The Plymouth was always easy to find in supermarket parking lots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The pleasant feeling of vast superiority, the easy success with women—” “Monster!” he howled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy for Mrs. Danvers to open those doors softly and close them again, and then steal quietly across the shrouded room and look down upon me from behind the drawn curtains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” she said, “if you wrap the wool around your fourth finger like this, it’s easier to control the tension, and the stitches stay even.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“She said you’re supposed to take it easy and remember things in your own time. All the aunties know,” says Mirren. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

If the bribe had been anything but a magic square math book, it would have been so easy to refuse. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where is the easy land of ice-cream cones and new Keds sneakers and We Like Ike, the country where I thought I knew the rules. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth was crying, but crying mad, so I easied down some. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I shrugged because it was easier to go with him than to continue arguing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to say it’s unfair, but that’s not enough for me; I’d really like to know the reason for this great injustice! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He began rubbing it back and forth across the stone with easy, practiced movements. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t, she added, “Killing yourself is taking the easy way out. That’s what cowards do.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She came into the room with an easy gracefulness which would at once command the respect of any lunatic—for easiness is one of the qualities mad people most respect. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But I heard only too well the calm, easy tones in the attendant’s reply. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not Caesar. After finding Jason’s note in Diocletian’s Palace, tracking you down was easy. I only did what I thought was necessary.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To mess around with Ebola is an easy, wav to die. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing would make the next few moments any easier for him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I followed his suggestion that I learn to type, and now that I can type nearly seventy-five words a minute, it’s easier to get it all down on paper. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The more he broke, the easier it was to unthread the fence, and soon he’d created a hole big enough to drive through. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that easy, Elizabeth. I have to work.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The boy sat down again and looked at his pumps, till Jo said, trying to be polite and easy, “I think I’ve had the pleasure of seeing you before. You live near us, don’t you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would think that would be easy but it wasn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The packed dirt of the Smoke compound was easy enough to walk on, but in the forest... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Another relative said he “always found her a child whose heart it was easy to reach.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not an easy thing, to keep yourself from exploding. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As it began to turn cold again, Mom called him and mentioned how much easier it was for two people to stay warm during the winter, and how much Tinkle the dog missed him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

From that time on things got easier for me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be very agreeable for her to be settled within so easy a distance of her own family and friends.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Off-season business can't be easy to come by, especially not since the Germans have blocked so much of the coastline with barriers against the invading Allies. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That at least will be easy to prove,” he suggested reasonably. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I will be glad to help. I will teach you how to live off the land. It is very easy. No one need find you.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you could, and you ought to. Why don’t you come in with me right now, and see how easy it is?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If I eat one more egg omelet I think I’ll turn over easy and cluck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nobody at my school so easy to talk to.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skilled orator is out not necessarily to knock down his opponent’s case tout court—but to misrepresent his opponent’s case in such a way as to make it easier to attack. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn't explain to her why it wasn't so easy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t make her fear easier to deal with. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No help is coming to you. We are everywhere. Accept that, and this will all be easier.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jumping on trains seems easy to me now, natural. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was an easy, sleepy kind of languid fever, and so long as he did not try to move too much or exert himself unnecessarily he could live this way indefinitely. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The three of them were outside, together in the darkness, but it was surprisingly easy to see. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to tell them the truth when a lie would have been so much easier for them to understand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Bigger, be a good boy. Just relax and take it easy. We want you to take your time and show us just what happened that night, see? And don’t mind the boys’ taking pictures. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And having recently been in much the same position, it was easy to recognise the signs of her looking around for some opportunity to do something nice, something really special for me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it just seemed easier to blurt out what Mom calls my pie chart: half Mexican, half fill-in-the-blank with the names of a bunch of different European countries. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The word seemed to have no easy translation in her head. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bitter cold outside had also chased our old tom Lucifer in, and he was curled up in Dad’s easy chair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Goldworking did not come easy to him, and it was obvious his poor results with the bowl had ruined his usual even disposition. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Let me make it a little easier for you.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She hesitates, then says, “Honey, there’s no easy way for me to tell you this, but I’ve decided to take the job.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

In an almost formal manner I was invited into a room with a clean chenille-covered bed, an easy chair, a gas fireplace and a table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day of class was easy enough, but he was still distracted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They are easy as pie, and I tell her so. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

A senior partner asks if you’ll mentor an incoming summer associate, and the answer is easy: Of course you will. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I feel everything,” Calliope tells me as I rest in her metallic arms one night, suspended above an easy sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We seemed to get strength from going, and we went fast and easy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My work shifts were split so haphazardly that it was easy to believe that my superiors had chosen them maliciously. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were so full of life it was easy to forget they were dead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her office isn’t always the easiest place to navigate. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives that we have imagined. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is easy to understand what he cries. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as every principal and every school board knows, getting rid of a teacher is not an easy thing to do. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Take it easy and see how things develop. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Racial segregation rendered black experience largely invisible to whites, making it easier for whites to maintain racial stereotypes about black values and culture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Very good. But that was the easy part, I’m afraid. You see, the word alone is not enough. And this is where you come in, Neville.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We went swimming in the river, and we helped Yar with easy chores, such as sweeping our compound or collecting fire for cooking from a neighbor. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the tall one reached forward, slow and easy, and touched the bruise on my cheek. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Oh yes, I envied your easy, careless ways. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it's no secret that it's never easy being the new girl. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The second bite went down easier, but my stomach started to twitch and wiggle. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The doctors told Dad to buy a Blubber-O-Meter 3000, a bathroom scale with a giant dial that was easy to read. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“They’re written in language long forgotten. But as you are very young, your constellation should be easy enough to figure out.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’s being so easy and Finch-like that I tell myself to let it go, don’t think so much. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the guys like all the made-up, permed hair, easy, trendy girls. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s not so easy. Let’s think of another example—something else. You know the theorem of Pythagoras?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

MST is easy homework—every day we discuss a different newspaper article. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t even have to be an important or hard word, like amnesty or communism, but something easy, like salt or butter or sky or star. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It was easier for Maddie to get down off the plane than it had been for her to get up, just a light hop to the ground. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Please, it was easier than planting Trojans in Canadian discount drug spam. You know, Spaceman, you just might have the chops to run this dude down.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But he liked the smooth, easy way she stood, as if she were part of the contour of the shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She acts like it’s easy not to listen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the truth is a secret you’re keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I get that there isn’t always an easy fix for grief. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It would be easiest to find a school group and select their messenger. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Let us hope it does not come to that. If Gaia does wake . .. well, your task will not be easy. But, if you win, remember your promise, Pontifex.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It ain’t an easy thing, but I got to forget about Dad on the TV couch and concentrate on my own stuff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

So what I decided to do, I decided I'd take a room in a hotel in New York--some very inexpensive hotel and all--and just take it easy till Wednesday. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At dawn she hastily took down her tent, hoisted her pack to her back, and stepped onto the frozen river where walking was easier. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell you the truth, neither have I. Boys are a lot easier. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now, fact is, it would have been easier for me to walk into a colored diner. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal ladder had rusted, which made it easy to grip. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, Donna. You can come over and spend the night. Watch Matt, eat pizza, talk on the phone ... It will be the easiest ten bucks you ever made." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s not going to be so easy for you,” she said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is, I’ve never been able to find something as easy and as obvious as a rearview mirror lying at my feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier, but he couldn’t escape the feeling that one must enter Terabithia only by the prescribed entrance. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The second one was also easy, at least at first, but I had no inkling how different it would be. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The plan takes easy steps toward the front door, that is, until Byrd goes running, knocking into him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to explain his dominance as simply biological. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The electric hallway lights were also still on, so it was easy to make out the figure standing in front of Mrs. Caruthers’s bedroom. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“There are too many things to report now for the news to catch it all. But if you look at the history of crisis mismanagement, it’s an easy prediction.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I keep saying over and over that Ive got to do something but then I forget or maybe its just easier not to do what I say Im going to do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Less undernourished than the rest of us, detention had been easier on him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the rebels had to scale the mountains, they were easy targets for the Capitol's air forces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I just wanted to take it easy for the rest of the day. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I make whatever is easy for dinner, tonight a Korean dish of soup and steamed rice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are times when I think that Margaret would find it easier to dislike her if she were not. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I tried to listen to their easy chatter, I was terribly uncomfortable, waiting nervously for the moment he would arrive. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was always easier and quicker when she did the talking; a Middle Eastern accent would only provoke more questions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He or she can either make life relatively easy for a server or, if so disposed, set her up for a serious fall. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crawling through the thorny passageway was easier this time because their bodies had broken a wider path. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"It's easy," Arya said, but the lie died in her throat as a hand grasped the top of the parapet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a normal enough question, but when I looked up to answer, I just nodded yes, for all of a sudden, it wasn’t so easy to talk. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was cheerful, outgoing, easy to talk to. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humanity’s search for an easier life released immense forces of change that transformed the world in ways nobody envisioned or wanted. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was easier than praying directly to God. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, his hands moved deftly in the soft earth before him, molding a tiny model of hills, which Taran found easier to follow than Fflewddur’s map scratchings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We have a minute before lights-out. It’ll be easier if you don’t have to use the flashlight.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The solution seemed obvious to me: The worms always came when it rained, and it was easy enough to make some rain for them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

What with the excitement and the thin walls, it’s easy to mistake the sounds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was such an easy answer, yet it had never crossed my mind. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Béene, think,” he said patiently, as if I were one of his schoolboys stumped on an easy problem. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The digging was easy and although they often broke off to feed or merely to sit in the sun, before midday Hazel was out of sight and tunneling between the tree roots. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t making it any easier for his family, because his attitude seems to be: what do I care, I’m going to die anyway! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I know it won’t be easy, you all having to share me, but we must make the best of an imperfect situation.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Could you try to go easy on him?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After some practice with this, it will be easy to plan an integrated multicultural lesson using something like kamishibai, or Japanese story cards. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t the search for an easier life that brought about the transformation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Easier to monitor them, I guess. It’s always easier to hurt the ones you’re closest to, the ones you love,” he says. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Add r to make plurals of individual letters easier to read. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Playing two or more parts on instruments is far easier and children can begin this type of multi-part performance much earlier. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He made a pretty easy target, sitting there, docile for once, and kind of sleepy. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Laila told her of his aptitude for solving riddles, his trickery and mischief, his easy laugh. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The teacher made throwing a pot look easy, but the thing is, it takes lots of precision and skill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Slipping into Summer’s skin had become as easy for him as slipping on a pair of breeches once had been, before his back was broken. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We got the ball and I missed an easy shot and they brought the ball down again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Life is easier when there are no expectations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Getting the thorn out was not easy, for the foot had become so tender that Pipkin winced and pulled away even from Hazel’s tongue. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to deal with one at a time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

UUhat you need is a nice hot garlic soup,” said Eye as Arm was settled into an easy chair in the corridor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first part was easy; it was not too steep. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No boat,” Amari replied, thinking how much quicker and easier their journey might have been if they had had a boat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lived the much easier life of working in the “house.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He says after you make up your mind and take the first step, most of the rest of ’em come pretty easy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It made it easier to remember who you were. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trip wires had not been easy to rig. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I heard the easy coal’s almost gone and the company’s going to pull out.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, I will. Could I ask what’s the matter? You don’t look exactly easy in your mind.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it has to be exactly three birds according to Scrappy’s friend Ray, and that’s not as easy as it sounds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She cleared the stove to make it easier for Roberto to refill it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Those nursing the sick also tried to keep the patient comfortable, which wasn’t very easy, with all of that purging. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You didn't take it easy when you were in the middle of a war. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

How much easier for her to dare hope! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing is easier to figure out, she says. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the safest place she could think of, the easiest for her to access. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She fell into loud, easy tears, and began to work herself up into a fury. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Normally, Lolo and I are easy with each other, pals. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to see, resting on the bottom of the tank, but only if someone came looking for it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There is none of Rogelio’s easy manner, none of his usual bantering or joking. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I forget the last time I popped the tablet, everything gets messed up, which is why it’s easier not to take the medication at all sometimes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The ground gets way firmer and easier to run on and it’s sloping more downhill than it is up, which may be the first piece of luck we’ve had. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could get other people, mostly Mama, into his dreams easier than I could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's going: "Hey you, Doofus! Yeah, you with the hairy face, take it easy with that box. That box contains a computer, you know what a computer is?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The walk up was much easier than I had dared hope. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wish people was as easy to understand as Mama Duck. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Being the only boy among four sisters was not easy, but there was one perk: Oliver was the only one in the family who had a room to himself. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We’ve rejected that easy flow between dimensions: we want the dead unmentionable, we refuse to name them, we refuse to feed them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it is not easy to follow chimps for a long time. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There are far easier ways to retrieve that ball,” he said, “but they know they have an audience.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Really, Hattie. It might be easier if you didn’t come here so much. For a while.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The last bit of distance was a wide sand plain, revealed in low tide, and made easy walking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to avoid the guys, but it wasn’t as easy as before. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller could handle a skunk easy enough. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honey, life in New York may not be as easy as you think it’s going to be.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They must have given her enough to disorient her, but not enough that it would be easy to prove. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I take your point about the best trade,” he said, his voice low and easy. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Howard never considered running his horse under such an impost, and Normile made the choice easier. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modulations can make harmonic analysis much more challenging, so try to become comfortable analyzing easier pieces before tackling pieces with modulations. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They looked Maddie up and down gleefully, pretty sure she would be easy bait. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It's technically the truth, and right now it seems easier than explaining everything else, about me, and Bas, about how finding Mirjam feels like a task that will put order to the world. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It is not easy to be so honest about where we’re from. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be easier to move the people in and out of the Great Hall.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exchange had an easy feel, and I guessed this was a familiar conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’s doing everything she can to be an easy passenger, but the fact is, there is only so much weight I can handle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With no natural enemies out of the water, the penguins were easy to catch. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“It is easy enough to alter the coffin,” Pai answered sulkily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“And so,” Fflewddur concluded with a carefree shrug, “that was our part. Rather easy, when you come down to it; I had no fear of things going badly, not for an instant.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s the easiest thing in the world to know what people call themselves. A little thought, a little luck, a little memory. Ask me what kind of job.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to revel in the elegance, trust that everything will flow smoothly, like silk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be interesting to know and easy to establish with modern testing methods how much energy in foot pounds is expended in driving a truck for six hours. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hand from it, and I could tell it wasn’t easy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

"It's easy to get lost in here—it's bigger than it looks." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That would make it easier, at least, he thought. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We could continue on,” Con said, “and see if there is an easier way down. But we’re going farther and farther away from the direction Taisin told us to go.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom had said raising $1,000 in a month wouldn’t be easy, but losing Sir Fig Newton would be way harder. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

How easy it is to invent a humanity, for anyone at all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy for us to be together, knowing we shared experiences no one else would believe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of the demonstration the sky dawned pale blue, with easy rolling clouds. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing easy about it. Don’t let nobody tell you otherwise.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It would be easier if nothing had changed, it continued. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But somehow having Javier with me now makes the decision easier. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Three weeks,” Nathan’s reply, grave, sincere, absolutely honest where another might have been tempted to easier words. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m on the ground, it’s bigger and easier to see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Xaphania, “nothing like pretend. Pretending is easy. This way is hard, but much truer.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She gave me an easy half smile and took another sip from her mug. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The thought flitted through Winston’s mind that it would probably be quite easy to rent the room for a few dollars a week, if he dared to take the risk. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But when you think of shamblers as things, as mindless creatures who have to be put down so that we might live, ending them gets to be a lot easier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was easier saying the words because they weren’t looking at each other, both staring ahead. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m all the way here in Hawaii with you. It’s not easy for me to leave them alone with him.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lay supine on her bed without a pillow, a glass of water within easy reach and, at her side, a book she knew she could not read. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For all its length and lexical exuberance, the sentence is easy to follow, because the reader never has to keep a phrase suspended in memory for long while new words pour in. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Elena and Miles were mad that you weren’t more careful, and I went along with them because it was easier.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And needless to say, it is much easier and more satisfying for them to work hard in Bangalore than to pack up and try to make a new start in America. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

"You should use the same locker every time, so it's easy to remember." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But exchanging secrets and being there for each other is still easier with Rabia. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was easy to feel sorry for her, to see how awful her life was—even to understand a little why she picked on me so. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

His usual easy expression is replaced by something more intense and removed that suggests an entire world locked away inside him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would soften the frozen crust of earth and make it easier for him to dig a grave for Sounder—if he found Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger liked that; it was easy; it would be fun, almost. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hide my hand from view so that it’s easier to ignore the pain and get up, still pointing the gun at her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, Jason is kinda an easy costume to make. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was easier because I knew what to expect of my day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Providence is deliberately biding its time getting rid of Hitler, since it’s much easier, and cheaper, for the Allies to let the impeccable Germans kill each other off. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She loved the friendliness of it and the small-town feel of it, the way she knew everyone out at the country club or at the store, the way the gossip made an easy circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Lily told me how easy it was, I wanted to get mine pierced, too. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was the fog that appealed to those sailors because it lent the city the shifting, anonymous feeling of the sea, and in such anonymity personal change was that much easier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If anyone would have seen them they would have thought that the two were fast friends, but Penelope’s suddenly easy manner made Ophie nervous. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Food and shelter and a gun and all the things I didn’t think we’d need that would make this easier. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bast’s easy smile fell away like a cracked mask, leaving his face stricken and pale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the start, the prospect of congressional representatives reaching an easy consensus on the location was problematic at best. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The end was coated in pitch for easy lighting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This wasn't so easy, but she managed it in the end. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In some ways, he thought wearily, a spanking might be easier. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And a book with pictures. Now, Cil, the printing is so easy I think you can almost teach yourself to read.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river gorge stretched away, with no easy way down in sight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You can see why it’s so much easier for them to be bad. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

All of my life it’s been synonymous with Jay but for years it hasn’t been easy to say. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted to tell Commander Jameson what the easiest solution would be—to simply round up everyone in the Lake sector whose doors are marked. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The predators ignore us on a day when easier, tastier prey abounds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But what Rabadash hadn't realized is that it is very easy to frighten people who know you can have them boiled alive the moment you give the word. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy for the Klan to come up the hill in the night. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

That seemed too easy, and too close to the hiding place of the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Dad, take it easy—” “No, you need to hear this. You need to know.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He found it easier to walk on the spongy grasses above tide fine instead of over the slippery rocks nearer the water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Shooting a free throw is the easiest thing in the world,” he said as we walked over to the court in the trailer park where I’d first met Annie. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, she is your charge. If you leave her, and harm befall, you shall not sleep easy hereafter!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope that’s okay. It’s easier to just be real at this point.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Grab those smelly suckers. We gotta carry him over to the Door. Give ’em one body that’s easy to find in the morning.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was a warm, benevolent woman who tried to make this first day as easy as possible. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father’s best books found their way there, Mother’s easy chair, Jo’s desk, Amy’s finest sketches, and every day Meg brought her babies on a loving pilgrimage, to make sunshine for Aunty Beth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to do that if you eliminate the other good players. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And she let me come here, and that’s no easy thing when you come from where we do, to let your son go away to school. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Eras and his circle were respected members of the British upper classes, and Charles found it easy—and stimulating—to be with them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to agree than to explain, so I said, “Yes. She left because of me.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I was pregnant at Christmastime, but now I’m sure I’m not, so there must have been a loss in there, but it’s easier not to mention it to Anatole. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to part with her beautiful things. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Our lack of brothers and sisters makes it easier to imagine that we are the epitome of creation, and that a chasm separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that doesn't mean anything is going to be easier. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Unlike Lord Janos he had gone easy on the wine, but he was very full. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Compared with the challenges that faced Booth and Powell, Atzerodt had the easiest job of all. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon, HeLa cells weren’t the only ones being bought and sold for research—with media and equipment standardization, culturing became easier, and researchers began growing cells of all kinds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing that Francis could do immediately was to seize the water value, which was easiest to think about. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Expecting nothing makes the whole experience easier to bear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They lifted sticks in the air together whenever they came to an easy patch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The wind was perfect for kite fly­ing, blowing just hard enough to give some lift, make the sweeps easier. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d found a rhythm, and then the running had gotten easier. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

—Well, since we have so many absences because of the snow, we’ll have an easy day. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan, this second horse, had easier gaits than the old war-horse. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty easy costume for me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had to be the easiest word ever in a seventh-grade spelling bee. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I can do that, easy. I can find out anything that you know and no one else does, something that only a daemon would be able to find out.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Talking to dads isn’t that easy. Even you, Sam.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Getting by the super slow bags is easy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It's not always that easy to find a big space when no one's looking. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It is not easy to be a true friend. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, “Sorry, don’t speak. Take it easy. No hurry.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Janie made her face laugh after a short pause, but it wasn’t too easy. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And I was actually daring to think that the day was going down much easier than I thought it would when I saw Dean Wykoff walking down the hall between second and third periods. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Stand easy!” barked the instructress, a little more genially. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The total ban on life-without-parole sentences for children convicted of non-homicides should have been the easiest decision to implement, but enforcing the Supreme Court's ruling was proving much more difficult than I had hoped. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When did his mother ever make it that easy? Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Making it worse was the fact that neither of us had an easy source to draw from. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy money, man. All you do is take them off at night and put ’em in a bag,” he said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was quite easy to see because it wasn’t just raindrops. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to understand what some animals were thinking. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Not that it’s easy to notice any of this stuff at first, because when I go into the room, he’s burrowed into bed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

You must remember that she was still hardly five years old and it is not easy for somebody as small as that to score points against an all-powerful grown-up. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good deal easier than the cord on the punt, though about as thick. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, walking beside or behind Lucas always made this much easier. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

However, it was not easy for the writer-director to find clear time for concentrated work. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was thinking how easy it would be for someone with a knife to do some damage to us—and get away with it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother said, “You know, I have a few errands in the city myself. Would that make things easier? If I drove you and dropped you off and came back to get you?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That pardon is a dream that’s hard to hold on to. The memory of your pulse fading beneath my fingers is far easier to bring to mind.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Though—small and weak as Kaz was—that was no easy task. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s how we all started. Once you start believing in them? It doesn’t get any easier.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was embarrassingly easy to let the tears flow. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’d even built the furnace and molded the bricks herself, which is not an easy job, and even today, not the job of a woman. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

But only for the people who managed to get there, which wasn’t easy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The preciousness of the moment, which should make it easier to talk, makes it harder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something about their easy give-and-take makes me tired. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. ‘Ghosts are transparent.’” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My daughter’s here, Brooke, so take it easy.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I would say that, all in all, today I’m a happy man. It’s not always easy, but, yes, I am.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He ties them into a knot, so they will be easier to throw. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Which was fine with me because it made running a whole lot easier. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were iron brackets every few yards, holding blubber lamps, and in their flaring shadows it wasn’t always easy to see where she was treading, either. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This close it’s easy to see why people stand in awe of him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

What’s more, the overlap of notes belonging to closely related keys made moving from one key to another easy. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Like it was easy, like it was nothing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that having to eat crow when you were once proud and right was like swallowing a hunk of tough, chewy crow meat that wasn’t about to go down easy. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d rather stay on the sofa, but shopping is easier together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell me something about himself, but didn’t find it easy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, lead was easy to extract and work, and almost embarrassingly profitable to produce industrially–and tetraethyl lead did indubitably stop engines from knocking. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The first boot was easy to find, but the second took him a while. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But she was also right: the living there was so easy that there was no need to develop agriculture, let alone writing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was so much easier to slip my foot in and out of flats. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He's forgotten that he's running and started letting his body do what it was built to do, and now everything is a little easier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But look at how easy it was for him to get a good education. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

However, these early fruit and nut trees were still the easiest such crops to cultivate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s easier just to pick them out of the air.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Once on the other side, it would be easy for them to find the trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with each subsequent sip it got easier to swallow, and soon my body felt heavy and my head swam, and everything Mabel said made me laugh and every memory I had was meaningful. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Tenors are higher than basses,” she says, “which is easy to remember because basses are in the basement.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

On the plains, it is easy for elephants to find salt in hardpans and dry water holes, but in the rain forest salt is a precious thing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But watching out for Wickersham wasn’t easy, because he liked to operate with stealth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell he wanted to talk in private, but clearing the office wasn’t easy. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Take it easy, Belet. You were practically dead a second ago. Lie back down for a while." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Getting Simon to school by 8:15 is easy. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

George was surprised at how easy that question was to answer. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Smooth and easy, Alfred, build up the wind and the legs, smooth and easy, pick up those feet. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she would still be alive if she’d had an easier time of it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her downfall was the ridiculously easy word scheme. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could tell you life is easy, but it ain’t. Wish I could tell you you won’t hurt nobody, but you will, and guess what, people gon’ hurt you, too. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Finding out what had happened to Clara would surely be easier with a partner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do things the easy way if I could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Zielony made me sound more Polish, and it was easy to remember. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finding a piece of land in London wasn’t easy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I am afraid it is rather complex, and not the easiest of matters to explain, or believe.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Croy did the easy part first, attacking the underbrush with the humming saw. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was easy to trip over things in this apartment, and not a good idea to go barefoot. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, it is easy to draw diagrams of two-dimensional spaces, such as the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kimril was easy to grow, nourishing though nearly flavorless, and was now the staple of their boring diet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In large sums, she came along and made everything easy the way a mother should. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to watch the figures on the cash register, then hand over paper money and pocket the change. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It would have been much easier if they had been living in different countries. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They stay within the realm of the easy. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She had to scoot over a little, and that wasn’t so easy because she was attached to so much stuff. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tapped on the kitchen window with a stone to make it easier to hear, and a moment later Alice opened the door and came out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He knew that Fielding would come to Warings, because Fielding was easy, he liked to go anywhere and do anything, things pleased him, he would be friendly with anybody. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then it would be easy to make it to the next island. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably easier to name the things she isn’t mad at me for.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Abie was charming and hilarious and had an easy, gracious smile. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This is never easy; you must be at once convincing and unremarkable. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We want to go outside, to find another village where people are easier to frighten. We don’t want this man’s spirit to chase us anymore.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was easy. You just have to be careful how you tie the rubber bands.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be easier to pour out some in a pitcher? You’re liable to spill it that way.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many modern designs for easy living. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt it would be the easiest thing in the world to begin an ava-lanche from here. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Drinking was easier, though he had to grasp the wine cup with both hands to keep from dropping it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It's easier to escape the patriarchy when male eyes don't notice you. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tom and Eb were sullen and resentful for days that their prophesies of an easy victory should so early have taken on a hollow ring. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it was easier to pour hot water over disgusting powder mix. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you had to see that. It’s never easy.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But it is so easy to see her, there at the spinet, and all of us gathered round, and all of us crying, my dear old friend . The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to stereotype Christopher McCandless as an-other boy who felt too much, a loopy young man who read too many books and lacked even a modicum of common sense. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had said “Don't look down” because this very last section, although it was made relatively easy in its climb because of the odd outcroppings that formed footholds, was sheer in its vertical drop. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One year later, I grew out of my clothes because, it turns out, growing fourteen inches in a summer is easy. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you know I have forgotten what it feels like to be in a bus? It is so easy to get used to all this.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the floor it was easier to see the congregation than the altar. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get to do so many exciting things and go to so many exciting places, but so much travel while trying to keep up with my studies and exams isn’t easy. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was no easy task for a stranger to become a regular at Hobie’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This person will have been born in a demographic trough, so as to have had the best of New York’s public schools and the easiest time in the job market. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was easier to smoke joints and have someone deliver drinks than it was for me to deliver sentences. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Yum Li is right. It hasn’t been easy because Mom hasn’t wanted to force you to—” . Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My mother's handwriting is easy, my sister says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Charlie smiled, it was easier to see why he and my mother had jumped too quickly into an early marriage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t easy, but the judges have chosen the winners. First, we’ll announce the Queen of Sky, then the Queen of Water, and finally, the star, the Queen of Com.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy not to soak or carry the rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Once I got around the cafeteria, building three was easy to spot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That did not make them easier to say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure about that? It’d probably be easier to serve my time and get it over with.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It is far from that easy in real life. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's easier to make up stories than it is to write them down. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He stuffs Joon under his arm as easy as a squirrel hiding an acorn. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was made of white marble, just like Dumbledore’s tomb, and this made it easy to read, as it seemed to shine in the dark. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Look, we takin' it easy, Sunny," Ghost said testily. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s how I won. I think he might be easier to beat if he’s playing the stork.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Spaniard maneuvered the craft expertly, which was not easy, and the waves were rolling in toward the rocks now and the spray was blinding. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I merely request that you maintain an easier beat.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I was just getting out of the shower,” he said, his face stretching into an easy smile. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy for her to lie. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to walk, stoop, and lift loads, after the days in the truck. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Breath came easy as we soared up and swooped down. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not about to tell another man how to raise his kid, but...you’d be making my life easier if he got gone.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Something in my expression, or maybe the fact that I’ve made no attempt to conceal it, makes him go easy on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Our class is big, though, and it’s easy to duck down behind someone in the back of the room and hide. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some things are easier here than on the bridge—in spite of all that’s happened—and you have to stop feeling sorry for yourself.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was easier when I saw a stick, because I could rub my palms together and tighten the muscles of my calves in preparation. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ride isn’t more than fifteen minutes, but I wake up in front of our house, my head resting easy on her shoulder, my feet curled up underneath me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a girl like her, whose first instinct is always to fix a situation, the “nothing at all” choice isn’t easy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Ah, when you were a little toddling thing, how easy it was to rub and kiss your hurts away! Come and get a kiss from your old nurse anyhow, and tell me all about it.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s easier on the model than posing for a painting, holding the same position for hours at a time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That makes it easy not to care too much about a baby’s tears. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It would be easier, she told herself, if she didn’t linger. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It was pretty easy, really. Once I got the hang of Shay*s directions.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cops in plain clothes are easy to spot, because they still walk like cops and talk like cops, no matter how much they try not to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not easy playing this Rooster guy. I’m nothing like him.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The going wasn’t easy on my feet, either, which had blistered in my ever-moist sneakers, but I picked up Otto and placed him on my back, which ached in familiar protest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

These slaves would be far easier to control and far less likely to form alliances with poor whites. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They burned them out, an easier and much faster way of getting results. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in becoming comfortable, I found it easier to explore. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dashes thrive in weak writing, because when thoughts are confused, it’s easier to stick in a lot of dashes than to organize a smoother sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the bridge of her nose, which is easier than staring at her eyes, willing her to speak first. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s been true for a while, really, but it was easy for me to stay on here with Anatole’s friends in Bulungu, and hard for us to speak of what comes next. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when the good news came she decided it was easier to decline the fellowship quiedy, to file away the letter, not to bring it up. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the easiest thing in the world to remedy,” said Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to spot because it also has a fake ficus tree, taking the fiction a step beyond absurd. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’d have an easier time talking to your grandfather if you could speak to him in Farsi. He was never very comfortable in English, even before.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Kids have it so easy these days. Nothing to worry about except video games and cell phones. When I was young..." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It had been slow at first, one line at a time, until seeing the letters and understanding the most common words had become easier and easier. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But this time it was a lot easier. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to find, but I wasn't prepared for so many tanks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, in that minute, it was easier to stay than to just go and have to explain myself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We keep the pot full so we can have easy access to the water for we fear we will fall in if we have to reach to the bottom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fish scare easy,” she whispered, then bumped me gently with her shoulder. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was the easiest job he had ever pulled. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They were too weak to be a threat, too many to be easy prey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For me, it was easy to give up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

In the thin light, even the whirling boomerang print of the vinyl tablecloth seemed tranquil; it was easy to imagine Helen sitting across from her, head bowed, asking forgiveness. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could sugarcoat my fears in a way to make it easier for Dad to digest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to preserve inscrutability when you did not know what your face looked like. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The men’s admissions pattern was analogous to Gehrig’s hitting pattern—coming to bat more often during the second half of the season when getting a hit is easier. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Darius drives as if he owns that path; as if this whole ride is his life and things are just as easy for him as this road. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Life in our house got somewhat easier after that. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It turned out, because of the King’s health, to be both easy and sad. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And last—if it helps any, just think of me as a very crazy fellow who went berserk one summer day and never was right again. It’ll be a little easier on you that way.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith called out, “Hey there, boy, take it easy,” and Seabiscuit caught sight of him, picking out his rigid form in the crush of men. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And well they might, I said, for it was amusing that even in Neptune most of them made shift to chase themselves pretty safely up the easier faces. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take it easy on her,” he said to Rachel, the two exchanging a glance. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy to continue with the stable small-town life they had created. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It is easy to predict where the relative minor of a major key can be found. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The rest of the dressing is easy, the shirt I wore to bed is the shirt I wear to school. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep everyone happy and working together—the teachers and the parents and the school board and the superintendent—not an easy thing to do. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Memory was a slippery thing—slick moss on an unstable slope—and it was ever so easy to lose one’s footing and fall. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The tide was inbound, the wind out of the east, which made it easy for us to reach Copicut Neck where Miss Maggie was waiting for us with a hamper of lunch. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The food needed to be wet, easy to chew. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy for a young boy to want a dog and not be able to have one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth hopes to create the illusion that Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of assassins, resulting in the sort of mass chaos that will make it easier for them all to escape. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It was better this way. You know what someone said once? It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He paused, waiting for me to make things easy for him, but I wasn’t in a particularly cooperative mood. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

To be a white criminal is not easy, by any means, but as a white criminal you are not a racial outcast, though you may face many forms of social and economic exclusion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She’d been surprised at how easy it was to trust him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Makes the bowing and the scraping easier to tolerate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ema was so good at zeroing in on me when I spoke, making it easier to talk, making the rest of the world sort of fade away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Look,” I say, “what if we met here again tomorrow at the same time? I won’t be in the same body, but I’ll be the same person. Would that make it easier to understand?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You are, Kiko. And the sooner you accept it, the easier it will be to accept what you cannot change.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The virtual player runs it in for the easy touchdown. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had worried that not having Mami around would make our lives harder, but at first it made things easier. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If Galya stopped talking—which was easy to do when she was busy juggling maps and pencils and the flight log—Masha would scold her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And as I say it, I know death right here, right now would be the easier of the two. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But Park was right there, practically pulling Eleanor into his lap—so it was easy to ignore Tina and everybody else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to disappear here. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The underbrush was dry and would be easy to clear away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was easy to grow food when there was a whole river to water the crops! A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They realize that saving themselves is as easy as using basic scientific principles to build lots of booby traps. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy for me to see and to say that now. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we get off, it will be easier for them to find us. So we would appreciate it if you let us ride into the city with you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once the animals were inside the trap, it was easy to drag the gate across the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Whoever the king names will not have an easy time stepping into your armor, I can tell. Lord Mormont faces die same problem." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I gotta get my energy up for our run this afternoon. I was thinking we could just run down to the Chipped Cup and get a doughnut today. We could get there and back easy.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“In just a thirty-second discussion, look how easy it is to jump to anger and assumptions. Now let’s take our time and dig a little deeper.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Don't expect it to be so easy this time,” he said softly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Stepping with easy care down the stairs of the schoolhouse, solemn, carrying his tobacco pouch, his knife at his belt, was none other than Fishtail! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They had thought taking Ultima would be easy, but now they realized that my father would let no man invade his home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, thinking that the easiest way to solve a mystery is to decide that there is no mystery to solve. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It looked like I was going to have to do something about Mike, and it wouldn’t be easy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Evil is not easy to destroy,” she said, “one needs all the help one can get.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in the easy chair, facing him, but she seemed to be concentrating on the front door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It is after all so easy to shatter a story. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me the name Marjorie. Just write it on a gift card and put it in a box. You see how easy it would be.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day Hazel went over to Jack’s house to find his mom in the easy chair, except she wasn’t there at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be easier to like yourself when someone else likes you. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if it might be easier to fall asleep,” she ventured finally, “if I’m not talking.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is easy to read past sentences like these, because we now swim in a sea of facts and think that they are merely a recitation of the obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He seems to have an easier time with the truth serum when he answers factual questions instead of emotional ones. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It is wisely said that it is easier to milk the Stone Cow of Faros than to wring gold from the Purebom." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie tried in vain to keep her hand closed, but it was easy enough for Basta to pry her fingers apart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This, at least, was an easy promise to honor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just wait until we’re off school grounds, okay? Why don’t you walk behind me for a while. I think it’ll just make things easier.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was as smooth as a stretch of well-laid road in Mary’s own world, and certainly easier to walk on than the grass. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The names, though peculiar, were the easiest because she remembered them well from Betsy’s reading. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy for me to find out what it is. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It's easy to see the direction I came from by the path of destruction my crazed body made through the foliage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I did not enter the carriage with the easiest feeling at heart,” Gronau said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s not going to be easy. He’s going to have machines and tubes hooked up to him. He’s not going to look at you or say anything.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He saw the wildflowers in the heavy grass, and he saw the red cows against the hillsides, moving up the easy ascending paths and eating as they went. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly elevated into the world of the rich, she moved with an easy, charming propriety, yet had the rare grace and aplomb to make her frequent departures from convention seem amusing instead of scandalous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

How easy it would have been for Bill, the old horse thief, to mount one and disappear. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rather than heralding a new era of easy living, the Agricultural Revolution left farmers with lives generally more difficult and less satisfying than those of foragers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier for her to sit on the edge of the bed, but that was unprofessional and strictly prohibited. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once I learned public language, it would never again be easy for me to hear intimate family voices. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She usually found it so easy to escape somewhere else, to get right inside the minds of people and animals who existed only on paper, so why not now? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But it was easier to lie the second week than the first time around, which was sad. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now that I was banned from black tennis it was easier on my mind whether to decide to seek membership at a white club. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot easier to pretend the world will go on spinnin’.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, take it easy,” he said, “and keep out of trouble tonight. These people are not fools. They know the way you feel about them, and even if you don’t need them, we do.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

From there, it’s easy enough to haul myself up and a second later I’m once again lying on the top rail, gasping for breath. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

These rules and habits made eating a lot easier. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I pump fake him then sugar shake him for an easy two. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

It’s much easier to get back into bed than it was to get out, and when I find my blankets I roll onto my side and cry silent, angry tears, clutching my lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The how was easy. It wasn’t anything Agent Sahil couldn’t handle.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If only getting rid of your herpes was as easy,” I said. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

“He’s right,” Cas said, stepping toward Z. “Words don’t make anything better. They’re just the first step, and most people don’t bother to follow through with the others. Words are easy.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It's easier to change your eyeballs than to change your nickname. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Emery always made going out and doing things easier. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My blood heats easy tonight, each time the Stingers roll by. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I breathed easier, but when we pulled into the empty lot behind the police station, they were waiting on the back steps. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she didn’t say was that Momma dumped me after my daddy died because it was easier—easier to fall to pieces without me to worry about. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It was easy not to be serious about the old fellow, for he was that peculiar creation which ignorant people laugh at—a genuine maestro. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adding, though pleasant and easy, is often inappropriate. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the animal didn’t look easy to ride. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how easy it was to make mistakes with drinking and drugs a normal part of campus life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I wander through the stalls, enjoying the easy give and take of bargaining in Bangla. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lily’s feelings were always straightforward, fairly simple, usually easy to resolve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still on my birth certificate, but at school, my mom thought it’d be easier to go by her last name. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, the easier choice was the correct choice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m tired of people telling me to take it easy or to let things go because I’m just creating drama to get attention.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A well-lighted, modem turnpike highway made the trip easy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our commanders no longer thought that any small island held by the Japanese would be easy to conquer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not easy, but I know how strong you are.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it’s best to be suspicious of it. It’s probably not worth much.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the while, I could hear the trickle of conversation going on between the adults in the kitchen nearby, my parents' laughter ringing easy and loud over the yard. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” he said slowly, “it seems like it would be easier to give yourself to the ice.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had always been quick on his feet, rhythmic and easy in his motions. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to read Fischer and Orasanu’s study and not be just a little bit alarmed, because a hint is the hardest kind of request to decode and the easiest to refuse. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Figuring out how, exactly, to do that is no easy task, however, when your felony record operates to bar you from any public housing assistance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

After all our hardships in the Pacific war, things felt too easy now. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn't easy to run down this field, either, because of the tractor ruts. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In more primitive ages, when a just and peaceful society was in fact not possible, it had been fairly easy to believe in it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It is so easy, from the outside, to put the blame on the woman and say, “You just need to leave.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m not really hungry, but I figure it’s probably easier to just do as I’m told. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

If you were open to eating lots of different things, wouldn’t that make your life easier? Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They are easy to maintain, need no paint since they are usually of aluminum, and are not tied to fluctuating land values. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, neither one will be easy for you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he broke the lock years ago, so getting in is as easy as lifting the top. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The grandparents were surprisingly youthful, or perhaps they had had easier lives than poor Ambuya. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the way in is easy to find, even when you suck at navigating. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then, sometimes, he’d think of the picture, and try to harness Prince Henry’s easy confidence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to hang out with Kenya because of our connection to Seven. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"Everything we do is gonna hurt him, so try to take it easy." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I have no way to save her, he thought, but I could kill her easy enough. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was amazed how easy the lying came. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He hesitates, then, “In the old land, in the old days, it was easier then.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to watch and never say a word. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Science is not like the state, which is entirely of our own making, though unmaking it would, like unmaking money, be far from easy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I hear cheerleaders are easy for football players.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Standing up to your friends is not the easiest thing to do. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I meant that it can’t be that easy to just lie about people so openly.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I expected a full-fledged grilling or a lecture, but he went easy on me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

School was very easy, it turned out, if you just disconnected your heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It could fry up a bird, easy,” he said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He traveled to Lagos and to Port Harcourt and to Abuja to take assessment tests, which he found easy, and he attended interviews, answering questions fluidly, but then a long empty silence would follow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Things were supposed to be easy and fun, but everything felt stressy and sweaty and annoying. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But somehow I can accept her bluntness easier than lying. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to run when you have a heavy book bag on your back plus a purse in your hand, but I reach the tent in less than twenty seconds. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

The main themes of the Farewell Address are just as easy to state succinctly as they are difficult to appreciate fully. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The potion was thick and chalky, but there was honey in it, so it went down easy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were changed—became more easy in public, less withdrawn and uncertain—by the public success of their children. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not quite as easy as that,” he said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was easy to get put in charge of his company. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked so easy, but the moment Kit took the wool cards into her hands she appreciated Mercy's skill. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The sarcastic question “What part of ‘no’ don’t you understand?” reminds us that negation is perfectly easy for people to handle in everyday speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Too easy to make a misstep when you don’t know what you’re doing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised people didn't realize that a decent chaise longue was much easier to move, yet still as comfortable as a couch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The giant next to Luke must’ve been fifteen feet tall, easy, and so wide he took up three seats. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be easy to deal with places I couldn't reach. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there’s anything you still want to discuss, please write, because it’s easier for me to say what I mean on paper than face-to-face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The noise from the mixer’s motor made it easy for him to race up the stairs without Mama noticing. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It had not been easy, but they had made the Friday deadline. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to force you out. I just thought—it’s just easier,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was easier not to tell them about Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I used to put everything on hangers for them to make my life easier on Sunday mornings, but not anymore. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re welcome. But don’t get too excited yet. You still have a lot of work to do. Working in a bakery is not easy.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can’t decide, so I do the easy part first and write “Catherine” at the top in tiny, neat letters. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get back into the seat and take a deep breath and try to clear my head, which ain’t easy. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Meddling isn’t as easy as I thought it would be,” I confessed to Bongo. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A counselor supplied her with nicotine patches and advice, not always easy for her to follow: stay out of the house; stay busy; avoid stress; satisfy oral cravings with, say, candy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was easy to believe everything Styx promised, until you started trying to think it through. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t mean I’m going to make it easy for him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to give you one more chance to turn yourself in. It’ll make life easier for everyone.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to finish and then come back here, where WA 27 loops right back to home. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn't exactly surprised by what I saw when we reached the corner of Siegel, but that didn't make it any easier to take. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My cheeks flush, remembering how easy Dylan said illusions are supposed to be for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Running wasn’t easy because again I was carrying a large sack. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Music is easier to study and share if it is written down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It's easier, my grandmother says, than having white folks look at me like I'm dirt. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

They’d be easy to spot if they weren’t brown and black. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, the very one. It was not easy to keep our glamours up for so many years, but it feels good to be free of them, at least for a little while.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All right, take it easy, take it easy.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m easy to spot, as my granddaughter Alba says, because I have the unmistakable appearance of an angry old crow and I always wear my mourning clothes and carry my silver cane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep did not come easy, so she borrowed Yoren's stone and set to honing Needle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In English, it’s fairly easy to go forth and multiply. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things were simply coincidental, or it’s all been a strategy to win our trust to make us easy prey, or I don’t understand what’s actually going on? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe that’s not the right comparison. Maybe it would be too easy to turn down the brandy. Perhaps I should have made our alcoholic a heroin addict instead.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I caught myself a couple of times, forgetting we’d agreed to just be friends, and I wondered if it were easier for Diego. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had learned many things it would have been easier to live without. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The air was cleaner up there, easier to breathe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to say yes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s so easy to get turned around. I think the river is that way,” she said, pointing to her left. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy to have lived in it, for it was his mother’s world, humble, contrite, believing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is so easy once you have been over it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

To turn and walk away was not easy. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

How easy it was to imagine the worst when one was nervous! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Being afraid is easy. It’s understanding that takes work.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Come, brothers. Leave him to it. It will go easier for him if we do not watch." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Too easy with a title like that, but I wasn’t going to go there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Everything is so soft here,” he said, “so easy...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The translation of a few pages of German occupied an hour; then I got my palette and pencils, and fell to the more soothing, because easier occupation, of completing Rosamond Oliver’s miniature. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s easier to go than to write,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no easy way to raise your writing from competence to artistry. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the real room, her moth took stock of real Lazlo, the relaxation of his face, and his long, easy limbs, loose in slumber. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It would make the next few weeks so much easier. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow will be easier, and in a few days you’ll make a friend.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Now that they had Major Danby, the rest seemed easy, but there were no guns. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that big. And it’ll be a lot easier once we get among the buildings.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have learned something about boats because it was easier to control her direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face of Stephen Byerley is not an easy one to describe. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Papi tries never to argue with his customers, but it’s not always easy. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Some of their tactics became desperate, and their desperation made it easier for me to avoid the more obvious traps they set. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of being transfixed, Herbert replied in an easy matter-of-course way, “Exactly. Well?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was just too hot to cook outside right now, so it would have to be something quick and easy like a sandwich. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her role, pure and simple, was to obey him and make his life easier. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was a mean bunch of black folk, but he should have guessed it, sensed it, and part of the reason he hadn’t was the easy, good treatment he had received elsewhere. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why lie when the truth is so much easier to tell? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even as a six-year-old, I had such crazy upper body strength that it was always easy for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Less controversial is the contention that there are no clear-cut, easy algorithms that allow us to distinguish science from pseudoscience in all cases. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was comfortable in the hospital, and it was easy to stay on because he always ran a temperature of 101. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But she refused to take the easy way out. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There’s no easy way to draw my sword, crouched as I am under a table, so I grab for the knife inside my bodice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get you all the frogs you want. You just rest easy about frogs. Why we can get them right up Carmel River. I know a place.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered Mechtild’s cabinet with its array of poisons, an easy means of evildoing for a villain with the heart of a fox. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I was also thinking that, as cooler observers around me had been cautioning, it would probably be saner, cheaper, and easier for Jesse to try for the University of Illinois in the fall. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fatima's mother and father had given her strict instructions on what to do and which way to go, easy instructions to follow because Fatima only had to go straight. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The tail gunner’s cockpit at the back of the plane stuck out and made an easy target for enemy fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t nowhere near that easy for Pap to be quit of it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Why you suppose anyone’d try to run in winter? Don’t they know how easy it is to track a critter in the snow?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But for drop-ins from another century, I thought we had had a remarkably easy time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He used to be easier to read before the surgeries. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But today the most common reason to choose a particular key is simply that the music is easiest to sing or play in that key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It's easy for me to move in it; I’ve watched Ma model saris gracefully for years. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After we take the first step, the rest is easy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So I told her fine, she could take it easy with work, that I could handle the finances, we were solid that way. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose to walk, and despite having inhaled half the menu I felt easy as a feather weight. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She’s on a scholarship—her future depends on her getting good grades, and I can hear in her voice it’s not as easy as it was in Mr. Miller’s classes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Besides it was much easier to reach since it came from the side of a hill and not from a ravine as the other one did. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she were asking him not to do something, he wondered if it would be easier than to do something. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It will get easier. Things will get better.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not easy reading with all the noise you’re making on that thing either, you know.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Seeing them, all that easy happiness, made me feel mixed up inside. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

While it was easy to make the decision, I quickly realized I had no idea where I was or where to go in order to leave. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It's a good idea to keep electronics above -40°C. The temperature today is a brisk -63°C. The battery was big and easy to identify, but I had no clue where the heaters were. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy, something she’d gotten used to doing in front of her family for the past year. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was easier than building and carrying a giant picket sign with the word “Geek” on it, but it achieved the exact same effect! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other men on either side, mostly out of sight but within easy hearing, moved noisily through the trees, calling out to each other, mostly in Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would work better if you tried it out on another social species, easier to handle. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enlarger was brand new and far easier to operate than the one his father had had back on Shogund Street. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Getting the time off to come to court hadn’t been easy. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And although it’s not easy being bad, this next game is. Easy, not bad. Then again, I already know all the answers, which makes any quiz easier, wouldn’t you agree?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But in this year of Palmer’s life not even Family Fest was pure and easy fun. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You might ought to think about enlisting. Make a man of you. We could hire to fill your position easy.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My staff and I had spent the past two months working to turn my idea for a garden into reality, which hadn’t been easy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The easiest way is to jump,” Poppet says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a difficult concept to grasp, but the easiest way to approach space-time is through an analogy: space and time are like a gigantic rubber sheet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

How easy it is to effect change in fiction. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

We spent hours every day shaving bamboo for the center and cross spars, cutting the thin tissue paper which made for easy dipping and recovery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Having an eye patch actually makes it easier to look through a camera — I don’t have to close one eye like everyone else.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I had never met anyone like her, so direct, so easy in the expression of her feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For, besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature: it is easy to convince them of something, but difficult to hold them in that conviction. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m actively trying not to look smug, but it’s not easy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

None of this is easy, I wanted to tell her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It will be easier to keep my balance if I’m low to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The track stretched off in two directions, but it was easy enough to tell which one to take. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Later in the morning, Doha’s mother packed a small wooden container full of food, including fruit, and tied it with a brightly colored wrapping cloth for easy carrying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The going was much easier and the view was spectacular. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish my old pal Red had been on him instead of me,” he said in his easy drawl. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I said I was old enough to marry and his question had only been the continuation of a good joke, he would be horribly embarrassed and our easy friendship would be ruined. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to think about numbers than to think about the fact that Kamau hadn’t actually answered his question. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Crossing customs on the American side is always fast and easy. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Compared to traveling in North Korea, Shin found it easy and safe to travel in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Blow, blow, blow. He cannot see. He is blind now. Make him lean away from the wind so he is easier to knock down.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s got to be an easier way,” I say. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The list was very long—so long, in fact, that the authors of Standards of Inmate Behavior found it easier to define what was permitted than what wasn’t. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because of the rest of her, the attitude was easy to overlook most of the time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy— He came out of the oil like a whale surfacing, oil sheeting off his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Kissinger and Le Duc Tho sat in red easy chairs, a few feet apart. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But, listen, don’t worry—we’ll go and get your stupid library book from underneath the old lady’s bed, because that’s an easy thing to get back. That’s no problem at all.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Besides, my dad says Ramones songs are easy to play,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Unitarians did not stand out in society as heretics, but the faith was easy to live with if you felt uncomfortable with a more serious, stricter branch of Christianity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to admit, Henson was right. Leaving was the easy part. It was a good thing we didn’t know how hard life was ahead of us.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d jumped from enough boxcars to know that the jumping was easy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sneaking back to the alley where she had cornered the one-eared, tom was easy, but after that she got lost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Going into the state hospital was easier having an adult with me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been so much easier that way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It is. But believe me, it’s not easy.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The men laughed in the slow and easy way that three men laugh at one. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I found it a lot easier to fit in than at Welch Elementary. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And after I crawled into my bed and got settled under the sheet it wasn’t easy to fall asleep. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ear, Eye and Arm were allowed to stay in easy chairs because of their injuries. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I figured it wasn’t going to get any easier without practice. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The resort of a weak writer, like one and the same and any and all. easier said than done. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to identify a voice, especially a shouting voice. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letting go of the letters was easier than getting close to Momma, but so far, she’d kept her promise. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This decision was not made any easier by the lingering agony buzzing around its shaggy head, or the cluster of bullets lodged in the fatty chest tissue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mostly his questions were easy, only a very few triggering my easy blushes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Everything would be so much easier if I could just be one of those ex-boyfriends who was happy that Hudson misses me and not care because I have an even more amazing boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Somehow hating the ship made it easier to be angrier and hate other things. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said in a take it easy tone. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By then, I was in a better mood because the algebra quiz was easier than anyone imagined. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Army, therefore, made it easier for me to love my country, with all its flaws, and to serve her with all of my heart. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It's easier to pretend I have a choice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was an easy trail to follow, though A.M. and P.M. must have been moving fast because the cousins saw no sign of them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His plan — for pleasure and a last look at the Shire as much as any other reason — was to walk from Hobbiton to Bucklebury Ferry, taking it fairly easy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was much easier to deal with when she was high. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"An easy word to say. An easy word to like." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dad, Mom thinks you should take it easy, for your health, right? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

How had it been so easy for them—for Tate and Deen? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It's not an easy thing to say, but we've come a long way together, and I feel like I should be able to say this much. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It would be so much easier to let go. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The log-out sequence was designed this way to prevent avatars from using it as an easy way to escape a fight. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If all of Shay’s little riddles were this easy to solve, this whole trip was going to be a breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In some ways a jet is easier to fly than a plane with a piston engine and a propeller. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I washed Mother’s hair this evening, which is no easy task these days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She cried, “Stay put! It’ll be easier for Tyson to find you! Stay where you are!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Well, everything seemed easier when he was a freshman. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There would be no instant gratification, no easy triumph. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I thought he would be an easy mark, being stiff, paralyzed, but of course the agony was mine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s that, too, but no. I mean the curse of knowledge. It was easy when we were the only victims.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For their children my parents wanted chances they never had—an easier way. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not easy, I have heard, to gain entrance to the convent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He found himself thinking how easy it would be to drop a few of these scraps into a wineskin when no one was watching. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I could say that living with my ma wasn’t easy and it drove him to drink, but there are no excuses. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said, “it’s not so easy to read Shakespeare—especially when he can’t come up with names that you can tell apart.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That meant doing well in all my subjects: math, Pure Science, history, geography, and English were easy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Unless you pulled focus and stopped to examine your surroundings more closely, it was easy to forget that everything you were seeing was computer-generated. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You are as predictable as you were easy to beat, Artemis.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It is also easier to recognize familiar musical forms. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In that same instant, the Sixer ground forces spotted Shoto, and sensing a much easier target, they began to redirect their fire at his avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably easier to organize us with our families. The main station is so busy, you know,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Conch was easy to harvest from the ocean. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, except for his mother’s complaint, it had been fairly easy not to invite Dorothy. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Instrumentalists may also find that a piece is easier to play if it is in a different key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“This worked out rather better than I expected. I was prepared to wait, but your mother arrived ahead of schedule. It’s easier this way, isn’t it? Less suspense, less anxiety for you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Book ciphers are easy to read if you know the book and the system of encryption. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That evening as I was leaving the house, Papa said, “Billy, be careful tonight. It’s slick down under the snow, and it would be easy to twist an ankle or break a leg.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was stooped with age, it was easy to see how tall he once had been. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taran, thinking it easier to get wet a little at a time, hung back as much as he could—until Melyngar lunged ahead, carrying him with her. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But in the circle of Isengard, trapped and alone, it was not easy to think that the hunters before whom all have fled or fallen would falter in the Shire far away.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a very good mobile phone connection, which made it easier for Aimee to answer in monosyllables and not have to explain why. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

At least the quad had made his life easier. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“However,” Albert says, “I do wish it was easier for you. We will not share your secret.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Because they are so large, hitting the right one is actually easier than using my Medi-Talker. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Taken together, his overlapping themes lend themselves to easy summary: unity at home and independence abroad. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Metro Gnome does make speaking easy, as easy as singing, but I can hardly carry one around with me, can I? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He regards their time together as perfectly normal, as destined, and she begins to see how easy it is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would probably be a lot easier for me to go over to her house...but again, my mind is defaulting to relying on Fiona for help. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But wherever people think that, the guards will unconsciously grow gradually more relaxed, until sometimes those can be the easiest jobs of all. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so easy to say, because it never has to be true. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The inspector asks him if he wants to change it to make it easier to pronounce. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

You thought it would be an easy way to a hit song and make money.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of all the kids in the school, the police found it easy to arrest me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You think it’s easy trying to draw all that? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They tease me for being a food snob, an easy misunderstanding to play along with, but I'm not that picky about what I eat. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Seeing and touching the actual machinery made it easier to understand what all these complicated parts did, instead of just reading about them in books. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leap back was easier—she had an idea of the range now. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knot was easy, but pushing the boat out with Grandma in it wasn’t. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him where his dad is, and he says, ‘Don’t worry about that now, breathe easy,’ like the EMT told me to do. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite easy for her to attribute her condition to certain dreams she had experienced while her husband was away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finding out what people think of a rock song sounds as if it should be easy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Dad’s way of making hard things seem easy, and complicated things seem simple. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My powers are great, as you shall see, so be easy in your mind, my child.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So is describing a beautiful woman as easy as looking at one for you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Telling the truth to others is often the easier part, the confrontation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now that the location of the Jade Key was public knowledge, deciphering the Quatrain and figuring out how to obtain the key was relatively easy. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A brother who is a problem is easier to deal with than a brother who was a problem. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But we could not find any easy answer—because there was none. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But Dedd suspected that he found it easier to address their problems in the dark. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes follow the power-ups as they dot the training level, noting the easy grabs and the hard ones. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Styx’s voice slid easy into the middle of us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And I suppose you want me to make this easy on you and just turn myself in.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had been too easy for too long. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I didn't think getting to Auntie Seema would be easy, but I also didn't think it would be this hard. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All of this is easier said than done, of course. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

An orderly mind, Tyrion reflected, and indeed, once you puzzled out the arrangement, it was easy to see that every potion had its place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s worth more than that. You’re looking at three hundred dollars’ worth of fireworks, easy.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

People who only wanted to make her own life easier. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just as she had thought, the soldiers would be easy to find. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When done, the sand painting glowed, making it easier to separate Darkness from the night shadows. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, that’s what I told you, darling, because I knew you’d get upset if I saw her. So I hold my hands up—I lied. Anything for an easy life.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll make it easier to suggest what we were thinking of, then. I think we could use a levelheaded partner.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important to me was the fact that within a matter of hours we'd returned to the easy rhythm of our newlywed life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It would be so much easier if Jack were in her class. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Hazel Grace, when you’re as charming and physically attractive as myself, it’s easy enough to win over people you meet. But getting strangers to love you... now, that’s the trick.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was easy, once out of the party, to pull his Invisibility Cloak out of his pocket and throw it over himself, for the corridor was quite deserted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper soon found that it was not so easy to take a penguin for a stroll. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He quit the diner, but working there even briefly opened his eyes to how easy it could be to make money in New York. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t going to be easy, which my brother had pointed out and which my father had answered with...you know. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jessie was surprised how easy it was to catch the fruit flies that floated up from the bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was one of his favorites, Pac’s voice defiant over the melancholy chorus sampled from the Five Stairsteps—“Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not easy to miss. When you feel sad, you look sad.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam probably figured I’d be easier to supervise while tumbling around and doing my usual backyard tricks on Bannon’s enormous spring floors. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This should be exhilarating, I tell myself, like a dive into the frigid New England Atlantic, followed by a slow, easy swim beyond the surf. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Surveillance. We’ve heard the Erudite keep their lights on all night, which will make it easier to look through their windows. See what they’re doing.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Marly was glad it was something easy, because she wanted to look around at the other children. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the answers to such questions would be easy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I have been trying to decide which of you is the more muddled. It is not easy,” he yawned. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The desire for a quick and easy method of killing unwanted plants has given rise to a large and growing array of chemicals that are known as herbicides, or, less formally, as weed killers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of like a dollhouse come to life, and everything’s within easy reach. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Florence moved to deposit John in the easy chair that was his Sunday throne. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a traffic jam longer than a slithering python and I have to look where I’m going, because it’s easy to twist my foot on the broken cobblestone road. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Printed books, by improving access to information, make it far easier to establish and refute facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is easy to find a logical and virtuous reason for not doing what you don’t want to do. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I went online. I just wanted to see if I could find anything, and it was surprisingly easy; I found records from Ellis Island—” “The Agnes Pauline?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to drop down on the other side, to run away. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ole lady didn’t take my dare, and I easy myself down a little. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I'd always felt bad for her, because she was on the heavier side, and I imagined that wasn't an easy way to go through high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She understood what motivated most of her friends—even her brother, Nico, who wasn’t easy to read. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That’s way easier said than done—it’s the elevator that gets used the most. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"This way," Catelyn urged, "and slowly. We must not run, or they will ask why. Walk easy, as if nothing were amiss." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I know I didn’t make it easy for you to come out. We're very proud of you. You’re pretty brave, kid.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“But just for a few days, I think it’s easier this way. She had a real scare yesterday, with an eel, in the tide pools. She’s nervous about the water.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It's easy enough to find directions on a map, but I had very little knowledge of directions when I was smack in the middle of somewhere. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

To her quiet surprise, she found it was going to be the easiest thing in the world. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Basically, everything has always come easy to him, and okay. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Being buzzed made it way easier to fake like I wasn’t nervous. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad has his collection of books and articles spread out on a card table within easy reach. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy for him, with his four paws, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione were soon out of breath. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to breathe the farther I get away from it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to assume that people have it out for you than to be disappointed when they don’t come through. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The store was organized by color, so it was easy to see exactly where we needed to be. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I want to enjoy the flight, I want to enjoy the view and the soaring and the wind, I want to feel how easy it is breathing through a beak. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“An easy distance, do you call it? It is nearly fifty miles.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The top few feet were easy to manage, but lower down the earth became sandy and wet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The U.N. had made it easy to emigrate, difficult if not impossible to stay. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Shin’s adjustment to life in the United States had not been easy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Predicting what Kat is going to do next makes predicting the weather seem easier than counting to three. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me to wear the necklace every day for one week so I would remember how easy it is to lose myself to something false. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is not an easy thing for me to explain," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If Fiver’s horrors had kept him above ground all night in the rain, oblivious of cold and prowling elil, then clearly it was not going to be easy to talk him out of them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy. You barely know what’s happening when you’re under. It’s only when you resurface that you even know what you said. I went under when I was a kid. It’s pretty commonplace in Candor.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She flinched from him, the hoarseness of his voice, the nebulous and easy meaninglessness of his words. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was so easy to like Mike. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With the abacus it’s easy to tell which number is represented. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This is the easiest way to write beats that are evenly divided into three rather than two. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Blanca, even if you find this girl someone to marry, it’s not that easy. She might still get deported. You think Immigration is that stupid?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“This one’s easy to place on the scale. I can burn those germs right off.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They aimed for the Colosseum because that was an easy landmark, but getting there proved harder than Percy anticipated. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So easy to whirl and grab him by the neck and slam his face into the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After a while, I noticed that some of the creatures started reappearing, which made drawing them easier. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, since there were lots of other Jewish kids doing exactly the same thing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Not that easy. Took you what, ten days?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“So we catch the tram, make our way to this Atrium, snag the Story Box, and hightail it out of there. Sounds easy enough.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we had become a little arrogant with our fine new technique of ice-claw and rubber slipper, our age of easy mechanical conquest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he stood up to keep running—one of the assistants told him to take it easy—his legs wobbled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She says ’tis easy to see they’re not used to having anything the way they brag about everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His voice, easy and refined, carries in it the authority of someone who runs a huge corporation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At least the light from the other trailers makes it easier to walk across the rest of the living area. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I looked behind me, suddenly worried that we were leaving a trail that would be easy to follow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they sit next to each other, I notice how opposite they are, Christina dark and lean, Will pale and solid, but alike in their easy smiles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mother and Father came south, convinced it would be easier to breathe away from Communism. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was only too easy to picture his white, moist hand with its filthy fingernails reaching out stealthily, but there was no way to prove such a suspicion. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I miss them the way children miss their parents, the way I miss Mrs. Wexler, the way I miss things being easy and clouds being below me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This made it quite easy to move around, except that the slopes above the valley were very steep in places, and I slipped several times on the loose, gravelly soil. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I lied,” she said with an easy delight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Barack’s second term would prove to be easier in many ways than his first. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I was crawling, even through the easy beginning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Thinking is easy enough,” said the grave lady. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If he had, his dying would not have been so easy.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was easier to remember his face than it was to remember my mom’s. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

According to fellow cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Valentina didn't have it easy. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it was easy to miss a detail that small. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We have come so far, and our journey has not been easy.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My relationship to many of the self-proclaimed Chicano students was not an easy one. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But fortunately for Vincent, it is still easy to get away from the congestion. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Many of them spoke Spanish, which made it easy for Mami to negotiate the price of everything. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was easy to be absent from a study hall Mr. Tuffett guarded. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’d rather read the railroad pamphlets, which make homesteading sound as easy as rubbing a magic lamp. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was much more interested in others than he let on, and it was easy to move him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no easy way to get out of this. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The journey this way was easy, though she suspected the woods could lead her wherever they chose. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Money like that made it easy to run rings around law enforcement. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As a known hustler, it’s also the easiest game in town to get away with—no contraband for the cops to find if they frisk you. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an easy shot into the top corner and Alex took it without hesitating. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this makes things easier on instrumentalists; they may not have to learn different fingerings when they switch from one kind of saxophone to another, for example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Gradually the suspicion that Catholics had X-ray eyes diminished, and I grew easy. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty easy to guess which one of us wants to leave and which wants to stay. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

How easy it would be to pluck it — quick! — out of the air. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to tell who the winner was. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the way she always wears a little gold Allah charm from Pakistan around her neck and the easy way she switches between English and Urdu when talking to her mom and mine. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was easy to make my further arrangements; for I was troubled with no inquiries—no surmises. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy, isn’t it? Why don’t you jump? It wouldn’t hurt, not to break your neck. It’s a quick, kind way. It’s not like drowning. Why don’t you try it? Why don’t you go?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to fade, fade, easy, easy, stalling until he could spot The Goober, tall and rangy, downfield where he’d be waiting if he had managed to elude the safety- man. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t a lie exactly, and it was a lot easier than the truth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was an easy life compared to the farm, and still Rachel would be out of mischief and earning her own way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was past forty, more handsome than pretty, but still easy on the eye. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The General sat on one side of a large desk and indicated that Arm should take an easy chair on the other. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cocktail parties to which we were assigned were all in easy walking distance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d let myself believe the lies because it was easier than digging for the truth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I could honestly invest the hapless actor in this fateful drama with feelings of a loftier cast, my task would be easier and I would feel confident of the outcome. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But if the idea of Mo becoming a martyr was meant to make the reality of his passing easier to take, it had totally failed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Of course she’d suspected what was coming, but that made it no easier to contemplate. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“She sure does get upset easy,” I said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably in more ways than you’d believe. I...I know what it’s like to be misunderstood, to want to run away from the things that scare you. Sometimes it’s easier to run away, isn’t it?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Money’s supposed to make things easier, but it’s always doing the opposite. I sort of wish we worked on a barter system.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"I cry easy, don't you worry about it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t get easier. We just have to get stronger.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, just take it easy,” one guy said; he had sergeant’s stripes on his bathrobe. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a lot easier to talk to each other when Ginny was there. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A confrontation would have been too easy, and he was not going to let them stop him; he asked the man where he could buy some candy. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though it would have been easier to go the way they slanted, this would have taken me in the wrong direction. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think twice about the easy deceptions of Monday morning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, a constant stream of new gadgets make it easier to use poisons on lawn and garden — and increase the gardener’s contact with them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now it was much easier to transport water from the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From some things, it's easier to avert your eyes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Up close, it's easy to see the layers of face paint she wears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’m doing my best, though it’s not always easy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Liam thought the easiest and fastest way to navigate our small pack to East River was to travel alongside the roads that we would have taken had we still been in Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I know this doesn’t look easy, but it can’t be much harder than walking in choreographed circles. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, easy for you to say,” he scoffed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Perfect. Then it’ll be easy for me to teach you how to lose.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Standing there, barefoot, her hair damp with sweat and sticking to her cheeks like paint, she felt easy. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying so hard to tell the story as objectively as I can, but it’s not easy. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It’s time-consuming to get there, but the waterfowl are such easy pickings you can make up for lost hunting time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though small compared to Oldtown and King’s Landing, it was clean and well-ordered, with wide straight cobbled streets that made it easy for a man to find his way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was easy to see that what he had gone through had changed him. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

If David’s parents had been here, whatever was left of them would be easy to find. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone had told me that driver education was an easy A, but not for me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy! Take your time!” his audience pleaded with him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The string beans and potato slice were easy. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my pencil and Miss Volker fell back into an easy chair. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Plus, she’s got a couple on the stoop. I like helping her with them though. They easier to deal with than a dog or a little brother or sister.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Its eyes closed and its head lowered in sleep, the breathing easier, a bit slower now. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“The rangers said she would be easy to carry,” Neel said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She groped through the years for Miss Martineau, but Mrs. E.C.B. was easy: she remembered a crocheted tarn, a crocheted dress through which peeped pink crocheted drawers, and crocheted stockings. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Life would be so much easier if he did. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Homeschooling also made it easier for me when I returned to the Rock School at the age of seven. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s settler life for you, I spose, not much time for niceties and it’s easy to sink to the level of people who revel in squandering their manners. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Just in case there should be any gossip. You never can tell, you know. People are odd, sometimes. If they knew about Mrs. de Winter it might make it a lot easier for you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was too easy a death for this psycho. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The walking was uncommonly easy—the ridge was almost perfectly flat—and the absence of vegetation provided uninterrupted views. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I found that I liked this class arrangement very much; it divided my work neatly and made it easy for me to concentrate separately upon Talmud and college subjects. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So I told him, after Fluffy, a dragon would be easy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I lean against the wall and remember how easy school was with noise-canceling headphones and earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Monique had tried to make it easy for him, but the small, third-floor apartment was cramped and cold in the winter, cramped and hot in the summer. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Knowing Sarah, she probably made herself seem misunderstood so that they’d feel bad for her and let her off easy.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took out my dad’s electric clipper and buzzed off my whole head of hair to shorter and shorter lengths until I thought it would be easy to shave with an electric razor. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so easy, just listening, to get lost in the jazz tunes and rhythms that fill my head in Roxbury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you have been close to chimps for a while they are as easy to tell apart as your classmates. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not the most creative, but easy to figure out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was easier just to pretend that our kiss last night had never happened, or that it had been from exhaustion or the possession. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Trying to be a hero wasn’t always easy or fun. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He dribbled to the top and then dished it off to Felix, who ducked under Benji's meaty arms for an easy lay-up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...take it easy, will you? My heart can only take so much stress.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Redfern’s low voice causes the louts to step aside uncertainly, and he leaps into the railcar with an easy grace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Bill said that it’s “very easy to read, but very hard to 'read well.’ The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to unfurl the linoleum in deserted alleys and parking lots. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My cousin's shout comes from the bench: "Whack it, Anna! And then run to Jenna. Martha, take it easy on her, will you?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two of the assassins further proved it with easy, skilled shots. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I try to stop thinking about it, which is easier on weekdays when I’m distracted by school stuff like Zeno of Elea, lit mag, and the dirty looks I still get from Tim Huber’s friends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Being the trailblazer for women in this field wasn’t easy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

If only there were an easy way, like wearing special glasses; a lightning strike is too painful, and results aren’t guaranteed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

That’s much easier said than done, because the process of change is random. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A Caesar cipher is easy to break, but not everyone is trained to spot one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to learn languages when the sounds rhyme. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s so easy to forget, when you don’t have to look after it anymore. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were always smiling in the photos they took, while sailing and hiking and visiting tourist spots, holding each other, all easy limbs and white teeth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The first set of puzzles about anteaters and elephants had to be easier than the set of puzzles about beavers and worms, which in turn had to be easier than the final set about fish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not supposed to be this easy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I turned down a busy street with a whole bunch of stores on it, just because it seemed like the easiest place to blend in. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes. So you see, my decision isn’t as easy as you thought.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy. My bad, man. It’s just...” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I have an easier time going down the holes than up them,” Travis said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But it was easier if we could make fun of ourselves about it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was easier to look at the picture, than the real Rashid Uncle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They became trapped in rush- hour traffic again, surrounded by half-asleep yuppies in suits who were sucking coffee from foam cups and listening to traffic reports and easy rock and roll. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s plenty fit, but uglies have an easier time trusting someone like me, someone their own age.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mom and I, sometimes the thing we had between us was easy and uncomplicated. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

How easy it was, little more than a muscle spasm, yet world-ending for those men. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I guess the idea was that we’d be easy to spot if any of us got lost. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The bigger the spell, the easier it is to resist. If you want to sleep millions of mortals, you’ve got to cast a very thin layer of magic. Sleeping demigods is much harder.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had passed the dreadful unseen opening, but whether that was so or not, suddenly it was easier to move, as if some hostile will for the moment had released them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Was Roy merely asking him to bring his passport to make the dismissal easier for him, to give him an exit, or did Roy really believe that the caller had been wrong? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If he had disappeared completely, I thought, it might be easier. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As he stood and turned, the CO at the table who had earlier told me to take it easy signaled me to relax. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rao’s company has pioneered a work flow software program with a standardized format that makes the outsourcing of tax returns cheap and easy. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first it’s easy to see, but as soon as we move away from our neighborhood, everything melts into inky blackness. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not easy to like, but...thanks for being kind to him.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“They was never easy for me,” Grandma recalled. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reenacting the film wasn’t just easy—it was a total blast. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They live in Tarrytown, New York—an easy commute for Brady into the city—and the two of them have a baby now, a girl. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

However, I shall now argue that the diversity of independent factors behind technological innovation actually makes it easier, not harder, to understand history’s broad pattern. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is easy to see that only a very restricted range of laws of nature are consistent with galaxies and stars, planets, life and intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve played ball with the guards twice to see if it works, and it does, so it’s easy.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier if he could believe there were some motive, some sort of revenge in the works, or some other manner of scheming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The pictures were the easiest 11 P.M. drama. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Selvam’s easy attitude towards her son brought Ira even closer to him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

That part was easy, the waiting and the seeing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds much easier than what I’m trying to do,” I say, and the woman laughs. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Although they seemed more interested in smoking and telling jokes, slipping a beet into my underwear unnoticed was no easy task. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"It seemed like an easy way to get that issue settled. And I really do have my cell phone, so there's no excuse for you not keeping in touch with me." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have not had the easiest time at this school,” she said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Now, he talked to Cleotilde’s friends with an easy friendliness, about the new Chelsea coach, about Big Brother, as if they were all there for something ordinary and normal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had a bowstring, but wood which could be bent and yet had the proper strength was not easy to find. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shop doors are propped wide so it’s easy to see in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diabetes has never been easy to live with. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked, “Daddy, was it easier work than the railroad?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one moment it seems natural, easy to understand. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some nights you might go through a pack of ’em, easy.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim light it was hard to see her face, but it was easy to know how she felt from her voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not easy, however, to separate brain damage from the effects of fear. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could introduce them to Devin, who would have an easier time learning the water monster songs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was as easy as that Even the warrant officer fled. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have made it easier for her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But plutonium was a little easier to make, and the plutonium bomb design was far more complicated. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was easy for Finn to shove the man away and yank Other-Finn forward. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy for us to grieve together. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy just to spill her secret. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, tugging, got the great front door open; it was just as heavy as it looked, and she thought, We will really have to find some easier way to get back in. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, no. Everything would be easier if I was dead.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess I just know how easy it is to fall into that life when you’re struggling. A lot of them really have it rough, you know?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I walk alongside, the big old horse setting a plodding pace that is easy to keep up with. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing easy about this for any of us, but you take your humor where you can get it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s just easier for me to edit in here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, being in the program made things easier to deal with, but Kevin wasn’t getting any better. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d thought American history would be easy because Dad had taught us about the Founding Fathers—I knew all about Washington, Jefferson, Madison. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At his words, there was an immediate clamor of loud voices arguing for and against the likelihood of a swift and easy Communist defeat in the hands of American military might. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

For the first part of the year, lunchtime, at least, is the same as last year, with you and me sitting together and sharing snacks and everything being easy. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘That word comes too oft and easy from your lips,’ said Gandalf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"That must make life so much easier," I said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

While those birds were important food sources for the initial colonists, especially on New Zealand’s South Island, most of them were soon exterminated on all islands, because they were easy to hunt down. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing a thing is bound to happen don’t make it easier. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dazed and disoriented, they would have made easy meals, but Bristle let them pass, as if obeying some code that protected those so terrified. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When Nedelsky pointed out that the book was in Dutch, Oppenheimer replied, “But it’s such easy Dutch.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It rolls smoothly, easier than I expected across the carpet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please do not imagine that it will truly be that easy, should you think to defy me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look very comfortable, but the god Auster lounged on it like he was ready for an easy afternoon of watching football. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I give something easy for carry,” he offers. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He claimed it was an easy way to die, but I didn’t want to find out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m too angry to make this easy for her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was too easy a way to cover up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She flops down in a soft easy chair with Penny on her lap and begins to read. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“C’mon, how bad could it be? When I was little, your grandma made us eat fried rabbit livers with pepper jelly. You kids have it easy. We got blackened vegetables on the good days.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But secretly, I bet it’s easier not to care what people think of you when you’re Gram’s age than when you’re twelve. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Higher tuition, lower ranking, tougher admission requirements: these do not make for an easy marketing pitch to alumni clubs around the country. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And the monster said, I am here and stepped over his grandma’s office shed in one easy motion. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Like how you thought it would be easy to take the lawn business away from me?” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to ignore it as long as Max was with me, but now that she's not, the thought is back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I knew there was no chance, but I wasn’t going to make it easy neither. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin still had no idea what to say, but they were easy to listen to, chirping to each other about families and school. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He saw in a flash that he could have made all of this very easy if he had simply acted from the beginning as if they were doing nothing unusual. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to sidetrack David, especially when it involves the video store, but he does like to count cars. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time the women had become so easy with each other talk wasn’t always necessary. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s completely stiff by now. I don’t think he’ll bend easy at all.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I admired my mother in some ways, although things between us were never easy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a big, good man with a soft baritone, who ruled with easy tact a choir of repressed soloists, and who had an unerring memory for the favorite hymns of District Superintendents. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to lose this easy feeling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For some reason he was getting a little easier, even permitted himself a chuckle that could have turned to throat-clearing if he saw a bad reaction from me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

DRACO: She made being brave very easy, your mother. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Quite the opposite in fact—often I find it all too easy to speak my mind, and things go badly because of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Because you could die so quickly, each man carried at least one large compress bandage, usually in the helmet band for easy access. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly made me very angry, that he should stifle my ambitions of getting into the University then come over and ask about my dead father as easy as saying good morning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she’d been little, it had been easy—a smile from her father, the tightrope raised another foot, orange cakes wrapped in white paper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘But if you’d been in my place you’d of done the same as what I done. It’s easy to criticize,’ I says, ‘but you ain’t got the same problems as what I got.’ 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Look how easy she be resting in your arm! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

These were to be our last days together, at least in the carefree spirit that had marked our escape from the Middle West and the American culture it was so easy to be ambivalent about. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

If she doesn’t believe me, then the easiest thing is to go along with her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He held a book he wanted to read, but he was much too polite to read and talk, too, easy as it was to give Billy’s mother satisfactory answers. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

These days it’s easier for me to fall asleep when there is noise around me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was deep consciousness about him, and he found it easier to meet her eye than her friend’s. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to take the raft back around the lake, and possible—though certainly not easy—to drag Derek back up to the shelter. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the third way was an easier path to Beyond. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Papadimitriou said, “On the face of it, that does present a problem. But books are easier to duplicate than alethiometers. I shall make it my business to find as many as you need.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As flobberworms flourished best if left to their own devices, it was the easiest exam any of them had ever taken, and also gave Harry, Ron, and Hermione plenty of opportunity to speak to Hagrid. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier to just tell his brother he’d made a mistake and return to Dowa, but my father buckled down and pressed on. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Besides, if she had won, if she’d gone the easy way, she wouldn’t have saved Nox. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And when I kissed him, when my lips pressed against his one last time, slipping inside of his mind was as easy as taking his hand had been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

‘The perishing is more likely, and will be a lot easier anyway,’ he said grimly to himself, as he sheathed Sting and turned from the brazen doors. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There is an easy way to test this theory. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

This is perfectly easy to understand—provided the Earth is flat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make things easier, we’d hidden cinder blocks in strategic places. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In 1962 John F. Kennedy declared, “We choose to go to the moon not because it is easy but because it is hard.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It afforded easy access to excellent rowing water on the sound. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And, I won’t lie, even after two days, it’s way easier to get out of bed in the morning. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It made it easier to lure Christians and Muslims onto the aliens’ dinner plates, but it also upset a lot of contemporary readers here on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It will be dryer and warmer in the house, and easier for me to take care of him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was so easy to make Mike happy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to walk with both of them, so he ate one, licking his palm clean with hunger when he was done. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was much easier to be sad than to go back and forth between emotions, and this gave me the determination I needed to keep moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was as easy as plucking ripe fruit from a tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s still no excuse, but it’s easy to see how it all got away from him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hunters expanding southward through the Americas, encountering big animals that had never seen humans before, may have found those American animals easy to kill and may have exterminated them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time it was easier to travel when the snow was on the ground. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now came the suitors, young bloods trooping in to their own seats on thrones or easy chairs. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been a lot easier than reaching through the tangle of roots and branches, trying to bring the vibrasaw to bear against a precise spot. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It is an easy matter, Mr. Quinn, to prove the Corporation has never manufactured a robot of a humanoid character.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to explain my father, and usually I never talked about him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for her attitude, it would be easier to deal with all this. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the cars were taking it easy in the right lane, but the big rigs kept barreling by, shooting up walls of slush that hit the windshield so hard we jumped every time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were not easy to carry and required four footmen to each one. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier for Caesar to meet with the station agent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward over the tub’s rim, she tried to wash but the procedure was awkward and unnatural; it was easier in the stream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They all look here for lost children. We keep a database to make it easier for everyone.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They cant stand prosperity or an easy job. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were kids, it was easy enough to hide Toby from any adult. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As we saw in the last chapter, it is not always easy to define the threshold for saying that a culture ‘has’ something, but language usually provides a useful marker. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Just because my brother made it look so easy doesn’t mean I can too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You look like you’re about to cry. I might go easy on you if you cry.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, Permian scored an easy 49-0 win to improve its record to five and one and solidify its top-ten ranking in the statewide polls. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is easy to assume that the discoveries reported in The Starry Messenger are the most important that Galileo made with the telescope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You boys have it too easy here. America make you soft.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the military also recognized the potential for disease to make their work easier. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The kind of sugar easiest to produce from cane is dark—the color comes from molasses, which also makes that form of sugar spicy and even bitter. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Breaking into Miss Joe’s office isn’t as easy as I thought it would be, seeing that she always keeps her door wide open for anyone to come into, even when she isn’t there. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was easy for Johnny to say, ‘Look sharp, Dusty,’ and little Dusty looked sharp. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody says it’s pretty here; nobody says it’s easy either. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yawar stood, and though I was sitting at the edge of the group as always, I could still see his eyes dancing in the flickering flames as he announced, “Planting isn’t easy work.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure we can talk to her about those things. I’m sure there’s lots of room to make it easier, make you comfortable there.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

This was not an easy undertaking, and it would take days to build the trail. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It makes it easier to pretend that "Jennica" can someday be something more. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In this army Lee was always easy to find. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is not easy to imagine him contentedly enjoying rest and peace, or allowing the blessed gods to do so, either. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure if it was easier or harder to always do the right thing when you were a grown-up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The wide, airy nature of the streets here give the city a marvellously spacious feel, so that I found it most easy to spend some hours just strolling in the gently warm sunshine. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What he was saying was too easy, too predictable. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Having established my habit of not speaking to Julian on the bus, it was easy to avoid talking about the message in the ten-dollar bill. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet we can get you fifty bucks, easy.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He remembered what Hercules had said to him at the Straits of Gibraltar: It’s not easy being a son of Zeus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Good; Kenny and Allen would make it way easier to face all those girls. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t easy to find, but I am leaving a bag of Abuelo’s favorite candy on the community altar at Calaca. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course. I’m older than you, remember? I saw her go, and Dada shouted that she was dead to us now. It seemed the easiest way to explain things to you.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today it’s easier being in Sarah’s room than anywhere else. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She drives that baby with the easy confidence of a trucker. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were lazy men; it was easier to drift downstream and row over to Winston Swamp than to thrash through underbrush and pine slashes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Let’s just say that if all you do is choke on them, you’re getting off easy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But it would be too easy to dismiss the dangers even of this familiar beginning place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was easy enough to rig a shell so the oars sat a little too close to the water and easy enough to pull a leisurely oar but make it look hard. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her children slept peacefully beside her; Timothy’s breathing was quiet and easy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We move on to easier topics, like the house my mother is trying to sell for her clients and the weather. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It reminded him of slicing a yam with a newly sharpened knife, the easy perfection in every slice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And for me to be patient was made easier by the fact that I could anticipate soon seeing and perhaps meeting the man who was called “The Messenger,” Elijah Muhammad himself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started softly but the exhortations of the congregation—“Talk! Talk!” and “Alright! Alright!” and “Take your time, son! Take your time!”—got him going in a sweet and easy rhythm. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was cutting rosebuds, which for him wasn’t easy with just the one hand, and dropping each one into a big zinc tub. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There were only four bottles of champagne in the cellar, and with the Prohibition on there was no easy way anyone could run out and buy more. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Since he did not in fact know what kind of help he expected from O’Brien, it was not easy to say why he had come here. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That was easy to do because Rufus only had two shirts and two pairs of pants and Cody only had three shirts and two pairs of pants. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not to say that the job would be easy, or in need of any less rigor and sophistication than the previous research; simply that it could be done. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time it was a little easier to look at him than it was minutes before. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It amazes me how easy it is to tune out everything else—thoughts of war on Abnegation, Tobias, Caleb, my parents, my friends, my new faction fade away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is much easier to define people just in terms of their family personality. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prying him away from his job hunt wouldn’t be easy, so I couldn’t waste what would probably be only one opportunity to help him. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This isn’t easy work, so I was concentrating pretty hard. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Being a home to others isn’t always easy. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And she remarked to old Grandma, dozing beside her stove with the dial turned all the way to HIGH, and to Tayo who was oiling his hunting boots: “I tell them, ‘It isn’t easy. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It isn't easy cutting down a big tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stopped going to lunch for about a week, though, to make the transition easier, to avoid the fake Oh, shoot, there’s no room for you at the table, Olivia! Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of other songs I could perform that were difficult enough to show my skill, but easy enough to allow me room for artistry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once the kitchen smelled of cinnamon and butter, I easied down. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The dearth of boughs and pine needles made it light and easy to carry. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Matthias. Tack to the left and wheel to the right. Bob and weave, duck and wriggle. Look, it’s easy.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wish it really did hurt; it would be easier. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sheriff's job was not an easy one, and that county which, out of the grab bag of popular elections, pulled a good sheriff was lucky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You might as well find a sturdy tree and a rope, Odenigbo, because that’s an easier way to commit suicide,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is—there will be—no quick, easy way for Shin to adapt to life outside the fence, whether in the United States or in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I say, sir,” said the young man suddenly, “if you’d rather have the lower berth—easier, and all that—well, that’s all right by me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Dad took me and Beth and Zack up in the chopper with him to show us how easy it is to spot the landing site. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’m senior boy and the job is easier because I’m fast and when Mr. McCaffrey is out in the van and my work is done I read the English, Irish, American magazines and papers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And with all the good feelings that abounded, it was easy to forget what a ruthless butcher Goddard was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’d fished many times with my father and this was easy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dating the end of the Renaissance is no easier than dating the beginning—you could say that it is still going on. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, that part was easy,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to see the two arms of sand that made the entrance in the moonlight, and he centered between them and almost scooted out of the bay into the open sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to say it was all just luck. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It’s always easier to die gently, to wake in due time in the place you were buried, to come to terms with your death and to get acquainted with the other inhabitants. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was unable to compete with the other bigger shopkeepers whom the easy money to be had from the tanners had drawn to the new town. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she had figured it would be easy to work with people who were dumber than she was. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When they were all rushing around fighting for the limited food supply, Frightful would find them easy to catch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Our Olanna has just finished her master’s degree. Master’s degree at London University! It is not easy!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If he were on board, he would be easy to find. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s easy,” I answer, with wide, soulful eyes and a totally straight face. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I had to stay out of the way and be quiet, but that was easy. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then I got the idea that I would only use the easy words instead of the long hard ones. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He never did any of the things that might have made the trip easier for him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a middle name? Maybe that would make it easier?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some of these were easy to break, but soon it became clear that the Nazis had made a game-changing decision. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Growing up the way I did, I learned how easy it is for white people to get comfortable with a system that awards them all the perks. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now that I wasn’t exhausted all the time, sleep didn’t come as easy and deep as it had. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to make sport of their attitude if one did not know that in this way they try to keep their association with the strength and simplicity of the land. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother, with her round belly and easy smile. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Our pull toward each other was evident and easy to understand. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Your extended left hand holds and balances the rifle. Your right hand aims and squeezes the trigger. See, it’s easy!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“However a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble. Generally speaking, it’s easier to appear harmless. It’s less trouble all around.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The easy thing would be to say no. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered if there was something wrong with me, because it was real easy for me to lie, even to a pack of religious people on Sunday morning. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got there, it was pretty easy to pick a place to start. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, during the first practice the coach kept us running patterns that were supposed to end in an easy layup for one of the forwards. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to imagine old King Aerys perched up there, bleeding from some fresh cut, glowering down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it wasn’t as easy for her to abandon the river. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a door, easier to defend. They can only come at us one at a time." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

According to Kuhn, revolution always brings with it disputation and conflict; since there was virtually no disputation, it is all too easy to assume that there can have been no revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She loved him, and the spirited easy life he gave her, and yet she often fought the urge to create rough edges, to squash his sunniness, even if just a little. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a bit easier to read print, don’t you think? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier just to go to the library and read. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I meant tactically speaking in a war where there was some movement a succession of mountains were nothing to hold as a line because it was too easy to turn them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Coach says, “I thought that maybe if Russell had a friend who knew what it was like to be different, the transition might be a little easier.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why it was so easy for me to see that Phoebe’s mother was worried and miserable, but Phoebe couldn’t see it—or if she could, she was ignoring it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The grain of the wood felt reassuringly solid, and tracing its whorls with her eyes was easier than thinking. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He told her that he intended to take only a duffel bag for our things because that would make it easier to get through customs. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping for suggestions on something easier, like a dog-walking app with some sort of twist, but sure.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He felt sympathy for Frank, but the guy didn’t make it easy when he talked about his family mansion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s easiest to take the bus, so most of the time that’s what Mom and I do. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Both boys giggled and the atmosphere was easy again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mom knew that, but she wanted to hear me say it, to put her easy in her mind. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"He has tried, Illyrio, I promise you that. His hired knives follow us everywhere. I am the last dragon, and he will not sleep easy while I live." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was staggering to contemplate the accrued tales of dysfunction, pain, and violence that had preceded these prison terms—and, frankly, easier not to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was warm from being so close to my skin for so long, which didn’t make it any easier to swallow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My daughter said I’d have an easy journey, but somehow I don’t feel happy about it. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them is easy to live with. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was easier to talk to him when he was working on the windows. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Stresa is so easy to get to from Milan that there are always people you know. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was an easy step to the proposition: as a clockmaker or millwright is to a clock or mill, so is God to Nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I remember that campaign. We met a lot of people who would’ve made great politicians. Why wouldn’t you pick someone easier to elect?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it is the easiest one to address. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jordan, while a modern Middle Eastern state, was not an easy place for a woman used to Western freedoms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier if Eduardo had come up to be a natural buffer for me, a screen, and perhaps also to provide the pretext by which I might depart. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything would be a lot easier if you would just disappear. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

“Certainly not. It’s the one thing keeping the Specters away. It’s not going to be easy by any means.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a ways down the highway before we rested easy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not so dumb as to believe that rescue was an easy task. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was easy to tell the people who had not fallen: they were the ones with the highest piles of snow on their shoulders and heads. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The padlock snipped off surprisingly easy, Jamie working one handle and Michael pushing the other. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve waited almost three years for this night,” I said, “and it hasn’t been easy. I’ve taught you everything I know and I want you to do your best.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to sound confident, but it wasn’t easy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“See what I could find for you and your sick sister. Someplace safe and easy to get to, right?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Possessives were a similar headache, and it was easier to say nothing than to announce that the left-hand and the right-hand glove of Janet had fallen to the floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, it was an easy walk and I knew he was thirsty, so it was odd that he wasn’t more prompt. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to chat with Mrs. Sharpe was not easy It was kind of like playing with a dangerous animal. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those weeks in August were not easy ones for those of us besieged. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Poor you. It isn’t easy to master calculus in middle school.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

For this reason, if anybody wanted to catch a bird, then that was the easiest place for it to be done. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They make it seem so easy, but for me, finding the good is sometimes hard and I worry that no matter how much good we find, there will always be more bad. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lexie had her golden smile and her easy laugh, Trip had his looks and his dimples: why wouldn’t people like them, why would they ever even ask such a thing? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Choppers could get in and out fairly quickly, but it would be easy for the Cong guns on the hill to hit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana could see right then she had rounded the bend where conversations with her parents were no longer going to be as easy as they once were. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the Luminous Stone, it was not easy to see the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked up and smiled a radiant smile—it was almost tooth-for-tooth the same as his, only easier, more used—and it was not the smile of a crazy person. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I had an easier time making friends in Eden Park, to be honest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier to see her through the gauze, but instead I looked down on the stark face that seemed suddenly so empty and evil. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words were harsh, but his eyes were easy, like he’d woken up from a nothing- special dream to a nothing-special life. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dismounts in one easy movement and starts taking off his gloves one finger at a time. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I'm around them, it’s easy to see I’m only half. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t easy to buddy up to, but sometimes Joe sat with him in the cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was easy making them scream and run. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found it was easier to spot errors and get results when you had “different minds, centered on the same problem.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Danielle notices and edges her notebook closer to make it easier for me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

That was what murder was—as easy as that! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Some of his men had reached for their swords, but with an easy flick of his wrist he motioned to them to stop. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop warns him that we can only work on the pageant when Daddy’s not home, which is easy enough since he’s been doing a lot of overtime lately. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There are times when my mom is easy to talk to. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She said the names of the plants over and over aloud, trying to make a chant of them for easier memory. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Charles thought dogs were easier than people. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I hadn’t seen the branch coming and it was just a scratch, but I guess he figured it would be easier traveling without me along to get into trouble. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could fix the engine on the boat easy if I wanted. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Easy, easy,” Doc said, laughing at our eagerness. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"It's easier for me to make peace from a distance." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Even when a problem is easier and it’s possible to solve it completely, simulation is frequently faster and cheaper. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The easiest way to repair an unbalanced coordination is to zero in on the second coordinate and then force the first coordinate to match it by sliding its quantifier into a more suitable spot. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Aside from her hardships, the other thing Boori Ma liked to chronicle was easier times. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even without the locator, the troll would have been easy to follow. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The literal translation was something like “Easy Poems,” but trust me, this was not easy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter what I believe. The hospital’s gotta spank somebody, and I was an easy target. It’s just the way things work.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In all that open space, she is the sole upright creature, an easy mark. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Accurately measuring parallax was far from easy, particularly as it required a more exact measure of time than any sixteenth-century clock could provide, but showing that there was no measurable parallax was much more straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He waited by the passenger door with a martyred expression that was easy to understand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Because sometimes it’s easier to start over with a clean slate than to drag the baggage of your past with you wherever you go.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s pretty easy to train ’cause he’s so smart. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

From our modern perspective, it is easy to dismiss the ancients’ qualms about the utility of science. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Park sat quietly in the blue easy chair. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It’s easy enough to figure out: 𝝅, our distance from the sun, three hundred sixty-five days, and there you go. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I try to make things as easy for you as I can.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get him to think and talk, you had to pry him off the computer, which wasn’t easy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas couldn’t help thinking it seemed too easy, too good to be true. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Joe and Johnny and Chuck fell into an easy and comfortable confederacy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Forget it,” he said, but I knew his quick answer, if anything, was just an American convention, an easy idiom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A religion different from the religion of the Lunas,” I was again talking to myself, intrigued by the easy flow of thoughts and the openness with which I divulged them to my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Dad put his cap on and opened the door for her, I thought how easy he’d been on me considering what I had done. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom had set the terms for my forgiveness and they were pretty easy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t so easy, and if you have waste too you can lose money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were too limited, or too easy, or too obvious. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t make anything easy, can you? Not even now, the most important moment of your life?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was sorry to see her easy manner go, but that didn’t matter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In surveying, if you knew how far away a building was it was now easy to calculate its height. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I wonder where that Mom is now; I wonder why she can’t understand me that easy now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But it must have been easier for me than for most people, because I’ve never been particularly sociable; I have few friends and I don’t enjoy parties or festivities. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes some skill but it’s easy to learn. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The choice was clear, but that didn’t mean the decision was easy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had better get these matters straight, but it might not be easy to do so. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And my thoughts must’ve been easy to read, because Ocean leaned in and took my hands. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It is easy to sell New England in the Midwest,” as Freeman put it later. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Blue and yellow are easy paint colours to recognize. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to think how easy it would be without . The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We began coming down, but it wasn’t easy: stepping around the bodies, turning away from the stench, from the reality of the death around us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes I ignore the whole truth, because it's easier to pretend I'm making decisions for rational reasons. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the easiest story to read, the way it’s written and all. Like that first line: ‘I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.’ Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He scanned the ground as he went, looking for places snakes might be, like big thickets of brush where it was easy to hide. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If made it a lot easier for Victor, of course. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is easy now to admit my wrongs, even to this proud sister, for I no longer fear the consequences of speaking truth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Another I saved to show her again sometime, if I wanted pity or else needed some easy ammunition. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, the whole process took eighteen years, but the end felt deceptively easy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It makes it easy to imagine her past, and her future, to picture her growing old. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody had to have his fists up, because not everyone found it so easy—or even possible. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this leads, imperceptibly but inevitably, to a state of mind in which, having long ago learned to expect the worst, one finds it very easy to believe the worst. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Quickly, I say, “I’m sorry. I’m not mad at you, Abuela. I just want things to be easier.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“So what if it’s easy for me to say? Am I not supposed to say important stuff because it’s easy to say? Counterintuitive much?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That made it easier to leave, but made it harder too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was easy to beat because he was one of those people who always picked rock. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He knew fighting had never really come easy for me, and wanted to know if I made those guys pay. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to tell yourself things like this than to actually believe them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful canoe, light and graceful, with gently curving lines that made it look wonderfully easy to paddle. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were the hardworking ones who were easy to get along with and didn’t try to cut corners and melded in quite nicely. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly I loosened one strap of the backpack to free my right shoulder, which made it easier to swim. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

That’s the good part of not having furniture—moving is super easy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s easy. I can always borrow two dollars and a half.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to say in the darkness, knowing as I spoke how my voice would betray me, my hopeless addiction to him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was such an easy costume: just a long black robe and a big white mask. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Luggage conveyors fooled immigrants into thinking the Gold Mountain was going to be easy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me smile, the way they got along, the easy and affectionate way they talked to each other as if love between a father and a son was simple and uncomplicated. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, I’m not going to follow her, although it would be easier than playing On the Track, the game we made up when went berrying or food gathering. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turdes were an easy catch indeed, as the survival manual said they were. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or was he so determined to jump that it was easy? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It got to the point where I'd see a baby in the bakery or grocery store and instinctively ball up my fists, jealous over how easy he had it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a smart idea, but I guess it’s not so easy when your shoes are pulling you along feetfirst at full speed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne began a slow, arduously clumsy dance that began to accelerate as she circumnavigated her father’s easy chair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my relatively worthless feet, I didn’t find making a nest quite as easy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It would be far easier to look in the unlocked chests first, on the slight chance that one of them might hold the treasure. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I admit that it was not easy for us, grandchildren. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was slightly more assured—easier in tone. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I said I thought a ridge that flattened out on top and had a little depth would be easier and more practical to hold than a succession of small mountains. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was easy to talk to, almost like a friend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was an easy tree for a boy to climb, leaning as it did, crooked, the branches so close together they almost made a ladder, slanting right up to the roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was awful to say, but in some ways walking in the desert, at least when we still had water, might have been easier for him than being cooped up like this. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So, paradoxically, smaller black holes might actually turn out to be easier to detect than large ones! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not thought it would be so easy to slip into the old roles. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This gets easier and easier until she comes up with still another child to abort or support. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's easy enough to see now, perhaps, all the dangers of going to court just at that time, what with the climate as it was. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t push her. Let her go at her own speed. Push her and every mule in the county’d be easier to live with.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And that grandfather and the little girl—Dicey didn’t know why they had made her feel better, but they had, even though it wasn’t going to get any easier. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, just as Johnny Manuelito had said, what most young men found challenging was easy for us Indians. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talking to her, he realized how easy it was to present an appearance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what orthodoxy meant. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They are swiftly-moving animals and not easy to get hold of. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Being good in class was not easy for me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Inej only wished the cloaks weren’t so easy to track through a crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s not so easy when you try,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My school is an easy ten-minute walk from my apartment, and on the first day of class I arrived early, watching as the returning students greeted one another in the school lobby. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Roy didn’t think the truancy police would have an easy time tracking Mullet Fingers through the woods and mangroves, but the possibility made him anxious, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward he mixed her a draught of dreamwine, with some honey so it might go down easier. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I cruised to an easy victory in my first match, and my second match looked just as simple. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“But after what’s happened today, that would be nothing. Even going to jail would be easy compared to losing you.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to stay under with so much clothing and my boots. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After my hair is unbraided, Maxine sprays my hair with water to make it easier to comb through. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. You’re the one who got stabbed. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s just so much easier to kill people than take care of them.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was easy to find out who they were, as they shared the distinction of being the only twins on campus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As with most quests in the OASIS, playing as a team made it easier to defeat the various enemies and complete each of the levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Statesmen are not called upon only to settle easy questions.28 I find it hard to specify when not to split an infinitive. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We came in here where it is easy to give gas for the pains.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t going down easy, and it gave Jen new courage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

How it seems to dangle within easy reach of everyone the fulfilment of happiness! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The miracle that had been taking place before their eyes had made it all too easy to forget the danger. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It is easy to forget he was grown even before the war, that he had another life, outside Przemyśl. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Partitioning off a room like that wasn’t easy. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if they did, I thought, I knew it would be easy enough to talk Joey into making a run for it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With all her seniority, people said, she ought to be able to bid something good—meaning easy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And as easy as this, we have a sympathetic link that will work at thirty to thirty-five percent.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if light energy is bundled into little packets, then the photoelectric effect is easy to explain. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Freedom was easy—the farmer had no objection to that. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can command a company in Italian. I could learn it in English easy.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is so fatally easy to make young children believe that they are horrible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it will be awful for Kim when I die, but I also think about what she said, about not being scared, about jail being easy compared to losing me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later the bounties were paid only for their scalps, which were easier to carry. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had long since learned to look for the easiest way of pursuing a task. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It hasn’t been all that easy lately,” Poppet says quietly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And they won’t just hide it someplace easy to find, like a clown’s pockets, or anyplace in this world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Finally he says, “Well, don’t forget your form. Bad habits are easy to find and hard to break.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

To make it easier for the handlers of top horses to plan for their race, Santa Anita officials had assigned the weights two months before, on December 15. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason why the combination of those four traits tends to make a disease run in epidemics is easy to understand. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just not as easy as reporting it. There’s just so little we can do. The guy’s a jerk, and if we get involved, it’ll only make him worse.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

High John said with an easy smile that didn’t reach his eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I knew the senior campers and counselors were watching me, trying to decide who my dad was, but they weren’t having an easy time of it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Players of both bowed and plucked strings generally find fingerings and tuning to be easier in sharp keys, while woodwind and brass players often find flat keys more comfortable and in tune. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And it was so easy to make her laugh. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

This is easy for him, since the only thing they ask of him is not to be oppressed. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I still remember how it felt when I made my first kill. It wasn’t easy.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them. My father says it would be easier if we did not concern ourselves so with each other. Perhaps he is right.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed easy; but there were flies and mosquitoes, magic ones. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called two of my former friends, but getting together with them was not easy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle spread out the remaining cookies in his palm: U N F E H A V. He grinned as he deciphered an easy anagram. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The drama of the Restoration, aside from the time-consuming reading required, was easy to manage after her home study of Shakespeare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The solar cells were a lot easier to manage than the battery. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you doing difficult puzzles or easy ones?” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In another was an easy chair wide enough to hold four people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie took comfort out of not returning to school in the realization that the money she earned made life easier for them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so easy to just say it, to make them happy, to finally be the kid with a mom and dad who kept him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was easier after the first cut, but I went carefully, my shovel slicing through the sandy soil, for fear I would hit something too hard. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s easier this way, because otherwise we might all have to face each other and Eleanor and this thing that has happened with Finch. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It is easy to see why leukemia should be one of the most common diseases to result from exposure to radiation or to chemicals that imitate radiation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

You know, it’s easy to play all cool and stuff about how hot certain females are, but it’s another thing entirely to then find yourself actually standing in front of them in your underwear. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard, living in two different cities. She travels a lot for work, but I think it’ll be easier once she moves here.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The answer is that negation is easy to understand when the proposition being negated is plausible or tempting.23 Compare the negations in these two columns: A whale is not a fish. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had spent too many days making it too easy for him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It also made it easier to deny or ignore their suffering. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Still, it was an easy promise to make. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t just do all this because you thought I was easy, did you?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Come,” I said, “my dear old fellow, summon all your fortitude: it will be best and easiest for her.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got it easy—you have all your physical functions working properly. You never have to struggle just to be understood. You think you’re smart because you have a medical degree?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t...always so easy, you know,” she choked. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather hold him out and let him take his chances in college. If it wasn’t the football season, it would be much easier,” he said in the silence of the locker room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was that easy, wasn’t it—the way he could just take it like that and call it “ours.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Into years before, when my hands had calluses like stones and my music had come as easy as breathing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Muslims also had it somewhat easier back then. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It would have been easy for each of them to look past the other, to see the outside and assume that they could have nothing in common. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Before, she was difficult to talk to, always snapping at me, but now she’s easier to be with. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All we have to do is show up for the first day of practice, and essentially we’re on the team,” I said, trying to make it sound easy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The low rail fence was much easier to climb than chain link. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t make things any easier for you. But I’m sure I’m strong enough to walk to Port Authority.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘Seems almost too easy after all, don’t it?’ said Cotton. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And it was easy to be lulled by Styx’s tide. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He strolled off—an easy, good-natured stroll to show he wasn’t concerned that Matt had disturbed his evil game. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew nothing about winning these Olympic Games would be easy. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Those who protested found that it was easier to let Emile have his way. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Victoria's commander ordered the ship to proceed full speed toward shore, intending to ground her there in accord with standing fleet orders meant to make it easier to raise a sunken ship. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There were twin oak rockers with embroidered cushions, twin walnut end tables astride a worn bench sofa, and a plush easy chair beside a gilt brass floor lamp. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But whose relationship with their mother is easy? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s easy enough to lay off some bets. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy, Bigger. You’ll understand it better bye and bye.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’d been easy to talk about—the nothing- to-lose fight, the hope that just one of them would be taken, the chance to finally escape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He knew the story would not be easy to tell. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His own was easy enough, since it was the truth: Mr. Rutger, properly persuaded, had made a special exception in his case. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It makes things easy for me, Obinze would say, before he slowly began to unzip it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is not easy carrying on both halves of a conversation and having to avoid words that are on the top of your mind. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was pretty easy,” I said, annoyed now. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

One got stuck on the spikes and became an easy target for archers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were movie theaters within an easy cab ride, even walking distance. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As professor Sheri Lynn Johnson once remarked, “If prosecutors exist who...cannot create a ‘racially neutral’ reason for discriminating on the basis of race, bar exams are too easy.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Jon tried to grab him by the scruff of his neck and haul him bodily inside the ring; no easy task; the wolf weighed as much as he did, and was stronger by far. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His golden fur was soon darkened by the rain and plastered close to his body, making him smaller and less easy to see, but all the same he was horribly conspicuous. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was so easy; I didn’t know how anyone could mess it up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment he thought how easy it would be to drop beside it himself, to let himself and Gabriel slide into the softness of snow, the darkness of night, the warm comfort of sleep. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Getting it there was fairly easy, for I simply felled the big hemlock at the edge of the pond. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figuring that out had been the easy part. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“They make it too easy to be homeless. If it was really unbearable, we’d do something different.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it was easy enough, provided that you could avoid being caught in the act. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Every time he patted the strings it seemed like something wide and heavy was walking by slow and easy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Venable said, “It was easier in Virginia, sir. On our home ground.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Handsome, muscular Deoch was talking to her in that easy way he had. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be easy, but Tally knew she could face anything now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Not mine. They belonged to my brother, who gave up fishing when he was injured. It’s not easy to wear waders with a prosthetic leg. If I sit on the stairs, perhaps you could...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“What kind of squirrel sits out in the open like that with folks all round him? That squirrel wouldn’t last two seconds in Arkansas, I’da picked him off easy as nothing.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half his face is dipped in moonlight, tracing along the sharp cut of his jaw, the easy bend in his broad shoulders. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, the book was easy to find: it was the largest one in the library. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“If he had the Marauder’s Map on him, it would’ve been easy,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There’s something soothing about the mindless, easy motion of it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The entrance is easy to miss, a scratched-up glass door between a newsstand and a nail salon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Trials are not meant to be easy, Elias. That is why they are called the Trials.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We park, and an easy walking trail leads us to a beautiful, wide view of Mount Tam. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Staying stone still was easier said than done. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Wear and tear on the statue. It can’t be easy to hold up the weight of the world in the wind and rain year after year—especially when it’s attached by one bolt.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“It would just be easier if problems happened one at a time.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had made knots in it to make my climbing easier. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When raindrops are lying it is easy to see where grass has recently been crossed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably not,” I said, because it was easy, and easy was all I could manage. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Caddy put the spoon into my mouth easy. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It might be easier to make out the words if we’re looking at just the found letters together on one page.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would make Monday with no school that much easier for all of them. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Yeah, labels make it easier for others to understand you, but I like the safety of knowing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“There is no easy way to say this,” she wrote. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was tall and rangy, with the easy manner of the entitled. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Something in that makes the pain easier to take, makes the effort easier to endure. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d find an easy job, the kind other kids had, working in the dime store or maybe a hotdog stand. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn held me in position with one hand; the other he dangled loosely at his side, to show me how easy it was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then it was even easier to harvest his crop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, most instrumentalists would find it easier to play in E flat than in D sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It may not be easy for the civil rights community to have a candid conversation about any of this. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The strands were easy enough to break at first, but there were so many of them, and the spiders just kept coming. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I found that the dime novels were easier stuff because they had simple words and ideas. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That trail leads straight back to the time before we ever lived, and into that deep well it’s easy to cast curses like stones on our ancestors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That girl, Tia, would know the sparkle of the silver bullets, easy. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For very big or very small numbers, so-called scientific notation is often clearer and easier to work with than standard notation and I’ll therefore sometimes use it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to nod than say no, so there I was. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’ll be the easy part. Getting rid of it, now, there’s another matter.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The senior class sat in the rear across the aisle from her, and it was easy to turn and look at Henry. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"It came easier to me, Maester. It is not terribly unlike my own saddles." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Keeping him on was not easy on Bragg. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It isn’t easy getting through the rest of the day. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The new headmaster was an old schoolmate of Billy’s, and Dragon’s Head was within easy driving distance to London, so Joseph could visit Albert on holidays. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The boy would trot home slowly and there would be more easy laughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But two trespassers are easier to catch than one. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Even with a magnifying glass, it was easy to slip up and miss things. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, it would be easier to go back to school if you quit your jobs,” Georgie said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush now. We’re just going to head to the home ec cottage and then look for somewhere you can talk to me easy.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Walking around Sugar Hill, I do my best to keep hold of the street names, but it’s easier just to remember the landmarks and the turns. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed easier knowing that we had salvaged the two containers, and tried not to dwell on the remaining piece of manuscript as I worked that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it won’t be easy, but I won’t stop until I have gotten what I came here to get: my education. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only two leagues from where we are. An easy walk,” he said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

This statue wasn’t making it easy to be diplomatic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was easier for everyone to believe the mother. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the necessary thing isn’t always the easiest,” she says, heading inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And you think it was easy telling Mr. McCabe I was being called gay? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Walking down the stairs is easier than going up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Much, much easier,” I said, trying to exhale. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frank kept the voices at bay, but it wasn’t easy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It will be easier to protect the children if adults aren’t there,” he said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The therapist told you only about your physical healing.That’s the easy part.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was so easy to catch this...sickness of loving the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was easier if I didn’t try to believe. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, I decided it would be easier to just do what she wanted than to go slowly insane at my place. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The day shift was far easier mentally and physically. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to remember and appreciate something, after all, if you discuss it for two hours with your best friends. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the shield and we ran, but going up the slope of the pool was not as easy as going down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to amuse her; she laughed like a young girl. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“After the last time, you said you’d be easier on her.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making mostly As had been getting too easy. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed too easy, the way he had broken her trust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is also an act of courtesy, because consistent trees are easier to parse and harder to misunderstand. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You don’t make it very easy. But let’s say she went away and we have to find her—see?—like a kid’s game. You’re making it that way. How long have you been married?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It would not be easy, indeed, to catch their expression, but their colour and shape, and the eyelashes, so remarkably fine, might be copied.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“The sooner you learn that nice white folks are few and far between, the easier your life will be, kiddo. At least, they’re not nice to girls like you and me.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He knew, however, that the return five miles, going back into town, would not be this easy. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genes, phenotypes, selection, and evolution were bound together by cords of relatively basic laws—but it was easy to imagine that these laws could be misunderstood and distorted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to imagine it from our side of history. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Which, he found ruefully, was much easier said than done. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man went into the trader’s house as though he owned it and returned, lugging Joao’s easy chair. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Chiron galloped into the pavilion first, which was easy for him since he’s a white stallion from the waist down. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Radar obviously knew the old man and liked him, so Alex breathed a little easier and figured the old man must be okay. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She is still in front of the Best Western, where it is very easy to be optimistic. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s another reason it won’t be so easy to break out of the trap. It doesn’t only involve my own family.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Accustomed to building fires on the beach, they found it easy to light the small starting pile of leaves and twigs with the matches Dicey had taken from the counter in the store. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Livermore defended its flop as the not- unexpected product of vigorous innovation, on the theory that one can often learn more from mistakes than from easy successes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The other ingredients weren’t so easy to come by: George visited local slaughterhouses at least once a week to collect cow fetuses and chicken blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to be around here, and that made life easier for us as we made our way to the container doors. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

So easy to be like the others, not to have to confront those terrible eyes every morning. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Homework tonight will be that much easier after this extra time.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe this will be easier if I can stare at the ceiling the whole time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I wish Mom wouldn’t give up so easy. It’s not like he had an affair.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it would probably save money, for people to have easy access.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We are not the easiest people to feel sorry for. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

From there it would be easy for them—these little stones, the fallen leaves and the whipped branches, the scuffed places where a foot had slipped. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, keeping my eyes closed; it was easier to talk to him coherently that way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As for why it's easier to talk to me about this stuff—maybe it's because I'm so cute and grammatical? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Gwen,” Hazel said gently, “there’s no easy way to say this. You were dead. Somehow you came back.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Richard found it was easier to concentrate there than it had been at school, even with the chaos of the living unit occasionally erupting outside the classroom door. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I arrange the carpet the way I want it, I can breathe a little easier. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Still, it was easier for two boys to dig a six-foot hole than it was for one boy to dig a five-foot hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You think it’s that easy to just catch one?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But the rock on which these easy explanations founder, is that she was not promiscuous. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a blundering adolescent in her eyes, and she was trying to let me down easy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, but eventually the order got relayed up and down the . ranks of centaurs, and they started to pull back, letting the enemy flee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘Sounds too easy at any rate in the telling. If that path is still there, it’ll be guarded too. Wasn’t it guarded, Gollum?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“It was so much easier just to blend in than to be me, to face...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A guitar44 player, given a piece written in A flat for keyboard, will often prefer to play it in A or G, since the fingerings for chords in those keys are easier. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Next we’d like to thank those nonmembers in this room who have given their time and help, for it’s you who made our job that much easier.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I would have gone easy on you. But then, I like a little spirit in my women.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The near shore, all rocks below a bluff, gave us no good place to land, so we sailed around to the harbor where it was easier. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s an easier way,” said Hermione, as Harry wiped his inky fingers on his jeans. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And once someone finds the capacity to tell the truth, finding the truth, and expressing it, becomes much easier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to forgive us men. You see, it’s not an easy thing to pick a flower to fit a girl, if you’ll excuse my expression.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It would be easier for me to get a piece of the moon than that much money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was no easy matter to rouse the torpid, bewildered does and make them understand what they had to do. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier when Miss Scalapino read to the class from a book with illustrations because I made up my own stories, in Spanish, based on the pictures. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z