers were still in mid-dive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Years ago, Lupa had taught her how to sleep lightly, wake up alert and be ready to attack. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Or did that line mean blow the whistle in the colloquial sense, as in “to reveal a secret or alert someone to a crime”? Either way, it didn’t make any sense to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No, it was something else, painfully alert and malicious. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then we would go on alert and send out a few rounds and spend the rest of the night in the trenches. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We huddled in the shadow of one of the half-completed breastworks, crouched in a ditch; and there situated, we watched the light infantry, alert with their danger, pass through to the outer fortifications. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Ah, it would seem the LEP have capitulated. Butler, supervise the delivery. But stay alert. Our fairy friends are not above trickery.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Blue Eyes, alert and wide-awake, switched to Tool, who simply sat and stared. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z At least then she would have been alerted to the danger—and maybe she would have come back before it was too late. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She jerks awake, alert to fresh scents and sounds. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Death-Cast did not call Patrick “Peck” Gavin because he’s not dying today, though he was expecting the alert before his attacker received the call himself. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A Google alert flagging my name in an article posted on the United States Olympic Committee website, titled “Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies for Olympics, Will Become First Athlete to Compete in a Hijab.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z For a breathless time they sat there, silent and alert, with their backs turned to the wood-fire, each gazing into the shadows that encircled them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I thought immediately that he was treating me differently from his other patients and rather than feign an ignorance that might alert his suspicions I asked if this was his usual method. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Have they seen the alert about the missing kids? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The bus had its warning lights on and its signs out, alerting drivers it had stopped. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The two stayed alert for problems from the enemy or even other Americans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z As I tried to fall asleep, I could hear Grandma rocking back and forth in her chair, singing hymns that must have given her the strength to stay alert all night. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing the smashing sound could have alerted the German guards, Ronneberg quickly pulled pieces of broken glass from the frame, slicing open his hand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t been alert early enough, hadn’t seen the signs jutting out everywhere around him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Tet started, we were put on alert. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I've never felt the carpet on the soles of my feet before, never felt the cold air rolling down off the windows along the north wall, never been even half this alert. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But I played along and changed my alert anyway. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This alerts us to a feature of Brunelleschi’s peep-show I have not previously mentioned: he stood, according to Manetti, inside the porch of the cathedral. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I stumble out of my bedroom, still in my nightclothes, a whacking sound alerts me that Mama is on a cleaning tear. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the spring of 1940 our skies were alert and armed and uneasy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The fox came to alert, ready for the familiar game. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Florida felt crabby and unsettled, as if it were her responsibility to stay on the alert. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And still, no one had alerted the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It might even have been one of them who alerted Margaret. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He slunk across the room slowly, muscles taut, eyes alert. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Nunu pointed: the dog had his leg up, leaving his mark on a mail box to alert the world that he’d been there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Like my own, similarly beaked nose at those times, my grandfather’s nose went on alert. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Intercom allows calling for help in case of a health alert. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It will alert people to her tendencies and serve as a reminder of her weakness.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The As were judged to be much more alert, poised, attractive, and well dressed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z More than alert, it seems to peer deeper than eyes usually do. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Standing with squared shoulders all round were policemen with clubs in hand, silver metal on their chests, faces red and stern, grey and blue eyes alert. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I had to take my finger off the trigger to avoid firing off a shot, afraid the flash of the muzzle would alert Grigori to my location. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When Willie showed up at the apartment one afternoon, Ishtar knew to alert her mother on her cellphone. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s a way of saying, “Be alert for the unexpected.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The coachman had fired his own revolver once in the air to alert police, once at Prendergast, and Prendergast had returned the shot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Especially early in the day, I would be most alert to the sensations of movement and straining. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob asked, alerted by the jealous edge in Mike’s voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Oh, I'll stay in the East, don't you worry," he said, glancing at Daisy and then back at me, as if he were alert for something more. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z For a time we sent our children to play on the roof in the afternoons, so that they could alert us if she was having another attack. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The bus hit a small bump and the guard sat up, instantly alert. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z She alerted, nodded, then smiled, and he gave her a cookie. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was on the alert constantly for every signal, shrewdly sensitive to relationships and situations that did not exist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Going to a hospital will alert the Scythedom that I’m still alive.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I have to tell her I got the alert.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Ever since my run-in with that cop, I’ve been on high alert. Noticing stuff I would’ve glossed over or tried to ignore before.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The governor had already been forced to alert the National Guard once during his tenure in office, to deal with barrio disturbances in the capital. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All three of them were acutely alert, ramrod straight in their seats, listening to every sound of the wood, looking through every shadow, catching every scent, searching for something out of place. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He spoke as quickly as he moved, his expression uncannily alert; his eyes stayed wide and unblinking for too long. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She was leaning against the corral gate with her ears pointed at him, alert. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll still have lessons, but stay alert. Like I always tell you, don’t leave the other alone.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Now that Ofglen is gone I am alert again, my sluggishness has fallen away, my body is no longer for pleasure only but senses its jeopardy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Like they were on high alert or something. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “What, did you get the alert or something?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And all of the jewelers in Boston had been alerted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked more interested, more alert, like a squirrel when she lifts herself on her hind legs and sniffs the air with instinctual intelligence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I'm alert enough to think about which direction I'm moving in and concentrate on heading toward the Lake sector. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Percy scanned the cliffs and boulders, alert for more monsters, but nothing else appeared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She had even worn it to her brother’s funeral, where it was ripped from her head by her more alert and slightly younger sister-in-law. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee was alerted to make sandwiches when the day came, and he got tired of waiting and stopped buying sandwich bread every two days. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How many guards are posted, and which ones look alert? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was strong and smiling, sitting straight and alert. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing much to do, and yet you had to stay alert: That was the joy and difficulty of a day in a wall tower. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We both heard an entrance alert chime as Art3mis materialized at the top of the staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We spent the next week on high alert. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She would glance back occasionally, alert for the hue and cry with which they might be hunted. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I would be alerted to their presence by their spouting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Before the doors even open, I see one of those train takeovers going down, the ones where college kids host parties on trains to celebrate not getting the alert Mateo and I got. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Amaya always looked kind of sullen, and she didn’t talk to too many people, but now there was something else: She looked alert. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As the demonstration ended and the marchers turned to head back to St. Joseph’s, C.P. alerted his men to get ready. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Sully and Anton, walking toward him diagonally across the yard, Harry’s eyes on him, unsmiling but alert, his cronies looking happy in anticipation. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z The rustling sounds alerted Booth, who rushed to the site of the noise. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Max alerted me when Shoto arrived an hour or so later. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Although my eyes were seeing the wonders of the night, my ears were ever alert, listening for the sound of my hounds telling me they had found a trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa alerted the nearest village, who arrived with their witch doctor. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The assassin was alert for signs or sounds of danger. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Finnick brings up the rear, so at least someone alert has our backs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Distanced, but more alert, or am I imagining it? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I hurried, I remained alert lest I blunder into another attack. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Apart from her own preparations, how would they alert the railroad in time? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My father would cough loudly to alert the other adults to be silent so that I could start. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And then Kino awakened, with the evil music pulsing in him, and he lay in the darkness with his ears alert. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black eyes were alert as several Lapland longspurs darted overhead. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Within two hours of the U-boat landing, the Coast Guard alerted the FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They stood together side by side, alert and waiting for what would happen next. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z For the kill shot, I posted it and Crew Chrissie with a blinking red alert on the Brandywine Hollows HS community page, which the teachers and administrators checked all the time. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It would take the cavalry, alerted by telegraph and traveling by steamboat, just one day to travel that distance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They quickly alerted Harvey that something was amiss. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He is holding a flashlight, and he looks far more alert than he did this afternoon, which is a good sign. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And from the moment in the supermarket when he had realized he must pretend in order not to worry his mother, part of Will’s mind was always alert to her anxieties. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if whatever happened in the barrio was conveyed in the breeze to be picked up by whomever was alert enough. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Heads snapped to attention, and the class was alert again. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s him, but he doesn’t look much like Uriah without a wide smile on his face and his dark eyes bright, alert. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Interceptor planes were kept on alert, and 10,000 policemen were assigned to guard against any acts of violence or sabotage by enemy agents. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She became woozy, but forced herself to stay alert. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "And brave! Already he wants to fight for the Fatherland. And his eyes! So alert! Look how they take in everything." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He looked alert, dark gray in color, and extraordinarily handsome, though not so huge as Brutus. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes, more just open than alert or speculative, reflected chiefly their own size and color. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “G’ma?” he says, not alert enough to get a lid on his panic. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I would have to be on constant alert from now on, watching for signs of what his real motives were. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fist sat with a few of the more alert vlei people and applied himself to a mountain of food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They were each armed with a sword, knife, and crossbow, and though they’d been alert while their captain passed by, she knew a crossbow wasn’t exactly a light weight to bear for hours on end. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Gitney having alerted the captain of the vessel to our arrival and arranged for two soldiers to conduct Bono to the ship, he returned to his charge. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But it’s difficult to bring enough water without alerting Mrs. Krajewska, since the well sits directly outside her window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They put the Nazis on alert, despite their fear of their government and the strong-armed reach of the Gestapo and SS. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Every sense alert, he watched Gebu walk across the courtyard, open the gate, and go out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “It’s something my dad told me once, when I was in the district spelling bee. He said that my fear made me more alert. That I could channel my fear into focus.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Okay,” he called to the room at large, and all noise ceased: Fred and George, who had been cracking jokes for the benefit of those nearest, fell silent, and all of them looked alert, excited. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Minny, having heard her name called in the same sentence as Hilly’s, is suddenly very alert. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Pita’s words, her conviction that the donkey could speak and she could understand him, made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up to alert. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Everyone stay alert, but stay calm. This has happened before.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The bear stood patiently, proud, nose forward, ears alert. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z OST, I was jolted awake by the gut-wrenching sound of my Scoreboard alarm alerting me that one of the top rankings had changed again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It kept him from getting bored on the trip; it kept him alert. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Any sound that was not germane to the night would make them alert. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He alerted the shopkeeper, who lay in wait; sure enough, that night the shopkeeper saw the intruders breaking in and blew one of them away with his single-barreled, 12-gauge shotgun. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Me and Carlos had this stupid joke that whenever we were going to a party, we would set our text message alerts to a crazy sound effect. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He knew nothing, he had no ideas, and he was constantly, painfully on the alert for any indication that Hermione too was about to tell him that she had had enough, that she was leaving. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She pressed the bell button three times before she entered the hallway so that Mama could be on the alert and make sure that Francie wouldn’t be attacked by someone lurking in the hallways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his silence he is poised, alert, the comers of his mouth tensed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was alert and came up to me as if he knew me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Richard envisaged somebody young and alert like their houseboy, Ugwu, but Harrison turned out to be a small stooped stick of a man, middle-aged, wearing an oversize white shirt that stopped below his knees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even friends and family could be secret Communists, alerted the film, the kind “who don’t show their real faces.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Immediately the mice on sentry duty were alerted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He had been alert until he died, the orderly said, and had shaken his head at the last, as if refusing a helping hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Out among the climbers hunkered on the eastern edge of the Col, Beidelman willed himself to stay alert for a sign that the storm might be blowing itself out. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When Jinny stepped out into the chilly morning, she was alert. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Even at—what?—three, four in the morning, even this close, Cramp looked all chiseled and alert as he eyed me keenly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I kept my face buried in my pillow, yet my ears were on full alert. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There was a guard standing at the corner of the stockade, but he didn’t seem to be too alert. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Dusty was quiet, folded at her feet, but he sniffed the air, watchful and alert. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "She meant no harm," Jemmy murmured, keeping his eyes alert for soldiers. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of teens who received the alert today, but there are only eighty-nine registered Deckers between the ages of sixteen and eighteen online right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He looked really exhausted, but his fever was gone, and he was much more alert mentally than he’d been the night before. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Pattie assumed that relatives would fly into town or that family friends would, once alerted, take over. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He kept a checklist of each piece of equipment he carried with him, as anything left behind might alert the KGB to his tampering. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t a sheep’s liver—Now his mind was alert. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bob, instantly alert, leaps off my stomach and dives under Not-Tag. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Only when I was with them in public would I grow alert to their accents. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It's not like John and Mom can just pick up and leave their assigned jobs to flee with me, not without raising an alert. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I know graves can be dug on an accelerated schedule, but it’s only been eleven hours since I even got the alert. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They’re not alert, scanning the plane, watching close when people clog the aisle. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The caller told him to alert the FBI in Washington. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They set his fur on end—that prickly, alert, thrilling sensation, a good feeling—and made his tongue drip. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Doctor Snow asks, his eyes alert and looking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z After all, he knows his name has been in the papers—he must be alert to the possibility of people trying to get stories on him or information from him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lately, I felt like I always had to be on alert for the next raccoon invasion. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He forced himself to stay alert and to keep shouting. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Blackberry, alert and intelligent, looking first up and then down the ditch before he crossed it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Though disconsolate, I kept my eyes alert for soldiers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t untie the rope without her crying out and alerting them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Did you just get the alert a few minutes ago? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We still need some Paul Revere of conscience to alert every hamlet and every village of America that revolution is still at hand. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t think about your mama, don’t think about your girlfriends, nothing. Just look around and be alert.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And when I felt like I could not take it one more minute, the swirl of sensations hit a dizzying crescendo, sending every nerve ending in my body on high alert. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanako suddenly felt calm but alert—she thought fiercely to herself, Please, Papa, don’t tell them anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Get out before I alert your father and plunge you into deep trouble. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I was always on high alert as I moved from class to class, praying I didn’t cross paths with him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The other dogs—the black, the brown with the lopped-off tail, the small whitish one, and the droopy orange runt—merely looked alert and regarded her with neutral interest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The guards stood alert and tense in the shadow of the trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Eye moved his head from side to side, a motion that always reminded Arm of an alert cobra. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The red alert was spreading to my cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A soldier alerts my mother that she’s needed in the first- aid station. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If necessary, the Owslafa could be alerted in almost no time at all and so could Captain Campion, or whatever officer might be patrolling the outskirts of the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wish I hadn’t sneaked off from the Abbey this morning. I do hope Constance has all the defenders on the alert.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He looked sideways at Milkman’s face, alert for any sign, any opening. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was irritating, and it made me feel sly and alert. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That must have been what alerted Jasper, why a fresh wave of serenity filled the car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A pleasant ding echoes around the suite, and a light near my bed’s headrest alerts me to an incoming call. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, in the worst case of bad timing imaginable, a Scoreboard alert flashed on my display, just a few seconds after I began to play through the final screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Lafayette Baker seized the telegram, rushed back to his headquarters, and alerted his cousin Luther Byron Baker to the news of the sighting. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s what I did after my parents and Olivia died, and when Aimee broke up with me, and this morning after beating down Peck and getting the alert. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The only thing that kept me going was how peaceful you looked when I glanced back at you, sitting cross-legged, making another bead necklace, with Kutti, alert and attentive, next to you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Pet Bulene’s new taxi was parked in front, for Pet had been alerted the night before to take the Williams girls to the morning train for San Francisco. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Do I need to alert the president and ask him to authorize a preemptive military strike?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z From the moment Jesse and Eric approached the school, and even more so as they crossed the parking lot, walked through the door and down the hallways, they turned wary and alert. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But still, something kept me alert to discomfort. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The horse was alert, buoyant, animated, all of his faculties alive to his rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We were not alert to the danger of white weather on such a surface. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “We should have been more alert to her condition before placing any foster child there. I should have been more alert.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “They would have alerted you, but we gleaned them,” one of the other scythes said—a woman in green with PanAsian leanings. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Linda advised me to stay alert in my neighborhood and to always be sure to tell my mom where I was going. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The refugee Hungarian physicist had placed the very notion of atomic weaponry on the federal government’s radar in 1939, when he prompted Albert Einstein to alert Franklin Roosevelt to the military potential of nuclear fission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He glanced around at the girls seated in the room, who were pretending not to listen, but whose ears stood up, alert as wild creatures in a meadow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z ‘They’re expecting an attack now. The Mist doesn’t work well against alert enemies. Do we run?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She found Thalia’s eyes distracting: electric blue, intense and alert, so much like Jason’s. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was completely focused and alert, firing a stream of laser bursts, anticipating enemies, collecting armor and medicine. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the wind in the pine branches and the smell of snow from the mountain made him alert. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You know, Minerva,” Professor Dumbledore said thoughtfully to Professor McGonagall, “I think all this merits a good feast. Might I ask you to go and alert the kitchens?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My Virgin Mary is fierce, alert to danger, wild. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They illuminated his tired, gray face, but his eyes looked alert and wary. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He dashed upstairs, alerted the “Home Guard,” and the four of them went downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The dog landed on all fours and held still, head tilted to one side, alert to the abrupt change in Alex’s mood. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I don’t answer it, but a moment later it beeps to alert me that there’s a text. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Tate—on alert, no doubt, for the slightest spark in the damp woodpile of her class—noticed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z All three daemons were alert, scouting around corners ahead, watching behind, listening fin-the slightest footfall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z William Gilbert, writing On the Magnet in Latin, is, as one would expect, alert to the difficulty of using words like ‘proof’ and ‘demonstration’ to describe what experiments do. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z However, he was alert, and he snapped open the spy hole, at the same time opening the tap that allowed a flow of naphtha past the pilot light in the buttress outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Seth remained alert for the little pyramid of rocks that would mark where he should leave the path. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z All the imagining might have worked if Virgil’s ears had been closed instead of his eyes, but because they were open and alert, they picked up a distant sound in the darkness. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The concerned Barnbridge, along with friends of Corcoran’s, yesterday alerted state and local police, who put out a Missing Persons Bulletin. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Part of me was always on alert, waiting for the next fire. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z News that Powers had not landed as planned in Norway jolted the CIA, and the president was alerted immediately that the U-2 spy plane had almost certainly gone down. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As the three of them sat on the lawn to eat, Reyna seemed alert and rested. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pilate’s face was still as death, but alert as though waiting for some signal. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As I make my way through the crowd, I suddenly see an alert telling me that Ren is in the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Despite my outright lies, the tenor of my e-mails alerted Renee to my depression, and she called a few times, worried. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her stormy grey eyes scanned the surroundings, alert for any threat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were alerted of a Russian approach—maybe someone at the door or a sound from outside. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He almost expects Caroline to come after him, or to immediately wake their parents and alert them to his departure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He thought about calling out to her, but if she was meeting someone, he didn’t want to alert him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t slept much, but I was alert and pumped full of adrenaline. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He had reached his sheep now; it lay ruminating, its alert eyes fixed on him in case he had brought any rolled oats with him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Good. Don’t forget that. That kind of excitement will keep you alert.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He alerted all his muscles and concentrated all his energy into a single unbelievable leap that left him standing three feet away from where my bullet landed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Miep had also found a note under the warehouse door from Sleegers, the night watchman, who had noticed the hole and alerted the police. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It was as though my thoughts of escape had alerted them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Until a shifting breeze brought a scent that called him to instant alert. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The frog’s wide-open eyes, which had been glazed with death only a few moments before, were now clear and alert. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Dr. Lanning, after an initial start, followed the slow movement from one hand to the other with sharply alert eyes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Three air-raid alerts had been established in a tier of severity. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nancy settled nearby with coffee, sipping quietly from the cup, her alert eyes fixed on the tube. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the alert, cold face of a man of about five-and-thirty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Relaxed, sitting in an armchair with his legs stretched out in front of him, he was alert, well rested, quick with a laugh or a clever reply. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "No, I'm trying to go without it. I like to be alert for small changes." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It looked weaker and less alert, but snapped feebly as Hazel came up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a load of bull. You saw the whole thing go down. You all confirmed my alert!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He read steadily and with concentration, but from habit some secondary part of him was alert to everything around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “That man a been black, he be dead in the ground. Police would a had a all-points alert for fifty-three states,” Aibileen say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "The Bionic Unit is on red alert," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm was on the alert; he wished to see every person who entered the restaurant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Crouched beside me, yellow eyes alert, guarding me from the night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was nothing dreamlike in the way he moved forward now, alert as a cat, to the door. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They waded or crept in one after another while the horrible clucking continued and overhead the swallows, alerted to a feast of insects, dipped and soared. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breathing stopped and he became electrically alert—then her throat clicked and the rhythmed snoring continued. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even as we approached it, a priest emerged, no doubt alerted by the child. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There’s still time for the other Plutos to get the alert. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As he walked to the car, his head was often tilted back, alert to phenomena in the trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The night remained calm and still, but Matthias and Constance stayed alert, both knowing if they failed to observe this rudimentary law of nature, the penalty could be fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We know, for instance, that Benjamin Rush was alert enough to recognize the disease before it had spread much beyond Water Street and sounded an alert. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes they accepted other donations, such as warm clothing, and Tree-ear stayed alert on the chance that a monk would pass on such garments to the poor. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z His hair was on end, and he stood alert. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mitch said as alerts beeped and lights flashed across all the consoles. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From outside, they could see its dark head alert in the gloom, the black eyes still watchful. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She warns that conditions are worsening and a Level 3 alert has been called. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was strong and smiling, sitting straight and alert. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He’d designed the hull to resonate every few seconds, sending waves through the Mist and alerting Festus to any nearby monsters, but it only worked in one mode at a time: water or air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Danny broke the rules by coming closer and talking to me—warning that we had to stay alert, no matter what. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She bade him keep on the alert for she would send him a messenger, a bee, to tell him her wishes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch it crawl down the street for the longest time till I get the sense to alert somebody. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z At the same time, they were on high alert for clues. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Boy and girl, hand in hand, picked their way over the dead and the wounded, Lyra calling for her dæmon, Will alert in every sense for his. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Stay alert, she told herself, but it was hard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Soviet forces in Eastern Europe, including nuclear missile crews, moved into high alert. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Thus she learned to stay alert even though she was deeply, restfully asleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Searchlight waited too—ears perked up, eyes alert, legs slightly bent, ready to spring forward. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Red dust rose up around them, sending a plume into the air to alert people the king was approaching. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “He is too alert. He watches everywhere for us,” said Salmakia. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was Mudd’s hope that George would act as a go-between, alerting the police to the fact that his Good Samaritan cousin might just have “accidentally” aided the men who killed Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A week after he had sworn on her death certificate that she died of another stroke, a relative alerted the police that Friedgood was about to leave the country for London. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I climbed the stairs like a thief, slow and quiet, alert and scared, one shoulder dropped back, fingertips trailing the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “You got to stay alert like that all the time.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard Selvam clearing his throat to speak, and at once heads turned, surprised, lightened of suspense, very much alert. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Or alerting anyone that she was interested in it, she realized, thinking about those men who must know she’s Surly Wombat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Just so you know, these computers are highly classified. If you put in the wrong password even once, it’ll alert security. So...no pressure.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But the mule stood alert, its milky staring eyes wide open. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The High King is seated on his throne of woven branches, wearing the heavy circlet, looking out from his deeply lined face with alert bronze eyes, like those of an owl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes were open wide; she felt once again as if she had never been so alert, so here. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I don't know if it’s the loud breathing or the footsteps, but when I open my eyes I’m as alert as I’d be in the middle of the day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Adrenaline rushes along the current between me and the unseen creature, and we are alert without seeing one another. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Was it stealing, to wait as Tree-ear had for more rice to fall before alerting the man that his rice bag was leaking? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z But alerting just those few houses wasn’t enough to tip the alarm. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly her senses were on high alert, as if somebody had snapped a rubber band against the base of her neck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The halls echoed too loudly for her to attack him without alerting the whole building. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The more profound the thought, feeling, skill, and invention an artist puts into his or her work, the more it unfolds to an alert spectator. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z The image of Edmund's scarred face flashed in my mind, and like an animal, I was suddenly alert to danger. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Awesome news alert: I met this really cool guy Pete at the local pool. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Maybe a litde bored, even though my mind and body are on alert. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I tried to ignore the wild stories and stay alert for something, anything, I might use to secure our freedom. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z All morning Imani sat in each class with her back straight, her eyes alert. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It is quite possible that she did not believe in any other tendencies in humans, for while she was preternaturally alert in some directions she was completely blind in others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My answer seems to satisfy them, but now both of them have been alerted to my eating patterns, and watch my plate like it’s a time bomb. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The boys hurried to the village and alerted everyone that lions had attacked the cattle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t receive the alert today,” I lie. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Weed’s been told to alert us when Ghohg the Evil One receives our explosive little gift. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Not exactly clean of us, but it was better than alerting the management they had hosted a bunch of squatters for the night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A faint ding rings out, alerting me that I’ve just downloaded something into my account. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her head was up and her eyes were alert, although her muzzle was matted with blood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The North Korean missile detonates prematurely, but the aggressive act puts the world’s nations on high alert. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Crouch’s hair was dark, his face was much less lined, he looked fit and alert. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She sat alert, her body tuned to that gentle pull on the tiller. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I was feeling something more than fear as I rode: It was fear with a purpose, fear devoted entirely to the task of being alert. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Matt scampered behind him, alert to the prospect of food. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hale, who had an owlish face, stiff black hair, and small, alert eyes set in shaded hollows, had settled on the reservation nearly two decades earlier. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Because being naked outside, out here on the battlefield, it's like I've never been this charged up, this alert, this ready for anything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, so you need me to give you their personal information, in order for you to alert their families.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z If my game has glitched, then I should take off my lenses right now and alert the authorities. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He breathed heavily, watching me with alert, hungry eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z That’s when they heard the alerting little cough from the back of the car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or alerting anyone that she was interested in it, she realized, thinking about those men who must know she’s Surly Wombat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But if they had been alerted to the plan, their anxiety could have counteracted the sedative. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z No matter how normal that is for me, I can’t get myself to stop shaking ’cause I can be alert as all hell right now and it won’t change what’s going down mad soon. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There seemed no need yet to alert her, so he just continued to clear his throat and hurry along between the flame bursts. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I arrived on my knees because of the dizziness, but I was immediately alert and wary. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The proprietor read the note and gave him an alert, tactful glance. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a tall fire bell in the cemetery, which alerted everyone. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello,” he said to Aureliano, who was at his silversmith's bench with all five senses alert. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, his control room supervisor alerts him that the water truck they’ve been waiting for all day is at the gate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She quickly alerted our parents, and my uncle went to investigate. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z What to others would have been a muffling was to her alert senses, which were fine-tuned like the cats whiskers of an old wireless, an almost unbearable amplification. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard, and be at their most alert, they would also have to be unusually flexible. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z When the time came and I had to leave, Evan was barely alert enough to say good-bye to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Every time the phone rang his body went to red alert. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The gesture of his head towards the window alerts her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She was a rather pretty and a very alert girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Late Sunday night/early Monday morning Angela buzzed me with a red alert text, a link somebody had posted to the fan page set up by Nicole’s well-wishers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The ladies of the church auxiliary, alerted to my return by the superintendent’s wife, swoop down on me within the hour. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She became alert and businesslike, put her clothes on, knotted the scarlet sash about her waist, and began arranging the details of the journey home. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z De la O would be awake for two hours, straining his ears, alert for any sounds of someone creeping toward them—a snapped twig, the sound of fabric brushing against a plant. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Word of the French moves alerted the militia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter got up, fully dressed, lithe, alert, not at all as if she’d just been asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All of First Corps went on alert as we found out that all the major cities were being hit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only might it alarm her, but our behavior could also alert school officials to her failing health. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pattie assumed that relatives would fly into town or that family friends would, once alerted, take over. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Intruder alert,” I say, realizing that sounds far more sci-fi than I mean it to. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A bird perched just a few feet from me alerts me that a new day is dawning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But my mind is still back at that red alert. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “No. Not unless you want me to alert the rest of the army.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “She did sell her house, buy an RV, and take you across four state lines without alerting either of us to her sickness.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z And the goals get reinforced, or so it seems, by the buzz of an incoming call or text, alerting us to a new development in the narrative of our lives. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Something had awakened him and he lay listening, his senses keyed and alert, the memory of the tanker fresh in his mind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all there, all of them: the twins, poised and alert in the windowsill; Francis, with his back to me; Henry beside him; and Bunny across the table, reared back in his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Defense leaders, taking the attitude that “anything can happen,” warned islanders to be on the alert to black out electric lights on extremely short notice. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She came to sit calmly at his side, alert and elegant and dangerous, her tawny eyes surveying the room before turning, like his black ones, to the door from the hall as the handle turned. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Dimple stepped carefully around him, alert for any lunging. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Biff was alert, and no sound or movement escaped him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "Thanks, cousin, but I don't drink. I like to stay alert." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t really alert at the time and I’m afraid they were a bit too quick for me. I didn’t pursue them because I wasn’t sure whether you’d want me to.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed at how chatty I had become now that I was more alert. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Despite the fatigue in my body, my mind's alert, so I let Peeta sleep long past our usual switch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He became alert to the integers that appeared in his dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Their presence in Africa would astonish us, if the presence of Indonesian people on Madagascar had not already alerted us to Africa’s prehistoric Asian connection. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He does not look like the sleepwalking Dauntless soldiers; his eyes are alert. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z If the dog alerts to drugs, then the officer has probable cause to search without the person’s consent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The main point about it was that it alerted me to the fact that things between Miss Kenton and myself had reached - no doubt after a gradual process of many months - an inappropriate footing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But his smile quickly disappeared when a BONG! alerted him to an incoming email. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Nelson and Noris looked up, alerted by the play in my voice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Declared books are flagged for all users to see, alerting every book sleuth to the hidden book that is now worth double points. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I much preferred to be alert and clearheaded. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z If they had, they might have notified their mother, who was hammering out a story on a proposed school levy and would not be home to watch the news—or to alert Mrs. McCullough. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had seen his cat do this once: look up alert from her half-sleep and watch something or someone invisible come into the room and walk across. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Either instinct or the barking of the dogs had alerted Clara and the servants, who were waiting in the doorway with all the lights blazing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not rough timid people like the fisher-folk of the Hands, but true townsmen, alert and sedate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I knew if I got so much as a scratch on the fender, I was a dead man, so that kept me alert. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew it would only be a question of time before the boy would run off to alert the people in the huts. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When you went to her house, you had to keep alert because you didn’t want her to come at you from around a corner, her hands loose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d stayed still, just listening to the shake of a dry seed rattle, alert to danger, until the singing began. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The White House press officer alerted television networks that President Johnson wanted air time that night to make an important statement on Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “You used that bonkers machete spell! The plan was to catch it by surprise, and instead you alerted everyone we were here!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His bark comes next, ready to alert people for miles and miles about the truck approaching. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “That way, if a scout fly spots us,” Chestnutt went on, “we should be able to catch it before it alerts the others.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the dozen or so photos in Google images, mostly head shots of Sarah with her violin and Rotary award ceremony groupings, she is slim, like Vivian, with an alert, guarded expression. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Satyrs patrolled the fields, and riders on pegasi circled overhead, alert for aerial attacks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Though I’m still exhausted, I feel more alert now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Now more alert than he had been downstairs, Garfield spoke calming words to his son. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The boy, trained in night-sight when the lantern was dimmed so as not to alert the wood’s creatures, picked out a blurred shape in the dark. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was a little flushed, his eyes suddenly alert. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As his eyes followed the print the rest of his senses were on the alert to the various commotions that went on around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I quickly get back in bed and pretend to sleep until Effie Trinket comes to alert me to the start of another "big, big, big day!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was done in a way that was leisurely, yet alert and composed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When I overheard Luke’s name, my ears alerted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The flame illuminated her hand stretched out: roused now, and on the alert for discoveries, I at once noticed that hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Every step of the way would have had beeping alarms, alerts, and warnings. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” he said, exhausted but struggling hard to keep his eyes open, alert, and to keep from slurring his words, “I’m all out of cigarettes.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The freezing air would help keep me awake, and, if nothing else, alert enough to catch my mind blindly groping for Liam’s. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Myrna would drive him right into the alerted arms of some psychiatrist. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just have the Retrieval Squad on full alert. I may need them at a moment’s notice.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Daffodil Manor felt the dead within it begin to move, more alert than they had been in a very long time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Did the alert give a description or include our pictures? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was like an early-warning radar, always on guard, always alert, and if that was all he did—watch the forest when I was outside—it would have been enough. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Around strangers he was quiet, alert, fading into the background until he was just a pair of hazel eyes watching everything go down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Instead he lay on his back, still and alert, ordering his aides—who came and went with dispatches from the front—not to slam the door or stomp their feet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The asthma was under control, but the doctor alerted me to something else—Malia’s body mass index, a measure of health that factors together height, weight, and age, was beginning to creep up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We regarded this confrontation as a victory, for he was wary of us and knew that we had alerted people on the outside of our complaints. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was determined that their minds be kept alert; they were Biafra’s future, after all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The tone of my request is so odd that it’s alerted him to some irregularity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z At the sound of voices speaking Spanish, I straightened up, alert. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles opened his enormous eyes, as sign that he’d heard his sister’s threat, but otherwise didn’t look especially alerted. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I had only had two hours of sleep, but I felt more alert than I had all day. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In fact, they could be sending out a text alert right now, and all across the city, hunters would be swinging onto their motorcycles or hopping in cabs, eager to catch me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Both have alert faces with great wondering brown eyes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Archer was awake too, sitting upright, tense and alert. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He said it was so I would stay alert during my shift, but really I think he just liked to punch me in the arm for random reasons. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He was a small, wiry white-haired man and was acting the way I'd been told captains should act He stood by the lifeboat in the fire’s glow, very alert, giving orders to the crew. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched her carefully, alert to every little flutter of her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Of his three companions, only Silver was alert and unharmed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Any noise, at all, would alert Mr. Flux, and though he’d somehow managed to climb from the Eternal Creek, he probably wouldn’t be very nice to the boys responsible for dunking him in it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The problem, particularly in the early years, was that it was next to impossible to alert people on the outside that we were waging a hunger strike inside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of it was a total mystery to him, but the part that was clear was enough to keep him alert and jittery all the way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She might not have machines to read Tally’s voice and heartbeat and sweat, but her own perceptions were alert. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A flash of light illuminates them both for an instant, and then every player is alerted that our Artifact is now in Hammie’s hands. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jackson’s barking into a field communicator, trying unsuccessfully to alert the camp to send medics, but I know it’s too late. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was no response from the child who had once been so curious and alert. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “What —” I started to ask, when his body became alert. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Do what it takes to stay alert in my class,” he snarled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘Before the assembled gods, you would call me unwise’ Jason’s friends watched on full alert. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I call Rue's name in a hushed whisper and the eyes appear, wide and alert, at once. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m surprised you got to the front door without my gate guards alerting me,” the executive said, as nonchalant as could be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Although he was at least fifteen years older than his wife, his alert determination to make her happy and his qualities as a good lover compensated for the difference. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Just stayed on the alert, watching for emergencies. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Houseman was trying to alert him to what was happening at CBS headquarters. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes wide and ears alert. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be watching their comings and goings, and if she tries to alert him, I will know. We can always make this a double assassination.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their dæmons were very still—the monkey crouching on the chair back, the snow leopard sitting upright and alert at Lord Asriel’s side, watching Mrs. Coulter unblinkingly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There were police involved and social workers already on high alert. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Dad steered the Blue Goose through the dark, driving slowly so as not to alert anyone in the trailer park that we were, as Dad liked to put it, doing the skedaddle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The news of the approach of the procession ran ahead of it, and in their little dark offices the pearl buyers stiffened and grew alert. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come. We must alert the other Heads of House. You’d better put that Cloak back on.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dyedka said it was nice to let Germogen have a rest, and also didn’t want to alert Papa’s camp superiors that he was using a magical hawk to deliver messages. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Think of the colon as a traffic cop that alerts you about road conditions up ahead. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “While they set their trap. Be alert tomorrow.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then I noticed the alerts on her screen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And—” Footfalls in the woods alerted Frightful to danger, and she flew for the sky. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z People who are alert twenty-four hours a day, and people who are dead. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d asked Leo to send one of his special inventions—a holographic scroll—to alert their friends inside the camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What she didn’t notice was that the Costas ware alert every second for unusual signs of interest in Lyra from the waterside people. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But I would stay alert for all that might yet come. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z During the alert, I had followed the mob, not taking care of him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The eagles circled overhead, crying out as if to alert their brethren: Hey, some tasty Greek demigods over here! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The music should act as a filter for unwanted noise and help create a relaxed, mentally alert state. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She stood tense and alert, staring down at the bank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was alert, like he had awakened from a night of great sleep, though he was still hungry and thirsty. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the United States, the Army’s Eighty-second Airborne Division went on alert and prepared to evacuate the Americans by air as soon as the first Ebola cases started popping up in the city. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that their escape would cause such a ruckus that there would be no need to alert his man. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She has long lines beside her nose like a marionette and a watchful, alert expression. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z These were colobus monkeys, and sometimes one would come down from a tree and scuttle across the meadow near the tent, watching them with alert, intelligent eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She who is usual so alert, have done literally nothing all the day; she even have lost her appetite. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Other Deckers got their alert an hour ago. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The transmitter station went on prearranged war alert status immediately upon news of the Pearl Harbor attack,” added Ensign Clawson. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Before it, they were active, alert, vigorous; after it they faded. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Archer and Horse were quiet and alert, searching for movement in the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Another reason to stay alert was that, instead of a disintegrating relationship, an inmate might have an extra one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wolf’s very growling would keep me alert and fighting him to survive, whereas I might be lulled and fooled by the tricky fox. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His small eyes, red-rimmed and bloodshot, were alert in the solid mass of his face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Only his eyes were active, darting round and round the room, puzzled, alert with intelligence. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I’m alerted by, I don’t know, a soft shift of sand or maybe just a change in the air currents. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She talked herself through the procedure, keeping herself alert and centered. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Empress, suddenly alerted by the nurse’s questions, guessed that. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Then twice in a week there were chits marked “S” and bearing her own special code name—just an alert to let her know she was “operational,” as it were. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z As I lay back, Otto sat on my belly and stared at me, alert. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z His head moved on his shoulders like a bird's: alert, inquisitive, shrewd. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to holler, to alert her in some way, but he worried that if she knew they were behind her, she would grow nervous. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A humming noise alerts me to the fact that the electric current has been switched on. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “It’s too late. If the guards think there’s a prison break in progress, the checkpoints will be on high alert. They’re not going to let anyone just walk through.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Unafraid of the girls, One Horn stepped out onto the path and stood alert in the early light, basking a little, warming his coat. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z When she woke from the trance, she was cold, and exhausted, and languid; but her mind was all alert. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The sound swells, as if alerted by our quiet words to the proximity of live flesh. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z For horses, herd animals alert to clues of danger from each other, skittishness is contagious. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They marched alongside the stream as it fattened into a river, alert all the while to the constant sound track of caws, shrieks, growls, and croaks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z This was done softly, to alert the men to his presence. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At each house, word was sent on to the next stop to be on the alert, to watch for this party of fugitives. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The blue points of her hair quiver a little, like a porcupine’s quills on alert. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But the cat purring against his chest and the young dog curled at his back were wakeful and alert most of the remaining night; neither moved from his side. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Knapp was anywhere nearby, all my senses were on alert. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I noticed how alert he was even in little details. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Another guard, alerted by the noise, ran over. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It required, however, no more than the blurt of the doorbell to alert me to listen to sounds all over again. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I refused to live invincibly on all the days I didn’t get an alert, I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After two nights of little sleep, Harry’s senses seemed more alert than usual. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Back in the main office, a secretary ran the attendance sheets through a machine and a recorded call went out to the parents’ home phone, alerting them about their truant children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Could be anyone of unknown or questionable background. Be alert and trust no one. Got it?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His breathing became sleep-heavy while his body no longer fought to stay upright and alert. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The KGB, which guarded the USSR's borders and kept watch over foreigners and Soviet citizens alike, was on high alert. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Sefia froze, all her senses alert, her breath sounding loud as a lumber saw in the unmoving undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Take no risks and be alert to danger. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “Spider, I believe we will need your safety line. Beyond this barrier, I do not remember anything of the obstacles ahead. Everyone, keep your bravery high and your mind alert!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you get the alert? Moreau is free! The person who has the Black Book isn’t simply some apprentice magician. It’s one of the Night Brothers!!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z On the contrary I am alert, I crackle with adrenaline, despite the late-summer heat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was only seconds later that Matthias wished he had also been on the alert. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She’ll trust me to run errands alone again, and when she does, I’ll keep my eyes and ears alert and find a way to escape. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not a congenitally fearful person, for which you can blame or credit my mother, who never got around to alerting me to any special vulnerabilities that went with being a girl. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Declared books are flagged for all users to see, alerting every book sleuth to the hidden book that is now worth double points. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On work detail, they stayed constantly alert, watching for anything edible they could slip into their pockets and then share that night. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Gabriella, fearless because she didn’t receive the alert today, picks up the object. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The swaying of his walk alerted them to movement, and a moment later, Sigurd dropped the bag on the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z So far the only thing it seemed to be good for was alerting more monsters to their presence. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Frightful is very alert, as if there are things all around us. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "That's your father when he was your age. We alerted the police in Chennai city. They're too busy to search for every poor child who goes missing, but it helped that we filed a report." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She's decked out in her full uniform again, stoic and alert. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She barks to alert Mom or Dad if Penny gets too close to an electric plug or the front door. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There’s something a little off about the sheriff; I don’t think he’s been drinking, but his insistence has an undercurrent that puts me on alert. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Keep your voice down. You just have to listen and alert me if you hear anything important. You won’t be in any danger.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes, which moments before had been swollen with fatigue, were now wide and alert. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Armored cars with alert guards went past as I looked for the number. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Wes stood at alert on his porch and watched for a few moments. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It makes perfect sense to alert the school staff to a situation where one of the students might need additional support What additional support? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z No, he would have to remain there, alert for any trap the devilish creature might spring . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Arthur and Guenever, like good children, sat with their hands in their laps to listen to the stories. like children, they wen alert and eager, sifting the truth as best they could. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time she waited at a bus stop or was at a party with boys and alcohol or was just plain alone, she felt the high alert of vigilance. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The alert, a distinctive and endless gong, like a church bell one block away, is blasting from my phone on the other side of the room. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Always scouts ranged far ahead of the main column, alert for any sign of game or prey or enemies, while outriders guarded their flanks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The last thing he needed was for a sudden burst of gas to alert the LEP to his presence. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Like a wary old tortoise, Mr. Justice Wargrave sat hunched up, his body motionless, his eyes keen and alert. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z A passing taxi driver leaned out of his cab window, alerting them to a group of rowdy white youths massing nearby, which sounded like a lot more fun to them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He was tired; he closed his eyes a long second and then opened them, knowing that he had to keep alert and answer questions to save himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Let her sleep, he decided, and he moved silently about the room, listening at the door, watching out of the window, awake and alert. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The KGB alerted an official from the US embassy, who joined Marti at the table. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When he stepped back to lean against his desk, the two women again followed him and stood closely on either side, watching him with alert expressions, as if worried what he might do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Earlier on this day, alerted by sensor 53, agents caught eleven Mexican men who had been walking across the desert for four days. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z But he kept his eyes open and tried to stay as alert as he could. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Con watched them with an alert eye, for he was worried about them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I brushed my hair into a tight ponytail and arranged my hijab, my phone beeped again, alerting me to another text message. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “If we can draw this group into the woods, we might sneak through without alerting the others.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z |
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