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

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

Whatever he discovered he kept to himself and Milkman didn’t ask him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But I was not comfortable with my newly discovered name either. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He examined it and discovered that he had left the handle off the knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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 have listened to accounts by such travelers in which every road number was remembered, every mileage recalled, and every little countryside discovered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

“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

“But also creatures yet to be discovered in the seas’ depths.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had also set out to illustrate Archimedes’ principle in action, and as a consequence had discovered a further anomaly, that a weight of water could lift a weight greater than itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Where did they go next, once they discovered I was gone? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In just a few hours, she discovered all kinds of strange and interesting things. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks into his work at Grand Coulee, Joe discovered that among the many college boys who had converged on Grand Coulee seeking work that summer there were two from the Washington shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I would like to have discovered what had become of Mr Graham, for although we had not known each other well, I would say we had got on on those occasions we had met. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

That world was discovered by the Dutchman Antonie van Leeuwenhoek when, in 1676, he was the first to see living creatures invisible to the naked eye. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And when the telephone rang, suddenly, alarmingly, on the desk in front of me, my heart leapt and I started up in terror, thinking I had been discovered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Ernest now discovered one hazard of overambitious planning: the cost overrun. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

The basement was our home for the next week and, by the third night, I discovered the source of the scratching sounds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You discovered how to avoid quicksand and how to locate streams in otherwise parched land. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The third cardinal feature of gene regulation, Monod and Jacob discovered, was that every gene had specific regulatory DNA sequences appended to it that acted like recognition tags. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

He wondered what had happened when they discovered that the boy who had been lying on the sofa and hearing all their secret plans wasn't really Corin at all. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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 man who discovered that fact was Walter Nelson-Rees, a chromosome expert who was director of cell culture at the Naval laboratory. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mom ran down the hallway to the kitchen, where she discovered the kitchen on fire. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The authorities discovered among the man's possessions a name that they believe is his. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered a lively and gregarious group of people who did not seem to pay attention to color at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all because she’d discovered, by herself, a secret — that working was enjoyable. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Ser Rodrik's hand went to his face to stroke his whiskers and discovered once again that they were gone, lie looked nonplussed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not every building had a Colored bathroom, a fact that Mary Jackson had discovered so painfully during her rotation on the East Side. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

With his pipe, genially self-effacing manner, and electrified hair, Einstein was too splendid a figure to remain permanently obscure, and in 1919, the war over, the world suddenly discovered him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

I had little doubt I’d not be welcome if he discovered I was close. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

An image of my skeleton being discovered come spring spurred me into action. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She allowed the men to buy her drinks, dinners, later to take her in taxis to their apartments, in neighborhoods she had not yet discovered on her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The voice came from behind him, and Moss discovered that in his position, he didn’t have enough leverage to turn around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They also discovered, among the piles of stones at the base of a cliff, some stones whose shapes suggested the possibility of their being crude tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you discovered a planet, what would you name it? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

As he grew a little older he discovered machine guns and tanks and bazookas and, of course, bombs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

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 the Dark Mark had been conjured, and the elf had been discovered holding Harry’s wand, what did Crouch do?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

The other boys discovered their own truths when we built our rockets, but those were mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Having observed the moon, Galileo turned his telescope to Jupiter and discovered that Jupiter had moons. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I investigated a Help Needed sign at a dressmaker’s shop and discovered I would not find work anywhere because I didn’t have the proper papers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

Once they started processing food, they discovered they could make more money by buying produce from other farmers than by growing it themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hide was better than a tree because you had a chance of breaking the line if you were discovered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

We spent a month getting to know each other again, and I discovered that I had a brother and a stepsister. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, many discoveries were made by men of low social status, men like Columbus himself, or Cabot, who had discovered the variation of the compass. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Once he discovered Flush, he was all music, all the time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

I soon discovered that rock ’n’ roll was a type of popular music. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

The words were the same on the hundredth reading as they'd been on the first, when Sansa had discovered die folded sheet of parchment beneath her pillow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Horrified, he discovered he had forgotten the name, “—a pet hospital,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

And in the end, what I discovered was that both of my parents are monsters. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

When she investigated further, she discovered that the groups had failed because they did not have the money necessary to continue their work. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Unlike my mother, my father, Eugene, discovered Islam from his family members. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In Sudan, thinking he was going to die of Ebola, he had discovered that a bottle of Scotch is the only good treatment for exposure to a filovirus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plunking it onto the paste, they goaded it forward and discovered to their delight that its footprints did indeed match those of the fossil Buckland had been studying. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Not to his surprise, he discovered that overall Indians have fewer HLA types than populations from Europe, Asia, and Africa. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The one person in Yana Urku who is not at all impressed with my newly discovered ability to write, direct, act, and get good grades is Papito. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Meg, who went shopping in the afternoon and got a ‘sweet blue muslin’, had discovered, after she had cut the breadths off, that it wouldn’t wash, which mishap made her slightly cross. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Standing perfectly still like that, I discovered my shadow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized he must have discovered the letters missing from his coat pocket. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If McCandless had walked a mile or so upstream, he would have discovered that the river broadened into a maze of braided channels. Into the Wild 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

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

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

We discovered that the faucet handle for a fire hose was missing—you wouldn’t be able to turn it on in a fire—and duly noted it on the form. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a beeline for the wood dock I had discovered the afternoon before, needing to find some way to wash out the jitters racing through my heart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ralph discovered he even missed—sort of—his little brothers and sisters and cousins. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally returned, she was careful to speak only of unimportant things, for while he had been gone she discovered, to her surprise, that she missed him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It was some time before Milkman discovered what they were so tense about. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the realm of power, Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty—necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

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

Instead, they discovered several points at which the yield abruptly jumped out of the curve. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She discovered in herself a warmth for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

In books hatred is often described as hot, but at Capricorn's festivities Meggie discovered it was cold—an ice-cold hand that stops the heart and presses it like a clenched fist against the ribs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

While Dasch and his team were busy shopping and meeting at the Horn & Hardart Automat, the FBI was examining the boxes of explosives and equipment the Coast Guard had discovered on Amagansett Beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

His discovery was a triumph of scientific deduction, for the neutron, which gives deuterium its additional weight, was not discovered until many months after he identified the isotope itself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

You cannot, as even the victors at Gettysburg discovered, win them all. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

“So,” said Dumbledore, slipping off the desk to sit on the floor with Harry, “you, like hundreds before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A small treasure of a book hidden inside a big common one—like...spells printed on dragonfly wings, discovered tucked inside a cookery book, right between the recipes for cabbages and corn. 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

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

Almost like toys abandoned in the woods for years, recently discovered by the next generation of kids ready to play war. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He held it in his little hands proudly, like he’d discovered a big brown diamond. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Too, Penelope longed to ask about the strange staircase the children had discovered upstairs, but she did not feel it wise to confess to Lady Constance that they had wandered into the attic without permission. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Police discovered that his license had expired a few weeks earlier, so he was taken into custody. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Upon entering that house, I discovered a pathetic scene that moved my heart: The room now was filled with merrymakers and roustabouts upon the trestle-benches, calling toasts to one another. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Heisenberg and the other German scientists were still in Germany, where fission had been discovered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her relief was sweet when she discovered that it was too soon to show. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered the almost mystical attachment that the Xhosa have for cattle, not only as a source of food and wealth, but as a blessing from God and a source of happiness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the devilry is in the details, and as I delved deeper, I discovered that the money in dispute was connected to another victim of the Reign of Terror, George Bigheart. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When he discovered there was still a little water left in the bottom of the pail, he raised the pail high in the air and dumped the water on himself and made faces. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They explained how they’d been tending their herd that morning and discovered a giant sack in the road. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

When our dads had discovered we lived on the same street, our moms had thought it would be fun to have a playdate. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

Afterward, the boys discovered that they had signed themselves into the SS. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They could not consider the human scalp an appropriate palette for self-expression, could not own a rainbow-striped flag, and could not say they had "discovered" any shop or restaurant currently listed in the phone book. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I admit I was pretty happy the widow was hiding out inside when I discovered just why Mr. Bernoffski had been so possessive of his mower. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We discovered the color of each other’s eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He felt they would never be discovered here. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Conveniently a natural test of the theory arose when the Shoemakers and Levy discovered Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which they soon realized was headed for Jupiter. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Arul joined him, and the boys discovered even more: golden laddu balls, some half eaten, some barely touched. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“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

Maybe they have discovered some fact about his parentage that even he doesn’t know, something ruinous. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the wall with the rolled-up carpet, I discovered nine thumbtack holes in the cracked and paint- peeled wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

Reyna had discovered that once he fell asleep it took a lot to wake him up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

He had discovered that he could make cards float and he could turn marbles into mice and he could rip up a piece of paper and make it whole again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

In this exceedingly slippery situation, citizens who suffered direct financial loss from damage to apple orchards or bees discovered that there was no one to sue. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

This trick I've discovered made Mr. Daniels say I’m a genius. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

I discovered that my speech was becoming slurred, and there was a lightness in my head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Across the nation in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon two policemen discovered a fire beginning in the San Francisco Black Muslim Mosque, and quickly extinguished it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent exactly enough time among the vases of ancient Greece to be able to man their waiting stations and not be discovered. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out my check-book and deducted four checks drawn since the first of the month, and discovered I had a balance of $1832.60. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

I had discovered that was the best way to get rid of friends. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I believe the authorities dropped the case simply to get hold of that document — which, as they discovered, contained nothing they did not already know. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A boring place for a mouse, Ralph decided, until he discovered something interesting on a bottom shelf behind a big desk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I then discovered with wonder the teachings of the great Buddha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he and a sailor swam to another island and discovered a hidden camp where some native islanders had kept fresh water and hardtack and crackers. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

At the bottom of the slope we discovered a kind of tunnel that went right through the bank from one side to the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered several small stone rooms with heavy wooden doors and tables inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was quite useless to think of hiding it, but he could at least make sure whether or not its existence had been discovered. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

It was the young soldier who discovered the great pine tree, its lowest branches four feet off the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Milagros discovered a rope dangling down, she gave it a tug, and a little cowbell jingled above our heads. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She left behind an autobiography, which Michel Foucault discovered in the archives of the French Department of Public Hygiene. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

He had no inhibitions, and whatever ones he discovered I had he’d pry away from me like little treasures. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

And when he discovered that his white wife loved not only him, not only this other black man, but the whole race, he sat down, closed his mouth, and never said another word. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked back up again, there was a softness in his eyes that made him seem younger, like a curious boy who’d discovered something new and intriguing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As Hobbes remarked of his friend, ‘Roberval has this peculiarity: whenever people publish any remarkable theorem they have discovered, he immediately announces, in papers which he distributes, that he discovered it first.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Eventually, a team of gunters tried to dig a tunnel under the dome wall, and that was when it was discovered that the shield was actually a complete sphere surrounding the castle, above- and belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Count Mallevant said, “I understand there is a scholar aboard this American ship—who is interested in astronomy. A very great scholar who has discovered a new way to work lunars.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She discovered a rhythm, pumping her arms, throwing all of herself into movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“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

Instead she discovered she was pregnant with me and shipped him divorce papers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Now I discovered how poor my village was. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

He discovered that what had looked instantaneous from the outside, was, in fact, anything but, and not even close to light speed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Plutonium, they discovered, will fission even faster than U-235, so it could also be used for building atomic bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harrumph. Er, yes, well, I apologize. Now please tell me what you have discovered.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When radium was first discovered in the late 1800s, headlines nationwide hailed it as “a substitute for gas, electricity, and a positive cure for every disease.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

In the year she knew him, before they were married, she discovered a little magic in herself, and for a while felt like a blithe genie released from her lamp. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try as I did to follow a straight line, I soon discovered it was impossible. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

They had discovered one Horcrux, but they had no means of destroying it: The others were as unattainable as they had ever been. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And after we discovered irony, whenever we came across any laughably bad work, we’d go: “Oh yes! Straight to the Gallery with that one!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The baboons, she discovered, were not above eating baby birds and mice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Just compare the two farms: As I discovered in that first phone call, Polyface is so outside the industrial food chain that Salatin won’t even sell his beef, chicken, or pork by mail. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Nearing the fire alarm, V tapped her pocket for the reassuring feel of the photo and—with a gasp—discovered that it wasn’t there. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tuberculosis was only discovered in the nineteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

Two older children discovered Mudgett’s fear and one day captured him and dragged him “struggling and shrieking” into the doctor’s office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

He discovered that, evidently unbeknownst to anyone, someone had filmed the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Asta became an owl and perched on the prow, her feathers shedding the water in a way she’d discovered when she was trying to become an animal that didn’t yet exist. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The magnets kept shorting out for reasons the engineers were able to diagnose only after opening one up, when they discovered its cooling oil had been thoroughly contaminated by rust, metal shavings, and sediment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was, in fact, a Welcome sign there, though many new ones, they had discovered, could not read. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was shallow and warmer than the spring, as she discovered when she took off her shoes and waded into it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Maeve soon discovered she was gifted at caring for the sick. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Gerald, fearful of what he might find, refusing to even imagine what he had discovered, raced across the cold floor and opened Angel’s door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Then the Greek who had been left behind in the camp discovered himself to them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

All they discovered was a strange, sweet smelling spoor that led twistingly into the fen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

With their sonarlike senses, the brothers had discovered a low wall of reinforced concrete—it had sounded hard—and pulled Melina behind it just as the bomb exploded. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The person who discovered this fact is an educational researcher at the University of Pennsylvania named Erling Boe, and he stumbled across it by accident. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Again when reading about the period when he had discovered the prison library, Malcolm X’s head jerked up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ellsworth discovered his mistake, he felt guilty about it, and one can understand how heartbreaking it was to Bobby: “My whole life!” he said, outraged. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Newton discovered the law of inertia, the tendency of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line unless something influences it and moves it out of its path. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later we discovered that after the chiefs arrest, he had been assaulted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth should have looked , and no- body discovered the mistake until after the flight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But Mary Poppins’s eyes were fixed upon him, and Michael suddenly discovered that you could not look at Mary Poppins and disobey her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Stunned, he discovered that she was still breathing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually they discovered that an elongated teardrop shape, with the wide end oriented toward the magnet’s center, quadrupled the maximum potential acceleration to 300 steps, or 150 complete circuits. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His absence wasn’t discovered until near the end of the trip. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Cahokians' solution to this problem was discovered mainly by Woods, the University of Kansas archaeologist and geographer, who has spent two decades excavating Monks Mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

There was other treasure to be discovered as well. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Townsfolk regularly tried to pass off halfdead or gingered up nags to us, knowing that by the time we discovered our mistakes we’d be miles and days away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The next day, they retreated to a large, old floe that seemed solid, and there they pitched camp, but they soon discovered it was not as secure as they had hoped. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She walked down the hall until she reached her father’s study, and discovered that it was occupied. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I discovered I loved him at that moment. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

We walk in everybody’s moccasins, and we have discovered some interesting things that way. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

Then with my fingers, I slowly felt around the object It had a head, I discovered, four feet and a tail Timothy had spent all that time carving a cat a Stew Cat. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But on that Smith Corona I quickly discovered that telling the truth wasn’t nearly as much fun as making things up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The old man claimed he’d discovered the stopball one day down in the Texas League and that he was long gone from baseball when he perfected it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Behind, near the lemon tree, Nhamo had discovered a variety of unfamiliar flowers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She discovered that he was already deep into alcoholism. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he discovered I was Polish, he would throw me off the boat into the Baltic. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When he developed the plate, he discovered it had been spontaneously exposed by the uranium in the darkened drawer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To add insult to injury, the Pythagoreans soon discovered that the golden ratio, the ultimate Pythagorean symbol of beauly and rationality, was an irrational number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

Those rules are only guidelines based on patterns discovered by the theoreticians, which is why there are usually plenty of "exceptions" to every rule. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even if a valid “law” were to be found—and none has yet been discovered—it would probably be so elementary as to prove useless in the face of art’s complexity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we discovered the best ‘ ‘fishing’ ’ audience of all, by far the best- conditioned audience for Mr. Muhammad’s teachings: the Christian churches. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To explain what kept atoms together, other forces were needed, and in the 1930s two were discovered: the strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Food had been discovered, which meant the weird naked ape girl had become old news. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I discovered her sneaking around Reverend Obertask’s office yesterday with his pipe in her hand. Can you imagine?” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like a love letter tossed under a desk, never discovered by its intended love. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He discovered also that he could pay to have food, newspapers, and magazines brought in from outside. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Fearing her father’s anger she left the children on a lonely mountain as soon as they were born, but they were discovered by a herdsman and brought up by him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even in her later years, when she could no longer get out of bed, it seemed that she was simply defeated by decrepitude, but no one discovered that she was blind. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the years to come, even though he had been ill-humored long before he discovered the moth, Pappachi’s Moth was held responsible for his black moods and sudden bouts of temper. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Prepared for anything, the officer and detectives rushed in and discovered Willie. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day in 1948, after I had been transferred to Concord Prison, my brother Philbert, who was forever joining something, wrote me this time that he had discovered the “natural religion for the black man. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She quickly discovered that these women needed help—mostly in understanding paperwork. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He even crossed the slender stone bridge that arched over the abyss and discovered more passages and chambers on the far side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Shotgun hadn’t been exactly fresh when they discovered his body. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the news, they talked about “evidence discovered at Dr. Abdic’s home and in his car,” but they didn’t say what. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After a moment I discovered his tiny eyes in the half darkness. "--so I took one look at him--" said Mr. Wolfshiem, shaking my hand earnestly, "--and what do you think I did?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

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 the end of each year since this takeover, every sheepman, woman, and child in Milagro had discovered themselves heavily in debt to the Devine Company. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Ranzi's surprise, in his home state of Acre—Brazil's westernmost region, a ranching center—PRONAPABA discovered half a dozen large circular ditches carved into the newly cleared land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

And that was okay because I’d discovered that maybe the first rule of punk was to make your own rules. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“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

When he returned, they discovered that Frantig had a fever of a hundred and one. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He actually discovered a coven of true vampires that lived hidden in the sewers of the city, only coming out by night to hunt. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, he discovered the note and knew they were gone. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I was a college undergraduate in the early 1950’s, I was fortunate enough to work in the laboratory of H. J. Muller, a great geneticist and the man who discovered that radiation produces mutations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where to park overnight is one of their largest concerns, they quickly discovered. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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 Walasi-Yi, we discovered, provided other services to bona fide hikers for a small fee—laundry center, showers, towel rental—and we greedily availed ourselves of all those. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world and the shock had made him physically sick. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

So she and her mate took the seedpods, and they discovered that they knew who they were, they knew they were mulefa and not grazers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“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

It is the finest example of inlaid celadon pottery ever discovered and has been dated to the twelfth century. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

“I discovered race in America and it fascinated me.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One would have expected her to look surprised, as you or I would have done had we discovered a small girl sitting on our window-sill first thing in the morning. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In Room 4, he discovered strange-looking pictures spread out on the floor beneath the blackboard. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

One day, on my way home from school, I discovered little gray fish in the puddles. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in the moonlight, what I discovered was that between the palace and the next building there existed only a slight separation. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

They had gone but halfway around the floor when Francie discovered that his gangling awkwardness was extremely deceptive. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

"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

Explorer I was launched with a scientific unit that discovered the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth, later known as the Van Allen belts. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Instead of going back the long way, I hop on a much shakier, nonglass elevator, which I discovered two days ago. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

But when I spoke with Doug Jones, the attorney for the prosecution and a friend of mine, I discovered that Bobby Cherrys attorney had subpoenaed me to testify as a witness for the defense\\ “What?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

And Molly discovered that she actually likes to study. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

He or his disciples discovered the Pythagorean theorem: the sum of the squares of the shorter sides of a right triangle equals the square of the longer side. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, early in the spring, an alarming thing was discovered. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In case one of us is discovered to be a witch, Nhamo thought. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d discovered that he got through the night much better if he curled up on his bunk in the shape of a bulldog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I had no doubt my secret would be discovered. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Bliss discovered that the pus wasn't as healthy as he once insisted. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At six she had discovered the magic books in the enchanted trunks of her legendary Great-Uncle Marcos and had fully entered the world-without-return of the imagination. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we took a lesser-traveled path off the Pacific Coast Trail and followed it to the top of a ridge, where we discovered a golden plateau of desert sunflowers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And despite my skinny muscles, I had discovered my own superpower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When she discovered Rebeca’s passion, which was impossible to keep secret because of her shouts, Amaranta suffered an attack of fever. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

He discovered a number of workers from the editorial and composing rooms still in the building. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He discovered a never-before-seen jellyfish in the darkest part of the ocean. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was overjoyed; I did not even mind when I discovered that the gold pieces I had scrambled for were brass pocket tokens advertising a certain make of automobile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

She took a sip and discovered it wasn’t orange juice, or, rather, not just orange juice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

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

But there were too many people around Boobie, looking at his knee as if it were a priceless vase with a suddenly discovered crack that had just made it worthless. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of years ago a Baltimore shopkeeper named Rusty Barnes was discovered to be a Negro who’d been passing as a white man. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

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

What she did not know—and I discovered many years later—was that someone in Florida had neglected to get the court’s permission for us to live with our relatives in the first place. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

But, as it turned out, I discovered something before we ever made land. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

Fifty days have gone by since McCandless’s body was discovered in Alaska on the Stampede Trail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“It was discovered today,” Cherrie wrote in his diary on March 20, “that someone or one of the camaradas has been stealing our emergency rations! Fifteen of the boxes have disappeared!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

Morgan had discovered an important modification to Mendel’s laws. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dulmo discovered nothing; but his concept of discovery was soon to take on a life of its own. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Uncovering things about someone's background that no one has previously discovered—things that might be hard to discuss but are critically important—requires trust. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

I discovered this from a public service announcement that I saw late one night on television. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been gone about an hour when I discovered that Joseph was nowhere to be found, and I figured out where he was: hidden in the back of Mr. Klein’s truck. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

These were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their heads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the devastating bath of dieldrin recently administered to the farmlands in eastern Illinois for the control of the Japanese beetle, farmers discovered that corn borers had increased enormously in the treated area. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

All of us in the back held our breath, waiting to be discovered. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

After a few minutes of experimentation, I discovered that the only computer that would power on was one of the oldest, the IMSAI8080, the same model of computer Matthew Broderick owned in WarGames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

You might think that Boyle’s law is a bit like the New World—it was there waiting to be discovered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There, Bruce discovered three copies of the ancient text and returned to Europe with them, leading to their later translation into English by Oxford professor Dr. Richard Laurence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I visited Ledgers and Lists, I discovered he only taught one class: Un- likely Maths. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

As his successors discovered that the Americas were not part of Asia, Indians became a dire anthropogonical problem. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the morning, we discovered what the matter was. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Moss discovered their crime, she locked the boys in their bedroom, which had a sliding glass door that opened into the indoor dining room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

On other recently discovered islands where protective measures did not go into effect quickly, exterminations did indeed result: one such victim, the dodo of Mauritius, has become virtually a symbol for extinction. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Sisters discovered the madwoman’s escape an hour after dawn. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At the churchyard wicket he stopped: he discovered I was quite out of breath. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Aggo showed her a courtyard overgrown with twisting vines and tiny green grapes, and Jhogo discovered a well where the water was pure and cold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

I discovered a way to listen to the recording of the piece and play at the same time. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As their research wore on, Dr. Gazzaley and his peers discovered something they found remarkable: Older subjects, age sixty and above, showed increased ability to focus. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In 1988, we discovered an opportunity to get federal funding to create a legal center that could represent people on death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t till later I discovered several church members had lived together for years as husband and wife and had never gotten married. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And when, as the weeks went by, we gradually discovered that we were both in love with the same deceased woman, it was no help at all. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He had discovered my identity and told me that the Coloured community feared that under an African government they would be just as oppressed as under the present white government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rutherford, meanwhile, had busied himself examining “uranium radiation,” his term for the emanations discovered by Becquerel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“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

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

“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

Several days went by before they discovered to their great surprise that none of them had. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Violet moaned her apologies and the woman was satisfied until she discovered that the whole curl was singed clean off. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 had long since discovered that the two-brick hole I used nightly was not the only one in the wall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

“I am cured. A curandera took care of me. She discovered I had been hexed.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I discovered that if I make numbers into a picture story in my mind, the answers come easier. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

W. E. B. Du Bois writes movingly about the moment he discovered he was black, as a young child in school. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when Japanese chemists discovered an enzyme that could transform glucose into the much sweeter sugar molecule called fructose. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He early discovered that a smiling helplessness was his best protection from work. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Pulling over into a gas station, Herbie discovered that his engine was out—out!—of oil, and he fed in two and a half quarts. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the three of them were locked together, acting out some kind of murder mystery, but they hadn’t yet discovered which of them was the victim. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, I looked at them carefully, and I grasped what Jenner had discovered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

My grandmother discovered her body and tried to revive her, but it was too late. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

However, in 1932 a colleague of Rutherford’s at Cambridge, James Chadwick, discovered that the nucleus contained another particle, called the neutron, which had almost the same mass as a proton but no electrical charge. 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

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

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

After five years of searching, I thought it was highly improbable that we’d both discovered the Copper Key’s hiding place on the same night. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Why would a full-grown man place a foreign object into his mouth, especially if it was brown and discovered in a rarely used suitcase? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’d just discovered a whole new continent only a few miles away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“We think it’s some kind of elementary particle. Something quite different from anything discovered so far. But the particles are very hard to detect...Where do you go to school? Do you study physics?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicholas, would you please share this lovely new vocabulary word you’ve discovered. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s discovered me, and he’s come to kick me out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First, it was hiding. Not being discovered. And after hiding became easy, there was Angel. Somehow, Angel became more important than running away.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

James discovered that seventeen dollars wasn't enough to cover his tuition, room, and meals. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

What Brunelleschi had discovered was not the vanishing-point or the distance-point construction; he had not engaged in elaborate measurements or sophisticated geometrical constructions, even if he had the competence to perform them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The buck only discovered that it was caught when it tried to pull away. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

More bodies would be discovered; more rescues would be accomplished. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He might change their plan, and then everything I’ve already discovered will be useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was years before I discovered the shame that hid him from me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They soon discovered that the problem was that old nemesis, contamination. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Why wasn’t more time in school spent studying things that were unknown or not understood instead of things that had already been discovered and explained? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I discovered a small gap through which I proceeded to squeeze my person, but only at some cost to the shoulder of my jacket and the turn-ups of my trousers. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We do also, unfortunately,” replied my father, “for indeed I had rather have been for ever ignorant than have discovered so much depravity and ungratitude in one I valued so highly.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Calpurnia and I may have discovered a new species of plant.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world,” Truman wrote in his diary. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The portrait of Pacioli illustrates the way in which, once perspective had been discovered, mathematics and art went hand in hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

On June 18, Dr. McIlroy suddenly “discovered” that he had brought his dice along, and betting with the “rattlers” became a popular game. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Whenever a new comet was discovered, it gave additional support to Newton’s calculations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

She had not yet discovered what the other two opened. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

I had gone into the theatre fearful of being discovered and punished for writing down the play. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had discovered that grief did not dim with time; it was instead a volatile state of being. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

He had discovered it was more comfortable to land on something softer than the ground. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Cholly had always thought of his father as a giant of a man, so when he was very close it was with a shock that he discovered that he was taller than his father. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humason and Hubble, it gradually became clear, had discovered the Big Bang—if not the origin of the universe then at least its most recent incarnation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Instead credit went to Joseph Priestley, who discovered the same element independently, but latterly, in the summer of 1774. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

In North Carolina, Martin had thought he was onto his father’s buried treasure in the mine and discovered a tunnel instead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was allowed to watch television, but I discovered something about myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

At the twelfth I discovered that he had been counting to himself because he began to count aloud in a noncommittal, half-heard voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny and I unwrapped the fuzzy red material and discovered that the paper was printed in Japanese! Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

And anyway, fighting back is what I’ve discovered I do best. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly important were the exact arguments needed to understand how Linus Pauling had discovered the a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

What the Negro has discovered, and on an international level, is that power to intimidate which he has always had privately but hitherto could manipulate only privately—for private ends often, for limited ends always. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be alone in the wood, now, he had discovered a new world. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Out-of-state police could not make arrests, Kathy discovered, so on any arrest, a local officer had to be present along with any Guardsmen or contractors. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s learning what others have discovered about the world, and then—when you bump up against a question that no one has ever answered before—figuring out how to get the answer you need.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A part of me keeps wishing we’d somehow been able to share everything we discovered with Ruth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any moment, he was telling himself, Sophie would be discovered and eaten. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After much searching, Gwydion discovered Hen Wen’s tracks once more. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Katherine and I manage to get back to school, wash up, and change without being discovered. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Before a cure can be found, the cause must be discovered. But in this case, Cochran, the cause is known. The carrier of the disease is known.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I discovered is that no job, no matter how lowly, is truly “unskilled.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not for me to tell you how to act. But if we are to talk of Furnival’s heirs, in my travels I’ve discovered something of great importance.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

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

Just a few backward steps by Herbert, and they would be discovered. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not before he discovered the meaning of her mark. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists have discovered on even the tiniest islands evidence of the existence of birds, insects and snails that lived there for countless generations, only to vanish when the first human farmers arrived. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

To Bloom’s private horror, he discovered almost immediately that far from being proud of, or even content with, her Chicano heritage, Linda almost hysterically wanted out of her poverty-stifled past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

New ore deposits were discovered in western New Mexico, and procurement officials expressed high hopes for a scheme to extract uranium from phosphate processed by fertilizer manufacturers in Florida. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe Gupta’s men had already captured it, or it had been discovered by a crocodile. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Worse yet, as physicists discovered the intricacies of quantum mechanics, stranger and stranger things began to appear. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

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 Colton, California, he was discovered by another bull and thrown in jail. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Lyra guessed they’d discovered the daemons’ escape, and were wondering how it had happened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Farther along the road, we saw a black man sitting in an odd attitude by the side of the road, and smellt an awful smell; and when we reached him, we discovered him dead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Nately turned to ask his friends and discovered they had gone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

My arrest had been discovered by my friends; Fatima Meer brought some food to the jail for me and I shared it with the two officers in the car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1941, three years before Avery’s landmark experiment, two scientists, George Beadle and Edward Tatum, working in a basement tunnel at Stanford University, discovered the missing link between genes and physical traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“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

Just inside the door, he discovered three ears of dried corn and devoured them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

By writing them down in the order they appeared, I discovered that they spelled something. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

They were very happy, even after they discovered that they couldn’t live on love alone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Boston, however, Holmes had discovered that she possessed other winning attributes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

Archaeologists then discovered an even more interesting tomb. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long he discovered he had a photographic memory. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It clearly applies to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, planets discovered long after Kepler’s death. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, buried among all those rambling journal entries and essays on pop culture, I discovered a hidden message. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Later a minor epiphany was ours when we discovered that she had a dog tooth—a charming one to be sure—but a dog tooth nonetheless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Of course, not all dragons are evil, as I later discovered the demons think they are, for they can be good to you as well as bad. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she discovered something that helped—a bath. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered a scheme of energies—the same unfathomable force that kept the citadel in the sky—and he could feel it all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Declaration stalked all the way while Peach darted across Rural Route 2, back and forth, shouting at all the wonders he discovered along the roadside: “A caterpillar!” and “Dandelions! Make a wish!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the researchers scanned the subjects’ brains, they discovered that this tiny fraction of people seemed to have less activity going on in key portions of the frontal lobe. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But that’s not what the researchers discovered Many policy analysts write as if the obvious way to deal with armies that commit human rights violations is to invade them with our vastly superior military forces. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There being nothing else for it, they filed out, and Merry led them to the path that he had discovered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

It was as if they had suddenly discovered that they were standing on the moon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

If Marcus hadn’t discovered his love for ships here, in our attic, he wouldn’t have driven off that day, and Billy and I both .. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The four were not the first to taste human flesh during this grim march, she would wager—only the first to be discovered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

As in: On the top shelf of Mom and Dad’s closet in a silver safety box JB and I discovered that my dad has jumper’s knee, a.k.a. patellar tendinitis. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

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

Not wanting to be discovered hanging around in another corridor, they went straight into the deserted staffroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Descartes and Beeckman chatted away in Latin and discovered that they had interests in common. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

It was later that first night when I discovered that two of the people hiding with us were Kamal and his father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they discovered these errors, the saboteurs were angry that Kappe didn't seem worried about how easily the bills could be traced back to them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In Europe, archaeologists have discovered scores of skeletons ten thousand years old or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When she put an eye to a knothole in the floor, she discovered two thick-bodied rattlesnakes, taking refuge from the fierce sun. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Victoria told people that her power was discovered when she was a young girl and her mother left her to tend to her baby sister, who had a high fever. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

I discovered this one day when I ate so much algae at the base of a small tree that I exposed its roots. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Often, he would try to keep his mind from worrying about failing Kainene that night; his body was still so unreliable and he had discovered that thinking about failure made it more likely to happen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

I fancied that, should I be discovered, 1 should be caged and tortured like the animals in the experimental chambers, burning compounds applied to my skin, incisions made near my eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The gathering was large and mixed, as Frodo discovered, when his eyes got used to the light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There, the local ground crew discovered Zhenya’s body trapped in her Yak. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Alex had discovered over the years that he wasn’t so great at hiding his thoughts from his parents. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

When I discovered who else wanted me dead, I am telling you—it nearly sent me to Bellevue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And in the end Boukreev discovered, like Hutchison, that everybody he did manage to rouse was too sick, too exhausted, or too frightened to help. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the species she discovered were unknown to Europeans at the time, and her observations were widely quoted and discussed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He looked at Sam Gamgee, and discovered that Sam was watching him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

About five years ago, Mom discovered the Japanese tradition of making mochi on New Year’s. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Timett they discovered looting the bodies of the slain with his Burned Men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I soon discovered that if a wayfaring stranger wishes to eavesdrop on a local population the places for him to slip in and hold his peace are bars and churches. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Hahn had discovered fission less than seven years before. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered this not in the classroom but at the zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

If Elnora found my belongings to be missing, or Laertes reported that our father's goods had been taken, would my death be doubted and my plot discovered? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

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

It must have been around that time that I discovered an essay by Ralph Wiley in which he responded to Bellow’s quip. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

It had taken fifty-three years, but finally Mason Darlington Burgess, the good-for-nothing heir to the Darlington fortune, had discovered the secret ingredient to his own mother’s peanut butter recipe. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I also discovered that he had represented Karen Kelly in a prior proceeding, which told me that he was already familiar with the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Afterward Matt discovered a writhing mass of worms living in the meat, and he watched them grow and eventually turn into buzzing flies themselves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered I wasn’t frightened in the old way anymore. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My mom had had it all reinforced a year ago, after she discovered that one of the night guards was snipping away bits of wire to sell in the scrap metal markets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo, who was now saying Baba hadn’t been dead when he discovered him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

In long afternoons aboard the pony’s back, Johnny discovered a gift for riding. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amélie peeked and discovered that the pages are numbered, so she’s put them all in order for me, but it’s in English and she couldn’t read it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

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

“Of course I am. My mother said that everyone is selfish,” I say, “but I became less selfish in Dauntless. I discovered there were people I would fight for. Die for, even.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the yells and screeches that came from the knoll the hobbits guessed that their disappearance had been discovered: Uglúk was probably knocking off a few more heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On the rocks of the rapids below it searchers discovered the bodies of five more, and also a long black cloak, slashed and tattered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

But who cared, for I had discovered my voice. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She had to do as much damage as possible before the sabotage was discovered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

But she discovered that the opposite was happening: With each passing day, she wanted more time. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Rusakov discovered Dust, at last there was a physical proof that something happened when innocence changed into experience. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Tad wasn’t there, and he wasn’t in the locker room, either, as Frankie discovered upon entering it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

The smile when he discovered that I was his sister, and he my brother. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The FBI discovered that Glitts had advanced degrees from the Sorbonne in Paris and from Princeton University. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now I want to share what I’ve discovered with as many people as possible. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They discovered I could draw: their pencils and colour-boxes were immediately at my service. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

To his horror he discovered a third Hessian. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

Traveling alone and keeping his mouth shut, he discovered that his face and his manner did not advertise his identity as a North Korean on the run. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here is a list of foods we discovered in America: Peanut butter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Improbably he wondered if the neutron–the subatomic particle that had just been discovered in England by James Chadwick, and was thus both novel and rather fashionable–might be at the heart of things. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

In his investigations among fossil skulls, her colleague Oliver Payne had discovered that around thirty thousand years ago a great increase had taken place in the number of shadow particles associated with human remains. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In discovering the moons of Jupiter, Galileo had discovered new worlds, just as the navigators had done. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The curve, however, was no sooner rounded than Jethro discovered that the vague dread he had experienced in passing the cabin had now become a reality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is still a death sentence, just one a little longer in the making. We discovered long ago that the Grisha could prove a useful resource.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One of the stranger effects of fame, Elizebeth discovered, was that the public started writing to you. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

Similarly, nearly forty years later, researchers discovered that the Soviets had moved short-range nuclear cruise missiles into striking distance of the US military base in Guantanamo Bay. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

"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

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

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

“Like you didn’t want to be discovered yet.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

I discovered that to achieve perfect personal silence all I had to do was to attach myself leechlike to sound. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When Frightful discovered what skilled flyers they were, she led them onto a rising thermal. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

She had already discovered, to her horror, that the bathroom was a privy outside the house, and it had no light for night visits. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large numbers of malignant tumors are discovered clinically in children under the age of five, but it is an even grimmer fact that significant numbers of such growths are present at or before birth. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

The opacity of his classroom manner reflected his own insecurity with newly discovered phenomena that require a novel cast of mind to understand even today. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He discovered a comfortable lounge in tourist class, complete with a screen for what were then still often called “talking pictures.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I unhooked the lock, flung the door open, quickly grabbed my gym clothes, and discovered my tennis shoes were missing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Such newly discovered histories appear everywhere in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It reached his waist, but he discovered the pool had a bench around it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So let me tell you a few good things that I discovered during that awful time. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor, he discovered the air was just a bit clearer. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it turned out that Hanako’s grandparents had discovered this afternoon that the wheat was being attacked by insects, so they did not think they could go to Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I fetched my father, who came walking fast as if I’d discovered a viper he meant to behead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monks discovered that the astrolabe, an Arabic invention, was a handy tool for keeping track of time in the evening, helping them keep their prayers on schedule. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating. What do you think would be humanity’s reaction if we ever really discovered extraterrestrial life?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The white-eyed or sable-bodied flies that Morgan and his students had discovered in New York had been fished out laboriously by hunting through massive flocks of insects over thirty years. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Often he discovered that local people were not aware of the trail’s existence or, if they knew of it, were amazed to be told that it ran all the way from Georgia to Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

I am a Californian by birth and also, I have recently discovered, by nature. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

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 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

I have discovered, deep in the hearts of many condemned and incarcerated people, the scattered traces of hope and humanity—seeds of restoration that come to astonishing life when nurtured by very simple interventions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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 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

What I discovered made it very clear why Danny was feeling so miserable. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

When I next ventured down to my lab, I discovered Mom had taken back her kitchen hardware. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pulled up my Latin dictionary to double-check the definition, and that was when I discovered the word had more than one meaning. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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 speak in all modesty as I say this, but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eads discovered that workers began experiencing the bends at sixty feet below ground, roughly half the depth to which a Chicago caisson would have to descend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The world, I discovered, was not all that interested. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

For example, I discovered that the Illia Cloud had a windshield that was kind of the wrong height for me, and 1 didn’t like the dashboard arrangement of the Dodge Cormorant. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men soon discovered how difficult it was to condense a novel into sixty pages, the average script length for a one-hour program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He soon discovered the second drum containing a mussel stew bubbling over the fire. Long Walk to Freedom 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

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

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

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

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

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

Then he discovered an interest in rocks and became with rather astounding swiftness a titan of geological thinking. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the next morning that Worsley discovered holes scorched in his socks, but the skin on his feet was still so waterlogged that it hadn’t burned. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We head to Sasha’s, a clothing store that Rabia and I discovered a couple of years ago, tucked into a corner of the mall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

There I discovered that we would be facing a mirror the entire time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Stewart had long since discovered that she was as strong as any of the men on the plantation. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“In effect, I have discovered the fountain of youth!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

When Úrsula discovered his absence she searched for him all through the village. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We stopped at three other taverns before we finally discovered him at the sign of the Dagger, and then I had cause to wish we had not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I imagined what would happen when my family discovered I was missing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

Cole discovered that high tide occurred midday and began flowing out of the bay within an hour. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Hauptmann’s blue eyes glitter; he looks like someone who has discovered something very valuable lying right in front of him on the ground. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He discovered early on that “being referred” was the adult term for passing the buck. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But, eventually, they permitted me to stay, and I discovered the great African patriots who fought against Western domination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Imagine the time when fire was first discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that freedom meant more than the right to change jobs at will, more than the right to keep the money that one earned. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

What I discovered was a vast industry—a giant agriculture business or agribusiness. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

Traces of his blood and hair would be discovered in the next letter from Billy Boy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

That suggested in turn that the Nazis had discovered plutonium, which they intended, like the Allies, to breed in a reactor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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

However, as civilization developed, and particularly in the last 300 years, more and more regularities and laws were discovered. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When she discovered Great-great-aunt Florentine, she sat on her with a thump. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In examining Pollard’s leg, Babcock discovered that the Massachusetts doctors hadn’t managed the setting and rehabilitation of Pollard’s leg properly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

He had discovered Time and Death and God. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

My heart contracted with fear as I considered that Claudius had discovered my hiding place and now would toy with me, as a cat does a mouse. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

As he sat, terrified that his lie would be discovered, he watched as the SS marched other Polish Jews into the woods. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s completely empty, as I discovered when I tried to clean bugs off the windshield earlier. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In 1801 a British scientist discovered that light interferes with itself, apparently putting the matter to rest once and for all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

Two days later unease turned to fear when they discovered that something terrible had taken place during the night. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

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

He discovered it was ten times as high as it was in the open air: apparently the metal body, reflecting the radioactivity inward from six directions, concentrated the rays more than anyone had anticipated. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

And Sissy discovered that she was madly in love with him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Harry didn’t so much worry me, but what if the younger brothers discovered that Granddaddy was a trove of weird and fascinating facts about Indian fighting, the larger carnivores, hot-air ballooning? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

There was the further danger that if he put one of his assistants to taking DNA photographs, the B structure would also be discovered in Pasadena. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, a long time ago, there was a French explorer named Cadillac, and he was the one who discovered Detroit. And that seal was his family seal, from France.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was only later that I discovered there was a serious flaw with the American version. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was at this time that I discovered the movies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Jones and Allen went together and immediately discovered a house in tiny Emsley’s Alley where the mother was already dead, the father was dying, and two small children huddled together, frightened and hungry. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But I discovered early in life—from my grandparents, my pastor, and others—that in God’s eyes, no life should be lived in hatred or unforgiveness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he was certain she had discovered that the money was missing and knew that he had taken it—sometimes he was certain that she knew nothing. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, he and Lyra surveyed the newly discovered river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Pluto still hadn’t been discovered, which was just as well, because there really wasn’t room for it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he discovered there was no film in his Speed Graphic, he uttered a heartrending groan. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He tried to recall the anger, the disappointment he had felt when he had first discovered that Scipio had lied to them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After New Year’s the second big change occurred: my dream, through which I discovered my longing for...a boy; not for a girlfriend, but for a boyfriend. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

“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

But then, during the course of my research, I discovered an old Dungeons & Dragons supplement called Tomb of Horrors, which had been published in 1978. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Mom discovered her, she said I’d have to find the kitten another home, pointing out we already had two dogs, a squirrel, and a cat, and that was enough animals. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned to practice and discovered his reduction in status, he was livid. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in reality the realization of the truth discovered swept over me in a few seconds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

And later, I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you’re in control. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She had not yet mentioned it to her husband or her children; Moody had discovered their absence only earlier that morning, and was still unsure what to make of it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the nine of us compared notes, we discovered we were all facing an increasing barrage of injurious activities. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 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

From these fragments, researchers discovered that Stone Age mathematicians were a bit more rugged than modern ones. 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

But only three years after Comte’s death, it was discovered that a spectrum can be used to determine the chemistry of distant objects. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

After checking with his attorney, he discovered that because he was a public figure, the producers—Paramount Pictures—had the right to use his name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose there were germs on the moon, and suppose when we brought them back on our clothes and bodies, we discovered that they killed earth plants or animals or people? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

As he become marginally self-aware, he discovered loneliness, regret, and longing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

In the aftermath of the attack she wandered the forest for three days, chewing acorns, until a wagon train discovered her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

“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

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

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

He quickly discovered that strings have a peculiar, yet predictable, behavior. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

He was going to ask for his money back until he discovered that people driving through town on their way back up to the city would pay a fortune for a dozen Easter-colored eggs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

As one researcher would later describe it, Avery had discovered “the material substance of the gene”—the “cloth from which genes were cut.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

I looked around the room, glad when I discovered my duffel bag on top of the low dresser. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Finally, and almost simultaneously, the children discovered what it was like to be drunk. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was known to fire longtime employees for not recognizing an obscure line of movie dialogue he quoted, or if he discovered they weren’t familiar with one of his favorite cartoons, comic books, or videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, my ketzele”—I had discovered this meant “little kitten”—“the sunshine you bring is hot!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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 discovered that giving a teacher an answer makes them expect more from me, and then everyone gets disappointed. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in these streets, plastic was invented, X-rays were discovered, continental drift was identified. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He and Rupa had to get their news to the rangers before she was discovered. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And while Balder was indeed beautiful, the feet she had chosen, Skadi discovered when the curtain was lifted, belonged to Njord, god of chariots, father of Frey and of Freya. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Individual wild animals discovered that they could better survive by hanging around human beings, eating their crops or leftovers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As Lund had in Brazil, British scientists discovered some strange-looking human skeletons jumbled up with the skeletons of extinct Pleistocene mammals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a postern gate to the north, and Gerren discovered a trap under the straw in the old wooden bam, leading to a narrow, winding tunnel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bo pulled at his dyed hair, rubbed his nose, yawned—and then, suddenly, he discovered Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was shocking to me when I discovered it later. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She touched the pushed-up part, brushed away the dirt, and discovered a pale green loop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many such sites have been discovered, mostly in Spain and in southwestern France. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read about the distant countries of the Indies and fantastic creatures discovered by voyagers on land and in the sea. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

I discovered this at the age of sixteen and I’ve never forgotten it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

In its wake it leaves the sort of rich volcanic plains that are ideal for growing potatoes, as Idaho’s farmers long ago discovered. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were so many people out there, hunting so competitively, that it is often not possible to say with any precision who discovered what. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Indeed, when police found the trunk they discovered a hole drilled through one side, covered with a makeshift patch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was someone who minded her own business and had long since discovered it was seldom worth while to interfere with other people's children. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He discovered that being rich was terribly annoying because it was so easy to make money and so difficult to find an incentive for spending it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stairs that went down however, he had discovered, were fairly simple. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

Whatever sum we spent last year was only discovered after we’d spent it, and nobody can be sure what next year’s bill will be. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Anthony V. Bouza, a former top police official in both the Bronx and Minneapolis, discovered this when he ran for Minnesota governor in 1994. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

Ranofer tried twice before he found his voice and discovered how to make it work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Christina has no reservations about poking around—she already discovered two textbooks wedged between the dresser and the wall, evidence of Caleb’s Erudite leanings. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was the moment Papito discovered that the dogs had snuck into a hole in our house’s clay wall and stolen the meat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl, he soon discovered, had a fantastic memory. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

When we discovered that she clearly did not want to dominate us, we liked her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When the man came back to his house he discovered what had happened and he was very angry. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

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

Much to his chagrin, it was discovered that the speaker of the United States House of Representatives owned and operated an illegal still. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

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

When the travelers arrived, the man discovered that the uncle no longer lived there, the house having been abandoned long before. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The water splashed onto her face, and she discovered with surprise that it was salty—like tears. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In September 1832, exploring the gray cliffs and low-lying clay bays near Punta Alta, he discovered an astonishing natural cemetery, with fossilized bones of enormous extinct mammals splayed out before him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

By nightfall they had discovered no trace of Merry and Pippin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I plunged into the woods beyond, and there I discovered the gorge and the white cascade splashing down the black rocks into the pool below. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Cain knew that she’d discovered how he was eliminating the competition. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

These machines were discovered by the police the next day abandoned in a dry arroyo on the western edge of town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the process, they discovered how blurry most reproductions can become when examined through a magnifying glass. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Following work performed in Germany by others, he discovered that the bacterium came in two strains. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And so I discovered the sunken door, and so I came up, for the first time, to moonlight. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

You can imagine how disappointed I was when I discovered the MAV was gone. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Chuck was right, he’d just discovered a link to the rest of the boys. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

Once he discovered Flush, he was all music, all the time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

She discovered that she did not have a spare battery on her belt. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

And very soon after that, Matilda was moved up into the top form where Miss Plimsoll quickly discovered that this amazing child was every bit as bright as Miss Honey had said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He soon discovered that he was mistaken in thinking that they were going to the village, however. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a wonder that Cristiana had not discovered that it was Hamlet I loved. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He seemed remarkably unabashed for a man who had just been discovered pretending to be an armchair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

One Saturday morning I woke up and discovered his car gone, Charlie’s bed empty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

We crossed the clearing, heaved our packs onto the platform, and in the same instant discovered that there were two people there already—a man and a boy of about fourteen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

The team had discovered the red chamber of the virus queen at the end of the earth, where the life form had amplified through mothers and their unborn children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When power is discovered, man always turns to it,” Bateson wrote darkly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

Hurriedly they went through their respective mathematics and discovered that Bill had used an elegant derivation compared to Francis’ more laborious approach. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Which meant that no one else had discovered that it was a palace in disguise. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Stuart, the young Canadian cardiologist, discovered that his crampons didn’t even fit his new boots. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, to its intense gratification, Pennsylvania had also discovered oil—not only discovered it but devised ways to make it industrially useful. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later, within sight of the Abbey walls, Chickenhound discovered a slope that was not too steep and started to pull himself up out of the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Because Dell Duke believed he had discovered a new category of the Strange. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She is searching for something she discovered days ago in the chilly spring air. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I might have discovered that in at least one instance the wheel had stopped, that in spite of all the unrelenting calculation, chance and luck had, at least once, changed something. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

"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

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

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

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

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

They discovered that he still carried the pistol in his hip pocket. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day, the land beings discovered that their islands had shrunk in half. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

I win the first game, I let him win the second: I still haven’t discovered what the terms are, what I will be able to ask for, in exchange. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He soon discovered that what the doctors in Swat told my father was incorrect—the bullet had, in fact, gone very close to my brain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the ruckus died down, they discovered Snow’s body, still tethered to the post. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Maybe the two dates relate to some phenomenon no one has even discovered yet. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the initial side effects wore off and they had stopped cursing my name, I told them what I had discovered the night before. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

When she opened the cover, she discovered two cards. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Scientists discovered in the 1960s that the rate of CH formation and intake varied more than Libby had thought. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He discovered that he was clenching his fists. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And when White learned about a potential witness in the Roan murder case, he discovered that this person had been bludgeoned to death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We had to read a story about a man who discovered a secret treasure. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So he didn’t invent it. He discovered it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was at this moment that three more rebel muskets discovered themselves in the dark of the barn, and fired at our flank—causing great confusion, though I believe none was struck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

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

The Italians first discovered that it could communicate this virtue to steel or iron. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

In the year of his arrival in Cambridge, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X rays at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and the next year Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That’s when I discovered that, as proud as my family and the girls in the gym had been of my performance, not everyone had that point of view. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I could have peeled back the layers of meaning for hours and not discovered them all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

Warren, just turned ten, had himself discovered not only sports but that he was good at them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was easy now to picture what this place would one day become: that sad and desecrated wreck I had first discovered weeks ago. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dill discovered that there was another thing that came as naturally to him as making music. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

Z hadn’t felt too guilty about that until he’d discovered that Dallas was the boy who was going to accompany Sairy on her trip. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

In 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

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

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

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

I have shared with you in this chapter how I personally discovered that the world is flat. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

But a few days later he discovered that he had trouble remembering almost every object in the laboratory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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 was wondering what would happen if someone discovered what we were doing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

If a complete unified theory was discovered, it would only be a matter of time before it was digested and simplified in the same way and taught in schools, at least in outline. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed the building I discovered a narrow passageway running by its further side. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were discovered, there simply was no scenario in which life went on. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The wheat crop was full of weeds, and it was discovered that on one of his nocturnal visits Snowball had mixed weed seeds with the seed corn. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Business associates, friends, and family eventually abandoned Guiteau when they discovered he had swindled them. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Then, searching for my map, I discovered that I had lost it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

Despite all the trouble and danger we found ourselves in, and despite the fact that this strange new world had started to crumble the moment I’d discovered it, I was profoundly glad I was here. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I gave it up; if she were discovered, I'd have that on my conscience too. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a stroke of luck, this key had still been hanging from the van’s ignition when I’d first discovered it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps they’d discovered some new and innovative way to cheat. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And they hadn’t discovered the tunnel beneath the barn. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I played this strange jumble through two repeats, the sour notes staying with me all the way to the end. inti JUI LUl.li LLUb When I stood up, I discovered my legs were shaking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also discovered many useful compounds, among them ammonia, glycerin, and tannic acid, and was the first to see the commercial potential of chlorine as a bleach–all breakthroughs that made other people extremely wealthy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But, like the Invisible Man in H. G. Wells, I discovered that my gift had its price, which took the form of, in my case as in his, a sort of mental darkness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With it he discovered sunspots, the phases of Venus, the craters of the Moon, and the four large moons of Jupiter now called, after him, the Galilean satellites. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Wild ran for his rifle and brought the seal down with one bullet, and when the eleven-foot-long animal was butchered, the men discovered fifty undigested fish inside its stomach. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It is possible that at some later time with third and higher orders of colonies developing new worlds, another independent expanding civilization would be discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It was as if they'd discovered black and white, then maybe brown, but never thought to look for further colours. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“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

He had watched her, after all, mourn her husband’s death and it had been for her in part the discovery that grief could attach itself with permanence—something Ishmael had already discovered. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Until we discovered an odd coincidence,” Az said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The son discovered that Carmine’s birth mother, a new arrival from Italy, died in childbirth, and his destitute father gave him up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

They were imbeciles, as well as being the Sassenach, and she herself was a saint She was, she discovered with a change of posture, interested in nothing but her darling boys. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Gabriel discovered that they spoke, jokingly, of the comparative number of souls each of them had saved, as though they were keeping score in a poolroom. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

A new favorite was being discovered; there was a wall of noise around us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though we discovered nothing new, it meant that they were still looking. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve discovered a trick, and the effect is overwhelming, just like pricking someone with a pin and watching them jump. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

A team led by James Watson and Walter Gilbert at Harvard also discovered the “RNA intermediate” in 1960. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The shoreline, the British discovered, was a cemetery. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There I discovered that I could be visible to the world, yet unseen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“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

Lazlo had known the passage for years, and had assumed it was fantasy—but he had discovered in Thanagost that it was real. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

At two thirty a.m., when the firemen opened the door and discovered the baby, lying in a cardboard box, it had just begun to snow, and everything was covered with a silvery, crystalline dusting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The small boy discovered an old gramophone and dragged it across the floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

I discovered what lazy nest builders they were, taking over the abandoned homes of others whenever they could. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

Prosper had just discovered Victor’s only filing cabinet when the phone rang. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His life’s greatest setback was not having had the moth that he had discovered named after him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He had discovered that the more he drank the more he thought about Remedios, but he could bear the torture of his recollections better. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

I noticed the change in Bailey before I discovered that she was gone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon speaking with several of the workers, all of whom seemed eager to speak with me, I discovered that they received even less pay than Miss Trixie. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a book we discovered. By Virginia Woolf. We’ve been quoting the lines to each other off and on.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

"I soon discovered I had a significant advantage in casing operational sites by not having surveillance," she remarked. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

He is a great figure in the^ history of virus hunting, having discovered and> named some of the most dangerous life forms on. the planet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

“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

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

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

We all stared as if we had discovered some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

I felt rather important, since I had sort of discovered him. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

We discovered large sheets of mica that you could pound into powder and then rub all over your body so you’d shimmer under the Nevada sun as if you were coated with diamonds. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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 farm as Cora discovered it originated one winter night after a blur of slow, heavy snow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then he discovered that the soft thing that was round him was his own blanket, and the soft thing he was lying on was his own bed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Within days, the North Koreans discovered Blake and took him prisoner along with a group of British diplomats and civilians. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Loki had no time to enjoy his triumph, because, he discovered, the spear was stuck in the great bird’s side, and as the eagle took off into the air, it carried him with it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He discovered he was already well adapted to an army regime, to the terrors of kit inspection and the folding of blankets into precise squares, with the labels lined up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I raised my head and discovered that I could not focus on him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

They discovered that boxes of greeting cards made pretty good places to rest if you arranged them like mattresses. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

The Cavendish understandably harbored a proprietary interest in the characteristics of the particle it had discovered, not to mention a native pride in its ability to extract precise measurements from its meticulously hand-built equipment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

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 wanted to know everything about her, but I discovered there wasn’t too much to know. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

I discovered pools of oil and pus under my skin. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She later discovered a charred patch where someone had started a fire. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You seem so happy one would think you’ve discovered gold in your backyard.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Not because I’d been hit, I discovered later, but because I’d successfully managed not to go down in flames over Angers, and had safely delivered them their 500 pounds of Explosive 808. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The artist was discovered at the bottom of the yard drawing the nursemaid Milagros's boy with a brown and a gold and a purple crayon. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

And then, when they discovered that the golden cup was missing? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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 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

When I finally reached the Kmart Plaza I discovered that I was on the wrong side of the road and had to dash through six lanes of hostile traffic. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

I wore a cast for months, and when it was sawed off at last, the arm was discovered to have healed crookedly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When the teacher finally walked down the road and discovered his bloodied students sprawled in the road, he became angry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

To her horror, she discovered that Fabyan had been going through her mail, making sure she didn’t receive any job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not long after they began to get to know one another, she discovered that he did not have a girlfriend after all. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Finally we settled on Columbia, after Christopher Columbus, who discovered America. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

But of course, as we soon discovered, everything had. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Instinct told him that if Colonel Varney had discovered who the men Bull had invited were, then Varney would have done his best to cancel the whole event. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered that she liked talking to strangers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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 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

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

Stressing memorization, my teachers implied that education is largely a matter of acquiring knowledge already discovered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were the only ones she herself had read; maybe they were on a recommended list; maybe she had discovered that they were sure fire as far as eleven-year-old girls were concerned. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We live knowing we are in danger of being discovered at any moment. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

They told one another about where they were from, what their lives were like, their friends back home—though they discovered, to their mutual surprise, that none of them really had any friends back home. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“Alchemy could not become chemistry until its fundamental units were discovered,” a nineteenth-century scientist wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Since antibiotics hadn’t been discovered yet, if another bacterial infection developed, Roosevelt could end up losing his leg. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Upon arrival he discovered that oil-company geologists, the only scientists in the area, believed the Beni was thick with the remains of an unknown civilization. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was still raining the next morning when the men woke up and discovered that two canoes were missing. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Matt discovered the reason Tam Lin had forbidden him to swim at the oasis.That night he came down with the worst stomach flu he could ever remember. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

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

But if Dr. Lange had discovered the missing piece, he may have wired ahead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Charles discovered that this behavior is extremely regular and predictable. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

They were just coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He eventually discovered that there were whole dictionaries of slang. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

This was easy for him to do, for he discovered that the Venetians, moved by other motives, had turned to bringing the French back into Italy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had a dark complexion and an intelligent face, and he casually shook hands with each of the men beneath the tree, men who as I later discovered comprised the highest Thembu court of justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Someone discovered a hole, the size of a plate, in the corner where the stubborn woman sat with her daughters. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mom and I took a trip to a farmers’ market where I discovered that there are so many different types of apples and that my new favorite food was the apple cider doughnut. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Recently, I discovered, an instance arose where the Negro leaders used their economic leverage in a typical manner. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Slowly, I discovered that I wasn’t as weak as I had thought. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Under the lid Jon discovered three duck’s eggs fried in drippings, a strip of bacon, two sausages, a blood pudding, and half a loaf ? of bread still warm from the oven. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And in writing it, I discovered that many people shared the same courage she demonstrated. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She discovered that Inka metallurgy was, in fact, as refined as European metallurgy, but that it had such different goals that academic experts had not even recognized it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The madwoman discovered that it was possible for her to know things. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

What hiding place had Tom Riddle discovered inside Hogwarts Castle, that he believed would remain secret forever? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“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

She pressed her fingers to her temples and discovered the electrodes still attached to her skin. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

They decided that if guards discovered them at the fence, Park would take them out using taekwondo. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

That was the hotel Dasch had called earlier when he discovered they weren't registered there. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I’d discovered it about three years ago and had been a loyal reader ever since. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

When they changed trains in Birmingham for the last leg of the trip, they discovered what luxury they had been in through Kentucky and Tennessee, where the rest stops had all had colored toilets. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

And I’ve discovered that most people I’m afraid of are actually very friendly. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

I groped around until I found the hose leading to it, and discovered that the gun wasn’t really gone, it was just trailing out behind me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I took another look at my school portrait and discovered that I looked like I had a hungry, fuzzy caterpillar sprawled across my face. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There they had discovered William Henry Blore, standing staring at the mainland. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

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

Every day Lancelot went to bis turret at sunset—she had tiptoed away when she first found him there, and he did not know it was a discovered rendezvous. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

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

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

Abby received her degree and moved off to another university, while Mrs. Linden was, in the end, fired when Eliot’s mother discovered that Mrs. Linden’s thermos contained more whiskey than coffee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Yesterday I discovered a new pastime: using a good pair of binoculars to peek into the lighted rooms of the neighbors. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

The tribes of the North and the South have long had contact, at least as far back as the ninth century, as some of the magnificent beads discovered at the historic Igbo-Ukwu site attest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Mrs. Rogers' yard measure discovered in the kitchen dresser assisted them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

First they discovered bird droppings in their detector and checked for other possible malfunctions, but soon ruled these out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty times more Neolithic sites have thereby been discovered in Japan than in the whole of China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self-Reliance” and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

The authorities had decided to build a wall in front of the isolation section because they had discovered that the prisoners in isolation were able to communicate with us in the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

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

He discovered that he was still holding the bottle he’d taken from the café. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Still, she was at peace: to be home, to be writing her blog, to have discovered Lagos again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

How Madeline, at seventeen, had still not gotten her period, and how the doctor had then examined her and discovered that she had no uterus. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

The schoolmistress had been suffering from terrible headaches that were, Xan discovered, the result of a growth in the center of her brain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

Rummaging through his backpack, he discovered that he’d left behind the slip of paper containing the name of his interviewer and the company’s exact address. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When I discovered philosophy, I tried to touch all the landmarks of philosophical development. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bacterium which causes tuberculosis was discovered not invented by Robert Koch in 1882. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Volkheimer has also discovered a bucket of paintbrushes in a corner with some watery sludge in the bottom, but how desperate will they have to become to drink that? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

By noon I could write my name, and when Miss Maestas discovered that she was very pleased. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Meanwhile, he had discovered a wonderful power in repeating the stories Celia had told him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also I discovered a dangerous allergy I didn’t know he had. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember being in awe of the new street signs, like some virgin territory had been discovered and we were some of the first to visit it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The money was not altogether wasted—new chemical elements, such as phosphorus, antimony and mercury, were discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as I played these ancient digital relics, night after night, year after year, I discovered I had a talent for them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

"My dear sister has told me your tale, Sikander Aziz, and that of your brother. It's unfortunate that he discovered the flower of immortality. It will bring great suffering to the human world." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But maybe even something worse had happened; maybe they had discovered that she was dead and maybe the police were looking for him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Bree now discovered that he had not really been going as fast—not quite as fast—as he could. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

I glance away, feeling like I've discovered something hidden, something not meant for me to see. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

You might imagine, from a comfortable distance, that people who live, year in and year out, on $6 to $10 an hour have discovered some survival stratagems unknown to the middle class. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a few external monitors, and a self-destruct device should the bay be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

In 2003, though, archaeologists discovered ancient seeds from cultivated squashes in coastal Ecuador, at the foot of the Andes, which may be older than any agricultural remains in Mesoamerica—a third Neolithic Revolution. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then the nose began to tip down toward the mysterious high country forest where they would not be discovered in years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until this medication was discovered, the victims of this disease had had to wear pancake makeup when they went out in public. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

So it wasn’t really all that surprising, then, that she’d taken a liking to me, especially after we discovered our common love for Dr. Seuss. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I would die if my coworkers overheard me admit the truth, if they discovered my secret. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

All these years he’d wanted friends, and now he discovered they came with strings attached. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Packed tightly together, we prayed we would not be discovered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After all this time, has my little secret been discovered? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

Constantijn admired the painter Rubens, and “discovered” a young artist named Rembrandt van Rijn, in several of whose works he subsequently appears. 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

It was first discovered by placing a sensitive thermometer in what to our eyes is the dark beyond the red. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

They had six hours until their disappearance was discovered and another one or two before the posses reached where they were now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

It was then that he decided to review the titles to land that went back a hundred years and he discovered the legalized outrages of his brother, José Arcadio. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“His ‘couple of questions’ stretched into an interrogation from which I soon discovered that he knew more about me than I could possibly remember about myself.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Our darkest fears were confirmed the next day when Father went to empty the stove and discovered the clip, used to fasten it to a pocket, among the ashes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I had discovered them on a shelf in the workshop in the barn. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I quietly left, and later discovered that this had not been an isolated incident but part of the largest nationwide raid undertaken in South African history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

In later years, I discovered that my father was not only an adviser to kings but a kingmaker. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But that it was our countryman Roger Bacon who first discovered the verticity of it, or its property of pointing towards the pole, and this about 400 years since. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

One sock was lying beside her shoes and she discovered its mate on her foot. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

Pizarro even dug up the dead when it was discovered that they were buried with gold. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

Townsend had discovered that about 8,000 Redcoats were boarding ships to sail to Newport, where they would launch an attack on the French troops. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his sleep he squirms and groans as though he’s already discovered that there is pleasure in touching himself. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

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

But the officer continued examining the room with the lantern and showed no sign of interest until he discovered the seventy-two chamberpots piled up in the cupboards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

Altogether he discovered a dozen elements, a fifth of the known total of his day. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

“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

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

His presence there could mean only one thing: the authorities had discovered Rivonia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bruce and I discovered that our older siblings, his sister and my brother, were friends. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

He never discovered whom he had to thank for the business. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned downstairs, I discovered Mr Cardinal moving rather restlessly around the drawing room examining objects he must long ago have become familiar with. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Hadn't he discovered a list in her address book written just weeks before she died? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

Our structures had been discovered and uprooted; those who were not captured were scrambling to stay one step ahead of the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I searched the room and discovered that one of the stalagmites protruding from the floor was slightly worn around the tip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I discovered that, most of the time, the chimps wandered about in small groups of six or less, not in a big troop like the baboons. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered now that my head was encircled by a piece of cold metal like the iron cap worn by the occupant of an electric chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because, after the thaw, the hunters discovered her body. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

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

Of course, Booth was gone, but they searched his trunk and discovered an incredible and mysterious letter to Booth signed only “Sam” that described a large conspiracy against the Union government. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Americans soon discovered that stills were no longer confined to the South. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Belief could be sustained only if a peculiar authority was granted to obscure books, or better still ancient manuscripts newly discovered in locked chests. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

But like any name given in Ravenskill, one day its meaning would be discovered. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t want to have to lie about how I discovered it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

“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

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

He imagined a future in which he could read everything, in which all stories could be opened and discovered. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Had Zane taken a moment to inspect things a little more closely, he would have discovered that there was, in fact, something quite interesting about the picture in the black wooden frame. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

That all you had to do was get discovered, and the studio took care of everything: your name, your image, which films you starred in, even who you went on dates with. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

So if that man had discovered a way out of Ember, he was keeping the news to himself. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I’ll bet he figured no one had seen him and that the body probably wasn’t even discovered yet. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he carefully hid what he had written, for fear it might be discovered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first few games, I soon discovered that Helmut was a mere hacker. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either I could stand more mental strain than formerly or I had discovered deep within me ways of handling it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Around ten-thirty we got him dressed, put his harness on, and discovered that he was actually able to stand up and walk. We were all pretty amazed.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Life in the county was deceptively green and quiet—but he soon discovered that the hood came in different shapes and sizes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

They asked two or three times before they discovered that the poor fellow was either deaf or mad, or both. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have discovered something—who really killed her brother, or some other truth about the Republic. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I had a ton of role models, and after I walked on Mars or discovered Planet Nine, then I would be someone’s hero too. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

At university, where Robbie discovered that he was cleverer than many of the people he met, his liberation was complete. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

Police are investigating the death of 19-year-old Cassandra Parrish, of the town of Amoskeag, NH, whose body was discovered early Sunday morning in a room of the Gateway Motel on River Road in Centerville. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The boy was skinny and quiet, and one summer’s night, Mr. Trepid discovered him lying listless and feverish in his bed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I discovered for the first time people of my own age firmly aligned with the liberation struggle, who were prepared, despite their relative privilege, to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the oppressed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first argues that before Columbus discovered America in 1492 there was no clear-cut and well-established idea of discovery; the idea of discovery is, as will become apparent, a precondition for the invention of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

“What are you doing out here, Edna? I thought I should find you in bed,” said her husband, when he discovered her lying there. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Mabel had said that she never discovered to what purpose he used those instruments. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A police detective had discovered that Theodore Johnson’s airline ticket was purchased over the Internet and that the same computer had also purchased a ticket to Costa Rica for someone named Denise Linaria. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

It was never discovered who wrote the letter. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

They wanted to be gone when she discovered it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Japanese beetle, an insect accidentally imported into the United States, was discovered in New Jersey in 1916, when a few shiny beetles of a metallic green color were seen in a nursery near Riverton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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 felt confident enough with the lullaby and the first water monster song, which he discovered allowed him to move water around like he was telepathic. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

In another, Louie had concealed the flag so cleverly that it was never discovered. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I discovered that the dragon had put a charm on me: no weapon could cut me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A medication, recently discovered, kept his limbs steady and his speech well controlled. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

One day he discovered the pile of pills behind the radio tent where we’d been tossing them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were not to be released at all, but rearrested under the terms of what we only then discovered was a State of Emergency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Over the last several months, body parts had been discovered in the lake or on its shore, and it wasn’t only feet like the headline suggested. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Lopsang came to her assistance he discovered that her third oxygen canister had run out. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

In the meantime, the Coast Guard discovered the items the men had dropped on the beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

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

Going in through the door indicated, I discovered a room filled with ill-matching armchairs and occasional tables. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

First one, then another discovered the secret, until she couldn’t get to the snares fast enough to salvage any food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regina discovered that lessons would cost a minimum of $8 an hour—money she just didn’t have. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel somewhat incredulous as to Colonel Roosevelt having actually discovered a new river nearly one thousand miles long,” Markham said. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Someone discovered a loose board behind some luggage on the back wall. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Elizebeth and her team stacked up the twenty-eight Enigma messages they had in December 1942, they discovered that the first column had far more O’s in it than anything else. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“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

Jupiter is also surrounded by a ring of solid debris, discovered four months earlier by Voyager 1, which Voyager 2 had to traverse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I mean that I was discovered and brought to Jeanine, and she injected a version simulation serum that specifically targeted the Divergent. I was aware during that simulation, but it didn’t do much good.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had discovered the boundary between the crust and the layer immediately below, the mantle; this zone has been known ever since as the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho for short. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

His museum had discovered evidence that the Americas had been inhabited during the Pleistocene, a major scientific coup. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the late fifteenth century, as European explorers sailed to unfamiliar places, their actions and beliefs were guided by the Doctrine of Discovery—the idea that European nations could claim the foreign lands they “discovered.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The nucleus was discovered by Ernest Rutherford at Cambridge when some of the bombarding particles were bounced back in the direction from which they had come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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