Sorrow mixed with a strange glad feeling that, for a minute, things are back to almost normal. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fast, almost too much for me to keep up with. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was almost two years older and read more than anyone else. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the corner of Jason’s eye, a blazing comet streaked upward from the ground with a high-pitched, almost human scream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was almost six months since the last time Guy had gotten work there. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Ford laughs so hard he almost chokes on his food, and Mom gets mad. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of only one day, they now had almost two weeks to work over the coast of Guam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look up into the faces of these wonderful boys who have been better friends to me over the past few days than I’ve been to my friends in almost two months. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My family surrounded me with so much love that I almost forgot the ones not there. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The good bees kill them,” said a boy almost as small as Fidelito. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse almost never formally said thanks, but his gratitude was clear. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull Meecham was already awake and his hand silenced the alarm almost as soon as it began. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s almost impossible for a new officer to get a locker in there, so I park down here by the river and the lower locker room. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The offer surprised York almost as much as Lawrence’s original question about the need for a second lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With its roar and its dazzling display of blue fight, it almost seemed so. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They’d gone back and forth for almost a week; it was time for the cat to be the somebody it was going to be. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people stood and thought about rain, which they had almost forgotten, so long ago had the last rains fallen. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Before she could respond, Isabelle—whom they hadn’t talked to since they’d eaten together at the restaurant almost two weeks ago—came over. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before we can make it to the guest room, Grandma freezes in the hall and I almost rear-end her. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were open wide, and she almost looked a little scared. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sierra’s phone buzzed and she almost yelped from surprise. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Humming a tune beneath his breath, he strode out with a will, almost breaking from the cover of the trees straight out into the flat meadowland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There is almost certainly a link between the quietness of the Sun at this time and the chilling of the Earth. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I think that almost at once I fall asleep on the deliciously soft seat. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The T-shirt reached almost to my knees, but even so I was ashamed to see so much of my legs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was a room empty of almost any furnishings, save a few greasy prints of herbs on the walls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When I hit the paved road I leaned into the turn so hard I almost spun the bike out of control. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Let’s forget about it,” he whispered, eating another cookie, gulping it almost hysterically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Van Helsing’s face almost beamed, and as we lifted her from the bath and rolled her in a hot sheet to dry her he said to me:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And it was almost warm, his usually icy skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now that his arms were around her, there was almost no space between them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The word “independence” in Africa and the word “integration” here are almost equally meaningless; that is, Europe has not yet left Africa, and black men here are not yet free. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Alec headed for the ramp, which was almost all the way down, leaving Mark to deal with the two girls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was almost eerie how much it looked like the other boat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She almost said it like she meant it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cade kept his hair trimmed short, and he had a very sparse golden beard that went from his sideburns and curled almost invisibly just around the lower edge of his jaw. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I spent part of my time at the apartment complex pool, which was almost empty during the day. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even as an infant, when Jonas had brought him here after a long and torturous journey, Gabe had held out, had been strong, had stayed alive, when he, Jonas, had almost given up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes! They left Brighton together on Sunday night, and were traced almost to London, but not beyond; they are certainly not gone to Scotland.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Thor was almost relieved when Freya began to speak. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

To me, he was sort of like a unicorn—unusual to the point of seeming almost unreal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh! I almost forgot,” he cries, clapping his hands in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Thomas had almost expected the skeletal remnant of a person—someone on the verge of death. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But there’s a knock on the passenger side window, and I almost jump. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I have been with them for almost three months. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The sword gleamed silvery grey in the dawn light, almost new. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So Lyra gasped at that, and then she looked below, and saw a sight almost more wondrous. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It almost made me wish I was back in school. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got so used to the sound of it that the sudden quiet almost hurts. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

You could buy a house with almost no money down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they are also almost all tall: in my sample, I found that on average, male CEOs were just a shade under six feet tall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Something about the river had made Daisy and me quiet, almost unaware of each other, and we wandered in different directions. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Geez, R.C., you almost gave him a heart attack. I thought he was going to jump out of his shoes.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m the one you’ve been coming to for all your problems. Not the guy who almost killed me. I’ll let you think on that.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As Aunt Marge started to make herself at home, Harry caught himself thinking almost longingly of life at number four without her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations. 1 guess you work for the Voice a little you become almost psychic about these matters.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pistol and the rifle rang out almost together. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually, normal-sized grandchildren arrived, and the king and queen forgot the existence of the tiny princess almost completely. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I was almost home when I heard the bark of German officers around the corner and the shuffling of shoes on pavement. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes night has a way of speaking to us, but we almost never listen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Theon stopped so suddenly that Willow almost plowed into his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I have to admit that once or twice that day, I almost texted Zara to apologize about what I’d said in the lunchroom. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost all set to hit her, I thought I was going to smack her for a second. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knew that he had chafed against the schools, that he had almost been doomed by the streets. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was like a miracle; but before our very eyes, and almost in the drawing of a breath, the whole body crumble into dust and passed from our sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Frank was still below, but Leo almost wished the big guy would come up the stairs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a feeling in that car, and it was almost sadness, but it wasn’t. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I’ve never had two friends at the same time,” Thorn said, almost under her breath. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can almost believe it, but I can’t explain the blackmail. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I felt almost the way I had in the chopper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So while a strong 1990s economy might have seemed, on the surface, a likely explanation for the drop in crime, it almost certainly didn’t affect criminal behavior in any significant way. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But here’s the crazy thing: for the first time ever, I almost get it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He had almost as much as declared his conviction of her criminality last night: what mysterious cause withheld him from accusing her? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I half hoped it was because if the people inside this cabin were black, they were almost certainly in for trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the rebel techno team manages to override even the latter and, in a real coup, keeps control for almost the entire attack on Snow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone,” she heard Kapugen say. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as almost no true sentence beginning with I could be spoken by Lindsey, Colin was watching all the things he'd thought were true about himself, all his I sentences, fall away. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In unison, almost everybody repeated exactly what Roy Lee had just said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He can almost feel the snow, the excitement, and the anticipation, the sugary taste of a striped candy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He fell to brooding again, with a meek, almost pitiable distress. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The container was still almost full, so I took it out, thinking of the raspberry crumb bar recipe in Ruby Willow’s cookbook. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They stationed themselves not only across the street but almost halfway up the block. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice the Docker was almost caught, but each time she pulled clear. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“That’s quite a shift. That kind of leap in personality between generations is almost genetically impossible these days.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She almost jumped out of her skin, even though she’d been listening for it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra lay hot and almost as restless, but deep, deep asleep, locked into oblivion by the draught her mother had forced down her only an hour before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But he clearly had none of the social gifts of Revere, because there is almost no record of anyone who remembers him that night. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mills were most often tended by women who were doing dangerous work while getting almost no rest. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And by the time I get my breathing under control and go up to the third floor, it's almost two. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just got here an hour ago, and he’s already trying to get a date in a part-time nut house—it’s almost funny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I almost told her, “No thank you,” but then I saw a little slot cut into the lid. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wave of pain receded almost as quickly as it had come. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She had almost reached the infant when another gunshot exploded in the darkness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost eight, but the concerts never started on time. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

"We're almost there," my father assured us as we crossed the Vistula, the river that meanders through the city. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It belonged to a large Man-like, almost Troll-like, figure, at least fourteen foot high, very sturdy, with a tall head, and hardly any neck. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Coho salmon has a three-year life cycle and the runs are composed almost entirely of fish of a single age group. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say that,” she whispers, and almost sounds angry about it. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She catches my elbow as I almost stumble into a hole in the sidewalk. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It almost looks like she’s a child that decided to build herself a fort. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My feet were chilled immediately, and I slipped and almost fell, but no matter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A slight breeze stirred the hair on his arms, and a hum vibrated almost out of the range of his hearing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl with hair so blond that it looked almost white motioned for me to join her. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I was not all that interested in school, but there was something almost magnetic about this crazy-sounding place: Zimbabwe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I almost forgot about you; there was so much work leading to other work and another life—like picking up coins in a dream. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were times when Don stayed up almost all night, regaled by his father’s stories of how to live the world and how not to live it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up on the seat and almost bowled Uncle over. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For almost a year father and son lived together in the house near Reno, and Perry went to school. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gardens were bursting with sweet-smelling flowers that almost covered up the garbage stink. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was almost black and then it started hailing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And that in wondering bout the big things and as ting bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been knocking for almost two minutes with no answer, so I open the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Near the center of the field First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross squatted in the muck, almost entirely submerged. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like it was my fault the gods had almost gotten into a civil war? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a lurch of disappointment that my time with Sahil was almost over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sound of the traffic drifting up to her was so loud she almost didn't hear Elinor's knock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gears turning in his head; it’s almost audible. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a serving girl brought her supper, she almost kissed her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It sounded almost jovial, as if they’d been playing hide and seek. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Leo almost jumped out of his tool belt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But here, so near the university, they seemed so unreal as to be almost mythic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He almost threw up, but forced himself not to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It did almost seem as if we Marines were rainmakers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The almost full moon was descending in the sky, so it had to be past midnight, Tally remembered from astronomy. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His hands were refolded across his chest almost, as it were, before the clap was out. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I say almost nothing, just hold her head to my chest as her history spills out in a rushed whisper. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Emmett almost fades, then I see the shape of him, more focused and bold. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The shirt had been mended so many times that it was almost see-through. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odds of leaving Auschwitz alive were almost zero. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Because he was a mouse, Ralph found sleeping at night almost impossible. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were perfectly steady as he held the bow, almost as if he had propped it against a branch for support. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

‘I mean . . . literally, you couldn’t be moved. You had almost no substance. If it weren’t for Coach Hedge ‘No biggie,’ the coach assured him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After six months of all-day riding, she felt almost like an extension of himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was said very quietly, almost casually—a statement, not a command. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A bright blue light came off both her and Valley, and they were propelled forward a few toadstools, almost losing their balance. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It almost worked, thanks to the undeniably holy powers of a hot guy with a skateboard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I almost go back for my bike before remembering I’ve just given it up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The night also had a slight breeze, and when she pictured herself swinging in the breeze, clinging to a rope made of ugly clothing, she almost gave up entirely. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

They could not return because the strip that they were opening as they went along would soon close up with a new vegetation that almost seemed to grow before their eyes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was getting there, slowly, and maybe not entirely surely, but there was something almost delicious about feeling the same powerful swell of abilities that had once terrorized me corked and controlled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As Jake spoke, I watched David’s face and could almost feel the full range of his thoughts—starting with defensive anger and moving on to fear, then sadness, and finally horror. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He stared at us for a long time, until I was almost wondering if Zach had chosen someone who was so nerdy he was too perfect for the job. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Saddened, he wriggled his slow way back to the door, where he almost bumped into a man with a walking stick. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams chose the latter course; like Washington, he was committed to American neutrality at almost any cost. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

One nailed me in the back end and I almost jumped straight out of the chariot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her dirk was gone as well, and all her throwing axes; instead she had a sword in hand, a short sword with a broad thick blade, almost like a butcher’s cleaver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She unwrapped it, following the familiar route down the stream almost without looking. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What was even better than the taste of the coffee was the silky texture given to it by the sugar, a thing Winston had almost forgotten after years of saccharine. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There is a pause that lasts almost an entire night, that for Scheherazade feels like the rest of her lifetime. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was caught and almost dropped by a member of the other team. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s the last thing he gave me, and I almost didn’t take it. I would’ve regretted that, had I known...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I said, “No, thank you. I’m almost done.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

By the breakfast bell she was almost too tired to eat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lard pail was almost empty; the water looked rusty. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I never knew about anything like that. When my father talks about Dov Baer, he almost makes him out to be a saint.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After almost six months without schooling, my enthusiasm for learning had been dampened. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood and leaned over the table, making another grab, almost tipping onto the table as Travis leaned back in his chair, holding the phone still farther from reach. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It almost feels like she's had a response prepared for this very scenario. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I knew that my mother’s bones were almost always right. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve tried to set it up so it almost looks like a real restaurant, and the food is only half bad. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The winter sun is setting and the house is almost dark. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin had almost nodded off to sleep in her seat, the sound of the rain soothing away the bumpy discomfort of the King’s Highway. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The stench of their breath and body odor was almost enough to knock him out, even without the arrow throbbing in his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The urge to fling it open and rush out into the clear air was almost overpowering, but he made himself listen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was faint, almost drowned by the other noise, but I heard it the same way a mother can mark her child crying from a dozen rooms away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He almost slipped on the icy steps as he spun around to find me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The little girl looked at him, and even though her features didn’t change, something in her eyes almost made him think she had a smile hidden inside somewhere. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was a night sky, smooth layers of black on black, with stars shining so bright they almost glittered. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the first sound of shots, Charley Bloom set down a cup of Campbell’s tomato and rice soup and almost sobbed to Linda at the table across from him, “God help us now, it’s beginning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees closing over my head in the Amazon furo made me feel the presence of something beyond myself, an intuition shared by almost everyone who has walked in the woods alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was a tall girl of about his own age, very sallow, almost white-skinned; her mother, they said in the village, was from Osskil or some such foreign land. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

This explains almost everything—her faraway look, the hotel key, the underwear, the reason she never graduated from community college. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was almost like how Chess’s face had changed, except in reverse. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They smile at me, faces so full of love that for an instant, they look almost alike. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you that I was almost an English teacher? I spent a year studying medieval literature.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The reader, then, may care to know at the outset that in 1955 the eldest of the Glass children, Seymour, had been dead almost seven years. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The picture on the box makes it look like he’s got a full head of hair, but in person he’s almost bald. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It remains the law in Alabama, where judges almost exclusively use this power to turn life sentences into death sentences, although they're also authorized to reduce death verdicts to life if they so choose. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His back was against a gigantic oak tree next to the black walnut, now just two large skips from Listening Rock—we could almost touch it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been almost two weeks since the Tap-Out officially ended, and it’s taken that long to get things up and running again—not just here, but all over Southern California. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The letter was handwritten on fine, unlined paper in looping script so ornate it was almost calligraphy, the black ink varying in tone like that of an old fountain pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"Thalia’s tree must be almost dead” Grover wailed “We have to get the Fleece back tonight." The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was only a few years younger than Robb; if his brother was almost a man grown, so was he. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I almost moaned at the thought of such a feast. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey stops to join the spectators, even though it is almost painful to watch. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could almost imagine the electric lights of Zimbabwe, but when darkness fell there was not a shred of light in the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just spoke out against his own leaders so casually I almost missed it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She slowly approached, catching herself as she almost tripped on one of Dill’s boots. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“The stew is almost edible. The fish is fresh, at least.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This makes the second law of thermodynamics almost trivial. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly tell them what happened yesterday—seeing David, almost getting caught, what the Director said. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For almost a week after I disappeared, my parents had remained at the Lochmoor Hotel, hoping I might return. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This is the body I almost gave away. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The next day, September 19, almost two weeks after coming to Elberon, Garfield had an intense chill and a coughing spell, followed by profuse perspiration. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Your Grace," one was saying, almost in tears, "it's made too small, it won't go." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Why, Maine extends northward almost to the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and its upper border is perhaps a hundred miles north of Quebec. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night of Angel’s dance recital was stormy and overcast, but her excitement made the evening seem almost sunny. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Startled by the small cry, Flora Baumbach dropped the pin from her pudgy fingers and almost swallowed the three in her mouth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed flat on the ground for almost two hours, taking the storm’s punishment, barely able to breathe in the driving rain. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Scott, go put your bike in the shed. And, Gee, set the table. It’s almost dinnertime.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two notes whose frequencies are almost the same — say, the frequency of one is 1.005 times the other — sound bad together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His match with War Admiral was almost certainly the single biggest news story of the year and one of the biggest sports moments of the century. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image of her looking more and more lovely every day made my heart tighten in my chest and I had a moment of sisterly, almost maternal, pride. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Annie’s face is so red, it makes her eyebrows look almost white. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben knew that the exile was almost over, that his term of loneliness would be shortened the first time he touched the ball in practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scooted away as quickly as she could, mumbling something apologetic, and almost tripped over Shae as she stumbled out of the tent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She seemed almost to back away as I went to her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I notice the faint sound of two voices at a table in a far corner, tucked behind a pair of bookshelves that make them almost impossible to see from the stairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I almost forget I’m working for a drunk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Still, her hair smelled good, and riding with her made his heart race almost against his will. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Grover had scampered to the top like a mountain goat, but the lava had almost gotten me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But almost immediately Francis saw that the reasoning which had momentarily given us hope led nowhere. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s not a baby! He’s almost two! What about me?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then gradually the almost infinite size of this water forced itself on his attention. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She looked the same now as she always had, but people knew—almost everyone in our town knew—that she had changed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I hear something in the kitchen crackling in grease, which almost sounds like rain. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I spent the vast majority of my time sitting in my haptic chair, getting almost no exercise at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

How she changes her look almost daily—how she detests the idea of choosing one royal appearance for life. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione were looking at him almost cautiously, as though scared of him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then she walks back over to me and hugs me so tight I almost lose my breath. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

From there the black branches stretch onto the subsequent pages, tying together lines that form letters and symbols, each page almost completely covered in ink. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Here there was a delay, for Fiver—surrounded on all sides by the quiet summer evening—became helpless and almost paralyzed with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could go to the school—no one would be there today—or the library. It’s almost always open, even on holidays.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By midday the water would be tepid, but in the chill of dawn it was almost cool and helped her keep her eyes open. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You know you almost let Brothers talk you out of it last week,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Suicide bombers in Palestine almost always target other people when they die. The more bodies, the more important the story.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With her uncommon green eyes, she was almost a beauty, though her nose was overlong. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He lost Paul and ran almost blindly, stumbling over rocks and weaving around trees. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She gives us the strangest smile, a grimace almost, and I can’t help myself, I lunge forward and grab Evie out of her buggy, startling her in the process. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits do not line their sleeping places and a hard, almost rocky floor is uncomfortable for those not accustomed to it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gorgons were only fifty yards away now—leisurely gliding toward him as if they knew the hunt was almost over. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Twenty years at least in which to unfold his story at roughly this level of physical well-being—almost as long as he had already lived. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The noise immediately startled him, in spite of the fact that he was already almost asleep, and he scurried back again under the couch. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The humid breeze carried the honeyed fragrance of late-blooming alyssum, an aroma that muddled my senses almost as much as Frankie’s herbal cologne. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can almost hear the documentary’s mournful violin background music start up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They had become almost like friends, or like enemies that respected each other. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Short-cropped salt- and-pepper hair, glasses, he was a patient, almost invisible arbiter of justice with an occasional strained pitch in his voice to punctuate the frustrations this case had inspired in him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Myers handed out books almost as though she were President of the United States, dragging the distribution process out in senseless signings and ceremonies. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was congratulated by so many people that it was almost embarrassing. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The family could not actually be abolished, and, indeed, people were encouraged to be fond of their children in almost the old-fashioned way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A half pint bottle of gasoline almost full. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

This time, however, she almost liked the way Nathan said it, with just a hint of a Georgia twang. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the last time I’d see the Africans’ almost fanatic expression of their political emotions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost fall while trying to crane my neck to look up at them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But here she was, dewy and fresh, bespectacled, olive-skinned, almost childlike, smiling shyly at him and sucking a milkshake through a straw. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hut was warm—almost too hot—after the coolness of the swamp. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The process is almost absurdly laborious—like sculpting a face out of a million silhouettes—but it works: piece by piece, a set of two-dimensional images can be transmuted into a three-dimensional form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She kept reliving the moment when the wagon almost flipped, when she was drowning in the sticky darkness. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I almost think she might have cracked him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, landlords in central and Southern China had an almost completely hands-off relationship with their tenants: they would collect a fixed rent and let farmers go about their business. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They used rocks to smash them and spent over an hour bashing rocks and nibbling at the small chunks of nutmeat, which tasted almost sweet. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I like her hair, all pretty and almost white. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If the guy hadn’t been the size of a building, he would’ve been almost cute. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I can almost hear what she doesn’t say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She is passing Rockford High when a Hostess truck flies by so fast that it spins her pack and almost topples her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As their plane came over the town, a-dense fog rolled in and the pilot had circled for almost an hour. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so invested in his story that I forget about the recording and almost knock my phone over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My first year, Annabeth had put me out as a kind of bait, and I’d almost been gored to death with spears and killed by a hellhound. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The light in the room arced up to the ceiling, a half vault of stripes, below which he could almost make out the rise and fall of her body. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Henry’s tone was almost, for a moment, melancholy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re very kind, but no, thank you,” the ladies said almost at the same time. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was almost funny, but he wasn't in the mood to laugh. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Our feet have to walk lightly, almost tiptoe, while our hips sway a little, swishing in our anacos, and our shoulders have to be held back and our chests thrust forward. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost noon before she saw the man she wanted, a prosperous shipowner she had seen doing business with the old man three times before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While most of the train compartments are saturated with color, Tsukiko’s private car is almost completely neutral. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I watch the Q&A session as some girls surprise me with almost profound answers, while others stumble over their words. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A dark suction pulled me on, almost reassuringly, like a canoeist paddling straight at Niagara Falls instead of trying to fight the current. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Later on, Úrsula had put candles on it and had prostrated herself before it, not suspecting that instead of a saint she was adoring almost four hundred pounds of gold. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But still, every time Zara's eyes met mine, I almost felt something chilly pass over me, like how seeing a ghost is supposed to give you goose bumps. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For all June’s anxious preparations, she almost breaks an antique vase herself catapulting into his arms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He could almost hear the god’s voice welling up from the depths of the sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It looks almost as though the dawn was breaking over there, beyond those hills. It can’t be though, it’s too early.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost like she didn't know me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I almost hear him bite his lower lip. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Because almost everyone is acquainted with the silkworm, and because it is the most useful and noblest of all worms and caterpillars, I have here recorded its transformation.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The prize was almost within its grasp; the goal for which its thousands of boys had died or suffered the agony of prison camps was almost won. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ministry of Magic cars seemed almost ordinary, though Harry noticed that they could slide through gaps that Uncle Vernon’s new company car certainly couldn’t have managed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve stopped. I wont again. You promise, Jason?” she says, and me feeling her eyes almost like they were touching my face. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted almost immediately the reality I’d spent a year denying. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was almost a miracle that she remembered to explain the fringe earlier. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She struggled and wept and called for Isaac, until I was almost sick at having to cause her more pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I almost looked higher, but somewhere off to my left Annabeth screamed, “No! Don’t!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her face gets so crinkled up, her eyes almost disappear. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The importation of plants is the primary agent in the modern spread of species, for animals have almost invariably gone along with the plants, quarantine being a comparatively recent and not completely effective innovation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was almost too humiliated to admit it, but yes—he knew. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Well, as alone as one could be in the midst of almost two hundred orphans and semiorphans between the ages of one and seventeen. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to see my own father, almost unrecognizable in a dark suit, standing near Aaron and Rocco. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It grew almost to the ceiling, wrapping itself around the cord to the blinds, all the way up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The argument is simple: the language we use when thinking about scientific questions is almost entirely a construction of the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They had never seen animals behave like this before, and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Heavy branches stretched out almost at right angles to the thick trunks and gave Nhamo the idea of making a platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tries to get a glimpse of his face again—there is almost a dance happening here. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

When I imagined these phrases cast in her voice, they were almost intolerably sweet; now, sitting right beside her, it was unthinkable that I should voice them myself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Madame Ratignolle looked more beautiful than ever there at home, in a negligé which left her arms almost wholly bare and exposed the rich, melting curves of her white throat. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He had been dead to her, for so long that she was almost frightened by the knowledge that he lived. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost to the house next door before I remembered to turn back for my backpack and the half-eaten bag of chips. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Kuda, you may not tease the automatic Doberman. Its chain is almost worn through—bad boy! Tendai, I expect you to be responsible for the others.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dense hair on my arms was almost blond, and my eyebrow hairs weren't nearly as thick as the ones my sister had been born with. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I almost think of him as my little brother sometimes,” Lucas said in an oddly serious manner. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They could tell Ms. Gruwell anything and everything, almost like she was one of the kids. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Being connected in any way to the attack almost guaranteed he wouldn’t get into Harvard. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Doe was almost supernaturally successful with a series of lady visitors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finishing the book had almost done him in. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hid directly under the windows, pressed against the baseboard until the ghost, calling us in the ghost language so that we’d almost answer to stop its voice, gave up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given a cup of strong, hot coffee, the pain would leave her almost immediately; lacking it, her suffering mounted by the hour until the pain became almost unbearable. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house looked almost like all the others along Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re much better at it than I am. You almost make it sound true.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He even, seeming almost to fade out of existence as he did so, added that there were two entries to the house, one of them through the backyard, which gave on an alley. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wondered if almost thirteen was too old to be cleaning out pay phones for candy, but no one was watching us and it was hard to turn down free money. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Such strange creatures, all of them—they looked like aliens, almost. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I almost stuck out my tongue back at her. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie looked stricken and then he went to the sink and scrubbed his hands and always afterwards he scrubbed his hands almost raw every day. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes. I’m sorry. I’m coming. I’m almost there.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"You are almost a man grown now, and my heir," Lord Randyll Tarly had told his eldest son, his long knife laying bare the carcass as he spoke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The first Cyclops he met went down so quickly it was almost a joke. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So I turned at the door: I saw a robed and veiled figure, so unlike my usual self that it seemed almost the image of a stranger. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Branches caught at her clothing, but through the spiked leaves and dead vines, she could almost see what was happening in the clearing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She offered her hand, and he almost pulled her in before she could help him up. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From there she would move onto a series of outcroppings that formed something almost like steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then that moment passed, and he and the world were as before, or almost as before. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

So much had happened since arriving, he’d almost forgotten how familiar the Glade had felt to him that first night, sleeping next to Chuck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I could hear it almost in the pulse of the applause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear the smile on his face as he spoke. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The eyeballs themselves seemed almost frozen in their sockets, and they turned bright red. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His victory at Harpers Ferry, the greatest triumph for the Confederacy in the Civil War, was almost entirely because for once he followed the instructions of Robert E. Lee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lavoisier had thirteen thousand of them in what was, to an almost preposterous degree, the finest private laboratory in existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Cooksey can, which was the key to a near doubling of energy to 6 million volts, worked almost flawlessly from the moment of its installation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even when the parking lot is almost empty, she doesn’t ask. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But I am so tired, I just close my eyes and am almost instantly asleep. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was almost paralyzed with fear when he was led into the great receiving hall and saw Caesar seated in majesty on a gilded thronelike chain. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sun, though not especially hot, was nonetheless so brilliant that it made any fairly distant image—a boy, a boat—seem almost as wavering and refractional as a stick in water. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“This is like a real moment in history, Quinn,” she said, not yelling, not shouting out over the crowd, but almost shyly, like she was sharing something that meant the whole world to her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I'm almost foolishly happy and then confusion sweeps over me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Its burgundy cover is worn around the edges, and the pages are super thin, almost like rice paper. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

For a moment the face seems almost healthy;—then it collapses suddenly into the strange face of the dead that I have so often seen, strange faces, all alike. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

From Hank, the Colonel told me, it went downhill until you reached Wilson Carbod, the starting center, who was almost six feet tall. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And after almost four years, I had gotten used to being alone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others, not quite so benevolent, believed his actions had let down a community where the role of black leader was a precious, almost sacred commodity. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kibitzers began gathering around his board, and each time Bobby had to get up to visit the tiny restroom in the back of the club, he almost had to fight his way through the scrum. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you gotten to the part where Bertha bites her brother and almost kills him?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"You've seen Ben. He's almost Josh's age. He needs a haircut." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

From the warmth of my blankets I could see that it was almost time for Inti to rise. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Now, remembering, Robin could almost feel the weight of his father’s mailed glove on his shoulder as he said good-by. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I almost asked if him and Miss Love were back yet from getting married, but there wasn’t any use giving Mama another headache. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They were astonishingly heavy—almost too heavy for a girl to lift, even using all her strength, but she managed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Overlooked for almost fifty years, that scrawl is like the key to a cipher, unlocking a hidden layer of Elizebeth’s inner life. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was almost ready to pass out from the lack of sleep. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mo put the book under the jacket, which had almost made him look like one of Capricorn’s henchmen. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s been home much more since I almost drowned in his boat. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“After the poison left him, his wounds healed almost immediately.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Camp Half-Blood is sending a quest, as you predicted. Our side of the bargain is almost complete.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sky was extraordinarily dark—a blue that was almost black. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I do one of those crazy adrenaline overreactive catch things and secure the box, but not without almost tossing myself out of the tree in the process. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

By American standards, the Delaware is not a particularly imposing waterway, but it has one almost unique characteristic. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I almost wish we weren’t so creative in this moment, because these fake memories of friendship feel incredible. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When he’s almost to my chest, I say, “Stop. I’ll step around you.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Below them, to the west, they could see the nine Little Baldy Bear Lakes, tiny and almost unbelievably beautiful, each lake pocked with hundreds of silver circles from the feeding fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reads it and his head droops almost to his knees. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s almost too obvious a choice, you know?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Careful checks of collateral became almost laughable and utterly contrary to the ultracompetitive, machismo attitude that pervaded the banking industry in Texas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had almost set and left the sky swathed in smothers of purple and red. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the same way the war, beginning almost humorously with announcements about maids and days spent at apple- picking, commenced its invasion of the school. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve almost given up when I’m waved down by a young man in jeans, a jacket, and a cap on my way home from work one morning at dawn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But this time the door was opened almost immediately, by Helen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

High dune grass hid the paths up to the houses—in fact, almost hid the chopping block one man was using to split his cordwood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I could feel August and Rosaleen outside the door, could almost hear their breathing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shame I’d long felt about my family leaked out of me almost overnight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Cora had almost forgotten he liked to work with wood. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He shook it, but it made almost no noise. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was so dreadful a beginning that Ignatius almost knocked over the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much had been lost, but there was a stillness to the city that was almost hypnotic. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

How do we change—within moments, the whole form of our habits and dispositions may become alien to us, and we almost cannot remember what we were. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Before he can mentally berate himself for doing something so silly, the fortune-teller smiles, though for a moment there is something almost sad beneath it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He walks away backward, almost knocking over a freshman. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He realized now that they were almost on level ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You almost scared us to death,” my mother muttered as she stripped the leaves from a tree limb to prepare it for my back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that brief moment my heart lifts and I almost feel happy. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He’d just rounded a corner to the right when he slammed to a stop, his feet almost skidding out from under him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Your father and I will discuss it. It’s almost time for school, Neel. Go change or you’ll be late.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced up long enough to smile at the swineherd, then dropped her eyes again, making such a picture of awkward bashfulness that I was almost fooled myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Could you please not call him that?” she asked, almost shyly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But Pole Star has almost half its crew staffed with augments.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Father saw how I clutched the seat in sheer fright until the knuckles of my hands were almost bone white. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were still bruised and battered from the Night of Terror almost two weeks before. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He broke it off before she was ready, and she almost fell onto the ground as he removed his weight from the door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s up in Tunica County, almost to Memphis. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jay asked, his pot of dust almost empty. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a tree there with long branches that seemed straight and when he pulled on one of them and let go it had an almost vicious snap to it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bounded past Lyra almost in a blur and crashed into the Tartars, scattering soldiers, daemons, rifles to all sides. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We could do that,” said the giant Baugi, and he stood straighter, and the corners of his mouth tightened into something that almost resembled a smile. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re okay here, right? I told my mom I’d visit tonight, so I have to go soon. Oh—almost forgot to tell you—Four said he wants to meet you later.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was something desperate, almost insane, about the sharp spasmodic yelps to which they now' gave utterance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama asked now, her face almost burning with intensity. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We were filthy, our camp uniforms almost rotted off our bodies, and both of us so weak and emaciated, we could hardly stand,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to have given up and accepted the new order of things; and yet I was almost sure he had not. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe Tommy and I were making a special effort to be nice to each other, but the time seemed to slip by in an almost carefree way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue-and-white lights on the front make the street almost as bright as it is in daytime. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s coming—” Balthamos said, almost sobbing, and now Will did catch some of his fear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Will’s footsteps echo back and forth, back and forth, in front of the doorway, and I tiptoe to the door, almost pressing my ear up against it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The poems almost always came back, and I would send them out again, asking no more than that by their absence they would offer the promise of immortality. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

With the sticks and some bailing wire, Grandpa made a frame that looked almost like a gingerbread man. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair smelled of smoke, and if he closed his eyes, he could almost imagine they were at the campfire at Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I looked through the assortment of seed packets she had put together for me and almost burst into tears. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I leaned closer, till my nose almost touched the window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Which was so not the case it was almost funny. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like having a girlfriend during the season—an extra worry. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, almost as if I were a stranger. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Rather than turning left out of the Chili Bowl, my foot presses against the gas pedal, almost flying across the street and into the parking lot of Harpy’s. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never heard anything so painful as this almost continual plaintive crying lasting several days and several nights and with us not knowing what to do.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Doon bent to feel the strands that grew out of the ground, almost higher than Poppy’s head; they were cool and smooth and soft, and there was dampness on them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I almost cry just looking at the thing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then we laughed about almost falling down at the carnival. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Demons,” Mark said, almost rolling his eyes before he stopped himself just in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If he thought about it too much, Joaquin could almost feel the warmth of her skin, the heat of her mouth, the way she always smelled good, like soap and shampoo. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If not for the array of very proficient-looking weaponry hanging from each belt, it would have been almost comical. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then he said something about a movie—he had such a quiet way of speaking, almost a whisper. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were living almost exactly as they had in Caldwell. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee glanced once almost shyly at Longstreet’s face, then looked away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was thinner, without Jesse’s rounded cheeks, and paler, and his hair was almost straight, clipped neatly below the ears. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused in midair like a stop-action TV shot and turned, almost losing his balance, to face the questioner, who was sitting on the fence nearest the old Perkins place, dangling bare brown legs. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I guess not. But I felt sort of guilty almost, like if I’d kept my mouth shut none of it would’ve ever happened. Like it was my fault.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried until she had almost forgotten about the mutilated body sprawled on the floor above her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve been coming to the website for over 4 years, almost daily. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is bold and brave and smart, and she wins almost every board game we ever play. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wondered how he would ever be able to sleep when he was this worried and hopeless and then, almost to his surprise, for two or three hours, he slept. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon seized one of Marge’s feet and tried to pull her down again, but was almost lifted from the floor himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Friday was also boring, except that it was Friday, which meant it was almost Saturday, which meant I was that much closer to the lock, which was happiness. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In five years, he could play the fiddle almost as well as his father, who had never taken a lesson in his life, could play the guitar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His leg was throbbing so badly he was almost blind with pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I almost ask whom he’s talking about, because I can’t quite believe he’s admitting that high and mighty Cardan is affected by anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” they called, and their voices, faint and ragged, were almost one voice floating up to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas almost pushed him with another question, but Newt finally continued. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The wind coming in through the window is warm and full of scents that seem so alive it almost hurts to breathe it all in. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another voice, one I almost recognized, answered at my shoulder. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You almost feel as though you would have been willing to do the good deed yourself?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I stop, my voice is almost gone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was ridiculous to think he could perform sorcery, Farmer said, but almost every Haitian believed in its powers because their culture had evolved in the absence of effective medicine. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Klan responded with random bombings for almost two decades. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Also, where the Nationalists whom we had “fished” were almost all men, among the storefront Christians, a heavy preponderance were women, and I had the sense to offer something special for them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are almost opposite Jess and Jason’s house, but I can’t see across the carriage and the tracks, there are too many people in the way. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nägeli was the scientific colleague whose respect Mendel most sought—and his notes to him took an almost ardent, desperate turn. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know the new year’s password, not having met a Gryffindor prefect yet, but help came almost immediately; they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see Hermione dashing toward them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When he nods, it’s almost shy, but moments later, he’s serious again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, look, those pawpaws are almost ripe. Lotekwa, don’t forget to pluck them.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now and then they would almost step into it, and quickly pull away, back into crops and local gossip and politics and health. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They looked out into a cave so enormous that it seemed almost as big as the world outside. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Flatnose was so tall and broad that beside him Dustfinger looked almost like a child and, indeed, the man took hold of him as if he were a badly behaved little boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The desk stood in almost the exact spot where my father had his desk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to pull himself up onto the ice, but his left hand went through and he almost went under. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We might be inclined to laugh at the extravagance of his beauty-worship if there were not some-thing almost magnificent in his single-minded dedication to it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet sink into spongy soil, and I start to sweat almost right away. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

For a moment his movements were almost furtive. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

This is consistent with the observations of the microwave background radiation, which show that it has almost exactly the same intensity in any direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they were out in the middle of the ocean now, so far off shore. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Also, I feel that crying is almost—like, aside from deaths of relatives or whatever—totally avoidable if you follow two very simple rules: 1. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And that’s how I know that even if he almost looks like a man, and even if he drove us here tonight, he’s still Mustafa. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The image shattered, and I almost fell over. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her clothes were almost dry by the time she reached the gatehouse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Granny smiled benevolently, an expression almost as repellent as her usual scowl. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be the only picture in the world with the three of us almost together.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Chestnut was especially popular—not the imported European chestnut roasted on Manhattan street corners in the fall, but the smaller, soft-shelled, deeply sweet native American chestnut, now almost extinguished by chestnut blight. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Curtis gets this ridiculously cute sheepish look about him and oh my God, I almost can’t deal. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The music sounded impromptu, full of hundreds of interweaving melodies with almost no harmonies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And I’m gonna teach you,” he taunted, almost whispering in my ear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It turns out that Buckingham Palace is big—so big that it almost defies description. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He seemed to just sit down in the middle of what he had almost finished, and to remain so for three years during which he did not even appear to intend or want anything more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Five fingers and flesh with blood beneath. One could almost believe that on the other end of that hand lay a person of some sort.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took a step back, feeling nauseated, almost as though he were seeing a real body and not the cartoonish depiction of a murdered girl he’d glimpsed in a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She almost smiled and then shook her head. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed to drain a good chunk of her energy—she slumped and almost lay down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I almost walked in here with coffee from the enemy.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Now he saw that the girl was almost a young woman, poised and imperious, quite the little Pre-Raphaelite princess with her bangles and tresses, her painted nails and velvet choker. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bats cry almost inaudibly out the attic vent and somewhere far away, on a naval ship perhaps, or way out past Parame, a heavy gun fires. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he lifted his head, smiled, almost laughed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird was almost gone when he glanced up from his trencher and saw Arya staring. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These were the worst dreams, and when he woke, he hated himself almost as much as he hated her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The hill was actually a huge rock imbedded in the landscape, partially covered with moss and also with scrawled obscenities that had to be scrubbed off almost daily. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impact would almost certainly set off a chain of devastating earthquakes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

People almost seemed to be avoiding the subject. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know how anybody else felt about picking anything on the menu, but I almost flipped out, I was so excited. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On the balcony Goebbels, dressed in a light-colored trench coat and a fedora, applauded theatrically, almost clownishly, as each German boat crossed the line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We all scooted around our tiny table with our knees almost touching. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But the demands of rowing are such that every man or woman in a racing shell depends on his or her crewmates to perform almost flawlessly with each and every pull of the oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The stone under their feet began to feel slick with slime and mold, and Anya almost lost her footing several times. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The camera guy almost loses his balance trying to pan the vastness of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He wore box-toed shoes and Duchess trousers and his wide square coat came almost to his knees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there with my jaw almost touching my knees. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he turns to all of us and says, “This one never bloomed, and the season’s almost over.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was taller than Joseph, almost the same height as Blink, and he was wearing a blue cap. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They went almost every Saturday into the center of the city to Philadelphia’s finest department stores—Strawbridge’s, Gimbels, and Wanamaker’s, where afternoon tea was served in its Crystal Tea Room. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

While they were halted, the wind died down, and the snow slackened until it almost ceased. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Having decided to return home, he was striking down the middle of a side street, almost running, when he heard the phone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stands, he's almost a head taller than me, and he smells like deodorant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We got out of the car, and almost the first thing that happened was my auntie Fumi started shouting at the top of her lungs, “Katie wet herself! Katie wet herself!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her face tear-streaked but quite expressionless, almost vacuous, she picked up her handbag from the floor, opened it, and took out the small pea-green clothbound book. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I head back downstairs, almost tripping over Robin Hood. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I do, it’s almost too mortifying to admit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“And then maybe you can help me produce my song? I think I’m almost ready for that, too.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

This time the problem covered almost all of one side. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him how they’d followed that little dog right to where Mark lay, curled up and almost frozen to death. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They stood and stared at me; but when I was almost all the way past, I saw Dunlap put his hand up in the air and wave back. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If he climbed over the railing, he could almost slide down the side of the building to reach it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold and damp and almost completely dark, the electricity having been knocked out, so Emma sparked a flame in her hand and shone it around, until the nature of the space became apparent. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped paddling and worked with the basket until the bottom of the canoe was almost dry. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, seeing my father supporting me like this after everything that’s happened makes me feel almost human again. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

My feelings about the application changed from day to day, almost from minute to minute. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could make you a dress?” asks Millie, her voice creeping so high it almost cracks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was able, so it seemed, to land the second one almost exactly across the narrow line where the first one had struck. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're almost done putting stuff away and wiping the counter when Grim shouts from the other room. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In an awed voice, she said, “All my life I’ve wanted to see one. Now I have. It’s almost unbelievable.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after almost a year, I’d get to see them again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Over the next seven years, Milton traded up almost every year, so it’s possible for me to chart my life in relation to the styling features of his long line of Cadillacs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Life had arisen almost immediately after the origin of the Earth, which suggests that life may be an inevitable chemical process on an Earth-like planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You and mom were too blinded by your own fear to see me standing in front of you, almost broken. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The tall grasses were green razors that could section a man’s flesh into an infinite number of fine, almost invisible slices. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just as bright and just as black as the scintillations on the spangled ring, which was now close enough to be almost out of sight behind him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The feeling of almost understanding was gone, and Raymie didn’t know any more than she had before. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were almost all books for grown-ups: a well-worn thriller, a book about snakes, another about Alexander the Great, the Odyssey. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But it turns out that plowing the land over and over damages the soil almost as much as chemical weed killers do. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The wind bent the palm trees almost to the ground. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was the largest fencing club I’d ever been in, and almost everyone there was some shade of brown. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned so close that his face was almost touching the glass. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, we’ll see how insight into the animal origins of our infectious diseases helps explain the momentous, almost one-way exchange of germs between Europeans and Native Americans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s your brother. He almost died. You should be happy to spend time with him.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It almost made me stop feeling the anger and sadness weighing me down like invisible anchors. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So catastrophic and irrevocable were the changes that it is tempting to think that almost nothing survived from the past. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He would be in the hall now; he almost believed that he could hear Miss Coldfield breathing just beyond the wall beside him. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost suicide,” Thomas said, knowing he was putting off the answer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Smith’s pencil sped almost indecipherably as he hurried toward more recent history: the motorcycle accident that had crippled him, the burglary in Phillipsburg, Kansas, that had led to his first prison sentence: ... In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave the prince the best of the three horses, a big grey gelding so pale that he was almost white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Can I trust you?” she whispered almost silently into his ear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The Pit is almost empty; it is the middle of the afternoon, though it feels like it’s been night for days. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It almost disturbed Thomas how good that felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The evening was capped off with Bobby playing dozens of five-minute games with almost all assembled, one by one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She ran the beam of the flashlight about the room as she searched, the thick dust in the air making the light beam seem almost solid. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Alec grumbled and grunted a few times, muttering almost indecipherable words as he scooted off his cot and got dressed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For a second, Finn almost saw her, Roza, crouched in the plants, laughing at him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mine was almost exactly like hers, except for the names of the characters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you didn’t let yourself think what this place was, you could almost see it in a promising light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could almost watch them grow, pressing their fat green tongues up through the black earth. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the father, almost bursting through his front door, telling him we can organize something big for the upcoming Sunday I tell him all about the idea. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And because the light was still dim, a morning twilight, the branches and all the white blossoms looked misty and delicate, an almost magic look. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Artemis smiled, as he did now, one almost expected vampire fangs to sprout from his gums. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Seeing her smile—seeing her eat and smile and laugh—I could almost forget all that. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The woman, Seeder, looks almost like she could be from the Seam, with her olive skin and straight black hair streaked with silver. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they’d exhausted their imaginative spending, it was almost noon and they were back on the edge of Southside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recovered almost immediately and smacked me so hard she knocked me over. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I almost ran to the truck; there were just so many people I wanted to avoid. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He nods his head in something almost like a bow before turning gracefully on his heel and heading out to the lobby. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was almost impossible to get supplies into the city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When he started toward us, it was almost like it was in slow motion and everything went into a tight focus....When he made his move, my whole body just tensed up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When he was almost to the top, a mere foot from the rim, I pulled myself up to my feet in one final lift and fell backward. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And the varsity girls are contenders almost every year. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He could almost feel the cricket, snugged away in his matchbox bed, in the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, working in the mines was almost as much of a rite of passage as circumcision school, a myth that helped the mine- owners more than it helped my people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood and picked my way over them, which was difficult because they slept almost on top of one another. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After he had been calling on her for almost a year, he finally mustered his courage and had a beautiful picture taken of himself. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost done when Lizzie appeared from out of the woods. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We evacuated this area almost two weeks ago. Where’ve you been, you don’t know that?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The building is so dreary and sterile that it almost looks like a prison. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To almost everyone in the jockeys’ room, Woolf’s perpetual sleepiness was just another of his many eccentricities. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was almost surprised that the sun had not already set, for it felt as though she had been inside that fortress for a lifetime. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was almost like everything that came out of his mouth was something he’d rehearsed in a bathroom mirror. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I almost lost you there, buddy,” I wheezed into his fur. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It makes the progenitor of all this group of insecticides, DDT, seem by comparison almost harmless. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I like the way you read. It’s almost like being there watching everything happen.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My hands, and ears especially, itch and burn almost intolerably.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was almost impossible to overlook, in fact, if only because he was a chatterbox and a prankster and he made himself conspicuous. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Considering the size of the crowd, we were a quiet group, gathered in clusters, speaking in hushed tones—almost like this really was a funeral. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He spun on his heel and almost barreled into Tad, who stumbled back, tripped over an iron bar, and slammed into an open locker with a crash. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I pull the sweater on; it smells just like Hideo, and is so large on me that it hangs down almost to my knees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She thought about Momma, and it seemed to her that she almost understood why all of this had happened to them, to the Tillermans, all this sadness and running away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl smiled in a way that reminded Jon so much of his little sister that it almost broke his heart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I described the velvet wedding dress in full detail, and the satchels of dates and almonds the groom’s family passed out for each guest, it almost felt like I was gossiping with a friend. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He crept almost halfway down the stairs when he heard his mother say, “I can’t deal with him right now. Come and get your son.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When he tried to take a step, he almost twisted his ankle because he could not bend his foot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Forget running a gate or being an escort or doing construction supervision or transportation or manning a wall tower—a good robot might almost do those. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room had gone mostly quiet now, the political team's nervous updates having given way to an expectant, almost sober kind of calm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It made no difference to him that she was almost a woman, or possibly it was just that difference which made her so appealing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He affected an accent that almost made me laugh. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I feel hollow at the thought of Drew, almost dead at the hands of Edward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That day you almost froze. If I’d believed them I wouldn’t have gone to look for you. I went down the road, along by the cemetery, but you weren’t there.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were almost in their 20s but were going to school late because their fathers were forced to send someone. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I feel detached from it—almost everyone I care about is here. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I am almost of the age my mother was when she bore me. Do you see me? Do you remember her?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She looked almost naked against the expanse of water, only those two little strips, one above, one below, separating her from Eden. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The water was a dark blue now, so dark that it was almost purple. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It almost gagged her, but Sansa emptied the cup, gulping down the thick sweet wine until her head was swimming. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His longings would have been familiar to W. E. B. Du Bois, who, when he was almost exactly Fuller’s age, had written in his diary: I rejoice as a strong man to run a race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were all crying together; and, intoxicated by the noise, the unanimity, the sense of rhythmical atonement, they might, it seemed, have gone on for hours—almost indefinitely. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though now that Park had suggested it, Eleanor could almost see it working. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It almost felt like I was becoming someone new. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the last two centuries, abject slavery, with us for thousands of years or more, has been almost eliminated in a stirring planet-wide revolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t smell quite as bad as Geryon’s stables, but almost. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

On nights when the moon shines full, these little fish come swimming out of the sea in schools so thick that you can almost walk on them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At other times, when the afternoon was almost over and disturbing shadows crept across the storage yard, a different kind of theory went the rounds. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, on Tuesday, August 9, our team did exactly what we had been training for so many years to do: We performed almost flawless routines and won team gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With an almost comfortable distance from the thing itself as it really was, Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It was a look you’d give to an almost extinct animal, at the zoo. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature was well below zero, but there was almost no wind: excellent conditions for a summit climb. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Another set of footsteps crashed down the path toward me, and I almost hid behind a tree, until I recognized the outline—it was Bax. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A warmth emanated from him that Ekon swore he could almost feel, even feet away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She made it to almost five months before she woke at two a.m. with a terrible stillness in her belly, like the silence after a bell has stopped ringing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I almost laughed, remembering how I had hated to drive it several years ago; the girls who lived in Ogdentown didn’t drive tractors. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s account and scores of others even more sinister, particularly those by Jewish emigrants from Germany, fell almost entirely on deaf ears in America that fall. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His car was still running, and when the oil alarm light became hysterical again it was almost joyfully that Herbie tended to the motor’s gluttonous needs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is agreed upon is that Lawrence understood almost immediately the import of what he had seen, even though Wideroe’s report was written in dense technical German, a language that was largely beyond Ernest’s ken. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This girl is almost of an age with me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I said it with such conviction, I almost believed myself. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’d seen Psycho Mong mess with almost every kid in the Lighthouse, heard stories about him breaking residents’ arms and all that, but I’d never seen dude go after an adult. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the last moment, when they were almost on him, he jumped aside as Jon had known he would, stumbled, and fell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Towser was lean and angular and had fine blond hair so light it was almost without color, sunken cheeks, and teeth like large white marshmallows. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I almost thought that—” But before I could say anything, he clamped his hand on my mouth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll think about it,” she said, and I could almost hear Dad’s teeth grind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It dictated almost every working moment of every day. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When it heaved into sight he saw that it was almost empty of passengers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying this quietly, almost as if it were a litany. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Nope. I cleaned pots and dishes all day and ended up covered in soap bubbles. And I almost got eaten by the gigantic dishwasher.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“They put cold water on them in the kitchen, but the skin's still almost as red as the flames that licked at it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The water was almost as black, except where light came through the opening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Doha could see an angry, almost anguished expression on his father’s face as he turned away from Mrs. Jeong and rubbed his eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

By the time Johnny Pleasant shipped Henrietta off to live with Grandpa Tommy, she was four and Day was almost nine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They run before the train passes them, and jump in with almost as little trouble as Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was fifteen, almost sixteen, they came to this adoption fair thing at one of the group homes. They liked me, they said.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He looked through the dust and yelled “No!” just as the stairs he’d almost fled down and the area around it collapsed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The darkness was almost complete, and they could see nothing much beyond their hands’ stretch; but Gollum’s eyes shone pale, several feet above, as he turned back towards them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was like he hadn’t heard one word of my story about almost drowning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His face, which had always appeared smooth, seemed smoother still, in this new state; he almost reminded Helen of a monk — a man at some profound leisure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence lasted until I noticed that the cafeteria was almost empty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was much to see on such a trip, and almost before we had started it was over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Crane family had been averaging a move almost once a year ever since. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t help that the truth was almost as awful as a night terror. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The soldier had yellow hair and fair, almost translucent skin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if the sound sprang up at the rising of his hand, just as the music of a great orchestra seems to leap under the bâton of the conductor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For almost a year he had been in and out of euphoric moods about how a-helices packed together in coiled coils. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The point is, we were almost always together. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny, who adored him, and who had accidentally let him out, almost died too—she went off searching for him and stayed out for hours. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had it flattened out and he had the J-3 almost ready to fly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We almost went back for my dad’s high school reunion, which my dad somehow got into his head that he didn’t want to miss. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And when he reached the granite ledges and looked across to Malaga, he could almost believe in hope and prayer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"She was out almost four hours this afternoon, and she won't talk to me about it. Do you know anything else?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even on hot days, the woods are normally cool, but here the air was heavy and steamy, almost tropical. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cudn Rachel was almost as big and fat as Mrs. Jones, and said she could spot hungry boys a mile away. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He’s almost certain, even if he can’t prove it just yet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Roy had expected an emotional reaction to the news of the groundbreaking ceremony, but Mullet Fingers remained surprisingly calm, almost as if he’d been expecting it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing them by their tails, he dropped them almost instantly, blurting falsetto eeks because they had wriggled back up to nip him with their toothless little mouths. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird, Noise, but almost wordless, cresting the hill in front of us and rolling down, single-minded but talking in legions, like a thousand voices singing the same thing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Imagine them not even getting his name right, Weasley. It’s almost as though he’s a complete nonentity, isn’t it?” he crowed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Time after time, Bull brought the ball to eye level, almost resting it on his nose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But another surge pressed ahead and almost made Alec topple over. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They do what is called glancing, which is the same word for bumping off something and carrying on in almost the same direction, e.g., when a snooker ball glances off another snooker ball. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Digory said afterward, the horrible meanness of getting at a chap in that way, almost made him sick. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hers are wary, almost nervous, and finally flicker away to the window. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head felt light; I was almost too exhausted to think. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you help us rescue Rhyme and Reason? Then maybe things will get better,” shouted Milo again, this time almost too late, for in another instant they would have all been gone. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the sheet away, revealing a collection of levers and knobs almost as complicated-looking as Leo’s control panel on the Argo II. “This button?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I step forward so I can close the door behind me, but she doesn't step backward, so now we're almost touching. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He could see Svadilfari now, shaking his head and almost prancing in the wildflowers of the spring meadow. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was so bright they almost had to squint. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stares at him with a look that seems almost desperate. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And almost every day I received either a lecture or cocotazos for not doing everything. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I felt almost as if I were on some alien planet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The asphalt in the parking lot is dark and gleaming, its white paint strips faded almost to the point of nonexistence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

You could almost feel the trees drinking the water up with their roots. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He almost wept with frustration, seeing that Hooper might say anything, might so easily make himself believed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

What was slightly horrible was that from the stream of sound that poured out of his mouth, it was almost impossible to distinguish a single word. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not obvious, not to me. When you asked me for the tapes, I almost didn’t want to think about it. I wasn’t sure why you really wanted them.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anticipation in the air was almost visible at this moment, blazing, electric. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over there; she thought, looking down the path she had ridden to get to the school, I can almost see the dwelling where I grew up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were also playing more shows, to larger and larger crowds, almost every weekend. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost a thirteen-year-old, but he thought I was a shark expert. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sonny glances around, almost like he’s afraid somebody heard me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was almost like Vega’s body grew so much hair his head didn’t know what to do with it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if there were a parade, for all the family were coming out of their houses and following. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, only a plywood foot or so away in the women’s restroom, Vera, Flossie, and Nancy almost collided trying to get in out of the storm through the same door at the same time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s almost as if she doesn’t want to look at me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I hadn't quite learned a new language, as Julia was doing, I felt almost as though I had. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain almost wept with happiness when he realized the colonel was not going to holler at him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be away from his—he almost thought of it as home—shelter when it came to be dark. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicole would look almost exactly like her in twenty- five years. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It felt almost sacrilegious addressing this boyish man—in an open- neck T-shirt and jeans faded so much I could not tell if they had been black or dark blue—as Father. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded emphatically and then began to whip his hands through the air, talking, almost frantic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I slid my arm out from under Rose, an almost painful separation, and climbed over Slopper, almost stepping on Chi-Boy, who was stretched out beside the bed, a discarded pillow under his head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if it was she, and not the boys, who had thrown Edward overboard. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

At least twice, he was swallowed up in a throng of fans, and in both cases he became almost hysterical in his attempts to wrest himself free. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She is almost entirely in ballast of silver sand, with only a small amount of cargo—a number of great wooden boxes filled with mould. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

My mother arrived with Autumn, who was almost two, and a friend named Brenda. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She shoves her lunch tray at me so fast, it almost slides off the table. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good reason for almost anything—a hit used perhaps, but still quite serviceable.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those boots might almost have been of human leather, so deeply wrong were they. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Convinced he was destined for greatness, Charles always chose the easiest path possible, which brought failure at almost everything he did. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear. No, I have no idea what that signifies. It looks almost like a hand.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But since Gerald had arrived, the beatings had almost completely stopped, and Angel loved Gerald all the more for being her protector. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the chemists who did work on DNA were almost always organic chemists with no interest in genetics. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mark skidded to a stop, his focus so intent on the onrushing crowd that he almost ran past the exit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as they opened the door, the clamor of the bells became almost unbearable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The perennial “sick man” of the Hellenistic world, the kingdom of the Seleucids had been coming apart almost since its inception. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Everything came together so quickly in Thomas’s mind, he almost heard an audible click, as if the pieces all snapped into place at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was Saturday morning and her parents, still in pajamas, their heads almost touching, were absorbed in an article in the Chicago Tribune. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As he chews, he can almost hear their guts rumbling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel Max’s ears stretching out in our direction. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was surrounded by marble so white it almost glowed blue. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was early autumn, years ago, during a rare year when a late frost in the springtime had not killed the orchards, and the trees were almost overburdened with glistening fruit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems to call for a big, dramatic speech, but all I get out is one almost inaudible sentence. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The bottle reached the edge and slipped from our view, made an almost inaudible swish as it hit the hay below. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

They had almost reached the theater, when the driver suddenly turned. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try and read his Noise to see if he’s telling the truth but it’s almost all shiny and clean, a bright, warm place where anything you want could be true. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You know I can turn almost anything around for some good money.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had blond hair, so pale it was almost white, hanging fine and straight down to his ears. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so happy she isn’t chaperoning, I almost start dancing right there. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

My hand slipped around her arm, but she pulled away, her jaw clenched in a way that made her look almost ferocious. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear his voice, and my mother’s. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost don’t recognize her without her blazer and pumps. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Rather more cautious, Alvarez confided to his diary: “I am going on almost full-time as director of a nonexistent laboratory on an unauthorized program.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My father's desk stood near the outside wall of the house, in almost the exact position where I had asked to have my own desk placed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s nonnegotiable. Now let’s discuss the end of last semester. You missed four, almost five, weeks of school. Your mother says you were sick with the flu.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I almost fall down the stairs because of the swaying and burst into laughter when the grass tickles my bare feet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

This necklace that had almost bought my heart and mind now had one bead of crushed glass. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when you catch the dude thinking he almost looks like an innocent little kid. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

For years, I’d seen him call my grandmother in South Carolina almost daily, asking for her news. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was history's first cooperative international scientific venture, and almost everywhere it ran into problems. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the more I thought about the whole affair, the faster I walked, till finally I was almost trotting, as if any minute I half-expected to be stoned from all directions. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The tremor in her voice amounted now almost to an impediment. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Since there are so many of them, they can make collective guesses at almost anything antigenic on the surface of the earth, but they must do their work one notion at a time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not happy about it. He said he almost doesn’t recognize me.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

An arm hooks around my neck, and Darrell almost topples me over, cackling all the while. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I am almost impressed with the rhythm of it all, in a repulsive sort of way. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If necessary, the Owslafa could be alerted in almost no time at all and so could Captain Campion, or whatever officer might be patrolling the outskirts of the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every atom you possess has almost certainly passed through several stars and been part of millions of organisms on its way to becoming you. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t tell your mom a lie, which she then told the whole town? About me dragging you to Atlantis...almost against your will? That lie?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You managed to hack through a shield that has almost never been breached.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The average stabled horse spends just five minutes at a time lying down to sleep, almost always at night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost never wear shoes around the house and now I’m not sure that I can find a pair that will fit. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi said abruptly when he was almost to the door of his bedroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he wrote this almost a hundred years ago? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then, almost immediately, he changed himself back into a hare and called out in mockery to Lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

On Pluto, which takes almost 250 Earth years to revolve around the sun, I would still be a year old. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say, almost choking, “then what on earth was it? Was it something you were trying to protect? Or steal? Or what?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, for a second, especially in the sunlight, they pierce through, and you almost forget about the lumpy redness on his face. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“As though any man ever walked up to another and offered the spirit from his veins. But I couldn’t imagine what motive you could have, so I almost believed it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mary turned back to her lacquer, and almost at once she made her discovery. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Emmett was swinging an aluminum bat; it whistled almost untraceably through the air. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thinking, still, as he wheeled his bike into its narrow port beside the door, he realized that frightened was the wrong word to describe his feelings, now that December was almost here. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another voice—this one female and older, almost matronly—said, “Okay, forget the forms. It’s time for your audition.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

So the Oak Ridge workers knew very little about uranium—and almost nothing about how to handle the stuff safely. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I backed and filled until I found a level place where I could hear the eager stream rattling; it was almost dark. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey almost thinks it is a statue, dressed in a white gown edged in matching fur that cascades beyond the platform to the ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was stronger because he was almost full grown and he’d flunked some grade two or three times. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost as dark-skinned as me, with thick glasses and a balding head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A crowd presses around him, and so I don’t see him until he’s almost at our table. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about midnight every night, she’d appear at the club and almost have to drag him back to Brooklyn, the pair taking the one-hour subway ride home together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Leaders in Hanoi knew Nixon was almost certain to win another term. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“And very surprised, because almost nobody can see fairies and other charmed folk anymore. They’ve all forgotten how.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

HARRY: They were great men, with huge flaws, and you know what— those flaws almost made them greater. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It has some of the greatest Nobel Prize winners of this last century, nuclear physicists that almost cracked the atom—but kids around here don’t even know it’s there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost in tears, it was like having a wall in front of him which he must batter down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas almost collapsed from the sudden rush of terror. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Jon's eyes were a grey so dark they seemed almost black, but there was little they did not see. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Magdalys turned and shot him a smile just in time to almost get thrown again as Missy cut a sudden right and nearly barrel-rolled underwater. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Heather and I almost fall out of our seats laughing. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The three men sat in their comer almost motionless, never speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I was here almost a week before you came. How did you know that I’d be here? Tell me that first.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My grandparents almost never said no to Johnny. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Displays of temper were almost unheard of; no utterances of profanity are recorded in the extensive recollections of his students and colleagues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

‘Come and have your breakfast. The bread tastes almost as good as it did last night. I did not want to leave you any, but Sam insisted.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Close-up, Harry saw that she looked almost as tired as Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As Jake spoke, I watched David’s face and could almost feel the full range of his thoughts—starting with defensive anger and moving on to fear, then sadness, and finally horror. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

One afternoon in June, when Wilbur was almost two months old, he wandered out into his small yard outside the barn. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I almost wished he had resisted more, caused me some trouble—I didn’t enjoy his servility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seen from the top the stuff looked almost black, but in the decanter it gleamed like a ruby. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, she picked up her feather and the last dish of ink, almost gone now. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I read everything I could about chimps, but almost all of it was about chimps in labs or in people’s homes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Petey threaded her fingers through his and pulled him into a patch of wildflowers, more weeds than flowers, a patch that came up almost to their elbows. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Eat a little com flakes, quickly,” Mama said, almost in a whisper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then a shaggy creature who looked half-human, half-animal stumbled across her path, and finally she almost stepped on a tiny little man who seemed to be made entirely of glass. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The number of black holes, however, is almost certainly very much higher; in the long history of the universe, many stars must have burned all their nuclear fuel and have had to collapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times, Salva felt almost frantic at the delays and frustrations. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an almost casual motion, Kvothe grabbed a dark bottle from the counter and flung it across the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m so lost in thought that I almost don’t notice the old well, and I always notice it, because it’s one of my favorite things. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

According to a clock on a nearby church, it was almost midnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“They will want to keep you here when the ship docks. You will be fire, almost.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

A rock, he thought, and almost passed on, but a patch of white caught his attention. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is almost four months now. Thanks be to God.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Australia was so close I could almost feel it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I catch a glimpse of myself on the television screen on the wall that's airing my arrival live and feel gratified that I appear almost bored. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But everything for the pageant is almost set. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She felt almost frozen when she at last reached West Riding, but she did not stop at Quinn House even though her teeth chattered from the cold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two—then four in line, then two, then almost a dozen; then another dozen—then one alone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It only added to their shame that they were able to reproduce the Joliots’ findings almost immediately with the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The sun burns off the morning haze almost immediately and I can tell the day will be hotter than usual. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had been so overwrought about everything, I almost had to strangle him and put him into the casket right along with Uncle Edisto. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And wind and solar require almost no water to operate and thus do not pollute water resources or further deplete the water supply by competing with agriculture, drinking water systems, or other water needs. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Alaric took a few files from a folder in the drawer and switched them over to another so swiftly even Seven almost missed it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It's almost three, and right on schedule, the cab arrives at my house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched her weep as she stepped onto Pakistani soil for the first time in almost nine years. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On that very same night, Turner had almost touched a whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The curtains were almost always drawn, leaving the house in a tenuous darkness that kept the cruel desert light at bay. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost close my palm around the entire ration. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bagman looked almost affronted, but couldn’t say much more as Fred and George turned up at that point. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All the while the baby buffalo was silent, or almost silent, just a light bubbling sound where the nose had been. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge slab of rock, red in the torchlight, slid down out of the ceiling with a resounding crash that almost made her cry out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They waited, almost holding their breath in the still, frigid air. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The summary should be self-contained, almost as if the material being summarized had never existed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Catelyn almost wished she had burned her sister's letter before reading it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like I absorbed all of his craziness, like I was his leech, because he seems absolutely fine now, while I walk around school every day like I’m living on another planet. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s almost there, but there’s no question that he’s slower than the others, having been yanked into the final tournament with no time at all to train. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But almost instantly they reach a common ground. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Rigo would bring photos to him, Bobby almost always rejected the women as not having all or enough of those qualities. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This man is almost too gallant to be in love,” thought Emma. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He'd talked with her father for a long time when they arrived, and even though the two of them disagreed about almost everything, Nok liked the old monk right from the start. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Just once in almost a month of nightly meetings they managed to exchange a kiss. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The furious claws almost lifted Matthias from the weather vane as the King gripped the belt, trying to drag it off him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward, muscles tensed, ready to use force if necessary, but she scrambled away, almost tripping onto the dead weeds of her yard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Time and time again we had in the technical work almost paralyzing crises,” Oppenheimer later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard what you said in Miss Bimp’s about almost getting poisoned, and I was wondering. Do you eat supper with them murderers?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat was almost gone out of the radiators: the cold iron fluting stem signal and admonition for sleeping, the little death, the renewal. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally tweaked the eye-shape parameters, pulling the arch of the eyebrows down almost to normal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She almost invariably wore it throughout the apartment during the day. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Felt the roar of a shotgun blast flash into the night, a white explosion almost in his face that startled the sleeping gulls up into the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The female officer begins nodding, showing support and almost enthusiasm as she says: "A counselor? So she heard?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Some of the guys were looking around, their weapons moving, shaking almost as if they were alive, looking for an enemy to fire upon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turns to Captain Newport and speaks, almost calmly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

All the inmates were male, and almost all were black or Latino teenagers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her children, ages five, three, and almost two, exhausted her, and she felt isolated and unhappy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The bad news was that these days, he almost did. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The women in the room are whispering, almost talking, so great is their excitement. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the job was so dull that I was almost dozing off and could hardly respond when the radio of a nearby officer loudly blared out the emergency tone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blow almost missed its target, finally brushing Janza’s jaw ineffectually. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gap appears almost gentle, carpeted with trees, rolling hills, and the occasional gold burst of a wildflower meadow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Washington remained out in front, their lead—almost two lengths now—essentially undiminished. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As Mayor Clarkson approached city hall that morning, he carried with him the full weight of his city’s almost complete collapse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was such a beauty, I almost regretted having to launch it and see it shattered back on earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are almost black in the cavern's dim light. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s getting to be almost a trick pony,” he complained. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've had so many occasions of thinking I almost understood something only to realize I didn't understand anything at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I almost didn’t say anything. I thought, what’s in the past is past. Maybe she’s made a new life. But I see you’ve raised your daughter to be just as amoral as you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Scraping noises; and then, like the gates of the Western Paradise, the trap door would open, lowering into the basement an almost intolerable beam of light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My old branch was two blocks from our London flat, and I went almost daily. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And that must have been the feeling I was having then, because I smiled, almost like I was going to giggle. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They passed around sweets, almost unheard-of in the Protectorate. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The fact that Lazar Sidelsky, one of the firm’s partners, would take on a young African as an articled clerk — something almost unheard of in those days — was evidence of that liberalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They distribute themselves in almost precisely equal parts, half to the departing queen, half to the new one. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I could almost see my mother standing in the shade of the big eucalyptus tree where I’d played as a child. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Anya almost said she didn’t know why, but then she realized she did. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The floor is an immaculate white, almost beautiful, and—most important—empty. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We used to sell her strawberries,” I say almost angrily. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The surveillance makes almost any suicide attempt impossible. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Her astonishment was almost greater than her fear of him, which was real enough, and she pulled herself up, dazed, and seized his shirt in supplication. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I knew that couldn’t be true, some part of me almost believed it: like, if only I could just stop counting, maybe I could make the stings stop. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I could almost see myself hovering just beyond the frame of the shot. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In his house, if something broke, his mother called a repairman to fix it—the stove, the washer, the disposal—or, for almost anything else, it was discarded and replaced. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He straightened up and glanced over Tayo’s head at the sun, which was almost down, and spoke in a more natural tone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did not have the careless, almost British look of most of the Devon Masters, because he was a substitute for the sum- mer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He almost never looks anyone in the eye like that, but he’s making a point to look me in the eye now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was almost six o’clock, and the meeting was supposed to be at five thirty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The job was broad and people oriented enough to be energizing and almost always interesting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I get up to find a stick but almost immediately come across the arrow that bounced off Cato's body armor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then there’s Mrs. Kluckowski, short and barrel-chested, wearing a brown blouse and a plaid skirt that reaches almost down to her puffy ankles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Onofre whistled softly, almost gently, the way all people in Milagro had a tendency to whistle whenever they learned about a disaster of such gigantic proportions. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they also ran a study in which almost every sentence referred to a concrete object or action: A newspaper is better than a magazine. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her father had made this trunk for her mother almost a century before, a bride-gift when they were wed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Bridge was almost home when she saw Alex crossing the street ahead of her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I began my descent I was extremely anxious, but my concern had little to do with the weather: a check of the gauge on my oxygen tank had revealed that it was almost empty. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The line is silent for a second, a second almost long enough for me to say, “Just kidding!” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kok had a noble agenda: He wanted Bobby to continue his career, and he wanted to be a privileged witness to his games, as did almost all chess players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Encouraged by the increasing number of discoveries, Figgins’s estimation of their import was growing almost daily. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dad said he’d feel out of place, and never did come, but Mom visited almost immediately. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her word choice seemed odd and old-fashioned, almost regal in a way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have almost total recall, every face is there, every hill and tree and color, and sound of speech and small scenes ready to replay themselves in my memory. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It extends over the dark-eyed regions of Italy, almost all of Greece, and absolutely all of Turkey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The water and sky were the same color, almost black, and all I could think about was JoJo, how lucky he was to miss what was coming. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying, almost unbelievable, the casualness of the cruelty. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your eyes are almost entirely closed, and your lips are pulled into a smile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In almost every yard, a mutt or two was chained to a tree or to a clothesline post, and they barked furiously as we walked by. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The kid was almost as pale as Octavian, but with dark eyes and messy black hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Barring some kind of miracle, the older boys would race as the varsity crew at Poughkeepsie; the sophomores would almost certainly be demoted to junior varsity status, despite winning in California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, almost all my classmates had family members packed into the motel’s conference room, where, in dress blues, we were presented with diplomas and badges. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn't very old, but her skin had a weathered look to it, almost like leather. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Like it? It is more sweet to me than I can tell. Say ‘thou’, also, and I shall say your language is almost as beautiful as mine.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of Eratosthenes’ parentage and early life, our sources are almost silent. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Hera tried for a smile, but she was so clearly frightened that Jason almost felt sorry for her. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I almost wished he had, because the pain would have distracted me from the dizzy disorientation that came next. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She perks up, looking almost pleased that I have found fault with Mother and Father’s little coup. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He could untie almost anything if he worked hard enough. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Well, to be honest, five days is almost nine million miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It took almost an hour and was the climax to a long evening of effort. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost seven o’clock when he got there and the shop was closed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had told him in the morning that Faisal would be coming and he had nodded, almost asked some­thing, and had just gone on watching a show with talking animals. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He told me in an almost snide way that in any case the director and the staff of the home would be called as witnesses and that “things could get very nasty” for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

What’s more, as John Adams so nicely put it, “in Virginia all Geese are Swans,” meaning that Virginia’s elite genuinely believed that it had almost singlehandedly launched and led the war for independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But he had no time to wonder what it might be, for almost immediately another rabbit appeared and limped to where Holly was lying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we married, I would try to imagine that he was almost as young as his teeth. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The machine was so intricate, so complicated, that he almost got dizzy looking at it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

But the way he learned it almost killed him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first manifestation of what I came to learn was bedrock Jesse ideology: He distrusted almost all authority and bureaucracy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what Blackberry had told them, they had been almost expecting to find Fiver foretelling doom in a poetic torrent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was broad as a boulevard, and it almost seemed, crossing it, as though one went from dusk to day and back again in a matter of paces. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could almost feel the star being added to my heavenly crown for this gesture. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were big boys, almost men, and I was alone except for my maidservant Emmot. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was almost afraid to answer it, but it might be Charlie or my mom. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was clear from the beginning that the giant meatpacking companies were on the same page, filling almost every position with white workers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We: were miles from the things, which I had taken to be almost within arm’s reach. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His long face and hands made him look almost stretched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He almost said, Like we always do, but couldn’t muster the confidence. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“So—you don’t care that I might be,” I say, and I almost swallow the word, but I force myself to say it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He only had white hair on the sides of his head, almost like he was wearing ear muffs made of pure cotton. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve hardly slept a wink, and tomorrow—or really, today, since it’s almost dawn—I’m heading back to the capital for the start of fall classes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost see Gram beside me, twisting her parasol overhead, wearing one of her old-fashioned long dresses and a frown on her lips that doesn’t quite match the mischief in her eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m almost to the back stairwell when my dad finds us. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But almost before she was aware that a fury was upon her greater than any she had known in countless years, the shining sword bit upon her foot and shore away the claw. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Why do you keep saying I’m casi señorita? When am I going to be a señorita, without the almost?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Trouble is, he’s going so fast, he’s almost out of sight before I can get my little five-horse motor started. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They struggled for academic success and then, when they almost had it made, they chickened out. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an easy tree for a boy to climb, leaning as it did, crooked, the branches so close together they almost made a ladder, slanting right up to the roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas almost screamed in frustration, but he kept quiet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I sniffed the pot of Baghdad sauce from a wary distance, and despite it being almost empty, that alone was enough to make my eyes water. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mama let go of my skirt, almost reluctantly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In February, only two weeks after my release, I went to Durban and spoke to a crowd of over 100,000 people at King’s Park, almost all of whom were Zulus. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trolls hated noise almost as much as light. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Now he displayed a rigid righteousness that made him almost a kept prisoner. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen crew, headed by a West Indian chef named Duke Vaughn, worked with almost unbelievable efficiency in the cramped quarters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On another, he showed the planets in relation to their distances from the sun, with Mercury the closest and Neptune the farthest away—almost in the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Really? What did he have to say? Oh, I almost forgot.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Marly! What on earth—” He pushed her aside with a hard big sweep of his arm that almost knocked her down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

This is my least favorite task, almost as disgusting as washing diapers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was composed of dazzling blue metal with an almost mirror shine to it, as smooth as water, and nowhere rectilinear or planar, but all flowing contours, as supple as skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But the flurries are light, almost dancing in the air, spiraling and gliding before they land on the ground to melt and evaporate their way back up to the sky again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He embraced him almost as though Call were a woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama, we’ve read these plays so many times over, that I almost know them by heart. I don’t need a light or the book, Mama. Listen!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miyax did not know how long she slept, for midnight was almost as bright as noon and it was difficult to judge the passing of time. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground is spongy with melted snow and rain, but today is one of those rare, almost balmy days that hint at the glorious summer ahead. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The ANC’s alliance with the Communist Party seemed to trouble them almost as much as the armed struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool, but still and pleasant, not yet very light though it was almost seven o’clock. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But those are just—” I almost said myths again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled my arm, almost dragging me off the bed. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Gray hair shaved almost to nonexistence, eyes so black they seem all pupils, a long, straight nose reddened by the freezing air. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes strained almost audibly in the back seat as the brothers and sisters questioned each other wordlessly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The news,” a Tribune writer observed, “was almost incredible.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was almost five o’clock in the evening, although it could have been five o’clock in the morning; the sky had barely changed at all throughout the day. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

After almost an hour of driving through towns with names like Black Earth, they turned down a narrow driveway, past several enormous, snow-dusted flowerpots entwined with lizard-like dragons. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped off the threshold and stood still, almost at a loss. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he swallowed, stared straight up into her scowling face, and said, almost steadily, “Don’t look like there’ll be room across the back here for you and Janice Avery.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Turner was almost screaming in fanatical earnestness by now. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The plane almost seemed to stop in the air, floated on down toward the lake below and to the front, and Brian remembered the last time he’d “landed” on a lake in a bush plane. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when they had come almost to the end of the line one looked up glancing keenly at the hobbit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Intellectuals were stunned at the Aztec books, “which,” one of them said, “almost resemble those of the Egyptians.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the broadcast—variously described as part kabuki, part commedia dell’arte—started in 1956 on WOR Radio, Bobby listened to almost every show when he was in New York. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra almost burst into tears knowing that her best friend was still alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I looked back at him, surprised, and he smiled so hard he almost laughed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The engine was almost to where I was lying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His voice had a strange, almost wistful quality to it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

To his amazement, the screen flickered into life, a tiny, almost opaque window through the metal door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

One evening in May, when we’d been saving our money for almost nine months, I came home with a couple of dollars I’d made babysitting and went into the bedroom to stash them in Oz. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was so out of the blue, I almost didn’t know what to say. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Unlike Cate’s memories, which came and went like fluttering eyelashes, Rob’s thoughts seemed almost lethargic...velvety and murky. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By nine, Cousin Eunice would have been home for almost three hours. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, his sword and pouch are gone, she’s losing herself in the crowd, and I can almost believe it didn’t happen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds a drop fell, dark, almost colourless in the dead light. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is almost as if I am somewhere else for the moment and I simply black out the part of me that feels emotion. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nice sitting with my sister that night because she almost never likes to talk to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

From start to finish, the trip took almost a week. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is all very long and almost unexplainable. All I know is that I was standing outside this old house and the rest just happened.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Doc held the box close to his chest and opened the lid, almost as if by magic. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But there’s almost always a nice lady out front with free samples. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Most of all, Nate would remember the feeling of being almost lifted up off the ground, by nothing more than words. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

At moments like these, it was almost worth all the jail time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He almost missed his flight because, as the other passengers walked shakily to the plane, he stood aside, vomiting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two nuns were walking on the other side of the street, and they watched us so closely one of them almost fell on the ice. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of the thirty or so kids in my class, almost all of them were white. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s almost as if she can’t see any of us anymore. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We’d almost made it to the middle of the bridge when something strange happened. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Your father and that dog. They were inseparable. I’d almost forgotten.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was almost a relief when he heard someone knocking on their door. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had been asleep for almost three hours. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Frodo sighed and was asleep almost before the words were spoken. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It almost looked like tattoo art, the way blue ink can cover someone’s arm so completely, you don’t know where one tattoo starts and another ends. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Seven times the sun rose and almost as quickly disappeared as the colors kept changing. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The United States Office of Plant Introduction alone has introduced almost 200,000 species and varieties of plants from all over the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

His fight was over almost before it had begun. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He looked so angry she stepped back, startled, almost like she was afraid. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Covering her mouth with one hand, Penelope ran, as fast as she could—almost as if she were being hunted herself. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Once she almost fell headlong down the steps, but Syrio Forel had taught her balance in another lifetime, when she was the girl called Arya, and somehow she recovered and caught herself in time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe three seconds later she started to heave, literally almost regurgitated into my mouth. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Now do be reasonable, and take a sensible view of the case,” implored Jo, almost at her wit’s end. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, since we were almost convinced that our race had no culture, no smart people, we behaved even worse. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There were lots of kids messing around, and almost everybody, adults and children alike, wore jeans and shirts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My electric chair is a lot heavier than my manual chair, and it’s almost impossible for Mom and Dad to lift anywhere. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But now my face is almost obscured by the dramatic highlights and dark shadows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other times he acts cool, in control, almost refusing to move. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The lowlands are dry—almost a desert—but the hills are cooler and wetter, especially during the rainy season. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But almost before they had begun to scatter, into their midst bounded a great black dog, snapping, biting and chasing hither and thither like a fox in a chicken run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His empty stomach rumbled almost as loudly as the drum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It was easy. They acted almost tame.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her knees bent under the force of braking, her grippy shoes squealing as they slipped across the riding surface, her body turning almost parallel to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And then . . . and then he almost hit a cow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is almost too easy,” Shay said, penciling a pair of fat, black eyebrows over her own. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The thing about being on a hill, as opposed to standing back from it, is that you can almost never see exactly what’s to come. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was appearing on the broadcasts almost nightly because of the boycotts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spider was almost out of sight; But I thought about my conversation with Grover last night, and I knew what we had to do. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because almost none of us black people have thought that maybe we were making a mistake not wondering if there wasn’t a special religion somewhere for us—a special religion for the black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Pong, his face almost as shocked as Winya’s. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Such good fortune was almost impossible to believe. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He’s almost a foot taller than I am! Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s been almost two weeks since I wrote about Ivy seeing the woman in white leaving Poppy Cottage. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I can almost see it, red radiation, wavering upwards like the shimmer above highway tarmac at noon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost burst into the Half-Mast at a dead run and settled in against the back wall by the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As if to emphasize that she has everything “down pat” she delivers the monologue in a rhythmic, almost singsong way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the king's herald moved forward, Sansa realized the moment was almost at hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If he started with five genes, the permutations were even greater in number, and the variations in height produced by these permutations seemed almost continuous. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I decide not to tell him that I ended up being sent back to tadpole after almost drowning another camper while I flailed around in the deep end. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There's a little group of them outside almost every doorway, standing around, looking sort of defensive. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the third bite the rat had ceased to struggle, and he was feeling almost content. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s almost dinnertime when I finally emerge from my room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Momentarily full from chips and salsa—almost too full; I could regret this later—I’m back outside, making my way downtown, back toward the Ripley-Grier audition studios. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had a glow about him, almost like he was high. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“By moonlight or sunlight, the drapeweed would almost always be in shadow.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then he pulled his hand away and pointed, exclaiming, “Mama! Papa!” almost hysterically. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Which, as it turns out, is almost true. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The question cannot be answered. But if one asks what Corax was called before he got his new name, the answer is almost inevitable: Tisias.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, almost trotting in anticipation, they walked down the hill, past the first few houses clustered near the road, and directly to the gate of the fort, about a half mile ahead. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soils from apple orchards seem to reach the peak of contamination, with DDT accumulating at a rate that almost keeps pace with its rate of annual application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They don’t snack—you’ll almost never see a French person eating while driving or walking down the street. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It’s the first week of the second semester of senior year, and already they’re acting as if they’re almost done and out of here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If we went to almost any cell culture lab in the world and opened its freezers, he told us, we’d probably find millions —if not billions —of Henrietta’s cells in small vials on ice. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We were almost three miles from shore and our landing craft only went eight knots an hour. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was hammering down, almost deafening, and I found myself liking it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He hugged me so hard he almost cracked my ribs. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She would look at me and we’d share a smile, but almost immediately she’d get that sad expression again and turn away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was an unusual looking white man, his face young, almost unlined, but his hair completely gray and his eyes so pale as to be almost colorless. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are almost 700 miles of gorgeously mountainous Appalachian Trail in New England—about a third of the AT’s total trail length—enough to keep me occupied till August. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He almost slaps me before he sees I’m fainting. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Adam said almost gaily, “Charles, I been listening. You want to tell me something and you’re walking around it like a terrier around a bush. You better tell before it bites you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They also seem to know me unbelievably well—almost as well as I know myself.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly and spoke slowly, and almost everything he said publicly was bland, or a cliche, or just plain stupid. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think somebody would know if Kronos had re-formed. The gods would be more nervous. But still, it’s weird, you having a nightmare the same night as Zoe. It’s almost like—” “They’re connected,” I said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She having departed, I entered in and found the most beloved of tutors lying almost in a swoon, so distempered was he by fevers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Luis looked at me intensely, but he spoke softly, almost musically, almost tearfully. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Pantalaimon paced the floor lashing his tail, his fur almost sparking, Thorold hastened to bring her stiff, reeking furs and help her into them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The priest told Farmer stories of the dam, about the chaos and instability it had created almost overnight. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Chief White Halfoat had grown almost fond of Captain Flume since his amazing metamorphosis. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The top of his head was shaved so close it was almost bald, but his face was covered in a thick curly black beard. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His mother was enormously quiet and reserved, almost like a phantom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere, someone jumps on my back and almost pitches me forward into the dirt. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I almost wept: the joy of it, and the terror. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I almost don’t want to be the Three Bees’ cousin from the way this Imani looks at me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To those who continued to remain loyal to Odessa High, the changed ethnic makeup had made the school almost unrecognizable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks it, almost in one gulp, then sits, bent over, forearms on his knees, head hanging down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You almost wanted to shout, “Timber!” but there was no time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My youngest sister is exotically pale, almost ashen. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I tell her I almost died? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The other mother was huge—her head almost brushed the ceiling—and very pale, the color of a spider’s belly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It had been the same announcer throughout the war, so that by now Tessie felt she knew him; he was almost family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had so much going against me and almost nothing going for me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and stared at my bare feet, cleaner than they’d been in years, almost unrecognizable. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Aside from two television appearances right after Reykjavik, it had been almost twelve months since Bobby had made any statements or, for that matter, been seen in public. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to Jake, shocked that he could be so cruel after what almost happened. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

This morning his hip and arm hurt so badly he almost cried out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At one end of town, I spotted what I had come to find—a steep, broad eminence, perhaps 1,500 feet high and several miles long, which was almost entirely naked of vegetation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone visiting the sheriff’s office, three underfurnished, overcrowded rooms on the third floor of the county courthouse, could detect an odd, almost sinister atmosphere. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius was about to say this to himself; then he remembered that he went to the movies almost every night, no matter which way Fortuna was spinning. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would look, at least from the outside, almost like the houses other people lived in. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They lean in and let each other have it, though the giving is almost in turns. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost from the moment Europeans arrived, they realized there was coal out there in quantities almost beyond conception. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

During the next two days, I spend time with almost everybody headed for the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I almost kiss him right there in front of the U-Scan. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I jump up, mumble bye to Nico, and notice that while we were engrossed in his laptop, almost everyone else left, except for Julie and Ms. Holly, who are talking in the corner. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I almost died of humiliation when they put on the neck brace. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The tub was almost full enough to rinse her hair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I almost turned around to see the expression on his face before I remembered; Tyson was gone. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost like normal, which is how I like it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But almost every time Ms. Brenda would put Jazz in my arms, Jazz would start crying and screaming and squirming all over the place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I teased, after a giant rat charged past us outside her dorm—and its student population, twice the size of Princeton’s, was almost entirely black. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I level my hand up, almost to the roof of the car. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He almost goosed the girl with his spear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The tall, ungainly girl left the hall with long strides, almost unnoticed amidst the revelry. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Twice they cut other cars off, and once they almost hit a truck. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is one question which until this moment we have almost ignored. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We are so close on the heels of our retreating enemies that we reach it almost at the same time as they. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of it after all this time, she almost wept at the sadness of all it implied. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Each cow has a name, like a person, almost. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oldest leaders of the Ridgefolk, still guiding and inspiring their people even after death, had stared at me with such intensity that it was almost a relief when they were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I know he was very... upset,” I say, when truthfully, I know almost nothing at all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And he almost always had a Camel or a Lucky Strike dangling from his lip, except when Al Ulbrickson was around. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Yowza! That’s almost as much fun as the hover ladders. Almost. Teams, your first challenge today is to make your ideas take flight, something that’s very easy to do inside a library.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is almost never a good thing to keep wild animals as pets. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

These included the elephant bird, a flightless creature ten feet tall and weighing almost half a ton—the largest bird in the world—and the giant lemurs, the globe’s largest primates. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could not follow this road any longer; for it went on eastward into the great Shadow, but the Mountain now loomed upon their right, almost due south, and they must turn towards it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sammy, through his range of vision, could see her white blouse, the opposite door, and her John Romaine purse which lay on the seat almost within his reach. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small pop, almost lost in the sounds of the jungle around us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sculpture almost leaps out and grabs you, it is so filled with life and being. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of liberal white folks are looking for black friends. It’s almost as hard as finding an egg donor who is a tall blond eighteen-year-old at Harvard.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she finally said it, she almost whispered it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cube flies from my hand, high into the sky, and it seems to hang there for a moment, almost suspended, free, and then it falls, disappearing from this world and joining another. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But the total energy density in “empty” space far away from the plates must be zero, because otherwise the energy density would warp the space and it would not be almost flat. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have a captive porter whom she could work for almost nothing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were almost as scary as the spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The heavy hand slapped back and forth across Ranofer’s face, almost negligently, yet with a force that twisted a crick into his neck and set his ears ringing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I began almost to look forward to the ball. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had the kind of pale, almost colorless eyes that made him seem distant and angry whether he was or not. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a lead from me, which is almost always a bad idea, my mother was now spending a fair amount of time holed up in her room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The two men looked alike, with thick eyebrows that almost touched, although they had told him they were just friends, and they were dressed alike, too, in leather jackets and long gold chains. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You made me drink it once, and I almost threw up. Only Dad would willingly drink that for you.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Only a few feet away a woman was sitting watching her, a very old woman with short-cropped white hair and faded, almost colorless eyes set deep in an incredibly wrinkled face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s almost the same video that the station played, but there's a little more to it, with pictures of everyone important to me added at the very end. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

We extinguish our fire and head upstream until it's almost nightfall. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Right then I could have tried to talk him into moving back to Texas, where he supposedly had some kind of ties, according to his passport, which turned out to be almost entirely false. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so delicious, it almost scared me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Oppression and the fear of learning have obliterated almost all memory of ancient Alexandria. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Middle of winter I almost drowned in a cow pond when I was little, maybe eight. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I slump down into a chair at the kitchen table and swipe through my phone until I find our last texts from almost two months ago. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his hood to reveal neatly cut gray hair, a mournful face red-cheeked from the chilly day, and dark eyes that seemed themselves almost to be weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It had been so real that at first he almost couldn’t credit that it had been a dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Tom shakes his head, almost in disbelief himself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too cold to say no, but putting them on almost made me gag. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Nobody pays to see anything natural. You pay to see unnatural things look almost natural.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them, Bobby Joe Shaw, bumped Valentine so hard she almost dropped her books. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a rush of gratitude so strong, it feels almost like love. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And cough medicine to cure sickness, and shoes ... she hadn’t had new ones for almost two years. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was late, and nobody else was there, and we held hands and skated almost all night under the yellow lights. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of those unmoving figures shocked me, and I almost ran. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather is now almost completely recovered from the strokes he had back in ’89, and has a much easier time talking. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if someone were tickling me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From there, it was almost like this mental courage built up inside of me because I had toppled one of the greatest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The moon was almost blinding, so bright the stars were barely visible. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He lay on the floor in one of the upper rooms, on top of a thick blanket, several other Gladers crammed in there with him, almost body to body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The way she almost stopped living when he died. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was bending over a box, burned almost beyond recognition. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Three big explosions almost immediately afterward showed that it had found the ammunition, and the gunners leapt away, letting the barrel swing down low. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The year of their happiness ended with Arthur's return—and almost immediately collapsed in ruin, but not on account of the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron was among the crowd, but his relatives were almost nothing like him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Standing silently near the door of the dining room, almost like a statue, was the coachman who had driven the two girls here from the market just a few months ago. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

So strong that, almost before he realized what he was doing, his hand was groping in his pocket. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He could almost see the little gold ingots, row on row, lining the walls of some secret cave that only he would know about. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had scolded Ifemelu as a child for being recalcitrant, mutinous, intransigent, words that made her little actions seem epic and almost prideworthy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She told Valentine of an incident the previous week, when she’d been walking up the road and was almost trampled by a wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even / almost believed he was a professor of psychology. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We had fought for almost twenty minutes, stabbing and slicing each other and the men who tried to part us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He’d be dark brown, almost black, his feathers with a shine to them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even light stops shining through, and everything’s so dark that I almost don’t see her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And to almost everyone’s surprise, the Coast Guard agreed—but only if Dad finished his anger-control therapy and got a letter saying he was all better. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now, about one of every two Americans uses a cellphone; in 2004, there were 176 million subscribers, almost eight times the number a decade earlier, according to the market research firm IDC. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Last time Mama took out a loan, she had to use bill money to pay it back and we almost got kicked out of our apartment for missing rent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

With the spray hitting her face, the roar of water all around her, Tally could almost imagine this was one of her expeditions, back when she was a carefree city kid and not a... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And because I was your son,” Ben said, almost bitterly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the hour two men came down the road almost at a lope. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Holly was Catwoman in a fancy building, her sneakers almost bigger than the rest of her, and we all laughed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was brought back to reality by an almost thunderous knocking on my kitchen door. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a white wooden church with a pitched roof on a hillside in North Little Rock—a town nestled deep in the woods, almost two and a half miles across the Arkansas River. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man with the rifle, he stands up quickly, almost loses his balance. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than trying to find the right insulin dosage to bring his blood sugar down, which could take almost three months, everything else was looking up for Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

By the time we got back to it was almost midnight. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s almost April, and snow seems like a long time ago. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She knew intimately that “something” Vivian spoke of—that sense of dignity and truth about society and self that Ann had experienced almost daily since joining Operation Breakthrough. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The great sweeps of space and the hard, elemental coloring almost blinded him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They pressed in, almost like a tide in the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The worst part is that she almost lived, you know? She died weeks away from liberation.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He hung around watching the nest for so long that he almost missed the school bus. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But life in the clearing went on almost as before. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her day’s run is almost done, and all she wants is food, water, rest, and a break from the day’s monotony. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My bare legs almost glow in the dark. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Angel talked to Kiara on the phone almost daily, and that seemed to help her depression and concern. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound took Emily back to her first day in San Francisco, almost a month ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When Fleur Delacour too had vanished into the side chamber, silence fell again, but this time it was a silence so stiff with excitement you could almost taste it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was almost like they didn’t know they were in a shelter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But it was hard to congratulate her because she almost never peeked out of the Main Administrative Office. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I almost jump out of my skin because the girl seems to come from out of nowhere. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could almost taste the oily hot liquid. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the almost darkness, I couldn’t see much, but I could feel the cold smoothness of the gold ingots, the pictures pressed into the coins, the perfect facets of the gemstones. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My atoms have been on this Finn trip for almost eleven billion miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The enduring mystery of her sly, almost smirking, smile. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I watch TV over my dinner at night, I see a world in which almost everyone makes $15 an hour or more, and I’m not just thinking of the anchor folks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can also yank us out, so dancing with her is almost safe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I halt and almost double back, but keep it moving. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The idea makes me feel almost giddy, although that might be from fatigue. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her lips were so red they looked painted almost. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I could feel almost my heart emptying into my pillow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I sure didn’t think it would be almost all boys. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But it can be seen that I do have a genuine and almost miserly interest in worthless objects. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one given to the winner and the backup are almost identical, but the original...well, it looks like the type of thing you’d find in your grandmother’s jewelry box. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In the minds of almost all sports experts and most fans, it should have been no contest. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“The third word in the next line,” explained Baba, “was worn off the slab, its meaning washed away by centuries of rain, almost lost to posterity forever.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson introduced them by alluding to their goal of making atom bombs cleaner, reporting “the gleam in the scientists’ eye of making them almost like Ivory Soap”—then adding wryly: “but not quite.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When he had looked like that, she could almost have believed a connection between them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What’s more, he had two hot-air balloons at his disposal, which he sent up periodically to provide almost perfect aerial reconnaissance of Lee’s positions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To that bed I seemed to have grown; I lay on it motionless as a stone; and to have torn me from it would have been almost to kill me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lay face-up in the center of the trail, a slim, dead, almost dainty young man. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without the filtered light of the sun it was almost dark, and the sound of the rain hitting the pine branches high above their heads filled the grove with a weird, tuneless music. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s weird to go to a school for almost seven years and then one day discover that there’s a dentist’s office inside it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God! Oh, God!” he repeated to himself in almost unendurable agony. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt so guilty for deceiving him that I almost took Edward’s advice and told him where I would be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was almost full dark, but the moon-god Thoth’s heavenly barque, which revealed its high-prowed boat shape clearly these nights of its waning, was beginning to shed a gentle radiance over the littered pavement. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I confess being vault champion meant almost more to me than winning the all-around. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But she reasoned she had been surprised by being with Maudie when she made her purchase and that was almost as good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By afternoon the weather was almost warm as summer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the skiff keeps drifting closer and closer and when I can almost reach out and touch it I let go the keg and kick like mad and pull myself into the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When it is removed the effect is startling, almost shocking. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They only wish to help, but it’s overwhelming, and when Keenan cuts through the crowd to retrieve me, I’m almost relieved. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The third stage vibrated quite a bit, not from side to side but with a choppy fore-and-aft motion which was felt as almost a buzz. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The matter was even worse because the two, almost equal in age, knew each other and, before Francis remarried, had frequently met for lunch or dinner to talk about science. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

So much hovered over me that, by the time we got to Griggs’ Rigs Racing, I was almost sorry I’d ever thought up the rally to begin with. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“That waterfall drops almost straight down a hundred feet.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is that it?—and almost ruined my lecture. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now it was okay, almost required, every now and then, to make some jokey allusion to these things that lay in front of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hallway swarmed with so many students that I almost lost sight of my guide. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It makes the Tribal lands look almost habitable. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But instead of looking pleased he just mumbled, a bit embarrassed—no, almost like he was sorry about something—“Glad it meets with your approval, Jason.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The front door was closed almost before he was out of it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yellow fever was almost completely eliminated in Panama. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was almost enough that Toby wanted to accept the apology. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As an unusually talented and very good-looking orphan, he naturally drew attention and sympathy from the staff almost from the moment of his arrival. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Walking along its windy, bustling streets, you could almost hear the hum of opportunity. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But after a certain number of rabbits had been pogrommed, an almost supernatural peace descended over the neighboring barnyard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were one or two fluffy, almost decorative clouds. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’m almost out of breath, trying to cram it all in. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And it also let woodcutters upstream send logs almost to Monks Mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her eyes, almost lost in the folds of leathery wrinkles, had a humorous gleam. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The storm clouds had finally dissolved, and the sun was almost at the horizon, its orange and red rays pouring through the window. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Sister, see this,” Mister Brother offers when our backs are turned and we’re almost in the next stall. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had almost decided she was being paranoid when the first monster dropped to the ground only five feet away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Misty she began, but no more words came. “Go!” the girl shouted, almost making Trina stumble backward. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was so distracted that I almost didn’t notice when Tom K. dropped a note on my desk. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a very beautiful thing, this Golden Ticket, having been made, so it seemed, from a sheet of pure gold hammered out almost to the thinness of paper. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

His ferrety face was smeared with soot and his quiver was almost empty, but he was smiling like he was having a great time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My ankle is almost well, but the main reason I feel hopeful is that at last I have decided what to do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, I almost forgot. He’s sorry, too.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She has reading glasses and pens and clipboards in almost every room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was such a depth of it, and yet it was almost as transparent as air. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’m so mad and scared, I almost cry. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I’m almost finished,” I said, shading in the gray area of his spotted cheeks. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Though her body almost seized up in agony as she turned over, Celaena put her injured hand on his stomach. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He hit the surface with a splash, and Jinny was almost surprised by how good it felt, the motion of grabbing him, pulling him down, hearing the splash and his shout. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was a feeling that grew among us almost tangibly, and I could tell that Ruth, absorbed in a picture on the other side of the room, was feeling it as much as anyone. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway waiting for me in his regulation Sanforized wash-and-wear khakis and pilot sunglasses, why, he very nearly almost looked handsome. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I saw the Pacific, I almost cried. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Horses who lose their riders during races almost always try to win anyway, charging to the lead and sometimes bucking with pleasure as they pass the last opponent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It almost fully makes up the difference in votes, with the West Coast still to go. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We climb in, folding into Cs, Madge squirming to get comfortable, her feet almost touching her head in a full circle. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There were almost no blacks or Hispanics in the audience. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hops up so fast, his cereal bowl almost falls from his lap, but he manages to catch it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A chill shivered up his spine when he saw the flesh of the fruits was black, shriveled, almost like... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He turned his head almost upside down to get a more acute focus on her; then unwinding swiftly, he lifted his body and sped off. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since Rachel almost put out Lucy’s eye about who was going to get to ride it first. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a point in the transcript where the cultural miscommunication between the controllers and Klotz becomes so evident that it is almost painful to read. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There was something almost prim about the way she sat there, and yet she had just made a modest proposal that I join her in a very revolting ritual. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When answers are found they will almost certainly be multiple. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I almost wish he had asked me instead,” he said quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When evening ended the battle, the Trojans had driven the Greeks back almost to their ships. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scooter took it back to the ship, named it Ollie, and for years took it almost everywhere he went in a bucket of seawater. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“It was such a lovely thing, I almost didn’t want to part with it but I had no money and nothing else to sell.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I almost turn off the TV, but don’t. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He does, it is true, mention a small number of modern inventions—stirrups, the compass, clocks, gunpowder, printing—but he has almost nothing to say about new observations, new explanations or new proofs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

How could she think of her good fortune when her husband and two of her sons were being sent to almost certain death? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Sam swallowed, stepped back, and scurried out so quickly he almost tripped over the rushes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She felt almost more foolish than she had ever felt in her life. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey waved her hand almost as much as Howard did, jangling her bracelets and going, “I know! I know!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Give me a kiss good-bye, fighter pilot,” Mamaw said, an almost forgotten shadow standing by the side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like almost anybody in the Bible better than the Disciples. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Well, between us we can put almost twenty thousand in the field in the next half hour. We’re in very good shape, I think.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost manage to get through the omelet she prepares without a word. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie could see his face before her so clearly that she might almost have reached out to touch it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She clutched the pendant squeezing the unyielding metal until her muscles ached, as if forcing into her own mind the almost unthinkable fact that she might really remain an ugly for life. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I felt as if our family were almost falling into their arms now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was so small she could almost hide it in her palm, and overripe too, but when she took the first bite, the flesh was so sweet she almost cried. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Goober had found the job almost impossible. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tilted her face to the sun, shook her head slightly, and as her hair grazed her cheek, it was almost like Deen’s hair, falling against her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If you look for the whole rabbit, you almost never see him because he blends into the scenery. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a Quaker, Anthony had been raised with the understanding that men and women were equal, a point of view she almost took for granted. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And I almost said, “You block, you stone, you worse than senseless thing” to him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There had been a time when we, too, had benefited—those days seemed very remote now, almost belonging to another life—but we had lost more than we had gained or could ever regain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so surprised I’m not upset that I almost forget about Tanasia. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Since he’s been working out lately, he’s almost too big for the furniture. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The old silver there was of some value, she told the lawyer, but it represented an almost insuperable difficulty for Luke: it required energy to steal it and transform it into money. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to taunt, trick me with his relaxed, almost sloppy parrying. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So I tossed the paper on the grass almost in front of her. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As he jumped to the thirteenth, almost forty feet high now, he leaned precariously to one side. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Midday, he thought, judging it to be almost exactly between the west and east horizons. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meetings were held in the churches almost every night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he had the means to buy almost anything he wanted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This section of the house was the last to be “finished,” and it’s almost totally unusable. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The blacks of their eyes seemed almost natural, not like they were possessed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Racing my shadow home, I was almost too excited to think. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, the times when she became extremely cheerful for days on end - and for no observable reason - were almost as disturbing to me as her sudden, often prolonged sullen spells. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost unbelievable. If you hadn’t insisted on taking the other road, you would have never met them.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel their eyes on my back. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her appearance is different again—pale white as a snowflake, with hair almost a mirroring shade, and bright blue eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A cobweb, I thought, but then I looked at a strand of it on my palm and saw it was some kind of metal filament, so fine it was almost invisible. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I almost added that they were my idea. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was definitely not true: Bennie and Sierra had almost opposite styles, and they never got tired of letting each other know their opinions. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Elliot shows them to me, and I can almost afford the cheapest acoustic one. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had developed a confidence that was almost absolute. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she said twelve hundred dollars, I almost fell over. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Bod was nine he had been exploring in just this part of the world when the soil had given way beneath him, tumbling him into a hole almost twenty feet down. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He wore the jersey for almost a week without taking it off except to shower, because he knew that someone would try to steal it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her dark green London habit almost swept the ground. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has had almost half a day to travel ahead,” he said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Worse, almost no rain fell between mid-May and mid-July, withering their crops. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In almost the old manner he resettled his spectacles on his nose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear him thinking, Yeah, right. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Shawn said this loudly, he almost shouted it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That was close. We almost got grounded or something in there. You realize that, don’t you?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was a catboat, twenty feet long and almost as wide. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me that there’s this guy in the building, who he calls Mr. X, who is almost definitely up to something evil. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His eyes roam over my face almost hungrily. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was so used to being ignored, I almost ran from the first merchant who tried to sell me something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He even tried to speak it once in a while, and Michael almost always seemed to understand what Salva was trying to say. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was almost sideways, her body parallel with the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying. It was a total thing. I was at the grocery store almost every day, getting fresh dill pickles for you.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pressing business awaits Lin coln in his office, but he allows breakfast to stretch on for almost an hour. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Practice is almost over. Might as well stay, and then I'll drop you off at home. I'll talk to her then. Cool?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

David knew about plankton from biology—they were also called krill: millions of tiny, some almost microscopic, shrimp-like animals that filled the oceans of the world. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By doing what Maria herself did almost every day—collecting, watching, and documenting—he had added to the world’s knowledge of these little-known creatures. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The black table, the chairs, the silverware, the goblets, the oyster shells and napkins as well as the birdcage and candles and almost everything else had been moved out. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had an almost undefeated record and frequently found herself in the folds of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, identified as the best female saber fencer in the state. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For a space of three or four seconds things seemed to hang, almost to stop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin loomed over me, standing at almost five foot six in fifth grade, and his skinny frame made him appear even taller. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Again, the line moved forward, and now the gates had almost swallowed me; I was almost out upon the plain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I was almost to the top when Annie rounded the corner in front of me on her way down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They called each other wisdom as well, which Tyrion found almost as annoying as their custom of hinting at the vast secret stores of knowledge that they wanted him to think they possessed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The young woman stood, smiling at him—-an uncertain, imploring, almost abject smile. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young guy who’d thrown his voice like a bear did a ventriloquist act that was so good I almost believed his dummies had come alive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sack over her shoulder almost fell to the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Melanie had been almost hoping that Elizabeth would have her two sisters along. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching the dogfight, I saw the big hound was almost gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was anxious to defend himself and almost broke his silence for the first time—but before he could get a word in, Gaily was talking again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, skilled labor has gone from being heavily Democratic to almost evenly split. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” Theodora said to Eleanor as they left the lunch table under Mrs. Dudley’s watchful eye, “why everything has been so quiet. I think this waiting is nerve-racking, almost worse than having something happen.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was so short she was almost peering through the top of the steering wheel. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the dog saw her it quit yowling, its eyes grew heavy-lidded, almost sad. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He auditioned to win his place, then found out it cost almost $6,000. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then it hit me: I’d been trying to stage a romantic, daring scene and I’d almost passed out and had to be rescued by the object of my affections. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In 1789 the French population switched almost overnight from believing in the myth of the divine right of kings to believing in the myth of the sovereignty of the people. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene looked Chief Okonji right in the eyes, with that stare that was so expressionless, so blank, that it was almost hostile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Connor leans forward and points his finger at me until it almost touches my nose. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

After almost two weeks, Vincent is well enough to leave the hospital. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It's almost as if I were your mother, not just because of my age but because the only thing I didn't do for you was nurse you.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Why, then, did William end up with almost all the credit? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

How dark, almost black, Hassan’s blood had looked on the snow, dropping from the seat of his pants. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost basketball season, Dad. I’m in training.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began softly, as though singing to herself of emotions of utmost privacy, a sound not addressed to the gathering, but which they overheard almost against her will. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christmas was almost a month away, but at Jesse’s house the girls were already obsessed with it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She could not imagine anything more satisfying: the very thought filled her with a warm, almost postcoital glow. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s all rot that they put in the war-news about the good humour of the troops, how they are arranging dances almost before they are out of the front-line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some places there were grooves that looked almost like writing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

To my right, almost on the horizon, I thought I could see the square tower of a church. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He remained almost desperately reluctant now to tear the fabric of what held them together then, but the boys seemed to be leaving him no choice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other and—almost unheard of between us—we hugged. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

J. S. Bach was probably the cleverest composer who ever lived, but he gave his performers almost no detailed instructions as to how they might play his sublime music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“We should have it here, too. There are plenty of Loyalists in Westchester County, but there’s no control. Rebel and Tory live almost in open warfare with each other.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I made a terrible racket walking up the steps and almost slipped several times. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the idea rolling around her brain, like a hard, round candy, trying to find a place to stick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In about ten seconds, his breathing slows to almost dead and he throws his hand across me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It almost made him nostalgic for the Cold War. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Since each of the three superstates is unconquerable, each is in effect a separate universe within which almost any perversion of thought can be safely practiced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Hannah was almost annoyed at having her audience distracted. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at myself—and almost died. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Chima, go and get me the container of water. It is almost empty, so you can carry it.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And their voices were so loud it was almost hurting my ears. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

From up here, Tally could see the perimeter wire clearly, stretching around the buildings in an almost perfect square. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked to see how Alby would respond to Minho’s sarcastic, almost cruel, remark, but he acted as if he hadn’t even heard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"I think of you almost as my own daughter. And I know the love you bear for. Joffrey." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We sit there, almost peacefully, sipping our broth and watching the sun set through his living room window. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when I was almost asleep, I heard a car screech and slam into something. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Both teams seize the other’s Artifact at almost the exact same time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As a result, the Inka were almost forced to co-opt local rulers instead of displacing them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then almost as suddenly, Malcolm X caught himself and sat back down, and for the rest of that session he was decidedly grumpy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At most other universities, there wouldn’t be so many student soldiers, but at Drake, almost all of us are well on our way to career assignments in the Republic’s military. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It made my stomach turn —- the DNA in that meat was almost 99 percent the same as human DNA; it was nearly cannibalism. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost celebrate, but then a voice breaks through my happy thoughts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I almost thought he was going to hit me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But by his tenth attempt, he could almost match Minho at the task. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

From his high stool at the back corner of the great room, she could almost feel the eyes of the overseer upon her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is almost filled with rainwater, the dark surface rippling in the breeze. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was almost like his mood had infected the entire bus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. It’s been, like, two months now. I’m almost tempted to go over there one afternoon and catch them in the act. He hasn’t said anything to you?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Given the almost total darkness and the landfall confusion, it should be almost impossible to spot the switch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He’s grown accustomed to texting with Henry almost every day; the time difference doesn’t matter, since they’re both awake at all ungodly hours of the day and night. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had stayed up late discussing the events of the day, almost like friends rather than siblings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One group of soldiers beat Abraham until be almost died, and also punched me and bit me with sticks. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what the ultimate picture would be, but his next words almost felt like they were coming from someone else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Rashid hadn’t wanted to say it aloud, but he was almost sure she wouldn’t make it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I like that,” Stanchion said, almost to himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The mineralogist fits a key into a tiny, almost invisible hole on the bottom; when it turns, two more tiny keyholes open on the opposite side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What are we to make, then, of the peculiar story of the almost silent demise of the two-spheres theory? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We got on—into a bright pink cab—almost immediately. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That ole lady turn almost gray in the face, but she kept her shoulders straight and her eyes locked onto mine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He looks almost sorry for me, as if he knows how lost I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The closet was a good place for listening, almost as good as Listening Rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d be sitting there bubbling away at recess, and it would be almost like the old times; then without warning, she’d say, “Bill thinks so and so.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

You could almost see all the nervous niceness draining out of Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When the morning came, a northwest breeze brought warmer air, raising the temperature almost up to the freezing point, but with rain and sleet falling, the men were still covered in ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

You could almost see the angels bending down to earth—even to rowdy old Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am almost too short to see myself in it, but when I stand on my tiptoes, I can see my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s almost dark when I fasten two cords to a strap of leather I cut from one of my moccasins. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darker still, almost black, were the mats of water moss, their thick masses motionless on the bed of the river and only the trailing fronds waving slowly from side to side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was short, and his hair was so blond that it looked almost white. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Even with the light off, the heads assume strange power in the dark: pure white, not quite visible but not entirely invisible, embedded into Werner’s retinas, almost glowing in the blackness. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They had been on the road for almost five weeks now, but it felt like years. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment an unexpected look almost of envy passed over her face. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The chamber into which she had stepped was spacious—at that level, almost half of the huge trunk was hollow—and clean, but the floor was extremely rough. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They almost didn’t hear the front door open. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His eyes seemed to expand, and it was almost as if Zero were looking right through him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The undergrowth came up almost as far as his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

For the first time, she seems almost friendly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Age had battered her features so that she almost resembled a man, with sharp, shrunken eyes and prominent creases on either side of her nose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their deaths will almost certainly forever be a mystery. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Luigi,” he said, nodding so briskly that he almost seemed rude. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I asked timidly, almost not wanting to know. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Solemn, humorless despite the slightly ironic smile, he suddenly cut deep—yet with the same mildness, the same almost inhuman indifference except for the pale flash of fire in his eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose seemed satisfied, but I noticed she scribbled almost a whole page in her notebook. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The hole was too small for a man to go through, almost too small for two men to look through simultaneously. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re dead! Just like almost everyone else in this house. No one cares about you because they can’t even see you.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was a very ugly old woman, Bran thought spite-fully; shrunken and wrinkled, almost blind, too weak to climb stairs, with only a few wisps of white hair left to cover a mottled pink scalp. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their voices were melodious and unsentimental, almost to the point where a somewhat more denominational man than myself might, without straining, have experienced levitation. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The final result covered almost fifteen acres and was the largest earthen structure in the Western Hemisphere; though built out of unsuitable material in a floodplain, it has stood for a thousand years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

By the autumn almost every animal on the farm was literate in some degree. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Every pass across this field, which is almost perfectly flat, represents another acre of corn planted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tendai gaped at her, and Granny laughed so hard her rocking chair almost tipped over. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost better than the real thing because it was neat and could be opened and closed as much as I wanted it to be. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I almost told him that Scrappy signed his letter with the word love, but then, that would probably sound dumb to a boy who gets loved so much every day of his life. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As we came out of the shop, I was keen to regain the carefree, almost silly mood we’d been in before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it almost seemed like fun, because it kept her from thinking of Miguel, but Alba soon realized it was no game. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma’s lips were moving almost unconsciously as she mouthed the words to an old sorrowful bolero. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, Jesse would look straight here, almost like a Mormon, an irony I was eager to torture him with. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goober heard a weird sound, almost as if the class had sucked in its breath all at once. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air wasn’t right, it was too thick, almost solid. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chance provides more than enough variation to account for the sprinkling of successes that will occur with almost any treatment; indeed, it would be a miracle if there weren’t any “miracle cures.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music bombarded him at such an immense volume that his bones were almost shaken from their tendons; he felt his jaw vibrate, his eyes wobble in his head. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one village on the bumpy, potholed road they had been following for almost an hour, and that was Capricorn's. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear words rising into her mouth and then being swallowed back down as she waited for the right ones. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A moment later Hazel broke almost under the men’s feet and ran across the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling seemed to be gathering toward a climax of some kind, a rush of movement around them so fierce it was almost deafening. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was almost too hot to take, but Mother Nature’s hotbox proved unbeatable for sweating off weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so used to practicing the song alone that I almost forgot to double the third refrain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Well, we're almost the last tonight," said one of the men sheepishly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When she was almost seventeen, a man in a carriage came to town and watched as she rode for provisions. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course you wouldn’t have,” he said almost to himself. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The two boats churned up the lake for almost a quarter of a mile, locked together in that configuration— Washington’s white blades glinting in the sunlight, Cal’s flashing shards of blue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A miscarriage is lonely, painful, and demoralizing almost on a cellular level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One month after the experiments, almost none of the subjects — a mere 3 percent — had actually gone to the health center to get inoculated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was enough in the dish, finally, to write almost a half-page of a letter to Carol. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A thump almost jolted Thomas out of his seat as the front wheels ran over her, quickly followed by a second thump—the back wheels. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The house had been so quiet he’d almost forgotten she was back there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since light travels much faster than sound, the sight of the blast reached observers almost instantly, while the sound rumbled toward them at about five seconds per mile. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And almost every day they ate blood stew, thickened with barley and onions and chunks of meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Still going full speed, and almost to the street, Gerald could see a long black Cadillac approaching from the left and a dirty green Ford coming from the right. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost lost her nerve, she told us, but had barged on. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the helmets were too big and came down almost over the ears of the men who wore them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She flung out her right arm and almost knocked him down. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man nodded almost imperceptibility to the bartender. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I moved impulsively, forgetting my disguise until almost upon him, then checked myself and put my disguise once more to a test. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just sitting up there—almost like that dead one we saw.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As Kaz headed down one of the little canals that would take him past Fifth Harbor, he realized he felt—Saints, he almost felt hopeful. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I look back now, it’s almost surreal. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she said, “if I close my eyes, I could almost be an Arctic tern flying over the water.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Temp and Tick seemed almost comatose from fear. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

During those days of waiting, he did not make his bed, or sweep, or shake out the little rag-braid rug, and almost forgot to slash with his fish knife the passing day on his calendar. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Denna’s eyes were half closed as she continued, almost as if she were talking to herself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It forgot,” Resch said, rising to his feet, “that this is my job. I can almost foretell what an android is going to do, I suppose you can, too.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“My old trusty refractor. Just came in the mail today. This is what I used to do when I was your age, boys. I’d almost forgotten about it until I came down to your range.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sam was almost fresh, ready for another day; but Frodo sighed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is tall, almost as tall as the acrobat tent but narrower. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was almost time for her shift at the bar to begin, but she took the train uptown anyway, and found herself outside a redbrick prewar building with a black awning and a doorman. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The golden monkey’s teeth were bared, his eyes glaring, and such a concentrated malevolence blazed from him that Will felt it almost like a spear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” she said slowly, so softly, almost a whisper. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s with me almost every night now; every night we take some dance floor by storm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we were done eating and answering questions, it was almost midnight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then I swung my left leg in a big arc and planted it almost perpendicular to my right. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Bringing a book outside to read, I would fall asleep almost immediately in my chair; when I took the boat out I soon tired of rowing and allowed myself to drift all afternoon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some curious warmth that was almost tangible shone out of Miss Honey's face when she spoke to a confused and homesick newcomer to the class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘I tried to follow. Of course, it vanished almost at once; but I went round the corner and on as far as the last house on the Road.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The apples are ripe, nearly black, almost edible, as Cillian would say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The upraised finger almost caused Ben to laugh aloud, but sterner laws of self-preservation prevailed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearwater, Florida, had been her favorite—she’d swum every day and walked on the beach and collected seashells and pretty stones almost as clear as glass. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s smiling, almost sheepish, as if to say: We’re going for it, but who knows. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He could almost reach our side of the street. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had been eating hospital food almost every day during the week for, I don't even know how long. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her father had been begging her to toss the jeans for almost a year, but they were more comfortable than anything else Candice owned. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had passed between them almost before he was aware: and even as he did so darkness seemed to fall round him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone else cleared out of Midtown School of the Arts almost an hour ago, except for us juniors whose parents or guardians signed us up for ACT prep. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pull his arms around me, resting my head on his chest as the snow falls around us, my heart beating so loud, I’m almost sure he can hear it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Take away Bob’s broom and his janitor’s clothes, put him in armor and cut his hair, change his color scheme from silver to gold, and Iapetus would have been almost indistinguishable from Hyperion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was close-woven of many rings, as supple almost as linen, cold as ice, and harder than steel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And now it's almost three already and I've wasted these hours and it's becoming difficult to breathe because six thirty is no longer far in the future. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Images from every scary movie I’ve ever seen run through my head, and my hand almost drops the phone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Without our ever discussing it, it seemed almost as if the three of us had somehow agreed to carry one another a good long way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It rained three days in a row in early October, and he was almost relieved because that meant he couldn’t go on those days, didn’t even have to think about going. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hated and despised all three of them, almost as much as she hated and despised the men who had betrayed her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He knew that his parents cringed a little, as he did, when Fritz, who lived in the dwelling next door to theirs, received his bike and almost immediately bumped into the podium with it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost an animal sound, but my ear told me it came from a human throat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Americans and Russians now lived with the real possibility that nuclear war might happen at any time, and with almost no warning. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Heavily weighed down by the wood on my back, branches poking maddeningly, I had burned almost all of the fuel not to waste strength lugging it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I almost say no—he makes me too nervous—but I can’t not see the inside of a house on the water. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t taken in any boys for almost twelve years. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

‘Turn round and let me have a look at your faces. I almost feel that I dislike you both, but do not let us be hasty. Turn around!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He looked at the banking app almost hourly. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We both stood there, breathing hard, staring at the wash of rice grains that had tumbled out of the canister and spread to almost every corner of the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For those of us who had lived all our lives on Rass, an automobile was almost more exotic than Paris. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It almost made me want to laugh, hearing myself say something like that, which is kind of hard for me to understand, because I don’t have a problem writing words like that. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So think about that. Those paintings have been there for almost five times longer than that.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were so close the gun muzzles were almost touching Sam’s clothes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she gave a soft moan and shuddered, he climbed up and thrust himself inside her and exploded almost at once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Chinwe walked as if there were a hot object underfoot, raising each leg almost as soon as her other foot touched the floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By contrast, the pain suggested by dissonance - the clashing of adjacent notes - is almost entirely absent from music written between 1750 and 1800. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I almost want to say “Ta-da,” but I know I don’t need to. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment I almost wished for something like smothering myself with her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were a wonderful guide. You brought me almost all the way.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before, I had always felt like a giant next to her, but when I lay down next to her on the bed I saw that we were almost the same size. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The characters danced before my eyes, growing larger and redder, almost swallowing me up. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was almost over that abominable drop, and her body was farther and farther from reach, sleeping so hoggishly below her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My best friend’s narrow face, almost buried under his chestnut curly shag, filled the screen in the video-call app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He dropped it on the table, walked again to the central fireplace, almost into it, and kicked the flaming logs and beat down the sparks with his hands. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth hung open, and I almost dropped my borrowed pole in the water. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Her opening number was “America,” and the words “sweet land of liberty” poured from her almost as a prayer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Because of the cheetahs, he snaps back, so amused, he almost falls out of his chair, which causes all of us to laugh, and get past my hair issue for now. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Present at the Alamogordo test range would be almost every high-level official of the Manhattan Project, from General Groves down. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When something brushed against her leg, she almost jumped out of her skin, but it was only a cat, a ragged black tom with a chewed-off ear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Thinking he was feeling sick again, I pulled up almost immediately, hard against a hedge. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, sheltering behind a small bush, was a bird which looked almost the same as the milk bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I was almost 100 percent sure that Erlan thought bugs were gross. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But slowly, so slowly Minli almost didn’t notice it, the darkness of the night lessened. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then there were cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice, cabbage leaves of such a toughness that they were almost impossible to cut without spattering ground meat and rice all over the carpet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I should have remembered the plague they brought, because I had almost fallen back to sleep when the stabbing whistle of the volunteer fire department went off. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Come here, little man,” Gully said to me, almost whispering. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He sat so suddenly that he almost missed the futon. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It looks like an archipelago: lots of islands clustered together, almost holding hands.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That dream...I was in both our house and that other house in the dream, but it was almost like…. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Close enough that she could almost feel the draw of the Book like the draw of a magnet on iron dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I almost didn’t hear him over the rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Five thousand miles away, in Cambridge, Watson and Crick could almost feel Pauling breathing down their necks. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The thought of Cardan being brokenhearted is almost beyond my imagining. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I realized that I could find something I liked at almost any restaurant, whereas before I had often left hungry. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The strangest thing was that, almost before he had looked about him, Digory had half forgotten how he had come there. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

To my shame, I realized I was almost crying. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I almost didn’t believe it when we got word some redcoats nearly caught you in the Oxscinian backwoods, but here you are.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On this far side of the river, undergrowth and a grove of great horse chestnuts extended almost down to the bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra thought his outline was lost almost at once against the pallor of the snow-covered ground, but it might have been that her eyes were full of tears. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The thinking is almost harder than the breathing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new subject caught me by surprise and I almost said Los Angeles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

During these five years she is almost constantly pregnant, and is fertilised within 60 to 120 days after giving birth in order to preserve maximum milk production. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wings were trapped again by the filmy, almost invisible strands of the web, and the black legs kicked at the air. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wanted something familiar, and Taryn was almost as familiar as her old room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I almost felt relieved until I heard the sound of bronze gongs high in the castle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had to pull with both hands on the trigger, and I almost lost hold of the nozzle from the backforce of the water and sprayed wildly at whatever I could hit. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is rough, almost hoarse, probably from yelling through the house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost expected her to turn and stick her tongue out at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She closes it and sets it down with a smile that has so much sympathy it’s almost a frown. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She kept pattering along, “Almost there, almost there, just a little farther.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The houses had almost no ornamentation and were painted in dull colors—when they were painted at all. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been prepared for almost any other answer—or no answer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is so sweet it’s almost ridiculous. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They’re hard and shiny—they look almost like plastic Halloween spiders. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Somehow, in some almost miraculous way, his fingers were finding holds in the crevices, and he was now perhaps fifteen feet closer to the top, farther from death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the quarter-mile mark the number seven man in the Cal boat did just that, and all four oars on the starboard side came almost to a halt while they reset. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They almost got me, but I swung the sack over my head and made them duck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost see her mind working to try to set things right so she could keep going in her meticulous way. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had come about almost magically, as if the threads had spoken to her, or sung. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost apologized to the tenants the first time she collected the rents. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His step was almost steady and he never looked back. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apologized for almost clipping ankles or running over toes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw woke suddenly, almost as soon as he had fallen asleep. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That’s how he gets out of almost every argument with me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

The length of her quietness disturbed him vaguely; it was almost as if she knew she had died and was afraid to find out for a fact that it was true. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bo had Luke by the shirt almost immediately, his hand raised. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In order to serve his rural clients, most of whom spoke Spanish, Bloom had painstakingly learned to speak that language well—but Linda had what almost amounted to an aversion toward her mother tongue. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room she entered was smaller than the library, but much more comfortably—almost elegantly—furnished. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t really believe he feels her, do you?” he said, almost like he was accusing me of something. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the infusion of new blood from the previous year’s exceptional freshman boat, he was again faced with the dilemma of having almost too much talent out on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It almost seems like they don’t want to keep something out; they want to keep us in. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I almost scream because the doll with long black hair is so beautiful. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then he pushed me, and I almost fell into the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His sister was almost as tall as I, with dark, vivacious eyes and a face almost exactly like Danny’s, except that the sculptured lines were a good deal softer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was almost to the garage when I realized someone was walking right behind me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Thank you? You almost stabbed my ear, and you spent the entire time taunting me. Why should I thank you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Branches overhead had been cleared away, too, not quite to the top of the bush but almost, so that the sunlight filtered through easily, and soft moss grew on the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His head, after he had straightened up again, was almost exactly level with the watchers at the window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost dusk, that magical time of evening just before the fireflies come out, just as the crickets start up their all-night racket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He himself darted around the board, taking almost as many white pieces as they had lost black ones. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But something happened that was almost like talking. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He thinks he’s so scared he almost fainted in front of all those people,” Shorty said with a wide grin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods were cruel to let a man sail across half the world, then send him chasing a false light when he was almost home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Coraline was almost asleep, but she slipped out of her bed and pulled open the curtains. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Celaena almost sighed with relief, though it shamed her to feel that way. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I ran over to Needles and almost backed away again—he was lying there in a spreading puddle of his own blood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the years following the Revolution it was able to step into this commanding position almost unopposed, because the whole process was represented as an act of collectivization. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He commanded enormous respect among his boys, but he did so almost entirely without raising his voice, almost, in fact, without speaking to them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before that, we all used to see each other almost every day. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z