Mrs. Stroud had already called the police, who I guess had already called Eastham Middle, as if Joseph might be hiding out in the janitor’s closet or something. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Maisie and Ben would tell him about Park, if they hadn't already. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“One of them is already a celebrity in his own right.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Shay was already talking about what was for dinner. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Without the darkness we felt exposed, and the early-morning commuters were already heading to work. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was raining hard enough that we were already wet to the skin by the time we reached the side door to the apartment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have already mentioned how kids at school didn’t mess with Branwell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He floored the accelerator, but the Gremlin’s engine was already working at capacity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve already stowed my bow and arrows in a hollow log in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get this whole place as tight as a barrel, Mama. I already met a guy who told me where they pile all the scrap lumber.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the teenage freshmen, I stood a chance, but there was nothing I could do to please someone who regularly complained that she'd wasted enough time already. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Seize her! Don’t let her go!” she cried, but Serafina was already at the door, with an arrow nocked in her bowstring. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At twenty, when he was already an alcoholic, scarlet fever almost laid him in the grave; at twenty-three, malaria looked like it would do the job. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had forgotten in the excitement that she had already walked above ten miles that day, but her feet remembered. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He walks toward a closed door that we passed already, and into a supply closet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’re only in eighth grade, but everyone knows she’s already picked out her first three college choices, her probable major and potential minor and the focus of her eventual graduate studies. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dragon was already on the porch, sitting just outside the door, looking at it expectantly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe she doesn’t think she already knows the answer. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cuvier was already dazzling people with his genius for taking heaps of disarticulated bones and whipping them into shapely forms. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said she was already beautiful.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I would beat you, but Jesus has already exposed your lies.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s impossible. She knows that as well as I do. I’ve told you already.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hardly finish telling about Shiloh and he’s got tears in his eyes already. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut out each word of the poem, already imagining how I would rearrange them for a new poem. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We pulled a bunch of chairs around the loan officer’s desk and sat mesmerized as he asked our parents for some papers that they’d already filled out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish they would stick to fields instead of blocking major roads. I’ve already donated money and I won’t be held up in the hot sun just to help further Ojukwu’s ambition.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He took his bowl of rice with him and followed the foreigners, who were already walking out of the kitchen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s a project for another day,” Dad says, already overwhelmed with the weight of the news I just delivered. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Its plantations were already stocked with slaves, so opposition to the slave trade made economic sense, as did opposition to emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I already hate this poxy little village, I don’t know why I even had the thought—Godric’s Hollow, Godless Hollow, more like, the place is clearly a hive of filth—go on, chop-chop. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I told how hard Grandpa had been working to have my dogs entered, and how he had already paid my entry fee. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it would be better not to worry Will about what she’d seen; there was quite enough to worry about already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending, I already said in the very first line how it was my favorite in all the world. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’d already had to ask Mr. Mason for credit just to fix some chicken soup for the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He might have already started the journey there. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Francie noticed that some already had their summer haircut: hair cropped so short that there were nicks in the scalp where the clippers had bitten too deeply. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church was already surrounded, and police were putting up barricades on the streets around the building. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were stories that the King was dying, that he was already dead, that he had been dead long since, that he was fine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were already thousands, spread over the country, who carried his badge of a scarlet fist clenching a whip, and who called themselves Thrashers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a flickering thought, but there was no doubt about it: In the tiny time she’d been there, Brooklyn had already become a kind of shelter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had already had two Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers, both of whom had lasted only one year. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Threats to enlist that winter were always declaimed like Brinker’s, with a grinding of back teeth and a flashing of eyes; I had already heard plenty of them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At thirty-five he was already putting on rolls of fat at neck and waistline, but his movements were brisk and boyish. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, thank you,” Inigo said, already halfway through the broken door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those names are already on their way to overexposure. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. I got off in St. Louis, but I already bought a ticket that goes to Cleveland.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tent city has already risen, to the delight of the crowd of townspeople hanging around watching. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Aloe was already carrying Jam out of the room, and she could feel the arrow of his heart pointed toward their house, toward home. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

About thirty feet into the race, I was already way behind the others, but I just kept powering on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed profoundly unlikely, but the idea was out there, in public, and the sophomore boys already had begun to talk quietly about it among themselves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even if I work full-time all summer and with the money I’ve already saved, I won’t have enough to live on in New York for three months, let alone pay for school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We laughed about the four girls in a tow already. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys who have gone ahead on foot are already pulling down branches and shaking loose a rain of guavas. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Beverly was engaged to a young biology student, of whom her father very much approved; invitations to the wedding, scheduled for Christmas Week, were already printed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But she didn’t move. Dad was already dead, but she didn’t want me to go too. She tried to plead with Voldemort...but he just laughed...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I drive to Jackson, where I find James already at the fire company bar, and he orders me a vodka cooler. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He began to run the nail file under his fingernails—which were already perfectly clean. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The scoring total for Tangerine Middle School is an awesome 52 goals, which is already ten above the previous record. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katz and I had already walked half a million steps, if you can believe it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Katie and Jean called, already climbing down over the side of the truck and running for the sidewalk in front of Montgomery Ward. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the priest quizzed us on some lessons we had already been through. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It worked — the Disarming Spell made the spider drop him, but that meant that Harry fell twelve feet onto his already injured leg, which crumpled beneath him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I have already mentioned our rhinoceros-and-goat herd, and the case of circus lions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After death, the cadaver suddenly deteriorates: the internal organs, having been dead or partially dead for days, have already begun to dissolve, and a sort of shock-related meltdown occurs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had already been announced he'd be backup flight controller for Ares 4, and he had a good shot at the top job for Ares 5. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Send this to Mamá in the next letter you write,” he mumbled, and quickly joined Lucky, already at the front door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But it was evident to all of us that Jocko could not hear himself hailed; that he was wandering already upon the foothills of a country where there are no names. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If Thomas already knew last night, that means she told him yesterday evening, at the latest, before sending him home. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“And step on it. These grits are scorching the bottom of the pot already.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve already been at the hospital a week, and while my fever is down and my sore throat is gone, this has only gotten worse. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You’ve already outgrown a lot of your fall clothes from seventh grade. Once school starts you’ll be too busy to get anything.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The knots in the wet and swollen rope were loose, and I figured that Mr. Kendall had already struggled with them while the branch he stood on sagged further and further toward breaking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The food was already being passed around, and the boys hurried to claim a share while Eric introduced us as we each entered the driftwood circle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He spoke calmly but moved through the material quickly, as if he assumed we were already familiar with it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“For some reason, Ben already talked about my topic, Pandora, when he did his report on Prometheus. However, Ben made a few little mistakes about Pandora.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Ms. Ofrah is already in the conference room along with some people who work at the DA’s office. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I woke up one morning and, thinking they was already in the fields, I went to finish my sleeping in Ma and Pap’s bed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I get there, Ms. Rochambeau has already started the meeting. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad were both out of medical school and had already moved to Isfahan, to the house I told you about with the jasmine garden and the birds in the walls. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Aziz lost her dad, then lost her mom, then the uncles arrived as if they had heard the news of their sister already. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“So that’s still what he means to do. The question is, when will they be feeding? It’s getting dark already. Silver, what do you think?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had already heard it on the grapevine that Shotgun was no more, though she wasn’t the first person people ran to with news. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been that way with the other Vessels, and Claire found herself missing, already, the easy camaraderie among them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cockerell had already hauled her as far as that ridiculous statue when Capricorn called him back. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Asiya had already gone inside to change, but I wasn’t ready to give up just yet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He’d already showered at the mine, most likely, but Mom wouldn’t let him in the house if he had a molecule of coal anywhere on him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While details about the incident are being withheld pending investigation, three men have been implicated in the matter, two of whom were already awaiting trial on murder charges. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Marlee,” she said quietly, “come on down. I already bought a Coke and a PayDay. We can share them on the way home.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’s already a part of the mass of people milling around the field. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

By the time they stopped, the sun had already sunk between the tree trunks, casting slanted yellow beams and bands of shadow through the undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Or they might arrive there when I'm already in my bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Has she already forgotten how terrible Brady’s death was, or is she so callous that she just doesn’t care? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We were already working on November’s orders and here it was only the middle of October. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see Tobias’s hand twitch in the corner of my eye, but my hand is already on my gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The obvious problem, which the seller didn’t bother to point out in the auction listing, was that these codes were useless unless you already had access to the company intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And the people who were already there pushed back, and the mergers pushed harder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, I reasoned that the decision already had been made for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still a little under a half mile from the borderlands, but already he could see the tops of the Greater Jungle's oldest and tallest pines peeking above rooftops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t move, not as she stared at those black eyes barely inches from her own, not as she saw her right hand held between its black teeth, her blood already oozing down its chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Camp Half-Blood, assuming Gaea hasn't already destroyed it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Looking back, what enabled Netscape to take off was the existence, from the earlier phase, of millions of PCs, many already equipped with modems. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“To see our grandparents,” Genie said, thinking Ernie had already made that clear when he said they were “kin.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But the soldiers had their rifles up already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was already a good fighter with the spears and knives he had found in the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But weren’t you practically, like, their kid already?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Emile, the chef, was already laughing as he brought out steaming plates. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched closely, my heart kicking as if I was already out there. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I have heard quite enough on this topic already today, I am sick to death of it! Let us not have any of these upsetting stories, if you please!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Well, everybody already has the answer to that question. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But he’s already walking off with his long strides, forcing me to almost trot to keep up. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

In two days in Brooklyn I had already encountered Jewish people, and now Italians. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He tried to think about Doll, about how she must have felt, but his thoughts had already moved away. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had already spent half the night curled up next to her sons. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The children’s Sunday school classes were already in session when I sat both boys in their metal folding chairs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Augurs have already unleashed one supernatural terror on us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I let myself think that she’s going to lay off, to give me a freaking break already, but not this lady. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Blueprints may be kept secret, or they may be unreadable to someone not already steeped in the technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hurt by that—and suddenly, I have a feeling someone else we know has already taken a look at whatever’s in her notebook. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

King Hizdahr’s pit fighters were already growing bored and restive with their new duties, and bored men were lax, slow to react. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

War Admiral had already won the Horse of the Year title without having to meet Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny was yelling, “Please, sir, don’t make me go back in there! He already killed Cooter Bixby!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Dobby must go now, sir, we is already making Christmas dinner in the kitchens!” said Dobby, and he hurried out of the dormitory, waving good-bye to Ron and the others as he passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now the planned flight would have to cross parts of Siberia where it might already be snowing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Still, one day he returned to his room and found his bags already packed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I had already reviewed court records about the lawsuit that Rosa Vaughan had filed against H. G. Burt. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No. My hands will freeze,” I said, the cold already scraping against my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It had already been officially inscribed, and nothing could be done. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already found the skeleton weed, spiderwort, and toadflax right where she’d said, but the prickly poppy was nowhere to be found. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back, looking cozy, already installed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ethan is already below sitting on a rock by the creek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon was already prizing up one of the heavy old tiles. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

These had already been seen by other astronomers, but Galileo was not aware of that. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Adults who have already had some music instruction should be able to work through this course with or without a teacher; simply use the opening sections to review any concepts that are unclear or half-forgotten. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She has already taken my hand and is leading me away with her. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They stood still, with their bows already raised and arrows fitted, so that they would make the least possible movement to disturb the creatures when they did appear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Previous to this, Bobby had already been wary of journalists. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Going into the American Classic in May, I’d already posted two all-around firsts in earlier meets, and one all-around third. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He appeared already to know much about them and all their families, and indeed to know much of all the history and doings of the Shire down from days hardly remembered among the hobbits themselves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Six guards appeared in the doorway behind them, joining the dozens already in the chamber, swords at the ready. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I open the project I’ve been working on and begin to sort through the lines and lines of code, already feeling my muscles loosen as I do. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The worst possibilities had already run through his head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He moved there because many Indians were already in Natal, laboring as indentured sugar workers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Several gunter clans were already on the scene, and they were making their first attempts to bring down the shield by launching high-yield nukes at it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“That is really cool. I love this idea already.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The guy at my right has already chosen his friend next to him, so I turn to Lauren. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Are they—?” I leave the question unfinished, because I already know the answer. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n already had the woman shackled at the ankles and the wrists. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

There's nothing in the refrigerator that hasn't already gone bad, so I eat a bowl of cornflakes with water and I'm so hungry, it almost tastes good. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

My father was already at work when my mother went to wake my sister up and found only a note on her bed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Evidently not all minds of German youth have been poisoned by the Nazis....The Scholls will reeducate Germany. They are already doing so.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But they were plainly so ill at ease in their new surroundings that Holly was already contending against his own belief that there was little to be hoped for from them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was already a riot outside Spud’s Spud Emporium. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The locker room is empty when I get there; everyone else must’ve already changed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Two pickup trucks and JATT's Blazer were already parked by the lodge. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And from there on M. Bouc’s thoughts went along a well-worn course which they had already traversed some hundred times. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He already felt insecure enough on this high wet platform. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The starter’s already there and easy to spot in his red hat and coat, and the Langston teams are trudging through a warm-up lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"I didn't make that sign in the elevator; besides, you already kicked me for it. Please, Turtle." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep your voice down! Like you said, walls have ears and all. I already figured we’d take whoever wanted to go with us. That’s the best I can offer.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After all, they had already erected the largest magnet in existence for the 184-inch cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the rubes have already filed through on their way to the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Since he was already wet, there was no point in turning back; he waded on out. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian walked out of the office and down the stairs into the dark, tomblike street, passing in the hall the stout woman with warts and two chins, who was already on her way back in. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I had already given the matter some thought. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I already told you. He’s done for. But if you want to waste your money on a doctor to tell you that, be my guest.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But why did you risk it on your own? We might already have gone under, for all you knew.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had little wet speckles of cold on the outside already. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boat was gone, already at home on the river, I supposed, but my little friend was there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nimble minds in 1244 were already hopping from Mars to Jupiter and on to Saturn, like stones skipped in a glassy lake. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s totally dumb. They already told us the way out isn’t the way we came in.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The rest of their class had already gone inside. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I had a deal with my grandmother that I had to survive 1 year of middle school. I’m already the cleaning lady. I don’t need to stick out any more.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The big yellow bus was already at the stop in front of the Todds’ house, and Jack Martin, the driver, waited for no one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Earl had already given me the two passes for our show windows. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fang was already heading around the side of the house when the slam of my door stopped him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her daughter, Pamela, was a teenager already and not so interested in me, though I found all teenagers intriguing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Though it was still August, the air already had the smell of October, football season, piles of yellow-red leaves, everything crisp and clean. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get into the living room, Malia’s already there on the couch, next to Mom. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘You have no business here, in the pit. You are alive; and have suffered much already.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the room, the Oompa-Loompas around the giant camera were already beating their tiny drums and beginning to jog up and down to the rhythm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You already have everything. You have friends and two parents and a house, and in a few weeks, you might be an actual millionaire.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia watches, dispirited, as her neighbors file out of the auditorium, already merrily expectant for next month’s “love motel” case. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were already convinced something was wrong and were sprinting up the path. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst thing about it is that I’m already in out-patient rehab two days a week, but I just have to make things worse by doing drugs more and more, harder and harder. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s already past eleven, and I know the ride will be long. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I wipe one hand, then the other, on a small patch of my jeans that’s not already dusty. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He had already forbidden her to go about with her sisters, was he now going to keep her from accompanying a poor old woman to the doctor? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within fifteen minutes the space heater had the place positively tropical, while in the toaster oven their five-pound Thanksgiving chicken was already beginning to brown. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the room already there was a tall powerful man with white eyebrows. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently the ghost had already done his turn on the balcony and departed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bull turned toward the far wall and, giving a signal to the other pilots in the room, all thirteen of them hurled their glasses into the fireplace already littered with bright shards of glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around and stumbled toward the door, but despite my will it felt as though everything of Finn from the knees down had already begun to fizzle away. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He ain’t even a year old yet and already he walking like a big boy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The image had already burned into Thomas’s mind before Alby jumped up, blocking the view but not the moans and screams, pushing Thomas out of the room, then slamming the door shut behind them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were already knotted on top, and the material was very thick. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Do you feel any need to leave the Shire now — now that your wish to see them has come true already?’ he asked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By the time I smell lunch cooking on the gas burners in the kitchens, I’m hungry and fed up and already dreading the long afternoon ahead. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was already row after row of parked cars, and I suddenly felt like I was attending a carnival and not a swearing-in ceremony. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was almost like a part of me had already made that decision, and Laura’s words had simply pulled away a veil that had been covering it over. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crick nods as if he already knew all this and just needed the reminder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dell sputtered: "Well, I didn't—that wasn't what I—" But Mai was already out of her chair and heading for the door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Say she gone find another maid. But who gone work for that lady? Some nappy-headed country maid already living out there, won’t know squat about serving from the left, clearing from the right.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He looked up and scowled when he saw that she’d already poked her head inside. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He turned to wave good-bye as he began to clamber up the hill, but she was already gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“His wife is ill, and he has closed his shop. My business dwindles daily. I have already lost one of my lads, gone with his family to Wilmington.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Lawrence’s attention was still devoted more to perfecting the machine than to exploit its powers, both its performance and its results already were being noticed around the world. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even if I hadn’t already eaten, I wouldn’t have been hungry. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And, ideally, it would have some buildings already in place, so scientists could move right in and get to work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only eight in the morning, and we were already damp with sweat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dark was coming on again and it was already very cold and he turned and went out to where he’d left the boy and knelt and put his arms around him and held him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I already know all about the Pilgrims and the Indians,” I hiss in return. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And the woman told the boy to leave, saying she had already wasted too much time with him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to inquire, but Blanca was very proud or already too much of a woman and would tell her nothing, so Clara just stood beside her bed and caressed her till she calmed down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while I struggled in vain, then knowing him already gone, retired two Steps to my Bed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They were down in some subterranean place—the bottom of a well, for instance, or a very deep grave—but it was a place which, already far below him, was itself moving downwards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I have said already my parents are entirely in the dark about certain things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said slowly, “but you had already done touched me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Listen, Kyril honey, I don’t mean to pry, but what’s the point of trying to put the fear of God into this town—we don’t have enough trouble already?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it had been fifty-three years already—he could certainly savor this moment the way it was meant to be savored. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the PAC men had already been on the island, and saw our arrival as an encroachment on their territory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she wondered if they were already hunting for her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An obligation you already had, and a person you will not meet for some time. The details are not important at this point. This is merely a necessary technicality.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ogress had already closed half the distance to the bush. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve already seen the movie—it’s an anthology, a little collection of vignettes about life in Paris, each taking place in a different quarter of the city. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I think you already have a pretty good idea,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every victor already knows what everybody else can do. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll show up, all right. From what Mami tells me, that woman is so stuck up, one day she is going to wake up a mirror. Loves attention. I hate her already.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I can see them whispering as I run to join Michael, who’s already waiting by our car. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Our meals, our actions, were only a shadow of what had already happened there, a lagging ghost of where Mr. Pirzada really belonged. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

These were the experiences that my gymnastics friends who were already in college were always telling me about on Snapchat and Instagram. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately he could not remember whether she had already been at that table when he arrived, or had come there afterwards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Joon runs ahead, his shoes and socks already pulled off and dangling from his hands. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She told him about her little brother and sister at home, who loved to crayon every piece of paper they could find, whether or not it already had type all over it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basketball is a game of rules that you must submit to for the good of the team, and Boy21 is already not playing by the rules. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday pleaded, but three bells had already rung, and Xenocrates ignored him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When Darwin returned to England after five years at sea, he was already a minor celebrity among natural historians. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One day he told Seaborg triumphantly that he had found an alpha emitter and had already ruled out that it could be an isotope of element 91, 92, or 93. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Taylor said, “I was just eliminating . . .” But she was already gone, catching up to the stretcher. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I open his door, he’s already in movie mode. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Akhi was right there with me, continuing to meet me at the foundation every day, working with me, fine-tuning my technique, and pushing me to work even harder than I already was. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Food production was already arising in the Fertile Crescent only 1,500 years after the time when Clovis-derived hunter-gatherers were just reaching southern South America. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She already felt like she had creatures inside her—moths and snakes and terrors—and wouldn’t want them on her, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You think maybe they’ll put you in one of those adult diapers, and then realize that maybe they already have, but you can’t tell, and don’t want to find out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I can already hear her whispering at the League meetings, I knew there was something not right about that Skeeter Phelan, hunting for those Negro materials... The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She always insisted I do this in front of everyone, which was a problem because, as I may have mentioned already, I’m not a good liar. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I thought I was already in the Army, sir! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

With Benny’s asthma and Sugar still in school and Kindra and... we was tight on money already. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“In fact,” I said, “now that I think of it, I believe I’ve already decided some of it! I think Nemur and Strauss are both wrong!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My Philosophy notebook already looks to me like a relic from the past. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park tried to turn the volume up on his Walkman, but it was already all the way up. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But Tommy was looking eagerly at the Senior 3 boy, as though his name had already been called. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way he asks that question as though he already knows the answer makes me cringe inside. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

By the time we get on the bus, the ship is already hovering above the Common, its lights reflected in the gold of the Massachusetts State House dome. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m already finding that this one day to get everything right isn’t enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Liza said with her dreadful simplicity, “You’re already pushed by your own contentiousness. You’re a mule of contention, a very mule!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was he stalling, too, or was it the opposite—-had Sticky already given up? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thank the Lord I had that child in my womb to remind me of the life I had already chosen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without raising his hand, Clayton said, “I read that book already.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, there are ways in which to use pedagogies that you already know in order to teach the material, without compromising its integrity or authenticity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We’d already heard part of the story, that he was an orphan. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gym class. We’re running partners until the end of the month,” I say, realizing that I’m already kind of sad that the month will end. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

There had already been some muggings and robberies, and several white servicemen had been found murdered. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed she wouldn’t do that; I already felt bad enough. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Twixt Jingle Boy already being run too hard and me being careful whilst holding on to Hope Too-mah-ee-nee, we went easy and didn’t get to the ferry in Detroit till near daybreak. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He was already eating his second helping of pasta, a fact Lucia acknowledged with a deep frown. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He already felt like enough of a misfit without trying to explain his new undead minion. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You can’t make a fire,” the boy says, already outside waiting for us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Two men Mariam had never seen before—witnesses, she presumed—and a mullah she did not recognize were already seated at the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t be worse than it already was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The first store we go to is full of white women who look at us funny when we enter, which is already a bad sign. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The wind had dropped and the spiders had already gone well down into the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then turning to me, “But the Ekumen must be willing to help us, Mr. Ai. We have got to have more to show our people than you alone, one man, already known in Erhenrang.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Come on, Sunny! It's only the second day of practice and you're already slackin'!" the coach barked at the tallest boy out there. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I nodded, hoping the handkerchief had passed across hundreds of miles already, ahead of the letters. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A crowd is already gathering around the tented box where the High King Eldred and the rest of the royals will sit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his sister wanted to spare them what was possibly only a small grief, for they were really suffering quite enough already. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel as if I’m on stilts, and look even taller than I already am. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Too bad I’m pretty clear on my position already. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Why we had to be old already before we could have you. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Boy21 and I have already sat in silence together, and on the first night we met too. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to help her; but she smile, and tell me that she have eat already—that she was so hungry that she would not wait. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After the incident with the detective, Mosca had drilled a spy-hole into the door, but it was already dark outside, so when Prosper pressed his eye against the hole he could hardly see anything. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was already ten feet away by the time he realized it wasn’t a rat at all—it was more like a lizard, with at least six legs scuttling the long silver torso along. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At this point, I had already come to grips with the fact that this group project was going to be a Patty project. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She would have seen and heard all of it already. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

These could already read, write, and sew; and to them I taught the elements of grammar, geography, history, and the finer kinds of needlework. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was already white, that was bad enough, but to go out and ride an old bike that went out of style a hundred years ago? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The filaments of the bulb inside his field light glow yellow: weaker already. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“If you are unable to manage it properly yourself, I will step in. This has gone on too long already, but I shall give you some time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a minute’s weaving about through the whirl of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I turned back toward the refs but they were already headed for the locker room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"But what if I stay this way and we can't figure it out—I mean, we've already had three weeks! What if five more days isn't enough?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start to pull Imani in with me, but Kasim has already taken what was supposed to be her spot next to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Holy cow. In that case, what a save. Marlena’s really something. But you already knew that, didn’t you?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I start to ask her why that number, but Uhmma has already gone back to scraping up the change in her purse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I want to stop by Nora's apartment to talk to her on Sunday, but I’ve already forgotten what number it is. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m worried there will be someone at the door, but the party’s already spiraled into its own form of chaos. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Appetites already cloyed by the night’s heat were further diminished. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Outsiders already looked upon Philadelphia as a blighted area. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I had already pulled the pin on a grenade. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was already turning, already sprinting to get to her as the Grisha attacked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By the time he is finished, it is already beginning to get dark. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she had already said sorry, she had texted Grace at least once a day since then, apologizing for stealing her phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In truth this came as a relief to the other children, who were already more than tired of Constance’s ways, and who gathered in the boys’ room to discuss this very concern. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Several children had already been hospitalized with lead poisoning, the report had said. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Half the morning gone already, she realized, dismayed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He probably forgot we already discussed it, like he does sometimes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The gentleman in the barber’s chair, his face already white with lather, half-lifted his head to see what had happened. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I already knew I was going to go through a rough, lonely patch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Slow down. Relax. Daddy is probably already at your house. And I decided to come with you into town. Need to pick up something myself. Is that all right with you?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Marcus kneels and draws his sword, offering it up to the Augur, his eyes glinting with a strangely exultant zeal, as if he’s already been named Emperor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Add to these one more compelling reason for Clarkson to abandon his post: yellow fever had already seized his wife and killed his youngest son, Gerard. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Junie, since you ate already, will you keep your grandfather company?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He has been so very kind to us already. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Someone shouted Run! but we already were, tearing down the path toward the one place the hollow couldn’t reach us—the loop. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"Yes, the judge has already denied your motion. You must not have gotten your copy of his order. He's down in Mobile now, so sometimes there are mail issues." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

You already know Henrietta came to live with me, and a chameleon chicken turned up too, and I think the black streak chicken has decided to stay. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

No question, Freak was hooked on robots even back then, this little guy two feet tall, and already he knew what he wanted. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I had not already spent my penny. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It took seconds for him to find what she already had. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jam could already feel the familiar warmth of Redemption’s house wrapping around her like a soft, fuzzy blanket she’d known for years. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The merchant describes an already thriving sea trade connecting India and Egypt with the coast of East Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was impeded by her own Shield Charm; by the time she had removed it he had already stormed into the night. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Marcus had already given him hints that the reason Aurelia had never been to the circus was because her father feared she was too sensitive—not a quality appropriate to an emperor’s daughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

About three hundred families have already bought memberships, which now cost $300,000. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Papa had already said he didn't expect anything of her except that she win Insomnia Con. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I could hear the housemaid overhead drawing the curtains for the night, shutting down the windows that had not been closed already. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve typed the email address into my phone already, but my message is blank. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I can’t dance like she could, you know that. And we already have biscuits.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Girls were not worth much, and Old Rit already had a passel of children, but they did not say this. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had already cast off and was rowing out of the bay. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

On the center of Aru’s palm, the number eight was already beginning to change form....She was running out of time. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I read somewhere that a lot of the stars we see don’t exist anymore. They’ve already died and it’s taken millions of years for their light to reach Earth,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His hair was already bleaching out to a lighter blond that would become white and his eyes were lined at the comers from squinting. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You might change your mind. As for those others, I know them already." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have reached the Gilo River after Martha had already crossed, because my crossing was as different from hers as night is from day. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my palms weren’t already sweating, they would be right now. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“The police were already here this morning,” said Mr. Dalton. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel had already flown away with her devil saviour, and I was nailed down in Bulungu, since my body was still sunk so deep in poison it couldn’t bear up to many more mosquito bites. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You would not be in this car with me if you were,” he said, “and stop biting your nails, they are ugly enough already.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Since the door was already ajar, I pushed it open to see her bending over a lighted box upon which lay an X-ray photograph she was measuring. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The gate was already lowering, as the guards sealed it in accordance with Black Protocol. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pomp begged him to rally, for there was no cause yet for uneasiness; but Slant merely whispered, “I may be dead already.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Think about it. They hadn’t even left yet. How could they have gotten back already? They didn’t even know for sure whether they would get back.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The good news: The worst is already over.’ All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I stopped by the Pet Hut on my way here. Jesse had an adoption application already,” Levi says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Should he return with his burden, home, to where already the hot wires were flashing, speaking, rattling the mournful message? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have liked a brother or a little sister, but her parents had already traveled to another planet to get her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He decided to make the object his halfway point, and he hoped he hadn't already gone too far. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was a crowd already gathering for the nightly news event. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Of course I had already decided what her name should be, but I remembered I wasn’t supposed to upset my mother. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line already stretched halfway down the aisle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tossed the question at his mother, but she was already refusing it, her head shaking furiously from side to side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Root approached her, Elizebeth already knew that the Rum War was no joke. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He lashed out, but the enemy had already loosed his hold and was beyond his reach. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No; he was already in the front seat.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But three weeks after that she was already ninth and moving. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had already been here a month and never left the Tang people s town. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaja and Obiora were already at the tap in the tiny backyard; old car tires and bicycle parts and broken trunks were piled in a comer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I already caused enough trouble for you and my sister. This is my war from now on.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I already know why. Because sometimes there is just no choice.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But I can't imagine it being any more magical than it already is. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If the Sixers were already here, in orbit around the planet, I was hoping they hadn’t spotted my ship. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I returned, I learned that Winnie had already gone into labor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take my time in there, and though I miss Amma already, a part of me can't help but be glad that I don't need to hurry. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When Esteban Trueba went out to look for her, it was already late in the afternoon and the air was crisp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But shouldn’t you get out to the school? Haven’t they started practice already?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever institutionalized strength was locked in this plural was about to fly apart, or had already done so, but for now it could not be acknowledged, and bravery was demanded of even the youngest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But that’s only because she was here first, you know; she was already in there when I was born.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He paused, and in that moment I stood there as if my hands were already tied behind my back, waiting for the first blow of many. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In the last few days the poor beast had improved wonderfully; it already seemed fatter and stronger, and had begun to show an affection for its new masters, especially for Sam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It would be three hours yet before he would learn why she had sent for him because this part of it, this first part of it, Quentin already knew. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned to look at her, I realized she was already asleep. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He already knew what the ultimate goal was; now he could figure out how to achieve it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think I would risk attacking the Bureau for the Black Book without already possessing the Black Key?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They wondered only whether they could settle the sum already owed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I assured them that they already had what it would take to succeed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s the end of the day, and most of the kids have gone home already. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Service in the Hitler Youth was not yet compulsory, as it would later be; these were boys who were already true believers and they had been indoctrinated with a fierce anti- Semitism. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Holly sighed, turning away from the already dwindling blue rinse. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Overjoyed at finally being able to go to Seatown, she had already run upstairs to tell her mother the news. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky is already dusky blue and long shadows stretch across the ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those crops prove to be ones like West African yams, oil palm, and kola nut—plants that were already believed on botanical and other evidence to be native to West Africa and first domesticated there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the light, but already I looked sallower, unhealthy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

An uneasy silence replaced it, and Yossarian was sober and self-conscious as he climbed down from the plane and took his place in the jeep that was already waiting for them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It does and it did, and we went in to the house where the ghosts had already retired and we went to bed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother, displaying a theatrical flair akin to her hypochondria, registered complex emotions: surprise; initial delight; second thoughts; prudent near refusal; and then, to the applause already starting up, dizzy acceptance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘It is much to me. But I know already sufficient of these deeds for my own counsel against the menace of the East.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The “let out” in the parking lot is already happening. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The priests were dismayed to learn the Kongo already had their own Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sovoy knows your name. Assuming he hasn’t told me already, I could have it from him as easy as breathing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You can’t offer me something that is already mine,” the chief said, arrogantly. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the first year, we quickly expanded our offerings from our initial ten items to more than fifty, and were already making a profit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Three paper aeroplanes were already spiralling upward in the breeze, heading to gods knew where. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It does, dear. But it is probably best to leave it shuttered while—” Marie-Laure is already standing atop the bed, running her palms along the wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I got to the Baxters’, the table had already been set. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dad’s e-mail says Those who can’t bear to look a bear in the eye are already dead. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Just hearing that from you, Ladybird, well, it’s like I’ve already won.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She looks at me through her glasses—she’s already taken her contact lenses out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Colin, already sweaty and bloody, seemed to be their favorite target. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

By the time she and her father and a group of villagers got down to the water, the sun had already begun setting behind the mountain. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I already know, by looking at him, the question he’s asking, and I want to explain it all to him, everything that Nita showed me and told me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Some of our brothers have already gone to Ankara.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I touched her with my right hand, and I was missing her already, I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts, “It’s not vain?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to say no, but she’s already looking past me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They try to get friendly with the migrants, telling them they have already done the train ride. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My dad’s in the dining room, one step ahead of us, with an array of weapons already sprawled across the table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It creates barriers between us, and we already have more than I want. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’d come in at the same time she had and already missed his wife and two young sons terribly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They would have done that on the beach already. But I have a place we can check.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Ironically, the collar smelled like barf already, so I lowered it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Percy wasn’t dead yet, but he was already tired of being a corpse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Twice already, she had reached across her chair to caress Soraya’s hair and say, “God knows best, backem. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Around me the students move with faces frozen in solemn masks, and I seem to hear already the voices mechanically raised in the songs the visitors loved. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the Age of Mortality, you might have lost the finger, but I trust your nanites are already mending the damage.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"A treasure hunt. Except we don't really have to hunt because I already know where the treasure is." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My legs feel fine, but numb, so I’m guessing I got burned but you’ve already done something about it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The men had already begun to move south along the Pennington Road. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The summer was already thick when Frieda and I received our seeds. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante had already redirected his attention to Legs who was licking his face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The grass and the sidewalks are already covered. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And the houses, left soulless, died—windows glassless, doors hanging on single hinges, some of the clapboard already pruned. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The sun was already high in the sky by the time the builder returned to Asgard, hauling the stone-boat behind him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"By rights, he should be dead already. I have never seen a man cling to life so fiercely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“There were body bags, Alyssa. Some of them were already full, but there were stacks and stacks and stacks of empty ones.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Why? I already know everything I need to know.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Once Holly had said to him, Just cut it already, and his ears turned bright red. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

By the time Attorney General MacVeagh walked over to the Elberon Hotel and made the official statement to the press, bells were already tolling in city halls, courthouses, churches, and firehouses. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had already done a little hiking to the west around Rangeley and Flagstaff Lakes, in the week before Katz came, as a kind of reconnoiter, so I felt as if I knew the terrain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

All the young women were already sitting in their planes, but they were so much shorter than men that the general couldn’t see them from the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Colonel, already halfway across the dorm circle, turned around. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He is already out of the living room. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was already turning pink as I lay on my bed. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You really have lost your mind,” the man said, but he was already helping Trina climb out the window before he’d finished the short sentence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Josh stood in the doorway, already dressed for taekwondo and inhaling a chicken leg. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My skin is still raw and sore from surgery, but the area around my G-tube already looks about a million times better. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

How could I get a life when I was obviously already alive? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t give you any more brain damage than you already got. And besides, didn’t I give you one concussion already?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I could already hear the sneers at my poor scrapings, the scorn at my childish vanity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

By this time there were already suspicions that these atoms were not, after all, indivisible. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should I waste my time solving Garrison’s game when I’m fairly certain this girl has already done so? Or is close to completing it, at the very least.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mabel and Ana and the man Gramps would become or perhaps was already. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It had already enjoyed two days of freedom, and even on foot it would have easily made Brooklyn long ago. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Pearl is working at the college level already. But I can’t afford private school.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I realized I was already the owner of nine blank postcards featuring photos of loons and lighthouses, but I had the urge to hoard. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And now the waving at the window, already trying to win the crowd. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I got back to the apartment, Dad was already shut up in his room, with the door closed. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible that he did. He was already pretty sure you could read and write. That’s one reason he seemed so suspicious and mistrustful. Educated slaves aren’t popular around here.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had already thought of a route that would take him directly past the corner of East Oriole and Woodbury, the future location of Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake House. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know that already, and Ibni knows. But I did not know until today.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My arm muscles were already aching with the effort of carrying the bowl and we’d gone maybe four steps. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

I doubt this, because Copernicus seems to have assumed that the correct theory must already have been formulated: he needed to read until he found it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The next piece of chattel was already being led up to take their place. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The cotton brassiere stretched down to her hipbones, where it met the girdle into which she had already squeezed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A silver curve of the moon hovered already in the western sky. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You are amazing,” he cried, as Inigo increased the already blinding speed of the blade. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been there four days already but I still couldn’t get over how that house hung off the side of the mountain like it did. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But she was already standing up and looking back at her house. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He tells me to look, look, look, even though I’m already watching. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Twig was moving at double speed, and by the time I pulled out my notebook, she’d already organized our materials. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could tell this was already happening with Mama since I was now allowed to go into town by myself to do quick errands. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had already devoured one serving and was going in for seconds. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I was already farther from the enclosure exit than I’d ever planned to be, and one of the soldiers could wander by any minute. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We already discussed such historical expansions in Chapters 16 and 17 for the Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and other East Asian language families. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell Gum Baby something she don’t already know.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t mention that he’d already made it to level fifty-three. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Listen to Side B of my dad’s cassette of Missy Elliott’s excellent album So Addictive, which—because it would not eject from the cassette player—I’d already heard hundreds of times in my life. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I nod, a little hurt that they want me out of the house already, but mostly relieved to have a break from them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take offense, since this has nothing to do with you, but I didn’t think I could hate this place more than I already did before.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jam stayed frozen in place for a few seconds before forcing her legs to move and running after Pet, who was already opening the bedroom door and stepping inside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Here I am, so focused on learning to speak another language, and I barely use the words I already know. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She could already feel it swelling against the top of her shoe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the day I left, Mama was up early, sitting at the place at the kitchen table where she always sat, the ashtray in front of her already half filled with partially smoked butts. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I knew the three guys who were already in the band were really good musicians. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

You have already agreed that this letter raises questions like the rights of freedom, civil liberties, and so on? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I already told you that. She couldn't have left through that door. And I already looked through Mirjam's hiding place. You're wasting time doing things I already did." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Much of the South already lay in ruins. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The seven inns around the village were still jammed with folk who had left Philadelphia, and the few larger houses in the area were already filled with guests. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“He already had twice as much as me. Ask him if he aint.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have already witnessed black music being “bleached’ for greater commercial appeal a number of times, often to the dismay of its original performers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The show had already begun, and the grand front doors of the theatre were locked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was already a large chaha’oh to house everyone who was going to participate. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her rash was very mild and the spots were already beginning to fade. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m sorry, that’s gotta be really hard for you. I wish I had better news, but he already appealed his verdict and lost.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The people are already there, sweetie,” I said. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was already the second week of February, the Santa Anita Handicap was a little more than two weeks away, and Seabiscuit was far behind in his preparation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should you copy what another does? That already exists. I want to see what is in your own mind.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I think maybe he already guessed about the computer," I say. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s already around to my side, and he seems to understand that picking me up would be the wrong move to make. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Here in the Smoke only five months, Shay’s friends already had a hint of David’s self-assurance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So far the calutron’s production was minuscule and its reliability imperfect, but he was already planning to replace its 10-milliampere ion source with one offering yet another tenfold increase in power. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She’d already taken the hardcover out of the library twice, gone up to the front desk and signed it out with her library card. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was already stepping through the charmed door of those druggy, celebratory, youthful days. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The trouble, he explained, is that nearly all the things that would constitute warning signs already exist in some measure at Yellowstone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was no darkness she could send him to rival what he’d endured already. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It had already gotten wet once, and while I couldn’t believe I was actually trusting her with it, I needed both hands free. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I know, but I thought maybe you already knew.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Think of improvisation as “quickly assembling” shorter rhythm or pitch patterns that you’ve already mastered. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I walked toward them with those tiny feather steps you expect of a girl in Japan, and lowered myself to the floor, determined not to cry, but the sting was already gathering in my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You already know more than you’re supposed to about everything on this desk.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Alba, who already had experience in this line of work, suggested that they start with the boxes on the bottom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 3:30,1 began to get resdess, as we were already behind schedule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand waving slowly in the night air, trying to push away the death already there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was already stirring up batter for a pineapple upside-down cake, Liyana’s favorite. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A small crew had already removed the rusted fence surrounding the courts and was now carrying over jackhammers. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And, though highlighted already, the words “angels have corrupted” were also circled in black ink. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had already changed into his school robes, had perhaps taken the first opportunity to take off his dreadful Muggle clothes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Later the doctors would speculate that when Dad, Luke and Benjamin had wrestled Shawn to the ground—and he’d sustained a concussion—he was already in critical condition. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Here, I copied down a bunch of the ridiculous talking points from the NRA website last night at home. You can copy them into your notebook unless you already have them memorized.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Patrick said that the problem was that since everything has happened already, it makes it hard to break new ground. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A square house, ivy-covered, with no name on the gate, which we had already passed twice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had already been through all the slaughterhouses, all the factories of death. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian came back up the stairs, blood trickling down his cheek and onto his T-shirt and a pump knot already swelling up above his eyebrow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The driver looked at me, smiling, but I was already falling asleep. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Chervil was already at the entrance, squatting opposite Blackavar and his escort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she left, already parting the curtain at the front door, Obinze’s mother said, “And make sure you and Obinze have a plan. Have a plan.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t knock it till you try it,” Beth replies, her mouth already full. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The drought, possibly caused by a mega-Nino, pushed the society, already so close to the edge, over the cliff. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can already see my knee swelling beneath my suit. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She did her hope chest already, so she can. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I had already gone to nine different schools, I was skilled at being a professional acquaintance. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Drizzle started to fall, increasing the already cutthroat competition for a cab. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Oscar has already told them that if they get caught spying, they’ll be taken out on the street and shot. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Their applause is getting a little weaker, because it’s been two hours and they’ve already heard about forty girls give one-minute speeches, and they’re ready for the queens to be chosen already. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think someone already did,” Two Step said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Alhaji had already put on his jersey and was running around playing imaginary soccer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He’d already told his workers and his foremen to leave, to be with their families, to get a head start on the traffic. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Of all the places where a treasure might be buried, the graveyard was the least likely, most of it already devoted to the bones of the Penikese lepers. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The toilet was already disgusting before I got there and it wasn’t getting any prettier. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They’d been able to place Adnan’s parents in a mosque the previous night, but there were already hundreds of people there, sleeping on the floors, and they couldn’t accommodate more. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In less than a fraction of a second, billions and billions of years would pass; the universe would have already met its ultimate fate and burned itself out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But Milkman had no need to see her face; he had already fallen in love with her behind. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys already ate? I was going to make eggs.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Seriously. Stop it. I’m already freaked out enough as it is.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. Got hit a few moments after fight started. We’ve already been reinforced by Weed’s Brigade, up front, but now Weed is dead, and they moved Hazlett’s battery in up top and Hazlett’s dead.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First, change your clothes. I already painted most of the house while y’all were at school, but there’s still a bit left, and you’re going to finish that up....” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mina explained the telephone code to me already. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The other was already approaching the front of the wagon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That meant they were the last ones up to each home, and sometimes most of the good stuff was already taken; but they hardly noticed. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

To kill for him—to be a fang in the mouth of the beast that had already consumed half of Erilea...“And if I accept?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s hurry on to class now, gentlemen. You’re already ten minutes late. You can get back to the Jets and the Sharks at break, all right?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Was he then at this point already on the verge of forgetting and was it only the voice of his mother, which he had not heard for along time, that had aroused him? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t look back, but the police had already lost interest. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although she already takes part in the daily parade and Spec, she has yet to perform in the show. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But there’s creases round his eyes and already I can see the beginnings of it, so soon it’s gotta be right up front in his Noise, and I have to ask, “Cillian?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They awoke to a sun already risen in the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was done about the clamor of the minority groups, and the regions were already competing so fiercely that some wanted separate foreign embassies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We play Holy Guardian on Tuesday, and then we’re at home on Friday against Frederickstown again. Over halfway through the season already,” Ellis says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a tiny cut, but a bump is already swelling. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, there already existed biochemical evidence for protein building blocks. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A steady flow of men and women from East Bengal—those who had sensed the early political convulsions before their neighbors—had already started to fill the low-rises and tenements near Sealdah station. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

While I was already dubious about many of the foster parents and caseworkers, I do not remember being angry or resenting my mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean did they buy it, or did I have it already when we came here?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ibekie had already reversed and kept glancing at the rearview mirror. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Looking around, he saw that already others were there, the Masters Summoner and Changer. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Other boys his age have begun to court girls already, asking them to go to the movies or the pizza parlor, but he cannot imagine saying, “Hi, it’s Gogol” under potentially romantic circumstances. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there feeling like an orphan until Ms. Tannenbaum walked me over to Edna’s bunch and said I was joining them, even though the group was already full. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But my guess is Cinna might already be at risk, and I don’t want to pull him into any more trouble by closer association with me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I think I was already very far removed from that courtroom. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear. I’m not that old, son! Billy died, let me see. He died about four or five years ago, I think. One of the first, I’m afraid. Can it be that long already?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I am already mostly asleep again, two arms wrapped tight around my mama's hand. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’d already taken two earlier that morning, but they didn’t seem to be working. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman regarded her pale cheeks and wide, dark eyes, and said as kindly as he could, “If you were already sensitive, then yes, her medallion may have enabled you to see more of her.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And when I looked into it a little more, I realized that most of the girls in the elite gymnastics world were already being home-schooled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Your human friends have already loaded up the puppies,” said Dozer. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour was already rummaging in his pocket for the mysterious powder that turned the fire green. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I’ve put some on. It’s feeling a lot better already.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Because I already can’t see a thing, and I been crazy for years.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Executives knew what the girls were up to, and S.Q. was already outside the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve already let down every one of those Lysander pilots—who liked and encouraged me so much they were daft enough to let me take one of their planes to France. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When he told her he’d already read it, Kaira screamed so loud he had to hold the phone away from his ear. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the other girls had done first-aid courses, and some had been VADs already and were familiar with blood and dead bodies, or at least, they said they were. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The doctors think she was already gone before the medics arrived.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I know I don’t have to unless I want, but if he’s already suspicious about me, that’ll only make it worse. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t that awful. You sure pick up with fine friends, Ignatius. Them colored people already got it hard, boy. They got a hard road, too. Life’s hard, Ignatius. You’ll learn.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of schools were home for vacation already, and there were about a million girls sitting and standing around waiting for their dates to show up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was having the same sundae as Riccio, only he was already finishing his second. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he can't teach himself any more than he already has. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I had already pulled up a list of his feed- features and I was going over them. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had already suffered so much, endured so much together. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t remember to put my headlights on until I’m already halfway home, which means I’m honestly lucky I didn’t get arrested by now. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was January now, and already he dreaded to think of the time when spring would come, and he would have to leave them all day and go back to painting houses. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Probably he was already thinking what a good story this would make when he wrote home, but I planned to write first. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could draw back he had already fallen into it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was petty stuff in a transaction that was already law enforcement at its most utterly trivia! level. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he had had enough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women, and other chances to be happy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been digging,” I said, which of course he had already seen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need your help,” Adina called, but Duff was already wading into the water. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was so very nervous, that I had already lighted the Aged’s sausage like a torch, and been obliged to blow it out. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stranger had already told him of the hurdles at the foot of the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw that the clear light was already welling through his fingers, he thrust it into his bosom and held it against his heart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Really? Windy’s not going?” he asks, even though I’ve already told him that. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he were here instead of me, Golan would be dead already, laid out while he’d been squatting against the rail in a daze. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had chosen the date for her parade to get attention from the spectators and the press already in town for the inauguration. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He swept his way into the back room, jamming the straw broom into nooks and crannies he had already swept clean. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was already convinced I wouldn’t find a place on any of the school sporting teams, and now it looked like choir was out of the mix too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. I can hardly keep up with people wanting them. Besides, you already have enough.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Black folks who were already inside beamed with joy as she passed them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I took the sword and the lantern, then rolled up the Oriental rug, uncovering the trapdoor I already knew was hidden underneath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can see she’s already laid out paper, pencils, and textbooks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But you’d been planning it. The stuff you already had in the canoe.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You look like you’ve been sleeping already,” I say, picking lint out of her hair. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had already told them pompously that he was only staying over Christmas because it was his duty as a prefect to support the teachers during this troubled time. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“On the contrary. I had just gleaned his father, so he already had immunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’d make such a fool of myself, and I’m already lucky enough as it is, that Kalinda decided to speak with me and walk with me and invite me to her home. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The lame rabbit seemed about to reply, but Woundwort had already turned away and was explaining to Campion what he was to do. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we knew how many species we’ve already eradicated, we might be more motivated to protect those that still survive. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yell and with my free arm I’m already reaching for my knife and bringing it round toward the birthmark’s hand, slicing it across the top. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Dorian, you are the Crown Prince. And already nineteen, at that. Do you wish to become king and die without an heir so Hollin can take the throne?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When Werfel turned, he saw that Spurge was already seated again. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Elston Hubbard was already in the ring, flexing his forearm muscles so the Marine Corps emblem jumped on the smooth bronze skin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I was really trying, your watch would already be in my pocket.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have already told the story of my one ill-auspiced venture Hillside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I had truly paid attention, I might have realized that our tiny country had absolutely no hope of defending itself, not when bigger countries like Poland had already fallen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

What could be so difficult about dressing up in fine clothing and saying witty and poetic things already written out for you? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tibe was already making the most of his term of power. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh? And what gossip is that? That we’re on a first-name basis? Scandalous. It seems like the tabloids are already making up their own gossip about me, anyway.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled the fleshy meat hook and wiped it on his already bloody apron. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He measured Lawrence against the other program heads he already had met, and judged him the most capable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The waves were close to swallowing up whatever was left of the shark, the remains of muscle and organs that were already being picked apart by isopods. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But we are already awake, all four of us, smiling and jumping around my uncle: What'dyou bring me? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Most of Candor and the remnants of Dauntless are already gathered. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The firefighters were already engulfed in a wave of withering heat, and the flames were reaching out toward them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Someone, he knew, had to end the turmoil and bloodshed and their inevitable by-product, the worsening of Haiti’s already horrendous public health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The hills drew near, but the tall peaks of Thrihyrne were already dim against the darkening sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We’d lost so much already, who was he to tell us how to risk what was left? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman I knew as my mother was already physically unlike the woman in her honeymoon photos. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw that one man was already bloodied from a spear point, and it was clear that others would be injured before the disorganized distribution was complete. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that was Billy’s. A noisy yellow canary that was eaten by a kestrel when we hung her cage outside one afternoon. It made the local paper. Luckily we’d already done the recordings.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I have already told you that all Headmasters are giants, and this one was no exception. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recognized that Pitezel’s drinking impaired his usefulness and threatened to disrupt schemes already in play. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Werner tries out various theories on Frederick, but Frederick, he’s learning, moves about as if in the grip of a dream, his trousers too big around the waist, the hems already falling out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Keeping his bleeding hand elevated, Harry scraped the fragments of cup together with the other hand and threw them into the already crammed bin just visible inside his bedroom door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“They are already in the tribal belt,” he said, “and they are coming nearer.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you grow up by yourself?” she asked him, and wondered how many people—how many women—had already asked him that. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Since we’re already at the sixteen trainees we expected to keep, it means everyone left onstage has passed the first tryout...” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“If only I’d known the game was already over, that day,” he said, and smiled. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The warm and fuzzy effect of his hug had already worn off. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Moon Orchid had already left this mad old body, and it was a ghost bad- mouthing her children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She already told you he said not to,” Donna says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before Clay could speak, however, Polly spoke up quietly, “She probably already has a name, sir.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

From Gram he gets this wooly sweater that buttons up the front and he acts surprised, even though he's got about a hundred just like it already. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stands and claps her hands, not in a fun cheerleader way but like she’s already mad at all of us for something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’s already given up all his dreams for her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My faux-pas was so palpably obvious, so idiotic and unpardonable, that to ignore it would show me to be an even greater fool if possible, than I was already. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When you see a tornado rip swimming pools out of the ground, you realize something Oklahomans already know. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I find a quiet alley to rest in, with a few other beggars already asleep in the garbage bins, I curl into a dark corner and click my microphone on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And Jane says, "I saw you nod, Tiny. You already agreed to it." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“A request? Maria already has the Black Book! She could be on her way to the Black Key right now!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The hooded Bedouins reappeared more and more frequently, and the camel driver—who had become a good friend of the boy’s—explained that the war between the tribes had already begun. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she asked the question, Emily realized she already knew the answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I began pulling money out of my purse as if the deal was already finished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And a nurse touches my shoulder and tells me it's over even though I can already see it by the peaceful stillness of him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When she finally spotted it, Jeff was already headed in her direction with a sneer across his face. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Before twilight faded to blackness, he was already in his new favorite spot in the forest corner, curled up against the ivy, wondering if he could ever run again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One of the lenses of his eyeglasses is already fractured, but otherwise he looks well enough. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was a farm boy who carried squealing pigs around like they were already thin slices of bacon. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was already at Clarkeburv, a boarding school about sixty miles distant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time to get moving. My alarm never went off. You already missed the bus. I’m driving you and your brother to school.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Because of his high score, Gligoric was already assured a berth in the Candidates, so he could easily offer Fischer an early “grandmaster draw” and coast to a successful denouement. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re learning to read already. I can teach you whenever we have time. It’s not so hard, I promise.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Gathering the spotted cattle was only one color of sand falling from the fingertips; the design was still growing, but already long ago it had encircled him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A man with an eye for the good ground, already badly wounded and not long to live, weary of stupidity and politics and bloody military greed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The field was right up at the end of a dirt track, three wooden gates to open and shut on the way—“guards” of our own posted on each gate already. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I already called the police,” I reminded her. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So...can we do something more fun now? Rajar and the others are already so far ahead of me in Illumination.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I had to say good-bye again, he stood up tall, as if he were already grown, and said, “I will look after the family while you are gone.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One old woman had already solved the problem for herself by dragging in a large cardboard carton. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother told me a part of the story, and I realized I already knew the rest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The butterflies, bumblebees, and hummingbirds were already going about their business. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

"Lou doesn't need to be, Sunny. He's already fluent. Are you guys ready for the assembly? There's the bell now." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was already hot and the wind solid and growing a bit each hour and he got the Frog up to five knots and held it until the sun was straight overhead. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporters already had their pens in hand. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

As Winston stood watching it occurred to him that the old man, who must be eighty at the least, had already been middle-aged when the Revolution hap-pened. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Since neighbors were already gathering, he drove the horses around to the back door, where my daddy was waiting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When she turned to say something else, Aaron was already gone. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom and I, making plans: what we’d plant in the garden, what we’d hang on the walls, what colour to paint the spare room—already, even then, in my head, the baby’s room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I had received a letter from the great man himself, I felt almost as if I were already on Dr. von Braun’s team. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that when you took our key from the fire hose, when you left me the notes, when you stole Richard’s shoes and Jimmy’s Fred Flintstone bank, you had already read my letter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The room was so tightly packed that Ocean and I were already pretty close to each other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They smile a little ominously, as if they know already what is in store for us. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"We have a couple witnesses who saw an old man going into the water at Ocean Beach," the other said, and I already knew it, I guess. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well?” he says with impatience, like he’s already asked me a question I didn’t answer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On a local level, terra preta is valuable enough for locals to dig it up and sell as potting soil, an activity that, alas, has already destroyed countless artifacts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We are due to arrive between two and three in the morning; but already, at Bucharest, we are three hours late, so we cannot possibly get in till well after sun-up. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With school over this afternoon in late August 2004, she has already been dropped off at her soccer practice blocks from home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I would see the person, in discomfort or pain already, eyeing me warily, and I would tell my teacher no, I was not yet ready. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was already a special night because Mom and I drove into Manhattan together. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I go back into the dressing room, my eyes already brimming. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“She and her father have had the honor of being our guests already. Bed and board thrown in.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But I guess he thought we were already broken up.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Stories that didn’t require her to sacrifice some part of her heart she hadn’t already given up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had already scooped us up into a hug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Many of them were already frustrated with the boys playing football in the street—lost in their game, the players would curse, run through flower gardens, and scatter their quarter-water bottles across the sidewalks. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

So much had been taken from them already that all they had left was their hope, and they would not relinquish that. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So the mission is this: Find the Ocarrion, and seize it. If the kidnapped orphans are already on board, we free ’em and commandeer the Ocarrion back to port.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But her finger is already over the trigger. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the fever reached full fire, Kaz dreamed he had returned to the farm, and when he knocked on the door, he saw Dream Jordie and Dream Kaz already there, sitting at the kitchen table. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And: What do you suppose the already depressed real estate prices would be tomorrow morning? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If you were already on the same planet as your target when you used the tablet, it would show you their exact coordinates on a map. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But if she already had the Copper Key, there wouldn’t be any reason for her to come back here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lupita had already lain down on the bench, which was damp from the day’s rain. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We stepped into the night air to find the others already waiting. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I can already tell that I’m going to have to carry around a towel to protect myself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Still, Mother knew very well that Dad had to talk about his children, the children who had already arrived and those who were expected. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing Ella, I knew that she had already extracted Laura’s entire life story—and all but had the wedding bells around my neck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I come downstairs the next morning, the kitchen is already filled with wonderful aromas. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The room was already studded with five sets of brass candlesticks from Taiwan. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say no, I’ve already had a stint of free lodging and now I have to take my chances with the market like anyone else. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Parrish was already all the way down the hall, headed toward the principal’s office. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was already in the kitchen, pacing as she read her notes while my dad coached her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If weapons had been allowed in the city, Annabeth’s friends would have already been dead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They have parents and siblings and people who love them already. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Two of Pickett’s executives had already been arrested and were believed to be cooperating with the police. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had already changed into the coarse Tonist frock and had pulled its hood over her head. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"That right?" he asked, but Denny was already on the other side of the room, skipping rope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw it coming already, like a barreling wave with a mighty undertow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“This doesn’t make any sense. I’m already fifteen. Who’s even heard of such a thing?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But his studies on wild populations, variation, and natural selection had already provided crucial insights to these questions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Weighing it against the alternative, that I planned to ask a colored woman for help, saying she’d already agreed to it seemed infinitely more attractive. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But, Vic, you do know those potatoes are already buttered, right?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he had already done so and was merely waiting to arrest them in his own time? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already feel trapped by my own disappointment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Gaunt, intense, and excitable, with Rasputin’s piercing eyes and a beard that rivaled Darwin's, de Vries already looked like a younger version of his idol. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Reverend Okonjo shuffled up to the pulpit, and he already looked exhausted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want to tell them I won’t be able to die for the Faith because I’m already booked to die for Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A thicket of spears were pointed towards the strangers; and some of the horsemen had bows in hand, and their arrows were already fitted to the string. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They were closing the dining hall by the time we arrived, and the janitors had already started to mop the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I need the money now,” he said, though he was already steering the pirogue to shore. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With only two ships left, I know one is already gone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But when I looked back at him, he was already pushing his bike in the opposite direction. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The teacher, who had already told me every day how to read “I” and “here,” put me in the low corner under the stairs again, where the noisy boys usually sat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark already, in the car on the way back to the Swerlins’. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reminded him that he’d already learned to row past pain, past exhaustion, past the voice that told him it couldn’t be done. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She gets the spelling off the tag on my shirt, then, already poised to jot down the next name, says, “R-and-W.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she reached forward and handed me a small white napkin with an apple slice on it that had already turned brown on the edges. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they are already wet all over, they sink. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that time has already arrived. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When old Grandma and Auntie came home that night from the bingo game at the church, Tayo and Rocky were already in bed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gunshot tore through the sunset, and by the time I screamed, Chubs was already on the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

You and Arul were already exploring the far corner of the graveyard, where the grass looked as unkempt as the boys’ hair. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But Celaena was already running, running straight at those black, rotting fangs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But it’s so steep, I can already hear the hope failing in her voice. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had hoped that perhaps the threads would already be dyed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I hit the passenger seat, the car was already warm, and it didn’t take us long to slip-slide our way out of the lot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was already fast asleep when they reached the Accademia Bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It slowly dawned on me that it already was her room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I already know. You told your mom about my dad.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some speak of departing, yet for that it already seems too late. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the elevator opens on our floor, Izzie is already there, panting. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Was she already on the train to the netherworld to see her mother? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pottery, obsidian, and fishhooks similarly testify to some Jomon trade with Korea, Russia, and Okinawa—as does the arrival of the half-a-dozen Asian mainland crops that I already mentioned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The campaign job. I don’t wanna wait until I graduate. I already read all the materials you gave me. Twice. I have time. I can start now.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Why have Alaska confess when she’d already been in trouble so many times? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jackson and his mother hustled him into a nearby cafe that was already packed with people seeking refuge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of boys were already at work on the mound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d been First Lady for almost four years, and there had been too much killing already—too many senseless preventable deaths and too little action. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I told her to get back at you,” he says, reaching for another slice already. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I have already discussed his work on light and colour, which led to the famous row with Hooke. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I ask, even though I think I already know. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

But Morgan, only three years older, already wore the mourning demeanor of a teenager. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Twelve years old and already a beautiful young lady.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he already planning the deaths of the two people next to him? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The soles, made from rubber tire treads, had already been reduced to shreds held together with a little leather and a great deal of hope. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? You mean he’s here? He’s already here?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Only one way to find out,” Ruthanne answered, already shinnying down the rope ladder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Romans had already threatened Egyptian borders by seizing control of neighboring Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

When Dessie got up in the morning Tom was already at his drawing board, beating his forehead with his fist and growling to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Free even to knock her in the head, for he had already cradled that head in his arms. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia had already proved herself to be a liar and capable of more lies. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Disorder couldn’t increase much because the universe would be in a state of almost complete disorder already. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved the dirt he'd already dug up out past his mark. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure why, but they loved pointing out to me that they could already see an inch of my hair, like maybe that would be enough to nullify the whole thing. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We’d already discussed what might happen when the harvest was over. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Well, except June, but I already knew she thought it was funny. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I get home that night, Mama and Papa are already in bed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could already see the rows and columns of faces in my class, like a screen of space invaders. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Poor beasts, they seemed glad of the water, for already their hides were dusty. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t have a choice, so just get out of bed already. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you already know it? You are a clever man, after all, Severus. You have been a good and faithful servant, and I regret what must happen.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was already wearing one, but it was thin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had already given a chance to all the other red-necked hooligans in Pearl by then, and were looking for someone who better deserved us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna had stared at him, at the arch of his eyebrows behind the glasses, the thickness of his body, already thinking of the least hurtful way to untangle herself from Mohammed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At first, I’m worried, but then I realize it’s highly unlikely that anything could be worse than what’s already happened. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The place already reeks like sunscreen and burning charcoal, even though it’s barely nine o’clock. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take me long to wash up and Mom had already laid out all my clothes, so I was dressed and running down to Miss Volker’s house in no time. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’s in awe of the success Gauguin has already had with his painting. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lapham was already scraping the trenchers clean, getting on with her work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were already starting to tip and shake by the time Captain Reed reached the seafloor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Black’s already murdered a whole bunch of people in the middle of a crowded street. Do you really think he’s going to worry about attacking Harry just because we’re there?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She already has my jacket in her hand by the time I reach the bottom of the stairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You have some pretty deep bruises. But nothing broken. That lip is going to hurt for a while, but it’s already stopped bleeding.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I look up the steep hillside, where the old man is already well up its flanks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had already laid out clothes for him on the bed: a black suit, white shirt, black tie, white undershirt and underpants, black socks. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The line at Dairy Queen is backed up all the way to the door, and it’s hard to tell who has ordered already and who hasn’t. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m about to say something else, but he’s already punching me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t even been to one day of classes and you’re already doing something idiotic that could get you into trouble.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We get to the other side and the girl stops and turns to me, no doubt seeing my idea in my Noise, already waiting for me to act. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If you haven’t guessed already, that just resulted in everyone writing all fifty pages the day before the journals were due. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You must have been busy, a detention under your belt already!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He needed to think, not bawl like a baby, but already his mind felt drunk and scattered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Lola was already on her way out the room and did not seem to hear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a bunch of them already waiting in the interrogation room, tall fat Johnny with his Hitler mustache. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the seed of doubt had already been planted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folks that had finished working and had cleaned up and already et waved or started calling to me from their stoops. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was from October, but he already looked so different now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Most people already know. And you are my friend.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In truth, I feared the worst: that he was an outlaw, perhaps a traitor or someone exiled from the church, a person to make me even more ashamed of myself than I already was. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could do anything about it, they were already in the Cornmarket. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Stunted stalks of corn, just waist-high, their leaves already russet colored and curling in on themselves, stretched forlornly in broken rows across parched, brown fields. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The detective grunted a warning about careless chemistry, but Theo had already learned his lesson. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Congratulations, Miss Hughes, it seems you have already won.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Two more boys with plastered heads and round eyes came out of the bushes, buttoning shirts that had already dampened onto their shoulders and arms, and I tried to stop the laughter, but I couldn’t. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth already figured out the one thing that would make Biddy feel better. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You turn just in time to see a nurse pulling away a hypodermic needle, its lethal load already delivered. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I force a smile back, but I think I’ve already done too much damage. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As I stood outside my parents’ bedroom a shadow fell across me and I jumped, as if I were already living in fear of the ghosts of Malcolm and Maud. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

‘Wild Men have already seen all that can be seen in the bad air. They will come soon and speak to me here.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was already a substantial underground facility here, developed over centuries to be either a clandestine refuge for government leaders in times of war or a last resort for humanity if life above became unlivable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Someone had already taken it and left a fake in its place.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Gavin has already taken some shots and is running back across the street. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I had told Chang Hong once already that I wouldn’t join. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I untag myself, horrified that it’s already received so many likes and comments. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Tigers had already claimed five victims from their island this year. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I follow Rufus up the stairs, and it’s only the second floor but I’m already out of breath. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree’s already up, next to the altar, full of tinsel and a shiny gold star on top. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As his stomach ached from hunger, Jack’s memories were of wonderful family dinners, when his mother would beg him and his sister and brother to eat more, even though they were already stuffed. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the stream of people already running in that direction, along the northern perimeter of the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

All this meant that he put in long hours already, with little time to spare for outside work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When she finally steeled herself, they had already cut down Louisa’s body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask who Doris was, partly because I didn’t want to know, and partly because I already did know. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dad’s only bit of advice about my going to Fullbrook lurked in the background—he didn’t have to say it, because it was loud enough in my head already. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dana’s expression wasn’t hard to read—he was already scheming to keep some of the cigarettes for himself and sell the rest for a tidy profit to his buddies. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had taken her time on the way home, avoiding major roads, and had spent the night in a tiny place in the mountains, the name of which she had already forgotten. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was already tiptoeing, as quietly as she could, up the steps that would take her away from the dim cellar with the crude paintings on the walls. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He was already learning midwifery, and I think my mother understood that he would have been disappointed not to deliver our child himself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the other girls seem to know each other already. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The few who had already arrived had gone out for a stroll. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In my head I try to concentrate on all the different parts of my body in case he’s already done something to me with a knife. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Father Antonio took the first envelope with a sigh and sketched the sign of benediction with his hands, but Esteban had already turned to leave. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We must watch them, these things are catching, already some lips begin to quiver. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She avoided looking at it, as if it were the malocchio, the evil eye, out to curse her worse than she already is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My stomach balls up nervously when my mother tells me this even though everything she's talking about has already happened. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The great house was still and dark, even though it was already an hour past sunrise. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

By nightfall, we’d already reached objectives that were supposed to have taken days. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thankfully, if you are here, you already know how to get on and off a moving train, so I don’t need to teach you that.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It is already pretty cold for the middle of October, and it will soon be cold enough outside for Captain Cook and Greta.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Much of it I knew already, some not. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wes gives me another doubtful glance, but I’m already lying on the floor, so he follows my example. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the colored folk, times was already tough and it wasn’t so different than before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roughly one-third of the planet already lived in chronic poverty, according to United Nations statistics. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He had been near the front of the line, and he was already slurping up the last bits of food from his bowl. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” said Ben, “we’ve spent enough time on this already, and I need to make dinner. Please go rest and get better, okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Leonardo’s sketch is already implicitly drawn to scale, with a detail of the ratchet mechanism shown at a higher level of magnification. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her face reset to ambivalent frostiness, but Jessica had already noticed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But he’s already turned his back and is stalking down the hall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Until we figure out what this is and how it might manifest, if it hasn’t already, I do think it’s appropriate that the Castros “batten down the hatches,” as you so delicately put it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But I was already squirting green liquid soap on everything. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Before my parents were chosen, lots of people had already started looting. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ranofer could not help laughing, and as he laughed he felt a knot untie somewhere inside him and realized he felt better already. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“If you hadn’t already missed nine meals in the last two weeks ...” he broke in. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When people get this close,” Eiddileg answered, “they’re already too close. At that point, I don’t want them out. I want them in.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

With the final ounce of strength she had, her mind already muddled from the cold, her fingers numb, Seven pulled the ceramic bird from her cloak pocket, brought it to her mouth, and blew. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Oh, diary, how I hate when she forgets I’m already eighteen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had already told him that the Battaglia matchmaker had advised a vacation for him in the psychiatric ward at Charity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was opium den light, which was appropriate, because already Rex had plucked a joint from his pocket and was lighting it with a safety match. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and when you do make it to Miss America, you already know who’s doing all of your styling! I won’t even charge you full price!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh—Aslan, sir,” said Digory, turning red, “I forgot to tell you. The Witch has already eaten one of those apples, one of the same kind that Tree grew from.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hardly is already a negative word, and you don’t need two of them. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m already out of my seat when the final school bell rings on Wednesday. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Something was happening to Guitar, had already happened to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one knew that a killer was already moving through their streets with them, an invisible stalker that would go house to house until it had touched everyone, rich or poor, in some terrible way. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He had already rejected my V-cut for the day—it was waiting for me on a tray behind Annemarie, getting dry as usual. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But then again, you knew that already, didn’t you?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was barely light outside, but the spring humidity had already seeped into their shack, weighting down their clothes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had already betrayed them by failing to love them as I should; the least I could do was stay silent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were already edible and gave high yields in the wild. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

David and I are in the same grade, even though he’s taller and heavier and looks like junior high already. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, the Germans have already made a chain reaction,” she said to herself. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what else can be said about this book that hasn’t already been said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We make our way round the pulpit, unable to keep from looking where Aaron was, his blood already washed away by the spray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Giants and other portents on the borders of the Shire were forgotten for more important matters: Mr. Frodo was selling Bag End, indeed he had already sold it — to the Sackville-Bagginses! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was trying to explain, describe, and systematize musical practices that were already flourishing because people liked the way they sounded. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

By the time we get to Command, Coin, Plutarch, and all their people have already assembled. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like to make waves because, he told himself, he’d already made waves by being who he was: Not black. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Its geographic position made the kingdom difficult to reach by both land and sea, but easy to defend by anyone already established there. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I had already known, but now I knew. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was already in the middle of the dance floor, moving like a madman. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If he does not send for the ship at once it will be too late; it may be already too late. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Little puddles were already forming on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The boy already knew more about revenge than I did. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I already knew what was on the other side of the door, so I watched Nana’s face when she saw it for the first time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I know you left early, and I wanted to tell you in case you haven’t heard already—you and Rishi won first place.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was the continuation of a conversation already under way. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Radar already had his handheld out; he was searching Omnictionary for the phrase. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You guys already spilled one bottle all over me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Our manager had already paid for gas and I thanked God that this was one of those times the bus started right up with just a couple of cranks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The UN had already told me once they couldn’t bring Otto out of the country. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were low-level members of MK, and could not add much to what had already been said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I return, Tris is already fully dressed, perched on the edge of one of the cots, like she’s ready to leap to her feet at any moment. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It does. And it gets so big, it can already go into a woman.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had prowled for garbage in the alleys behind the houses, but the older children had already been there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Better to pretend my old life has already disappeared. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he saw her, cheeks red, teeth nibbling on her bottom lip, he knew they’d already said something. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She had already been waiting at the airport for nine hours. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been awake longer than anyone, had already bathed and dressed in the fresh clothes Rhonda had given her, and—apparently unaffected by the storm—was in a much better mood than the others. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

These Austronesians, with their Austronesian language and modified Austronesian culture, were already established on Madagascar by the time it was first visited by Europeans, in 1500. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He's already been in the jail for two nights, and I can’t get to him. I'm in Virginia, and my health is not good. Please tell me you'll do something.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He would be fuming as he turned around, for he recognized my voice—his personal gnat—and the club would already be swinging and I would be ducking out of the way. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Annie and Luke were already in the kitchen cooking spaghetti when the boys’ bus dropped them off and they came rampaging up the stairs. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The troops were already up and moving out on the misty road beyond the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had already dipped westward when Taran opened his eyes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already tried with spiders. And parsley and salt. The old woman’s proof against them all.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And at the same time, with every word we speak, I feel there may be something inside of her that I already know. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I waited, praying that she already knew what had happened. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Three or four families already crowded the beach, and the Tillermans had to eat the apples for breakfast after all. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice is small because I’m pretty sure I already know the answer. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The sun is already starting to go down by the time Fina, Mom, and I pull into the driveway of Morning Glory Cottage the next afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The fire from the torches was dying, and in fact some of the men had already dropped their smoldering torches to the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today we have a quarter-acre pond which already has frogs and little fish. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The edges of the vision were already dissolving. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mercer said, “Mr. Isidore spoke for himself, not for me. What you are doing has to be done. I said that already.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“So you have said, Andrew. Repeatedly. But we’ve already searched those other locations. Several times. It has to be here with the other fiction titles. You just need to fly up and find it.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But when they opened the cans they found the movie with Julie Andrews that we had already seen. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were, admittedly, startled, but there was no reason for worry: they were on the fastest horses in the kingdom, and the lead was already theirs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every muscle flexed as he fights to get more of a guy he’s already beaten down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blow back to your realm already and leave me alone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” she says, already starting to tug away the rolls, getting one off his face and leaning down to see if he’s still breathing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was already mad that X-Ray had waited two days to buy the ad because he only wanted to pay for one week, and now the machine had eaten his money. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The stewards were making use of them already. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The building was already burning fiercely and he knew that in addition to five cows, the O’Learys had a calf and a horse in there. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Er...er...it was a poor mending job on the fence, sir. Don’t worry—I’ve sacked that worker already.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"What we already do. Light the candles, sing some songs, eat dinner? What else is there?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yet there he was this morning, on the school bus, insulting the same pea-brained thug who already held a mortal grudge against him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t even graduated high school, and this is the kinda stuff we have to deal with already.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I had already lost a few hours and night was falling fast. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I already know what you’re drinking,” said Wednesday, and then he was standing by the bar. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

Jonathan wondered if he was already too late. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine having to just split up the carnations that were already ordered? I’ve never heard of anything so unfair.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had already finished and she was still checking away with the same zeal. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

My black friends explained that since they were already considered second tier to white women in the looks department, it was important not to have unruly hair. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was probably already coming back down the passage. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the real drama had already played out in the bathroom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could already predict Dr. Golan’s explanation: That house is such an emotionally loaded place for you, just being inside was enough to trigger a stress reaction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The authorities were given additional power over black people, as if they didn’t already have absolute power over our lives from birth to death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really tell, but it seemed like maybe the man came to wish her Happy Valentine’s Day, but they were already broken up and she had a date with someone else. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a movie with some friends. You know this town is boring you to death already,” Lucas joked. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Be very still,” he whispered, as if I wasn’t already frozen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The first interesting thing about the Beatles for our purposes is how long they had already been together by the time they reached the United States. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“As if it hasn’t been hard enough already, with all the other food rules.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But then Colin sees his brother in the hallway, and Jason needs to find a bathroom, and Marc needs another beer already. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s already up to his neck in debt.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Three suns already have risen on our chase and brought no counsel,’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Utah residents, if they hadn’t been already, were put on notice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Shanna heads off in a different direction with the girl who usually flies for Britain, and the three people who came in another car are already in line for the Tilt-a-Whirl. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Right. Malik’s trying to find out who Rapid really is. I gave him some info and he’s already running with it. We did a bunch of research the other day.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people have already paid dearly for your anger and lies. You have bigger problems than getting out of this place.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She was already a military officer as well as a national hero who’d been awarded the country’s highest honor. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But he was already dead tired, and the anger was still begging to be fed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I heard my aunt call piteously from behind, but then my uncle said, “Swanle!”—Finished!—“She is already changed.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They must be used to their new shepherd, and have probably already forgotten me. That’s good. Creatures like the sheep, that are used to traveling, know about moving on.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she's already down the steps and waddling across the brown grass on her tiny front lawn. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well. But you must promise to be truthful in your answers. There shall only be one lie between us, and I’ve already told it. Agreed?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One reason why there were so few independent origins of writing is the great difficulty of inventing it, as we have already discussed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like fish caught in a net, struggling against the cords that trap us, trying to squirm free, not realizing we’re already dead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was certainly uncomfortable, but the trade-off was already worth it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I already know what is in Mother’s closet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, Emily went to the U-Haul to grab her Book Scavenger notebook, but the empty cab reminded her that she’d already taken in her stack of books and papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone tried to look like they knew all about all the news already, or that they had Much More Recent Information but weren’t At Liberty to give it away. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

P. T. bounded ahead, leaping fishlike from one brown sea to the next, then turning back to herd the two of them forward, nipping at their heels and further splashing their already sopping jeans. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Little man,” he replied, “in your case, I think sometimes you’re already there.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I think sloth has already been accounted for, and gluttony is coming up next.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Because the guys were already talking about it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But we’ve passed signs to the carousel a dozen times already.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She already had so much to worry about that I wanted to let her think I didn’t know the story about Daddy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, jack Will didn’t need to learn any of these virtues—he already had them in abundance. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

His skin was loose and he seemed to have already given up the battle to live. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We decided to take the bus home, since it was already mid-afternoon and we had the money to do so. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She had already done seven earlier in the day; she would not finish for another hour. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe so. But she already liked him best.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that someone in the neighborhood would eventually call a news crew, if they hadn’t already. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a list of her current classes, but I already knew those. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"So that's kind of comforting—knowing that the worst thing in life is already behind you. I mean, once it actually is behind you. Which it won't be for a while, obviously." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sam is in front of us and has already put her rice and black beans in the bowl. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I made it to the meeting spot, Chi-Roy and Miig were already there, each with a wild turkey strung up in the lower branches of a maple. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The man actually had the nerve to be surprised, as if I should know him already. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I assumed that everything that would go wrong in our lives already had. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Deeper shades of rust and red were already hanging there. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He way older than me. Matter of fact, I barely saw him because he had already been drafted into the army. But his mama used to babysit me when I was a little girl.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The two women dropped the sheet disgustedly on the floor and followed the choir, which was already beginning to file through the door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to remind him that Scrappy is in a correctional facility, not a jail, but he and Jackie had already moved on to talking about that Bible Detective game at Sunday school. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I already have the books. I want something more! Something to make this game a little more...exciting.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I already have two—no, wait, three—of them.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve already contacted all the people he advised me to find, to warn them, or for help. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was already dark when she turned in the drive. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to him and saw that his eyes were sightless; already a thin film was overspreading them. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ports of call in Africa and Southeast Asia were already forging his beliefs about racial IQ levels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I swiveled around, angry words already welling on my tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Many times a day he went in and out the castle gate, and he had already made friends with Alan-at-Gate. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The man and lady were already walking towards us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was strange; only a few minutes had passed, but she was already finding it difficult to recall the details of the woman's face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Here was a whole new language, spoken through the skin, and to Lazlo’s amazement he already knew it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

People are already getting their acceptance letters into Prism. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm woke up to it, though, it had already become like a separate river inside the larger one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty unlikely that someone would have read my profile already, but I can’t wait. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Through Joe, I enlisted the efforts of white Communist Party members who had resolved on a course of violence and had already executed acts of sabotage like cutting government telephone and communication lines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach into my pocket and a squadron of birds already flutter at our shoulders. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When they were all mixed together, he slowly added a bowl of eggs he’d already cracked. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

You can get used to anything—haven’t I already said that? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In that case, the universe would already be in a state of complete disorder, so disorder could not increase with time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hot summer day when Popo was already very sick, we stood outside watching a village funeral procession marching by our courtyard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Runners had just returned and entered the mysterious Map Room, clanging the iron door shut; Minho had already gone in earlier. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had about two fish right next to the hole, that he'd already caught. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back, it was already chilly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s already at work, so it’ll be just Pop and me tonight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone turned around to look at the door, curious, as all the regular customers were already there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” I said, but Yakov had already fled into the foliage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I'd already been writing on my own for a while, but this was my first English class since I'd talked my parents into letting me transfer to this co-ed college last fall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Palmer pulled the scarf higher and prayed that Nipper was already home. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

That, combined with the slight rumbling of the car, had already put Frankie to sleep. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Grace and Joaquin already told me that I’m being an idiot. You don’t need to tell me, too, okay?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was hardly morning, but already the room was sweating hot. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

You don’t know that when a memo arrives to confirm the assignment, some deep and unseen fault line in your life has begun to tremble, that some hold is already starting to slip. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We drove away down Seminole, past our neighbors’ houses, already saying farewell to Indian Village. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The five of us were already at the supper table when the Captain got back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had we already passed the critical dimension for our new propellant? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was learning already from the frantic light in her eyes the strain that the city imposed upon its people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the other men hadn’t already left their tents, they would soon enough. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The train seemed to inch its way into the station, and I wanted to scream at the conductor to hurry up already. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She offers me freedom, not realizing that even chained, even facing execution, my soul is already free. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They had already buried Luke in a shallow grave of sand so that only his head stuck out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just hope he hasn’t already taken off for Maine.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Because we refused, duh. He had thirty wives already. Didn’t you know those women were his wives?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We pushed it open and went out to the boat deck, which was already beginning to tilt Everything was bright red, and there were great crackling noises. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already seen about a billion of them and also they turned me into a walrus.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My dad did move out, and now he’s already married again. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Or Jacey Halloran, who had already discovered an uncharted galaxy, but still couldn’t figure out how to open a combination lock. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Mistress Tyler and I are already acquainted,” he acknowledged. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Elizebeth and William first saw the letters, British and American officials already knew the broad outline of the plot, and many Indians who had worked with the Germans had been arrested. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just before the bus pulled away from the curb he turned to Singer and his smile was very bland and remote—as though already they were many miles apart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know until it had already happened. It was his private security detail. I’m so, so sorry. I couldn’t stop it. I wish I could have done something. Anything. But I was too late.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Things had already been hard then, but they had been better. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I check the room again, though I already know it’s empty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now if it was me, I would have already been packed, but he does things at the last minute. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron raised the sword in his shaking hands: The point dangled over the frantically swiveling eyes, and Harry gripped the locket tightly, bracing himself, already imagining blood pouring from the empty windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The door to Mrs. Janssen’s is already ajar, and the secret latch is open, revealing the hiding place from behind the jars of pickles and radishes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I fanned fast so as not to read the words, but they had already brought to mind Great-Granmaw Tweedy, how at her first funeral she sat up in her coffin at the graveyard and screamed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I waded around to the back of the SUV, already wet up to my waist. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m already wearing the sweatpants Mom shortened on the right side. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But Trapper had already marched down the sidelines by then. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had already served a hundred and fifty days, so I thought I could advance the argument that I had done enough time, and was ready to go home. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And he sure lit out the way he’d come when Grandma fired just over his ragged ears, as he’d probably used up eight lives already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the paintings down on a pile of them already resting on the dining room table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Nick would lose it. He’s already losing it. And Garrett too, probably.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time we ran up to it, it was already dead. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The snow in the roadway was already turning to mud, and she slung a pair of snowshoes on her back in case the tracks up the mountain were still deep in snow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My siblings had already instilled the notion of black pride in me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Smoke,” she said, but of course, I already knew. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

August 21 Second Rule Add an s to verbs acted by one person in the present tense, even if there’s already an s sound nearby. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I flattened it out: Ben, I’d love to go to prom with you, but I’m already going with Frank. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ten kids had already made it onto Missy’s back and they were running out of room for the sixteen that remained. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hoover had already assigned White to investigate one of the first law-enforcement corruption cases to be pursued in the wake of Teapot Dome. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Each of the families in Bumblebee was sort of like a piece of a big old quilt—their very own patchwork already woven together. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We were already on the stairs, so nothing more was said. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Again, if you’ve known him for a while, you kind of already knew.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I had more than half convinced myself that you had already left.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I want to warn her, but Glish is already speaking again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is already talk of a breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of human disease. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that those who wished to seek shelter in Cathair have already come; most of the rest refuse to leave their villages.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even though Mina already told me the film was in color, I couldn't imagine how stunning the images would be. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Was he already on his way to Cuzco? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He steps forward and fumbles with a black box on the desk, taking out a syringe with a needle already attached to it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jim and a knot of his pals had already grabbed their sleds and headed to Coalwood central to test the road between the church and the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I already said we would. Quit being a baby. You’re going to have a blast. Now, come give me a hug.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I know she doesn’t have a weapon of her own, because if she did, she’d have already reached for it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

You already know what she was, and how my liaison with her terminated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He tosses it to me like always, but it bumps the one I already have and spills on my tray. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The bleachers had already filled with athletes and their parents. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Feral pushed himself away, already summoning a cloud; he had rehearsed emergency plans in his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We had already concluded that the formation of complex societies is somehow linked to population pressure, so we should now seek a link between population pressure and the outcome of war. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I already know how to write my name!” he pleaded. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Do you know what it feels like when you think you know just where you want to go and maybe you’re already there? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was already past eight o’clock when Dad’s colleagues Uncle Tian and his wife, Aunt Wu, came to visit. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at Matilde’s message, the neat, round letters and numbers that I already know by heart. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We already saw in Chapter 7 that all of these statements also apply to plant domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I already did, I think, but I’m not going to admit to that. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We had already filed for permanent residency through my uncle, but once my grandmother became a green card holder, we decided to see if another application would be a speedier option. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Some prisoners were already awake, their hands and arms wrapped in rags sticking through the bars of the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Arturo cut through them all, cradling Maribel, trying to keep her still, walking quickly toward the truck while I hurried behind them, afraid to look, afraid to know what I already knew. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A moment later he said, “Here’s the priest from Marengo already. He’s early.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She'd already told him that as awesome as last night was—and they both agreed it was awesome—she couldn't risk sneaking out again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But when he reached the top of the stairs, panting heavily, Scipio was already leaping down the last steps. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she did so, the man in the derby hat was already pushing his money onto the counter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she stepped outside, the afternoon air was warm and muggy, already like summer. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I ask smartly, “So. Sold many already? You had a run on them yet?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Citra arrived on the main floor ready to assess the contents of the pantry and refrigerator, but to her surprise she found the dinner table set for two, and steaming plates of food already there. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Blood was pulsing strongly from the stumps where his fingers had been, and his jeans and shoes were sodden already. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have only been an Elder-in-Training for five years now, but I am already learning..He paused. “Ever so much,” he finished in a hollow voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instantly sorry, I reached out for him, but he was already running toward the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve already decided on the pattern: a Double Wedding Ring, a series of interlocking circles made up of small rectangles of fabric. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"You keep telling me I'm doing things you already tried, but unless you already found her, I need to see everything with my own eyes. Now, take me to the back door." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That the Spanish influenza had already sunk its fangs into Boston. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Only three hours in Black Swan Green”—Hugo did a funny stagger of amazement—“and I'm being discussed already?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A few cars were already lined up on both sides of Jefferson Place, Radar’s street. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“All the guys’ names are already in, including yours,” she says to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She hung up and sat in the silence again, the temporary lightness she’d felt from the conversation already receding. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But this year, Deydey had already made a trip to the end of the island and raided the cache. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’d already stripped him out of the blankets and now he unzipped him out of his coat and then out of his clothes and moved him away from the fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, there was already a decent amount of wood chopped and stacked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He picked up a tiny hammer and began to reshape a golden wing tip which seemed to the boy already perfect. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The woman had already proven that she could see through any lie Citra put forth, so best not to be in a position where Citra would have to lie. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That had already started — El Diario was about the only newspaper still covering the murder investigation. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The Apollo missions have already descended close to the moon’s surface. And you two have already succeeded.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I lunged for the nightstand to check for spare change, but the Iris-message had already blinked out, and the room went dark again. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Miles had already devoured half his french fries—the kid could definitely eat when he had food in front of him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s dusk and we’ve called them in twice already,” Number Two told him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the northernmost realms of Prydain many trees were already leafless, and among the branches clung the ragged shapes of empty nests. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the others had made it halfway up the hill to the stretch of path nearest the drapeweed patch, Kate had already reached the hilltop well above them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So potent was an opinion already decided, making authority prevail unsupported by reason. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just trust me on this one. I’ve already plugged in the destination.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was already trying to climb up the shelves toward the lever. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mother was on the porch already, calling, as Marly ran back again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie had already come to realize that everyone else in the house was a suspect. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that can help, but I just shake my head, feeling weak that people I haven’t even fought yet already haunt me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy hasn’t been gone one day and already I don’t care much for being alone. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“They’re killing it right now? I thought it would be dead already.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Does that work? You’re attractive! Did I say that already? I said it the other day, right?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I am surprised they don’t know it already. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

By the time I woke, Dad had already used the tractor to drag the deer into the garage. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was cold in the graveyard, cold and dark, and the stars were already out. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“We have already tried. But go ahead. The blue helmets will take care of you.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s already starting with the big vocabulary words,” I heard Molly whisper to Claire. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Somebody in Sweden already had an eye on him. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Not when he told me he felt like he already knew me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Our first game was at home against Regis and when we got out onto the floor they were already warming up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Getting the flu on top of whatever she already had was not good for poor Annie. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much already covers this vast Ohio ground. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

"You, Sikander, aren't a god, but you have the benefit of being more or less immortal, so the sea's properties won't affect you. And Mo's already dead. The worst is over for him." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s enough out of both of you! Look at my ceiling. Blue paint is no good inside a place. If something gets in here with one of us, it’s already too late.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d already been chosen to be remade for this strange, other world. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We aimed to take home gold, and we thought “the Final Five” would sound better if we had already won the biggest medal of our careers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Obviously, there’s no need to call me when Oskar doesn't come to his lessons, because I already know, because this was my decision. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

People said that he had come, already named, as a new one some years before, and had brought with him what he knew about trading from the place he had left. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The girl had already thrown open the door and rushed in. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘He is bold and cunning. Even now he plays a game with peril and wins a throw. Hours of my precious time he has wasted already. Down, snake!’ he said suddenly in a terrible voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I arrive hundreds of people are already there, standing around the prisoner. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many have roofs of tejas, some already slid off to the ground, leaving gaps. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suspecting or already knowing who the two strangers were, Mrs. Quesenberry decided that this was too big a job to handle by herself. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the cargo plane was already in motion, rolling slowly away from its chocks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, an already suitable world would be found and colonized. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forest was already thickening, he knew, whatever that meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

My fingertips are already beginning to blister with clutching the rock. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When he comes to school age, the magnificent buildings are already there to receive him; the ample staff of teachers welcomes him with open arms. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing? Mom and I have been waiting outside for like ten minutes. Come on already!” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had been right once already when she told him to leave the springs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She says she’s used up most of her blue already, and has to mix in other colors to make it last. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three planes had landed and it amazed Richard how quickly some lorries, without headlights, had already driven up to them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They might already be captured, or eating at the snack bar, completely unaware that we were being surrounded. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It is not terribly late, the night is fairly young in circus terms, but the silence is already heavy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My brother Philbert, who had already become a pretty good boxer in school, was no exception. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was already in bed—after dinner had become my bedtime for the moment- propped up with a gajillion pillows and also Bluie, with my computer on my lap. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The kettle was already steaming, but the teapot was empty except for the dregs of the last batch. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had already established ANC offices in Ghana, England, Egypt, and Tanganyika, and had made valuable contacts for us in many other countries. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clamp my mouth shut, but too late; the words are already out. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

As I’ve already mentioned, my first lesson involved a handful of iron drabs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had hardly turned around before Gregor had already dragged himself out from the couch, stretched out, and let his body expand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip Daddy’s notebook in my hand, and I already know I’m not letting go of it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A few visitors were already at tables, sitting across from inmates—men in orange jumpsuits. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of ships here already, and tens of thousands of soldiers. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s already warned me about how sorry I’ll be if Wexford-Smythe University pulls out of here because they don’t like having fertilizer dumped in their mail slot. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wish my voice would stop cracking and change already. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Another column of soldiers had ridden in to join those already on the hill. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Well, maybe. This guy Ismael in my class is my friend already. I might have more than that. Don’t you?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Mr. Lias would go on telling about his wife then, but his tongue had already burned out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Serena, who was already in Boston, met Farmer and rushed the samples to the oncologist at Mass General. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In the bedroom, most of my clothes were in the bag already. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A patchy spot of blood had already seeped through the white material. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bunny was already there and was smoking a cigarette. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wish it would just be over already. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He may already understand we will wait for him across the world. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After what happened back in Stockton it’s like I’m already dead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I count about one hundred and thirty men, Lawrence. Forty to fifty already dead, about ninety wounded. Lot of boys walking around with minor stuff, one hundred thirty for the hospital.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They put all the sprinkles on one side of my cone. But I can’t go up and demand more because they’ll say I already licked it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe that poacher had even already been in one of her classes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The boy started to raise his hands, but the man was already reaching over the stove, snapping handcuffs on the outstretched wrists of his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being from District 4, he was a Career, so the odds were already in his favor, but what no trainer could claim to have given him was his extraordinary beauty. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's been a week since they were born and they already look like three-year-olds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The crow flew up ahead, as though he already knew where they were going. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

To be sure, it is hidden away in bone and conducts internal affairs in secrecy, but virtually all the business is the direct result of thinking that has already occurred in other minds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

An important shipment of plants from California failed to arrive, worsening an already critical shortage of all plants. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The dark streets were already flooded with thousands of excited people, who, like Melita, were turning out to watch the victory parade in honor of Adolf Hitler. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She assumed Agha would say, “No no. That’s impossible. You already had a daughter. Of course it’s me.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Turner had already talked the corporals out of leaving theirs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s hardly September but the fall drenches have already begun. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had to raise his voice for the last part; I was already marching to the front door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing my face was numb from the cold already or I might have froze to death. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

High John had done enough of that already. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I already did. I talked with his mom about it this afternoon. I figured it would be good to have some friends there for moral support.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought he was going to vomit, and realized to his horror he had already done so. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Racks of fruits and vegetables had been set out in front of small grocery stores, further blocking the already crowded sidewalks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It made Ivy so mad that June didn’t already know. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘Then you knew of the Riders already — before I met them?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Half of our family had already moved to the east coast, where jobs had opened up for them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merry was already squeezing two of my fingers tight in her tiny fist. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, they already knew that he would never be the same. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the storm clouds were already brewing in the Middle East, and I will always remember what Van Riper said. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We were literally only a few hours into middle school, but people had already started calling him the Zombie Kid and Freak. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat and the raft had already separated as far as the rope would go, about forty feet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny hands me the one he's already started in on, and then I make my way up close to the stage without Tiny and without Gary and without Possibly Gay Jane. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were already there, and their mounts were tied in the shelter beside the hall. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I already drew you,” she said out loud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I went to get her, but Sister Pat was already walking out. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

To listen and watch, to wake up and try to understand what has already happened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He who had left them quick, in the prime of his manhood, author of their own fire and illumination, returned to them cold, already a bronzed statue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already signed one for him,” Alex offers up, while Henry’s ears turn from red to an alarming shade of purple. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They seem to me to rely too much on forms of life we already know. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the sleeping cars, however, where the porter was already making up some of the berths, there was trouble. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, there’s these already that look like shaving cream . The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, because he was repeating what I had already heard him say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I made it to my car after school, Daisy was already in the passenger seat. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A movement of his hand had already erased the picture of the castle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you already knew this, but my mom’s a pretty big alcoholic?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the photograph he was only sixteen years old, but he already looked wrathful and fierce. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Tell her my teeth are just fine. Tell her, why would a wolf need teeth she already has?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be Mary, Queen of Scots, headless already. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out for Taisin’s hand, but she had already turned away to finish the ritual. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for nothing!” he shouted after her, but she was already gone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was the girl who was already taller than all of the boys in the class. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Dede admits it out loud: “When it was already too late.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, her gaze straying to the four sealed letters she’d already prepared: one for each of the Masters, to inform them of the events of the previous night, and of her failure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The day was already hinting it would be turning off the lights soon, and the fire was reflecting across the smooth ice. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And there are only two people I haven’t already drawn: Jason and his mother. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But someone had already arrived, and Dorian clenched his jaw tight enough for it to hurt as she smiled and bowed to Chaol. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I have already found my treasure. I have a camel, I have my money from the crystal shop, and I have fifty gold pieces. In my own country, I would be a rich man.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest was full of deer, and I already had drawn plans on a piece of birch bark for deadfalls, pit traps, and snares. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps they were already so much frightened that they would not fight at all? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was already enough that I didn’t want to be thinking about. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Revere was then already involved with libertarianism, a cause which Copley himself did not share. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could wake him, but already the sky outside is brightening, and she dreads the thought of saying goodbye. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Posses had called on Fletcher’s house twice already to spread the word and sneak a glance at the shadows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And she must’ve already seen my head getting pointed in that direction, because she reached through the bars and touched my arm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He took up a paddle, and steered towards the western bank, following Aragorn’s boat ahead, which had already moved out of the middle stream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My father is passing out Pall Mall cigarettes, with one already dangling from his lips. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel as dizzy as I did a moment ago; the serum is already wearing off. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I says whatever claim you believe she has on you has already been discharged; I says from now on you have only yourself to blame because you know what any sensible person would do. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, even though I already know the answer to my question. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Back on the farm, her life stretches ahead to the flat horizon line, already populated with the only characters she’ll ever know. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let this make your head big. It’s big enough already.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I already knew most of what she was teaching, and glanced over my shoulder at Marcus out of boredom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to approach home plate, but then I realized, as he took his stance, that he was already there — farther from the pitcher’s mound than I would have thought possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn't know when I would be back, but as we went over the rise and headed down, I was already missing them and the farm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody enjoyed themselves to the highest and then finally the mule was left to the already impatient buzzards. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He already had prepared two big slabs of skillet bread—just flour mixed with water. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I want you to promise—” she begins, but I’m already at the window, sweeping the curtains aside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not aware of any new clues. Just the ones he’s already handed out.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’s kidding, because the Parks already refuse to take any money from us, no matter how hard we or our parents try to pay for meals when we come in. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Moreover, vast tracts in the West had already been promised to the Indians, whose response to a population of black neighbors was likely to prove uncharitable in the extreme. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But he’s no planet, just the final fading light of an already dead star. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to his house, he’s already waiting outside his door, his backpack on. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The warm-up band, Queens of the Stone Age, already had the crowd jumping by the time Fang and I shoved our way to the periphery of the mosh pit. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I already have a house of my own.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Back home in Seattle, they were already full-blown superstars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The local news isn’t on yet. I’m watching CNN. They just showed London. The rally is already over there, but it looked huge.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caruthers had shown her true nature early, and so, even if Ophie was nervous, it was something of a relief to know already what sort of creature she was dealing with. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"I already know how to drive a stick." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“We already talked about this, me and Beatrice. We want to help you save the owls. Seriously, we’re locked and loaded.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan had, in fact, tried to find her, but by the time Citra entered the rotunda, Rowan had already been set upon by unexpected admirers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m trying really hard not to think about what I’m about to do, so can we go already?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He already had wrenches, but that was the only thing he would have found useful. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He assumed that he had a finite reserve of tears that he had already exhausted for the day. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The sentry by this time had realized what was happening, and was trying to gather his wits, but Iorek Byrnison was already turning a corner near the harbor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” I say, “I think I can’t miss Lucy any more than I already do, but then something like dress shopping comes up, and I remember all the things she won’t be here to see.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She already must have been hurting to let us see for certain that she could not talk back to that white woman and felt compelled to stuff us in a pantry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But because the act had already been performed the courts held that the petition for an injunction was “moot.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sabatini: Tyrone was always running away, and we would take him home in the morning, clean him up, and get him ready for school— ’cause his mom had already gone to work. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also like Jack, he had already been in a series of camps. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Magnetic trains were already moving as efficiently as they could. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had already lowered himself into the chair at Teddy’s right. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The more that you rush, the more you are going to have to end up going back and repeating what you’ve already done. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a member of the relief committee, my father was already there and would be going back and forth for a long time, I supposed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He guessed that a lot of it had already drained down into the ship from other points. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had already been sulking over her lemon peels. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In some areas of Egypt, flies had already become resistant to DDT by 1948; BHC was substituted but was effective for less than a year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Caroline is already marrying a nice man,” I said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It's only been three months and I already look the part of farmer in overalls and clodhoppers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There he found the remaining strength of his people already assembled; for as soon as his coming was known captains rode to meet him at the ford, bearing messages from Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was already accepted into the School of Engineering at FSU. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of the truck August had gallons of sugar water already made up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilar suggests they go to an exhibit at the Frick Museum, so Lourdes wriggles into her Chanel suit, the gold-coin buttons already straining across her middle, and they take the subway to Manhattan. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The telescope addressed directly issues that were already under discussion; the microscope opened up new lines of enquiry whose relevance to current concerns was not obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“That was very good! One lesson, and you’re already putting me to shame!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Av’s zoologist brother Murdoch had already come, and he enjoyed cornering people to talk about how cells divide. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His farm lay in the river plain and was already alive with shoots of new corn. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But too late; he had already told her, and he could see by her face, by the flicker of sudden aversion, that she knew. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The first was that I’ve already told you that the area is secure and the second is a question. Are you saying that the First Cav are better soldiers than we are?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

An extraordinary assortment of people had already settled into half of the chairs; shabby and smart, old and young. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I laugh and glance at Emery, but Gemma's attention has already moved on to someone else. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kelvin and Dylan have already turned off their lantern. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Warden had tried unsuccessfully to jam Ginny’s washing machine into the already crowded bus. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Kamau was already shaking his head, a renewed grin tugging at the corners of his mouth even as he tried to look serious. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I regret it already, but there's no turning back now. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So they already knew each other and sat together, but then I kept seeing them touching each other and laughing at all these inside jokes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to see what he knew he'd already seen. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the streets the first shops were already opening although the sky was still pitch black. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the window was a table with an evening meal already laid out for him: ham, cheese, salad. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually the water gets cold, and since Eve already ignored both Zack’s and Beth’s knocks, I reluctantly drain the water and towel off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It's 3:25, and my dad could already be on his way home from work. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the lecture was on cellular anatomy, something I’d already studied. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how any of those people in line will get in—this place is already super packed. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of people have already seen you. The damage is done. You might as well stay and enjoy the movie.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet was already awake, staring at my boots. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pass the sign for AIT Training and Technology and see it up ahead at the end of the road, which is already here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you realize how guilty I feel already, Mom? It’s not like I meant for all of this to happen.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I pray you, be seated and sup how you please. You will, I trust, excuse me that I do not join you; but I have dined already, and I do not sup.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was determined that we would not give in, and we did not, for we were already at the cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m already dead, she told herself, as calm as the skeleton dog. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After a moment, I say, "Do I really need to tell you? Or do you already know that, too?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The curtain has already risen on Our American Cousin. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Scipio was already running down the dark corridor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Ravenclaw team, dressed in blue, were already standing in the middle of the field. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It is now definitely cancer, she is already in the hospital and will be operated on shortly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she still has a dissertation to write, still has an adviser to monitor her progress, she feels unmoored already, somehow beyond the world that has defined and structured and limited her for so long. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, hold out my arm and give him two fingers but he’s already disappearing behind big clouds of smoke. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the age of three, Hugh was already carrying a diplomatic passport. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Traffic could go only one way, and no one was allowed to make a U-turn, so even those cars that had already picked up their riders were stuck, waiting for the buses to load. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Christian had already been there for months, weighing only about twenty-two pounds, his lungs filled with TB bacilli and an oxygen mask continually strapped over his mouth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The moment its bottom touches the edge, I can already see the worst-case scenario playing in my head, but it isn’t until he lets go of the Comet that my worst fear materializes into reality. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Here they decided to rest and pass the day, which already promised to be bright and warm. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Were not he and the animals already well known to one another? The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I thought I could tell from his manner that he was already mentally exchanging his train reservations for Rhode Island from a compartment to a lower berth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Livingston may not have recognized that the Rad Lab already had acquired unique prestige at the moment that he challenged Lawrence for credit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But the man had already reached the dark stairway to the subway. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When so much had already changed, and then changed again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, no, my duck. We already have so many—too many, in fact. And some of them famous weapons of mighty warriors.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth grade’s violin performance had only just started, and already Alice was squirming in her seat next to me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The barn was already engulfed in flames, so Patrick and a group of neighbors began pouring water on the cottage. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’d had to tell him to shut up about it several times already because for some reason he always felt comfortable sharing these details with me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Darius touches my arm, and he already has a card in his hand to pay for the food. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If so, I already knew who I’d choose if she said it was her or my dog. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her competition was already back in their seats, writing definitions for words like gesture and narrator. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Are they getting ready for the harvest festival up that way, or have I already missed it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I been down there almost a month already. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My two sisters were already in their teens and had the job of being young ladies. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, if I’m already in trouble, I might as well give you a freebie.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I'm already going to have to die a month sooner than I planned, with the food this week.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that the world was about to blow apart, if it hadn’t already, and suddenly nothing else mattered but getting home. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“But we already have what we want from you, and we have other agreements to honor. Minos required something else from us, in order to turn over this fine young demigod.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the end of the meeting, design tasks were already being parceled out. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Benji had already asked him three times if he was okay, and Felix had insisted—three times—that he was fine. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down about fifteen minutes earlier, and since the lights were always turned off at exactly eight o’clock, most girls were already in their assigned beds, chatting until total darkness set in. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He’s your captain. Anything worth knowing you already must know.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I already had quite a few things packed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was already near as big as his father. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they hit the snow that had already fallen, they froze into a thin crust and coated everything in sight. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kyle had already scribbled out the answer on a scrap of paper: “Go to Liberty.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She straightens the already perfectly straight stack of drawings. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll promise to be honest, and to work hard, and to listen to what everyone has to say,” she lists, as if she’s already thought about her answer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She already knew what they’d say about that: “We have plenty of time left in San Francisco.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He and Ron went down to breakfast to find Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny already sitting at the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I say, but he’s already stepped into the darkness. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As a Roman emperor’s daughter she already had some duties, but they were not of a kind to alleviate the boredom she felt in doing them or in looking ahead to doing them again tomorrow. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Already the virus seemed to be petering out, and most of the people who were going to die were already dead, the virus having echoed so swiftly through Bumba. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I slapped my own hand over the scar—an added layer of protection on top of the hair that already covered the cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He smiles like he already knows the answer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“We must stay to watch the corruption. It’s already beginning to set in.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that book, Mo. But Mo had already picked up another book: Tales From the Thousand and One Nights. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ivy looked at the paintings of flowers and mountain scenes already hanging on the walls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What?” breathed the commander, terribly afraid that he already knew. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

All their college applications had been sent in, and many had already been admitted to schools. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The cook was already aboard, as was the sailor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was already climbing up on the chair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had already done a series of calculations, and if her parents had agreed to contribute at all she would have been taken aback. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In every corner of the city people looked into the faces of shopkeepers, cab drivers, waiters and bellboys to see whether the news already had come and whether it was good or bad. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The dancers all slid closer, most of them already swing dancing to the tune. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think that Mother said I was too young and Grandmother shouted that she had already lost a husband to the demons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the curtain aside to find that he’s already there in his window, staring right at me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or like he already knew, and he’s just waiting for me to finish. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He wondered if the world at large could already see what he was seeing, a disaster mythical in scale and severity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Hazel Levesque,” he said, “you cost me dearly! If not for you, I would have risen decades ago, and this world would already be Gaea’s. But no matter!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he gets back to their room, Henry’s already in his bunk and silent, his back turned. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were already running around, pushing each other into the slush. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t know that I’m already asking for the moon by demanding they spare Peeta’s life. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“There are women already mourning in the house,” Ultima said and gathered her shawl around her head, “get rid of them.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made their way up its winding path, and even from there he could already discern the temple itself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He’s showered and already dressed in his Bermuda shorts and a T-shirt that matches mine. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The newspapers were already revving up for the coming baseball season. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” he continues, “I’ve already eaten you out of house and home. I don’t want to use up all of your guys’ water, too.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I ripped off a chunk of my tie-dyed T-shirt, which was already falling apart from all the bum marks, and used it to pick the eyeball off the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You three shouldn't even be up here, and I've indulged you already too long." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The corner of sky in her window was already white. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Sheriff Freas was informed about Anna’s murder, he was already preoccupied with Whitehorn’s slaying, and he initially sent one of his deputies to collect evidence. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s late afternoon and I’m already halfway done when Epsilon-5 returns. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pippin marvelled at his strength, seeing the passage that he had already forced with no other tool than his great limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were savoring the bitterness of a parting that they could already sense but could still confuse with a reconciliation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had already left for the day. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The black community wanted the public housing units built in a different location, and virtually anywhere outside of the already overwhelmingly black section of Durham would have pleased them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie was painfully aware of their eyes upon him—he already felt conspicuous. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’re the deep color of raw meat, and blisters are already bubbling. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray was already sitting out on his stoop reading the paper. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was already becoming class conscious, aware of appearances and decorum. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I already got the notification from Stella’s app and moved from the desk over to my bed, where the IV rack is, waiting for her arrival. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson had already latched on to it with vigor. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Don't they already have it as light as it can be?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother did not let it be known that she had already had two children and that some of these girls were young enough to be her daughters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My maiden voyage had already presented its challenges. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was already dissipating into a fine mist of sparkles. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I tell her, “I’m already past the time I should have left.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was already a line for new student identification cards for students who had been unable to get them at the end of school last year or had lost them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That we would be so easy to kill was the only reason we weren’t dead already; like a gourmand about to enjoy a fine meal, there was no reason to rush things. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Upon being informed that the bomb would be much larger than any ever built, the president barked: “Absolutely not! They are already too big!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had already turned back to his papers, so I left. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hank ignored my sister and me and picked up my brother and was already running through the hospital doors as Lynn and I stepped down from the truck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Bomb has better sense than we do, she’s already gone to ground.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is not their way to protest what they already know. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the embankment, Ross Wilcox’d already got to his feet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her parents had been in an assisted-living home for some time by then, and the house she had grown up in had already been sold. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet, already in prehistoric times, food production became established in many other regions besides those few areas of origins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about following her again, questioning her until she admitted that something was going on, that she needed help, but I already knew. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But since the tide was high and the biggest waves were already lapping at the fish, there was no time to lose. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari was supposed to be there already, and the minutes kept ticking by, and fluttery panic bloomed in my chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve already told you. I need to buy my sheep back, so I have to earn the money to do so.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the other kids caught up with her, the locks were already disengaging. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The nightly crying had already started, and everyone was too lost in their own memories to pay attention to me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The man limped about to gather the few items they’d started to unpack, already guessing Isaac would extend the inevitable invitation. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“They’ll blame computer games and the Net. Life for geeks like me who are still in high school will be hell. ... It probably already is.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not yet forty, and already there were legends about him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The medic was already putting in the IV We hadn’t seen. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chandresh asks, but Poppet and Widget and the orange kittens have already run off down the hall, lost in the colorful crowd. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I look on in fascination as he weaves my data into what we already have of Ren’s, an algorithm right before my eyes, fashioning it into the equivalent of a noose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By that time, Charlie refused to take them down because it was already closer to next Christmas than it was from last. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After all, the man they always expected was already there, the car parked in back where it couldn’t be seen from the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie and Oliver were already there, and Oliver mumbled something with a mouth full of frothy toothpaste. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I still have work to do; it’s already three o’clock. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I ain’t even got the job yet, and I’m already looking over at the sink for a sponge. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Some were already walking, wobbly on their unsteady legs; others were no more than a few days old, wrapped in blankets, held by their Nurturers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I miss everyone already,” I say, fumbling with the buckle on my seat belt. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mate and Leandro had already had two different addresses in a year of marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d already found a plastic box of butane lighters and he lit the lamp with one of them and adjusted the flame and hung it back up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But a one was just a straight line, anyway, kind of long and flat already. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He slashed the monster to dust, but the damage was already done. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was tremendous media interest about Skylab falling to Earth, certainly enough to capture the attention of a boy who was about to turn seven and had already started dreaming about the stars. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Derrick was already jumping the last foot to the ground, and those who had attacked from trees were walking cautiously towards the road. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Angel’s already there, and she turns away when she sees me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I already saw the damage I did when he walked in—one eye shut, a cut on his lip, spots of dried blood on his swollen forehead. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I already did. The waitress was wrong, or else, that was the big storm last night.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If only he could be persuaded to drop it here and now, there would be no harm done—unless, indeed, he had already said anything to Pipkin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd already cut some of the photos, leaving room for the digital images to slip in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that you already know this. You asked me to lie for you back there.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The apple rolls in the dirt, but I can already feel it working on me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She learns everything I teach her as if she already knows it, said the mother, but this knowledge does not really enter her soul. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we arrive at the rendezvous area on the roadside, about thirty people have already gathered there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her map and she could see in her mind’s eye the route that she should travel, but she had already lost her way. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I know You already know all of this, but I just wanted to ask if You’d look out for my partner, and help him find peace. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earthquake had already done half the work for him, proving the automobile’s superiority to the horse in utility. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can say anything she’s gone, leaving me standing there by myself, already missing her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jaws were scissoring mechanically on the already mushy sweet potatoes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had already taken a course in botany and done very well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I decided not to mention it; he was looking a little sad and uneasy, and I didn’t want to make him any more uncomfortable than he already was. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first century of the Fourth Age there were already to be found in the Shire several libraries that contained many historical books and records. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Humbug made no reply, for he was already too busy eating, and in a moment the three of them had finished absolutely everything they’d been given. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were already resigned to the fact that she would skunk us all once again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, the sun has already set and is beginning to rise again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She heard a splash in the water and when she reached the bank Harry was already swimming. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As if standing on your porch with a scythe and her apprentice wasn’t awkward enough already. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You done helped me to steal enough from the folks you worked for to put you in jail already.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d lived in South Shore for ten years already and would end up staying another forty. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By the time the Capitol’s antiaircraft weapons begin to fire, it’s already too late. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We had already kind of drifted apart, I guess. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I said to myself that I would not cry no matter what because I didn’t want to make Sam feel any more panicked than she already was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sentinels allowed him to go; they had already heard about the sorcerer who could turn himself into the wind, and they didn’t want to go near him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think I've misjudged the time and the day is already over, but when I peek into one classroom, there are students; they're just so few in number. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Buses were already chugging down Broadway as the sun rose in the east. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To build a tower would be to follow Eiffel into territory he already had conquered for France. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A yellow veil framed her face, and her hands were already covered with henna patterns. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was already wearing the handsome new outfit purchased for me by my guardian. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But many had already fallen, struck down by bullets and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were already drunk from the book party, lazily sipping their beers, their cold cups of jasmine tea. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ray should be in pre-K or something. He doesn’t say much, but he understands a lot. He already knows his numbers and colors.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Only sixteen and she already has a baby. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I ran through the streets until I finally made it to the park, where everyone was already warming up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was fun to imagine those things because I already knew who I was. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And it’s fascinating to learn about his game and everything you’ve figured out already. I’m glad you shared it with me, but that doesn’t change the fact that we need to return this book.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Why was I putting myself through this, when I already knew the outcome? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I already have your number,” I say. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He would’ve left already if it hadn’t been for the third condition. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When they finished, she placed a phone call to activate a network of distributors already in place. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She looked in all directions, but her cousin had already vanished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it humanizes them—which is ironic, because they’re already human.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the Gryffindor team were already in the changing room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The director applauded what PIH was doing, but the foundation had already committed $13 million to pilot projects throughout Russia, where TB was deemed to be a more serious problem than in Lima. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The closet is already filled with an assortment of clothes, every single one of them a high-end brand. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Newt nodded, already on the move toward a small tool shed used for the Gardens; he’d clearly been waiting for the order. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lean over to that old lady and tell her that I was sorry for the stench and that I hoped it didn’t cause her more grief than she was already feeling. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That was amazing,” Viola says quietly, cuz the song is already starting to disappear. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Saturday, and watch your tongue, young man, she says—I already told you, it’s Friday. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was an ugly dog, but already, I loved him with all my heart. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because I already saw these were completely safe, she thought but did not say. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I ran to the shed’s door and peered after him, but he was already out of sight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But I thought he already didn’t believe that stuff,” my mother said, turning to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Plus, I was already starting to feel a twinge of guilt for the way I was about to take a lot of Tina’s free time away from Connie. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rabble had already been roused before she got there,” Gherland sputtered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I look out the window and we’re already on the runway. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already been turned away by the upper-class ones, but there were many respectable places left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I could see already that I wouldn’t have liked her, nor she me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s an expression, deja vu, that means that you feel like you’ve been somewhere before, that you’ve somehow already dreamed it or experienced it in your mind. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She was sitting to tug her gum boots on now, and she was already wearing men’s pants under apron and dress. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A group of kids—the other Sunshine Buddies, I guess—has already gathered around Miss McDaniels’s desk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I refused to believe that my fate was already written for me, even before the Day of Atonement. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even though Lorena is right, I already know I’m not going to listen to her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I already know better than to ask Daddy for money for pads. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘Let us drive through such foes as are already between us and the fastness. There are caves in Helm’s Deep where hundreds may lie hid; and secret ways lead thence up on to the hills.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We have a fair amount of information about this creature already—not enough to understand him, of course, but enough to inform us that he means something, perhaps a great deal. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as any other profession, aeronautical engineering embodied the restlessness and technological progress that characterized what was already being dubbed the American Century. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I was born from stone, just as Mithras was! Therefore, I have already passed your ordeal!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he got there, the line had already curved around Amsterdam, but it was nowhere near as long as it had been the week before. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The already narrow hallway now became even narrower. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But I’ve already missed way too much school, so I tough it out, convincing myself that it’s important to stay. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I could tell by his face that he had already been told the basic facts. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a little sick of this whole thing already. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see you begging every day....You know I have spent more than I ought already.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias was already counting the florin spikes that were driven into the door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sun was slowly rising but had already begun casting shadows on the huts and houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But she must already have made some impression on me, because I remember carrying on busily with whatever I was doing in the sand, absolutely dreading the idea of her turning her gaze on me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been back from London a day, and already the glow of possibility that came after she saw the Kensington gynecologist was dulled. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But maybe it could help others. If they don’t already have a treatment ...” Alec gave him a doubtful look. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I already told him that part,” my mom said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I already told them everything I felt like telling them.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I remember how those police were in here, acting like they already knew what had happened, waiting for me to come around and agree. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t keep taking him home forever. My spouse is already somewhat annoyed about it. The children enjoy him, though. He's been sleeping in my sons room. He seems to do well there. But...” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Although it had been only about ten days since the two women were murdered in Shenandoah National Park, there was already a small poster appealing for information. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas had already stopped moving, felt an icy chill. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Aliya goes to get me a plate of food, but I’m already opening the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It only takes Kayla saying, “This already smells divine, Mrs. Jackson,” and Grandma’s head practically doubles in size. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Do you not see that your conspiracy is already arrested and rendered powerless by the knowledge which everyone here possesses of it? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’d already heard from Pa that she was ill, but I didn’t know that it was as bad as you said. Write to me about this soon, if you will.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Justice said that he had already explained that the regent had posted it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Klaxons were blaring throughout the building, and the thousands of NPC guards stationed on the floors below were probably already on their way up here to find me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He amused himself thinking about the things that he could have done in other times with that rain which had already lasted a year. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The drawing room had been prepared for the interview as if it were a stage set, with two chairs drawn near each other and a tea tray already in place on the sideboard. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then, just because the day hadn’t been weird enough already, the old lady began to glow and change form. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He thinks he already knew this about Henry, somehow, but it’s still kind of disarming. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The men already knew each other from Farmer’s work in the central plateau, and their friendship only strengthened after they met again at St. Jean Bosco. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

By the time we reached the auditorium, everyone else was already seated. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

These things I know already, yet hearing them from colored mouths, it is as if I am hearing them for the first time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, and he looked around the table, already jovial again, but rather watchful now, too, of him—and he wondered who, of all these, would sit in glory at the right hand of the Father? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There is a monster in the room already. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I thought we were already making moments, but why not.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I understand that if Thresh wins, he'll have to go back and face a district that has already broken all the rules to thank me, and he is breaking the rules to thank me, too. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It will be harder for him to refuse if I hand him something already finished, "Nothing special," I say. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alexa says that she’s not going to try out either, but only because she already plays on a travel league that takes her all the way to Orlando and Tallahassee for tournaments. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Another gray morning was already dawning when the children left Ida Spavento's house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, black women were still prevented from voting in many states because of white supremacist laws already in place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Thus the students already at risk, already suffering, have become suspects, linked in various thoughtless ways to mass murder and—consequently—more alienated than before. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he’s already snoring, so I’m on my own. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But I’d been waiting my entire life for a chance to go to the Olympics, and just like that, the experience was already behind me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re already working so hard to pay back the doctor,” Ma said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Elliot has already declared this a bust,” Mr. Jacobs insisted to the cop, still out of breath. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I go to her bedroom fast as I can, but Mister Leefolt’s already there, watching at the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At the time of Hawaii’s “discovery” by Europeans in 1778, political unification had already taken place within each Hawaiian island, and some political fusion between islands had begun. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Marie is already tossing toppings from the translucent containers into the trash, counting receipts, and double-checking them on the computer. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The flares were kept where the aircrew could reach them, and their explosions told Larisa that the flames had already reached the cockpits of the burning Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t finished our discussion from Rios. And you’re driving me insane. It’s going to be hard to stop if we keep going. I mean, it’s already hard.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I’m feeling better already. I’ll call you when I get home.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to be brave, but Mama, maybe I already am. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Belligerent student protests were firing up the already hostile attitude inside the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thought that took hold was that I had already died. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

After looking at the bite and seeing that the bleeding had already stopped, she asked, “How was making out with my leg?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m arching off the couch to get closer to him than I already am. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tally had already noticed how much everyone had consumed for lunch. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve read your file so many times on so many different networks that I feel like we’ve already met. There are so many people out there looking for you right now.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The women were cooking and I could smell onions frying already, could hear the phht-phht of a pressure cooker, music, laughter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch I found Kilvin had already sold half my emitters. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I felt myself relax, and I realized I was already having fun. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His hair was already shaved to the skull. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was already riding the elevator down to my hangar and shouting at Max to prep the Vonnegut for takeoff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When we got back to the main camp of the Tang people, we found most of the tents already struck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found Mabel and joined her on a blanket just in time to hear the punch line of a joke I already knew. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I already think I'm going to want to remember this.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And today she was reviewing a bunch of verbs I’d already memorized, so I found my attention drifting almost immediately. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But a great many of the signatures of the book are already printed.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened Popo’s mouth, already too tight from trying to keep her spirit in. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who had them never left, or when they did they would pass the job on to another family member who was already waiting on line. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

With men being absorbed into the military services, with women already in demand by eager employers, the labor market was as exhausted as the war workers themselves. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sky lizards are already scurrying into holes inside the trunks, guided by some instinct they’ve known from a millennium of eight-hour wind cycles. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were thinking the same thing: My mother was already pregnant. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m already getting replies,” Hayley said, and she turned her screen so that Moss could see the notifications coming through. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ask, surprised that I don’t already know this about her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I need to tell you one last thing before I go. Something I didn’t figure out for myself until it was already too late.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z