She was trying to get herself discovered for the movies. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

You start with an incomplete roster of facts, characterized by their ambiguity; often the problem consists of discovering the connections between unrelated pieces of information. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team discovered three surviving nuns and one priest, along with a few devoted African nurses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exploring the meadows and bogs surrounding the castle, she discovered new insects, species she had never seen. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After studying him some more, I discovered that he was a she. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

By day they still hid as best they could, sleeping under the wagon and praying they would not be discovered. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were wrong, but they had the obligation to discover their mistake. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get an idea of where she might hide a book, Emily did an online search for images of the music concourse and discovered there would be a fountain. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He discovered so many elements not so much because he was serially astute as because he developed an ingenious technique of applying electricity to a molten substance–electrolysis, as it is known. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Winnie, I later discovered, had recently received a second banning order and had been terminated from her job at the Child Welfare Office as a result. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Further still in the future, James Watson and Francis Crick would discover the structure of DNA at the Cavendish in 1953. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This so-called Indian business, as White discovered, was an elaborate criminal operation, in which various sectors of society were complicit. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his fascination with plastic, something I discovered when the shower curtain was riddled with tiny bite marks, my bedroom now had the honor of housing his litter box. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Croft reports that the boy was badly dehydrated by the time he was discovered, and that he had apparently been rowing without pause for more than twelve hours. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We had discovered with Mariner 9 that characteristic changes in the bright and dark patterns on the Martian surface occur during times of high winds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had left him to discover the inscription on his own, never again asking Gogol what he’d thought of the book, never mentioning the book at all. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Columbus discovered America, an unknown world, when he was trying to find a new route to a known world, China. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was mortified, but Bonnie was in a state of almost narcotic bliss, overjoyed to have discovered a New York without the New Yorkers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Valentina discovered parachuting and became quite good at it, making 126 jumps, which brought her to the attention of the Soviet space program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

But this much was clear: fission had been discovered in Berlin. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He knew that his love for her would enable him to discover every treasure in the world. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they have the same goal—to produce really good work—they discover that they have different ideas of how to paint and whose work to admire and emulate. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In its place they leave a pink, pulpy scar like the one she’d discovered on her son’s back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was surprised to discover that the amount of neatly folded bills Michael-Mary handed her each Saturday at noon was within two dollars of the amount real secretaries took home each week. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voyager had discovered the first active volcano beyond the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took some trial and error, but Penelope soon discovered that Alexander would get in the tub only if the water was quite cool and perfectly still. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I woke up Charlie and made him listen, convinced I’d discovered a secret message left by spies, but he punched me and went back to sleep. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that the story had begun, because kathakali discovered long ago that the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I associated with Coxsackie was the respiratory virus that had first been discovered in the town, and named for it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping to discover who the coconspirators were, Nearchus had Zeno tortured. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Afraid their husbands would discover that no uniqueness lay between their legs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were, she had discovered, all kinds of ridiculous things strewn along the side of a road. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

That way, he might discover a drug that would fight Ebola virus or possibly cure it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a tree nearby, Maria discovered an enormous striped caterpillar. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His body, she later discovered, bore almost no bruises, but was full of strange, painful swellings, and there was a welt above one eye. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Yet when morning came, they invariably discovered that a group of the finest slaves had taken to their heels. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small gift from the universe waiting to be discovered. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“As long as there are people to hear it, they’ll tell the story of the man who discovers it,” Dimarion said, his eyes never leaving Reed’s. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Agents discovered that Hale had grown up in a wooded grove only a few miles from Campbell. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I went back to the telescope and tried to use it to look at Coalwood, but discovered I couldn’t focus it close enough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But a few, finding themselves in places with few or none of their natural enemies, look around with the hopeful incredulity of juvenile delinquents who discover the mall’s security cameras are broken—and wreak havoc. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There are tents, I am certain, that I have not discovered in my many visits to the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The old man knew if the Leopard and the Lion discovered that the girls had gone, they would surely eat him for supper instead. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Later, when I discovered sailing, it was completely natural that I would sail on the Pacific by myself. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been told about them is lies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Wendle was one of the first on the scene after the crime was discovered. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As had been true in 1954, no evidence of infectious disease could be discovered on examination of the dead birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That accidental discovery was the first of several developments that would allow two researchers from Spain and Sweden to discover that normal human cells have forty-six chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the Pittsburgh airport he discovered that Danville was 240 miles northeast, and not accessible by any public transportation other than a Greyhound bus. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1781 Herschel became the first person in the modern era to discover a planet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mendel had discovered the discontinuous nature of genes, Fisher knew, because he had chosen highly discrete traits and crossed pure-breeding plants to begin with. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

McKusick was a renowned geneticist who’d founded the world’s first human genetics department at Hopkins, where he maintained a catalog of hundreds of genes, including several he’d discovered himself in Amish populations. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to hide the damage under His crocheted green dress, but when the Doctorita discovered it, she erupted in a rage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I detest this. And I’m discovering I’m not...” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At any moment now he knew that the end would come: his master would faint or fall, and all would be discovered, and their bitter efforts be in vain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, yes; but you will be entertained to discover that there is a significant complication in the case of the comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Liyana and Or made a plan to meet for yogurt at Abu Musa’s the next day, after discovering they had exactly the same lunch break. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the doctors took my bandages off, they discovered I’d been replaced by a small, ugly alien. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Look, this is something I want you to see. Quite by accident I discovered this writing beneath where Martin’s picture once hung.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Body discovered two weeks later—on a hill about a mile from downtown Pawhuska. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The bursar was an elderly, irritable man who became more irritable when he discovered he had to give money to me rather than the other way around. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took me a moment’s pause to discover what I thought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was encouraged by the old man’s sentiments, I was nervous that others had discovered my mission as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it would be only a matter of days before the error would be discovered. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

We discovered what our father’s legs looked like in short pants. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

About six months after I discovered the hidden message, this loudmouth MIT freshman found it too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But Emily had been right about one thing: Three months after her parents brought Maya home from the hospital, their mother had discovered that she was pregnant with Lauren. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I knew I was making a pest of myself, but I could scarcely believe this nice young lady could be so un-sympathetic, so insolent when she discovered I did not come in to buy something. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione stole into a library and discovered from their records that the place had been demolished many years before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Colin was about four, he read a book about Archimedes, the Greek philosopher who’d discovered that volume could be measured by water displacement when he sat down in the bathtub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Pygmies, the answer is “not yet,” merely because archaeologists have yet to discover ancient human skeletons from the Central African forests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered that cooking was something you couldn’t learn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt something hit my teeth, and discovered it was the bit for my mask. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two months later, on February 2, 1982, Alaska State Troopers came across his camp, looked inside the tent, and discovered the emaciated corpse frozen hard as stone. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was struggling to learn Apollo, it seemed to me the most important thing in the whole world, but suddenly I discovered that it really wasn’t. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt him shiver and she sensed—and he did, too—how very much remained to be discovered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She quickly discovered that phone lines at the Teleco building weren’t functioning. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She had once come into his barn and discovered jockey Farrell Jones lying on a cot in the cold, drafty tack room, desperately ill with an infection. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you’d come out as soon as you discovered what went on.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We thought that we had been discovered, and that battle was going to begin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she’d always wished she had. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

About an hour later, I’d balanced Buzz’s checkbook and discovered that she had a ton of money. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, after she had found a place in his program, Volpe discovered that her boyfriend had been physically abusive to her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The wildest of all our falcons, the one most intolerant of human beings, has discovered rats. She will be an enormous asset to Delhi.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They were to appear in identical costumes; tonight was the night they would discover if one of the heirs was a twin. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other students sat mostly in stupors, worn out from the class, or else were scouring their notes in hopes of discovering they’d done better than they thought. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered he could climb a tall workman’s ladder—at first I found him following me as I climbed, but later he would go up without me if I asked him to. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

You have not yet grappled with your own myths and narratives and discovered the plunder everywhere around us. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the feeling I got when I learned to read, like discovering a doorway to another world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Columbus discovered America, there was already a reward announced, should he be successful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A policeman discovered a nine-year-old boy near the downtown Los Angeles tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was here because the oracle stones said she was part of this journey to discover what the Fairy Queen knew. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once an inventor has discovered a use for a new technology, the next step is to persuade society to adopt it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On one day, Louise discovered that Louie had impaled his leg on a bamboo beam; on another, she had to ask a neighbor to sew Louie’s virtually severed toe back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was undertaken to discover if America was involved in the practice of racism against black Americans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost overnight the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade was in full flower, and Captain Black was enraptured to discover himself spearheading it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We discovered early that in order to stop stealing we would, for a while, have to steal more than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Lucky Girl is disappointed to discover that not all of us enjoy slavery.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In one of Todd’s pockets they discovered a small memory chip, the kind used for digital cameras. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, they ran into difficulty finding human cases of Ebola—they were not able to discover the virus in a natural host or in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he began to wipe his exhaust pipes, he discovered they wiggled, loosened by all those tugging paws. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Arnold came to and discovered this, he took off like a horsefly from a swatter. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since Oscar Otis had discovered the trainer working Seabiscuit by moonlight in 1937, racing officials had been growing increasingly frustrated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The play of symbols, once she had discovered the pattern of it, was dismaying. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I searched my mind and discovered a new conviction there: I would never be a plural wife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They had been discovered and shot from behind. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

About one third of South American Indians, Black discovered, have identical or near-identical HLA profiles; for Africans the figure is one in two hundred. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was disturbed to discover that first day that Winnie was unable to attend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I discovered the miracles of science, magic ruled the world. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like all the young people who entered that year, she discovered the appeal of nightlong gatherings in cafes, talking about the necessary changes in the world and infecting each other with the passion of ideas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after his arrest police discovered a tin box, marked “Property of H. H. Holmes,” containing various documents and a dozen letters from the girls. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Finally I discovered where everyone was: huddled around a shortwave radio in my mother’s office. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Bunny had allowed his greed to get the better of him, and was angry to discover that Henry’s largesse had strings attached. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was his money and he discovered he liked the authority of editing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The intention was to control the spruce budworm, but the following summer it was discovered that a problem worse than the budworm damage had been created. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

What White discovered was that the fire was spreading so rapidly that it was only about five blocks away from his home. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

While reading for my master’s thesis, I’d been surprised to discover echoes of Mormon theology in the great philosophers of the nineteenth century. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This was an extraordinary range of experimentation unmatched by its rivals: in 1939 Birge calculated that the Rad Lab had discovered more than half of all isotopes identified by cyclotrons worldwide. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Therbligs were discovered, or maybe a better word would be diagnosed, by Dad and Mother. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered what sorts of things my mind liked to make up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And that was when, years later, I discovered facts I couldn’t believe about a man who, up until that discovery, I would gladly have given my life for. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like getting to the end of a book only to discover that the last page has been torn in half. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It didn’t much matter whether something discovered her on its way into or out of the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deserted by him and nearly everybody else, bed-bound in a garret, she discovers in herself a sense of humor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

How could a kid who's just discovered his Jewish heritage be friends with someone who did what she did? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Also I still didn’t know who had killed Wellington and my book was where I had kept all the clues that I had discovered and I did not want them to be thrown away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar unrolled the carpet and discovered the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had been surprised, but pleased, to discover that it worked for him at least as well as Hermione’s had done. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The commission had been set up in Cuba following the Spanish-American War to discover the cause of yellow fever and develop a cure. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

A number of other similar “quasi-stellar objects,” or quasars, have been discovered, all with large red shifts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlotte was roving blithely about the village by herself when she was discovered by a constable. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I actually thought the SIM had discovered us and it was good-bye to my life. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“If they find him wandering around and discover he is the son of an officer—” said Mrs. Arvydas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Leale weaved his hands gently through Lincoln’s hair, and as he worked them thoroughly around the head, discovered that the hair was matted with blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only they would read a little Dickens or Kipling they would soon discover there was more to life than cheating people and watching television. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Several black leaders had attempted to raise $3,000 in order to build a new church, only to discover that few whites were willing to contribute. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

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

I discovered this last evening as I was prowling about the place. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Gottman has discovered that marriages have distinctive signatures, and we can find that signature by collecting very detailed emotional information from the interaction of a couple. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As he resumed his studies, Farmer discovered the work of a little-known German physician, biologist, philosopher, anthropologist, and politician—a polymath—named Rudolf Virchow. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That was how we discovered that the corners of my growth plates had broken off. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I discovered lock picking was a skill that comes in handy when you want to disappear during gym class or when you just need some peace and quiet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

To discover how Americans regard class and where they place themselves, The New York Times conducted a nationwide survey in March 2005. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A stick of dynamite was discovered on their driveway. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the kindergarten room, he discovered a doll’s house, which he enjoyed exploring. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I discovered that I couldn’t really speak to civilians,” he continued. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mark was almost ready to give up, thinking the guy had merely used the device as a toy, when he finally discovered some hidden work files. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Riccio shouted when they discovered the empty bathroom and Victor's scrawls on the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

What else, I wondered, was left to discover about myself? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was in the bed nearer the door, separated by a curtain from his roommate: the Hampden County postmaster, as we later discovered, who was in for a prostate operation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He refurbished it, took it down to the water, and discovered that he loved rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to discover Ethan all by herself, so she watched him closely. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I passed up the street, looking as I went at all the houses to the right hand and to the left; but I could discover no pretext, nor see an inducement to enter any. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

No notice was taken of Amy’s flight, except by her mates, but the sharp-eyed demoiselles discovered that Mr. Davis was quite benignant in the afternoon, also unusually nervous. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d discovered that the way the sun shines in the fall is exactly like writers describe it in books. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She put it to her lips and discovered it was blood-tainted water and threw it to the floor. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, they also discovered that if you placed a map of Europe’s magnetic patterns alongside an American one from the same period, they fit together as neatly as two halves of a torn letter. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The agents were searching for evidence of disloyalty, or anything else to use against the Ellsbergs—though what they hoped to discover on Patricia’s teeth is difficult to say. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Only to discover that Jews were no longer allowed in the market between eight in the morning and six o’clock at night. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was amazed to discover that many of them had joined the Communist party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed through a hole in the chain-link fence he had discovered that morning and ran into the iceberg- lettuce farm next to the apartment building. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They spared themselves trouble by going instead to the sugar mill, where in the past year they had discovered their own wonder. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He discovered that Indians formed “three New World dental clusters” corresponding to Greenberg’s Aleut, Na-Dene, and Amerind. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“On level three,” said Marty, who I discovered was still sitting in front of me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the summer session, however, Katherine and Jimmy discovered that they were expecting their first child. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was discovered missing at 5:35 a.m. when the police raided his house in connection with a corruption investigation. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of her handmaidens told the suitors and they discovered her in the very act. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered that they couldn’t outrun a deer but they could take down a dog if given enough time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Historian Oscar Handlin wrote, “Once I thought to write a history of the immigrant in America...then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was arguably more like a novelist than a composer in this respect, people falling for his music as they would a newly discovered secret passion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

All the way back to the camp, I worried I would be discovered. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I graduate from university, and discover that there’s nothing much I can do with my degree. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One woman who had offered to host Stanton in her home was distraught to discover that Anthony would be staying with her instead. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After the movie, Sammy turned his car down the dirt road that led to the spot where he and Ben had discovered Junior Palmer and the black woman. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around dinnertime he opened his refrigerator and discovered there was nothing to eat but three individually wrapped slices of Kraft processed cheese. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashima still dreams of the letter at times, discovering it after all these years in the mailbox on Pemberton Road, opening it up only to find it blank. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Elnora took my pulse, smoothed my brow, and in a wheedling tone tried to discover my woes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As a young man I had no time or money or inclination to look beyond my own poverty to discover what identity was. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when they clear out his room, what will they discover? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That was what I discovered on my journey to India and beyond. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, CIA analysts discovered that the trench connected the Soviet Ministry of Defense with a closely guarded installation on the outskirts of the city: the Krasnaya Pakhra Nuclear Weapons Research Institute. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he ran in “breathless haste” and “spread the news” that he had discovered a hoard of stolen fruit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must also have failed to do preliminary research to discover the minimum amount of the chemical that would accomplish its purpose. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, I found a little comer up above my head, to the right, and I discovered that if I wedged my head up into it, it felt more natural. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, I discover the house from my fantasy, only it’s yellow instead of purple, and more like a palace than a house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The championship bout is five days away when the public discovers I have a boyfriend, who maybe doesn't look like Hugh but definitely cooks like him. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The source of these notes wasn’t discovered either. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was said that he was more than two hundred years old, and that he had discovered the Philosopher’s Stone and the Elixir of Life. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, according to a newly discovered account, Hale was tricked and seized by Major Robert Rogers, a bold British officer known for his cunning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we neared the bridge I was afraid of being discovered as I had no reason for being there. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie then discovered that this amazing boy was a Saturday night usher in this theater. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mathematics to model a trait controlled by five or seven genes, Fisher discovered, was not all that complex. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This law was discovered in 1787 by Jacques-Alexandre Charles, a French physicist already famous for being the first to fly aboard a hydrogen balloon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mom and Mrs. Van Dorn—who has now become Julia—discover that they both went to Northwestern and both majored in English literature. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When money gave out and food ran low, Katie and the children pretended they were explorers discovering the North Pole and had been trapped by a blizzard in a cave with just a little food. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Ocean would wake up, dizzy and destabilized by this emotional train wreck to discover that it hadn’t been worth it, actually; that I hadn’t been worth it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he removed his boots he discovered incipient frostbite on several toes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The other day I discovered a stack of parking tickets in a comer behind a chair—there must have been forty or fifty of them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I also discovered an inner happiness underneath my superficial and cheerful exterior. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This, unfortunately, proved his undoing, for one day he was visited by the sons of Othere, the man who discovered the North Cape. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morrison warned that if anyone discovered he was working for the feds, it would mean his death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When we gather around the television at seven-thirty, I discover that Prim is right. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once there, he discovered what a great party it was! The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had to content himself with discovering me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man was seized, the other robbers discovered, and all put to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows who might listen to it! What if you get discovered?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had discovered when she was seventeen that she could shape the behavior of men with her behavior and that this ability was founded on her appearance. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nearly two weeks later, a laborer who had been in the station discovered that the bullet had penetrated his work kit and fallen inside it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, they didn’t know they were discovering a new world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, after he left, my father would discover a half pack of cigarettes, a valuable gift Schindler had "accidentally" left by his machine. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And finally…I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I even discovered a bell for room service—all this for 150 rands a week. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would have been so much about her to discover, even if half of it wasn't true. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I realize that I am whispering, as though I am afraid of his being discovered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

More than once it has happened that some fellow has jumped joyfully into a trench, only then to discover that it was the wrong one. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept looking around him, as if someone would come down the road and discover what he was doing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all done elegantly, for it was discovered that she had a substantial death policy. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The priest Laocoön, when the horse was first discovered, had been urgent with the Trojans to destroy it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, rather than hearing stories about me from your parents, or even your abuela, I wanted to let you discover for yourself who your abuelo was. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Maya ruins were well known forty years ago, to be sure, but among them, too, many new things have been discovered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We would discover the nature of other civilizations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it because it had a rather stylish embossed dragon on the cover, but when I started reading I discovered it was an educated investigation into several common myths. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Geologists did a hasty survey and discovered that a large area of the park had developed an ominous bulge. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She chuckles loudly, and I discover just how much I dislike Mrs. Wojcik. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A recent audit discovered that the police in Atlanta were radically underreporting crime since the early 1990s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“When did you discover they robbed your place?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To discover that abortion was one of the greatest crime-lowering factors in American history is, needless to say, jarring. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently, without the target below to focus on, Russell had suddenly discovered how high he was. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The games of the masters that he discovered in Shakhmatny became his models; later, some of these masters would emerge as his competitors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope to discover a new planet with evidence of life. Go to bed.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You must discover if the person is an opportunity or a threat. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He would no sooner get a clean shirt on than he would discover that it was wet under the arms, from nervous perspiration, and he would have to change it for a dry one. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

This was François’s speech next morning when he discovered Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the shock by laughing, as I brushed the coins off quickly, I discovered that I could contain the electricity—a contradiction, but it works. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Rochester, I have just discovered the sun is far declined from its meridian, and Pilot is actually gone home to his dinner. Let me look at your watch.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A few days after my gift was discovered, Milagros cast me a worried look at dinner. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In good time he was to discover that he was mistaken about Charlotte. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Thomson, Ernest Rutherford’s mentor, discovered the electron in 1897, thereby establishing that atoms were divisible into even smaller particles—“corpuscles,” he called them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Wallerstein discovered that people would buy more popcorn and soda—a lot more—as long as it came in a single giant serving. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But I was young and trying to get away from my family and plus I discovered Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If we knew that, then she could be rooted out and destroyed. Witchophiles all over the world have spent their lives trying to discover the secret Headquarters of The Grand High Witch." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they could all agree on the coordinates of the planet they were looking at, and no one has ever claimed that Copernicus discovered Venus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I am pondering these strange coincidences: that Marguerite’s abuser and the invader of Denmark are the same Fortinbras of Norway, and that she and I should discover each other. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I’d just finished locking the door when I turned around to discover Ocean standing in front of my house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tyro’s husband Cretheus discovered, years later, what her relations with Poseidon had been. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she did this, she discovered another trick. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nina was sent out to chat up the locals and try to discover the best place to lay their ambush for the wagon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m so glad the liaison officer has discovered your French and given you a job that makes use of it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“There has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She discovered many a sunny, sleepy comer, fashioned to dream in. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began questioning her and “for a long time she was proof against every threat and persuasion to discover the author.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered all of that gradually over several years, and it still made me feel like jumping off a bridge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I immediately regretted that last point because I have discovered that in discussions it never helps to take a morally superior tone to one’s opponent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once we got into our groups, I discovered the other girls had already chosen which parts they wanted. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” he said slowly, “people know things. They don’t learn them. They don’t figure them out. They don’t discover them. They know them. And it doesn’t matter what anyone else has to say about it.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Grant was astonished to discover that he was suddenly denied access to the anatomical specimens he needed to conduct his research. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The boy’s death was a complication of her escape, like the absence of a full moon or losing the head start because Lovey had been discovered out of her cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Aina, the cook, was delighted to discover another of the Benin nation among the visiting maids, both of them being marked on the face with the scars of their kingdom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It could get very bad—people crushing my feet, shoving me into the walls, discovering the alien in their midst, screaming, freaking out. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But really, I’m sure it was because she loved throwing a little end-of-the-year party for her bees, seeing them descend on the supers like they’d discovered honey heaven. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That year I also discovered a book that alluded to sex. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Robin was afraid she would discover how low the water was in the well. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Looking up, I realized I’d seen this view before: in a photograph in Martin’s museum of the place where they’d discovered the bog boy. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He ended up at an AAA office, and after a while they discovered it and its correct name: Shalimar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fate willed it—or perhaps Zeus, who up to now had done little for his love and his child—that they should be discovered by a good man, a fisherman named Dictys. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t, but in the world of the wheel-pod trees, there had just been a shower of rain; and so it was that he discovered the window and found where Mary had gone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had discovered a fiendish plot involving marrying Violet and stealing the Baudelaire fortune. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But he was entirely mistaken about Saturn, Mercury and Venus, and Jupiter has many more moons than Galileo discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered that Uncle Lee had been in jail longer than I had been alive. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Galileo, Harriot and Beeckman had each independently discovered what we call the law of fall; but none had used the word ‘law’ in this context. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But I quickly discovered that “integrated” was relative. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was, for the most part, delighted with my brother and regarded him with the bemused curiosity of a brood hen discovering she has hatched a completely different species. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The word is that a new swastika was discovered this morning. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But as they tried to trim the thread — A-Fu thought it would look neater if the end didn’t dangle — they discovered that the borrowed line could not be cut. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

All the boys laughed after they discovered that he was really Emenike’s father. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was a valorous opportunist who pounced hoggishly upon every opportunity Colonel Korn discovered for him and trembled in damp despair immediately afterwards at the possible consequences he might suffer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until later in that year that I discovered the Gethenians have perfected the technique not only of perpetually stuffing, but also of indefinitely starving. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

For his successors, in fact, the main task was not to discover whether Indians’ ancestors had walked over from Eurasia, but which Europeans or Asians had done the walking. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I discover there’s a kind of release on the floor. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kutti’s sharp eyes had discovered a hole, and he was scuffling through it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Princes, especially those that are new, have discovered more loyalty and more utility in those men who, at the beginning of their rule, were considered suspect than in those who were trusted at first. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

With any luck, the centaur hadn’t run a seismology test on the manor grounds, or his ruse might be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I did not want to think about the consequences of being discovered by them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I have discovered if I only have me, myself, and I for company, I might as well be amusing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

To begin with, it was discovered that one of the basic components of Libby’s formula, known as the decay constant, was off by about 3 percent. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A ranger was explaining that the Caverns had been discovered by a cowboy who saw a huge cloud of bats come out of a hole in the ground. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When tusks were discovered, they were forced into the animal’s head in any number of inventive ways. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Columbus accidentally ran into America but thought he had discovered part of India. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

These are the things that Fulton Dumas had discovered about him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ida Wells-Barnett discovered firsthand that life did not turn out as she had hoped, and other southern blacks made the same discovery. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I got there, I discovered I couldn’t stop. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nel’s indifference to his hints about marriage disappeared altogether when she discovered his pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was only after the French discovered similar paintings, partially obscured by millennia-old mineral deposits, that the Altamira drawings were pronounced authentic. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

With the money I make from my numerous inventions, I build my own spaceship and discover another planet that looks a lot like Earth and is only twenty minutes away. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

With a sudden turn of feeling she discovered that she hated them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly discovered that the whole island, aside from the first hundred yards nearest the beach, was nothing but swampy jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not so easy, as I was about to discover. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In any case, she was discovering, as had many writers before her, that not all recognition is helpful. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she broke them, she wasn’t surprised to discover that they were from rumrunners. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I ran down to our front door, I discovered that icy rain was falling in sheets. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his middle life, at about the time such things were known about, it was discovered that, he had pernicious anemia. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The survival rate is around 90 percent for those who discover it early. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He discovered the heating element was gone, mainly because I had taken it to see if my plans for an electrical-ignition system would work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So it cannot be found strange, if Sciences be no further discovered, if the Art itself of Invention and Discovery, hath been passed over. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“My answer has invariably been that I had never discovered any thing in the conduct of Mr. Jefferson to raise suspicions in my mind of his insincerity.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And they also discovered that distilling instructions, published by the US Department of Agriculture, were available in almost every public library. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Where amir They discovered each other and went up dose together, face to face. “ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The COD served an important symbolic function for Africans; blacks who had come into the struggle because they were antiwhite discovered that there were indeed whites of goodwill who treated Africans as equals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within forty-eight hours Perry and his companion had discovered an open window, climbed out of it, stolen a car, and driven northwest to McCook, Nebraska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its vessels were clogged with words, she discovered. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered that from this high place I had a splendid view in all directions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

This quiet-voiced man is Señor Santos, I soon discover, whose wife has recently died. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, one morning, they got up to discover that the door was unlocked. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell something was amiss, and they soon discovered the reason. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I kept expecting to be discovered and locked out of the system, but it never happened. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I later discovered, they had nearly chosen a different facility because the authorities feared I might attract sympathetic attention at a university hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered that there was a great deal of writing on this very subject, and I made my way though the available literature on armed warfare and in particular guerrilla warfare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped and discovered the stones beneath his feet were damp. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When he had winked the tears out of his eyes he suddenly discovered that he was hungry. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Olanna did not like to hear these stories, nor did she like the furtive way the guests glanced at her legs, as though to discover a lump that would explain why she could not walk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bod thought about the man whose hair had turned white after he had discovered the chamber, how he would never return to the graveyard or speak of what he had seen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But I was still nervous about being discovered, and jumped at every sound. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and lifted the stone, discovering freshly turned earth beneath it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Burnham was a lackluster student: “the records of the Old Central show his average scholarship to be frequently as low as 55 percent,” a reporter discovered, “and 81 percent seems the highest he ever reached.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t surprised to discover he could also handle a knife with ease. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Aquinas Christianized Ad Herennium, partly misunderstood it—misreading “solitude” for “solicitude,” thus accidentally discovering a devotional aspect in it—and became the patron saint of medieval mnemotechnics. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I reflected for some time, and then answered as if I had discovered a new idea, “I mean pretty well.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The thief must have been upset to discover that he had filched not a purse but a book full of scribbles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In hindsight, it is extraordinary that Liliesleaf was not discovered sooner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men hadn’t discovered it yet, but it would be only a matter of time. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

If she could discover such a gesture for the wolves she would be able to make friends with them and share their food, like a bird or a fox. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yearned to be the first to find Hen Wen and he turned aside, clambered through the weeds—to discover nothing more than a boulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

What misery would be the child’s lot if these meetings were discovered? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I hang outside with Sherlock a little longer because I’m still upset with my father, but when I go back inside, I discover that he’s upset with me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The cop called in the number-plate registration and discovered that it didn’t match the car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Virgil was still a fair distance from the bottom when he lowered his foot and discovered there was no longer a rung for him to step onto. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For the Spanish cannot withstand cavalry, and the Swiss have to fear infantry, when they discover those who are as stubborn in combat as they are. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I like this bit because it shows you that there is always something new that science can discover, and all the facts that you take for granted can be completely wrong. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the same color,” she said, as if she had discovered something important. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he discovered what he was looking for: a big piece of liverwurst he had found earlier that evening. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on his first trip to Mecca that he came to the conclusion that he had yet to discover Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had discovered that the presence of a certain bird meant that a snake was nearby, and that a certain shrub was a sign that there was water in the area. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Use it to carve. If you discover what lies inside the wood, you’ll discover what’s inside of you. It helps you to heal.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As this was happening, I was arriving at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar, where a neurosurgeon named Colonel Junaid examined me and discovered something surprising: The bullet was still inside me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She tested them on prisoners in an effort to discover one that was both quick and painless. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Yet before the first week was over he’d discovered in himself a preference for darkness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The passage was low, he discovered, and he was obliged to crouch almost on hands and knees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They discovered that they could achieve much better results by sowing the grains deep in the ground rather than haphazardly scattering them on the surface. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the doctor opened the knee up he discovered that Boobie had torn the anterior cruciate ligament. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he’d arrived there thirty seconds earlier or later, he would never have seen the cat, never have found the window, never have discovered Cittàgazze and Lyra; none of this would have happened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It moved, and he discovered, too, his hands were free. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the simple truth is that it is both, and that the scientists are right to claim that this artificial enterprise can discover what happens in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some would simply deny that it is possible to escape culture and discover nature in the way that scientists claim. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the early 1950s rural areas suddenly awoke from their trance and discovered that kudzu was eating them alive. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was not long before the child discovered the difference in his mother’s behavior to himself and the cat. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was infuriating to discover the reason for all these terrible disasters and not to be able to tell the public, almost worse than it being the government’s fault after all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And I discovered a final paper I had written for one of his classes. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he discovered the real motive for his visit he had them take him out of the workshop. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My feet sweated and slid around inside them; when I reached the pasture, I discovered that two blisters had formed on the thin skin over my anklebones. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And certainly, in time, he would discover his foolishness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poncelet’s mathematics was the culmination of the work begun by the artists and architects of the fifteenth century, like Filippo Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci, who discovered how to draw realistically—in perspective. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t discover the world and its people, he created them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there has been, I have yet to discover it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sullivan, never easy on his peers, became furious with one of the firm’s junior architects when he discovered the man had been using his free time to design houses for clients of his own. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was the one who discovered it when they first tried to remove them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I discovered that I’d received several offers from movie studios and book publishers, all interested in buying the rights to my life story. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In a morning spent in studying catalogues in the Forty-second Street, New York Library, she discovered a college for women in which tuition was free to residents of New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovers another canal about 1/2 mile on the other side of the river bed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi immediately began to click around on his laptop screen, as if he’d discovered something of immense importance that had to be done right away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Look at the artifacts being discovered there, that are proving over and over again, how the black man had great, fine, sensitive civilizations before the white man was out of the caves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had somehow freed a candidate, and together they had discovered that the final test lay in Jahara. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His grin quickly turned into a frown when he discovered the dirt clods. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I worried that Ocean would lose everything he’d ever known—everything he’d been working toward since he was a kid—only to discover that, eh, I wasn’t even that great, in the end. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I assumed that she had invited me to the museum in order to show me the letter, but I soon discovered that she had another reason. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I discovered this the first time I went into a forest with a loaded rifle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The name of the tribe was Seneca, but since my parents did not discover their error until after I was born and they were, by then, used to my name, it remained Salamanca. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was found three days later when one of his neighbors discovered his horse tethered near a wooded copse down by the river. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other major site of cave paintings in Lascaux, France, was also discovered by accident. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

And White had discovered one more disturbing development; according to several people close to Anna Brown, Hale had had an affair with Anna and was the father of her baby. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’d been in the middle of a dream where I’d won the title of All-Time Greatest Scientist after discovering irrefutable evidence of life on Mars. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Either way, Katherine can discover what kind of scoundrel Jackson is on her own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Once the people of the lake region discover this, the longing to leave becomes acute, and a break from the area, therefore, is necessarily dream-bitten, but necessary nonetheless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fun ended abruptly late one night shortly after the United States entered the war, when Dr. Tuve discovered Merle copying down Morse code in the attic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"At the time we started, only slightly more than a dozen of these things had ever been discovered in the entire course of astronomical observation," Shoemaker recalled some years later in a television interview. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, he sought to discover any trap or pitfall lurking in his “opponent’s” position and respond accordingly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I cracked an eye to discover a little humanoid figure trying to hide inside my shoe, but it had gotten tangled in the laces. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe Genie needed to buy an extra-large order of whatever Mr. Binks was selling, because he discovered shortly after he got home that his luck was bad. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But Blanca soon discovered that she was bored making utilitarian objects, and that it was far more amusing to make statues of animals and people. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so small and thin, and my hair was so shaggy, I could pass for a girl; I knew I would be severely punished if I were discovered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In Mendel’s paper, de Vries discovered a solution to his question, a perfect corroboration of his experiments—and a challenge to his originality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

That's when we discover who really rules Carver Independent School—one burly P.E. teacher and one elderly drama teacher. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As it happened, by sheer luck really, he discovered straight away a street with four shops of just the kind we were after, standing virtually in a row. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one time it was discovered that she was writing letters to the Bishop, whom she claimed as a first cousin, but it was never said whether she received any reply. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We discovered that we had been born in the same year, two days apart. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Out there in the flood, Barry had discovered some powers of his own. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Brother Leon arrived, they totaled the sales together and discovered that fifteen thousand and ten boxes of chocolates had been sold thus far. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth had discovered that summer a lovely old church about half a mile from the Cottages, which had behind it rambling grounds with very old gravestones leaning in the grass. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In layman’s terms: I discovered a cure for aging.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The mare twitched twice with her whole body, lunged left, then right, and tore off after the coyotes as if she had discovered a new kind of follow-the-leader. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Alex was soon to discover, the Special Operations Division of MI6 sent its agents to the same training center used by the Special Air Service—the SAS. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then it was discovered that the greater part of the potato crop had been frosted in the clamps, which had not been covered thickly enough. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

His delight in discovering dirt the spring he was two. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The three discovered long afterward that they all had the feeling that there was a fourth. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Once I started school, however, I discovered I had a much bigger problem than just falling out of my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When he took the plate out some time later, he was surprised to discover that the salts had burned an impression in it, just as if the plate had been exposed to light. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Cowboys’ extra point was good, giving them a 7-6 lead, and the Carter side reverberated with newly discovered enthusiasm: “MO-JO! YOU GOT TO GO! MO-JO! YOU GOT TO GO! MOJO! YOU GOT TO GO!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered the chimney just this week while on patrol. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jupiter and Uranus also have ring systems, discovered only recently, and almost invisible from the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next quarter century amateur bone hunters discovered dozens of what they believed to be ancient skeletons in what they believed to be ancient sediments. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Besides, he already knew that motion study was his element, and he had discovered something that apparently had never attracted the attention of industry before. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through their writing, they discovered they shared a common identity, which united them into a community that connected them, not separated them from the world. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The new theme they were now discovering was men. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Had the Sixers played the song and discovered this message? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One of his last acts as president was to place on file in the State Department his rejoinder to Bache’s accusations, which historians have long since discovered were based on forged English documents. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was trying to discover myself—and survive perhaps—by exploring the world in dangerous ways. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he had discovered the first day, getting into trouble could both detain him after school and boost his popularity with the guys. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Still, in 2001, when Kaiser closed, McClellan discovered that the job market did not value his factory skills nearly as much as it did four years of college. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And I discovered that Madoc is going to make a political move, one that involves Oak.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was worse for Mam, who discovered on the boat she was again with child and could hardly keep any food down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Within a year, Oliver and I discovered that under the Urban Areas Act we were not permitted to occupy business premises in the city without ministerial consent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father did, in any case, rapidly discover a way to circumvent the limitations on his effectiveness implied by the stricture that he should carry no laden trays. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that there were several different kinds of cheese, and she especially liked the soft white one that crumbled in her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And just above my head, I discovered a hole had appeared in the windowpane, little cracks splaying out from it like the web of a spider. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There’d be no chances taken of being discovered so close to the Berg’s headquarters. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. Whoever built this city loved to waste metal. They aren’t called the Rusty Ruins because some guy called Rusty discovered them.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But horses are not inherently unbeatable; the Inka simply did not discover quickly enough where they had an advantage: on their roads. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Eighteen hours later, his body was discovered at the base of a cliff of ice. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

E.J. answers, “Basically, we’re sitting here feasting and celebrating that our nation was stolen from indigenous people. Columbus didn’t discover nothing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Who knew,” Mom says, her voice filling with amazement, “that an inner-city Pennsylvania girl would meet a rural, upstate New York boy and discover true love?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The August that Gogol turns five, Ashima discovers she is pregnant again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

You know, discovering the secrets of the universe. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I was sore wounded,” said Sir Bliant, discovering a formula, “and I felt myself faint” “Quite.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discover that my wandering thoughts and steps have brought me to Mother Ermentrude’s lodgings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He chanced to discover some intelligence relating to Denmark’s enemy, King Fortinbras of Norway. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In 1971, Uhuru discovered a remarkably bright X-ray source in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan, flickering on and off a thousand times a second. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor nubs would probably be discovered before they managed to get loose. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They got together to drive Faye out, but they discovered she was not in competition. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that underneath the aspect of the Rumpled Porcupine, a tortured Marxist was at war with an impossible, incurable Romantic—who forgot the candles, who broke the wineglasses, who lost the ring. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we weren’t the first camp to be discovered. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Because there is no way on God’s green earth that you won’t have boatloads of it when you go out and cure cancer or discover another planet or something.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually I stopped worrying about what would happen if we were discovered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Leon Longbridge was Delhi’s conservation officer and a truly fine man, as the town kids had discovered. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

That was when they discovered that three old women had died and a fourth was near death and could not climb out of the car. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the Internet I learned about the cancer that had been discovered on Bob Marley’s foot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Until I discovered someone I was terrified to lose. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

That stage, however, belonged to the early days of the Shire, and hobbit-building had long since been altered, improved by devices, learned from Dwarves, or discovered by themselves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he had no practice in child-surveillance and, as he soon discovered, it was a very difficult task. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I met her there once and discovered that KittyBix and peanut butter is a good breakfast. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had discovered the bowl of goldfish on the dining-room window sill. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two decades after the fact I discovered that my rage was gone, and had been for years. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had discovered the X ray, the cathode ray, the electron, and radioactivity, invented the ohm, the watt, the Kelvin, the joule, the amp, and the little erg. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he cleaned the house on his first day in it, Herbie discovered three black widow spiders. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept the book like a Gideons' Bible on top of my locker and, as far as I know, its true purpose was never discovered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they were discovered, she was interrogated by police until she acknowledged that she couldn't be 100 percent sure the infant hadn't moved before death, even though the premature delivery made viability extremely unlikely. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Peeves the Poltergeist, throwing things around as usual — and then Professor Snape discovered that someone had broken into his off —” “Shut up!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I just fired him. We discovered that he was sneaking children into the theater. Isn’t that a terrible thing to do?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

In this way, she found that even the words that had seemed impossible to decipher on first reading began to make sense as she discovered their place in the story. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they discovered his new leather briefcase, they picked the lock and uncovered the enormous amount of cash he had stored inside. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Yossarian owed his good health to exercise, fresh air, teamwork and good sportsmanship; it was to get away from them all that he had first discovered the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The Lafayettes discovered that local authorities were listening in on their phone calls. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made inquiries about him and discovered how poor he was...the very clothes he was wearing had been passed down by all nine of his brothers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

After a lot of toe flexing, Raymie arrived at the Golden Glen and discovered that the door was locked. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He would lose his license if he was discovered, but that was the least of his worries. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, indeed,” they repeated together; “but if we’d told you then, you might not have gone—and, as you’ve discovered, so many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid T. Ray might go up to the attic and discover her things were missing, and turn my room upside down searching for them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had lined her pencil-box with pond-weed ready to receive the creature, but she discovered that it was not easy to get the newt out of the hat and into the pencil-box. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the supper table that the boys discovered the change in their father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years, more and more Americans have discovered the same sad facts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We pretend we re a pair of daredevil explorers who’ve discovered a giant prehistoric monster in some distant jungle and we've brought it back for the world to see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I discovered that, with my eyes closed, I saw more. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

As you may have already had cause to discover, a statement can be both completely true and completely misleading at the same time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But Macon came out of his few days of sexual hypnosis in a rage and later when he discovered her pregnancy, tried to get her to abort. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because before hummingbirds could discover his upside-down bottle, a bunch of flying ants happened by, and in no time they drove themselves like lemmings up the glass tube into Herbie’s jar-shaped slaughterhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if they were discovering new land; a cold lake empty of boats, the few cottages nearby all blindly shuttered, locked and empty. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered that more than desire and feeling were necessary to write and I dropped the idea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she discovered that she had nine months to go before the baby came, she felt like a reprieved criminal. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

‘Unless things are altogether changed, eyes that know what to look for may discover the signs.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I quickly discovered why my parents had been so agreeable about me getting my own car. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were quiet sleepers and hidden by the heaviness of the dark, they were easily not discovered. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wood had already changed him, enlarged his experience to a point where he felt that he was on the brink of discovering some secret, of whose existence, even, that other world did not know. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Pomp and I were pleased to discover that Vishnoo was yet uneaten, and we spent the hours of our voyage reclined, with the tortoise corralled between us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Every time one food source was depleted, the bonobos discovered another. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Word had arrived that in Venice someone called Galileo, using some sort of new instrument, had discovered four planets circling a distant star. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Did you discover anything interesting? As a spy, I mean.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after our visit to Mechtild, I discovered a book that Elnora had laid aside, for her weak eyes no longer allowed her to read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“More. Two hundred, I dare say. One can’t tell. It’s impossible to discover the age of anything nowadays.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The damage wasn’t discovered until late July, when a wildlife biologist named Paul Atkinson made the grueling ten-mile bush-whack over the Outer Range, from the road into Denali National Park to the Park Service shelter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six years later they discovered that Kaan was the focus of a devastating war that convulsed the Maya city-state for more than a century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning I surveyed my new abode and discovered a swimming pool in the backyard, and two smaller bedrooms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight when I took a bath, I discovered I was changing into a woman. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man discovered that his new office mate was a fellow transplant from West Virginia, and the two became fast friends. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

To see if she could discover what had really made the music the night before. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only to discover that thanks to Herr Braun, I am now on the night shift. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Certainly some attractive new discovery could be found in a drugstore or a motel or in whatever den people are “discovered” to play the Working Boy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke at noon, with a large, cottony skull, pulsing with hangover, to discover I'd missed my plane. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is how he discovers that things are indeed more involved than they at first appeared. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was how Cal discovered himself, in voluptuous, liquid, sterile culmination, couchant upon two or three deformed pillows, with the shades drawn and the drained swimming pool outside and the cars passing, endlessly, all night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ve discovered how the hybrids were able to teleport into the Bureau. You deactivated our shields.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Our attitudes were made, defined, set, or corrected; our ideas were discovered, discarded, enlarged, torn apart, and accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you’ll discover a new element there, which will be the toughest, strongest, most indestructible element ever—just like you! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That trip was relatively uneventful, but in 1845, hoping finally to discover the fabled Northwest Passage, Franklin made the mistake of returning to the Arctic for a third time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similar survey of 400 skeletons from the same period in Israel discovered a single crack in a single skull that could be attributed to human violence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knowledge, the knowledge: what he had discovered. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principle had been discovered; but many, many years were to elapse before that principle was usefully applied. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin discovered a Korean family that was open, welcoming, and loving. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He discovers that the trunk is loose—the rope has slipped and it is leaning. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picture the Collective discovering what he’s done. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tell us about the day you discovered you were not like everybody else. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And after all this time I had just discovered Jack's missing eye. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His attitude seemed to me almost obscene, the attitude of someone who discovers a sexual secret of yours and promises not to tell a soul if you will describe it in detail to him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The factions were our predecessors’ attempt to incorporate a ‘nurture’ element to the experiment—they discovered that mere genetic correction was not enough to change the way people behaved. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She did, a few steps, and discovered that she was trembling. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before she discovered radium, you can be certain she first discovered the little man in the canoe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Who knows what other healthy substances are in plants that we have yet to discover? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They wondered at this, but they soon discovered the reason of it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the years as I grew, my mother must have perceived the peculiarity of our situation; but though she may have noted, she did not discover its irregularities to me by word, look, or gesture. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Unlike the twins, who were having fun exploring the criminal side of language, Juanita had recently discovered the pocket-sized dictionary, and big words flew out of her mouth every day. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The youngest had just gone off with a German man when they discovered she was pregnant. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Afraid to discover whether there is a single Talmud left in all of France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

That was just before Miss Wren discovered me and brought me here.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Many and many times she has penetrated the enemy’s lines and discovered their situation and condition, and escaped without injury, but not without extreme hazard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to stare at the building as if I might see through the stone walls and discover what was happening inside. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Of what was in those boxes and what I might someday discover and the chance I may have lost by leaving them behind. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Eighty-one species are described in the following pages, but I do not doubt that more will be discovered, necessitating another revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingertips discover barnacles, weeds, a thousand more snails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I discovered dangerous secrets and fell afoul of the tyrant Claudius. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Two scientists discovered the law governing the acceleration of falling bodies at around the same time—Harriot and Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

What story should be in his mind in case he was discovered? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only gas known unambiguously to be present was methane, CH4, discovered by G. P. Kuiper. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dropped to their knees and cleared away more stones to discover four one-foot-wide rough-hewn beams clamped together with thick metal bands along the edges. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could have been among them, because he knew a secret nook where he always hid and where he was seldom discovered. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He carried the package upstairs, unwrapped it, and discovered Booth’s binoculars. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately thought of Danielle, and hoped she would get a chance to meet Terri and discover for herself the connection they shared. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And even more surprised, ten minutes later, to discover that Beans did not live in a lean-to or a hole, after all, but in a house. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone in this village knows more about hygiene than we do, we have lately discovered. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not until the final minutes of the show did the family discover that it had been a story. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thus it was that she was not surprised to discover she was pregnant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the look of someone who's discovered too late that she's either set her house on fire or committed herself to traveling with the wrong person. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Police investigation eventually discovered a blond woman with a ponytail who regularly associated with a bearded and mustachioed black man who owned a yellow car. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the hibiscus bush we discovered a fallen nest of baby birds, all drowned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m assuming you discovered something interesting in the Dark World?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had no reason to fear bats, and as I grew and discovered how many people are deathly afraid of them, it made me wonder about fear. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later the phone rang again, just as Prosper discovered a transparent cover with a photograph of him and his brother. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“For your information, I got it at the state fair last week, and the man said it had a ninety-nine percent success rate for helping people discover their Talents within one year.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In that moment, my spirits rallied against him — stifled — agitated — vexed and bound—and I discovered dislike even for he who commanded so much of my reverence; I could not brook his slander upon learning. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And when she peeled back the leaves, she discovered a single perfect goose egg sunk in the mud. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I turn the corner and see the phone booth, I discover a big problem—there’s someone in it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Here was a whole world yet to be discovered, and I had only just cracked its surface. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Leave it to the brat to discover my one error. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Uncle Amit was first posted in Mumbai, Aunt Tara was "discovered" by a Bollywood director. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Almost as galling as being discovered in the midst of an embrace.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was no salutation; addressing me by name would have assumed an intimacy we had not yet discovered. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He felt a wave of relief, quickly followed by alarm—as if he’d finally succeeded in translating hieroglyphics only to discover he’d translated a curse. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know it yet, but it didn’t matter what, if anything, she discovered that morning. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to discover that we couldn’t make it in time. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was two days later that they discovered the combined accounts were worth more than forty-eight million dollars. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So I discovered the next plan to get rid of us: marry us off here without waiting until China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the groups in our class discovered that the cat they’d been dissecting had died pregnant; they’d found a litter of unborn kittens in her uterus. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She discovered that Grandmother could hold a cup and drink without any help at all. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I heard of my father’s death, I was traveling to the university in Padua, where thousands come to study with the masters of medicine, to dissect every part of man and discover his secrets.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For the first time since he had discovered that the sword in Gringotts was a fake, he felt excited. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had just discovered the most important clue in the criminal investigation of the century. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We crossed to the faded red love seat and sat together, waiting to discover the subject of that afternoon's lecture. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We later discovered that plastic cooking oil caps worked much better as wheels, enabling the trucks to last much longer. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Trivium, who had discovered a mound of pebbles which needed counting, followed no more, but stood at the edge shaking his fist, shouting horrible threats, and promising to rouse every demon in the mountains. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Lazlo had wished to discover, with Sarai, the realm of the unknowable, he had thought of great, huge mysteries like the origin and nature of gods. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Something bumped against her leg, and she glanced down to discover the crying girl clutching her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His face glowed with joy, as though he’d discovered a wonderful truth he couldn’t wait to share with everyone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Mr. Banks discovered the bag himself in his study, and he rushed into the hall with it, holding it aloft. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Vincent is also discovering a talent for and fulfillment in ministering to the sick and injured. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Obviously, discovering the truth was not the most important thing when it came to condemning Catherine O’Leary and the firefighters. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Edward was surprised to discover that he was listening. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Something she very probably hadn’t done in five or six years—when, for example, halfway home on the Lexington Avenue bus, she discovered she had left her scarf back at the movies. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘I’ve just discovered I’m entitled to a tax refund,’ we say. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In which spies on both sides are discovered, caught, and hanged. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We entered the Corsica and then went directly to the opposite bank and the opening off the river where I had discovered Ben and where I’d spotted the sunken kayak last April. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

While her travels and sightseeing had been exciting, Stanton had discovered in Lucretia Mott a true mentor and friend, one who challenged her to imagine a world with greater freedom and opportunities for women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He did this, he knew; he dispensed with things, trying to be like other people — decisive, practical — only to discover he’d overdone it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fairly happy, except that, like many people living in Europe, he would rather have been in America, and he had discovered writing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

No one had been able to discover if it was impenetrable or not. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In opening them, he discovered that he had eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Betrayed by her new husband after he discovered she was a Negro pretending to be white, my mother has gone to California to start a new life. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I very quickly discover that Nathan’s parents are a very nice couple who make it very clear that their niceness shouldn’t be challenged or pressed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But after I got well, I discovered that, really, my mother had changed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to feel cold; he discovered that his body was covered with sweat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whistling and looking for food and shelter, I went on up the mountain, following the stone walls, discovering many things about my property. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look at it and look at it—later, when it was just me and the picture and I wasn’t worried about anyone discovering me with it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom she discovers, on her underpants, a solid streak of brownish blood. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She marched over to the sweeping woman to get a look at her and discovered it was none other than Mary. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the message was sent, however, and no one had discovered them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Until Helen discovered what appeared to be a mistake in their bank balance, that is. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basta stepped back, examined the blade of his knife closely as if he had discovered a mark on it, then rubbed it clean on the hem of his black jacket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If Marigold discovered her Talent in less than a minute? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Still, feeling deeply that his filth was an unforgivable imposition, he’d chosen to bathe first, and thus had he discovered, at the age of twenty, the incomparable pleasure of submergence in hot water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Oscar’s mother, Doña Marina, has recently joined the canasta group, and during one of the games, Mami and she have discovered that they are related. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She had her own agenda with her world, and Frightful was the first to discover it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ironically, as we discovered and distinguished ourselves, a new collective came into being—a vitality, a presence, a spirit that had not been there before. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Later I would discover that they eat a variety of insects and sometimes hunt and kill prey animals to feed on meat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered long ago in collecting and classifying marine animals that what I found was closely intermeshed with how I felt at the moment. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he’d dived into a deep, clear lake and discovered it was a shallow, knee-deep pond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When I discovered the Poe manuscript, an idea clicked for me. I had long been a fan of Poe’s short story ‘The Gold-Bug’ and thought it would be fun to emulate the treasure hunt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And then one day I began to discover that we were more alone than I had dreamed. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

What if she was gone and Ophie would never see her again, never discover who she was? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Because OSL is new, it could not have been used on earlier excavations—suggesting, as Waters acknowledged, that many pre-Clovis sites may have been already discovered, and mistakenly rejected. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then she wandered over to the fruit and vegetable counter and discovered potatoes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The culprit turned out to be a turkey chili recipe that she and Wilson had discovered: every ingredient except the turkey came from a can. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As far as the crocus was concerned, it wasn’t so much a piece of me as something we discovered and enjoyed together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating,” I repeated, a little breathless, feeling like a man who discovers a buried treasure in his own backyard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she would never, under any circumstances, stifle the feelings she had discovered. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Near the bank of the stream Taran discovered mushrooms, and gathered them hurriedly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She imagined her father opening the paper and discovering that she was Little Miss Central Florida Tire. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“He was studying in Italy when he discovered the others there. They were much more civilized and educated than the wraiths of the London sewers.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A planetary system around Barnard’s Star may well have been discovered, but an unambiguous demonstration awaits further study. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discover even before joining Katherine in the rich end of town that she has taken to her role of displaced lady like a duck to water. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Harry was not afraid of Malfoy, but he still did not much like the idea of being discovered hiding under his Invisibility Cloak by a group of unfriendly Slytherins. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Captain Cook now discovered his first back stairway. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered it three days after I was moved here. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dig under them and discover a royal address ledger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“If Horus were here he could peek into the girl’s history, maybe discover how the magic was passed to her.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

People whose homelands were “discovered” were considered subjects of the Europeans and were expected to do what the “discoverers” wished. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nadezhda Degtereva, who disguised herself as a man so she could go to war, became the first woman to be wounded in air combat—though the medics who treated her wounds discovered her secret. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“It is nothing,” she said aloud; “why did I not discover before that it was nothing. Think of the time I have lost splashing about like a baby!” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured there should be some smarter way to get the fish—though we never discovered what it might be. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you discover anything interesting at Jack’s meeting?” she says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had come to the island to solve my grandfather’s mystery, and in doing so I had discovered my own. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that is why, when you discovered that the killer of Mike Brown would go unpunished, you told me you had to go. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I begin to find reason in this, as the priest said when he discovered the dead rat under the altar. How is it your hand is so practiced, friend? Someone has taught you well.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be sure that no one else would discover it and ruin everything. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the box, he had slipped a note written in Farsi: Amir jan, I hope you discover many tales on these keys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In no region had the messengers discovered any signs or tidings of the Riders or other servants of the Enemy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But instead of going to the Chthonian I looked out to discover that he had brought me to Harlem and was parking the car. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delving through books, he discovered the writings of Catholic theologians, and he became intrigued with the religion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Mabel told us everything. About the two of you. About Gramps and how he died. About what you discovered after he was gone." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo discovered that friendship a long time after it had begun, when he heard the child talking about the killing at the station. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Stella moves to George’s left pocket and discovers a carrot. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She had just discovered that she was pregnant when she met Joe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unwittingly, he had discovered deep within himself a fertile aptitude for smoking with a cigarette holder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But like the Indians I’d rather discover my own medicines. They were smart enough to make natural remedies, and they knew what would cure you or what would kill you.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The student at this point is discovering music on his or her own. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of Dauntless woke to discover the black mark of murder on them, and they didn’t even choose it for themselves. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

During the next few decades, they discovered more than eighty large paleo-Indian sites throughout the United States, Mexico, and southern Canada. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She stumbled on some medical records mixed in with his real estate files and discovered that a corporation was hiding contaminated water that was making people sick. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Kept digging and digging until I discovered some things about my daddy I’d’ve been better off not knowing.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

When we get home, my mom looks up prosthetists in the phone book, and what she discovers is that if we are going to stay local, Hank Kruber is our only choice. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I only discovered the truth about my mother at her funeral. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At midmorning, he discovers the heart of the column, perhaps six miles from High Bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In i960, French researchers had discovered that when cells were infected with certain viruses in culture, they clumped together and sometimes fused. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It feels real to me, suddenly, that I am unarmed and being herded into a building surrounded by Erudite and Dauntless, and if they discover me, there will be nowhere to run. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They all believe that sometime in the next ten school days, at least one person in the room is going to discover his or her own personal fate: true love or tragic death. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So by the time my mother discovered it while vacuuming, the stain was as wide as a garbage can lid, and dark with mold. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen she discovered a bag of rice cakes and some lettuce. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the authorities discovered a number of these communications, they took the extraordinary measure of rationing toilet paper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long snowfield lay between them and the next gap, and on crossing it they discovered a crevasse so deep that “two battleships could have been hidden in it,” as Worsley said. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But again I discovered that travelers' preparations are more easily accomplished in books than in life itself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now I discovered that there was inequality and prejudice in this country that I had already come to love. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you sign on as a client, I discovered, you are forced to give up all of that, and more. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Using her magnifying glass, she peered at their wings and discovered a series of scales overlapping in regular patterns, “like the feathers of multicolored chickens.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then she touched his cheek and he fell down in an enchanted sleep and did not awaken until his neighbor discovered him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the authorities soon discovered their mistake and ended the subscription. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the tree was done, Bando had discovered that the sap was running in willow trees and the limbs were just right for slide whistles. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept drinking more and more until I discovered I could drink lots of beer. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

My little sister, Nadia, eager to pounce me into wakefulness on the morning of my seventeenth birthday, discovered my bed had not been slept in. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, he discovered himself recalling an incident of almost a year ago, a casual encounter in Valley View Cemetery, which, in retrospect, had somehow for him more or less ended the Clutter case. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mendel did not give this unit of heredity a name, but he had discovered the most essential features of a gene.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He with-drew a package from his pocket, discovered it was empty and tossed it away, watching the breeze move it along on the sidewalk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered the details from Kathy, who had been given the information from a visiting Hindu priest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the oldest stratum they discovered no signs of a settlement, houses or daily activities. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She suspected that tropical creatures followed the same pattern of transformation she had discovered in so many European species. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Shin discovered later that guards knew about these conversations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A day later we discovered it was worse than suicide: my father had just fled. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Poking around, he discovered another route to the back of the building. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harriot independently discovered what we now call Galileo’s law of fall, and also what we now call Snell’s law of refraction, but he never published. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm,” said Finn, who had discovered that if he turned his face a little bit, his lips would brush her hair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yet it was not the Greeks who discovered zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

We discovered what he looked like when he didn’t shave. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder whether they are there, whether he knows, whether he’s left, or whether he’s still living a life he’s yet to discover is a lie. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the morning after one of his late night visits, I would go to get my rations only to discover that Schindler had left word I should receive two portions. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

This led him to discover that the pendulum always took the same time to complete one swing, whether it was swinging over a short arc or a long arc. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She discovered then how much the long rowing had strained her muscles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entering the room very softly, I had a view of him before he discovered my presence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

That’s how she discovered the terrible news—the war had begun. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

What had they discovered that could not be interpreted as plausible, though exceptional, coincidence? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chang had used those cells to discover enzymes and genes specific to liver cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After Kevin recovered in the ICU, they discovered that he was paralyzed on the left side of his body. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she arrived, she discovered that the ragged breathing of more than two hundred hysterical guests had fogged the glass. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

White discovered that the insurance company had rejected the first application. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The gander discovered the hole and led his family through, and they walked to the orchard and ate the apples that were lying on the ground. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He discovered that after Lewis’s disappearance Middleton had pretended to be her adopted son in order to cash several of her checks. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I learned what it means the hard way—when I discovered my godly parent. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His nearly priceless treasure would never be discovered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the night of 11/12 October 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She rented a house, cultivated a large garden, and plunged into the work of discovering and breeding caterpillars. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Nhamo discovered that if she leaned against it, her ribs quivered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mollie had been ten years old when the oil was first discovered, had witnessed, firsthand, the ensuing frenzy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We agree that swing sucks and maybe would have discovered a few more points of convergence, only I’m on what a certain Key West rock jock likes to call “a mission from God.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Brent chatted to General Macarthur, they had discovered some mutual friends. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

His one night of fame led to a DUI led to us being discovered led to me losing the only place I call home. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sat down on his bed and grabbed Errol’s package, ripped off the brown paper, and discovered a present wrapped in gold, and his first ever birthday card. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’d discovered it four years earlier, while searching for discarded computer parts. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Once at the church he would discover where the piece of tapestry was kept; then he would create a diversion of some kind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a chance to be a true explorer—mapping an unknown river and discovering new wildlife species in a land never before seen by any naturalist, or any non-native person for that matter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

When he led Seabiscuit and Fair Knightess out for what was supposed to be a secret predawn workout veiled in thick fog, Smith discovered a thicket of dockers and reporters waiting for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at my watch again and discovered with horror that it was still only two minutes to eleven. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Phil was reading the obituaries, and every few minutes he discovered a person who had the same last name as a kid in the class. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Departing would be idiocy, for I had immediately discovered the fun of talking to Francis Crick. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Tonight, though, I discover a hidden treasure when I find four pieces of bologna wrapped in wax paper behind an empty carton of milk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Cyrus discovered these things in himself as he told them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And upon interviewing the servants, Dr. Darwin had discovered that the toddler was being fed half a cup of cream every morning. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notably, Brenner and Jacob later discovered the messenger RNA was a facsimile of the DNA chain—a copy made from the original. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“No. Unexpectedly, a guard stepped into the hole and discovered the tunnel and everyone fled for the hills,” she said flatly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Surely he’d be even more enraged to have his plan discovered. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then everything went amiss when he discovered that his memorabilia had been auctioned off; it was as if he’d lost not just old letters and score sheets, but a part of his inner being. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The synchrotron principle has ever since been attributed to McMillan and Veksler, who discovered it nearly simultaneously but certainly independently, working half a world apart. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Azores this was mistaken, while it was correct in the case of Madeira, discovered—or rather rediscovered—around the same time, for it was known to Pliny and Plutarch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One time he told her about Alaric’s treasure, that disappeared long ago when Rome ruled the world and America wasn’t even discovered. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt someone has discovered Metias by now, and they might even have headed down into the sewers, too. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Aureliano had finished classifying the alphabet of the parchments, so that when Melquíades asked him if he had discovered the language in which they had been written he did not hesitate to answer. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They’ve discovered they can truly be of use, and don’t want that to stop just because the crisis is over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The peculiar feature of the mutants, he discovered, was that the essential plan of macroscopic structures was often maintained—only the segment switched its position or identity in the body of the fly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

David had discovered a new railroad track a year or so earlier. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But the nucleus is a hundred thousand times smaller still, which is part of the reason it took so long to be discovered.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would soon discover their mistake, for every one would be opened, until the place became impossible to defend. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In time, mothers and children discover they hardly know each other. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“It shall not be long,” said he, “before they discover our subterfuge and send riders after us.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she had discovered, with the very first toast, that she liked the sweet, cloying taste of the wine, even though it made her head buzz. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We compared streets, and discovered we had grown up not too far from each other. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A side effect of the surgery, he discovered early in the Everest climb, was that the low barometric pressure that exists at high altitude caused his eyesight to fail. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of the meteor shower, I arrived at school with Harold and discovered a bright orange Volkswagen Beetle parked in my usual spot. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was, in time, to discover that hatred of white men—but not now. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when you think you’ve discovered every kind of awkwardness there is. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It turns out that the SIM discovered the plot and most of our uncle’s friends were arrested. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If a stranger discovers their existence, he is killed or so absorbed that he is never seen again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth and I ain't very close—uneasy acquaintances at best—so imagine my shock to discover that Miss Anderson really did go harder on me than the others. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It will be easy enough to discover that I don’t go to this school. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once, Mom came home from work and discovered that he had turned all the books around so that the bindings were against the wall and the pages faced out. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think it was all the emotions of the day: getting ready for the recital, feeling nervous, having stage fright, seeing my mother, and discovering what had happened to Emmett Till. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We discovered that if we waited until we were prepared to go, we would never leave, we would never amass enough money to see us through. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness before morning and the first shock of discovering that Fiver was gone, Bigwig had been a comfort and a stand-by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I discovered that my cell had been moved from number 4, near the entrance of the passageway, to number 18, at the back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother discovered transgressions past, Sins of the man chosen to lead us. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Wormwood discovered that the worst thing about having a permanent hat on his head was having to sleep in it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

There surely is something to these terms, but too often they’re the result of minds intent on discovering meaning where there is only probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach it, I discover it’s a bottle of my grandfather’s favorite brand of beer. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“In a way,” answered Gwydion, “that is something we must all discover for ourselves. Our meeting was fortunate,” he went on. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then it would be such a simple matter to set down my findings and lean back comfortably with a fine sense of having discovered truths and taught them to my readers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d finally had enough of chasing after a ghost who did not want to be discovered. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tall parents tended to have tall children, he discovered—but on average. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I felt a kind of kicking in my face and I discovered it was my mouth, which was saying the time of calamity thing, but at the top of my lungs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More likely the two older boys discovered that their five-year-old victim did not mind the excursion; that far from struggling and shrieking, he merely gazed at the skeleton with cool appreciation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With just one glance I discovered that the sea is a city. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, just throwing me the bread was an enormous kindness that would have surely resulted in a beating if discovered. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Without realizing how it had come about, the combat men in the squadron discovered themselves dominated by the administrators appointed to serve them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’d left all of his toys behind in the empty shack—I discovered them the next day, piled in a corner just like the birthday presents in my room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first indication that the laws of physics might really allow people to travel in time came in 1949 when Kurt Godel discovered a new space-time allowed by general relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hugged when they met and talked as if they’d known each other for a long time and discovered they actually did. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

With it he discovered a universe in a drop of water: the microbes, which he described as “animalcules” and thought “cute.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He first accused a black man with a bad reputation named Isaac Dailey, but the police quickly discovered that Dailey had been in a jail cell on the night of the murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And when, in 1956, an early radio telescope was turned toward Venus, it was discovered to be emitting radio waves as if it were at an extremely high temperature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mushrooms, you soon discover, are wild things in every way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My father, the gentlest man I know, was very upset when he discovered it hanging crooked the next morning. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the same day it was given out that fresh documents had been discovered which revealed further details about Snowball’s complicity with Jones. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They were almost discovered by Úrsula one afternoon when she went into the granary as they were starting to kiss. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You have been discovered at the scene of the crime!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They discovered the first one in a cupboard above the stove, beside an unopened bottle of malt vinegar. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

What they discovered were new examples of nuclear isomerism, in which isotopes of identical mass numbers and changes show dramatically different radioactive characteristics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I turned away because it was easier not to discover the truth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun discovered that one of his carpenters, James Crosso, was still in the city, so the two of them spent the day driving around, rigging the houses on the list. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Caesar may have been glad to discover that he had at last become the most powerful man in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Someone left an alien mask on my chair in Ms. Faraci’s class that I discovered when I slipped in right before the final bell. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A huge padlock on the door protected the contents of the hut, but Bod had long ago discovered the loose wooden board in the back. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But when to her surprise, Mom discovered she was pregnant, and then to her greater surprise, stayed pregnant past the first trimester, we had to cancel the trip. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke had stepped back across the cold spot and was examining the hall carpet, then the walls, patting at the surfaces as though hoping to discover some cause for the odd cold. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I do know that he’s taken the gym bag; it can’t be long before he discovers that the phone is gone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, on top of these insoluble things, her mother had only hours before probed into the pit of her soul and discovered her deep uncertainty. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Twice the bullet- riddled bodies of peasants from other haciendas were discovered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as she was about to discover, their thinking was not on earth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

To prove it, he used a trick he had devised to discover whether his children were listening when they begged him to read to them and would not let him stop. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it developed, after about a week he called the embassy himself and discovered that all was well: His passport was waiting for him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, Shadow quickly discovered, it was completely full, and there was a middle-aged woman sitting in seat 17-D. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A U.S. attorney also discovered that the reports furnished to him by the bureau had vanished from his office. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We live under the constant fear of being discovered as supporters of the former government. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered it himself; I did not know at first what was happening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He fears being discovered, having the whole charade somehow unravel, and in nightmares his files are exposed, his original name printed on the front page of the Yale Daily News. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His body was discovered two months later, snagged on branches in the little Linville River. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Archimedes cried ‘Eureka!’ and ran naked through the streets of Syracuse we say that he had discovered what we call Archimedes’ principle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And he was glad he hadn’t worked up the nerve to ask her, not after seeing the color that Duke Perrington’s face turned upon discovering the pair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Piper had a gag in her mouth, so apparently the dolphins had discovered she could charmspeak. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a steep footpath I’d discovered leading up along the edge of the valley and just where it came out onto the road was an old bus shelter. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much worse the rumors would be if it were discovered that the note had been written by a hot dog vendor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once someone discovered a bottle of wine stuck in the sand that was still corked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In New York, with Prohibition in full swing, he thought he had died and gone to hell for his sins.Then he discovered speakeasies and he rejoiced. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Excited at discovering this, he cries out with joy so that his wife awakens. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And Jan Dorlich, we discover, is a dark horse as an actor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I overslept, I discovered, because I was in a block of ice, and none of the morning sounds of the forest penetrated my glass house to awaken me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The alleged “safety” of malathion rests on rather precarious ground, although — as often happens — this was not discovered until the chemical had been in use for several years. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He discovered that whenever Deborah spoke of Royal, a fear deep within him listened and waited. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“So he didn’t invent it. He discovered it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I move closer I discover he’s listening to the radio. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

On a morning work detail in December, a couple of weeks after his return to school, Shin discovered a dried-up ear of corn in a pile of straw and devoured it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell him that he also gave her the silver locket when she turned thirteen or how, when their friendship was discovered, he was sent away to France. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

By reading the paper, we discovered that once again they were in charge and would work to prevent our getting the full benefit of our rights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bruno Latour maintained that the fact that the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has been discovered in the lungs of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses II, did not mean that Ramses died of tuberculosis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All they discovered was a strange, sweet smelling spoor that led twistingly into the fen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One can imagine the consternation and admiration that would be felt here if the United States were to discover suddenly that some other nation had already put up a successful satellite.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Otto Hahn, the man who had discovered fission, was found sitting at a desk in his office, a packed suitcase beside him. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how many more of them hid in distant treetops, waiting to be discovered? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They probably all shave their heads or have discovered some other trend that is going to be totally intimidating and exciting. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I have betrayed Elnora’s friendship. I have wronged you and Mechtild. I must leave here before you are discovered and come to harm because of me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As with so many other things, time is the key factor—speed in discovering the deficiency, and speed in administering hormonal substitutes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Galton had been unable to discover genes, but he would not miss out on the creation of genetic technologies. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cain knew that she’d discovered how he was eliminating the competition. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All of us in the back held our breath, waiting to be discovered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I told her about the hospital, the secret world we’d discovered by breaking in. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I searched his person effectually, but found nothing until I pulled off his boot, when we discovered that something was concealed in his stocking,” one of the militiamen later wrote. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed firmly that every illness had a cure and that all he had to do to discover it was to work harder. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He had, I supposed, the first time he went into it, discovered there were living quarters upstairs—perhaps he had even gone up and looked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shotgun hadn’t been exactly fresh when they discovered his body. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished bathing and attempted to catch another ride north, however, he discovered that his luck had changed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like everyone else in the shell house, Ulbrickson soon discovered that the only time Moch didn’t seem entirely happy and comfortable in the coxswain’s seat was when he was in the lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For the rest of his life he will remember that cold, overcast spring, digging in the dirt, collecting rocks, discovering black and yellow salamanders beneath an overturned slab of slate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I was witnessing was a self discovering the self it could be. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But Lazlo had many times fulfilled Thyon’s research requests, and once, in the early days, when he’d discovered a rare metallurgical treatise he thought might be of interest, Nero had even said, “Thank you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Years before, I had asked Pena what he thought the reaction would be if he discovered that ancient Indians were, in fact, not genetically related to modern Indians. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He never discovered whom he had to thank for the business. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my own avatar and discovered that I was now wearing Anorak’s robes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At some point in the rise of Hush Puppies, the shoes were discovered by Connectors, who broadcast the return of Hush Puppies far and wide. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her son was a blessing, and Laila was relieved to discover that her fears had proved baseless, that she loved Zalmai with the marrow of her bones, just as she did Aziza. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She discovered they could tell time very well. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just joined the band and she was from North Dakota and had been singing with a group in Chicago when Mrs. Benny Goodman discovered her, we had heard some customers say. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you try rescuing someone and discover they can’t be reached, why would you ever throw that back in their face? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was in this manner that I discovered a room for immediate occupancy, in a house on a quiet street, the listing said, for eight dollars per week. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And though lie himself did not discover the magic properties of that wardrobe, someone else did. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

We left her to make her way past the body of him who had assaulted her; we abandoned her before she discovered the body of her father. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Like discovering someone very close to you has been leading a secret double life. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had recently been taken to the dentist in Cape Town and discovered that the dentist himself was related by marriage to a well-known political prisoner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, when they discovered that the golden cup was missing? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The explorer Martin Sauer, who visited Kamchatka five years after Cook’s expedition, discovered that the Russian government had at last ventured into the former epidemic zone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Emmanuel knows that scientific progress cannot be stopped, and that someone else will eventually discover gravitons, but he admires the symbolism of the act. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Spurge looked up when he discovered that for some reason, nothing had chopped his head in half. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The first of these bones had been discovered at a place called Big Bone Lick in Kentucky, but soon others were turning up all over. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

What soon became known as “Seward’s Folly” would later be seen as a huge asset when silver and gold and oil were discovered in the new territory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

"And if Her Grace were to discover your intentions before your plans are ripe?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a strange sensation to pick up a book you read and enjoyed just a few months ago and discover you don’t remember it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a day’s training I am judged fit to go out with a team, where I soon discover that life is nothing like the movies, at least not if the movie is Dusting. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If her father has built this alley into his model, her fingers have not discovered it yet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Not here. Not like this. At this abandoned building I just discovered by the beach. At sunset. I have an idea.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It reached his waist, but he discovered the pool had a bench around it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had discovered that, at this time of day, there was a considerable amount of activity and conversation in the corridor, which always provided an opportunity to learn something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

More people were rushing from the flagpole and running into the group, discovering the wall of other protesters and bystanders. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were very happy, even after they discovered that they couldn’t live on love alone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Covered with so much molasses that he was unrecognizable, he was discovered by six sailors who got him to a hospital, where he survived. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I look down to check my watch and discover that it’s on the wrong hand—I usually wear mine on my left, not my right, and my watchband isn’t gray, it’s black. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They discovered that he still carried the pistol in his hip pocket. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mami put pumpkin in the chickpeas, and I munched into it, expecting it to be hard and chewy but discovered that it melted in my mouth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then one day, you’re out of here, free, only to discover you’ve locked yourself up and thrown away the key somewhere too deep inside your heart to fish it out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid arguing with his father, he acquired the habit of silence and soon discovered it was far more comfortable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first few games, I soon discovered that Helmut was a mere hacker. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the page and discover a folded piece of paper marked with my name. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She discovered a rhythm, pumping her arms, throwing all of herself into movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Look—here’s a piece of paper and a pen. Count all the doors and windows. List everything blue. Mount an expedition to discover the hot water tank. And leave me alone to work.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Despite three years of study in philosophy and medicine, I have not discovered a cause in Nature why Therese’s hands bled at her death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Book hunting on a pier with a new friend, discovering Mr. Griswold’s game, and spending an afternoon browsing in an iconic bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually I discovered that my maternal grandfather had a white daddy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was simply the pleasure of discovering what we each felt. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If this theory is correct, and we have discovered no reason so far to doubt it, then visiting other planets with intelligent life won’t be an easy thing to do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovers a technique of apparent learning, of the acquiring of facts rather than of the handling and use of facts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the door, prepared to admit three neighbors; instead, she discovered two strangers—men who tipped their hats and flipped open badge-studded billfolds. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the book bag on the library shelf, he discovered an interesting contraption, something like a metal snail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Today is the day I thought I would finally discover my true champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They had discovered a jug of wine inside a cupboard and the fugitive drank with abandon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When he returned, they discovered that Frantig had a fever of a hundred and one. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard for the first few months, but then I discovered that I can live without these things. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her own parents, locked up for robbing a family-owned movie theater, inspired her kleptomaniac urges, but Aimee discovered working on herself made her feel more powerful than stealing from others. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Possibly he was imagining what it would be like to discover a whole new population of carriers of the 5-alpha-reductase mutation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He complained he couldn’t see anymore, and they discovered he had cataracts in both eyes, so Ricardo and Sally and Betita took him back to St. Claire’s and had those removed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my boat I had discovered the aluminum, disposable cooking utensils, frying pans and deep dishes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered that more complex tasks not only took more time, they introduced a new wrinkle: more error. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And you discover, for the first time, the White Plastic Kitchen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The subject’s XY karyotype was not discovered until puberty, when she began to virilize. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If you discovered a planet, what would you name it? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when the deputy unfolded the note, he discovered that it was addressed to John Leahy, the prosecutor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Coach Raskin discovered me at the end of last period when he came to shut off the lights. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Over the next weeks, Pollard and Smith discovered that obstreperousness was only one of Seabiscuit’s bad traits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like she’s just discovered her daughter is Wonder Woman, and for a moment I feel like I am. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Beauty returned to her husband full of grief, and noticed he wasn't sad. She discovered he'd troubled the skies over Orléans to lure her back, so she left him." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But she felt, also, a frisson of expectation, an eagerness to discover America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hsu was the University of Texas geneticist whose earlier work with HeLa and other cells had made it possible to discover the correct number of human chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was years before I discovered the shame that hid him from me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

During Christmas vacation of my junior year, Gay was looking for a movie to watch when she discovered the videotape from my adoption day four and a half years earlier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“It was originally discovered in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, not too far from here. You catch it from tick bites. The woods are full of ticks this year.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Early farmers would have discovered by trial and error that they could obtain higher yields by tilling and watering the soil and then sowing seeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aristotle said that the basic job of the rhetorician was to “discover the best available means of persuasion.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was glad to discover there was more mess than loss. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in his reading he discovered a hole in this version of events—a factor so critical that it drastically changed Dobyns's view of native America. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now I’m embarrassed, and beyond that overwhelmed to discover a covert stream of generosity running counter to the dominant corporate miserliness. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such trees die out in the wild without leaving any progeny, because birds discover and eat all their seeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their mothers examined their shoes for black flakelets which, when discovered, resulted in scalding baths and fatherly beatings. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered later that her true name was Ruchel, a Yiddish name which her family Americanized to Rachel, which she in turn further changed to the even more American-sounding Ruth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I heard a soft knock at my bedroom door, not a moment after I’d closed it, and I was stunned to discover Navid and Ocean standing there. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After all this time, has my little secret been discovered? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As his successors discovered that the Americas were not part of Asia, Indians became a dire anthropogonical problem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had to stick my fingers in several jars before I discovered the honey. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We allow the chemical death rain to fall as though there were no alternative, whereas in fact there are many, and our ingenuity could soon discover many more if given opportunity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have wakened from a protracted stupor and discovered the joy of being alive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was groggy, but I concentrated on what he said: he had removed two liters of water from my chest and when the liquid was analyzed, a tuberculosis germ had been discovered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, we discovered that the state had erected an enormous wire cage for us to sit in. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But how shall a man discover whether that time be come or no, save by daring the Door?’ said Éomer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

During John’s first year at the University of South Dakota, when he had discovered basketball and girls and slacked off in his studies, he received a stern upbraiding. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Several years after my grandfather disappeared in South America, a large amount of money was discovered in a safe- deposit box that he’d kept at a bank up in Hallandale. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In Room 4, he discovered strange-looking pictures spread out on the floor beneath the blackboard. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She later discovered that Mr. Fields had been hired from a museum in Boston to update the local practices. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was a great shock for Milton to discover his brother-in-law on the train platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You said I wouldn’t heal all the way until I discovered one thing. Can’t you just tell me what that is? I don’t feel like I’m healing at all.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Because each had discovered years before that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and triumph was forbidden to them, they had set about creating something else to be. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My work is to discover the life histories of viruses, and I seem to be very good at it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had discovered that was the best way to get rid of friends. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The family’s badly burned ’78 Camaro was discovered last Saturday on a north Long Island road with the roof ripped off and the front axle broken. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, they helped me to discover what it means to be free. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I discover, my favorite subject, which is the abysmal rate of pay, seems to be a painful one. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia knew she would have to discover some other way to be different. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, the sheep began to eat; by 9:00 A.M., when Lavadie discovered what had happened, three of the sheep were already lying on their sides, dead and bloated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve discovered that I can fill my head with music, Coming in on a wing and a prayer, Keep happy with the Happy Gang, and forget almost anything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that all the different animals shared one common language; they just spoke the language in different ways. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she remembered Loo beside her, and turned to discover that he was methodically tugging on one arm of a red sea star. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had a bold, aquiline face, a face that one might have called noble until one discovered that there was as nearly as possible nothing behind it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, Roosevelt wanted to talk about how the expedition had discovered and mapped a previously unknown river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I'm going to have to get in closer and see if I can't discover what exactly protects the supplies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So that’s how I discovered that Old Chong’s eyes were too slow to keep up with the wrong notes I was playing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

While inspecting the schools in his province, Fourier discovered an eleven-year-old boy whose remarkable intellect and flair for oriental languages had already earned him the admiring attention of scholars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Maria discovered, all butterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis, which means they move through four very different phases: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sort of threw a tantrum when I discovered our annual mall tradition was in jeopardy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

To discover what eluded me: the secret of the magic they weaved on others. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Invisible, incorporeal, insubstantial as a murmur, Sarai slipped into their dreams, and what she discovered there, in the hours that followed, proved that the strangers were far from ridiculous. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was almost tempted to ask my parents to fry some chicken and mash some potatoes and grill some corn on the cob, but that would’ve only stopped Arthur from discovering more about me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She discovered that some of the things she loved so much in her father were considered very comical to other people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rondon had created the delay so he could use the time to explore and map another newly discovered tributary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Hamlet paused before coming to his point “I wish to discover whether a surgeon, by cutting out the cankered spot, could restore the vital spirit to perfection.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He ran to her, clutching his rake, worried that she had discovered a dead animal, or a snake. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had yet to discover what destroyed that desire. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morgan had discovered an important modification to Mendel’s laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Three months after discovering Parker’s safety-deposit box, Candice returned to Lambert. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My next stop was Sierra Leone, and when I arrived, I discovered that Parliament was in session and decided to attend the proceedings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Packed tightly together, we prayed we would not be discovered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Only when the farmer drove away did Shin discover that no one on the ranch spoke Korean. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I discovered that for the whole game one must gather invisible strengths and see the endgame before the game begins. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph had no idea what she meant, but he listened as though trying to discover his essential human worth. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Sam Gamgee, and discovered that Sam was watching him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Joe wandered off to study the geology of the island, discovering glacial striations etched in the granite. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Wright discovered the forgeries, but the Patriots’ trickery kept British gunboats away long enough for the revolution to take hold in Georgia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss watched Javier pick up his backpack and his bike, one after the other, and wondered when he would discover the catch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I discover that writing is like applying leeches to my mind, curing its grief and drawing out humors that cloud my understanding. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I returned to the corridor to wash up and told Walter and Kathy that I suspected the manuscript had been discovered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Americans have mostly deloused themselves, typhus has discovered a new route into us: by infecting eastern North American flying squirrels and then transferring to people whose attics harbor flying squirrels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is very important to discover graceful exits like that in the newspaper business, where it is such an important part of the ethics that you should never seem to be working. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A train had recently plowed into the platform, after which the driver was discovered with his throat cut. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to hear more about the scientist who discovered Nightfyre?” asks the drone. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Both she and Ben discovered in themselves a morbid curiosity that made them both secretly ashamed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I then discover a cure for cancer just so I can say, "What was that you were carrying on about?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He is grateful that his mind has retained these images of her, pleased with himself, as if he has just discovered an innate talent for a sport or a game he’s never played. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"We are so grateful to her! It was so much to take in, after all these years, discovering we had a grandson, only to be told he was missing." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As the botanist noted, with some chagrin, Muller had discovered nearly half that number in a single night. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I suppose he smiled at Cody--he had probably discovered that people liked him when he smiled. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Luckily, during my junior year, I’d discovered a bug in the school’s online library software, and by exploiting it, I could access any book in the school’s online library, including Anorak’s Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If not, it was a sure sign that one of the children had left the phone off the hook and who knew when Tono or Fela would discover it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper had just discovered Victor’s only filing cabinet when the phone rang. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it interesting,” Mr. Birkway said, “to find both? Isn’t it interesting to discover that snowy woods could be death and beauty and even, I sup-pose, sex? Wow! Literature!” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Once people were able to do that, they gradually discovered that some sticks or stones had a handier shape than others, and they put them aside for future use. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again the stranger considered the group of men, then, turning, discovered Jonathan’s eyes fixed on him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I discovered that when I was a child. I am the mother of your sons. Your sons? I am the mother, yes—but how do you know you are the father?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

John was surprised at the meager demand in Berkeley for the isotopes being discovered and manufactured by the cyclotron with the efficiency of an assembly line. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They can be expected to have discovered and tested any wild plant species worth domesticating. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She braved the climb only after discovering that the other end of the corridor narrowed into a glum dead end. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had reason, in the years that followed, to remember his saying this; and time, at last, to discover in herself the depths of bitterness in her father from which these words had come. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

On termite mounds Nhamo discovered jabvane bushes with purplish black fruit, and in dense thickets near the water grew brambles with dark, sweet berries. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the churchyard wicket he stopped: he discovered I was quite out of breath. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His gray eyes still flitted from face to face, more guiltily than ever, as though he were trying to discover how much the others despised him for his humiliation. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They went at once to seek out Tyro and discover themselves to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreaded what that meant but concentrated on one thing: she would finally have the opportunity to investigate Clara’s death and discover the secret of her end. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maeve soon discovered she was gifted at caring for the sick. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Matthias was horrified to discover that it was full of cast-off snake skins. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Calpurnia and I may have discovered a new species of plant.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I discovered Annabeth was right about my dyslexia: Ancient Greek wasn’t that hard for me to read At least, no harder than English. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Upon discovering that Bertha Palmer was the wife of the hotel’s owner, she inflicted a social laceration that Chicago would never forget or forgive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the judge kept stressing that the evidence wasn't newly discovered and should have been presented at trial, so it couldn't create a basis for a stay of execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And how chagrined to discover, squinting at his schedule in the breezeway, that for his next class he had that same room again. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman peered down at it and seemed to discover something she didn’t much like. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I lean back in my chair and add, “We also know that Quinton discovered the Key Holder’s identity. I think that’s what he’s keeping in that second Farewell Briefcase.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, I discovered—after a great deal of embarrassment—that it was more like they thought of me as a curiosity; an exotic specimen behind glass. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even when she’d discovered she was pregnant, she had told them within twenty-four hours. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Even so, she could not quit worrying that she had discovered something that was meant to stay hidden. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

So what was the use in wasting time at something you knew you stunk at—like practicing the oboe—when you could be discovering your one true Talent? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And at the end of class, more bad design — he discovered that it was hard to get out of the tower. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What else had I, who’d known and loved you so long, missed, that he’d discovered after knowing you less than a week? The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The serendipity of finding a book he hadn’t known about was delicious, as was the pleasure of discovering the expected—a book he knew he wanted if only he could find it in Buschke’s labyrinth. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had discovered my rampage in the garage when she raised the door to take the car out. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She invited me over and we discovered we had everything in common. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Reading the item, Francie discovered that the heroic fireman had been Sissy’s first husband. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after he arrived in Florence, Galileo discovered the phases of Venus, changes in its appearance similar to the phases of the Moon, and these changes could only be explained if Venus orbits the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a wonder that Cristiana had not discovered that it was Hamlet I loved. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

From questioning Rollins, Baker discovered that a man with a broken leg had crossed the river the day before, around noon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suspecting that something special had prompted this move, I asked Sheldon to call his friend, Morris the guard, to find out if anything unusual had been discovered lately. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was huge and inexhaustible; he had only to allow his sheep to set the route for a while, and he would discover other interesting things. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is worth noting that the new geographical discoveries were swiftly accepted right across Europe—you did not need to be Spanish to believe that Columbus had discovered a new continent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On the scorched middle ground of Korea, however, Blake discovered the gray zone, where even hardened loyalties were tested and new alliances forged. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I found myself whispering, “Do you think we’ll ever discover all the secrets of the universe?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Upon discovering the wolves, she had settled down to live near them in the hope of sharing their food, until the sun set and the stars came out to guide her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trudged home, feeling pretty lousy, only to discover something worse. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The roots of those mountains must be roots indeed; there must be great secrets buried there which have not been discovered since the beginning.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mum was quite generous when she discovered everything I’d been through, so I don’t have to worry. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After severely beating the young black man, they hanged him from a nearby tree, where his lifeless body was discovered several hours later. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Too soon doctors would discover and be amazed at the apparent difference in age between his face and his body. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knows how many lost relatives of ours are waiting to be discovered in other caves, on other islands, and in other climes. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Navy didn’t get Elizebeth for long, however, because she soon discovered that she was expecting a baby. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Doli, who had risen long before the others, was the first to discover it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I’m certainly relieved, although a small part of me wishes we’d discovered something to talk about, some common ground, some way to connect. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After much searching, Gwydion discovered Hen Wen’s tracks once more. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But the circumstances under which she had discovered herself to be pregnant had been such to make her decide, for his sake, to hold her peace awhile. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She wanted to discover where the sky and the sea meet each other like two old paramours who had been separated for a very long time. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We discover that messengers have come also to King Brand in Dale, and that he is afraid. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, when Marshall discovered that the wooden base of the Diana statue was hollow, and one side was a little loose, they had a perfect secret vault for the storage of sacred records. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a stint in politics, he tried to discover another gusher but failed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If Booth was captured, the army would have to protect him from Lincoln’s avengers—rampaging mobs of vigilantes who might storm the Old Capitol Prison—if they discovered Booth was jailed there. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if she discovers how wrong she was, she’ll want to lift the spell.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had discovered that he had given some of the condensed milk to Eberechi. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The presence of the master, Ranofer discovered, sharpened Pai’s already sharp eye and diminished his short temper to the vanishing point. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Was he trying to discover if I knew someone whom, politically, I should not know? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant that no one else had discovered that it was a palace in disguise. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Much later they discovered that the hurricane had foundered a 500-ton steamer from Buenos Aires, sending it to the bottom with all hands. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Complicating matters, the FBI had just discovered that the hundred-dollar bills found in the burglars’ pockets had all been withdrawn from a bank account belonging to the Committee to Reelect the President. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, Galileo had discovered moons circling Jupiter, not planets circling a distant star. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Soon after Harris’s HeLa-chicken study, a pair of researchers at New York University discovered that human-mouse hybrids lost their human chromosomes over time, leaving only the mouse chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The most speculative option involved element 94, that purportedly hyperfissionable substance discovered in Lawrence’s laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Back at the house, when the youngest tried to clean his forehead, he discovered that the mark was indelible and so were those of his brothers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Other Twelve Towns Uncles had been doing rotations since the Cursed Toads were discovered, but it was a lot of work. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The golden ingots, those ingots in that hidden cave I shall discover, I can use those to pay my pupil’s fee. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Edna had discovered it accidentally one day when the high board gate stood ajar. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the cave at Lascaux was discovered purely by chance in 1940 by some neighborhood boys whose dog fell into a hole that led to the underground chamber. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The library closed at seven PM, but I quickly discovered a way to sneak back in after the guard made his last rounds. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So, too, science itself is an invention, but Newton did not invent gravity, he discovered its law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It seems to be the doing of some curious savage led by nothing but his emotion to discover step by step what music is about. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

We’re so good at discovering patterns that we see them where they don’t exist. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Monod investigated this pause, he discovered an unusual phenomenon. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

After checking with four doctors, I discovered that the trouble was up in my neck, where a bony growth on my spine was pushing against my spinal cord. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen men strive for rectitude, and in the end, take off the vizard of right to discover only self there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The bedroom has the stamps of lovely landscapes you might discover in your dreams, and the bathroom has stamps with oceans and rivers and rain. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I do not mean to be sentimental about suffering—enough is certainly as good as a feast—but people who cannot suffer can never grow up, can never discover who they are. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I discovered that her name was Anna Boyd, and that my husband was in love with her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ophie’s shame at being discovered only lasted as long as it took for her to unwrap the snickerdoodles and devour them as she climbed the stairs to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I made the reluctant decision to hide away before I was discovered, and slipped into a space between two wooden planks nailed to the entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not before he discovered the meaning of her mark. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One of the first to be discovered is a star that is orbiting around Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I entered to discover the room darkened except for a single small lamp illuminating the stage of the microscope at which he was working. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t have to discover it new each time he leaves the forest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The steps protested my weight with a symphony of shudders and creaks, but they held, and what I discovered upstairs—compared to the bombed-out ground floor, at least—was like a time capsule. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I discovered that as late as it was in the season, the spring beauties were still blooming in the cool pockets of the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was something I discovered. That when you go from 1 to 2, there was a rather big change. But now if you get way up there you have to keep changing.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Alice was discovering, even as Frightful had, the fury of parents protecting their young. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

This, despite the fact that they had discovered nothing of any use whatsoever. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stan Livingston was one of the first scientists, though not the last, to discover that the teamwork demanded by Big Science might not suit them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Today he had discovered how to be invisible, and now he was ready for the dance of anger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

ONE DAY in the summer of 1965, we discovered some fat glistening on our porridge at breakfast and chunks of fresh meat with our pap at supper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The document wasn’t discovered for more than one hundred years. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse had discovered a path of sorts, skirting the dense underbrush and avoiding patches of marshland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That Jupiter is a source of radio emission was discovered accidentally in the 1950’s, the early days of radio astronomy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the body was discovered, its features had been distorted well beyond recognition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Almost there,” she called encouragingly, but in the light she discovered that the wraiths had gone, and she was alone. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later, he’d discover the missing watch and would question me, and I’d have to he convincingly, which I wasn’t very good at. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the two dates relate to some phenomenon no one has even discovered yet. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The widespread neglect of the problem of chemical mutagens is perhaps due to the fact that those first discovered were of scientific interest only. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was disappointed to discover that the hospital was staffed mostly with white, foreign doctors, with little if any effort placed on training Haitian doctors to treat Haitians. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One evening when we got home after work, we discovered that someone had broken in our house and stolen our cash. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My grandmother discovered her body and tried to revive her, but it was too late. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The automaton my father discovered did save me. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I am so glad it has never actually been discovered. It ' ‘ ’ ire. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant surprise was discovering that our clothing appealed to non-Muslim women as well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Prodigies can very quickly learn what other people have already figured out; geniuses discover that which no one has ever previously discovered. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He had tried, once, to tease and frighten her with a snake, only to discover that she loved garden snakes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They carefully observed the foliage of trees in order to discover fruits, beehives and bird nests. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, I discover, we will be returning to District 12. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I was also heading for a secret entrance to the mine area we kids had discovered years before, playing cowboys and Indians. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed that I’d eaten a furry doughnut, and when I woke in the dark, I discovered a tiny puppy snoring on top of my belly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

His son discovered me exhausted and half dead with cold, and gave me a hand to bear me up till he reached home where he could clothe me in a shirt and cloak. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never did discover why she hid after her father's wedding. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I keep hoping to discover that he’s dying to see me, and I’m in raptures when I notice his bashful attempts. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When Kurtsinger slid off in the winner’s circle and reached down to unlatch the girth, he was horrified to discover his colt’s belly and hoof dripping with blood. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how you can know a place so well and still discover something new and slightly terrifying about it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When the M.P.’s arrived, they discovered the classic scene of pilots hovering around a bar, drinks in hand, enjoying the fellowship and camaraderie of their fellow officers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he thought he saw something larger moving ahead of him, but when he got nearer, he discovered it to be nothing but a large, blackened log, or a dense clump of weed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had discovered the pleasure of comparing different translations of the same work and would search them out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I said, “It was stranger when I discovered others didn’t have theirs weighed. I thought they must be very uncertain.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Although I was to discover a core of sympathetic whites who became friends and later colleagues, most of the whites at Wits were not liberal or color-blind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did as she said but I soon discovered my new assurance wasn’t large enough to fill the gap left by my old uneasiness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often I have to write threatening letters to neighbors and friends of my mother and I worry they might discover me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ever since he discovered the venue for the challenge, he has been slowly taking on more responsibility for the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The money was not altogether wasted—new chemical elements, such as phosphorus, antimony and mercury, were discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Ton-Ton knew all this, Matt now discovered, because he cleaned the Keepers’ rooms and washed their dishes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I discovered my face was hot as a stove, I happily used it to warm my freezing hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the process, they discovered how blurry most reproductions can become when examined through a magnifying glass. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The neglect of the dishes, I discovered, was due to a curious impasse: Sally, the maid, now serving also as cook, refused to clean dishes, despising the lowly office of scullion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Laney had discovered a box of flower clips under Isa’s bed and was attaching each one to her ponytail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We all know Professor Moody considers the morning wasted if he hasn’t discovered six plots to murder him before lunchtime,” said Karkaroff loudly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Charles discovered that this behavior is extremely regular and predictable. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Once Victor had managed to fish the pedigreed cat out of a barrel full of stinking sardines and stowed her in a scratch-safe box, he had discovered the two tortoises. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed by the window, and she saw him make as though to put his hands in his pockets, only to discover that his breeches didn’t have pockets. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was to discover that I was living in a rare moment when a personality becomes so interlocked with the era that it can’t be spoken of in different sentences. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even before he discovered the law of fall, Galileo had been questioning the distinction between the two worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Descartes was absolutely furious and denied any influence, but when Mersenne visited Beeckman and read his journal he discovered that, indeed, many of Descartes’ ideas had first been formulated by Beeckman. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the white pig was the first to discover an important variety Taran had overlooked. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And he discovered that she had an unusually wide vocal range. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

But earlier in the afternoon, Riefenstahl had discovered SS officers untying both her camera and her cameraman from the railing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Years later, a record of the fateful voyage was discovered among some artifacts in Arctic Canada. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was as if some scientist today discovered that he could get a potato to produce a substance that tasted just like chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We quickly discover that the Medi-Talker has more than a dozen levels, all easily reached with just one button. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I gave it up; if she were discovered, I'd have that on my conscience too. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet there was a problem, one I discovered in the split second it took to lift my little fingers to the keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Composers discovered that some chords were drawn magnetically to others: adding an F to the G major triad, G-B-D, made it yearn to move towards the C major triad, for example - of which more shortly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t touched her with the bull hook since we discovered the language barrier. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You've helped me discover something: I never would have guessed how much I love writing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But she had to come alone, otherwise her friends would discover her true origins. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to discover the place completely empty; everyone was out in the street watching the fire’s ominous glow. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

A judgment in his own favor, naturally, would indicate that the court deemed he had discovered the arts of rhetoric despite, rather than because of, Corax’s instruction. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It actually wasn't one big flower, he discovered, but instead each flower was really a cluster of tiny little flowers that formed a round ball. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I discovered that it was not wise to be seen reading books that were not endorsed by the Communist party. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He failed because his detection apparatus was not capable of sensing neutrons and positrons—that was an understandable oversight, for neither particle yet had been discovered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Not until it was time to leave did I discover, quite by accident, how the mirror had actually been broken. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In 1957, Pardee, Monod, and Jacob discovered that the lactose operon was controlled by a single master switch—a protein eventually called the repressor. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Near the beginning of World War I, the Williamses discovered, from returning neighbors and kin, the possibility of living better in another place. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight when I took a bath, I discovered that I was changing into a woman. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I very quickly discovered that blending in wouldn’t work, I guess because a girl on her own had no reason to be alive and intact. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Milo nibbled carefully at the letter and discovered that it was quite sweet and delicious—just the way you’d expect an A to taste. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she said the word Pandava, all the feelings that came from discovering who she really was uncoiled like a spring jumping to life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had not yet discovered what the other two opened. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Matthias took a group of Redwall mice to instruct in the use of the quarter staff—he had discovered in himself a natural skill with the long ash pole. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If they hadn’t discovered the cup’s secret, she would have drowned in a cage. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Having discovered almost by accident that elliptical orbits fit the observations well, he could not reconcile them with his idea that the planets were made to orbit the sun by magnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last week, while dusting in your closet, I discovered all of the butterflies pinned to the back wall. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I note all this to avoid thinking of how I almost gave away an even greater crime than the one he’s discovered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Insulin had only been discovered about a decade before Woolf’s diagnosis. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to get up and, as he did, Sullivan discovered that his wooden leg had gotten stuck between two boards and come off. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

This in a tone Ralph had learned from Grover; it was as if Helen were still discovering evidence of that man all over. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, or Carnegie. Your daddy didn’t invent Coca-Cola and I didn’t recently discover King Solomon’s mines.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a single student or teacher at this school will ever discover that I come from a poor, indigenous family. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from Chariots of Fire : Let each of you discover where your chance for greatness lies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight years earlier, American agents had discovered "bugs," or tiny listening devices, embedded inside the Great Seal of the United States in the US ambassador's office. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would give themselves over to the worship of their bodies, discovering that the rest periods of love had unexplored possibilities, much richer than those of desire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knew that, barely visible in the sky at this time, was a newly discovered comet called Arend-Roland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

New observations in the next few years, particularly by gravitational wave detectors like LIGO, should enable us to discover the origin of the gamma ray bursts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they discovered several points at which the yield abruptly jumped out of the curve. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Matt discovered that no matter how terrified he’d been at first, it wasn’t possible to stay terrified. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she discovered Great-great-aunt Florentine, she sat on her with a thump. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now I discovered how poor my village was. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her fingers to her temples and discovered the electrodes still attached to her skin. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traces of his blood and hair would be discovered in the next letter from Billy Boy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t these creatures discover a little dignity ?” I ask the sky. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had discovered when they were in New Zealand and in Australia that they were not treated badly because they were Indians, but respected as Americans who fought in the war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the environmental movement gathered steam in the 1960s, he said, white people had discovered that Indians were better stewards of the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But the truth is, if I can gather enough supplies, even if I discover what the water butterflies hide from, I may not return to tell him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When I discovered the Poe manuscript, an idea clicked for me. I had long been a fan of Poe’s short story ‘The Gold-Bug’ and thought it would be fun to emulate the treasure hunt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was embarrassed to admit it: I wanted to see him again, not to evaluate his wound but to discover his name, his mission, and why he had taken the drawing from my suitcase. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Farmer moved on, to the town of Mirebalais in Haiti’s central plateau, where he would eventually meet the Haitian Anglican priest Father Lafontant and discover just how poor the poor could be. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In the early 1800s there arose in England a fashion for inhaling nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, after it was discovered that its use "was attended by a highly pleasurable thrilling." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Colin Maclaurin and Brook Taylor, perhaps the best British mathematicians in the era of isolation from the Continent, discovered how to use calculus to rewrite functions in a totally different form. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“For several reasons. But let’s say that the most important is that you have succeeded in discovering your Personal Legend.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now everybody discovered that the call to arms was being led by the famous Marina Raskova, and that she was specifically looking for airwomen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“After waiting for days and nights, we discovered no more applications were being taken.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the Virgin Mary, these robbers had not found the money sewn into their clothing or discovered that she wasn’t a boy. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists then discovered an even more interesting tomb. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all convinced that the box was on its way, by water, to somewhere; but where that might be we would have to discover. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

On July 21, the day after the doctors’ positive bulletin, they discovered cotton and wool fibers mixed with the pus coming from the wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

So then I checked on this pamphlet he had given me and discovered that it was printed by the Klan. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as Serber now discovered, “The East was evidently a completely different world from California.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I say about, and that is one reason I got the book: because I discovered I was forgetting when things happened, and sometimes even whether things happened or not. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But there were other, more welcoming things to discover in those first few weeks as well. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Johannes Kepler, the man who discovered that planets travel in ellipses, took this idea—the infinitely distant point—one step further. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had discovered, after his own contact with the anchor, that the faint dirty tinge did not wash off, even with soap and water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No one bothered them that night, but the next they were discovered by a gang of boys who told them they were in Razorgull territory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Discovering the power of triads was like discovering a chemical reaction or a miracle cure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They were typically skeletons of colossal, extinct versions of animals that were still in existence at the very same locations where the fossils had been discovered. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

An image of my skeleton being discovered come spring spurred me into action. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was, then, both surprised and disappointed to discover a day before the visit that Sir James would be coming alone. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You know," she said, "I was happy to discover that you are not marrying Victoria Forester." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was a secret government operative whose mission was to befriend me and discover what I knew about the sluggers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At a hotel called the Circle Park they discovered an entry for a “Mrs. Georgia Howard.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By five Johnny thought he would leave the Queen and report to Paul Revere that he had discovered nothing new. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would like to discover a lost civilization. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 2007, we wrote to Joe and discovered that he had no legal assistance and had spent the previous eighteen years in prison with no one to help him challenge his conviction or sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the ceiling, the beings discovered a small hole through which they could escape the livid waters beneath them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Wolves are shy, Kapugen had said, and they desert their dens if discovered by man; yet this pack had not. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I tell you these stories, I’m discovering certain things. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

You have flitted into Lord Voldemort’s mind without damage to yourself, but he cannot possess you without enduring mortal agony, as he discovered in the Ministry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Chloroform, which had been discovered in 1831, had begun to be used to relieve labor pains a few years earlier. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvarez seconded Nahmias’s perception that the cyclotron was used “as a radioactivity factory first of all because great numbers of new radioisotopes could be discovered that way with very little effort.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There we discovered pitcher-plant bogs where we’d hike up our dresses, sink on our knees in the rich black muck, and stare carnivory right in the lips, feeding spiders to the pitcher plants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She most of all,” said Ernest, “requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched. But since the murderer has been discovered—” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she discovered she was in less danger of capsizing if the prow faced into the waves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had an unfortunate habit of running off, usually to hide something shiny she’d discovered. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But here among my own less inhibited people, I discovered it was simply letting your feet, hands and body spontaneously act out whatever impulses were stirred by the music. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was through her that Moss had discovered bands like Bad Brains and Death, and she never made him feel inferior for listening to other kinds of music. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Kind of late to be discovering this, no?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Tiles in the ceiling of the elementary school would shift like they were made of paper, and for weeks after, debris would be discovered scattered across nearby backyards, roped off with yellow police tape. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Just a few external monitors, and a self-destruct device should the bay be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

His parents would discover; when they woke, that he was gone. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Venkatesh soon discovered that the names and addresses he had been given were badly outdated. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I had this wild thought that I could somehow replace the money before Lori discovered it was missing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon when she had completed her first circuit of the ward and came a second time to the soldier in -white, she read his thermometer and discovered that he was dead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

First, they cleared my ear canal of scar tissue and bone fragments; it was then that they discovered my eardrum had been shattered. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We scrutinize the field all day with glasses, but discover nothing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When did Columbus discover what we now call America? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

During those college years, I discovered that a glass or two of wine took the edge off my inner pain and helped me forget. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to discover what the Bureau knows about my brother’s disappearance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Because Dell Duke believed he had discovered a new category of the Strange. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

So she did not tell him where Henry and Bon were and he did not discover it until after the University company departed, because Bon and Henry enrolled and then hid themselves somewhere. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she hung the bag from the showerhead and closed the curtain, desperately hoping that this wouldn’t be the moment Scott discovered personal hygiene. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

In one tomb archaeologists had discovered soldiers, servants, and even dancing girls laid out as though they were sleeping. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Germans were pushed out of the occupied towns, the liberators discovered mass graves that told silently of the horrific holocaust suffered by Belorussia’s Jewish inhabitants. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said, “Danny is discovering that Freud is not God.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Thus, when the tour was finished, Claudia was no expert on the United Nations, but she had discovered something: saris are a way of being different. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she arrived on campus, Elizabeth discovered that she had already mastered most of the academic curriculum offered at the school. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Anyone who reads them with attention discovers that even the most nonsensical take place in a world which is essentially rational and matter-of-fact. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few expensive-looking books written in English looked untouched, their covers shiny, full of words and pictures waiting to be discovered. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody in that room had murdered Sir Patrick in mistake for Gawaine, and until the murderer was discovered they would all be under the same suspicion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They churred excitedly when someone discovered a large scorpion—and muttered with disappointment as the lucky finder nipped off the stinger and ate the rest of the creature! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin discovered, too, that Alan liked sweets, so he kept a good supply of honey cakes in his pocket for largess. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

And what if it were a test to discover how I would react to such pressure? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s smiling like she just discovered the cure for polio, the way she’s worked out a plan to win Miss Hilly over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After Hubble discovered the expansion of the universe, there was no need for a cosmological constant and it is now generally believed to be zero. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I go to work the next day, my single-browed friend trailing faithfully behind me, I discover that I am being deported. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Our two young people discovered it and through it they were able to whisper sweetly back and forth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will I be able to help the people of Orléans discover their beauty and make my mother proud? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And in reality the realization of the truth discovered swept over me in a few seconds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly sat frozen on the sofa staring into her drink as if she had just discovered a roach floating in it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we would find that if we twelve men took the same tests, one or two of us might be discovered to have unconscious desires to kill, and the potentiality of carrying them out. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ecology was a sober, industrious science here long ago, decades before the rest of us discovered the term. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the words roll off my tongue, I discover what the students are studying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, I discover a flock of grooslings perched in the trees and take out three before they know what hit them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The next day the police discovered another hidden chamber, this one at the cellar’s southwest corner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tuberculosis was only discovered in the nineteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When it was discovered that the rabbi was not dead but was being cared for by the Russian peasant, he was brought into the still-intact home of a Jewish family and nursed back to health. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In Sacramento, the blue Easter morning seemed always to rhyme with the gospel account of the three Marys wending their way through a garden to discover an empty tomb. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than confusing—it killed me to discover the depth of their spinelessness. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Behind, near the lemon tree, Nhamo had discovered a variety of unfamiliar flowers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workers, we discovered, were being searched on their way back into the ghetto, and any extra food was being confiscated. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But if the albino’s body had been discovered, then who knew what was waiting for them? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt rather important, since I had sort of discovered him. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the villagers would discover her absence and search parties would go out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve discovered this is the best place to be if you want to have a conversation. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Led by their noses, and by Joe Rantz’s nose in particular, they quickly discovered the best feature of the new place—a cookhouse on the beach, just twenty-five feet from their front door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez took the opportunity of her disappearance to retrieve his stamp pad from the bag and discovered that it was covered with what felt and smelled like bacon grease. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also I discovered a dangerous allergy I didn’t know he had. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having then reached my normal state, I discovered that I was half famished with hunger; so making a hasty toilet, I went into the other room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth also made an impression on reporters, who discovered that a female code breaker made good copy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I could have left and camped in the gorge again, but my enormous desire to see another human being overcame my fear of being discovered. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the living room, I discovered the four boys sitting on the couch and eating, what looked like, everything in our pantry. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or worse, she would discover that Shay’s trust in David had been misplaced, which could mean... anything. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Úrsula discovered his absence she searched for him all through the village. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her relief was sweet when she discovered that it was too soon to show. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They conversed of things I had never heard of; of nations and times past; of countries far away; of secrets of nature discovered or guessed at: they spoke of books: how many they had read! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

More bodies would be discovered; more rescues would be accomplished. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

At Sixth and Vine the detectives came to a hotel called the Bristol and discovered that on Saturday, September 29, 1894, a party identified as “A. E. Cook” had checked in, with three children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then he discovered that if he hatched mallard duck eggs, the ducklings refused to follow him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered a small blue-and-white ceramic box hidden in the corner behind some jars of sugar and salt. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In following Methuselah on his slow forays through the forest, I discovered the boys and men practicing drills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he grew a little older he discovered machine guns and tanks and bazookas and, of course, bombs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Katz, meantime, had discovered a way across using boulders as stepping stones but ended up stranded on the edge of a noisy torrent of what looked like deep water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then deep folds in the ground were discovered unexpectedly, like the ruts of great giant-wheels or wide moats and sunken roads long disused and choked with brambles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to discover that I already had $283.62 saved. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The FBI discovered that Glitts had advanced degrees from the Sorbonne in Paris and from Princeton University. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Livingston had discovered electrical focusing by sheer ingenuity and serendipity; Lawrence recognized the underlying principle, which enabled him to incorporate it into subsequent designs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

About a thousand years before Europe discovered toothpaste, Khosrou stepped onto a magic carpet that shined brighter than a meadow in May. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She let her mind wander back over her stay at Grand Isle, and she tried to discover wherein this summer had been different from any and every other summer of her life. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gran had discovered that she, along with the Stormville and Boggs Ferry Grans, had been hexed to do the Cursed Toads’ bidding in dire circumstances. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

So, perhaps, was music, both vocal and instrumental; excavating Caral, Shady discovered thirty-two flutes made of pelican wingbones tucked into a recess in the main temple. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Bobby discovered that he wasn’t going to play any formal games, but simply speed chess, he went into a not-so-silent rage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, typhus microbes discovered that human body lice offered a much more efficient method of traveling directly between humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the sky turns rosy, I notice the sheen of sweat on Peeta's lip and discover the fever has broken. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She would discover his textbooks, calculator, and pencil case under his bed later. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, as Dr. Posner would later help discover, patients with lesions to this part of the brain had more trouble shifting attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For just a moment, I fretted they would discover Thelma’s secret heart problem. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discovered that the appearance of the surface changed greatly as the position of the sun changed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was a message, and it was in writing, forbidden by that very fact, and it hadn’t yet been discovered. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They discovered that by making small but critical adjustments in how they presented ideas to preschoolers, they could overcome television’s weakness as a teaching tool and make what they had to say memorable. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance away, feeling like I've discovered something hidden, something not meant for me to see. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Huygens worked on the mathematics of the pendulum and the design of watches, but he also discovered the rings of Saturn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And they hadn’t discovered the tunnel beneath the barn. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Another involved turning the tunnel’s Mach 2 winds on a series of sharp-nosed metal cones to discover the point at which the smooth air flowing over the cones became turbulent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But she was surprised to discover another emotion tangled up with the relief. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then Friday night when the story airs, I discover that Marla Sumner has put her own spin on things. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But, unfortunately, he had also discovered more rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t expected much when we moved here, but I was still sorry to discover that this school seemed no better than my last one. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rogers' yard measure discovered in the kitchen dresser assisted them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He took one and Max held the flame; he sucked the smoke deep into his lungs and discovered that he did not want it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later, experts study the best speakers and writers in order to discover how they use language. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I liked Monsieur Lefèvre. The venue for my challenge was a more intimate one, and this seemed unique. It is rare to discover places that are truly unique. I stayed to observe.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It takes thirteen steps to open, and she discovers the sequence in under five minutes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Joseph was glad to discover his mother had been listening. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Time is moving so much faster because you’re talking, and I need that because I just discovered l am a robot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He took to watching her house as obsessively as he had when he had first discovered her existence. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The belemnite, it turned out, had been discovered four years earlier by an amateur naturalist named Chaning Pearce, and the discovery had been fully reported at a meeting of the Geological Society. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was then that they discovered that Boromir, who at first had been sitting silent on the outside of the circle, was no longer there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the secretary would soon discover the member’s other loyalty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I found it hard to remember his treachery, sometimes I discovered myself thoughtlessly slipping back into affection for him again. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They discovered that they could conjure splendid-looking confections, but were somewhat less successful when it came to flavor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Behind my eyelids, I imagine little Manuelito crawling under the bed and discovering my box of old clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew also, both from the first conversation and from the talk he heard, that Aron was not likely to be pleased at discovering her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Any moment, he was telling himself, Sophie would be discovered and eaten. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, by teachers and classmates alike. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately the footprints of a pig were discovered in the grass at a little distance from the knoll. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was another for him to be discovered to be ineligible at a time when he would take the whole Carter team down with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was five minutes until midnight, and though he now knew what the last Horcrux was, he was no closer to discovering where it was.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And I had no doubt my secret would be discovered. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when I do, I discover the secrets of pollination, that honeybees' wings beat two hundred times per second. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, most of all, discovering that the Beiderman’s family was dead. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Helena laughs, and in a world where death is a shadow at the edge of every light, I discover that I have to smile. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now and then the caravan would stop and we’d all hold our breath, ready to flee or fight, sure we were about to be discovered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Much later on that night, Bloom suddenly awoke out of a bad dream and discovered that she was up on one elbow staring at him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the paper again to see if it said when the man’s body had been discovered. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I signed the note “Philippe L’oeil” and thrust it into my purse, praying that it would be discovered and sting the conscience of my would-be robbers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“When,” I asked, “was she discovered for a princess?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, two researchers, working independently, were making some startling findings by drawing on a curious fact of Earth history that had been discovered several decades earlier. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nicholas, would you please share this lovely new vocabulary word you’ve discovered. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Just think—the police were right at the bookcase, the light was on, and still no one had discovered our hiding place! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It is all crumpled up and for some reason I do not know the meaning of, I uncrumple it and there I discover the initials B. C. inside a heart. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some are surprised to discover entire new families in the United States—a stepfather, stepbrothers, and stepsisters. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One of the boys has his hand on the panther’s back, like they’re pals who’ve discovered the real meaning of friendship. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And by bringing him to Fruitless Mountain, Minli had discovered how to make Fruitless Mountain green again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

That anything they discovered of British plans should be told only to the four men who were looked upon as the leaders of the Boston Whigs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered a never-before-seen jellyfish in the darkest part of the ocean. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If we lift the veil and look underneath...we shall discover much emptiness, darkness, and confusion; nay, if I mistake not, direct impossibilities and contradictions.... Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He kept him company and they pooled their efforts to discover where I was being held. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

In a single morning, I discovered that Egyptians were creating great works of art and architecture when whites were still living in caves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches out her right hand, and here, just inside of the doorway, she discovers something big and rectangular and hard, covered with cloth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The other boys discovered their own truths when we built our rockets, but those were mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the morgue they discovered that Hassan did not die of disease or from the collapse in his shop. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gaur was also, as I soon discovered, a prominent member of both the ANC and the Communist Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discover I am somewhat drunk; also that I am afraid of heights. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not only is grafting hard work even once you know the principle, but the principle itself could have been discovered only through conscious experimentation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

All she could picture was their stuff, abandoned at the library table while they’d been at the computer bank discovering Mr. Griswold’s next clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But here's what my parents actually helped me discover by driving me to theater school every week: I totally sucked at acting. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She suspected this was a test for Maya to see whether or not her newly discovered biological relative was a homophobic nightmare. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Accordingly he imprisoned him and his son Icarus in the Labyrinth, certainly a proof that it was excellently devised since not even the maker of it could discover the exit without a clue. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joy and relief swept through Kaede, and she took the Queen’s hands in her own, discovering that the Queen was clutching Elowen’s medallion in her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Cape Town surgeon X-rayed my heel and discovered bone fragments that had probably been there since Fort Hare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was initially assigned to the hospital ward but I will find a replacement, of course, as they will surely discover my talents are better suited in other areas. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The broadcasts changed after this news had been reported —or rather, they changed as soon as it had been discovered by spies that the other nest had a good store of seeds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one of the highest IQs in the study, one might have expected Hodel to discover the structure of DNA or something. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Indeed, historians have discovered that some 35 percent of the cargo typically taken from Europe to Africa originally came from India. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

After searching a row of drawers I discover a worn oven mitt, covered in illustrated gingerbread men. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

First grade was when I discovered eye control; with my seeing I could shrink the teacher down to a height of one inch, gesticulating and mouthing on the horizon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because,” they say, “it was through this painting, this landscape by Adam Costello, that we discovered the marvelous work of tonight’s winner: Buddy Gui.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were going to track down Sergeant Bickle’s son and, according to Phoebe, discover the whereabouts of Phoebe’s mother. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Depth, he decided; as if one were looking into the clear water of the river, down to the bottom, where things might lurk which hadn’t been discovered yet. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When teachers turned around from the blackboard to discover an empty desk in Katherine’s place, they knew they’d find their pupil in the classroom next door, helping her older brother with his lesson. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t time just to sit and discover Him, like I could do when I sat on the creek bank and watched the golden carp swim in the sun-filtered waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidence of such settlements has been discovered throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Levant, where the Natufian culture flourished from 12,500 BC to 9500 BC. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I discovered the answer: Okay, so it was Gordy who showed me a book written by the guy who knew the answer. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was the glory of discovering a lost Poe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the twelfth day out from Elephant Island, however, they discovered a potential disaster. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

What happens when they discover I’m not like Quinton at all? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

That first day, as I wandered through the house that belonged to my new family, I was ecstatic to discover the inground pool, and I begged to swim. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you were discovered moments later, right beneath it! An explanation, if you please!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We move in accord with laws of nature that Kepler first discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Austronesian colonists of Madagascar reached India from Indonesia by that eastern trade route and then fell in with the westward trade route to East Africa, where they joined with Africans and discovered Madagascar. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Brotherhood was a world within a world and I was determined to discover all its secrets and to advance as far as I could. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to think about what will happen when my parents discover I’m gone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I discover one of them twenty yards off in a shrub. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was, in fact, a Welcome sign there, though many new ones, they had discovered, could not read. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Archimedes’ proof by triangles was as close as you could come to the idea of limits—and calculus—without actually discovering them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At night we kissed, shy at first but quickly bold, and discovered pleasure and solace in each other’s arms. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The reply, we soon were to discover, was invariable: "Only two mile more, Sah’b...." Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She must have discovered something—who really killed her brother, or some other truth about the Republic. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This ‘brute’ fact has become a brute fact for us; but that is because the process by which the mountain was discovered, measured, named and made famous has become invisible to us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the Michigan state police raided an illegal Detroit bar, they discovered the local congressman, the local sheriff, and the city’s mayor all having a drink. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They discovered that the whole- leaf lettuces stayed fresh right through to dinner the following Saturday. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was the thing she treasured most in the world, because it was the thing that was finally going to help her discover her Talent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stunned, he discovered that she was still breathing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered the burrows they made in the bank, built with mud and bits of straw. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the months following the epic deed, though, Waterman discovered that instead of putting his demons to rest, success had merely agitated them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, Kit had soon discovered that Mercy was the pivot about whom the whole household moved. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But since Anna’s murder Bill had, by all appearances, vigorously sought to discover who the culprit was. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She opened the door and discovered a local police officer and a sheriff. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Shin would eventually figure out that the night guard at the school had claimed all the credit for discovering the escape plan. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It is now. But a trip like this? You will find something to fill it with. A truth of your own, that you discover on your own.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When I tried jumping, I discovered that I could leap thirty feet straight up and land back on my feet with catlike grace. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But how did this sugar-thing start? I mean who discovered you could get that—” she pointed to the deep amber of the last pan that was draining slowly out into the can, “—from that?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I subsequently traveled, I discovered the positive impression Oliver had made on diplomats and statesmen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her professional life, she was so good at lying low that it is difficult to discover exactly what she was up to during this period. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Returning to Florida for his father’s funeral, he rummaged through the BlueBird Inn, discovering old books and letters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Stairs that went down however, he had discovered, were fairly simple. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Descriptions of the red car’s occupants, provided by witnesses who had noticed them loitering in the area where Otto Ziegler’s body was discovered, had been circulated through the Midwest and Western states. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discovered this a few months after we moved in, when Lori’s foot crashed through the spongy wood floor in the living room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We will be lucky if we can postpone the search for new technologies for a while, until we have discovered some satisfactory things to do with the extra time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I peered inside, however, I was shocked to discover that Beck was still alive. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, searching for my map, I discovered that I had lost it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were interested to discover some activity beneath the bridge—more workers in white uniforms, navigating a boat among the pilings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And in the end, what I discovered was that both of my parents are monsters. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Penelope had secretly wished for a pony ever since she was a tiny girl and discovered the Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! books in the Swanburne library. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And they followed this way quite unthinkingly, changing places and lands little by little, with some of them settling in the lands already discovered and others seeking new ones. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stood there leaning against the closed door, my heart beating with excitement and the dread of being discovered. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And the way her face lit up, she looked a bit like a baby bird who’d just discovered there was sunlight in the world. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He must have been pleasantly shocked not just to discover the house intact, but to be greeted at the door by his nephew and Mr. Wood. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that he was already deep into alcoholism. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bert Lewyn, the Jewish teenager forced to work in a Berlin munitions factory, discovered that he was also marked for deportation to a concentration camp, he went into hiding. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was the trip to Michigan in the wintertime when I put congolene on my head, then discovered that the bathroom sink’s pipes were frozen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night he’d lie on his bed, the laptop resting on his chest, earbuds in his ears, exploring and discovering, swimming in the Sea of Lydia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper discovered that when a penguin has found steps going up somewhere, it is absolutely impossible to keep him from climbing them. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had just discovered it then, the power that he had, the power to veer, and was still confused by it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the more the prospect of Ocean discovering these pages felt a bit like freedom. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But they never discovered or disturbed the mound where the old man lay buried. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the schoolyard his very prettiness caused some difficulty until it was discovered by his testers that Aron was a dogged, steady, and completely fearless fighter, particularly when he was crying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The various declination of the needle under different meridians was first discovered by Sebastian Cabbott, and its inclination to the nearer pole by our countryman Robert Norman. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I discovered later that I’d bitten my thumbnails down to their bleeding nail beds waiting for Paul’s planned assault from behind. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Every noise woke her, and Chaol hadn’t yet discovered who might be targeting the Champions one by one. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once it was discovered, cooking became one of the most important tools of the human omnivore. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I discovered a bird with a black head and mahogany-colored tail as long as my arm, curved like a bow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt he had discovered the locker and its riches. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny dropped the cushions, leaned over to tug the paper free, and was shocked to discover herself in possession of a sealed packet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And Molly discovered that she actually likes to study. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Using the tips of her forefinger and thumb like a pair of forceps, she pulled at it and discovered a ten-ride pass for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed privacy for this thing he was discovering about himself: a place to test it in secret, to weigh his own fear for what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

There was one more thing about cedar—a sort of secret that Pocock had discovered accidentally after his first shells made of the wood had been in the water for a while. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Epidemiologists have since discovered that the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria was one of the initial epicenters of aids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon enough, with a few quick strokes, she discovers a whole community of train riders and their descendants. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were always showing Columbus discovering America, having one helluva time getting old Ferdinand and Isabella to lend him the dough to buy ships with, and then the sailors mutinying on him and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The world, I discovered, was not all that interested. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The audience will have been beside themselves, knowing I was in the tree, that I overheard the Careers talking, that I discovered Peeta was with them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her expression is pinched today, like she’s walked into a room to discover a forgotten ham covered with maggots, which is just what happened over Thanksgiving vacation just one year before. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The exact chronology of their evolution remains unknown, but could be resolved by the next object that a farmer discovers in a field. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He eventually discovered that there were whole dictionaries of slang. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was clear: It wouldn’t stay on that rock long if the jackals and vultures discovered it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was interesting, once I started to analyse and sort the examples, to discover that the greengrocer’s apostrophe formed just one depressing category of the overall, total, mind-bogglingly depressing misuse of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He examined it and discovered that he had left the handle off the knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was afraid we might not discover her mother alive, and I was beginning to share that fear. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Even Mercy was surprised, and frequently a little disturbed at the drama that Kit seemed to discover in these long- familiar narratives. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was startled to discover that the sister he had remembered as beautiful was not at all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is comforting to discover that I am not, after all, the only Judas to have been interned behind these desecrated hotel walls. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her frown deepened when she discovered the Captain of the Guard smirking as they walked into the fray of the readying company. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I like looking up, discovering eagles’ nests wedged between branches. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He early discovered that a smiling helplessness was his best protection from work. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ronan pulling two clams out of the sand is like a pirate discovering a chest full of gold coins. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I discovered what lazy nest builders they were, taking over the abandoned homes of others whenever they could. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the months and years ahead, Shin would discover all things modern: streaming video, blogs, and international air travel. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But she knew: When she had discovered the caracal’s footprints, she had seized on that to explain Rumpy’s injury. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the streets, for instance, I discovered that New Yorkers never look up at the awe-inspiring buildings towering above them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Transformation was discovered by an English bacteriologist named Frederick Griffith. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Try to discover a hidden secret within his mind that would help them know what to do. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But first I had to discover that I am an invisible man!’” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The two Witchlings set off for the Uncle’s home, which was down the lane from Starlight Cottage, to share what they had discovered. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Already they had discovered nine burials, one body placed in a big funerary urn, all apparently interred at the same time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The waves had almost stopped passing over Francie when she discovered to her fright that something was wrong with her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Frank blacked out, and awakened to discover that he had killed his mother’s attackers, he had also removed the evil from the murder. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What she would do with it once she discovered it, well, that she did not quite know. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

One day as he was strolling peacefully about the grounds, he discovered two tiny babies that had been abandoned in a basket under the grape arbor. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Dante was watching me search the sky through the lens of a telescope, he whispered, “Someday, I’m going to discover all the secrets of the universe.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We accomplish the ring plane crossing and suffer no collisions with the particles and boulders of the newly discovered rings of Jupiter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month and a half later, the FBI discovered the three men’s bodies buried in a fifteen-feet-deep earthen dam. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children were disappointed when they discovered that the romantic phrase simply meant that you threw a lump of iron attached to a rope overboard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With these conditionals, anything goes: you can use pretty much any tense in the if and then clauses, depending only on when the relevant events take place or are discovered. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He and Tom Geisbert, following tradition in the naming of new viruses, named the strain they had discovered Reston, after the place where it was first noticed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had started with one anomaly, the floating chip of ebony, and discovered another, the floating needle; as a consequence he had done his best to make sense of surface tension. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The bacterium which causes tuberculosis was discovered not invented by Robert Koch in 1882. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was a whole universe waiting to be discovered in a pickup truck. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I would make him see the injustice of such a thought, and I would discover whether I had been betrayed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Before long, I discover a tuft of chives growing at the base of some rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You look conscious. Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer. This letter is from Mr. Collins.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He’s discovered me, and he’s come to kick me out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I access his memories and discover that he and Austin first became boyfriends at this very celebration, a year ago this weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, I discovered that the reasons for his not speaking were layered. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pious people, Muslims, who believed the twin babies were a sign of double luck, and they were sure of this when, later in the evening, they discovered how valuable the babies were. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she inhaled sharply and squeezed her arms around her body, the painful reality hitting her that her father would never again discover a new word or idea to share with her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief not to be writing out the she saids, or describing the weather or the onset of spring or her heroines face—beauty, she had discovered, occupied a narrow band. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They wanted to be gone when she discovered it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So if you discover that O = R at the start of the message, you still don’t know what O means later on. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The one I hope he doesn’t discover and rip from my throat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, delayed mortality may be more extensive than the immediate kill and, as the Montana biologists discovered, it may go unreported because it occurs after the fishing season. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He came back at last to the stone door of the orc-passage, and still unable to discover the catch or bolt that held it, he scrambled over as before and dropped softly to the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I discovered that if I took a deeper breath I could float up in the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't that we’d been discovered that made us wary, it was that they were confident enough to call out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Anne Frank’s book was a natural choice, but I was really excited to discover the book by the young Bosnian writer, who critics are hailing as a “modern-day Anne Frank.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I shall,” Ignatius said and licked at a crumb that he had discovered in the comer of his mouth. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, discovering your name prophecy was a momentous occasion, even if it happened at the time of your death. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then again beneath the bole of a great tree on the very edge of the wood more prints were discovered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Being an anthropologist was my second career choice after musician in a punk band, so I studied Selena and her friends as if they were a newly discovered culture. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He felt around the back of the column some more and discovered a square hole about the size of an electrical socket. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I discovered this from a public service announcement that I saw late one night on television. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By nightfall they had discovered no trace of Merry and Pippin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was in this manner that they discovered Mr. Pirzada, and phoned him, and invited him to our home. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He envisioned himself being discovered here tomorrow morning, collapsed in exhaustion, a disgrace to himself and The Vigils and the school. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger felt the icy wind of the night sweep over him and he discovered that he was wet with sweat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was disappointed to discover that Dumbledore was not waiting in the hall, which meant that he had to return to the living room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And despite my skinny muscles, I had discovered my own superpower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Cantor discovered that the set of real numbers is much, much bigger than the rationals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a long time before I discovered the score was fifty-fifty. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Once he discovered Flush, he was all music, all the time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

More than that—as Lyra had discovered, she had once been a nun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had just a few minutes before another patrol came through and discovered a door that shouldn’t be locked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the bug didn’t fly off, Jinny opened her eyes, reached to swat at her face, and discovered that the bug was not a bug but a finger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You already know about alchemy. It is about penetrating to the Soul of the World, and discovering the treasure that has been reserved for you.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as Buksa and the other Jur-chol men were removing the hive from the tree, the bees woke up and were not at all happy to discover that their home was being taken away. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the otters discovered a robot head in a tide pool, and they all dove in and took turns rolling it along the bottom. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He meets the local villagers and discovers that an evil man with a machine gun has enslaved them, forcing them to grow poppy flowers that he turns into drugs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Saturday morning I woke up and discovered his car gone, Charlie’s bed empty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh, c’mon, it looks terrible. I cut it myself. Thus I discovered another talent I don’t have.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the musty hole, Poppy discovered secret shelves and shallow corridors dug into its sides above the water level. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I drove around the perimeter of Jefferson Park so we could avoid driving past our houses, just in case our parents had woken up and discovered us missing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Discarded on the floor is the Ptolemaic system, which became indefensible when Galileo discovered the phases of Venus, and Ptolemy himself lies slumped in the background. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Once they discovered he was a big softie, despite his massive strength and his scary looks, they made them selves feel good by picking on him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Three years later, he discovered her birth certificate in a trunk and pitch-forked her to death. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Being out in the world by himself he had discovered that everyone was talking about his fathers book—even boys his own age. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the fourteenth century, nearly all of music’s vital components had been discovered: notation, both melodic and rhythmic; structural organisation; and polyphony, the layering of voices on top of one another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In three hours Marie-Laure’s numb fingers discover a stranded jellyfish, an encrusted buoy, and a thousand polished stones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When my father discovered my colony of frozen slugs in the basement freezer, I chose not to explain my complex theories of suspended animation. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Dome will bleed if your purpose is discovered,” his father had warned him, as they watched the children frolic in the pools and fountains of the Water Gardens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Katherine and I manage to get back to school, wash up, and change without being discovered. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Vonetta was discovering her longer legs, dodging and dashing off, avoiding Fern’s blows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But she discovered that the opposite was happening: With each passing day, she wanted more time. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slept for a few hours and then spent the morning poring over the travel guides I’d discovered the day before. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know everything about her, but I discovered there wasn’t too much to know. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Matt discovered he could re-create the songs Celia sang to him, using one finger. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ancient Greeks discovered the uses of various mixtures of petroleum, pitch, resins, sulfur, and quicklime as incendiary weapons, delivered by catapults, arrows, firebombs, and ships. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the past it was usually laziness, prejudice, or lack of foresight that made a bad scythe, Citra had discovered. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When I sorted the remaining messages by sender, I discovered that I’d received over five thousand e-mails from Innovative Online Industries. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He tried it on a human being and discovered the same thing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The expedition had discovered the hard way that in this part of the unexplored Amazon jungle, for some reason unknown to them, food was scarce. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I was not afraid that the men would discover me, because they worked on the beach or hunted in their canoes all day. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But also creatures yet to be discovered in the seas’ depths.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I started making zines earlier this year when I discovered Dad’s collection of punk music zines from his high school days. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There they had discovered William Henry Blore, standing staring at the mainland. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We discovered that a man named Bill sold fresh fish on Prospect Street, and that a shop in Harvard Square called Cardullo’s sold bay leaves and cloves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They had found many of their simple stone tools but, at that time, none of their bones had been discovered. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When did you discover you were a prince and would someday be king? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, a rat can hang from a chandelier for only so long before he is discovered. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And you shouldn’t try to discover what they say,” she added over her shoulder. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After sunrise the bees would come out and I discovered that by slapping my two palms together smartly I could kill a bee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down and discover I’m holding a bundle of two shirts and what appear to be curtains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have a TV, either,” I tell her, happy to have discovered another thing we have in common. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was as if they had suddenly discovered that they were standing on the moon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t Lyra said that the scientists in her world had discovered something like that about Dust, which was their name for Shadows? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jam imagined Redemption being furious at having a secret discovered, and even just imagining it was painful, because then it would mean that he had a secret that he hadn’t shared with her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A new species of yeast, apparently unique to Antarctica, was discovered in his samples by his widow, Helen Simpson Vishniac. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of explaining, Ophie just took her mother’s hand and pulled her through the garden and into the house so she could discover the truth for herself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Where did they go next, once they discovered I was gone? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It takes an awful lot of sap to make one cup of syrup, I discovered—thirty-two cups, to be exact. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked down the hall until she reached her father’s study, and discovered that it was occupied. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In Ofnet Cave in Bavaria, archaeologists discovered the remains of thirty-eight foragers, mainly women and children, who had been thrown into two burial pits. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Singleton sat down in a windowless room in Brigham City, his immodest investigator’s surroundings, put one of the discs into the computer, and discovered what looked like nonsense. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kathy would return home and discover to his dismay that the only room in which he could be alone was his kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My secret is discovered at last, hmm? Was it wrong that I hoped one day you might uncover it?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They looked down over the sill and discovered the problem: The fast-growing crowd of spectators, emboldened by seeing passengers in the first car, had leaped into the next car, ignoring shouts to stay back. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Even if we do discover a complete unified theory, it would not mean that we would be able to predict events in general, for two reasons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’ve discovered that most people I’m afraid of are actually very friendly. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Most of these wardresses had no idea why we were in prison, and gradually began to discover what we were fighting for and why we were willing to risk jail in the first place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laid low by the moldy seeds, McCandless discovered that he was suddenly far too weak to hike out and save himself. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly important were the exact arguments needed to understand how Linus Pauling had discovered the a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And, having thought of it as the face of a stranger, he tried to look at it as a stranger might, and tried to discover what other people saw. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever she discovered something that everyone besides her seemed to know, she assumed they had learned it during third grade, which she’d missed because of the accident. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We do not know in advance who will discover fundamental new insights. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did my best not to give away anything of my exasperation on discovering that a task I had thought all but behind me was in fact still there unassaulted before me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is only after 200,000 other worlds have been colonized that, in the usual course of things, our solar system would be accidentally discovered to harbor an indigenous civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was discovered in a hotel room with a woman not his wife, his name would appear in the section of the newspaper reserved for public shaming. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I discover a secret panel that looks like thick pink glass, but it's just a hologram, and I walk right through it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly every mobile home has a dog, as Charley discovered to his delight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I entered into it, and it enveloped me, and beneath its roiling surface I discovered something quiet and gentle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After spending twenty minutes in the neutron-rich environment next to the cyclotron, they discovered that they had each absorbed several hundred daily doses. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Reyna had discovered that once he fell asleep it took a lot to wake him up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, he discovered the note and knew they were gone. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Shapley discovered that the globular clusters were not centered around the solar neighborhood but rather about a distant region of the Milky Way, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, the Archer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I even discovered that I could earn bonus points by delivering a line in the exact tone and with the same inflection as in the film. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We arrived at the hospital midmorning for what should have been a simple procedure, but when the doctors tried to remove the splints they discovered tissue had grown around them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Owens sang all that before she discovered that she had forgotten how the song ended. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The instant rift is so acute, it wouldn’t surprise me to discover a chasm in the floor between us. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But their knowledge peaked at seventeen, when they ventured out of their parents’ homes and discovered that America had guns and cousins, too. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Sisters discovered the madwoman’s escape an hour after dawn. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

O’Brien tried it on and was surprised to discover that it fit even his long arms. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were instructed to repair the garments, but we discovered that most of these jerseys were frayed beyond repair. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z