We quickly discover that the Medi-Talker has more than a dozen levels, all easily reached with just one button. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She’s just opened a box that, to her delight, looks easy to dispose of—dozens of dusty store ledgers from the 1940s and ’50s. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Security was tight; I went in a convoy of cars and military vehicles accompanied by at least a dozen warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly thirty voices were subtracted from the world that day, not even counting the six gods or the dozen humans who, like the Ellens, had gotten in the way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Henry looks at him, glances at the dozens of millionaires and socialites milling around, and back at him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel watched as it snapped off half a dozen oars. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As always, what appears to be only a yard in diameter is dozens of yards across once we climb inside. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She walked the perimeter of the deserted house at least three dozen times until her ankles ached. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen little kids chased each other in and around the adults, who watched with smiles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

For the next half hour, Nan banged around and said at least half a dozen almost-swears. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

As he examines my cuts, I think of a dozen questions I could ask him, none of which will make him think that I’m strong and capable instead of childish and petty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He turns without waiting for Garrett’s answer, and we see a Jack in the Box a few dozen yards ahead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The visor presented me with a three-dimensional view of the Sixers’ database, with dozens of overlapping data windows suspended in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I am at present sitting in its spacious tearoom, oak-panelled, with enough tables to accommodate, I would guess, two dozen people without a feeling of crowding. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She ran around the edge of the roof, then pulled up short a few dozen feet away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In addition to the big red chicken there was a sack of carrots which had fallen from a vegetable truck, half a dozen onions which had not. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been a ranger for a dozen years. You survived the Fist of the First Men and Craster’s Keep, and came back to tell the tale. The younger men look up to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They joined Mel Willis’s honey clusters and piles of sandwiches and vats of chili and dozens of bean and tuna and macaroni casseroles on the counter. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Which was why I had watched it over three dozen times. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But who counts a dozen gladiolas when you get them? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was kind of soothing like that, with a dozen wooden knuckles massaging my back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

So, when I got home from school and there were a dozen red roses for me on the kitchen table, I tried my best not to be cynical. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I opened mine and there were a dozen flies in it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“This is for your own good,” he says, and his voice echoes a dozen times. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A dozen spectators, man and boy, were calling out encouragement, Robb's voice the loudest among them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen easels displayed hand-drawn diagrams for buildings and machines that looked like Leonardo da Vinci sketches. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Percy spotted a bazooka, a grenade launcher, a giant Roman candle, and a dozen other wicked-looking weapons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was no warning; one moment the road was deserted, dappled with moonlight, the next, half a dozen shadowy figures stood before us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the guy line up a dozen plastic bottles on a card table outside Mr. Georgiou's wrecked pizzeria. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A woman bicycles wearing dozens of costume necklaces. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I painted dozens of R.I.P.s for guys in El Barrio who felt small and needed something violent to jump-start their lives and at the same time end them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The overall size of these environments was relatively small, usually just a single world, or a dozen or so small planets. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The smell was amazing— dozens of different kitchens cooking at once. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The bobcat is the most challenging game there is. Pure stealth. In the whole state only a couple dozen hunters will be successful this year.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It can conceal a dozen fallacies at once. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He and Mom ask Fina about a dozen times if she thinks her ankle could be broken, and by the time she’s finally convinced them that it doesn’t hurt that much, we’re home. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A white man went by on horseback leading two dozen black men chained two by two. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have the machine sort the figures into two dozen categories. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not need persuading, having been looking forward to the Day of Judgment for a dozen years, and expecting its sweet relief any minute now. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking now in the company of a dozen or more theatregoers. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hamameh’s children, my brothers, children from dozens of other homes, and I played along a street that split our neighborhood like a spine. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was a huge solid oaken thing that no dozen mice could even move. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She anticipated his wants, pulled out the threads on the cuffs of his shirt, and embroidered a dozen handkerchiefs with his initials for his birthday. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fin unfolded the wings of the leather case; within it were about a dozen knives. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the city’s defenses had been strengthened since the last time Davos had been here, half a dozen years before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A great column of gas reaching high above the adjacent clouds, so large that it could hold half a dozen Earths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she took me early to the cupcake place on Lexington and got me two dozen mini cupcakes in a big white box, enough for everyone in my class. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was demonstrating something that did something in the kitchen, and replaced a dozen other kitchen utensils, none of which Shadow possessed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There were about two dozen pregnant women in the Protectorate, but all of them had only just begun to show their bellies. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I went to the library and gathered half a dozen books, which I lugged to my room and arranged on my desk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All told, more than seven hundred shots had been fired into the crowd, wounding more than four hundred people, including dozens of women and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of other players wearing them as well, and together they blended into the dry heat of the practice held like lingering cattle waiting to be herded in this or that direction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the top of the hall stood a dozen men in the blue and silver-grey of House Frey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even the sole Norse site located on Newfoundland apparently represents no more than a winter camp occupied by a few dozen people for a few years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In a very short time they had accumulated all sorts of fascinating facts about tombs and temples, pharaohs and pyramids, mummies and monoliths, and dozens of other exotic topics. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was maybe a dozen men and it took me a minute to figure out what was going on. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heads are nodding in agreement, and at least a dozen hands go up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of writing the guy up, he proceeded to argue with him, and a dozen other inmates who gathered around, about the fate of the contraband. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An army general made a tour of the hospital with half a dozen consultants at his side. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But surrounding the two children were a dozen or more angels, gazing down at them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d love to have a dozen friendly guys run over and finish this job. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a half dozen hard tugs, the motor spluttered to life in a burp of purple smoke. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tehlu sent men to cut a dozen evergreens and use them to kindle a bonfire in the bottom of the deep pit they had dug. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A half dozen Peacekeepers come charging around the corner. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I quickly navigated through several dozen submenus until I reached the control panel for the Indent Monitoring System. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were about a dozen watches in the window, a dozen different hours and each with the same assertive and contradictory assurance that mine had, without any hands at all. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like so many other inmates, he had a dozen or so girlie pinups on his wall, but his were conspicuously clothed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white hull was at least ten stories tall, topped with another dozen levels of decks with brightly lit balconies and portholes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled over the remaining pile, getting a few dozen splinters in her free hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was beautiful, ablaze with the light from a dozen kerosene lamps. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time a loose shingle undid him, Donald had conveyed a dozen souls to the Free States. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Two dozen kids in their best clothes concentrating as hard as they could to piece out “prestidigitation” one letter at a time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so Gypsies had come to join our guard. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had barely said a dozen words since the meeting with Raymond Andrews and my attempts at conversation had only met with a nod or a monosyllabic reply. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were fifteen men, with half a dozen guns between them, and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

An office with a few dozen employees generally outpays by 3 to 5 percent an office with a few hundred employees. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It's nothing she hasn't said to me a dozen times, but this time it stings. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We’d taken him on a dozen rides through the open pasture, but he was inexperienced, skittish, unpredictable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We has your extra food!” squeaked an elf at Harry’s elbow, and he shoved a large ham, a dozen cakes, and some fruit into Harry’s arms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gonzales didn’t remember which one, but they found dozens of bodies. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Sheed sighed, quick counting the dozens of yearbooks scattered on the floor. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Pynto is a very good man,” he announced, then settled down to tell her of the time he seized the spice ship, a tale she had heard a dozen times before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before Wes could even react, a half dozen plainclothes officers were on top of him, the barrels of their guns trained on his head and the lights from their flashlights blinding him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“He knew himself, very well. We’d threatened half a dozen times to leave him at home if he didn’t behave.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Soon there were half a dozen surrounding them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Around the rim, a dozen bronze statues of Cupid stood guard with wings spread and bows ready to fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He walks a dozen yards away, sets his bag on the ground, and pulls a handkerchief from his pocket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen people stopped in their tracks and stared at the half-white girl emerging from the wilderness, wearing a bulky poncho in the afternoon sun and pushing a motorbike. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The concierge left a dozen roses in Rosie’s room. faux pas. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, a dozen or so of these young ladies in party frocks descended on my room with cake and punch and gifts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The New York Times said: G. M. Pennington faced a daunting task in tying together the dozens of disparate threads in the Bloodfall series to bring things to a satisfying conclusion. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

For several seconds there was silence as a dozen pairs of eyes frantically darted back and forth trying to pick up the outlines of the three metal objects. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent me dozens of letters and poems. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have said why; it was very similar to a dozen others, with its first-floor balcony laden with flowerpots and its tables and chairs on the pavement outside, but it welcomed him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shortest was a single sentence. The longest was a couple dozen pages. Some of them were almost like little plays. Others were just questions to the person he was writing to.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Victarion had gone ashore a dozen times, hunting fresh meat, and had yet to see a cedar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By the time she opens her eyes, ready, a half dozen little substitute puffs have blown out all the candles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

After a dozen or so trips to the white world, I began to feel somewhat comfortable amid the sea of white faces. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had close to a dozen relatives on my father’s side scattered all over Johannesburg; yet since my father’s arrest none had come forward to help us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hawkins led them through a dozen verses, each one faster and more spirited than the first. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve got dozens of pictures of me walking with this woman who looks like me but who isn’t my mother. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The council, a group of a dozen older Underlanders, had gathered at a round table in a room off the High Hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We know that Sequoyah received paper and other writing materials, the idea of a writing system, the idea of using separate marks, and the forms of several dozen marks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His father always told him lies were a sin against oneself, and he was certain that dozens of people had already reported the explosions at the school. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The hens hadn’t been laying the same since the tornado, but today was the first day we collected nearly a dozen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

For every dead prisoner, there were a dozen to take his place. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Recovering himself in a minute he opened for us two hulking patent cabinets which held his massed suits and dressing-gowns and ties, and his shirts, piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Their voices sounded faint and ghostly, as if dozens of ghosts floated over the rubble, crying in little, distant voices for help. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all, there could not have been more than a dozen incidents of name-calling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is but one of dozens, and not the largest. Shanghai, Calcutta, Batavia, Bangkok—They are widely spread and they are the answer to feeding the billion and three quarters of the East.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment I see her in Abnegation gray, her thick hair bound back with a dozen pins, sitting across the dinner table from me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t his security detail surrounding her remains; instead, there were at least a dozen men and women, all in cloud-colored suits, forming a circle around her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Zinchenko? Don’t we have two dozen copies of that book?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the light of a lantern, they saw half a dozen people, men and women and two children, sitting on the floor or on wooden boxes, eating from tin plates. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A fishing kit with four coils of line, a dozen small lures, and hooks and sinkers. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British column was disappearing around the bend, but a couple of dozen troops had stayed behind. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells of the ice-cream truck jangled across the street, and a sudden roar burst from a dozen transistor radios. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are names inscribed on the bronze panels, dozens of names. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I hear whoops and shouts and laughter all around me, and dozens of thundering feet moving at different rhythms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But when you know that some eggs are not only tastier, but also healthier to eat, then a dollar extra for a dozen seems like a bargain. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Got a dozen traps set in close to the rock where the lobsters like to hide. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen people were gathered together in the far end of the room. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moans echo through the halls and scatter nosy women in a dozen directions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Until this point I had barely spoken a dozen words, responding to most of their tentative questions with grim silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen times during the night Wilbur woke and stared into the blackness, listening to the sounds and trying to figure out what time it was. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He also sells produce, dairy products, and mushrooms from a half dozen other small producers in the Shenandoah Valley. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It cost five dollars from the Talking Machine Department at Sears, Roebuck and Co., and he’d ordered a dozen “best and loudest music records” to play on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I read through his messages: there were dozens, hidden in a folder entitled “Admin.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past nine years she’s been in over a dozen foster homes, some for as little as a week. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As he turned the corner and looked at the dozens of folding chairs where the graduates were sitting, his mind wandered to the people who weren’t there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Less than an hour later, a dozen adults marched into our area. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other two groups of Grievers had closed in and stopped just a few dozen feet from the Gladers, also waiting, watching. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were about a dozen games taking place when they entered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, thirty-six hours before the sunset wedding, there were half a dozen holdouts left in the Thieves Quarter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We spent the first night of our trek in the hamlet of Phakding, a collection of a half dozen homes and lodges crowded onto a shelf of level ground on a slope above the river. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Think we can put in another two dozen tomorrow?” my father said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“And a couple dozen posts every night about how much we miss each other.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He’d watched the way she assessed the terms of their deal, probably finding a dozen loopholes to get herself out of it if things went wrong. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

De Grasse’s fleet of some two dozen ships sailed out of the bay to give battle. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ringtones cut through the darkness, breaking the sleep of a dozen other people in the square, people who will travel with us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I followed his gaze down to the dozens of indentations in the cracked white tile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In a tone both arch and light, Sarai replied, “I kiss dozens of people every night.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Others set up dozens of tables in the yard, spread a tablecloth on each. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he returns to our table, he has a half dozen more fortune cookies for her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a pharmacy topped by a large black sign, a barbershop with its familiar peppermint stick, a glass-fronted tavern, and a dozen other shops. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barrels and boxes littered the area, and dozens of men ran around shouting at one another and clapping one another on the back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens scrawled all over the board, and a student cut in to ask which formula he was talking about. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radio broadcasting was still new, but it had rapidly expanded in the past dozen years. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

There were never less than a dozen ships drawn up on the shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That old bland thing again? Why them white folks like the lady-fingers so much? I can make a dozen cakes taste better ’n that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dozens and dozens of kids with bare feet and patched-up clothes stood in the street. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people were walking toward the house—a small group, fewer than a dozen. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens just like it in her notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In our neighbourhood there were about a dozen of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if it was a dozen stories up, the air stank. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

By contrast, ancient foragers regularly ate dozens of different foodstuffs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just text messages, about a dozen of them, all from a withheld number. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one aquarium, a dozen hippocampi—horses with the tails of fish—drifted aimlessly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From then until the 19th century, Russia proceeded to swallow up dozens of non-Slavic peoples, many of which retain their original language and cultural identity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the tent that we had used to camp in dozens of times, from the sled I’d almost broken my arm on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s coming from everywhere, a dozen different kind of beeps—loud ones, scary ones, ding-y ones, random ones. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was speculation that during the world’s fair he might have killed dozens of people, most of them young women. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the cobblestone courtyard, a dozen shaggy cow creatures were sniffing around the mossy base of an old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the San Diego Zoo, right near the primate habitats, there's a display featuring half a dozen life-size gorillas made out of bronze. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Supermarket chains like Whole Foods or Wal- Mart are not set up to do business with dozens of small family-owned farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She whipped it back and forth past the dark columns of tree trunks, shooting through them at top speed, so fast that her hands and face collected dozens of scratches from the branches blurring by. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I gathered a dozen cans of assorted meats, vegetables and soup and a bag of flour. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I come back home to Miss Trotter with a basketful of eggs, and as she inspects each dozen, hoping for a had egg to fuss about, she tells her side. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the room are a half dozen Net stations. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone over the age of ten had already jumped off the board a dozen times that summer. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face was torn in a dozen places. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end she tried a dozen gowns before she found one she liked, but she refused the crown that Jhiqui offered her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was also surprised to hear that only a dozen kids were treated at the Tangerine County Medical Center, and all for minor injuries. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ClockWatchers—dozens upon dozens—spilled from the tower, filling the square, meeting them head-on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Despite efforts by Howard Fuller and Ann Atwater to calm the situation, a score of angry black teenagers sped down Main Street, tossing garbage cans and bricks through a dozen store windows. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scamper up a tree and quickly pluck a dozen guavas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Multiple earrings don’t have the same punk appeal; every forty-something divorcee on the island has half a dozen hoops in her ears. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I’d thought it was a small conflict, like the Boston Massacre, which Dad talked about a lot, in which half a dozen people had been martyred by a tyrannical government. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We had performed Farien the Fair a dozen times in the last month, and it had filled my young mind with intrigue and assassination. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked at the dozens of windows and doors, and wondered if Basel and Muhammad were really inside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Off to the side were dozens of keypunch machines—what passed in those days for computer terminals. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The grey wolf put her head down and drank, and Bod scooped water up in his hands, drinking the water in a dozen tiny gulps. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so demons with blood-spattered jaws peered through the entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had just picked up half a dozen clean glasses that were ready to be taken back to the bar, and he put them down again and said, “In the priory?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There are at least a dozen of them—parents and brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later the grannies came streaming in with their Bibles, through the gate and up the driveway, a dozen or more at least. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could have shot a dozen of them before they got away if I’d thought to bring my gun along. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong heard their laughter, then a dozen splashes close to the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

By this point dozens of people lined the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He gave examples of dogs that had walked dozens of kilometers to get back to their masters. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

At the same time the palisade was also intended to welcome the citizenry—anyone could freely pass through its dozen or so wide gates. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Across the street, the Apollo campers had set up a field hospital to tend the wounded—dozens of campers and almost as many Hunters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hunting in the woods surrounding District 12 violates at least a dozen laws and is punishable by death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of rooms, so many he has to number each one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ancient hunter-gatherers usually lived in territories covering many dozens and even hundreds of square miles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, shawls are flung on chairs, a half dozen pairs of heels are kicked off in a pile at the bottom of the steps. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was distracted again, and I didn’t doubt that his vast machine of a brain was busy thinking about a half dozen things all at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had been annoyed when the red cloaks had dragged a half dozen of the scabrous prophets down to the dungeons without consulting him, but they were not important enough to battle over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One contains dozens of blank notebooks and unopened jars of ink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It means, Jacob, that in order to accommodate less than a dozen performers, we will now have sixty-four working men sleeping under wagons on the flats.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In cots around him are a few dozen sick or wounded. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The parking lot, where a dozen buses might normally be parked, had been transformed into a vast outdoor prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I stopped every few steps to brush the bugs off, and when I did I’d see Otto, dozens of feet above me, dealing with his own problem insects by eating them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him were about a dozen teenaged Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was raised by the music community, with dozens of aunties and uncles who took me in as their own little foundling, even after I started showing a strange preference for classical music. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What had appeared to be a dozen structures from the street turned into one long hall inside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The road was all a turmoil of mud and snow marked with dozens of hoofprints. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I say,” said Mother, "a dozen would be just right. No less.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of children’s stories about the trains, but what she’s interested in is the documents, the artifacts, the self-published train- rider stories, each one a testimony, a telling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tracey led them down a hallway past dozens of offices to a sleek conference room. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At a dozen banquet tables, ghouls laughed and ate and pushed one another around. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The caterer canceled at the last minute, so Abuela stepped in and cooked dozens of dishes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Alex learns Henry’s super into classical mythology and can rattle off the configurations of a few dozen constellations if you let him get going. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then another appeared, until there were a dozen, rolling around and playing in the dirt. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just Leviticus—the secondhand clothes I owned were mixed of wool and flax, and if I searched through the verses, I was certain I’d find a dozen other infractions I was guilty of. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were already dozens of people at the house, and the entire scene took on the aspect of a celebration. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long ago, when the Games began, the Capitol had built a dozen fine houses in each district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Under the glare of floodlights, no doubt powered by the generator that was thudding just outside the door, half a dozen men were working on a long, slender boat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon they had a procession following behind them - dozens of gemini all swaying and slithering. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Spain’s New World colonies were soon joined by those of half a dozen other European states. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by a couple dozen reporters, notepads and pencils ready to write down everything he said. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

A dozen immersion rigs were available, of varying quality and price. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need to be told how dumb he was a dozen times a day. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Out of his small library of a dozen books it was the only one I hadn’t read from cover to cover. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And Joffrey had a dozen veteran gold cloaks waiting at the foot of the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve been on the roof of dozens of hospitals through the years. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The desk and bureau were spotless, her bed was neatly made, and dozens of framed photographs hung stylishly on the walls. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I worked out with a ball machine, played scores of tough sets against Wilfred and Scaramouche; I pored over dozens of tennis books dealing with strategy and tactics. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grumbled on as she braided her kinky black hair into dozens of tiny braids. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Catching this mouse would be better than a dozen worms or a hundred bugs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A dozen full-bounds for a healthy fox—would it even be possible for Runt? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Within a few blocks of our house were half a dozen crazy women and girls, all belonging to village families. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew, too, that Dad, who was in his fifties, wanted to get as many of his dozen as possible through school and college before he died. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In very short time we have collected a dozen eggs and two pounds of fairly fresh butter. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the dozens of black people I'd met who had complained bitterly about Walter's prosecution, and I was starting to see Chapman as either naive or willfully indifferent—or worse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a little, spiky thing that threw out dozens of arms and covered these arms with green and grew larger at the rate of about an inch every two seconds. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She quickly rounded up a half dozen other militant students and within the hour, every blackboard on campus had scrawled on it: “Malcolm to speak, 12 noon, ice-cream-shop.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He would be leaving soon to spend four weeks in the “bush,” where he and dozens of other boys would join an aggregate of elders and learn what it means to be a Xhosa man. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t pretty—not nearly as attractive as Bernice—but she had been an easy mark for dozens of men who bought her something pretty, or paid her way to the movies. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two dozen coves and inlets, each with its pleasant muddle of sailboats and summer homes, ran the circumference of San Piedro, an endless series of pristine anchorages. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had fought about the hostages half a dozen times. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He felt, sometimes, as if he had not four children but dozens, most of them with paint-covered hands and mustaches. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It involved being told no in a dozen or a hundred different ways before hearing the “yes” that would make all the difference. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At any one time a few larger polities dominated the dozens or scores of small chiefdoms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I believe I struck the right tone in my postscript, after only a dozen tries. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen centaurs barrelled through the ranks, yelling and waving their clubs, followed by a horde of two-headed men banging on trash-can lids. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I know I’ve asked you a dozen times already, but...just...yes or no? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Down the mud flats small fountains erupted, dozens of them, spurting two feet or more, then again, then lower, then dwindling and stopping. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gould was especially excited about the finches: There seemed to be more than a dozen species of finches never seen anywhere else before. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Cerwyn was a captive of the Lannisters, but his son, a lad of fourteen, arrived one bright, blustery morning at the head of two dozen lances. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Before I’ve gone a dozen strides, my feet are swept out from under me and I’m facedown on the ground with a knee on my cheek and one of my arms twisted behind my back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She burst into warm afternoon sunlight and found that the street hadn’t changed — the crumbling pastel houses, the blue cobblestones, dozens of cats sleeping under cars or in the shade of banana trees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I had the claymores and three dozen grenades. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students in a team-taught course save their papers under the name of the professor who assigned it, so I get a dozen email attachments named “pinker.doc.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, Mom pasted dozens of words on it, but I was still limited to only a handful of common nouns, verbs, and adjectives, some names, and a bunch of smiley faces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The smooth black bumps he had taken for rocks were actually the backs of another dozen or so enormous cockroaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can’t pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Fenella gathered up the discarded sprout leaves and cut the stalks in half a dozen pieces and put them in a bin for stock. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He doubled over, shuddering and retching, as a dozen fiery snakes seemed to work their way down his esophagus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I have a dozen questions, but I don’t ask, knowing he’ll just think me more foolish. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It did not help that he had constantly to answer the dozens that flowed from Heqet as usual without the slightest effort. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

William and the dozen other oblates would be expected to sit quietly and absorb the “wisdom” that Bartholomew bestowed upon them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In one corner lay a couple dozen beer cans and stubby, burned-down cigars. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Today I receive dozens of emails each day, all from people who expect a prompt reply. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells her about the dozen foster homes and the nose ring and the argument with Dina and finding out on the Internet that her mother’s in jail. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the years following the release of the New Jersey and Maryland data, dozens of other studies of racial profiling have been conducted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But there are far more than a dozen soldiers in front of our house. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Standing guard along either side were dozens of forklifts modified for war. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Enthusiasts proposed a dozen groups as the ancestral stock: Phoenicians, Basques, Chinese, Scythians, Romans, Africans, “Hindoos,” ancient Greeks, ancient Assyrians, ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of Atlantis, even straying bands of Welsh. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They saw farmhouses burning, and then they came across a dozen or so dead English soldiers in the road. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hiram Haydn’s been my editor for a dozen years, ever since Soldier in the Rain, and we’ve been through a lot together, but never any phone calls at two in the morning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It had grown to several dozen people at this point. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I learned the formulae for a dozen poisons and acids and a hundred medicines and cure-alls, some of which even worked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"I feel awful-" High above them from the pinnacles came a sudden shout and then an imitation war-cry that was answered by a dozen voices from behind the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d already plunged into the yellowing, crisping plants, dying plants, he’d already stumbled forward several dozen yards, when he began to feel stupid again, wrong again, worried again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rishi had watched dozens of his friends—of all ethnicities—fall in love at the beginning of the school year and become mortal enemies by the end. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Broughton-Smith had had the warts, dozens of them, on his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Just below my window were dozens of men and women in full uniform, escorting the bus in at a brisk jog. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When this woman had grown old, Grazdan had purchased half a dozen young girls and commanded the crone to instruct them in the secrets of her craft. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A dozen spears were pointed at Piper’s chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By 1925 dozens of rowing clubs were headquartered in and around Griinau—among them some whose members were exclusively Jewish, some whose members were exclusively Nordic, and many whose members were congenially mixed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Following his gaze, he turned around to find half a dozen fellows from the shell house standing in a semicircle, holding their dirty plates out to him, grins smeared across their faces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of pitched tent dwellings made of tarps and blankets and makeshift supports, like some sort of skid row. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind the low counter, half a dozen women hovered over waist-high stoves made of concrete block. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Inside was a rough wool blanket, a full waterskin, some dried meat, and a dozen wickedly sharp crossbow bolts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He hopscotched electronically around the country, hour after hour for days, browsing through the help- wanted ads on newspaper websites in dozens of American cities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using my smallest drill bit, I put dozens of little holes in the coil. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two summers later, a dozen or so blacks struck a deal to work on a lumber dock. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rats by dozens—rats standing and talking in groups of twos and threes and fours, rats walking slowly, rats hurrying, rats carrying papers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then, after a dozen or so times, it was sucked into the dark recess, and when it came out, it was torn and lifeless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He can talk quite intelligently if he wants to. He’s probably been in and out of the cottage dozens of times, and did not want you to know.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pushed by a worldwide media furor, a dozen scientific teams looked for similar evidence in other archaeological sites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And now I’m thinking back to the dozens of times she could’ve shot me today—like when I pulled that airsoft gun on her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rhiannon is the only girl in the movie theater with a dozen roses on the seat next to her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was weird, taking Dad along on this path we’d walked dozens of times. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eb took a dry twig and broke it up into a dozen pieces, aimlessly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were at least two dozen dogs crammed into the space. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By early 1937, the lab was regularly producing material for “two dozen physicists, half a dozen biologists, and several chemists,” as an early chronicle reported. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She had dozens of them, in various scales. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have only two men lodging here. Somehow Aunt has managed to take on a dozen Hessian brutes. She requires our assistance.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Media were banned from the courtroom, but dozens of reporters and photographers staked out positions in front of the courthouse. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I sank down into the empty space their wagon had left and felt the aches and pains of a dozen injuries that I had forced myself to ignore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There, on Ninetieth and Columbus, were a dozen men playing touch football. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But when I look over his shoulder, I see a dozen other soccer guys, also smiling expectantly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A bird’s-eye view of ten or a dozen of the principal pueblos, then a landing for lunch in the valley of Malpais. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper wondered what it would be like if they didn’t have to worry about dying a dozen times every day. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually he was bringing in fifteen dozen bagels a week. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

On some days, two dozen of them line up behind his van. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

On any given night I’ll meet ten, sometimes a dozen or more new people. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seems surprising, even after the dozen years since I have been out of prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen times or more, they unearthed the TV from behind the toolshed, late at night, with the lights out and quilts pinned over the windows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A dozen more girls in black flooded up the staircase, swords in hand, and surrounded her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Styx led us to a shelf stocked with dozens of lawn mower motors. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen other Augurs are arrayed around the dais, tattered shadows who darken the stadium with their very presence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Not just one or two, but at least a dozen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But of course, looking backward, I could see a dozen clues that, had I bothered to add them together, would have led me to that very conclusion. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He drags open big, low drawers; he jangles dozens of key rings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He saw tents there, and military vehicles, and a dozen or so police officers and soldiers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In a matter of seconds, he had transferred two dozen ingots into the tunnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A good performer will be familiar with dozens of ragas and can improvise music — traditional classical music in India is improvised — using the accepted format for each raga. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

More than a dozen of our Louisiana clients who were sentenced as juveniles to die in prison are now at home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Afterward I received dozens of requests to speak all over the country. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

On a patio beside the pool were a dozen teak lounge chairs, each with a white towel laid out atop the cushions. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In half a dozen strides, he reaches the rear of the car. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Helene has seen me naked dozens of times—when wounded, or ill, or suffering through one of the Commandant’s cruel strength-training exercises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At twenty-four he had already won dozens of prestigious tournaments, and had participated in Wimbledon and the U.S. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped through a dozen tear-outs, then another, and then I froze. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The school itself consisted of a cluster of two dozen or so graceful, colonial- style buildings, which included individual homes as well as dormitories, the library, and various instructional halls. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do look pretty bad, hooked back up to the ventilator and a dozen other tubes, the dressing from my latest surgery seeping blood. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were only two words, but enough to make dozens of texts speak. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He brought home a dozen sheets of tin and some red paint. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Charles and Syms carried by hand “some few dozen drawers of shells,” so the shells wouldn’t shatter. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one side of the room sat half a dozen women, all in white; they were much occupied with a beautiful baby, who seemed to belong to the youngest of the women. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I had truly not expected such a scene; at most, I had imagined that there would be several dozen people, mainly the warders and their families. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked sort of like an old castle, with dozens of windows and an archway entrance. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

At thirty- three he had a secretary of his own and a dozen people working under his supervision who gladly supplied him with any information he needed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

James didn't know how to swim, and whenever he tumbled into the canal一more than a dozen times by his count—someone had to pull him out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back, half a dozen officers were waiting on my center gate—impatient, in a couple of cases, to the point of anger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cockpit canopy popped off, and I jumped free of the falling mech a split second before it impacted on the castle steps, killing several dozen of the avatars crowded there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We trot away and I know dozens of Leamy’s boys are committing the deadly sin of envy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“There must be dozens of them, plus Luke and me, as well as the adopted ones who are back in foster care.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Several dozen marshals eventually came to the rescue and managed slowly to clear an exit path. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pippin rode off with half a dozen lads on ponies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After she makes dozens of crosses all over my body, she says it’s time to see inside the egg, to understand what’s been stewing inside of me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The track installed additional mutuel windows, constructed about a dozen bookmaking facilities in the infield, opened up all vacant areas of the clubhouse, and hired an army of extra personnel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet from the door a dozen headlights illuminated a bizarre and tumultuous scene. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He has blue eyes the color of fresh toilet water and a dozen or so freckles flung across his face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There were half a dozen groves within the area looked after by this group. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He used to have about a dozen cups of coffee a day with ten spoons of sugar in each.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The track was overgrown with vines and stunted trees, every wooden cross-tie in the grip of a dozen tentacles of vegetation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He took half a dozen steps, then spun around and marched back to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen people sitting together near ringside cheered for Becker. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing there were soap bars by the dozen, bacon by the rasher, and reveling in her shiny pots and pans and polished floors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side was a little icehouse, just a lean-to shed floored Crowding the room were a dozen rectangular troughs raised on sawhorses and filled with ice. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He would go on to rewrite that old red record book in dozens of single-game, single-season, and career categories, becoming the most dominant player of his, or any other, generation. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran saw a bear skull and a wolf skull, half a dozen human skulls and near as many giants. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a general brouhaha as a couple dozen cars tried to back up or U-turn their way in the proper direction. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some are insignificant, paltry collections of a few dozen galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a dozen red stars marked different areas around town. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Although it had been conquered dozens of times, Ethiopia was the birthplace of African nationalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, round the long table, sat half a dozen farmers and half a dozen of the more eminent pigs, Napoleon himself occupying the seat of honour at the head of the table. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I sent query letters to a dozen agencies and was stunned one August day when I opened our mailbox and found a request from a New York agency for the completed manuscript. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dozen of us remaining strode off down the dark hallway to B-block, listening to the sound of our shoes hitting the concrete floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not if I could buy them for a dime a dozen. I’ll never again consent to such a thing.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally came back, he told a superior on the rim of the hole that there were dozens of bodies down there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I apologize when I tell Farmer because I’m sure it’s nothing, but he asks me a dozen questions and concludes it’s probably just heartburn. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She was the Speaker of the House, and he was a genius with a dozen patents and money to burn on women’s health initiatives. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Copies were sent to the Royal Society and the Linnean Society in England, and to the Smithsonian in Washington, among dozens of institutions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Following the pig through the trees, we spotted a man downstream with a half dozen large sows milling around him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Never one to shun free publicity, Bloom accepted instantly and traveled to the club with a dozen of his dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The first soldier bares his teeth at me."There are dozens of them out there," he snaps. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Dylan pauses Sorcerer’s Stone, which, wow, dude never pauses a game, but he’s pausing a movie we’ve seen over a dozen times. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And a dozen war chariots charged into battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not a dozen maids, but it’s one more. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dozens and dozens of planes used Sulphur Island as an emergency landing field on their way back from bombing Japan. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

More kept appearing: dozens of demons and minor gods, each one the spawn of Night. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Men moved tables and chairs about to better suit their group of nearly a dozen people. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the entire day and into the evening, dozens of young warriors came to talk with Crazy Horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A few are about the Patriots—this time for another bombing up in Sacramento that killed half a dozen soldiers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at him, feeling a quick dislike and thinking, half in amusement, I don't play the dozens. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Katherine and I spent our free time polishing silver, dusting bannisters, beating carpets, and a dozen other randomly assigned tasks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A dozen nations were using the new technology of aircraft for bombing, for taking photographs of enemy troops, for shooting at soldiers on the ground, and for aerial combat against enemy pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, one by one, Hugo pulled out dozens of objects: screws and nails and bits of metal, gears and crumpled playing cards, tiny pieces of clockworks, cogs, and wheels. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

At least a dozen of them had flown into the backseat and settled on Pita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There must be dozens of temples in the mountains surrounding Songdo; even if Tree-ear could find that monk, it was likely that he would no longer remember. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was Dad who suggested having a dozen children, and that both of them become efficiency experts. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Experience has established the fact that a person cannot move from a small, peaceful home into a family of a dozen without having something finally snap. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elsewise she was sure to have a dozen blades concealed about her person. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Gray had killed six of the ogres, but judging from the campfires around the property, there were dozens more—all waiting to cook Frank for breakfast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s easier to teach a dozen men than one man. How about it, Lupe? You think you can persuade them?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I looked around the kennel, I could see more of them, dozens, scores of them, scattered in front of the dogs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Minya marshaled a dozen ghosts at all times, even in her sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Jason thought about the Argo II’s journey across the ocean, the dozens of encounters that had nearly killed them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We also have boxes for four, six, and a dozen cupcakes. Think you can do this?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I even find a dozen candlesticks to take along. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

You can see for yourself there’s a dozen new people coming in for orientation every day—which is true. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room bustled with activity as the dozens of controllers each made final preparations for launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glass cases contained dozens of keepsakes: a ruby the size of a man’s fist, a wedge of gold shaped like a sandwich, even the Thunder Gong she’d read about in the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There are half a dozen spots where scientists, in hard hats, gloves, and safety glasses are down in the rock and dirt, working. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It’s mostly condiment bottles—like a dozen different kinds of salsas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The nurse went on to tell Pa that more than a dozen girls died that day from food poisoning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the tap there were a dozen pink and white soaps, shaped like swans and roses, resting in an ivory-tinted shell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From the courtyard talk she'd learned that the upper chambers of the Tower of Dread housed three dozen captives taken during some battle on the Green Fork of the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most children rode the city bus to school or walked, as I did the dozen or so blocks from where I lived, in a two-room basement apartment. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The bandmaster signals the band into a fast number, and Rosie moves the ball a dozen feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She meant the Homestead Strike, which had ended in a shootout that left over a dozen men dead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

These four eras are further divided into anywhere from a dozen to twenty subgroups, usually called periods though sometimes known as systems. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the war, her team would break into dozens of spy networks, including thirty-seven circuits linked to Hamburg, and a further twenty-four that were handled from Berlin. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The package I toted in from the mailbox is open and on the bed are a dozen bottles filled with brown liquid. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A dozen times a day, she thought about walking out of the school and never coming back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mind whizzes through dozens of looks like the spinning of a roulette wheel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Although I, too, was undecided about trusting Link, I continued to defend Link as both of them came up with dozens of reasons why I shouldn’t trust this white boy. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in a nightmare, the dozens became scores, the scores hundreds. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he described it, it had been two parts frustration to one part reward: He’d spend weeks planning a community meeting, only to have a dozen people show up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The imagination and the spiritual strength of Shakespeare’s evildoers stopped short at a dozen corpses. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Winston had seen O’Brien perhaps a dozen times in almost as many years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She searches the dozens of cars for anything that could help her put the fire out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He said things I'd heard him say dozens of times before. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Balee plucked out half a dozen pieces of ceramic: shards of pots and plates, a chipped length of cylindrical bar that may have been part of a pot’s support leg. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The first dozen or so were from my parents’ wedding. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sign above the business, which was one of the dozen or so boxes of storefronts along Old Mill Boulevard, was an enormous, perfectly round pizza with a grinning face painted on it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Right now, I have invitations from Cornell, Princeton and probably a dozen others, as soon as my time and their available dates can be scheduled together. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I know it’s word for word because I wrote it dozens of times before delivering it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A dozen thoughts hit me all at once. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The next day, he sent letters and appointed about two dozen men to diplomatic positions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A dozen different Noises come poking at me like sticks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As aimless as the men, half a dozen artillery horses galloped in a pack along the water’s edge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in the ensuing fire. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She collected them now—dozens of them—black, white, Latino, and Asian, boys and girls, babies dressed like farmhands and budding businessmen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She got into her car and I followed her for a dozen blocks, watching the back of her head, her signal lights, until I accelerated beside her to get another look at her face. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant that the island of Manhattan would be a dozen feet underwater within a few hours. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Billy drove his Cadillac down a back alley in Ilium, and he found his way blocked by dozens of boys and their bicycles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

McShane came over with half a dozen policemen and they began combing the roofs and cellars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d never actually met, but I recognized her face from the dozens of screenshots she’d posted to her blog over the years. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had talked with him perhaps half a dozen times in the past month and found, to my disappointment, that he had little to say. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I filled over a dozen crates and boxes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And those friends could be in a dozen different time zones, spread all over the globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed the shutter button and took a dozen or so shots. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We stopped at a grocery store, where, per Augustus’s instruction, I bought a dozen eggs while he and Isaac waited in the car. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They had gathered at the starboard rail to stare at the dozens of weird shaggy monsters milling through the crowds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By the dozens, then hundreds, then thousands, they began to assemble at the border crossings between East and West Berlin on the evening of November 9. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

About a dozen of his men were with him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Father hardly ever hit me, but he hit Sam dozens of times, mostly for arguing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to hold on to their packages and small children, they jostled for balance even as the aisles became jammed with dozens of seatless passengers. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The street was deserted, but inside the café there were half a dozen customers drinking beer or Santa Lucia wine or whiskey. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ship moored beside a dozen other, similar sky-ships, at the top of a huge tree, large enough to support hundreds of dwellings built into the trunk. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sold all ten dozen in two days. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Out of the two dozen boxes she and Vivian have been through so far, only a short pile of musty books and some yellowed linen have been deemed too ruined to keep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She followed June to her front porch, where at least two dozen pieces of paper were scattered over the stone floor, along with about thirty different shades of colored pencils. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, goodness, we have dozens! Cauldrons, kettles, cook-pots—we can hardly keep track of them all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every move she made was deliberate, as if she had already lived this moment a dozen times and had always done the right thing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so people stood in a loose group at the side of the road. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We found many of them, as many as three dozen in a day, but on being cooked, many turned out to contain dead embryos in various stages of development. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Before the day is out, dozens of villains will deliver up false claims. Only my crown will convince Papa that you are the genuine villain." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her draw up, becoming larger than the Lily I have seen, looking like she is prepared to take me on and a dozen others, too, if necessary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sapiens, on the other hand, developed techniques that relied on cooperation between many dozens of individuals, and perhaps even between different bands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard it dozens of times, but she kept thinking about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen seasoned Dreadfort men guarded the doors of the Great Keep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Against the opposite wall was a glass-fronted cabinet, and inside this were the dolls, dozens of very small dolls, all female, and made of wool-covered wire, like pipe cleaners, with embroidered-on faces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen brats turned with expressions of derision, and Lyra threw her cigarette down, recognizing the cue for a fight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Crowds of lower-caste workers were queued up in front of the monorail station—seven or eight hundred Gamma, Delta and Epsilon men and women, with not more than a dozen faces and statures between them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, he’d answered a dozen more of my questions with his usual quiet confidence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A dozen crystals, no larger than seeds, rattled across the parchment he'd been reading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Denna was barely a dozen feet away when she looked up and saw me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had keys to dozens of other houses; everyone trusted him with their homes and everything in them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They gave me a cup of tea and Charley half a dozen cookies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The process repeated itself half a dozen times. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

For these reasons, I’d seen Blade Runner over four dozen times and had memorized every frame of the film and every line of dialogue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A red priestess scurried past, attended by a dozen acolytes with torches, their robes whisking about their ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When half a dozen new players trooped out upon the stage, my heart sank into my shoes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They might kill a dozen men and leave their wallets piled insultingly on top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are a dozen necklaces on the hook. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several dozen Romans had surrounded Piper and Jason, who were trying to calm them without much luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A topographical map of veins runs up her hands and over her wrists, and she has dozens of tiny creases around her eyes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His great head lay pillowed against a sand dune and a dozen or more soldiers waved their wicker shields, trying to fan cool air upon him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

South Africa was also banned from Olympic competition, international track and field, swimming, World Cup soccer, cricket, rugby and a dozen or so other sports. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard it a dozen times, but I still liked the way Dad told it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There in front of us was a large herd of elephants—dozens. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes a man brings in a dozen. Well, let us see your pearl. We will value it and give you the best price.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1984, the whole central region of the park–several dozen square miles–was more than three feet higher than it had been in 1924, when the park was last formally surveyed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They might create a dozen different versions of the same ad and run them simultaneously in a dozen different cities and compare the response rates to each. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first glance they looked like Valentine angels—a dozen chubby little Cupid babies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looked down at me, reaching out to hand me a dozen roses, my first roses, just like in the magazines and on Stella Dallas on the radio. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the half dozen or so times he’d gone to a game with Papi and Carlos, sitting in the bleachers, worrying, shouting, eating, thrilled to be there with his father and big brother. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They tune in to newscasts, concerts, operas, national choirs, folk shows, a dozen children in a semicircle on the furniture, Frau Elena among them, hardly more substantial than a child herself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had just squeezed half a dozen men into submission, cracked the heads of half a dozen more. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen times I’ve told her and the others the story. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn Stark's plea had roused a bare dozen; the others looked confused, or frightened, or sullen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we took in dozens and dozens of babies!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha is clever enough to delete the first paragraph of the Mark Twain paper and go through the computer file and misspell a dozen words before he prints it out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We had sixteen campers, fifteen Hunters, and half a dozen satyrs left in fighting shape. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were all around him, half a dozen of them, white-faced children with dark eyes, boys and girls together. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were only about a dozen steps in all, and he took two more, stopping in the middle. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

While on the airplane, I went over my speech a dozen times. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A dozen or more loons from all the neighboring ponds fly in, and they all swim around together for a couple of hours for no discernible reason other than the pleasure of being together. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they slaughtered a dozen or more at once. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Over the next three months I receive several dozen letters, weeks after he writes them, sometimes two in the same day, depending on where they were mailed from. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Only half a dozen times in recorded history have supernovae been close enough to be visible to the naked eye. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her wedding must have been especially blessed; before the day was over, a dozen men had died. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As his food supply grew meager, McCunn deeply regretted tossing all but a dozen of his shotgun shells into the lake. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine two dozen ships and a dozen different landing beach sites. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Jackson had made a respectable run for the presidency, winning about a dozen primaries before ceding the nomination to Michael Dukakis. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Inside she finds a bowl, some dried beef, and a blowgun with two dozen darts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was always a big deal, and at least a dozen kids would get yelled at for acting up on those trips. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They compiled a wish list of a half dozen candidates, among them the young Yale instructor widely considered back East to be the best of the current crop of fellows: Ernest O. Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen soldiers, leaning on their spears, stood on each side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

There are a couple dozen other people lined up, each with a bag in hand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I can see her chess mind sorting through the pieces of my words, not quite believing my excuses, looking a dozen steps ahead for what I might do next. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Clinging to the mountainside were dozens of multileveled palaces—a city of mansions—all with white-columned porticos, gilded terraces, and bronze braziers glowing with a thousand fires. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I took paper, carbon, typewriter, pencils, notebooks, and not only those but dictionaries, a compact encyclopedia, and a dozen other reference books, heavy ones. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure there are dozens on her phone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Please. What’s to like? Guys like him are a dime a dozen.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another bomb fell on a piece of waste ground which was used as a playground and several dozen children were blown to pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

On the screen, her hair is up, and she’s poking at one of her dozens of window plants. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Presently three of her dozen or so students are Asian. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long before dawn the market space was lit by dozens of oil lamps as potters and their assistants rushed about in an anxious, eerie silence, preparing their stalls. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In one corner of the room was a haphazard dress Dad was working on, pinned to a bust in a dozen places. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the Night of Terror, several dozen other women joined with Alice Paul in her hunger strike to protest their unfair and intolerable treatment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He has two dozen packets of sunflower seeds spread out on the counter. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A dust-coated counter splits the room, backed by dozens of glass display cases and another, narrower door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I found a Tribal midwife. After I’d attended a few dozen births with her and learned what I needed, I poisoned her. “Then one winter morning, I felt the pains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“To win this game, your team must be the first to complete four laps of the second-floor balcony without spilling any of the three dozen books stacked on your rolling shelves, no matter the obstacles.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before she could change out of one, Kelly had another ready, and took half a dozen pictures of Melissa in each. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a dozen women surrounded us, old, young, and middle-aged. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Gens Veturia is a distinguished house, and Grandfather will want me to shake dozens of hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When they arrived in the City, the merchant dropped her off at the Square, where a dozen men and women were cleaning up the remains of the bonfire from the night before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I returned to the chest freezer but there was no more ice, just a dozen bags of frozen vegetables, so I dumped them in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen leaped into the courtyard, silent and graceful. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She pictured her little sister and the kitten she made Cas admire a dozen times, and the bubble of amusement popped. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, she would have dredged up half a dozen more. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I'd shout, and start running past women selling tomatoes or mangoes on the side of the road, dipping beneath the clotheslines that crisscrossed between the dozens of identical wooden slab shacks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The horse lines were to the north, and beyond them, two dozen elephants grazed beside the water, pulling up reeds with their trunks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had seen each other dozens of times but the deputy did not remember him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was about a dozen people hanging out in front of the store by the time we got there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I would take two dozen if it would keep me from being expelled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps bigger than this, with two, three, or half a dozen people still alive. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

To their surprise, when they got there they found dozens of people already waiting outside, as well as a steady stream of horses and wagons arriving. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Must be a dozen dirty ones on the floor. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When she. was a girl, my mother had dreamed of owning a flower shop, so she drew dozens of diagrams of how she might organize and display the flowers for the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was toting a tray loaded down with at least a dozen domed plates. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by dozens of stacks of sheet music stretching across the room, both loose and bound into books. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Veronica Lake book is paper doll cutouts, with Veronica Lake in her bathing suit and dozens of outfits you can stick onto her with tabs that fold around her neck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was in Tartarus, dying from gorgon’s blood plus a dozen other agonizing curses, while he watched his girlfriend stumble around, helpless and blind and believing he’d abandoned her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We step down from the train, and once we are a good dozen yards away, he turns to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had visited the homes of dozens of her relatives, eaten the plates full of syrupy mishti, patiently posed for countless photographs on rooftops, surrounded by her cousins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Canvas sides are stretched over a metal frame, like dozens we saw crossing the border between Turkey and Syria at Bab al-Hawa. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen sounds good but six is cool. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dennis also brought some soda mixers and two dozen glasses he got from his mother by telling her I was having a birthday party and they were needed for the lemonade. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, Dallas and Florida gathered up dozens of ants, seven spiders, two garter snakes, and a frog, and that evening they deposited these treasures in the beds of the Burgerton boys. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m sure he’s asleep, I slip out from beneath the blankets and walk down the hallway, past a dozen sleeping Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And yet everyone agreed that to lead a huge project, involving the juggling of dozens of complex tasks, Groves was the right choice. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have let you or any one of a dozen men take care of him a long time ago. He’s not a man. He’s an animal,” Uncle said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dozen or so riders of the hunt passed them, with the sight hounds running lightly alongside. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that it was time to go, Ira looked scared, she hesitated a little before entering: but already a dozen willing hands had lifted her in. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen thorns and two or three elders grew together above and below a bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steadily the other dishes were brought in, a half dozen or so of them, one varied and progressive course. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herrmann earned a nomination for his score, and he went on to provide music for dozens of movies from the 1940s through the 1970s. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Word of her arrival spread quickly, and soon dozens of bugs appeared. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wanting to shake the corporals off, he quickened his pace, overtook the Scotsmen and pushed his way past a group of nuns shepherding a couple of dozen children in blue tunics. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

To command the snowy sentinels on die walls, the squires had erected a dozen snowy lords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And even though I had seen her half a dozen times before, I said dreamily, “Hello. I’m pleased to make your acquaintance.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The basement was lit up with the white flash of a dozen silver bulbs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Otherwise there are going to be dozens of girls running around with baby Trips. Horrific thought.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was built in 1889 as a charity hospital for the sick and poor, and it covered more than a dozen acres where a cemetery and insane asylum once sat in East Baltimore. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He had counted one day, and there were more than a dozen named for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A relatively large number of officers—eight to a dozen—were assigned to each meal because of the prison mess hall’s well-known reputation as a place where in-mates can “go off.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got back to her house, she pulled a half dozen shirts from the closet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And you don’t have to get a dozen other people to agree on what to buy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Mr Stevens, I should think you and I could sit here now and count up at least a dozen between us that once said as much, then got married and left the profession.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the basket were a dozen dark-haired Barbie dolls dressed like Spanish señoritas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

On the twentieth of May, Yutar handed out a dozen blue leather- bound volumes of his final speech to the press and one to the defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassandra said we had about a dozen, in various stages of ripeness. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Two years later, he was working for himself and employing a dozen men. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Altogether, according to John McPhee, these number in the "tens of dozens." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A massive orchestra—the Berlin Philharmonic merged with the national orchestra and supplemented by half a dozen military bands-—launched into Wagner’s Huldigungsmarsch, the March of Homage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were a dozen men moving here and there about their tasks, but no one took the slightest notice of him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The different Nationalist groups, the “Buy Black!” forces, and others like that; dozens of their step- ladder orators were trying to increase their followings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, because I'm too stunned to think of the other dozen questions I'm sure I have. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That conclusion is clearest for the eastern United States, where less than a dozen crops were domesticated, including small-seeded grains but no large-seeded grains, pulses, fiber crops, or cultivated fruit or nut trees. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Lift her up,” somebody yelled, and a dozen voices repeated the cry: “Lift her up, lift her up.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Summer Session—a few dozen boys being force-fed education, a stopgap while most of the masters were away and most of the traditions stored against sultriness—the Summer Session was over. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya took her bow from where it hung across her back and nocked an arrow into it, aiming at the boy, who walked a dozen or so paces behind them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They played it over and over for dozens of hours, examining in slow motion every gesture and expression. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A child, but that had not stopped him daydreaming in his cell of her humiliation, of a dozen ways he might find revenge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of them lying in the sand around us, creating an eerie eight-bit symphony. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

U. S. Robots had to get the bugs out of the multiple robot, and there were plenty of bugs, and there are always at least half a dozen bugs left for the field-testing. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Cells of all sorts are commonly likened to biochemical factories, busy ferments in which dozens of mechanisms are working away in complex sequences that are half Rube Goldberg, half ballet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pictures of dozens of hidden exchanges, of children going into hiding, of innocent, innocent people. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the road they passed a half dozen brightly painted houses, some tidy and some not, and then they were in front of the only thing that looked like a store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant was a dozen or so blocks farther than that, near Elmhurst, a new Korean barbecue house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A billion years later, with a dozen new blisters on his feet, Percy reached the bottom. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jason saw a dozen more scenes like this from Nico’s point of view....And they left him stunned, unable to move or speak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A dozen more questions crowded into Annabeth’s head, but it was already spinning like Leo’s pinwheel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Maloney told me Miss Willis had dozens of cats,” her dad said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only a dozen of the big black birds remained with them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve had them in here a dozen times in the last few weeks. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson slapped half a dozen of them aside, knocking them over the guardrail into Miami Bay. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

That shack was the beginning of Lacks Town, a single road about a mile long and lined with dozens of houses —some painted bright yellows or greens, others unpainted, half caved-in or nearly burnt- down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Snakes. Bears. Worms in apples. Toenail clippings. Floods. I could tell you dozens of things.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Identical twins—but not in piddling twos and threes as in the old vivip-arous days, when an egg would sometimes accidentally divide; actually by dozens, by scores at a time. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have run away from home a dozen times, maybe more. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The bell had rung over a dozen times, and I was going up on my toes for a second turn when the door flew open with such force, the bell jangled all by itself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My mind raced through a dozen different scenarios. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In Salmon Bay, just to the east, dozens of fishing boats, unused for months, sat bobbing at moorage, the paint peeling from their weathered hulls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of them, with police officers and medical personnel stationed there. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now a dozen were swimming around the giant’s legs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Passing her, he ran to a boarded-off area that concealed the café’s dozen garbage cans. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He was slapped on the back and he shook hands with dozens of students. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There had to be dozens of them now, maybe over a hundred. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As I worked moving bolts of fabric from the back, I uncovered a dozen old sewing machines hidden by a stack of boxes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A dozen more kids got on board at New Camp and then at Substation, Roy Lee among them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They study them,” said Doc patiently and he remembered that he had answered this question for Hazel dozens of times before. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of us, a dozen little brown doors squatted either side of a little brown office. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, he still felt the sharp bites of the horseflies, and he felt the mosquitoes, dozens and dozens of tiny pins pricking him, sucking at him, leaving their itchy venom behind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Englishman scanned their papers, asked dozens of questions, and gave them a pass to enter Cadiz and trade. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve come through here dozen, maybe two dozen, times, but I have never smelled it before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I'd just get on the subway and dash from train to train a dozen or so times, and before long I'd lose them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

From what I can gather, he worked in her office, was married, and had children, but I probably still have dozens and dozens of emails to get through. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Coraline turned and ran, wildly, up the last half dozen steps, and she pushed herself up and onto the floor of the dusty bedroom. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Loyally, it tried to encompass the concept and half a dozen coils burnt out. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And this was just one of a dozen things that kept building up the pressure on my mother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

After verbally humiliating me, the teacher called me up to the front of the class, grabbed a thick cane out of the cupboard, told me to straddle the table and whipped me a dozen lashes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been smoking them since he was sixteen, and regularly, as many as a dozen a day—expensive panatelas, for the most part—since he was eighteen. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been through dozens of these,” she said, holding the magnet up for them to admire. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Wick’s other side, a group of about a dozen men stared intently at the camera without smiling. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She rings the doorbell a dozen times, alternating with a series of loud knocks, though she can hear the bell echoing within the house. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ambrose was a dozen feet away before he finally looked down and realized the hand he was heading toward was mine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The phone on the far end of the line called Faber's name a dozen times before the professor answered in a faint voice. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first glance the scene looks chaotic, but by the time Camel has lit his cigarette, several dozen teams are hitched and moving alongside the flat cars, pulling wagons toward the runs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Both rivers were swollen with rainfall and thick with boulders that created dozens of small, swift waterfalls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Any other employee would’ve been out the door a dozen minor infractions ago. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There were half a dozen, with dirty fur and cracked teeth and beady red eyes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the gate was now floating in midair, suspended several dozen meters above the planet’s surface, over the crater that had been created by the destruction of the castle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After only a dozen feet, the crevasse widened slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’s read each of the short stories and poems and articles a dozen times. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And we’ll be doing this every day. But a bigger order. One hundred and twenty dozen. Delivered.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Old, to be sure, but it had seen Root through a dozen firefights and it made him feel like a field officer again. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I also took a dozen of the eggs I’d helped gather Thursday evening. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Farmer Cotton collected an escort of some two dozen sturdy hobbits. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It had happened when she and five other Soviet fighter pilots had flown into battle against a swarm of three dozen German bombers and fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“There are more over here, printed in dozens of languages!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen fists pummeled his body, fingernails tore at his cheek and a finger clawed at his eye. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Cherrie usually went hunting each morning and had added about a dozen more birds to the collection, he and Roosevelt didn’t see much wildlife as they canoed down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Long ago, the clever person who designed the Fishery placed about two dozen drains in the workshop to help with cleaning and managing spills. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had worked on a dozen or so homes on this street, and knew he would return when the waters fell away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Effectively used, these pictures could cause half a dozen suicides. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dusted the powdery corpses of half a dozen dead butterflies off a cement bench and lay down on the quad under the moonlight for a while, contemplating my sisters and our rebelliousness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And there they were I Not two or three, but at least a dozen, lashed together, each with a barbed hook and bolt sinker. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a nearby pavement cafe, half a dozen people sipped coffee in the shade of patio umbrellas. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It takes her half a dozen tries to even get going. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen people got there before her, though none was coming any too close. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Joe noted the scant dozen of shame faced houses scattered in the sand and palmetto roots and said, “God, they call this a town? Why, ’tain’t nothing but a raw place in de woods.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then there was a wild chorus of war cries and hooves thundering against metaL A dozen centaurs charged out of the main stairwell “Ponies!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

At least a dozen people swarm around Link, battering him with backslaps and high fives. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It took me at least a dozen visits to build this relationship. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Through the dungeon wall burst a dozen ghost horses, each ridden by a headless horseman. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It smells like her, like talcum powder and perfume, and I have a dozen memories of Elsbeth in this dress. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dany gave him charge of a dozen of her strongest men, and set them to pulling up the plaza to get to the earth beneath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

About a dozen or more years before, when I was in prison, a member of the orthodox Muslim movement in Boston, named Abdul Hameed, had visited me and had later sent me prayers in Arabic. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lastly, we get to some sentences—dozens of them: What time is it? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Emily had seen her dad do this sort of work dozens of times, but now, as she was surrounded by everything Griswold, it sparked an idea. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was on the verge of turning back and going home a dozen times, but eventually I went in. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the northern lords studied the castle, a sally port opened, a plank bridge slid across the moat, and a dozen knights rode forth to confront them, led by four of Lord Walder's many sons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen cassette tapes cracked under their weight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

With budgets busting, more than two dozen states have reduced or eliminated harsh mandatory minimum sentences, restored early-release programs, and offered treatment instead of incarceration for some drug offenses. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps we should go into one of the treatment salons. We have dozens. Anything that suits your fancy. It would be more appropriate to inspect her in one of those." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The drowsy hum of the Converter is louder in the control room and mixed with it is the chuckle of the Geiger Counters and the erratic buzzing of half a dozen little signal lights. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She’s explained this to me a dozen times, but it only sinks in as I come to see for myself what it is, this life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three of the queen’s ladies sat together, attended by their serving maids and a dozen admiring men of the Night’s Watch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A black truck, but larger than any truck I’ve ever seen, large enough to hold more than a dozen people in its covered bed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I can name you a dozen who were not, and they are the ones the world lives by. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

While Celia knows Mr. Barris quite well, having met with him several times and exchanged dozens of letters, he does an impressive job of pretending they are mere acquaintances. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s something amazing about any souffle, how a half dozen eggs flavored by nothing more than sugar and chocolate can turn into something so air-like. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was very much like the main town: shabby little huts, repaired a dozen times, patched with scraps of plastic or corrugated iron, leaning crazily against each other over muddy alleyways. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fungus gets ’em, too much rain, any one of a dozen things—now we’re talking about a hundred, maybe a hundred twenty worth of berries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soon the door swung open and a dozen other new arrivals entered, escorted by several Executives and a pair of men wearing fine suits and two watches apiece. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Often in one’s infancy, one answers unwittingly to dozens of pet names, until one eventually sticks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

More followed until almost a dozen were kneeling with the small man in his damp suit. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’re looped into shape and glued together, added to dozens of mini chains all around the room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There were no lamps in the room, only candles, dozens of them in heavy silver candlesticks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rolls of white paper, dozens of brushes, and many bottles of red and black ink were brought into the classrooms. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the rivers and rails, the ruins and natural veins of ore, and dozens of escape routes he’d devised in case he was ever pursued by city authorities. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Others have been on the bus dozens of times. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then she flounced over to the dog, kissed it with ecstasy and swept into the kitchen, implying that a dozen chefs awaited her orders there. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The president lay on the waiting room floor, where dozens of people had walked that day, their shoes and boots carrying soot, dirt, and horse manure from the street. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Michaelis didn't see anything odd in that and he gave Wilson a dozen reasons why his wife might have bought the dog leash. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And have you ever met anyone who could break a stone bench with his fist? Or dispatch a dozen fiends using nothing but flesh and bone?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I have given this test to at least a dozen groups of people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite the fact that we held the same rank, Manet had more hands-on experience in the Fishery than any dozen higher-ranking students combined. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You can play them dozens of tones, and they’ll be able to distinguish between all of them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the window, there were half a dozen evening gowns beaded with pearls and sequins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would that he could fit an entire field of cotton in the display and had the budget for a dozen actors to work it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For each one of you there are dozens of young people who can hardly write their names. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And stretched out on the long tables, far from Whatever Surprise was being fed to Camillo Junior High for lunch that day, were a dozen trays of cream puffs—brown, light, perfect cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just as we turn the corner, three dozen Peacekeepers sweep past us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like the odds of three against several dozen. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"No," I said, seeing a woman moving slowly past with a row of about a dozen dressed chickens suspended by their necks from the handle of a new straw broom . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked back to his waiting team; there was still time to plow a dozen furrows before sunset—and to think. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are we whispering? Tyson went in and bought a dozen. Nothing happened to him.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two lines of Recruiters—there were dozens of them—stood back to back down the length of the gym floor, as if preparing for a dance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even with a dozen, he wasn’t fully satisfied. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby won dozens of quick games during that session, not losing one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But a few gunters were successful, and at the bottom of the Scoreboard, listed after the High Five and the dozens of IOI employee numbers, new avatar names began to appear. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, and basket of plums, please,” he mumbled. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the carbide light from a dozen watching headlamps, something glittered and shone in his cuts. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

About a dozen or so tributes are hacking away at one another at the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

From a dozen nests across the marsh, golden objects shot into the air—jewelry, weapons, coins, gold nuggets, and most importantly, gryphon eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Off in the darkness a shadowgat screamed in fury, its voice bouncing off the rocks so it seemed as though a dozen other 'cats were giving answer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He passed a dozen great pavilions and a hundred cookfires. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Holmes methodically inspected half a dozen purported Ice Age sites, including Abbott’s farm. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A full dozen arrows if you count the one I retrieved in the tree. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Twenty-one players from a dozen countries had qualified to play in this march, toward an opportunity to earn a place at the next plateau. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, it had been gradually expanded until it had dozens of rooms for single miners or transient families. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘But my count is now two dozen. It has been knife-work up here.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I turn my gaze to the dozens of eyes on me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Dresses and shawls were scattered around, and there was a bag of what looked like medicines, several dozen jewelry cases, a sackful of milk powder, even a small chest of baby toys. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When I saw the invitation in the elevator I suggested to Mr. Hoo that he call the judge to see if she needed hors d'oeuvres; and sure enough, he got an order for six dozen." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The IOI skyscrapers were the three tallest buildings in the city, mighty towers of steel and mirrored glass joined by dozens of connective walkways and elevator trams. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The vehicle was stopped by a young African guard, but he was overwhelmed when dozens of armed policemen and several police dogs sprang from the vehicle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the front door, and dozens of people flooded into the small building. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was working at her bench, with dozens of photographs strewn around her, and a book full of notes and equations on her desk. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Kathy suppressed a dozen things she wanted to say, and instead channeled her rage into packing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Open pools smoked day and night in a dozen small courtyards. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We eat our puffs—a heavenly dozen—and then Danielle takes me to her pink room and pulls the black go-go boots out of the closet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The campaign had taught me that my every move and facial expression would be read a dozen different ways. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The numbered signs above blinked between yellow and blue, like a dozen warning signals, faster than my eyes could follow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His private information is walled behind a mass of shields—not just one, but dozens. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She thought it was such a lovely sight that she wished there had been a dozen of her or even thirty. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Jojen Reed nipped at his own joint with small bites, chewing each chunk of meat a dozen times before swallowing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Fewer than a dozen shields remained, sad grey things with faded paint and long cracks in the wood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I repeated this a dozen times, dropping the leaves off the roof, watching as the wind took them away in a mad dance back and forth across the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’ve passed it dozens of times, daring each other to touch it, but the night bloats its evil. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You could see it in the eyes of Mrs. Mason, who didn’t invite me in for a chocolate doughnut, even though she had ordered two dozen. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter how often Salva swatted at the mosquitoes, or that one swat killed dozens at a time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a dozen or so students are there, fumbling with notebooks and syllabi. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following my first McMillian argument, we had filed almost two dozen death penalty appeals, and the court was starting to respond to our advocacy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Master lit the spirit lamp under the little silver chafing dish and heated some butter before cutting half a dozen poppy heads open and tossing them in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had blue eyes— at least a dozen of them—on his cheeks, his forehead, the backs of his hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Father Cham blessed and tied a dozen more bracelets around Pong's left wrist, plus a couple on his right to balance it out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I did casually mention to him which room was mine—right on the street with easy access—a few dozen times because, well, I have my reasons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Not more than half a dozen people in the whole Centre had ever been inside a Savage Reservation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, aided by the light of the full moon and a sputtering candle Fadi had found in the empty house, they crawled around in the dirt, excavating dozens of shallow holes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But for every one that ran away, a dozen more poured forward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvaged remains of a burned house—the charred clock, the singed photograph, the scorched furniture— must be resurrected from the ruins and examined. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The card had a night sky on the outside, dozens of stars spread across it, and on the inside something about stars being like memories in the darkness of sorrow. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

A dozen or more enormous snow-white birds, each the size of a rowboat, with long, straight wings that trailed on the water behind them: very long wings, at least two yards in length. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A dozen different things that he might say flashed through Digory’s mind, but he had the sense to say nothing except : he exact truth. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I would try my costume on a dozen times each October, and all through November, I obsessively fantasized about pulling it out of my closet one more time. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

At their back stood a dozen stout mice guarding the gatehouse door under the command of Basil Stag Hare. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In a delicatessen, black flies swim over a half dozen tables. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After that incident, the floodgates seemed to open and dozens of BC men decided to join the ANC, including some of those who had planned the attack on Terror. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to stack up to enough sustenance for the two dozen families in our village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen voices took up a song in a guttural tongue strange to Arya's ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When a shout went up, dozens more left the road to join them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The other one bolted a dozen yards and then stopped and turned back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bengalis are famous for nicknames—we each end up with about a dozen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled a clear plastic crate filled with dozens of candles out from underneath her bed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before them were half a dozen fire trucks and ambudrones, and behind that hordes of survivors. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

On the walls hung dozens of clocks, their stilled hands pointed every which way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His father had been crushed by a slate fall about a dozen years back on a section where Dad was the foreman. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the chamber made a crackling sound like ice in warm water, and dozens of gems streaked toward the giant, punching through his armor like buckshot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He gave Sam a spearhead and a dozen arrowheads as well, and passed the rest out among his other friends for luck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She bought dozens of big loose-leaf binders and lots of packs of lined paper. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could swear, as he drove down the tree-lined street in the late morning light, that he saw dozens and dozens of flickering ghosts—his grandparents and their parents and their parents—watching him, smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I am taught something I have already been taught in dozens of other classrooms. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

For the first ten minutes I had to wipe my right hand on my fatigues at least a dozen times. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hell, back in the day, we would be whaling on each other a dozen times a week. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in between were a dozen teeth, each slightly bigger than the last, each a perfect enlargement of the one that came before it, like Russian dolls. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Fighting it out seemed likely, especially a few days later when Dad came home with more than a dozen military-surplus rifles, mostly SKSs, their thin silver bayonets folded neatly under their barrels. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have to post the usual jury notice: dozens of kids volunteered. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

About a mile away, over the mountains, a black cloud was swirling—a whole flock of gryphons, dozens at least. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The dozens and dozens of shells in glass jars. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m beat. I just finished opening four dozen ersters out in the backyard,” Santa said in her rocky baritone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he leaned up against a merlon, breathing hard, Theon could hear the shouting from below, where Frenya was fighting half a dozen guardsmen in the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Not long after they’d taken Cloke into custody. They told Henry they had enough probable cause to arrest half a dozen people, including himself, either for conspiracy or withholding evidence.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One wall is covered with a sun with a happy face, a huge rainbow, and dozens of flowers—also with smiley faces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The owlet was starving, for there was only the bunting, when there should have been dozens of lemmings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she only knew of one carpenter who would put Cari’s coffin before the dozens of others. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She led several dozen marchers on a two-week hike from New York City to Albany, the state capital. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

From every door, dozens of children spilled into the courtyard, yelling and jostling each other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In every respect—he told Matt—he tried to duplicate that memory, only of course being vastly more wealthy, he could have dozens of statues, fountains, and gardens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would make replicas, dozens if need be, until the glaze was like jade and water. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Still, Anita had managed to sell a half dozen of the series, which meant instead of cleaning houses Mia had been able to spend the next six months working on a new project. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Across the ancient sea floor a dozen tall, blue-sailed Martian sand ships floated, like blue ghosts, like blue smoke. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the late 1990s, the evolution of DNA evidence had helped expose dozens of wrongful convictions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen fifteen alone on Island Center Road and a dozen more up on Mill Run. It’ll take me three days just to get to ’em.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While we were in Midland, Mom painted dozens of variations and studies of the Joshua tree. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dark-eyed Nademah had heard about it from friends, convinced Kathy to buy the DVD, and since then the three girls had seen it a dozen times—every night for two weeks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I spun a dozen feet through the air and crashed into a tree trunk. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose there’d be a dozen or so, sir. About normal.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was fifty-five years old and had six official kingships and dozens of petty states under his control. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In just the first two seasons, 100,000 pounds of ancient bones were excavated from the site, and tens of thousands of pounds more came in each of the half dozen years that followed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He counted out a dozen eggs, which he set gently in a cardboard carton. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He answers that the INS has no records of birth or entry or naturalization for nearly three dozen of them and their families. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ensuing strife lasted 150 years, spread across the Maya heartland, and resulted in the pillage of a dozen city-states, among them both Mutal and Kaan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The courtroom was filled with domestic and international journalists, and dozens of representatives of foreign governments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I eat KFC in my room, I can watch TV on one of the half dozen available channels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, I’d suppressed the urge to ask him a dozen questions. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the pool, coins shimmered—a dozen or so golden drachma. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The same park where dozens of canoes have now been pulled up along the shoreline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In Doon’s box were dozens of small packets wrapped in a slippery material. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The church really only has about a dozen people in it besides us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen fingers pointed at the amputated wheel--he stared at it for a moment and then looked upward as though he suspected that it had dropped from the sky. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Around a bend, we see a large white farmhouse with Greek pillars, a barn, a silo, and a fenced yard where a dozen or so pickup and farm trucks are parked. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to photograph half a dozen stars which had been chosen because they were young and were giving off a lot of ultraviolet light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

No natural thing could keep coming with two dozen bullets in it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Shoun said he would swear a dozen times that Bill never identified his killers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A dozen of us marched purposefully downstairs to the Box. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is a continuous gradation from triple systems through loose clusters of a few dozen stars to the great globular clusters, resplendent with a million suns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen twenty-five-pounder guns were piled beyond the ditch, as if swept up there by a heavy bulldozer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This had caused trouble for dozens of places: some had been put off limits by the military; some had lost their state or city licenses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper rows were filled with several dozen ghosts and a few older veterans from the city, all in formal togas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Next door to us was the Betts’ house, and scattered around were a dozen more houses—the Sanford’s house and the Rogers’ house and Mr. Heron’s house and some others. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he was inside the arcade, Kyle’s ears were bombarded by the blare, buzz, and bells of three dozen educational video games. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

With no means to pay off their “debts,” people in prisons were sold as forced laborers to lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, farms, plantations, and dozens of corporations throughout the South. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Near the mess hall, about two dozen Smokies were making a stand, holding off a handful of Specials with axes and makeshift dubs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Our chimpanzee cousins usually live in small troops of several dozen individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had bombarded dozens of elements with deuterons and assiduously tracked emissions of alpha particles during the bombardments; but the continued emission of electrons or positrons after the bombardments ended had escaped their notice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I think we just need to make sure they don't forget, but don't expect miracles either.... both stubborn people, Jesse and I had each called the university a half dozen time's, but gotten no response. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening of the final day as he walked toward home, he saw a half dozen girls playing hopscotch. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

On the back of the door, a shoe rack with a couple dozen pairs of shoes, from Mary Janes to prom heels. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He collected dozens of folk songs from his native Hungary and used them in his method. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I've seen very few signs of game around, but I don't feel comfortable leaving Peeta alone while I hunt, so I rig half a dozen snares and hope I get lucky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Korean money funnels in mostly through the dozens of churches across the metropolitan area. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side are two concrete walls with half a dozen sets of train tracks between them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mundungus did not look particularly reassured, but Moody was already pulling half a dozen eggcup-sized glasses from inside his cloak, which he handed out, before pouring a little Polyjuice Potion into each one. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He calculated that there must be at least a dozen children of all sizes and ages. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a hundred years of scrubbing by a dozen different families, this house would probably still smell bitter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She ate a dozen mouthfuls in quick succession, then rinsed her mouth out again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But we’ve passed signs to the carousel a dozen times already.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Four days in, the picturesque mountain erupts in a volcano that wipes out another dozen players, including all but five of the Career pack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the past few days he’d known a hunger that nothing—three successive steaks, a dozen Hershey bars, a pound of gumdrops—seemed to interrupt. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got into my first fistfight when I was three years old, and I’d been in dozens since. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, after drilling their way through two dozen questions, they heard a very strange thumping coming from outside the window. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, there were at least a dozen people milling about the lawn. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was emptier than the other, holding a collection of almost two dozen tomes that matched in size and color. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Grace pointed to one of the dozens of framed photographs decorating the bookcases crowded with books. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They’d eliminated about a dozen people, cutting through half the crowd standing in front of them, when the rest of the infected seemed to finally catch on to what was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There must have been two dozen of us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen kids pushed and shouted at the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were more than a dozen dockers at the track, yet not one had seen Seabiscuit in a single workout since Santa Anita opened in December. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk alongside Trub, wanting to ask a dozen questions but not knowing where to start. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Brazen Beasts had taken dozens of the Harpy’s Sons, and those who had survived their capture had yielded names when questioned sharply ... too many names, it seemed to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m an errand boy. Maybe a driver, if he ever lets me drive. We’ve barely exchanged a dozen words.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a horseshoe-shaped room with about a dozen beds and a cadre of nurses, who constantly bustle around, reading the computer printouts that churn out from the feet of our beds recording our vital signs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so adults were among the pews, several of them bearing pairs of small-size rubbers, soles up, in their laps. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He had adjusted his habits in a dozen small ways. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Cinder scrambled to his feet and staggered a half dozen steps toward the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If it got the landlord off her back, she’d go to a dozen meetings. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bournonite; apatite on muscovite; natural zircon in a spray of colors; dozens more minerals he cannot name. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The streets were narrow and unpaved, and every lot was filled with dozens of shanties huddled close together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dust vanished from the photographs, and he saw at once that half a dozen were missing from the largest and most ornate frames. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After rewriting it a few dozen times, I tapped the Send button. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They viewed it as a costly and pointless venture, given that at least a dozen invisible hovercraft are circling overhead for my protection and there’s no intelligence to be gained. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"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

The tunnel led gently downward, and after the first dozen steps they were in darkness. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were a dozen of them, and they were driving hard. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With him rode a dozen mounted warriors armed with spears and swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Partners in Health had changed offices as it began to grow to about a dozen staff—about half volunteers, the rest underpaid employees. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The nearest onager was a hundred yards downhill, encircled in spiked trenches and guarded by a dozen demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to realize that a black man did not have to accept the dozens of petty indignities directed at him each day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the first dozen years after its entry into the United States, the beetle increased rapidly, free of the restraints that in its native land hold it in check. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

There are a couple of dozen white spots on this side alone. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

While Emily lay in obscurity on the floor, in the shadow of a sofa, with a medical uncle applying an expert tourniquet, a dozen relatives worked to calm her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of little folding snack-tables, all covered with twisted tubes of paint, most of them crusted dry like shriveled snakes, but some of them alive and oozing ribbons of color. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the crazily veering flashes of light, Chess saw dozens of other guards step out from behind the pillars and push the crowd back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Frank was so stunned that Hazel had to yell his name a dozen times before he realized Alcyoneus was getting up again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The pianos plink along softly; it sounds as if a dozen are playing all ar once, as if the sound comes from every point of the compass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That same month, the South African military again attacked an ANC outpost in Maseru, Lesotho, killing forty-two people, including a dozen women and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left, he handed me half a dozen purple mimeographed handouts, which we both knew were useless. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Instantly a dozen Malays were laying hold, ready to climb. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably wouldn’t help my case to tell her Tucker had applied to half a dozen Ivy League schools, and had already been accepted at twice as many less prestigious institutions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Pens and pencils packed a dozen each in flimsy cardboard packaging with retro fonts and design. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At one point, Salva found himself in a line of half a dozen people, all in an identical pose—bent over, holding their stomachs, and waiting for the next wave of nausea. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sundays, blacks had the choice of more than a dozen churches of various Christian denominations. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Like many new parents, Stanton prepared for motherhood by reading dozens of books and consulting doctors for advice. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Melissa tried on half a dozen outfits in a whirlwind. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

While the temple has at least a dozen doors along its walls, Poppet immediately finds one that leads back out into the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tile floor and rows of shelves and on the shelves several dozen quart jars. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

For every ken and wis and aye I had dropped from my vocabulary, I had picked up a dozen new and useful terms. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Within each brand-name area, there are of course dozens of items, even dozens of each kind of item. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing he knew, he was being wrenched inside the common room by about a dozen pairs of hands, and was facing the whole of Gryffindor House, all of whom were screaming, applauding, and whistling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even a cursory look confirmed a striking result: the newly born flies had accumulated mutations—dozens of them, perhaps hundreds. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen bloodflies had settled on his body, though he did not seem to feel them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It came from the direction of the mountains, flying low and kicking up dust in a dozen separate windstorms in its wake. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen steamy muffins flew from the horn of plenty like buckshot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the meadow at the base of the ravine, several dozen sheep were milling around. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I finished tying the string on a parcel, and she approached my counter, introduced herself as Mrs. Kurowski, and asked for a dozen cream pastries. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some weeks, Welles voiced characters on two dozen programs. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is a version of what I would hear dozens of times from other Volpe students through the generations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since then, he has bought and sold more than a dozen New York diners, but none have been more successful than the original 3 Guys, which opened in 1978. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had saved me before, guiding my movements on a dozen bucking horses, telling me when to cling to the saddle and when to pitch myself clear of pounding hooves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I would have killed a dozen horses if it would have helped me get more information about the Chandrian and why they had killed my parents. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello, his banana shoes burp-squeaking, stepped out of a room filled with dozens of black-and-white television monitors—the kind security guards watch at their workstations. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Men with bald heads, twenty feet tall, are said to appear on the roads outside of Ntchisi, a few at first, then dozens all around. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

With a sound like an anguished whisper, nearly a thousand people knelt to pray briefly for the soul of a man only a dozen of them had known. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of us sat two dozen hard-boiled eggs in a bowl. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

About a dozen similar sites are known, of which the Ouachita ring is the oldest and biggest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were certainly several people there, perhaps up to a dozen. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were down to a half dozen and I was still flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so of the birds are piled at my feet. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He met the queen’s party by the stables, accompanied by Satin, Bowen Marsh, and half a dozen guards in long black cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The most obvious was that a number of engines and dozens of firefighters were sent on a wild-goose chase and did not get to the fire for many minutes. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the results came out a few months later I found myself along with half a dozen other students the toast of the school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why there? There are a dozen villages and holdfasts just as close." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She pulled a tray out of the oven and dumped a dozen lumps of chocolate chip charcoal on the table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1996, Quotesmith.com became the first of several websites that enabled a customer to compare, within seconds, the price of term life insurance sold by dozens of different companies. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She’d managed to convince him to give her a tour under the pretense of extreme boredom—when, in fact, she’d used every moment to plot a dozen escape routes from her room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dozens and dozens of strangers stopped to stare at him and to admire his silky white coat, his curly tail, his kind and radiant expression. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Amidships, a dozen sailors and two of the fiery fingers were struggling with tangled lines and sodden canvas, but whether they were trying to raise the sail again or pull it down he never knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next day, a large mound a dozen feet away from him that at first looked like cow dung started moving. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Eleven men, two boys, and a dozen dogs crossed the moat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He made half a dozen calls, and in the middle of the morning he went to Mr. Singer’s room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then, it was inevitable, like gravity, like night and day, little apple-bites when God's back is turned, her name fell, bastardized, breaking into a half dozen nicknames—"pobrecita Yosita"—another nickname. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Another dozen notes, and he would be done. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle. It is the same with revolts.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would weep half a dozen times in a single session. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I take off the lid of the box, revealing half a dozen vials of clear liquid. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was possible considering I had competed in dozens of World Cups. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But on this day, Michaels’s gallery had a dozen still out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not before I spent dozens of hours crying and unhappy, surrounded by people who made me feel inferior and devalued. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In addition to these sledging rations were powdered milk and cocoa, sugar, tea, potatoes, tobacco, canned meats and vegetables, liquor, flour, and a dozen and one other staples and delicacies. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A big one, of course, but nothing I hadn’t seen before a dozen times over with my parents. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Did this mean if I told May about T. Ray’s mounds of grits, his dozens of small cruelties, about my killing my mother—that hearing it, she would feel everything I did? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped about a dozen feet from me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Snow had also sent a dozen archers to the top of the Wall, should any foes be hidden in the nearby woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After we have done this a dozen times, I am exhausted. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food Sirius had told them to bring was in Harry’s bag; they had sneaked a dozen chicken legs, a loaf of bread, and a flask of pumpkin juice from the lunch table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She joined him, and soon they had lifted half a dozen out of the way, and then she snapped off the battens on which they’d been hung, making a gap big enough to get through. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even so, it took them nine years to reach Uranus and a dozen to cross the orbit of Pluto. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The thick sable cloak had been slashed in a dozen places. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No, Penelope was certain; Lady Constance would rather endure a dozen wild children living in Ashton Place than risk inciting the kind of home wrecking that had transpired. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Immediately, camouflaged white soldiers, about a dozen of them, jumped off the back of the trucks, machine guns in hand, and raced every which way. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With these things as collateral, and the possibility of access to the Archives, I can loan you a dozen talents.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The maester's medicines made an impressive display,- dozens of pots sealed with wax, hundreds of stoppered vials, as many milkglass bottles, countless jars of dried herbs, each container neatly labeled in Pycelle's precise hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He then began to show me, from memory, game after game—it seemed like dozens—focusing on the openings that Bronstein had played against Bobby’s favorite variations. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s as old as the hills. You have seen it on dozens of girls, and you never found out that it was pretty till now—stupide!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma didn't have time to think it all through, because a dozen guards came shoving their way through the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now, after more than a dozen years, he was getting tired of her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only now did she realize how odd it was that one in every dozen in the crowd carried the same Gold lights. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Milo looked around and, for the first time, noticed dozens of them—sitting on the car, standing in the road, and lying all over the trees and bushes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d probably owned a dozen pairs since I was a kid. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve probably driven by each of them a dozen times in the past couple weeks. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The smoking, bloodied bodies of over a dozen recently slain Sixer avatars lay scattered on the stone floor around them, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nearly two dozen people had joined the Circle by the time the Keeper stood to begin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A dozen serpents swam free - each one lime green with a frilled crown around its head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But even more dazzling to Joseph were the dozens of small blue-and-white Chinese vases and porcelain figures, each one sitting on its own little gold shelf, that covered the wall above the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

More than two dozen had been driven at spearpoint from the nests they had made amongst the castle’s half-ruined keeps and towers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Outside the prison entrance were dozens of men with guns sitting on the backs of trucks that lined the long road to the prison parking area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were still only a dozen or so headstones; few had been added since her father’s funeral. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To appease Sagarmatha, this year—as every year—the Sherpas had built more than a dozen beautiful, meticulously constructed stone chortens at Base Camp, one for each expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I watch, stunned, as half a dozen flat cars whoosh by, loaded with what look like wagons, although I can’t quite make them out because the moon has gone behind a cloud. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen witches were making for the flares, carrying thick-leaved, bushy branches, and with them they brushed the glaring lights aside, sweeping them away into the sky beyond. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each god and goddess was about fifteen feet tall, and I’m telling you, if you’ve ever had a dozen all-powerful super-huge beings turn their eyes on you at once .. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His maester's collar was no simple metal choker such as Luwin wore, but two dozen heavy chains wound together into a ponderous metal necklace that covered him from throat to breast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every race, dozens of ethnicities, different ways of dressing, and, certainly, widely varying opinions about politics and life and Islam. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of theories, more or less realistic, depending on the mood of the moment. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked into a large courtyard where dozens of warriors and dracaenae were preparing for war. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We refugees divided ourselves into circles of a dozen or so. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One cannot speak to a mass of people as one addresses an audience of two dozen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the corner of the building, four Twister mats have been pegged into the grass, and about a dozen kids are wrapped around each other, pretzel-style. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The Redcoats and Hessians who made it to the forts would face dozens of cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen dracaenae suddenly broke away from the main fight and slithered down the path that led toward camp, like they knew where they were going. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I see a dozen native men emerging from the forest near the fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Once, out of curiosity, Van Riper and Klein and a group of about a dozen Marine Corp generals flew to the Mercantile Exchange in New York to visit the trading floor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sides, maybe if you were better at hunting you’d catch one of the dozen or so animals that are around here.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then she and Lupita boiled a dozen eggs, which they packed into a small cloth bag along with some corn tortillas and a bottle of water. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen colored people are gathered in the front yard of the house, holding trays and bags. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He has dozens of these strings, in every conceivable color, which his students know came from the Dollar Store. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley had sent him a scarlet sweater with the Gryffindor lion knitted on the front, also a dozen home-baked mince pies, some Christmas cake, and a box of nut brittle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’d already walked past dozens of posters—and a massive banner hung over the front doors—celebrating a team that wasn’t even in season yet. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There have to be a dozen police cars behind us. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A long search through the captain’s telescope had shown no signs of life whatsoever, but John Faa planned to take half a dozen armed men ashore just in case. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Guides held up colored placards with different numbers and lectured in dozens of languages like they were playing some kind of international bingo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the end of the block there were soldiers on watch in front of City Hall; a dozen or so men standing around a campfire, with more dozing on the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The living room was packed with about two dozen guests seated on chairs placed along the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put my own ingenuity to work, coming up with a dozen names from my reading, because, of course, I don’t want to give the sons any real Dominican names and get someone in trouble. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them, high in the sky, circling on the hot air currents, were the night-gaunts, dozens of them, riding the thermals. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so soldiers dashed down the middle of the street, their boots thudding. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of these things all round him now. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ron gave Harry a meaningful look as he passed and did not reappear for some time: When next they met at the entrance, Harry had shown a dozen more people to their places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

From the meadow came a dozen satyrs, who reminded me painfully of Grover. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he writes it a dozen more times. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The Empire State Building has been the location of dozens of movies, the reception site of foreign dignitaries, and even had a World War Two bomber crash into the seventy-ninth floor in 1945.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I must have heard him say it a dozen times, and I never knew what to say either. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap the ribbon around my ponytail and tie it at the ends, then put on the necklace of dozens of thin golden strands and the dangly earrings. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m taken to a waiting car, one of a dozen sleek black vehicles in a line outside a private side exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shines on spilled toolboxes and broken pegboards and a dozen unbroken jars full of screws and nails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Auntie Harrigan accompanied Mama to the second floor to help set up, while Papa and Uncle Arthur carried up a long folding table, followed by a dozen folding chairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His department is getting dozens of phone calls from magazines, and wire services, and TV producers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember Jenner’s saying, “They must have had a really busy day,” and we ran joyfully toward the pile along with several dozen other rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A farmer might plant a dozen or more different varieties at one time, adjusting the mix from season to season in order to manage the risk of a crop failure. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Scores of people packed the church, and dozens more stood outside. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That puts us at thirteen and Missus Stein asked for a dozen, so I think we’re lucky. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I opened the cooler to her left and sniffed at a dozen roses, and then leaned over some carnations. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I can name you a dozen men in either league who’re more valuable than he is,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The machine shop was no more than a dozen yards away, its lights illuminating the gate and the path. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Orange umbrellas advertising fruit smoothies shaded dozens of families. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He braided the mane into a dozen little pigtails, and he braided the forelock, and then he undid them and brushed the hair out straight again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she slumped on a bench near the barbecue drum, I stepped through the screen door into the mingled smells of pick- led eggs and sawdust, beneath dozens of sugar-cured hams dangling from the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as I helped him right himself, his eyes remained fixed on the ground, where a dozen footprints fanned out in the dust. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We stepped out to find dozens of cell phones hoisted in our direction as we were engulfed by a chorus of cheers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“And when it spoke, it was like a dozen voices speaking together, but all off-key and awful. Ugh.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Our cabins are suddenly crowded with sixty new colonists, and the fort becomes noisy with several new dogs, a dozen hogs, and enough chickens to coat the ground of the whole fort with their droppings. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"They left a dozen dead in the water, only two reaching the shallows, where we dealt with them briskly," the rider reported. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were others, in all about a dozen, including Baba and me, sitting with our suitcases between our legs, cramped with these strangers in the tarpaulin-covered cab of an old Russian truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over a dozen insects were already smeared on the white wall when he let Meggie out into the corridor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were senators and famous actors, generals and world-renowned doctors, a few ex-presidents, and half a dozen dictators from places Matt had heard about on TV. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just seen a group of boys from a dozen war-torn countries come together as a team and play beautiful soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Was it worth it to mess up your whole life for the sake of a few dozen lines scrawled on walls and lockers and garbage dumpsters? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A few days earlier a half dozen drunken soldiers had noticed her cow in her barn, butchered it right there, and carried the slabs of beef back to the encampment in the dark. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were half a dozen other boys he didn’t know. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“There are only three dozen bottles left of the ’98.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, each interpretation was true, in the sense that adherents of the different positions—and dozens more—existed in that churning and heterogeneous group known, with deceptive simplicity, as black America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she hit me a dozen times with a bunch of twigs, I was the Brown Pelican: I didn’t bat an eye—and you try getting hit a dozen times with a bunch of twigs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As you’re walking, sound washes over you, the steady thrum of human activity, people talking in a dozen different languages, chatting, haggling, arguing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I must have gone to that window about a dozen times that morning and watched the wounded kitten make a broken progress across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Inside, the fortress bustled with activity: dozens of kids going to and from barracks, carrying weapons, polishing armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I have very rich friends, you know. Some of them have two or three dozen furs gathering dust in a closet.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He counted half a dozen identical impressions, all made by the same set of bare feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I planned and changed outfits at least a dozen times. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He repeated this process with about a dozen other cancer patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The creatures—maybe half a dozen, Annabeth guessed—had paused just on the other side of the boulder, but still they gave no indication that they’d caught the demigods’ scent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a disappointed chorus from several dozen townsfolk as the puppets stopped midjape and were packed away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so tables are spread around the room, their smooth green-felt surfaces looking pristine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sidewalk cafés, European teenagers were hanging out, speaking a dozen different languages and enjoying the sunny afternoon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Every day, the men came in by the dozens—dusty, tired men who had journeyed by foot and by wagon when they could not afford a train ticket. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rang a half dozen times on the other end before the Eberhardts’ answering machine picked up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning she may not have known, but when I sold her, week after week, one small pumpkin or half a dozen brinjals she must have guessed the truth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

One minute she’d be barking at him for a dozen pull-ups, or shooting her fingers at his face, warning him not to get too close. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen stout caribou, their white necks gleaming in the sunlight, browsed in the distance; but there was nothing else. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen dozens of doctors in my life, who all try to analyze me and figure me out. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One was an elegant Pentoshi, grey-haired and clad in silk but for his cloak, a ragged thing sewn from dozens of strips of tom, bloodstained cloth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The northman had brought a son, three grandsons, four hundred spears, two score archers, a dozen mounted lances, a maester, and a cage of ravens ... but only enough provisions to sustain his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was thrown from dozens of these horses as they bucked, reared, rolled or leapt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every day Pitezel joined three dozen other men in the daily ritual of “passing through the line” to receive his injections. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her reply had been a dozen smiley faces, which I’d taken to mean she approved. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mona opened the trunk, and inside there were dozens of little boxes and vials stacked one upon the other. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sorrento stepped forward into it, positioning himself directly opposite us, just a few dozen yards away, on the other side of the shield. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I begin to regret those last dozen oysters. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like the train we took in the middle of the night, this one is also pretty empty, maybe a dozen people. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A few dozen people had collected in the living room, sitting on couches and folding chairs that had been brought in for the occasion, while others sat cross-legged on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were perhaps a dozen police officers in there. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was big as the inside of a granary, holding at least two dozen thick-timbered worktables strewn with countless, nameless tools and projects in progress. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Seemingly the excitement among the officers, the preparations among the soldiers, had been noticed by at least a dozen others. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed dozens of arched doorways that opened into large chambers, staircases, and halls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few Earthborn launched a volley of rocks, but from the sides of the hull a dozen Archimedes spheres sprayed out, intercepting the boulders and blasting them to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was a dozen years older than Sherman, with sparse gray hair and sad brown eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard the story dozens of times, but it didn’t matter. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lelia removed the dozen or so shoeboxes of pictures from the top shelves and lined them up between us on the white shag carpet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so she rode behind him, beneath the shadow of the Bloody Gate where a dozen armies had dashed themselves to pieces in the Age of Heroes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mam says Mr. Hannon should see the doctor and Mrs. Hannon says, Sure, he seen the doctor a dozen times and the doctor says he has to stay off them legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy thing, a dozen maester's collars threaded around and through each other and ornamented with gemstones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen books were lined up on four shelves. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Here he was, trying to lick my wound, when he was bleeding from a dozen worse ones. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of nearly a dozen tapes the BBC had recorded that didn’t make it into the documentary. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Chiripa was one of half a dozen small, competitive centers that emerged around the lake in that time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Since they’d started the job, Finn and Miguel had replaced more than a dozen fence posts, spliced hundreds of yards of wire, and still it was as if they’d barely begun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I have checked and rechecked my data a dozen times in hope of finding an error, but I am sorry to say the results must stand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I brought him a half a dozen books on Jewish subjects that my father had suggested he read, and he thanked me for them gratefully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He smiled so dazzlingly it was hard to remember he was an enemy - someone who’d killed at least half a dozen Hunters and Amazons to get here. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He rarely showed up when a particular movie was about to begin, so he’d seen beginnings, finales, and middles of dozens of movies, but hardly any in their entirety. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stairs creaked with every shift of weight as they descended the dozen or so steps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So he focused on the dozen or so hand mirrors levitating just beyond A.M. and P.M. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Rosie is munching happily on another watermelon—it’s at least her second, but there are still half a dozen in the corner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen or more children were playing there, dodging in and out of the traffic with a skill and indifference which I could not help admiring. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d read all their books dozens of times, even the ones with titles like Diseases of the Porcine Species and Common Grasses of Our Countryside. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

After she showed me what being a good wife had taught her—her words, not mine—I fell asleep under the watchful eyes of a dozen or so porcelain dolls. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Most of them had guns in their hands, but there were hardly a dozen overcoats among them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I knew that I would not be strong enough to fight off dozens of violent men! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nargis tracked the family down at one of the dozens of refugee camps in Peshawar. The man, his name is Nisar, said his family had crossed over into Pakistan in the middle of September.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He took out a drawstring purse and counted out a dozen heavy coins into the hunter’s hand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, a dozen or more children were clustered around her table, their daemons as desperate to know as they were, all wide-eyed and tense. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This time he was led into a reception room where dozens of other men and women were waiting to see the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They lined up dozens of borrowed chairs in our front yard. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We did not understand how dozens of foot-long white worms got into our bellies and made them ache. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Black Book flips open and dozens of Amaris appear around the office, each with their hands lifted to the sky. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The body of Gabriel Pérdido was laid out in full view on top of the dinner table surrounded by the soft glow of dozens of gloomy candles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the end I personally killed a dozen or so chickens before moving on to try another station. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

About a dozen students gathered in a circle in an empty classroom a few days later. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I also intended to donate to the archives my dozen long letters from old, Mr. Nettle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The solitary gray animal loped along the shore, stopping every dozen strides to look around and sniff among the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They gave us a sack with provisions: a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a hunk of goat cheese still in its thin cloth casing, a stack of flour tortillas, and water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The treat they have for you is a dozen baby giants only six months old.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

All of them, dozens, each pod, empty and dark. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thus, Polynesian political units ranged in size from a few dozen to 40,000 people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"We have a dozen rangers with us, and the dogs, even Ghost. No one will hurt you, Sam. Go ahead and look. The first look is the hardest." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sarai searched with her dozens of eyes, and nothing quite made sense. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ralph hit out; then he and what seemed like a dozen others were rolling over and over, hitting, biting, scratching. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The yard was practically cleared of trees, and rain fell through the dozens of holes punched into the roof. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

El Patron had told him at least a dozen times. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of gowns, all of them too grand to wear, and too terrible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The canvas walls of the front of the pavilion were rolled up, and inside dozens of workers were laying down carpets over the grassy field. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had dozens of tracks to cross before I'd hit a concrete barrier. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

These people, these honorary aunts and uncles of a dozen different surnames, have seen Gogol grow, have surrounded him at his wedding, his father’s funeral. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They made ladies’ shrouds for a living at so much per dozen for a casket company. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had done what he could to buy their continued loyalty, promising Bronn and a dozen of his best men lands and knighthoods when the battle was won. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His knees were bleeding, he had lost a shoe and split his hoof, and a dozen pellets had lodged themselves in his hind leg. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

That, of course, left Ares’s cabin: a dozen of the biggest, ugliest, meanest kids on Long Island, or anywhere else on the planet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the game, I’ve done the math problem a couple dozen times. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen men in long cloaks stood silent and watchful, gazing as ever at houses eleven and thirteen, but the thing for which they were waiting still appeared elusive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I look at the picture I’ve just made, one of dozens. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I’m one of the few dozen white kids at my high school. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apollo’s archers fired a volley, dozens of arrows sticking in the thick armor of the giants like porcupine quills. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Two military lorries with canvas sides, with half a dozen armed guards in each. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Bloodbeard, from the Company of the Cat, made enough noise for him and a dozen more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘We’ve got seventeen officers staying with us. We got sheets by the dozen.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A task force of over two dozen Philadelphia police officers, Baltimore City and County police officers, and ATF and FBI officials flooded their uncle’s narrow three-story row house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His sneakers are still smoking—the flames had been that close to him—but now the fire has retreated about a dozen feet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A group of about a dozen clustered together, all wearing long, dingy gray cloaks with hoods that hid their faces. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They would be able to catch up with him before he could cover a dozen yards. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A dozen men were splitting logs to feed the blaze when Asha came limping up with her keepers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We finally decided that a dozen leos should be more than enough, and besides, the ranch had laundry facilities. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was thirty-five now, on the rise in both medicine and anthropology, and the author of two published books and about two dozen articles. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Like household cleanser, the term had a dozen different uses in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Thomas spends half an hour standing outside my door, trying out a dozen different kinds of apologies. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

One night Hanako had actually knelt with her father and dozens of other strikers while they prayed that their spirits would not be broken. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two dozen, lined up in neat little rows. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They introduced dozens of different salad mixes to mainstream America. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by grandparents and dozens of aunts and uncles and cousins, in a community where neighbors counted as family, pitching in when relatives couldn’t, Dorothy’s children’s lives would change very little. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then dozens more of them appeared, piling out of their wagons to range around us in a wide circle, many holding knives of their own. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Your principal? The office staff? Any of the dozen students we passed in the hall?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There were half a dozen newspaper- wrapped bundles inside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis shot the monster in the eye with a dozen silver arrows. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She burned herself a dozen times as she worked with Umma in the kitchens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In Ohio and Pennsylvania and Alabama and Georgia and Texas and dozens of other states, it was the weekly event simply known as Friday Night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He emptied about a dozen winkles into my hand, and I put them in the two pockets of my skirt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Out of a dozen or so people, she’s the only one in a suit. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the dozen or so photos in Google images, mostly head shots of Sarah with her violin and Rotary award ceremony groupings, she is slim, like Vivian, with an alert, guarded expression. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

So far, over a dozen have turned me down. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The dozen rich families have intermarried so many times that family trees are tangles of roots. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so people made it that far and now hang from whatever provides a handhold. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of men, then a few, then none. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of different soups and salad dressings, cases stuffed with frozen dinners and ice cream and meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There were, I noticed, half a dozen other pasty, middle-aged men who liked to gather around the monkey bars, and together we formed a small but decidedly creepy community. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And best of all, though he had examined the piece closely a dozen times, he could not tell which it was. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

If they need to restrain me or silence my terrified howls, they can sprout a dozen tentacles to accomplish the task. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was in the middle of an animated discussion with a group of perhaps two dozen people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dell read the message at least a dozen times and could make no sense of it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Swords were soon ringing in half a dozen places along the battlements. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He produced a big basket of chicken, enough to feed a dozen people. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cheer went up, and a dozen kids stampeded into the pillbox. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swapped lenses and cameras and window views in a dozen different combinations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could just make out Mo, waiting a dozen feet below. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Merry and Pippin, separated by a dozen Orcs or more, climbed down with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That man looked as if he could squash half a dozen fairies in one massive fist. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Before the first course arrived, the headwaiter brought a dozen red roses and presented them to Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While over a dozen major infectious diseases of Old World origins became established in the New World, perhaps not a single major killer reached Europe from the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of them, rag-and-bone skeletons who had perished of hunger, or thirst, or the cold, or suffocation, or overwork. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Today, dozens of legal organizations hand out awards in the fictional lawyer's name to celebrate the model of advocacy described in Lee's novel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

From the rooftops I could already tell that there were about a dozen bars that matched the location and his description—here on the ground, I count out nine of them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Into it moved half a dozen groups from the northern and western desert, the Mexica among them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The store would be filthy, there would be dozens of cartons and cans to stack. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t gone more than a dozen paces when a doorknob rattled and something came shooting out of a classroom in front of them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, Reyna had arrived in Croatia not with him but with a dozen angry wind spirits on her tail. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pore over its 329 oversized pages, and you can learn the details of dozens of spy circuits that she and her team tracked. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were a dozen men in National Guard uniforms there, and they all took notice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All these questions and a dozen others raced through my mind as our group of thirty approached the Emalia factory. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But there were dozens—no, hundreds of the insects—so many that soon I couldn’t see the two girls anymore. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The early-afternoon sun sparkled on the water where dozens of miniature boats sailed, propelled by a crisp breeze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She has stitched dozens of leather slippers for me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fort Hare had only one hundred fifty students, and I already knew a dozen or so of them from Clarkebury and Healdtown. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly seventy of the ruffians lay dead on the field, and a dozen were prisoners. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I looked around to see dozens of birds flitting and singing, careless of the dead one in my hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Smells of frying bacon wafted through the air—Frypan and his crew trying to keep up with dozens of starving stomachs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Music draws mockingjays like blossoms do bees, and in a short while he’s got half a dozen of them perched in the branches over our heads. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After a dozen steps I heard a low moan that froze me where I stood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of children in the neighborhood; boys and girls of every size and style and color, some of whom could speak more than one language when they wanted to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen men-at-arms heaved together to hoist him into the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The girls are on the dose field, and its dozens of ponytails in motion. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A dozen Marcuses press into the circle of light, all holding the same belt, with the same blank expression. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give me your simpering, mealymouthed answers. We’ve repaid our debts a dozen times over.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worried murmurs passed through the crowd, and dozens of heads nodded in agreement. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Tucked away in Tututepec, 8-Deer assembled a private army, staffed it with many relatives, and in a series of swift campaigns seized dozens of neighboring villages and city-states. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And with that he released a dozen balloons that sailed off into the sky. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some sat on the stone worktables to get a good view, while a dozen or so students gathered on the iron catwalks in the rafters among Kilvin’s hanging lamps. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Strauss and White and their half- dozen followers turned right down Corridor B, I turned left up Corridor C and took the elevator to my room. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Galazza Galare arrived at the Great Pyramid attended by a dozen White Graces, girls of noble birth who were still too young to have served their year in the temple’s pleasure gardens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then the boys began to unload the dozens of milk cans they had brought along. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Four brothers dead. A dozen wounded. A third as many as the foe. And we took captives. One died quickly from his wounds, but the other lived long enough to be questioned." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They wondered whether half a dozen young pheasants they started had anything curious about them, and Kay was ready to swear that one of them was white. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a dozen eye tests were performed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The moths were no bigger than the startled mouths of children, and even dozens together could only pluck at the strands of her darkening hair until their wings sagged, sodden with her blood. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Billy had not only read dozens of books by Trout—he has also become Trout’s friend, to the extent that anyone can become a friend of Trout, who is a bitter man. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I write her a dozen letters that I rip up after finishing, and prepare a dozen post-balloons that I don't have the courage to send. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There were two dozen tightly rolled, never-used silk umbrellas in that closet; prizes she had won. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so trolls began to smash apart the chamber with their clubs, while hags glided about the place in search of children to eat. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balloons by the dozen were rising, circling, and drifting away through the door, sailing off on the gentle wind. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first article, the machine had created dozens of slender metal blocks, some scarcely wider than the edge of a silver dollar, arranged into squares. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When May died, Ob and me had to talk business with the funeral parlor, religion with the preacher, and make small talk with dozens of relatives and people we’d hardly ever seen before. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel just had time to cover her ears before it discharged, into the sky, spraying a dozen metal spheres that trailed green fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of other dogs yapping and barking and anxiously pacing around in their cramped cages. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Tokyo is too large to have a single downtown district. There are two dozen wards, each with their own characteristics. We’re entering Shibuya now.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last he was no more than a dozen feet from the ground, right above their heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Usually we were sent out for a week at a time, to visit half a dozen cities, making a couple of speeches a day as we went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came and went by the dozens, bringing children and grandchildren, nieces and nephews. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether he could fight them all off with one hand, while he cradled half a dozen books or so with his free arm. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

By the early 1990s Folan's team had learned that this long-ignored place covered as much as twenty-five square miles and had thousands of buildings and dozens of reservoirs and canals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was invited to dozens of parties a week: art-gallery openings, benefit balls, movie premieres, book parties, and private dinners in marble- floored dining rooms. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the lighthouse’s rusted base were a dozen stone steps leading to an open door, where Golan stood with his pistol aimed squarely in our direction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then we are caught in a stream of people rushing, shoving, pushing us along, until we find ourselves in one of a dozen lines waiting to go through customs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ji-yong had moved faster and was one of the dozen people on it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sabres and pistols and fencing foils, each twinned with another, prepared for dozens of potential duels. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He took another swallow, thinking to himself that every line he had spoken was lifted without due credit from a half dozen different movies he had seen in his lifetime. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were barely over the cerro when we saw them to the right of us, in a clearing, on yet another hill: hundreds of snout-nosed butterflies hovering over dozens of rosebushes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Two dozen horsemen had gone out and two dozen had returned, which meant the search had been a failure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He and the three others were still being watched by dozens of soldiers and cops. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The team celebrates by eating a dozen or so pizzas. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen Jews would be murdered today because one man refused to die without a fight. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most candidates disqualify themselves as potential domesticates for any of half a dozen reasons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The moment Zeitoun and the three other men were led off the boat, a dozen soldiers descended upon them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I smiled at the thought of anyone trying to dowse for me now, trying to make sense of the dozens of contradictory signals as the leaves swirled and spun in a dozen different directions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through the long hours of night, a dozen evergreens had fed the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She'd been a church musician most of her life and had worked with dozens of children’s choirs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In a nearby sandpit, a dozen high school-age kids and satyrs played volleyball. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They fired dozens of cannons at once, unleashing a crushing wave of metal balls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

This was the third time the Thibauts all hugged and kissed me good-bye—Amélie creating a fuss, Maman trying to make a present of a dozen silver spoons—I just couldn’t. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet high, a swirling demon of green flame danced upon the river. lt had a dozen hands, in each a whip, and whatever they touched burst into fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Along the way, sharecropping families came dozen to the highway to greet the marchers and wave them on. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly rolls up a dozen curlers, puts me under her hair dryer hood in her bathroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As some sociologists and marketing consultants see it, the commonly accepted big three—the upper, middle, and working classes—have broken down into dozens of microclasses, defined by occupations or lifestyles. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of sparkling windows, some panes over a dozen feet in height and width, shining like mirrors in the sunlight as they rose above the canopy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You have said that a dozen times within the last three weeks.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A dozen dead guys in togas sitting around in a cave?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But to his surprise, several dozen ghostly skirmishers nocked arrows in unison. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The great river of a road grew clogged and choked with the flotsam of a hundred carts and pedestrians, dozens of wains and wagons and the occasional mounted man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We spent days tracking leads, interviewing dozens of people, following wild rumors, investigating different theories. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A dozen fans of Days of Our Lives gathered religiously every day for the latest installment of their favorite soap. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look grave in it, my hair pin-straight and at least a dozen different bright colors, my skin so pale it looks ashen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Elodin was younger than the others by at least a dozen years. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was five- fifteen and about a dozen people, all told, were walking on the sidewalks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cut-glass panes of the living room cabinet prism my reflection into a dozen distorted pieces. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She swung around above and loosed a dozen arrows into the melee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you ask James? I’m sure he can spare one of his dozen computers for your games.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of cars parked along both sides of Becca’s street, and I knew there would be more people inside, since many of them had been dropped off via limo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We can’t give up our girls for a dozen fortunes. Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Posters were up all over the walls, mostly of bands, plus dozens of Polaroids that had been stuck to the wall with bright blue tape. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Ma a dozen questions, but the stern look on the strange old lady’s face tells me I’d better keep my questions to myself for now. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“All day? When you could have been celebrating? I must have passed a dozen feasts and parties on my way here.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I thought of how much Hoagland would have liked to get his hands on her, for a dozen reasons. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked him off balance and tossed him several blocks down the Calle San Jose, to the general consternation of several dozen more cats. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A short midway with a ferris wheel and carousel and a dozen booths for games and food stands led away from the tent entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few dozen scratches wouldn’t keep her from sleeping today. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ten people sat in a room which would have accommodated a few dozen, but Fuller showed no signs of disappointment with the low turnout. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Within another hour, the number of surviving kites dwindled from maybe fifty to a dozen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, Lyra concocted a dozen plans and dismissed them impatiently; for they all boiled down to stowing away, and how could you stow away on a narrowboat? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote and telephoned dozens of acceptances to invitations to speak, predominantly at colleges and universities—both to expound his philosophies and to earn the $150-$300 honorariums above traveling expenses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large square chamber with a high ceiling, filled with dozens of massive stone columns. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Chicken legs and potatoes fried with bacon and apricot tarts—a dozen trays, a dozen platters, as much as he can eat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Inside were half a dozen shriveled brown objects, looking more like dried-up kidneys than real stones. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Together they woke Hake, who received the Lord Commander's orders with a stream of curses, but got up all the same and soon had a dozen brothers cutting roots for a soup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the big day, a dozen of our tall and not-so-tall young ladies presented themselves in their soberest hats, clutching letters of reference in their cleanest white gloves. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

At least a dozen butterflies circle her head and shoulders, wrapping her in a rainbow veil. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Had Jupiter been several dozen times more massive, the matter in its interior would have undergone thermonuclear reactions, and Jupiter would have begun to shine by its own light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d also known of at least another dozen showdowns in which one took the Dead On Arrival ride to the morgue, and the other went to prison for manslaughter or the electric chair for murder. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had about two dozen, which I had clipped onto a huge key ring that was attached to the outside zipper pocket of my backpack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Uriah and Tobias are still in the lunch line, waiting behind two dozen Candor who are too busy bickering to get their food. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen officers rushed upstairs through the center gate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she held out a little bunch of flowers, a dozen or so anemones bound with a cotton thread, and began to speak in a rapid, nervous voice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Well, truth to tell, I’d put it together a dozen times already, but not in any fashion that made it work. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were a dozen positioned around the garden and many more inside the gallery, ever ready to repel invasion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Some, perhaps a dozen, even raised their clenched right fists in what had become the ANC power salute. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen Amazons charged in, followed by males in orange jumpsuits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve finished a dozen times already, but I’m not happy with it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“One useless six-pack of water,” Alex said, “a half dozen cans of mixed vegetables, two cans of tuna, and a box of Wheaties. What else do you have in real food?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bar creaks beneath me and comes loose, clattering against half a dozen bars on the way down and bouncing on the pavement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The free neighborhood Wi-Fi is super slow, but I’m still able to copy and paste Quinton’s missing person’s poster onto a dozen websites. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lee replied, and they moved through half a dozen languages before finding one in which they could talk. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were about half a dozen men and Shasta had never seen anyone like them before. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Ail you could hear for a moment was labored breathing, carbonated bubbles going berserk in two dozen beer bellies, the beer coolers humming, and the ice machine tumbling chunks into its aluminum trough. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dozen children who lived in Namwon also spent most of their days lying in the shade. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As we walked outside, dozens of people cheered and waved their signs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Farish Street store say they done sold about a dozen, which is good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I didn't tell him that, at the scheduled time, my sister arrived at the studio with unwashed hair and took a seat beside the dozen other New York women selected by the magazine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen boys sat and stretched out on wooden benches, surrounded by whispering men. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have over four dozen sunflowers, in twenty-three containers, a less-than-thriving poinsettia, and bags of mulch to spread. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We can rest easy...With a dozen men who probably hated the sight of their captain? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It took me a second to remember that there were a dozen or so steps up to the stage and she was walking up them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She heard moaning from half a dozen places. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, the only people left were my wife and I—and about a dozen officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him Physical Science Today! and Language Arts Jot the New Century, which was sort of out of date because the new century was a dozen years old already. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I made fast decisions. I just got to wheeling and dealing. . . . ‘I’ll have a dozen of these and a half dozen of these.’ Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were at least two dozen figures in black; they moved in unison, with practiced ease. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They watched in disbelief as several dozen large, hairy humanoids passed by, dressed in tattered bits of armor and animal fur. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There’s one unequivocal piece of good news: the crate of two dozen paintings that Vincent had sent three weeks earlier, the first shipment from Arles, finally arrives in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There, in an untidy pile on M. Yoshoto’s broad desk, lay some dozen or more unopened, enormous, bulging, Manilla envelopes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I have checked my watch at least a dozen times in the past hour, as if that will make the time go faster. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They thought about it a dozen ways but couldn’t find a better way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I walk a few dozen yards from the train, climb the grassy bank, and sit rubbing my shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That spring he had been shown nearly two dozen prospects and had frowned over every one of them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light from the front window fell across a crowded workbench and dozens of shelved pairs of shoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen Kansas women organized a women’s rights society to advocate for full female suffrage, and Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell went to Kansas to work on the campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Last evening, after supper, I’d gone over my ledger half a dozen times. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He popped up with a dozen miniature plastic swords in his hair, grabbed the soda gun and served himself a drink. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With almost a dozen immortal emperors jostling for position, high-level Inka society was characterized by ramose political intrigue of a scale that would have delighted the Medici. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I went through a dozen versions of what it was going to be like on the rescue ship, variations on the theme of sweet reunion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Six guards appeared in the doorway behind them, joining the dozens already in the chamber, swords at the ready. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve told him I’m fine about a dozen times before he believes me, even though I don’t know if I believe myself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun did so, in the company of a dozen other men, and with such numbers he did not fear strip searches or violence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A door creaks open, and hands, dozens of hands, hundreds of hands grab at me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

North of Kaan, half a dozen small cities improved agricultural conditions by lifting up entire fields and carving out rain-retaining terraces on dry hillsides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"There are a dozen Headmistress's jugs and glasses in the kitchen," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re standing at the ancient entrance of the Necromanteion. Odysseus came here, and dozens of other heroes, seeking advice from the dead.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The raid, I later learned, was part of a nationwide crackdown in which dozens of others were detained, including Winnie’s sister. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know what tents to choose out of dozens of options, each with tantalizing signs hinting at the contents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Less than a dozen breaths later the sound of boots on the wooden porch echoes through the house, along with voices. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Against the far wall were a dozen stricken-faced boys, from probably ages three to nine. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of people at the gate, all amassed at the entrance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Shards of glass coated the cement floor, blown out dozens of feet from the black metal frames. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When at least half a dozen people asked him what he was doing October 27 he was puzzled, for he had forgotten he had given this date as his birthday. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In England, more than a thousand suffragettes spent time in jail, and dozens were force-fed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Two dozen of the chief rangers had preceded him, and were standing around the firepit in the center of the dirt floor while puddles collected about their boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They usually travelled back and forth across the same home territory, an area of between several dozen and many hundreds of square miles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closets were full of suits, dozens of them perfectly aligned from lightest gray to darkest black. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

You see the cruelty required to produce eggs that can be sold for seventy-nine cents a dozen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Behind them were another dozen or so monstrous creatures, no two alike. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They had a dozen children, six boys and six girls, in seventeen years. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all, there were maybe a hundred campers, a few dozen satyrs, and a dozen assorted wood nymphs and naiads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Men burst out of the woods—dozens and dozens of American soldiers running for their lives. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden frame of the right wings snapped in a dozen places. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, this Erlone says he’s got a dozen people to swear that he did not come here last night.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw us Tom jumped up and took half a dozen steps in our direction. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As she tipped the denim bag on its side, the silky, slippery pages of a dozen magazines fell out onto the tiled bathroom floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was onstage with my legs off and dozens of kids staring at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But a dozen or so family members would dutifully show up at each hearing, some traveling from as far away as California. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So, we’ve given a dozen different houses every protection we can throw at them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Laying the cloth on the arm of her chair, he said, ‘Well, you’ve been wanting a new dress. Here is enough cloth to make half a dozen dresses.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the Seneca ate half a dozen squabs at a time, necks tied together in a carnivorous sculpture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Yet a third theory is that the Zapotec of Monte Alban—not the Olmec of La Venta—consolidated to form North America’s first imperialist power, an aggressive state that subjugated dozens of other villages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The helicopter light shot down a dozen brilliant pillars that built a cage all about the man. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

No more now would I blithely say, “Better give me half a dozen of those, Dave. Oh, and I’ll take eight of these—what the heck, make it a dozen. You only live once, eh?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s New Year’s Eve and Mami is making a big flan with a dozen eggs for a midnight treat. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Packed into the forest behind them were dozens of soldiers with torches. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport goes off exploring with eight or nine gentlemen and a dozen sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the latter they found a dozen men around a table discussing a document. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a dozen small tables with chairs inside for visiting family who come on visitation days, typically scheduled two or three times a month. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Within a week, I’ve watched those boys fight at least a dozen times, until one night, the Tuesday, they have the worst one yet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s only a few lines, but I reread it at least a dozen times before I hit send. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There were no seats; instead, half a dozen brass bedsteads stood beside the curtained windows. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The club had distinguished itself by competing every year in the Metropolitan Chess League, often defeating dozens of clubs throughout the New York area. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was similar to the dozen or so shacks strewn irregularly, like lumps on a leper, upon the cracked greenless piece of ground named yard number thirty-five. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Porphyrion’s throne, dozens of giants stood in a loose ring, hollering and shaking their weapons as two of their number paraded around the circle, showing off their prizes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He moved on, until quite suddenly the tunnel opened out, and he found himself at the top of a vast cavern: a vault immense enough to contain a dozen cathedrals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In Orlando, Duma Nokwe and I then burned our passes before hundreds of people and dozens of press photographers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, two cans of jack mackerel, a small bag of apples, and some popcorn. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each band of a few dozen hunters occupies a large territory, within which they can acquire most of the resources essential to them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Alby didn’t answer or slow down, and as they got closer to the box Thomas could see that dozens of kids were running around the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She wore a clinging green taffeta dress and high-heeled shoes, and when she danced dozens of slave bracelets clinked on her wrists. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of different power-ups that can potentially appear in a game, and new ones are added all the time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think about how easy I thought it would be, three months ago, to get a dozen maids to talk to me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As her eyes slowly adjusted, she could see women—dozens of them—lying on the floor, huddled against the walls, curled into balls. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaw had managed to salvage shovels, pickaxes, and crowbars from the various places for at least a dozen workers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along the path, dozens of monkeys were seated on stones, as well as on the branches of the trees. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s fine with him, not to have their apartment crammed with a dozen crystal vases and platters and matching pots and pans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Art Moran was standing with one foot up on a piling, talking to half a dozen fishermen, when Ishmael Chambers arrived that afternoon on the Amity Harbor docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rolls of white paper, dozens of brushes, and many bottles of red and black ink were brought into the classrooms. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin and I exchanged dozens of letters after I left the Bronx for Pennsylvania. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. Frisby stepped from the elevator, it became obvious that strangers were a rarity down there, for the hubbub of a dozen conversations stopped abruptly, and all heads turned to look at her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was bursting with a dozen questions all at once. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside his bedchamber a flight of steps descended to a larger room furnished with a scarred pinewood table and a dozen oak-and-leather chairs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As they drew closer to the Black Wall and the crowded districts near the Long Bridge, they saw a dozen of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Over a hundred people are dead, and there have been dozens of attacks on Muslims in retaliation for a crime no Muslim committed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I read that little piece of newspaper over a dozen times when I got back to my room last night. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

At the mention of water, a dozen eyes turn in my direction. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was navy blue with white leather binding, like half a dozen other suitcases that had just been carried off the train. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And the sand is peppered with black aluminum cans—dozens of them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then she went off to join her siblings from the Athena cabin—-a dozen boys and girls with blond hair and gray eyes like hers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had a dozen girlfriends, but nothing serious. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

From the exterior, the ranch home did not appear large enough for the dozen or so residents, and I quickly learned that it wasn’t. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

This woman’s skin is shimmering and pale, her long black hair is tied with dozens of silver ribbons that fall over her shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sooner than she would have liked, the iron and glass gate of the castle appeared, latticework doors opened, and a dozen guards flanked the cobblestone path that led through the archway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even worse, this trend may be due partly to the fact that burdens an attentive reader with ten words, seven levels, and more than two dozen branches. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Inside the box were at least a dozen colored pencils—red, green, blue, yellow, purple, orange. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness is a relief; it cloaks my face that blooms half a dozen shades of red. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Rows of tables lined the pavement and dozens of children had gathered to eat breakfast. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s the alarm signal. A dozen rats would come out this door, ready to fight. All the rest, with the women and children, would be hurrying out the back door.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Forget that. Where were you? Pop had a dozen patients this morning.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In addition to the dozens of cases already on our juvenile docket, we were quickly overwhelmed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like mushrooms in damp leaves, they sprouted every night by a dozen roadsides—downtown, up in the canyon, out on the north-south highway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep it,” he said, his gaze boring into hers like he’d seen Shah Rukh Khan do to a dozen different actresses in a dozen different Bollywood movies. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Qybum was in attendance, and dour Walton in his mail shirt and greaves, plus a dozen Freys, all brothers, half brothers, and cousins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I cut through a block in which there were close to a dozen funeral parlors, each decked out with neon signs, all set up in old brownstone buildings. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half dozen guards hoisted him into the air and began carrying him by his arms and legs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen families were moving out of town, leaving more empty houses to stare vacantly when I rode past them on my bike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Morgan examined these crosses, tabulated across dozens of notebooks, he found a surprising pattern: some genes acted as if they were “linked” to each other. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As we’ve rehearsed dozens of times before, we stream onstage from both wings, shortest to tallest, dancing an indigenous harvest dance. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow falls in dozens of ways, in heavy overnight dumps and daytime, sideways squalls, in demoralizing sloppy sleet and fairy-tale billows of fluff. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was two dozen feet from me, but I could see him perfectly in the fading light of sunset. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen tines of red lightning erupted from each of Og’s fingertips, branching out in all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“More like several hot knives through several dozen farmers,” Bast said dryly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was shot in black and white, and had subtitles and a plot heavy on symbolism, so fewer than a dozen people came, even though it was free. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad mentioned the dozen figure for the first time on their wedding day. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their charitable contributions finance dozens of mission agencies, religious broadcasters, and international service groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Preformationism assumed that new life was never created, yet in 1741 Abraham Trembley showed that you could cut a polyp into a dozen pieces and it would turn into a dozen polyps. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The bodies sometimes arrived, a dozen or so at a time, in barrels labeled tmpentine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her still-flat belly and said, “Ten weeks. I wasn’t sure at first, even after I took a dozen home tests, but I went to my gyno and she confirmed it and...we’re pregnant!” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Etienne begged his jailers, the guardian of the fort, dozens of his fellow prisoners. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were also a dozen other experiments to keep us very busy for the remainder of the three days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raps the tip of his cane against the floor for attention, then leads his dozen charges across the gardens to the galleries. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Inside the shower, I found a dozen bottles of shampoo and conditioner. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

With time, a few dozen regional styles developed over the 1,500-mile length of the Japanese archipelago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still working on his man, right in the old jungle locale, in dives that you wouldn’t believe existed, the Muslim often collects audiences of a dozen junkies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined some hapless monster terrorizing a random demigod in Kansas, only to find itself surrounded by several dozen carloads of heavily armoured Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A dozen of his hands started playing patty-cake, but none of them made any attempt to break the bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I scooped them up and sold them to Lamar for a penny a dozen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“He asked me half a dozen times. But I figured, there wasn’t much point, you see....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The area's human geography is equally diverse: it is the home of more than a dozen major Indian groups, who have a long and fractious history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The curve inside the jetty where I set a dozen traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was used to seeing him with two or three, but today he had like, half a dozen more, and I was pretty sure I'd never seen them before. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What if a dozen people told you, with perfect earnestness, that shamble-men were out in the fields, eating—” “Of course I wouldn’t believe them,” my father said, irritated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there were dozens of them fighting for attention over four pages. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The video store at the mall had dozens of different puzzles that were not electronic. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Amity own about a dozen trucks that they use for transporting goods, but they only do that on weekends. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then it crawled completely out of the green and onto the khaki and lost itself among dozens and dozens of other worms that were wriggling or just lolling about between the sea and the sky. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Rowan ran a dozen things through this new lens. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Masvita had to be fed, and there were dozens of other chores waiting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had on a plaid shirt, a man's shirt, with half a dozen weird necklaces hanging around her neck and scarves wrapped around her wrists. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen times a day they had to stop to free a wheel that had stuck in a rut, or double up the teams to climb a muddy slope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The older one was only fourteen. The next spring the family came back again, and then they stayed. You can see that family name all over this country now, on dozens of mailboxes.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her friends laughed and echoed her, cursing at Kathy in half a dozen different ways. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I got a half dozen cans of mixed vegetables, and look at this, four juice boxes—remember those?—and a nice bag of rice.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

For a dozen years she had been like his own child. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly took dozens more photos of Melissa that afternoon. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The lotus pond was one of a dozen pools of water in the vast gardens of the house. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles of bunting draped dozens of platforms, where speakers, by virtue of their prestige as men of property or of exceptional eloquence, found themselves called upon to fan the wrath of the people. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man says, Missus, I drove dozens o’ children to the graveyard an’ never once fell out of any seat, high or low. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This from the latest serial killer—destined for the chair, they say—who, with incarnadine axe, recently dispatched half a dozen registered nurses in Texas. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen lines of thought began and continued in my brain without ending; crossing, tangling, like threads on some meaningless warp. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca had probably already asked around dozens of congregations without any luck. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He probably brought down a dozen curses on himself, but he didn’t feel them right away, so he kept running. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She did not know what was more satisfying: the sound of a dozen swords drawn as one or the look on Tyrion Lannister's face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There are Facebook pages for dozens of neighborhoods where people have started checking themselves in as safely evacuated and with access to water—because those two things don’t necessarily go together. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m about half a dozen weapons short of what I’d like to have to take on a horde, but it’ll have to do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ivy tried on dozens of dresses, none of them feeling quite right. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Percy, Frank, and a dozen Amazon guards were staring at her, so she tried to mask her emotions. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Tam Lin and I watched them dozens of times.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived in the corridor they saw that there were only a dozen people progressing to N.E.W.T. level. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His job was to take the shells off four dozen hard-boiled eggs, cut hard cheese into inch cubes and stick a toothpick in each cube, and slice big pickles lengthwise. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple sank onto a bench a dozen feet away, by the water fountain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They turned over a dozen frigates, well armed and fully manned—a dozen frigates!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening, it seems, Mr. Nielsen brings something home from a customer: a dozen eggs, soft Norwegian flatbread called lefse, a long knitted scarf. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He gathered up half a dozen of the fence posts and brought them around to the front of the mausoleum, where a thought struck him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was one each for about a dozen countries. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sai pulled off about a dozen leaves and put one in the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have had a dozen rides that evening. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my bladder aside and went straight for the Christmas cactus on a metal shelf with a dozen other plants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A group of musicians played near the prince, and perhaps a dozen guests danced. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A mere dozen species account for over 80 percent of the modern world’s annual tonnage of all crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At least nobody noticed this time, because hoots and hollers abounded as dozens of people stormed the stage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“We ran into their first platoon and we hit them. They must have lost over a dozen guys.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first stage is illustrated by dozens of diseases that we now and then pick up directly from our pets and domestic animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“One book can take a lifetime to compose, copy, illuminate, gloss, and annotate! A lifetime in each book. You’ll be confining dozens of lifetimes to the flames!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A week later Amaranta brought the dozen handkerchiefs to him in jail along with the money and they spent several hours talking about the past. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

By 1939, nearly a score of physicists who had been trained on Lawrence’s machines were building cyclotrons at a dozen American universities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There were only about two or three dozen brightly colored jelly beans sealed inside. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As I'm turning away, I see another half dozen join it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, Congress funded the Negro and Native Reeducation Act and dozens of schools like Miss Preston's were created in cities as large as Baltimore and as small as Trenton. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Most of the ATA women were in units made up of both men and women at a dozen different airfields, although there was one completely female unit. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then I stopped by the hoop house and harvested a dozen ears of sweet corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Thanks to him, I learned veiy quickly dozens of little things that could really ingratiate a new waiter with the cooks and bartenders. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, a half dozen other young men and I were pulled away from our scant meals of watery soup and hard bread. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so people were seated around a large table. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before returning home, Mrs. Tennyson bought a dozen onions from Sam. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s torturous getting to the top of the ridge, even though it’s not all that steep and it’s just a few dozen yards ahead of us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Along the spine of the Andes the empire set up a string of a dozen administrative centers that were like smaller versions of the capital. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wore half a dozen gold watches on each arm, and a zebra-patterned cowboy hat with a price tag dangling from the brim. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There are several dozen made-up names, both white and colored, and at times, it is hard to keep them all straight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But about a dozen were playing football, because they were on the varsity, and the gym teacher happened to be the football coach. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pleased to have lifted Perilee’s spirits, I shaped the dough into two loaves and a dozen rolls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A dozen candles stood on it—the only light. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The windshield fills with enough canyons, bluffs, mesas, and cliffs for a dozen Road Runner cartoons. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped a dozen yards away beside a copse and waited for the star, who limped down the side of the caravan steps and came over to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They burst out of the water, dozens of them at a time, some of them flick-flacking over a hundred yards through the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once a year, Luke, Richard and I would help Grandpa round up a dozen or so to take to the auction in town, where they’d be sold for slaughter. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were usually at least eight wagons in our troupe and well over two dozen performers: actors and acrobats, musicians and hand magicians, jugglers and jesters. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time Arthur got there, the pigeon was on the ground and being chased around the picnic tables by half a dozen squealing toddlers. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Odd, he thought, I’ve never seen any of these boys, yet I must have passed them in the halls dozens of times. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he’d ask who had a pencil, and then hand out a dozen automatic ones. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen strides put her right behind him, her finger knife poised. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But what are they afraid of? Do they think he’s going to go round killing people as soon’s he gets his armor on? He could kill dozens of ’em now!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were flowers from dozens of Johnny’s friends that Katie had never heard of. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We roared back down the mountainside on motorbikes, and a bus eventually rolled up, crowded with dozens of people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Although the police and even the governor had shot and killed many of the beasts, a dozen were still at large. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Giddily tall and straight, they have up to a dozen stalks, with a protective mat of spikes wrapped around the bottom of the tree. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He swung the hoe with a blaze of angry grunts, while I sat on the steps and dug candle wax out of two dozen glass holders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Hall of Lamps, a dozen Warrior’s Sons awaited her coming. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A shoebox sat beside the tape drive, filled with dozens of these cassettes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now the dozen panels were spread around the yard to dry. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Jamaica, we’re greeted by dozens of large butterflies, the Giant Swallowtail, as people sitting on the floor eat special dishes, like ackee and saltfish. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Down the middle of the mid-Atlantic ridge was a canyon–a rift–up to a dozen miles wide for its entire 12,000-mile length. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when Miss Celia told me to take a dozen peaches home I pulled out a sack and plopped twelve right in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The monk’s forehead creased into dozens of crinkled folds. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

While in Venice Monteverdi composed at least half a dozen other operas, all but two of which are now lost. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It takes more than a dozen crewmen to lift the woefully miscast Liberty Bell to the railing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For accessories, we got a black leather band for one wrist and about two dozen silver bangles for the other. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piayei landed two dozen yards upstream and Piety was slanting toward the bank when die defenders came pounding down the riverside, the hooves of their war- horses sending up gouts of water from the shallows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen students were scattered throughout the room, reading. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment some dozen Orcs that had lain motionless among the slain leaped to their feet, and came silently and swiftly behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Kaira’s manager was in the hotel lobby when she returned, and she started yelling at him for firing the drummer, and he told her that drummers were a dime a dozen. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A dozen a day, week to week, month to month. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“First I heard about it was, she had that cancer,” he said, repeating the story he’d told dozens of reporters over the years, almost verbatim. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A dozen different pieces lie across the surface, and he holds up a sharp needle attached to a glass vial. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My heart takes off—*FWOOOM*—like the hooves of a dozen horses thumping against the dirt of a derby track. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A dozen Cyclopes advanced on the crumbling bridges, while seal-shaped humanoids—telkhines, like Frank had seen in Atlanta—lobbed vials of Greek fire across the chasm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

How could a maze, with walls so massive and tall, be so big that dozens of kids hadn’t been able to solve it after who knew how long trying? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But there are only the plastic bags rustling in the branches above them and the dozens of spheres of artificial light glowing in the parking lot beyond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They cleaned his well, and more than a dozen offered a day’s work in the fields whenever they had time to spare it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Libby led me up a wide staircase, to a large gallery with a dozen windows, and tapestries hung between them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I add about a dozen red heart emojis before I hit send. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to describe—hands reach upward and dozens of yellow crosses race across the ceiling like stars or airplanes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That would explain the presence of half a dozen lawyers inside the room solemnly passing documents back and forth to one another, which they culled from the filled cartons surrounding them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stannis had left a dozen of his men behind to serve her when he marched south, but most of them were useless. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A dozen Shirriffs had been told off as escort to the ‘prisoners’; but Merry made them march in front, while Frodo and his friends rode behind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The older the better; they'll go unnoticed. You know dozens, admit it!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beidleman managed to lower him to the bottom of the Lhotse Face, where a dozen of the Sherpa’s teammates met them and carried the injured man to Camp Two. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Women woke at dawn to stand in endless lines where they could purchase an emaciated chicken, half a dozen diapers, or a roll of toilet paper. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the white dances, when I helped to clean out the ballroom, we would throw out perhaps a dozen empty liquor bottles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had a long, grueling day, riding sixty miles and walking a half dozen more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then with a dozen other lads he would practice with the Master Windkey at arts of wind and weather. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The discovery returned Lawrence to a round-the-clock schedule at the Rad Lab, supervising the bombardment of dozens of elements with his magic bullet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In a small fold of hide were two dozen rolled tin lids. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then it switched over to thermal-imaging mode, and I could see the glowing outlines of over a dozen people, children and adults, sitting inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were girls, about a dozen of them. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There are at least two dozen riders, including his cousin George. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede counted at least a dozen wolves, though she could not be sure, for they blended into the mottled brown of the Wood as if their coats had been made for this purpose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He slapped me on the back, “Get over there and chin yourself a few dozen times. What did you finally go out for anyway?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment nothing flutters, not the fabric of the tents or the ribbon ties of dozens of masks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ser Gregor himself had lost his horse - and staggered back across file Red Fork bleeding from a dozen wounds while a rain of arrows and stones fell all around him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not unusual, on the outskirts of Dawson Creek, to see a dozen or more doleful-looking men and women standing along the shoulder with extended thumbs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Peaches kind of dried up on me in this heat,” said Pilate, and she reached for a peck basket which held about a half dozen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The half dozen men he had gathered up before had picked themselves and their rifles out of the ditch and were wandering off. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of a half dozen stripped new deads in front of the apartment building, with no guarantee they’d ever be removed, which meant dodging rats just to get through the door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“There are a dozen places you might be now, Harry,” said Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was escorted to a forty-by-forty-foot room where more than two dozen incarcerated men sat sadly while uniformed correctional staff buzzed in and out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was not difficult, for the rift was at this point only some fifteen feet deep and about a dozen across. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then, he jumped forward across the ditch, and took a dozen paces quickly forward, eyes closed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was one that had dozens of little brass clockwork animals. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It contained half a dozen trunks, several of them secured with locks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Friends and friends of friends showed up by the dozens. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And she with a sickly mother and nearly a dozen brothers and sisters to care for? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got the car stopped and grabbed her hands there was about a dozen people looking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jones works hard setting up the gym for dozens of kids. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

This double door was opened at 8:23 and ten seconds in order that the dozen wine stewards could get their kegs quickly to the eaters. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those kernels could come from dozens of different farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So behind the motorcar came a dozen or so rickshaws, bouncing up and down like crickets following a large shiny beetle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the wastebasket poked the blood-red buds of a dozen long-stemmed roses. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Many Silvers belong to famous families, called houses, with dozens of members. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

On a black cast-iron stove there were half a dozen pots steaming and singing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of those, there were two dozen or so scores under 20, eight over 90, and four more over 100. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind did come again, half a dozen times more, while we worked with the screwdriver to pry open the screen. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I get there and it ends up being open to only a dozen kids, I’ll have to turn back around. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In New York at the Waldorf-Astoria a few years into the new century, several dozen young men in evening clothes gathered around a gigantic pie. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The state had also bulldozed some lakes in the valley and stocked them with rainbow and cutthroat trout, and there were half a dozen manicured campgrounds along the route. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother saw her children as a dozen individuals, a dozen different personalities, who eventually would have to make their ways separately in the world. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, and again no! That is an explanation that will not hold water. It is deficient in a dozen minor points. The crime was not committed so—M. Poirot must know that perfectly well.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen times one prong was unfastened and a nickel fished out with a knife to provide Johnny with car-fare to get to a job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen vows sear themselves into my mind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When they looked back, the monsters were only a few yards away—dozens of them surrounding Thalia. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Above her hung the two dozen framed flower prints she had selected and arranged with the greatest of taste and care. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gathered at the water’s edge were several dozen nymphs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She bought two dozen champagne poppers and placed them around the edge of our coffee table. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was standing at the kitchen counter straining herbs, along with half a dozen other women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A dozen, maybe, furious and flinging themselves at the soldiers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were now only dozens of yards away, single file, charging in with a vengeance, moving surprisingly fast. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Apples, peaches, and plums grew abundantly on the plantation, as well as dozens of vegetables that Amari had never seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a dozen happy Orks from a dozen ecstatic beaks. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The compound had row after row of shining metal houses and dozens of liquor bars glittering at daybreak with an aura of fresh vomit and broken glass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the right there was an artillery park, dozens of guns and caissons and horses. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked on my homework while Samira pored over job applications for a dozen or so retail stores at the posh Valley Fair mall in our hometown of San Jose, California. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I dart under a palanquin marked with the symbol of an Illustrian house, I spot the couriers’ office a dozen yards away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Others joined him, so that she was soon being followed by about half a dozen of them, their velvety tails dragging behind. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As population density increases, the territory of that band-sized population of a few dozen would shrink to a small area, with more and more of life’s necessities having to be obtained outside the area. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Cheat guides for about six dozen different video games. Looks like cheating is a hobby for our young friend Jake here.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“This was nothing but a kidnapping, pure and simple!” he said to the dozens of reporters and photographers who were following him into the terminal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the restaurant, half a dozen Turkish men watch from a small table. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so students are chatting at the foot of the stage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Within the tent, they found camp stools and a trestle table, a rack of spears and halberds, a floor covered with threadbare carpets in half a dozen clashing colors, and three officers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow comes and goes a couple of dozen times before I get around to opening my mouth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have known the Commandant wouldn’t cancel classes, not even to honor the deaths of dozens of her students. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Every year there were half a dozen or more reports in similar vein, all by credible witnesses. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the corridor leading into the tomb were covered with dozens of strange paintings depicting enslaved humans, orcs, elves, and other creatures. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Mesoamerican societies during that time created more than a dozen systems of writing, some of which are known only from a single brief text. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thirty feet below, more than a dozen people were queued up at the base of the Step. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went through every possible clothing combination I own, but somehow none of my dozens of black rock-band T-shirts seemed to match with any of my three identical pairs of Old Navy jeans. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z