| 单词 | eleven |
| 例句 | For instance, Mr. Kleiman reported this week that a soccer match was held in the province of Gelderland; one team consisted entirely of men who had gone underground, and the other of eleven Military Policemen. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “The very essence of the tomb, as Theodora points out. The cold spot in Borley Rectory only dropped eleven degrees,” he went on complacently. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Her mom had lived with only half of her heart for eleven years. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If you have eleven regiments and pick off from each its two best companies, it adds up to about seven hundred men. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s gotta be short. What can you do in eleven years?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Largest hospital file on record: Mr. Robert Hoge of Brisbane, Australia, with a file two thousand pages long and weighing in at eleven pounds.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “My appointment was for eleven,” says Salim with a placating smile. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “The boy is eleven and already you want him to throw fights?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I dont know her name, or even what her top part looks like but every night about eleven oclock she goes into her bathroom to take a bath. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m eleven and I can easily look after my brothers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The first is that a pretty reliable figure for the time light takes to travel from the sun to the Earth was available seventeen years after Rømer’s first estimate of eleven minutes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s an enormous power line stretching across eleven hundred miles of jungle, connecting hydroelectric dams below Léopoldville to the distant southern mining region of Shaba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Last Friend has been an incredible resource over the past two years, since its prototype stage, but she’ll forever be horrified by the eleven Last Friend serial killings last summer. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I found this out the hard way when I was eleven. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Rahel was first blacklisted in Nazareth Convent at the age of eleven, when she was caught outside her Housemistress’s garden gate decorating a knob of fresh cow dung with small flowers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With her help, I finally wrote something like this: To the honorable Wrights: This is to inform you that I am a boy of eleven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt warm but I refused to sink my face down, embarrassed like I would have been back when I was eleven. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She’d be able to sleep as usual until eleven, attend classes and go straight to work from the college. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “In the bank I have six hundred and eleven dollars. You think a lawyer help me for six hundred and eleven dollars?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When tail fins disappeared, I was nine; when power antennas arrived, eleven. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But the father cannot be as big as the son—for now that William is eleven years old, the tallest monk in the abbey barely reaches his collarbone. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o’clock with a tremendous crash of glass. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It had been very hard work, he said, but he had persuaded the men to give up their pepper at eleven dollars a picul. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After eleven long weeks, Dr. Porter and his colleagues finally settled on a diagnosis for William. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z John gave the one-ring signal about eleven o’clock, which was much earlier than I had expected because I thought he’d still be unconscious. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Well, that covers rules one, two, four, five, and a good effort at rule eleven. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The study conducted for that case revealed that offenders in Georgia were eleven times more likely to get the death penalty if the victim was white than if the victim was black. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But if they can’t find anyone to come in for the second half of the split, Mom has to work the whole three-to-eleven shift, which means she works from seven a.m. to eleven p.m. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Still, it was enough to keep everyone in a seat as they pondered what Vogel told them. "... and then mission would conclude with Earth intercept two hundred and eleven days later," he finished up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom: “Absolutely not, Isaiah! She’s eleven. She doesn’t have a ‘career.’ Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The simpleminded girl who has to be taken seriously because of her eleven. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Now you must stay with me and be my guest eleven or twelve days more. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But she lost it all in the eleven months since Papá left, so she was back to being thin again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Michael who is only five and won’t understand anything till he’s eleven like me wants to know if we’re having fish and chips tonight because he’s hungry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I'm betting many of the other tributes would pass up a smaller girl, even one who scored an eleven in training, to take out their more fierce adversaries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Reed smacked one of the sixteen-pound guns on the starboard side—eleven—and chuckled. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I saw a boy of about ten or eleven. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Last season it had taken him his first four games to get three touchdown passes, and he only had eleven the entire season in fifteen games. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that’s because she has to do things with him that Beth and I can do on our own. He’s only eleven.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Drink twelve cups at about eleven P.M., and you’ll really notice the difference between going to bed and going to sleep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She will get up at five-forty-five in the morning, go in on Saturdays, and do homework until eleven at night. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “But he’s so young. After all, I’m twelve and he’s only eleven. Isn’t he?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Then, when I was about eleven, I went to stay with Grans in Montauk for four weeks while August was having his big jaw surgery. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The first time Charlie Kahn tried to make me smoke a cigarette, I was eleven years old. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Remember when I was seven and you were eleven and Mom and Dad rented out the sports center across town? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She must think I’m five instead of almost eleven. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When I was eleven and we first moved here, I’d go swimming at the community center at the same time as Seniors Games Club. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It cleared about eleven, as Maxim had foretold, and we had a glorious still summer’s day without a cloud in the blue sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had taught me to drive his old pickup truck when I was eleven. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Lizza was in the corner, telling a story to a girl of ten or eleven—a youngster with a mop of black curls and a face that seemed all violet eyes. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve makes you know better than to wish for things that only eleven would wish hard for. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Gabrielle was Fleur in miniature; eleven years old, with waist-length hair of pure, silvery blonde, she gave Mrs. Weasley a dazzling smile and hugged her, then threw Harry a glowing look, batting her eyelashes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I was eleven years old my dad took Gabriel and me to this museum about three hours from Lily. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A little before eleven she drove us to Scanlan Lake in her maroon Chevy Bel Air. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z She sewed silk-lined hunting coats, each with eleven pockets. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I’m about to tell him that seven is still a baby but then I remember about finesse so all I say is, I’ll be eleven next month. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ben donged eleven o’clock as we reached the ticket queue, which was very long. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z At a quarter to eleven, the Gryffindor team set off for the locker rooms. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There were eleven or twelve new faces now, a regular stampede to glory. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The house is tall and narrow, eleven windows in its facade. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I might have been eleven years old and a little socially immature, but I recognized a gauntlet being thrown down when I saw it, and I had no choice but to take it up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Two smaller aircraft line the corridor with smoke, and the lead bomber salvos its payload, and eleven others follow suit. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It listed the names, ages, and crimes of Shin’s father and of his father’s eleven brothers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Her mom called Grace downstairs around eleven that Saturday morning. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But on November 5, exactly eleven years to the day after William’s funeral, a small crowd of family and friends gathered for a memorial service. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “We’ve been hoping for eleven years that she’d send word or come home, and she finally has. Looks to me like she sent us the best word we’ve had in years.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “When she came to us, she didn’t look over eleven, but actually I think she was around fourteen.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Around eleven, I finally remember what I need—lunch money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I followed Hugh into the mass migration of students heading out of the building at eleven fifteen. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She had eleven dollars left, not enough for train tickets to San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper is eleven inches wide ... and there needs to be about a quarter-inch margin on both sides ... so we have ten and a half inches to work with. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z He was startlingly handsome, and there came back to her from years ago, when she was ten or eleven, the memory of a passion she’d had for him, a real crush that had lasted days. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I cover the eleven kilometers back to the apartment like I’ve got a train to catch, and when I turn the lock on the front door, it’s silent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I was eleven then, and hadn’t listened to much music, but this one song, it really got to me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "Speeding up the mounting process and skipping inspections buys us eleven days. If Bruce can pull a rabbit out of a hat and get done sooner, Maurice can do some inspections." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The two notes that create the ear-piercing clash are placed at a distance of eleven steps from one other: an E and the Et above it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Hell, I’ve spent the past eleven years pretending none of it ever happened, and outside of the nightmare, I’ve been successful at keeping it shoved waaaaay to the back of my mind. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The boar and spear were replaced with a huge caduceus, the symbol of cabin eleven. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Including my mother, father, and me, that made eleven people. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother—all four feet eleven and a half inches and 217 pounds of her—patrols the streets of Brooklyn at night in a skintight uniform, clanging with enough antiriot gear to quash another Attica. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I checked the clock every few minutes from ten until eleven, then every few seconds until midnight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He took Nellie, eleven, and Howard, eight, and embarked with all three children on a strange and sad journey. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His left leg was permanently damaged from an accident eleven years before, when a trolley crashed into his horse-drawn carriage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When I turn the phone on, I see that I have fifteen texts and eleven voice mails, and they’re all from Connor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Back at cabin eleven, everybody was talking and horsing around, waiting for dinner. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Around ten or eleven, I sneak away, back to the hotel to change into my regular clothes and wash the dishes piled in the sink. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For eleven minutes, Fischer continued to visualize the position in his head, evaluating it without seeing it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And eight ten means eight ten, not eight eleven or eight twelve or eight thirteen.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By that time there were eleven settlements, and each settlement had its own leadership. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Cousin Charley was a big boy, going on eleven years old, and he could jump from stump to stump all over the yard. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Some went off to write letters or party or sleep; the others trooped down to the base perimeter, where, for the next eleven hours, they would pull night guard duty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the years nine children were born, four boys and five girls, and with each birth another quarter-section was added to the ranch, and that makes eleven quarter-sections, or seventeen hundred and sixty acres. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Sparling became restive and bitter and began to talk in a desolate monotone about his eleven months in France during the Great War. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z To win World War II, the United States needed to recruit thousands of new code breakers, and the majority of the hires were female—about eleven thousand women in all. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z By the time he turned eleven, he towered over the other kids his age. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Pd been hiding every year since I’d been eleven, and now at fourteen I was more than old enough to get carted off to one of the government schools. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There is a pen-and-ink drawing on page eleven by her father, an illustrator for the magazine: a view of the North Calcutta skyline sketched from the roof of their flat one foggy January morning. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But when eleven came he was still poised, waiting — holding his breath when she did, letting it go as she let hers. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Under criminal history: Arrested at eleven for assault. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The small golden clock standing upon Slughorn’s desk chimed eleven o’clock behind him and he looked around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then he and his eleven hand-picked crew members climbed into the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They want to know how I got such a good job at eleven years of age and what I’m paid and if I’ll have that job forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I just didn’t know. It never dawned on me that music was like this. I think I was eleven or twelve, and that was that. Music opened the door.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Charlie and I were walking one day, when we were eleven. We were right across from my house when he stopped his car and asked us if we wanted to get our pictures taken.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I want you both in bed by eleven. Not a minute later,” Mom told us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She worked through every minute of what was programmed to be a three-orbit mission, coming up with numbers for eleven different output variables, each computed to eight significant digits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Tom was not at the landing at eleven o’clock. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked the hours though: eleven in the morning to seven thirty at night, Monday through Thursday. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He put the eleven mulberry leaves in a little box and gave it to Mario. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z As he said, even by demon reckoning it took two figures to write my age, for I was eleven by our system of counting and ten by theirs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Davis continued their staring contest, but Mom finally said, “Back by eleven,” and I grabbed Davis by the forearm and pulled him out the front door, shooting Mom a look as I went. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A small girl, too young to be out past eleven, came out of a hallway and peered around a mail collection box. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can think of eleven hundred kids who are going to be really happy to have you back.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Singleton again explained about the cell phone records, the eleven text messages that took place before or just during the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even so, several small towns were washed away and eleven people lost their lives. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t really want to take it out,” said Francie, “and I’m not eleven years old.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z From eleven to twelve he planned to stand still and watch flies on the boards, watch bees in the clover, and watch swallows in the air. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Altogether, they had eleven dollars and fifty cents, more than any one of them had ever had at one time before, even Dicey, who contributed all of her baby-sitting money, seven dollars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock President Cleveland ascended the stairs to the speakers’ platform, erected outside at the east end of the Administration Building, and took his seat, the signal for the ceremony to begin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was eleven o’clock that night when Mr. Pontellier returned from Klein’s hotel. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t she say yes and save the lives of eleven thousand virgins? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She attended school for only three years, from ages eight to eleven, but she was said to have a photographic memory and a great deal of innate intelligence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was eleven o’clock in the morning, and the girl was barely awake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One more girl appeared wearing only panties and sat down, bringing the total congregating there in just a few minutes to eleven, all but one of them completely unclothed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z That night at eleven o’clock the telephone rang again. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As lunch went on, we got eleven more signatures. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z From the instant Miss Mallory had held the sprite of a child to her chest on that foggy morning eleven years ago, she’d known the girl was special. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Mama said, clicking the button at least eleven times before Papa confiscated her phone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He thought about handing over his sixty-two dollars and eleven cents to Jessie and how she'd smile and laugh and tell. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z My philosophy on school was that of a gang of ten-, eleven- and twelve-year-olds whom I so revered that their every word seemed that of an oracle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a panel he’d done around two years ago, of a boy of about ten or eleven making paper flowers out of a heap of crumpled pages while rain poured outside his window. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Now it was Thursday evening, eleven days since he saw Kaira, and he was trying to get through a chapter in economics. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Now I was beginning to wonder if I could go back to the land with these eleven days adrift in my memory. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day was a school day, and the dance broke up at eleven. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I count the hours on my hands, ten, eleven, twelve. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z From nine to eleven he planned to dig a hole, or trench, and possibly find something good to eat buried in the dirt. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “DARLING, just try it on your head. It cost eleven dollars. It must be good.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “His name’s Samuel Collier, age eleven, son of dead peasants. Can you take him?” he asked Reverend Hunt when he opened the orphanage door. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z But at nine, then ten, then eleven the bedroom door’s still closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Nine,” said April, with a cool smile, “is a lot younger than eleven.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock at night, he decided it was time to go home, and he entered the air lock and pulled the chain to start the decon cycle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So I said, “I am seventeen years old. That’s almost eleven billion miles.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z We hauled eleven miles today, difficult work: all rock. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You Marines breed like mink. I know one sergeant over on the island what had eleven children. Most of ’em boys,” Cleve said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I seen eleven of them, not counting the man and the woman,” someone would shout from the sidewalk. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to bed early that night, around eleven; at twelve I was awakened by a loud persistent banging at the front door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Last spring, one of Otto and Sheed’s classmates, Wallace, age eleven, fell in the creek, and was swept south by the current. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Didn’t I value any of my eleven years and ten months? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Tall for her eleven years, Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other, swing the container by her side, or cradle it in both arms. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At ten to eleven, Mrs. Gaddis hung out the window and yelled down that their mother had told her to remind them when it was near eleven o’clock. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He could have been eleven if the thin arms coming from the short-sleeved and collarless shirt were from hunger. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As Riccio’s clock showed almost eleven and Bo was nearly asleep on Prospers lap, they crept under their blankets and Hornet began to read to them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We counted eleven places we had lived, then we lost track. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I tell them to think of a girl who is married off at eleven. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, around eleven o’clock in the morning, students showed up outside the fence at Parker High School carrying big poster boards with large black letters that read, “It’s time!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody swam in Turtle Lake for ten, eleven years,” Dad said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o'clock a man in a raincoat dragging a lawn-mower tapped at my front door and said that Mr. Gatsby had sent him over to cut my grass. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He had lunch at eleven, hay snacks all afternoon, dinner at five. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At this moment O’Brien glanced at his wrist- watch, saw that it was nearly eleven hundred, and evidently decided to stay in the Records Department until the Two Minutes Hate was over. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Koffi had worked in the Night Zoo for eleven years—looking after its beasts in every condition, from torrid rainfall to scorching sunshine—but she’d never felt a heat quite like this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I rest, looking up at eleven more steps, then take a deep breath. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Senator Whitworth leans over to Daddy and says, “I came from nothing, you know. Jefferson County, Mississippi. My daddy dried peanuts for eleven cents a pound.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At precisely eleven p.m., they all reconvened in the unlit parking lot behind the school. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I would eat dinner with cabin eleven, scrape part of my meal into the fire, and try to feel some connection to my real dad. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z In less than a year she’d shot down eleven enemy planes by herself, as well as an observation balloon. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And man, as I headed to Jefferson that night, I was feeling good, so good it felt like someone had cranked the volume of life up to eleven. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We,, I was eleven years of age, an event transpired that changed considerably the course of things at the College of Lucidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the Party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Hoosier Hill is only eleven miles from town, so we don’t have far to go. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The morning of the interesting day arrived, and Mrs. Weston’s faithful pupil did not forget either at ten, or eleven, or twelve o’clock, that she was to think of her at four. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “What if Roli goes along, too? He’s seventeen. He can have a passenger with him in the car until eleven p.m.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There were eleven of them in all, eight small boys and three girls, ranging from four to seven years in age. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z With eleven hundred dollars, it seemed you could buy anything. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z At eleven thirty that night, after talking for more than twelve hours, Dasch was finally ready to give Traynor his first lead in the case. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He stood there as if be were drying himself in the sun, with a wingspread of about eleven feet, a bright orange head and a magenta carbuncle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was younger, I thought the cloud would get so heavy that all my prayers would come falling down and I’d have everything I wished for, but now I’m eleven so I know better. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I finally fell asleep, but around eleven I woke. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Grateful for something to do, I took the book and began chapter eleven, “The Fight for Existence.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z ‘I’ve thought about that ever since you came to the shop and Mother told me I had to marry you. I was eleven then ...’ Then they had both been eleven. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "They've been living over that garage for eleven years. And Tom's the first sweetie she ever had." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z "Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds and fifty pence." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Well, as tall as one can at four eleven. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The downstairs apartment was silent; it was eleven o’clock and Mr. Yang was at work. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My mom says, ‘Date? Lucy Ray Raleigh, there’s no dating going on under this roof. You’re only eleven years old.’ P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z This past year, only eleven out of the forty kids in the eighth-grade class at Donoghue had high enough scores to graduate. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbert was confined on death row for eleven years, until it was his time to face “Yellow Mama.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Eleven, madam, eleven,” I said, with so wide a smile I thought my jaws would lock. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Accordingly, she submitted her query on the official form, and the following day she received a note inviting her to meet the cataloger, Harry Dibdin, in his office at eleven a.m. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the local Indians, numerous and well armed, killed eleven colonists and drove the rest back home within months. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z You can fight each other every day at eleven am and one pm, with an evening show at seven pm.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His dad, at maybe ten or eleven, with one arm draped around a dog. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I got most of the work done in plenty of time for John and me to meet the Pigman down at the Staten Island ferryhouse by eleven thirty that morning. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z This Night Zoo had stolen many things from her in eleven years; these tears would not be one of them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Addie comes up with only eleven, three of which have to do with her height, five with her brains, and three what we call “all-purpose.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z In 144 school districts in eleven Southern and border states, desegregation happened in a peaceful manner, with no need for the federal government to intervene. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My atoms have been on this Finn trip for almost eleven billion miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He’s in his room most nights by eleven o’clock, and from what you say, he’s not using a lot of his time to do homework, so that doesn’t seem to be a problem. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll bet I was the only one out of the eleven hundred who knew that he wasn’t joking—me and Winkleman. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It took eleven men to put it back. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen, and fifteen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was eleven, and my father had been dead for only a few months. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At eleven, I got dressed and fixed my hair in front of the mirror that hung on the door of my closet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When I thought about our eight-day voyage, it seemed to me that there were eleven major events along the way: 1. launch. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They played Scrabble until the eleven o’clock news, and then, sometime around midnight, Mr. Pirzada walked back to his dormitory. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Because, you see,” continued the little man, “the pipe cleaner, it is of no importance. I can myself think of eleven other excellent explanations of its presence.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z A town of eleven thousand, Garden City began assembling its founders soon after the Civil War. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was put there just before eleven. A well-dressed man drove up in a green car and came in. He read the note and signed it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Faget put Allen’s insight to work in the design of the Mercury space capsule, six feet wide and nearly eleven feet long, weighing three thousand pounds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Stella Mills is eleven years old,” the pastor continued. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When my father told him I was eleven, he was shocked. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We had to be out the door in eleven minutes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nope. It’s another version of Mr. Lemoncello’s First Letters game. When you write down the first letter of all eleven medals, guess what it says.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Just as he said it, eleven other faces appeared, one on each surface, and each one wore a different expression. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Who goes eleven years of their life without yelling once? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I wasn’t in the eleven o’clock shift, but I was more than happy to leave. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Grades one to eleven, about thirty-five students altogether, sat in one room. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In Riverside, California, eleven out of thirty men picking oranges became violently ill and all but one had to be hospitalized. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They almost forgot about eleven o’clock, the mud pie making was so beguiling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was just me and my mother until I was eleven.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The way it works with dice, if you shave just a bit off one side, you supposed to be able to roll more sevens and elevens. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We tried to keep all the major groups happy, so the next thing we knew we’d made eleven languages official languages. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It takes me a few minutes to get their names straight—Pam is eleven, Lacey is ten, and Jenny is eight. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z On Thursday morning at eleven o’clock, he came into my room. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “And perhaps I’ll tell you sometime, but first the two of us have a date. Here at eleven o’clock tonight. OK?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock, Miss Lieberman informed us that tea had arrived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Too numerous, in a way: archaeologists have turned up at least eleven versions of Kaan’s early dynastic history painted on big vases. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is a joke because it is so unlikely we would send eleven sets at once. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I would go to the cafeteria during dinner, pack my food into a container, and then eat in my room once the sun set around eleven p.m. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Frankie began coming to Western Biological when he was eleven years old. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his dad drove to Peoria, Illinois, one weekend when Colin was eleven to visit Colin's great-great-aunt Esther, who was in a coma at the time and therefore not very good company. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z "Tilting at 10.5 degrees now, with gusts pushing it to eleven." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was only eleven, but I said, “Why not me?” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Eleven months and eleven days after it was first launched, Operation Gold shut down for good. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At four-thirty in the morning the probationers were sent to their lodgings to sleep, and told to report back at eleven. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, Roemer’s achievement, in not only proving that light travels at a finite speed, but also in measuring that speed, was remarkable—coming as it did eleven years before Newton’s publication of Principia Mathematica. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At half past ten he began to worry; by eleven his legs were pulsing with pain, which was always, with him, a sign of approaching panic—“bubbles in my blood.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She was the second of what would become six Goebbels children, all of whom Magda Goebbels would order murdered with cyanide eleven years later. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s around eleven the next morning, and I’m still in bed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z At eleven, we passed one as big as a carriage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I was eleven when we moved into our home on Pinewood Drive, and we would move out on my seventeenth birthday. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Who had been champion for eleven years, since he was twenty-four. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He’s eleven, he has fits and behind his back we call him Molloy the Fit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “There was this one day when I was eleven.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z By the time they dragged the girls from upstairs, and thanked each other for the third time, it was past eleven o'clock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When Agent Jones was eleven, his dad had called him into the front room and explained that there comes a time in every person’s life when a choice defines him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I say it because every morning since he turned eleven or so he would wake up before anyone else in the house, go out onto the porch, and read a chapter of a book. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Andrea and I stayed downstairs late that night but at eleven o’clock, just as we were about to give up, there was a bang on the front door. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Using a caliper and other special tools, Agent Burger, with the help of the Dallas police, took eleven of Morrison’s body measurements. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Most of us were still eleven while some had already turned twelve. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I’m almost eleven years old, and if I have to look at puppies in paradise one more day, I think I’ll puke! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z At eleven at night, he is still there, along with most of the other designers on his team, all rushing to finish drawings and models by the month’s end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Those in attendance supported most of the ideas outlined in the document, and when it was passed around the room for those in attendance to sign, eleven of the resolutions passed unanimously. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Unlike the watch on his wrist, the pocket watch, he had explained to me, was set to the local time in Dacca, eleven hours ahead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This scar was the only hint of Harry’s very mysterious past, of the reason he had been left on the Dursleys’ doorstep eleven years before. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z AT eleven o’clock the next morning, the phone rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At the stroke of eleven the parade stepped off with the high-school bands of the three nearest towns with high schools. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When I got to eleven, he was at five, and so on, always across from me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The email was sent just after eleven last night; I’d been drinking for a good few hours by then. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I stay quiet and let him be eleven. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z William Still, who was familiar with all the station stops on the Underground Railroad, supplied Harriet with money and sent her and her eleven fugitives on to Burlington, New Jersey. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They raced through the reading and by eleven, all the Nolans, excepting Johnny, who was working, were in bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason, I felt uneasy about watching the news alone when it came on at eleven, so I turned to PBS and watched something called “History of Metallurgy.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He promised to bring back some pizza for dinner when he was off work, which wouldn’t be until eleven. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z For reasons unknown, Indians heaved up a ring of eleven irregularly sized mounds, most of them connected by a ridge, on a hill overlooking the course of the Ouachita River. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But all eleven witnesses say he was shot in the back, which means he didn’t pose a threat to anyone. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mabel's parents called their reminders that we take a car home, not ride with our friends if they'd been drinking, not walk if it was after eleven. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Between the two cities lie eleven hundred miles, and a wall several miles high, and two or three thousand years. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Here eleven poisonous rivers cut through the mist, each springing from the same well at the center of it all, the roaring maelstrom called Hvergelmir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z We’re not churchgoers unless it’s Easter, Juneteenth, or Christmas, and there typically aren’t any weekly plans or activities, so my brother Drake and I sleep until eleven and wake to the smell of bacon. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Among eleven occupied rooms, she counted thirteen sleepers, one of whom was not a faranji but a Tizerkane warrior, Tzara, wrapped in the slender arms of a slight young woman with very short, soft hair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The days were long, Jem was eleven, and the pattern was set: They were on the sleeping porch, the coolest part of the house. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Led by South Carolina, a total of eleven slaveholding states in the South have left the Union and formed a separate nation, the Confederate States of America. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z To put that in perspective—World War II ended eleven years before the first female pilot for British Airways was born. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “They don’t know what cabin to put you in, so you're here. Cabin eleven takes all newcomers, all visitors. Naturally, we would. Hermes, our patron, is the god of travelers.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like after eleven years he’d ask you to marry him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The pervert from when we were eleven appears in my mind’s eye. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z At the age of eleven, the twins won scholarships to a boarding school called Saint Hilda’s near the north coast. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It’s already past eleven, and I know the ride will be long. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Eliot is eleven. He can feed and entertain himself; I just want an adult in the house, in case of an emergency.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z While she was ringing Pa, I realized my Timex was still on Brooklyn time and that it was after eleven o’clock. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mercy makes fools of us. I’ve had eleven years of torture to think about all the ways I was made a fool.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s an instance I can remember from when we were about eleven. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come to my office tonight, Severus, at eleven, and you shall not complain that I have no confidence in you....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Your arm is fine. You just got eleven stitches.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z After we sang a welcoming song from the Catholic Hymnal, Mother Lucy read Matthew chapter five up to verse eleven, and then we sang the national anthem. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, the National Journal reported that between January 1997 and October 1999, the agency handled 3.4 million orders of Pentagon equipment from over eleven thousand domestic police agencies in all fifty states. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I sound eleven years old when I speak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The man who stood in the doorway looked at her coldly, looked with unconcealed astonishment and fear at the eleven disheveled runaways who were standing near her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But there came a point, maybe around the time I was eleven or twelve, when my mom stopped sitting in fitting rooms with me or brushing her teeth while I was in the shower. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Once, when I was about eleven, I stopped at the doorway to my parents’ bedroom to watch them make the bed together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z When I was eleven, however, my treasure had to be tucked away again, because my sixth-grade teacher allowed us to use only school pens and inkpots. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Come here tomorrow at eleven and read to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was eleven in the morning, but business was already brisk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That one out of eleven women will develop breast cancer is a much cited statistic. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven, it was time for the annual resolutions. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “After ten is eleven, and we’ll never have tens of thousands of rupees, so who cares what comes next?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They were about the same age and size, perhaps eleven or twelve years old. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m supposed to refold the shirts, sticking them with eleven pins. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z They were mostly boys, but eleven girls from my school participated. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The girl who lost her big toe in the mines at the age of eleven, Moon Sung Sim, was assigned to the textile factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I’ve spent eleven years constructing it. As you can tell, I’m rather excited and proud.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Despite these precautions, Izzy had arrived precipitously soon thereafter, making her appearance—eleven weeks early—an hour after her mother arrived at the hospital. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hers was the only voice of authority up here, and even the eleven- and twelve-year-old boys were terrified of this female ogre, for she ruled with a rod of steel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Getting desperate, Harry asked for the train that left at eleven o’clock, but the guard said there wasn’t one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Then she’d have eleven miles of running to the north edge of the island. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock Squealer came out to make another announcement. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z He was eleven years old, with an inquisitive, kindly disposition, a stocky build, and ginger hair. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Between eleven and one, while Gogol sleeps, she gets dinner out of the way, a habit she will maintain for decades to come. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Out of all the cabins, eleven looked the most like a regular old summer camp cabin, with the emphasis on old. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They were both in graduate school, he, eleven years older. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Jonathan will be here at half-past eleven, and you must come to lunch with us and see him then; you could catch the quick 3:34 train, which will leave you at Paddington before eight.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He came to Chicago to see the fair but got sick and spent eleven days in his hotel room, then left without ever seeing the White City. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z After traveling nearly eleven billion miles in my lifetime, my atoms and I had arrived at a place where we could confidently make such determinations about love. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Like the president had to be able to rattle off the names of all eleven hundred of his constituents or else he wasn’t qualified. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Find five stones, each of a different size. Then bring them to me next Saturday at eleven a.m. sharp. Got it?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At ten or eleven I would munch a sandwich and Granny would nod her permission for me to take a nap. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after I turned eleven, they told me about menstruation. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It’s only eleven o’clock, but the average bedtime in Lanternwood is probably closer to eight thirty, which might explain why we don’t run into anyone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Open your mouth. Nine, ten, eleven teeth left. How many had you when you came to us? And the few you have left are dropping out of your head. Look here!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I was eleven, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On the ticked-off scale from one to ten, he’s at least an eleven. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On a usual day we would have pulled for eleven or twelve hours, and made between twelve and eighteen miles. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “All those supposed to be attending the eleven o’clock shift instead of the eight o’clock one, please step outside.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the twenty-player tournament, he won only three games, drew eleven, and lost the rest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One night when I was eleven or twelve years old, I locked myself in the bathroom and carefully regarded my reflection in the mirror over the sink. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m like five eleven and he had to be at least two inches shorter. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Well, I’m eleven now, folks, and, in case you haven’t heard, I don’t wet my bed anymore. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z "There's eleven more of them out there in that box. I suppose they thought it'd give you something to read while you were sick." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The second tryout is the Friday after next, meaning I’ve got about eleven days to learn as much as I can about Quinton and Maria’s disappearance before I have to prove myself again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I read with my watch upon the table, purposing to close my book at eleven o’clock. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Marlena watches until all eleven have been returned to the menagerie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But now it was eleven o’clock, and in two hours his father would be home. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Of course, I’d kicked up enough tantrums to end the fishing trips by the time I was eleven. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It could be ten or eleven days before we had a proper meal or slept in a bed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael kissed the front of her austelle dress and then began, from just below the embroidered collar, to undo its eleven buttons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The clock is ticking toward midnight, the harlequin juggler at the top balancing eleven balls amongst the twinkling stars and moving pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It had taken the Henry eleven weeks from Bourbon to Salem. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then on the fourth day, he was rewarded: One panel of one of the blinds on an upstairs window flipped quickly up and down at eleven o’clock. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z At eleven past seven, Lucas’s car could be heard making its way to the end of my gravelly road. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z That meant, according to the statistics, that eleven or twelve of them would be arrested again before they turned eighteen. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “On the floor—and they were still charged eleven bucks for it. How’s your chili?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He claimed it had been successful in eleven straight prior coin tosses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And my feeling, at eleven, went something like this: you are going to be invisible anyway, so why not completely disappear. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z By eleven forty, she was convinced that Virgil Salinas had met a terrible fate and it was time to consult the crystals. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z You knew things at eleven that I did not know when I was twenty-five. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I was eleven years old when the Captain retired and my father took his position. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Rick said, “I can get switched to some other desk. The department does ten or eleven separate jobs. Animal theft; I could transfer to that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z While we were seeing fewer and fewer hummingbears each fall, by the time I was nearly eleven, the screechers had all but disappeared. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I seen she didn’t understand that all I needed from her was my eleven dollars to pay the gas man so I could cook. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z How, in eleven flipping years of friendship, did I miss that mouth? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I was eleven years old, standing out in the parking lot in front of the 7-Eleven, watching a crew of older boys standing near the street. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I feel like I'm eleven again, tethered not to the safety of the fence but to Peeta, allowing myself twenty, maybe thirty yards of hunting space. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z So, they know I'm near, and hopefully the girl who has attacked them with tracker jackers and gotten an eleven they still can't explain will be enough to pull their attention away from her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It feels like midafternoon when I wake up for good, but it’s barely eleven. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Baaz Mtombé’s Night Zoo was rumored to hold over a hundred exotic species within its confines; in her eleven years of contracted service to it, Koffi had never bothered to count. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We wouldn’t have to buck no barley eleven hours a day. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I left them around eleven and meant to fall into bed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The poster’s only been up for eleven hours, and I’ve already gotten sixteen emails. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The clock chimed eleven and Celaena stretched, but then stopped as pain seized her stomach. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In her childhood her father had never misinterpreted her, nor bobbled once, except when she was eleven and came home to dinner from school one day and found that her blood had begun to flow. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was about eleven o’clock and had turned quite warm. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Without the twins, there were eleven children in residence at the Boxton Creek Home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Just being eleven, I guess,” Ma tells him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The look on their faces after we beat them eleven to nothing was enough for me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Earlier on this day, alerted by sensor 53, agents caught eleven Mexican men who had been walking across the desert for four days. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He stands on the same porch that his mother disappeared from eleven years before. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then, around eleven thirty in the morning, after my math class, the detective sends a text with a time. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Nine dollars a bale, some said, if you grew your own; eleven dollars if you had a white friend to carry it up for pricing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Within a week, Matilda had finished Great Expectations which in that edition contained four hundred and eleven pages. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Electricity ran two hours a day, from four to five in the morning and ten to eleven at night. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Chou is eleven and only three years older than me, but at times I feel much older than she is. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By eleven o’clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z We’ve received donations of supplies and paper chains from all fifty states plus eleven other countries. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Later that year he was registered as a ‘Master Painter’ in the Guild of Saint Luke...became a director of the same guild several times...had eleven children. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And I had imagined my sisters now being ten or eleven, jumping up and down, holding hands, their pigtails bouncing, excited that their mother—their mother-—was coming, whereas my mother was dead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z We lose eleven men in one day that way, and five of them stretcher-bearers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been eleven years since she died and sometimes Sefia couldn’t remember her face, but she remembered the texture of the needle-fine lines on her mother’s hands, the smell of the soil. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Finally, at eleven minutes and forty-two seconds after liftoff, we arrived in orbit, one hundred miles up at a speed of 18,0 miles an hour. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been eleven, maybe a little older, when Toby snuck Luke into the trailer and showed him the revolver. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Imagine having depression when you were eleven years old,” Ebony says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “The birthday feast was supposed to take place at eleven a.m. But since somebody stole all the food...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Exasperatingly, none of the eleven tells exactly the same story. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock Jan was back and joined us at the table, and gradually everyone began to relax. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had planned to have a quiet day of work, but by eleven o’clock in the morning, he realized that was not going to happen. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But he is still a child, he is not yet eleven. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He is only eleven years old, and there have been some upsets and disturbances in his life, I must not forget that. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “My sister and my dad don’t like people going into them and knowing who they are,” said Inam al-Mufleh, Luma’s younger sister by eleven years, now a researcher for the Jordanian army in Amman. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She split up with his father eleven months later. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The embarrassing truth is that I am just too exhausted to work, especially for eleven hours in a row. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock one night Mom and Dad were still in the bathroom, where they had been talking ever since Dad had come home from work. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Samuel, now you stop this. I don’t mind a joke in the evening sometimes, but it’s not eleven o’clock. Now you go along.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your total comes to eleven thousand big ones. Just put your thumb on the drum and we’ll get you all fixed up.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z All through the bombardment the President Adams and the other eleven transport ships kept moving in closer to shore. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z On January 1, 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves living in the eleven states that had seceded from the Union. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In that short window between eleven p.m. and four a.m., instead of getting good rest, I would spend my time drinking copious amounts of water to make sure I didn’t become dehydrated during practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Tiny flecks of skin, parched from dry-cleaning clothes, ironing shirts, “heavy on the starch,” stand up searching for the moisture that was robbed day after day for eleven years. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z There were eleven in this party, including one of her brothers and his wife. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to tell herself that she looked much older than eleven. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “How much do you want to bet that at eleven o’clock, on the dot, the clue we need most of all will pop up in the three hundreds section?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Rudy Noyes, who was still young at thirty-six, had been with the office, had, in fact, been Bookman’s personal sidekick, apprentice, and mouthpiece for eleven of those seventeen years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By eleven o’clock in the morning, Werfel had walked up to Ghohg’s fortress in the center of Tenebrion to wait for his elfin guest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Thereafter she did so—two girls, eight and four, who walked behind her, and a boy of eleven months whom she carried in her arms. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In a few weeks four more children joined the fray, for a total of eleven foster children between the ages of two and six. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Singleton said he had records for eleven texts between Reggie and Briana prior to the crash and for thirteen texts afterward. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine... The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember images from Twelve Angry Men, and how one optimistic juror turned the hearts of eleven jurors. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a dead silence while the electric clock chimed eleven times, and then the robopsychologist said, “Very peculiar,” and the corners of her lips moved downward. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “When I got into bed it was five minutes to eleven, because I look at my watch before I wind it up.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But in his eleven years he had never been faced with the responsibility of making a fearful decision like the one confronting him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m really not in the mood to divvy up everything into eleven equal parts, factoring in age, body weight, and physical output. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I know I’m eleven now, but before I go to sleep, I make sure to tell Inka all about the library project and how I’m hoping it’ll help Mama. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He was one of eleven children, five sons, the only son to follow in his father’s footsteps. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Later, those studying for higher degrees were permitted to read until ten or eleven. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last eleven months of volunteering at the chevra kadisha, I had washed old men who perished on the streets, workers killed in factory accidents, and children taken by illness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Starting at eleven last night, all private phones were cut off. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At half past eleven that evening, Harry, who had pretended to go up to bed early, pulled the Invisibility Cloak back over himself and crept back downstairs through the common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I drift off, reprieved, relieved, and with the number eleven still flashing behind my eyelids. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The other eleven kids started looking around the motel grounds, searching for a brightly painted tree stump. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s almost eleven a.m., and if I’m going to go to this thing then I need to get gone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He’d shrugged to show that, at eleven, he was past caring about things like camp. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Taught her how to crawl along the walls of buildings, disappear into doorways, cut across comers in choked traffic—how to do anything, move anywhere to avoid a whiteboy over the age of eleven. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They took in many of the eleven thousand orphaned children. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I gather the next two tapes, blue nail polish labeling them nine and ten, eleven and twelve, and hide them in my inside jacket pocket. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Bill Russell invented blocking! He helped the Cs win eleven championships and was MVP five times!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z She dealt out eleven single dollars from a wad of bills and gave me those also. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The plan had been to meet at eleven thirty, but Maya had overslept, and when she eventually came downstairs, she felt like a cranky tornado, a swirl of grays. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her bright red lips moved as she counted heads, making sure all eleven of them were together. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Saint Gabriel's bell rang eleven or twelve times; the crows made me too uneasy to keep count. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Someone ate the lily bulbs by eleven o’clock but the firecrackers lasted longer. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t eat much supper, and come away at eleven when I send Hannah for you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a serious racquetball player, and I taught Chris to play when he was eleven. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z How many of them were there—ten? eleven? twelve? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Ah! Yes. Prepare to receive the wisdom of page eleven, column two—Senior Quotes!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At the age of eleven, Khaleh Mandana began to display signs of an eating disorder, and doctors advised that she was better off living with her mother. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “There are eleven counties under the watch in Pennsylvania and just over the border in New York, too.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The blond girl I’d met at the Big House was reading a book in front of the last cabin on the left, number eleven. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But in my whole eleven years of memory I could barely count on both hands the times we’d been forced to play the green. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nico was only ten, or maybe eleven by now, but he looked older. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “He looks scared all the time, and he carries a purple backpack. He’s eleven.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He was only eleven, but he was the son of an important family. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In a population of about eleven million, the country boasted more doctors per capita than any other country in the world, and twice as many per capita as the United States. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There were about eleven different men lying on the floor or propped up against the wall on the other side of the bars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It must be nine, ten—nearly eleven years since they had parted. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When it was nearly eleven, he called it a night. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z No one ever guesses eleven going on twelve on their first try. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Half a dozen men in long cloaks stood silent and watchful, gazing as ever at houses eleven and thirteen, but the thing for which they were waiting still appeared elusive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The first of a batch of two hundred and fifty embryonic rocket-plane engineers was just passing the eleven hundred metre mark on Rack 3. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go silent,” whispered Kelp, and immediately eleven full-face visors slid down to seal in the sounds of his squad’s breathing and communications. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Martha, at eleven, became the fastest in the family at mental mathematics. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no sign of her, although the number of bubble nests had grown to eleven. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z On Sunday, most people crowded into the eleven o’clock mass. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy had given her twelve dollars to buy me a new dress, and the lime green one was eleven. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was now nearly eleven o’clock; the sun was high and bright, and the day had turned warm. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z No, not entirely forgettable, I have my eleven in training. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He just turned eleven, and his name is the light blue of a robin’s egg. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Let’s see who is still alive in twelve...actually, eleven minutes, now.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This had been between ten and eleven o’clock last night. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And she did give them code—eleven sets of encoding poems, passwords, and frequencies. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We were about to turn eleven years old, and that was too old to get passed over the coffin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock one of the cops yelled through his bullhorn, “Everyone south of Eighty-fourth Street, go home! Everyone south of Eighty-fourth Street, go home. There’s no more food! Go home! Go home!” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z On the train, which arrived every day at eleven o’clock, he would receive cases and more cases of champagne and brandy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Twice a day, at eleven and six, the old man takes the dog out for a walk. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock I woke, made some changes, and headed for the all-night study room to type it up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He’s been in thirty-eight dramas, twelve crime pictures and comedies, eleven thrillers, eight action films, seven Westerns, six war movies, four documentaries, three horror flicks, two sci-fi films, and a musical, among others. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The phone did not ring at ten, ten-thirty, eleven—one o’clock New Orleans time. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z About halfway down, we hear the clicking beginning to rise, indicating it’s after eleven. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But I was eleven when I got my first zit. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Though it was only eleven years since the trail’s completion, by 1948 it was already subsiding into oblivion. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The roar from eleven hundred throats combined shock, disbelief, happiness, and even love. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “This young lady nursed you back to health, Percy. Annabeth, my dear, why don’t you go check on Percy’s bunk? We’ll be putting him in cabin eleven for now.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o'clock, the three of us take a break to sip tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When William was eleven, rioters in his hometown of Kishinev attacked their Jewish neighbors, killing forty-nine and injuring over four hundred more. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Little girls shouldn't have to worry about their parents' issues, but I guess when you're eleven going on eighteen, it's normal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z To take a clear photograph, an agent had to hold the pen exactly eleven inches above a document, using his forearms as a kind of tripod. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was eleven o’clock on that glorious June morning. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At eleven years old, with Prim just seven, I took over as head of the family. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I think of the eleven flashing under my name last night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Ten years ago, California had 10,000 incarcerated juveniles in eleven state facilities and six camps. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I live in America eleven year. America very strong. You can feel how strong is America.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I bore ten—no—eleven children. You had three and Katie had two. Among us, we had sixteen children. We ought to know enough to bring a baby.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet were a size eleven in third grade! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But he didn’t, not by ten thirty, not by eleven. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maskelyne and Mason had become friends eleven years earlier while engaged in a project to measure an astronomical event of great importance: the passage of the planet Venus across the face of the Sun. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z One night when the boy is eleven, he is decorating a tabletop Christmas tree—the first one he has ever had—when his father starts beating up a lady friend in the kitchen. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Far away, the bells of the clock tower toll eleven. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock that night, they said good-bye to Ron in the common room and went down to the entrance hall with Neville. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He must, he thought, have been ten or eleven years old when his mother had disappeared. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z By 1914, an altitude record of over eleven hundred feet had been achieved and flight would provide a whole new frontier for people around the world. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z "Wish we knew how she got that eleven." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m going to try apartment eleven F. If I’m not back in half an hour, go there and see what’s happening.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z With the money bag now in his uncle's hands, Haupt and his parents left the Froehlings at eleven o'clock and went home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Who saw the eleven o’clock news last night?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As long as I was in the house before midnight, my mother had no problems, and tonight I planned on being back by eleven. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z A week later, Walter Sisulu and eleven others were arrested, bringing the total to one hundred fifty-six. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After eleven rounds, nearing the tournament’s midpoint, Fischer was in second place, one-half point behind the leader, Efim Geller of the USSR. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And John wondered what Elisha was thinking—Elisha, who was tall and handsome, who played basketball, and who had been saved at the age of eleven in the improbable fields down south. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I had stayed the same, four feet eleven inches. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There's always a little hump at about eleven o'clock, which I've traditionally gotten over by drinking a lot of something. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, after only eleven moves, he’d almost magically built a positional advantage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was eleven years old, and it was like I was seeing my country for the first time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The clock had indeed struck eleven and there, standing in the doorway, were Rab and Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I first saw Titid’s house, his church and his boys, when I was eleven. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That first night in Block 16, the rest of us squeezed into the second room—Granny, Lillian, age fourteen, Ray, thirteen, May, eleven, Kiyo, ten, Mama, and me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z One summer day in 1892, when Tom was eleven, his father hurried out with the bloodhounds: a family man had been gunned down while riding his horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was eleven years old, but he stood straight and tall and talked to the policeman, just like Papa would have wanted. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or eleven or nineteen or a hundred and forty-six.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And Sanaz, the youngest, the last daughter, at eleven years old, was the baby. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There were about eleven of us, and we would listen to music together and braid each other’s hair and cook Sudanese food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And my brother, he was eleven years older. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I’m eleven, not six, Genie wanted to say, but instead just kept on with the questions. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z That summer, I was eleven years old and the only girl out of seven children. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you just skip ten and go right to eleven? Or tell everybody your birth certificate was wrong and you just found out you’re really twenty-one.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It was also at eleven that he got into his first fistfight. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The whole time I’ve been in Indiana, which is all my life— the purgatory years, I call them—we’ve apparently lived just eleven miles away from the highest point in the state. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There were four shows and if you went in at eleven a.m. you could see three shows— plus the movies. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t know where they went or why. We don’t know anything! My sister’s eleven years old and I’m only ten! How are we supposed to know anything?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Soon after Francie was eleven, Sissy married for the third time at City Hall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fifth grade, so eleven. Bottom line, the pictures of guys did nothin’ for me, but the pictures of women? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I remembered I had only had cold tea at half-past eleven, and no breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly eleven o’clock when he drove into Newton, the weatherbeaten old county seat lying on the cliffs above the Embarrass River. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to keep saying to myself: There were eleven of us in it! My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Merope had got her dying wish: He was his handsome father in miniature, tall for eleven years old, dark-haired, and pale. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As many as ten or eleven people lived in some of the apartments, but most had only four to six. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He is eleven years old, in the sixth grade, on a school field trip of some historical intent. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They were all the same: Your detention will take place at eleven o’clock tonight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “So you know how we’ve been best friends for almost eleven years now?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She is seventeen and the only woman among eleven Central Americans trying to sneak around a Mexican immigration checkpoint at Huehuetan in Chiapas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Mrs. Object called Tessie to see if it was all right and, by eleven o’clock, my friend and I went up to bed together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A party was shimmering below and Bailey had defied Mother’s eleven o’clock curfew. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t she heard him say so eleven years ago? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One had eleven Osage wards, eight of whom had died. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He began telling Julia of something that had happened, or rather had failed to happen, on another sweltering summer afternoon, eleven years ago. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I tend to think that even though you’re ten or eleven, you know right from wrong. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom couldn’t afford any expensive present when I turned eleven on August tenth, but she took Annie and me out for ice cream. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There were eleven men sitting in two lines around him—his own unit and two others. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Of course there’d be eleven years between us, but my father had a sister, my Aunt Margaret, who was twenty years younger than he was. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The numbers, however, should not appear until eleven a.m. Sunday. Is that clear?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock she went out to see if she could find him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The son of Italian immigrants, he had come into the world in Olean, New York, on January 26, 1917, eleven and a half pounds of baby under black hair as coarse as barbed wire. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z He claims that the knife fell through a hole in his pocket sometime between eleven thirty and three fifteen while he was on his trip to the movies and that he never saw it again. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of 1919, so many black families had fled that the area’s black population had dropped from eleven hundred to thirty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “I used to have a team of eleven working for me.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In that way he had avoided four out of eleven traps. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z One day, when she was eleven months old, just before she began to walk, a woman stole her out of a supermarket cart. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z On days seven through eleven, I perspired a lot. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So far, he'd earned forty-seven dollars and eleven cents, which was more money than he'd ever had in his whole life. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z My mother laughs, and I think about how there was no going back after I took over caring for the family when I was eleven. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When Welles was eleven, his father enrolled him in a private boarding school for boys near Chicago. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He didn't have to be home until eleven thirty on Friday and Saturday, and most times he squeezed in right as the second hand was moving toward eleven forty-five. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z On Saturdays we’d go to the Apollo Theater, and if you got there by eleven A.M. you could sit there all day through three shows. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “And Anna’s eleven,” I said, quickly putting all the pieces together. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It was midseason; Massari had run up ten wins in his first eleven matches, and he seemed headed for a strong performance in the state tournament. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a little before eleven o’clock by this time and Faith was worried. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Grandpop said it took him eleven, but Genie figured that was because his legs were longer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Well,” her mother began, “it was eleven years ago.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But for the first time it occurred to him that he was eleven years old and that perhaps his great muscles were not quite what they had once been. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Two years and eleven months,” the girl said defensively. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But at age eleven, I couldn’t believe anyone could think such a thing, say such a thing about me, or regard me in that way. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Three months and eleven days until your birthday. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She left behind two little girls, ages four and eleven. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After I do my homework in the lobby, I take the last bus back to Yana Urku at about eleven o’clock, arriving so exhausted I can barely drag myself home from the bus stop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Five eleven. I’m exactly as tall as my dad.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z A curious shark was circling us, a great white about eleven feet long. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The class initially consisted of fourteen girls and eleven boys, a small class for the time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It must have been nearly eleven o'clock in the morning before they finally got going again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He was anti-Union, antiblack, and the owner of up to eleven slaves before Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had freed them. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “And soon we shall be eleven. I’m sorry we did not have more time for your studies, Yanek. Just do your best.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z When you’re eleven and your brothers are ten, five and one, you don’t know what to do when you go to someone’s house even if she’s your mother’s sister. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Harry followed Tom up a handsome wooden staircase to a door with a brass number eleven on it, which Tom unlocked and opened for him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z These were the kids, sometimes as young as seven but normally no older than eleven, who served as the lookouts for cops. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z By the autumn I was about to turn eleven, I feared we might be down to one. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It’s the break between classes during Sunday school, and I’m starving even though it’s only eleven a.m. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z A girl no older than ten or eleven peers around Cara’s elbow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The lighted dial of Dudley’s watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he’d be eleven in ten minutes’ time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z On all the eleven floors of Nurseries it was feeding time. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z If there are still eleven votes for guilty, I won’t stand alone. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At least Bags was wearing number sixteen and I got to keep the eleven, so everyone knew who the real left wing was. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There were many people at the eleven o'clock mass. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z She relied so much on the little scribe that she oft forgot that Missandei had only turned eleven. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s as if I’ve gone from being eleven back then to being really old now, at least as old as my grandparents, who are in their sixties. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The eleven o’clock news featured the same exact reports. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock they fried the steaks and ate them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven thirty-five, she considered that something could be gravely wrong. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z By about eleven o'clock the whole company was once more on the march, riding westward with the mountains on their left. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z When I was eleven, it was okay because I excitedly called myself a poem collector and wrote down his words as though they were precious. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Then one afternoon, when I was eleven, he came home, sat down on the couch, and stared blankly into space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z "Fifteen," she said, "fourteen . . . thirteen . . . twelve . . . eleven . . ." Thousands had gathered at Cape Canaveral, the largest crowd ever to watch an unmanned launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Bookman paused, lighting a cigarette, slightly rearranged the single sheet of eight by eleven typing paper that lay in front of him, and continued. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her January pay came to eleven dollars and twenty cents, exclusive of board. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Tours start every hour on the hour, cost eleven dollars, and frankly aren't worth it,” she answered in a monotone. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “It turns out there are eleven attributes that are probably critical.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He’s got boxes of them upstairs, eleven years’ worth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She was eleven and different from most girls. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Exactly eleven years to the day that my mother was first arrested, the newspapers featured the Moss arrest. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It’s eleven thirty when we sneak down the stairs. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was October 16,2014, eleven months and twelve days since the fire on the bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When the churchbell rang at eleven, I went back to the torture chamber. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "You made a hundred and three dollars and eleven cents selling lemonade in just five days." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I had been eleven for a good while, standing tall; but I said to Vonetta and Fern, “If anyone asks, I’m ten.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I counted eleven of them, and I realized they had remembered the sound of plowing; they knew there would be seeds to follow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They were no closer to finding the Nightbeast, and there were only eleven days left before they were turned into toads. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z At noon, when the temperature inside reached one hundred and eleven degrees, Brave Orchid went out to the sidewalk and said, “Let’s eat.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Crowes returned at eleven o’clock that night and found everything as they had left it, with no evidence that Julia and her daughter had come. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Another Louisiana man, Johnny Lee Ball, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after meeting with a public defender for just eleven minutes before trial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, a famed Chinese scholar had once named twelve small wonders of the world; eleven of them were Chinese, and the twelfth was the color of Korean celadon pottery! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I am eleven again; we are atop that tree. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z By night’s end, 139 more had been injured and eleven more lay dead. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I sprint past bag ten and stumble past bag eleven by accident. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z All eleven picketers accepted jail sentences rather than paying a fine. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When I first got the book I was eleven, and she felt eleven. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “See you in the parking lot at eleven?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It had been some time now since the chimes had rung eleven. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z I got my first airplane ride when I was eleven, and the pilot even let me fly the plane a little bit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Cabin eleven was too nervous to have sword class with me after what I’d done to the Ares folks in the woods, so my lessons with Luke became one-on-one. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It must actually be quite a depressing moment—to have slogged through a mountainous wilderness for ten or eleven weeks and to realize that for all that effort you are still but halfway there. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He has a strict policy on no one leaving until everyone is done, so we have to wait until the clock strikes eleven and Soon-Lee puts her pen down. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But on Earth, I am eleven and a half, and that is old enough to not be weird. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z This was owing largely to the eleven years she had spent caring for her invalid mother, which had left her with some proficiency as a nurse and an inability to face strong sunlight without blinking. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z In only eleven days, the giants planned to awaken Gaia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z By eleven, when the sun was high in the sky, we would begin to flag. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven, her mother—convinced that Izzy was overly clumsy—had enrolled her in dance classes to improve her coordination. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Makgatho, then eleven, was old enough to know and he had been instructed never to reveal my real name in front of anyone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I live in a city where twenty-five per cent of the population is Negro and I doubt that the percentage is much higher, except in spots, in the eleven Civil War States. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s never going to be witness to brilliant ideas at eleven o’clock at night, or police escorts because someone set off the alarm. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Add five zucchini and three onions to make eleven. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z In fact, I've never had as much confidence as I did when I was eleven. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But the bus was supposed to come at eleven fifteen, and Aunt Sophie and King didn't get to the house until 11:09. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z One payday Dad owed the mine company eleven cents. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The doctors met again on Monday, though this time only eleven of them were in attendance. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Playing nine against eleven was not the way to win soccer games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “No. 13. We played picquet together. About eleven o’clock my wife retired for the night. The conductor made up my compartment and I also went to bed. I slept soundly until morning.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was five to eleven when she knocked at Elinor's bedroom door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then she pointed to the clock over the desk, which read almost eleven. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She would have to take Sanaz, her youngest daughter, because she was eleven and Arman didn’t want to be responsible for her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Red Pollard had just won his fourth stakes race in eleven long years in the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “In need of a little focusing, hmm? If a is eleven and b is nine and x is the product of a times b, what is the value of x?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He was ready with a freshly designed vacuum chamber, eleven inches in diameter, when the new magnet arrived on July 3. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “The dollar rose by a factor of more than ten between 1920 and now, so that's more than thirty-five thousand dollars in today's dollars. A lot of tours at eleven bucks apiece.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z At eleven years old, death is more unreal than frightening. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come by around eleven thirty. My shift ends at noon.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Normal people give up after ten or eleven, unless it's a matter of life or death. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You mathematician! I wish you could at least pay a compliment without arithmetic! Eight from nineteen is eleven. Twice as pretty every year...Goodness, I’m twenty-two times as pretty!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In eleven days, all my forces will be in place. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “All right. Can you come around eleven tomorrow morning, Matilde, when my boss is at work?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been about eleven o’clock; but the autumn haze still prevented them from seeing much in other directions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The local news crews are here, too, taping reports for their eleven o’clock broadcasts. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z After having sent him embarrassing fan mail when he was eleven—not that he was about to divulge that piece of information to Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z For once in my eleven years, I think I have my dad stumped. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Washing cars, like I was doing every day when I was nine, ten, eleven, you get to know the people who have cars in the town. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I know graves can be dug on an accelerated schedule, but it’s only been eleven hours since I even got the alert. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The youngest, who is maybe five, is the “wow” boy; the oldest is a boy about ten or eleven. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z They looked about ten or eleven years old, wore banana leaves on their heads, and held mock guns made from bamboo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “If you can call it morning. It’s nearly eleven o’clock.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time we make it back to Longleaf, it’s eleven o’clock. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Cost me eleven bucks,” I said to Katz a little wildly, shaking the map at him and then crumpling it into an approximately flat shape and jabbing it into my pocket. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At eleven three he had all the necessary papers in his pocket. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I made my first bid for escape when I was eleven. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z There were eleven hundred spectators, more than for any previous chess event in U.S. history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Kaede had not been to the Council chambers since her first visit to the Academy of Sages when she was eleven, to apply for admission. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He averaged 38.3 miles a day, with ten or eleven hours of running. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But she kept on figuring until Etta and Hazel came into the room and got into bed and said she had to turn the light off because it was eleven o’clock. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was ten or eleven feet away from him! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “And you are . . . ?” “Rose Spencer, age eleven,” Rose said, sounding shy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Like eleven or twelve. I was just disappointed I wouldn’t get the chance to press my ear up to their wall to hear something good later.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z After the meal, Garfield returned to the White House at eleven, wrote in his diary, and went to bed at midnight. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I guessed she was probably eleven or twelve years old. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “It’s even worst in the summertime. Everybody’s out on the streets till ten—eleven o’clock.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like her sister, Diana, who was eleven years older and had a good job and lived in New York City, my mom knew she had to do well in school and get out of Newark. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You’d be nothing but a slave. Do you think your husband would let you run off on visits? Husband! How could anyone think of marrying you off? You don’t look over eleven.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl was pretty, small and slender, about eleven or twelve years old. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination — holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In fact, since it was first installed at a cost of two hundred and thirty-six dollars to the Milagro exchequer, that parking meter had received only fourteen dimes, eight nickels, and eleven pennies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were standing on the roof; Big Henry had just sung eleven. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had better not stay long, sir; it must be near eleven o’clock. Oh, are you aware, Mr. Rochester, that a stranger has arrived here since you left this morning?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s crazy how good you look after having”—I did a quick count—“eleven munchkins.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In all, eleven buildings and several cars were set on fire. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It made you seem older than sixteen and made me feel way younger than eleven. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “We leave Philadelphia at six a.m., arrive in Miami at eight fifty-five a.m., then leave Miami at eleven thirty a.m. and arrive in Puerto Rico at three ten p.m.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It was open from eleven in the morning until six at night. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It began in the Middle East about eleven thousand years ago, in the western half of the Fertile Crescent, which arcs between southern Iraq and Israel, reaching into southern Turkey along the way. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We have averaged about ten and a half miles a day; eleven and a half omitting the two days spent waiting out the blizzard. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The Pigman got there in time for us to get the eleven forty-five boat to Manhattan. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “There are eleven problems,” she said somewhat impatiently. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z By 1624, eleven years after he had made public his discovery that Venus had a full set of phases, Galileo could take it for granted that no competent person would defend the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And the clock moved relentlessly on: ten, half after, eleven, half after. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Each could be his mother eleven years ago. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z So, through multiple calls, I arrive at a list of eleven motels in the Twin Cities area, all of them of the non-brand- name variety, offering weekly rates. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That is, it was the last thing until just after eleven on Christmas morning. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The mine had been owned by the Dozmary family for eleven generations. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He’s only eleven but he’s a man, oh, a man indeed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But I guess I still look like I’m twelve going on eleven. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z At eleven thirty she developed a pit of concern in her belly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Their older brothers and sisters, those who were eleven to fifteen, carried water out to everyone else who worked in the fields. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z I run to the window, yell out, “My father was eleven years older than my mother! It doesn’t matter.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “When I was eleven, I had their posters all over my room.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I can remember the feeling I had when he spoke,” said Sasha Schwarz, who was eleven when Hitler came to power. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s like eleven o’clock on the night of your birthday, when you realize no one’s throwing you a surprise party after all. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Basically, for eleven solid minutes, it felt like we were dancing ten feet above the rest of the world. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Around eleven, Mrs. Rooks buys some roses and snacks for her bridge club meeting. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I was only about five years old when I left it, to go and live with my old master on Colonel Lloyd’s plantation; so that I was now between ten and eleven years old. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Yes, he was eleven and shouldn’t be afraid anymore, but he couldn’t help it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z On the morning of January 10,1917, Alice Paul and eleven other women walked out of the headquarters of the National Woman’s Party and started marching in the direction of the White House. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She said that she went to bed at about eleven o’clock that night. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jules and I just skipped dinner and I listened to her tell me everything she had to tell until lights-out at eleven o’clock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Seventeen years is almost eleven billion miles traveled together. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She has about twenty pounds of gold on her—at one point, when they are sitting face to face, their hands wrapped up together in a checkered cloth, he counts eleven necklaces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Generate some irrefutable proof. Tomorrow’s Saturday. Are you free at, say, eleven?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z All eleven rooms, plus the hallways and staircase landings, were quickly jammed full. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The assistant director’s telephone rings, and he reaches to pick it up, but von Rumpel holds up a hand, and the phone rings ten or eleven times and then falls quiet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I look at her, and suddenly I’m eleven years old. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z All of this is nothing, however, against Enrique’s longing for his mother, who left him behind eleven years ago. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It must have been eleven o’clock when my father returned from the refinery to get all the flashlights we had in the house. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven, she wanted to be an actress. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When they came out this time, it was nearly eleven o’clock—much better. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone cries out, "Twelve down and eleven to go!" which gets a round of appreciative hoots. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z On December 11, a vast force, including eleven destroyers and light cruisers, launched an invasion attempt. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express will leave from King’s Cross station, platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It had been eleven months and nine days since he had first set foot on the African continent. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m eleven! Where would I get a gun?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “If the hairball thinks it’s his duty to learn eleven hundred names, who are we to burst his bubble by telling him he doesn’t have to?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z You talked about your third-grade teacher, and sleepovers at your house, and the time she cut your hair when you were eleven and it actually looked kind of amazing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I had driven 350 miles to get to Pennsylvania, had spent four long days in the state, and walked a net eleven miles of the Appalachian Trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It had begun a long time ago—eleven years ago, in the autumn of 1948, when Wells was nineteen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “The tides today will be low at eleven o’ clock in the evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ve plowed through eleven messages, and this is the last of them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I tasted it once, at a Fourth of July party when I was eleven, thinking it was a glass of apple cider. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Supposedly, a friend of a friend was gleaned at eleven because he was the smartest kid in fifth grade. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Finally he said, “You know, Stella, when I was eleven, I had to quit school. Grandaddy needed me to work in the fields.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was in the closet, where he was looking for the overnight bag that his mother had bought for him for a disastrous one-day stay at a boys’ camp when he was eleven. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “A lot has happened to you this year. The change in schools. The upheaval in your family. But you’re eleven now. I think you can take control.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Hung out in post position eleven—eleven positions out from the rail—Seabiscuit was bumped at the break, dropped back to fourteenth, then drifted extremely wide down the backstretch as Rosemont cruised ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Being locked up with nothing and no one for eleven years had to be rough. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At eleven o'clock in Washington, DC, on the same night, Dasch was still talking. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When I heard the defendants were ten and eleven years old, I was very sad, and when I heard the age of Mr. Morse I was also very sad. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited as the clock first chimed eleven times, then twelve, watching the firelight and trying not to ponder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Lunch period was long past; it was almost eleven thirty and now Aimee was hungry, but she had to find her next class. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Idwar was just six and Robin four, but Shamsoun was eleven, and remembers well his reaction when he stepped off the plane. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I’ll be back by eleven,” I said, and dashed out the door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The electricity came back on around eleven that morning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There wasn’t an eleven- year-old in the East End who could stand up to Mars Bar’s glare. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The first New Year’s Eve I can remember making it to midnight was when I was eleven. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “And how many of them are there—eleven? Is that right?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy never fought, because he was eleven and Jesse was twelve and bigger. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z By eleven o’clock he was giving the cross its first coat, meticulously applying the paint with a small watercolor brush. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Abbey checked her watch and announced that we had exactly eleven minutes to get home or else we’d be grounded until the next century. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z When Pa was eleven years old, he had done a good day’s work every day in the fields, driving a team. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nine, ten, eleven, twelve,” Genie counted under his breath. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Within a week the ship jumpers possessed mill jobs—stacking lumber, sweeping sawdust, hauling slab wood, oiling machines—worth eleven cents an hour. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He picked me up even though by then I was already eleven and could walk just fine. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Let’s meet in the alley at eleven thirty.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Barack and I had been through five campaigns in eleven years already, and each one had forced me to fight a bit harder to hang on to my own priorities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When we moved to Houston, when Erik was eleven, he realized that football was the star attraction. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was eleven and very smart, that I granted, but after all he was so small. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z So the score is now set at Woodland: nine, Spaulding: eleven. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He was out of the house by eleven a.m., so no one thought too much of his absence. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z On page eleven I found a poem titled "Florida Dawn." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Mam says, I don’t know, he’s only eleven and he had that typhoid and the coal dust wouldn’t be good for his eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As if to prove his point, headlines flared in 2007 when a twenty-six-person scientific team led by the oceanographer James Kennett proposed that a comet three miles in diameter struck Canada eleven thousand years ago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, at eleven o’clock, it’s time to eat dinner. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Surely he hadn’t been doing this since we were eleven. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “It shows 6:17 in the morning and there’s eleven texts.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even though it’s Sunday and we kinda owe it to Jesus to go to church on his birthday, none of us wake up until around eleven so we miss service. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Bewildered, Harry looked around as a small golden clock standing upon Slughorn’s desk chimed eleven o’clock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It had been eleven months since I’d heard a screecher call out at night. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z My first vacation with Dad’s family since my parents split when I was eleven and it’s like I’m a visitor among the earthlings frolicking on a beach in Florida. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “You can’t tell exactly. Sometimes it’s eleven months to the day, but it might be two weeks early, or a month late, without hurting anything.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarai and Feral were ten or eleven when a paper kite appeared with some fog, and they realized he didn’t make the clouds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z All forty churches and eleven rectories that make up the diocese give food and money for the effort. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The Earth Woman was eleven years old, Chacko said, when the first single-celled organisms appeared. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock struck eleven and made me jump. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The word bounced around: Be in the park to catch the go-down at eleven. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Beiderman’s Realtor is showing the apartment tomorrow morning at eleven.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Ms. Min stands in front of the eleven of us—I counted—all girls, standing and ready to play. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I said, “Shucks, I’m not all that young, I’m going to be eleven on November fourteenth, and I’m not skinny, I’m wiry. Some folks think I’m a hero.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She was a short, plump woman in her late forties, with eleven children and a russet-colored wart on her chin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Look, I am getting married on Saturday, August eleventh. At eleven a.m.—The Chapel on the Hillside,” she says. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He was probably ten or eleven years old, though the people who dumped him said in a form that he was only six. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These eleven were the major events, and they were hooked together like a fragile daisy chain looped around the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We wound up with eleven fellows from Kent sleeping three to a bedchamber and using the second-floor drawing room as their common area for dining and conversating. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “And it’s not like he’s particularly qualified for elder care. I mean, he’s eleven. What do they expect him to do, teach her to play Zombie Assault?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z When I was eleven my highest priority was the simple security of my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was late—late. Must have been near eleven. I didn’t look, fearing to waken you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s all I can swing. It’s already late and if I get you home any later than eleven, Ma will kill me. Okay?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Thirteen or eleven, that is still not a word.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He’s reminded of when they were kids—around eight and eleven years old. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Ralph awoke much later when the clock began to grind and groan and slowly, as if in pain, strike eleven, the safe hour for mice to appear. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It was eleven o'clock when Victor finally said goodbye, swaying gently, driven home by his guilty conscience to his hungry tortoises. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I will take responsibility for these cupcakes. Now that I’m eleven, I can handle that kind of responsibility. If there’s one thing I am, it’s responsible.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It was the last time they saw me in Pakistan, and they wouldn’t see me again for eleven days. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Although he was only eleven years old, he was quite used to figuring things out for himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I was Mother’s dress size when I was eleven. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Jimmy and”—she counts on her fingers—“eleven little boys who are five, four, three, one and zero.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you actually know I’ve only danced with you twice in eleven months? Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “Now, this is for a live broadcast around eleven twenty P.M.,” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Last year, when I turned eleven, you woke me up on my birthday by bouncing on my bed and shoving a shiny red bag in my face. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He seemed happy to carve up the arm of the rocking chair like he was all of eleven years old, putting his initials in a tree. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Four of the tables were empty, but cabin elevens was way overcrowded. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Miguel loses eleven–eight and now he’s throwing around guarantees. All right, then, you got yourself a deal. Tomorrow night.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Strategy A will result in Myrtle’s choosing the best suitor in eleven of the twenty-four instances, while strategy B will result in success in ten of the twenty-four instances. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “My name is Melody Brooks, and I’m eleven years old,” my machine said loudly and clearly. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Everything he worked for over almost twenty years has been left behind: the school he started from nothing, the school that now has three buildings and eleven hundred students. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’ll hang just as easily for eleven as for ten, I guess.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The indictment charged eleven of us with complicity in over two hundred acts of sabotage aimed at facilitating violent revolution and an armed invasion of the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven a.m., she shuttled to the airport and checked her bags for the night flight to London, business class. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Late in the fourth quarter, on a third-and-ten from our own eleven yard line, we sprang a double reverse, and I took it all the way for an eighty-nine-yarder. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z At eleven fifteen, it was time to go. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It rained for four years, eleven months, and two days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Not wanting to miss anything, he got some of everything and paid the woman eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z No one in the house saw him go out at eleven thirty. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z That left two on the platter: a large crab with a faded orange color, and number eleven, which had the torn-off leg. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “We had eleven avocado trees and nine mango trees,” Mami was saying. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “But I also realized, about eleven minutes, fifty-five seconds ago, that I am beyond dense.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Running makes me feel like I am eleven years old and fast. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, usually after that, my mom wants to hear about school, but I have to make it quick because I have to get in bed by eleven p.m. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A few minutes after eleven in the morning, a courier charged into John McNaughton’s suite with a Flash priority cable for McNaughton. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You’ll see passing your door here the buckets of eleven families and I can tell you it gets very powerful here in the warm weather, very powerful altogether. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "Aight, so that means you need to be back by eleven. Got it?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “A simple matter of mathematics, Johnny. If the current against you is flowing at—say—ten knots an hour, you have to be making at least eleven knots to move against it.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And in Wisconsin, more than eleven thousand poor people go to court without representation every year because anyone who earns more than $3,000 per year is considered able to afford a lawyer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath as the face of the eleven dead tributes begin and tick them off one by one on my fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When we get there, the meter says eleven sixty-five but she gives me fifteen and tells me to keep the change. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Most frightening of all, between March 1918 and the end of the year, eleven bombs were exploded at the offices of black real estate agents and in the homes of black families. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ironically, Zlata and I were both eleven years old when our city was under siege. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He just had to keep them alive for eleven more days, and then things would be all right. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I think it’s eleven prescriptions,” she told me once, “maybe twelve. I can’t keep track, they change all the time.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Going to the Academy alone when she was eleven, leaving her family behind, had terrified her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z During these years Harriet Tubman made eleven trips into Maryland to bring out slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I was almost eleven, I felt I was old enough to take care of Sammy and myself all day. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Why do I have to stay in cabin eleven, anyway? Why is everybody so crowded together? There are plenty of empty bunks right over there.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Everything, from their love of beauty and mystery, to their fascinating habit of getting married when they were only eleven years old, made good stuff to talk about. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Late that evening, we joined a group of friends and family at dinner, thanking them for their support during what had been a nutty eleven months since the announcement in Springfield. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Each lizard has exactly eleven yellow spots, but the spots are hard to see on its yellow-green body. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When I wake up, I feel exactly the same as I did yesterday, even though I’m eleven now. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “I’m sayin’, there’s what, eighteen eleven billion crossroads in Brooklyn alone, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He said a guy is starting a basketball league for kids from nine to eleven. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, the incident had lamentably put off his retiring time, which was ordinarily eleven o’clock. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As the radio program went on, I learned that Hideo, born in London and raised in Tokyo, had taught himself how to code when he was eleven. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For eleven days he suffered a high fever, agonizing sweats, and abdominal pain. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z By eleven o’clock hysterical nervousness had set in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was unfair, Zeitoun thought, how one lapse in eleven years could give his wife enough ammunition to needle him for the rest of his life. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z All of which the girls showed no modesty about, throwing open silk peignoirs to say, “It’s all red, Doctor. Do something. I have to be at the Casin by eleven.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Well, it was going fine, I guess, but then...Remember how I told you my dad passed when I was eleven?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Near eleven o’clock she remembered a piece of pound cake she had put away. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z In the distance, the Westerkerk clock strikes; it's half past eleven. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Her brother was eleven and heading into sixth grade. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I've been with a dead person only twice before, at my grandparents' funerals when I was eleven and twelve, and then there was dim lighting and music. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mills has ten points in this game so far—make that eleven—Now let’s see how he does on this next one—He takes his time, pulls the trigger—and he’s got it! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee said, “Let’s see, eighteen pounds, twenty minutes to the pound— that’s eighteen times twenty—that’s three hundred and sixty minutes, six hours even—eleven to twelve, twelve to one—” He counted on his fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Three days after the fire, Headmaster Patterson had me in his office and he used one form or another of the word “expel” eleven times. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "Back by eleven," Mom says from the couch. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He was almost too old for all this, for cars and parks—eleven. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Or even better, if only I could go backward to eleven, instead of forward to thirteen! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She had me on more fad diets than I can list before I even turned eleven. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He claims that he stayed home until eleven thirty and then went to one of those all-night movies. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Then for the next eleven years, I tried to work up the nerve to talk to you." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z One . . . two . . . three . . . on and on until they reach eleven. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “And ten to eleven is the wave,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “A hundred pounds and four feet eleven inches. You’re a bit small for your age,” she declared. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Knowing eleven hundred people can spoil you for being alone. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The movers arrived at eleven that morning, powerfully muscled, red-faced men who grunted officiously over the dead weight of refrigerators and air conditioners. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If the number rolled adds up to ten, eleven, or twelve, I die on the operating table. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z When he added in his earnings from Wednesday and Thursday, he had one hundred and three dollars and eleven cents. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Six ships left, of the eleven that set sail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wondered if he’d be better at it once he turned eleven. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The next morning, Thomas found himself sitting in a chair, worried and anxious, sweating, facing eleven other boys. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In the car, Dad asks if we want to go back to school as it’s only eleven thirty in the morning. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In that RV, he could sleep the essential eleven hours a night wherever he was. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z An announcer’s voice then came over the public address system, asking the sellout crowd of eleven thousand to rise for the prayer, which everyone eagerly did. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was glad that his father was on the evening shift, at work until eleven. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear the kids of cabin eleven laughing behind me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At eleven years old, Denise was a few years younger than I was, but I thought she was pretty and smart, and I always liked the way her mom fixed her hair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometime between eleven and twelve every night, he would return from wherever he had been, have a glass of tea, spend a few minutes with me in my room, then go into his study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I waited a full hour, until the clock struck eleven, then slipped out from under the blanket and put my skirt back on. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I could only imagine what it would be like when I knew eleven hundred. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Your total is eleven eighty-five,” Renee said, turning around to scoop the fries. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Around eleven o’clock, the train began to move again. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldier with the drawn weapon approaches, while the eleven others stay where they are and look on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He asked me—no, he ordered me—to show up at the cathedral at eleven the next morning to attend the Te Deum with which the nation would express its victory over Communism. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, shortly after I turned eleven, I was the only one on the islands to come down with influenza. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In their concentration camps, the Nazis murdered eleven million people, including over six million Jews. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Oh, yes, I know he is eleven years old, but that is not so very big, is it?' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Finally, at ten- thirty, I settle cross-legged on the floor inside the entrance and wait for eleven o’clock to come. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The program had six subjects and eleven workbooks in each subject. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In Cambridge it is eleven in the morning, already lunchtime in the hospital’s accelerated day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In October he fell ill with fever and dysentery and was hospitalized for eleven days, during which he lost considerable weight and passed his time reading Atlanta newspapers and playing chess with other boys. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the inside of the rear cockpit, loaded with the ashy remains of “onze radios”—eleven “wireless sets.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The other eleven players were considered some of the finest and highest rated in the United States, and the club members were excited by the event. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I counted the tolls until they struck eleven. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At eleven years old Delsa looked like a woman, but her tiny body was still that of a little girl. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Even cheap paper chains were impressive when you had eleven hundred kids stringing them. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Today PIH runs eleven clinics and hospitals, and it provides jobs for more than 5,400 Haitians—doctors, nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists, and counselors. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z From the time I leave Addie’s house Tuesday night until eleven in the a.m. on Thursday, all that occupies my mind is the mess I have gotten myself into by agreeing to give this speech. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Twenty-two thousand people had viewed the body when the line was stopped that night for good, at eleven P.M. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw bodies of eleven- and thirteen-year-old boys in army shorts piled by the river. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z On the bus ride back to the motel, after eleven p.m., Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was a fine thing indeed, Luna thought, being eleven. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was a big baby and weighed almost eleven pounds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next eleven days, the US Air Force flew 719 nighttime bombing raids over Hanoi and the harbor of Haiphong. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I read about Agloe in this book of ‘amazing facts’ when I was ten or eleven. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She’s the same person who ran to your apartment when she was eleven with a filthy kitten shoved down the front of her coat, begging you to take it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In nearly 40 percent of families, the parents consume eleven hours of screen media a day, which does not include work time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Neither one of you got a thing to say? Fighting in here while I’m busting my hump at that market. And you two are eleven years old!” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I get seven pins, but Aimee claps like I hit eleven. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Never in eleven years had he seen Valencia Somerset outside of school, before today. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, these are bracelets I made from eleven of them woven together.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Out of a crew of forty-two, only eleven of them survived. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At eleven, when the movie let out, he returned to Wolcott. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She and her mother might have stayed in Shaker forever, as they’d planned; eleven months later, the Richardson house might still have been standing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They thought they couldn’t have children, but about eleven years ago she got pregnant. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z When we were eleven, Sonny came out to me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As eleven o’clock approached, the whole school started to make its way down to the Quidditch stadium. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Throughout the morning they continued to row toward these small landfalls, and then, at about eleven o’clock, they suddenly broke free of the pack and found themselves in open ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Two teenage girls came out of the room in tears, followed by a boy about eleven years old. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z By the end of the tournament, the suavely bedecked Bobby had played all eleven games without a single loss. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a little bit after eleven thirty. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z One, three, five, seven, and eleven were always prime. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At eleven, my coworker Quines and I are checking the table, making sure all the napkins are perfectly folded, all the silverware perpendicular to the table edge, the flowers arranged just right. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I met them almost five years ago, when I was eleven, after the Brysons left the neighborhood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z About four o’clock in the morning we reach a record: all eleven men, guards and visitors, are squatting outside. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dispatch, this is car seven-two-four. We have a ten-forty-three-A. Shots fired. We need a medical team. I repeat. Shots fired. Victim is a child—a girl aged ten or eleven.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The crying girl looked to be ten or eleven. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cory was eleven—the same age as Bobby Gene, and one year older than me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I said, “I was asleep by eleven fifteen. And I sleep like a stump.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It was well past eleven o'clock at night when our train reached the Kraków station. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I done walk, swim, and fly to get here. But I wouldn’t miss this birthday. You’s eleven now, and that’s momentous.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “This is a five. Don’t force it. You need, oh, a nine or eleven, I should think. Please. Don’t force it. Let me see if I have that size.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The scarecrow is still a hundred yards ahead, at about eleven o’clock to port. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But it was only eleven o’clock in the morning, we had been on this journey only three hours, and already everything was cracked and broken—and some of us with it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Besides my father and Uncle D. “And I’m eleven.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “It’s after eleven,” Eleanor said, and as she turned to glance at the chess game the doctor shouted with joyful triumph, and Luke laughed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She was a girl of five; and later, she was seven; and later she was, incredibly, eleven. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I’ve been playing bridge twice a week for eleven years,” Eleanor said, “with my mother and her lawyer and his wife—I’m sure you must play as well as that.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you come here, Jane? It is past eleven o’clock: I heard it strike some minutes since.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was eleven o’clock in the morning when Guitar pushed open the door and shouted, “Hey, Feather! Give us a couple of Red Caps.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock I was stretched out on a deck chair, my steamer rug over my legs. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lost eight piece this time. Last time was eleven. What I tell you? Better off lose less!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For the last eleven months he’d been living in New York, on the Lower East Side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Twelve?” he asked, and then teased, “Are you sure it’s not eleven, or thirteen?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I AM responsible. I’m gonna be eleven. Way into double digits.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Back in his hotel room at around eleven p.m., Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, around eleven o’clock, something happened that would later be called a miracle. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z If there are two and a tenth waves or eleven twelfths of a wave of one note for every wave of another note, they don't fit together as well. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The pictures at Thurmond were identical to this one, and I had never thought of him as anything older than eleven or twelve. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I glanced at my watch again and discovered with horror that it was still only two minutes to eleven. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The total came out right, and, by eleven in the morning, the great walled Thieves Quarter was officially empty and padlocked. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But eleven were just spam — which would have been great if I had been seeking a cheaper mortgage or a way to “lose that weight fast!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She, for example, has been at the Blue Haven for eleven years now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes before eleven, a man with a bullhorn called for all passengers to Peshawar to begin boarding. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Have you been through this at eleven years old? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The kids surrounded it, eager to see the contents that had been locked away for the past eleven months. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She asked her brother, Cody, who was eleven, and their thirteen-year-old neighbor, Bobby, where they wanted to go. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Shortly after eleven o’clock, we found them marching in unison in the street; at eleven, curfew regulations went into effect and Africans needed a permit to be outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was already eleven when I got into the shower. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Below him were eleven male deacons who helped in the running of the church. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a little sign in every room telling guests they are expected to complain at the office between the hours of nine and eleven A.M. daily. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At five foot eleven, Sandy Pittman stood two inches taller than me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The chief guardian looked around the table at the eleven others as if he sought comments or questions. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t never give me the eleven dollars she owed me, neither. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I’m five foot eleven and a half inches—as tall as my mom and a good two inches taller than my dad. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Like I knew he had eleven keys on his key ring, and that he wore the key ring on his side belt loop. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z When he was eleven, he had said he would marry her—if he had to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was happy to find there were salmon coming up as well, big silvers mostly over ten and eleven pounds, a half-dozen ten-pound chums, too, even three resident black-mouth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “My parents waited quite a long time before they applied for my brother. I think I was eleven.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When you were about eleven I would sit on the porch and listen to you talk, and you would say things that were just amazing to me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At one time there were eleven altogether, cousins from Noxubee County, uncles who came and went with the picking season, and my old Aunt Tess. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward they sat together, and Charles watched “the clock as the hand travels sadly too fast to half past eleven—Then to my study & work till 2 o’clock luncheon time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In it was eleven hundred afghanis, or about half of the money she’d stashed over the past year plus the sale of the ring. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At eleven he had denounced his uncle to the Thought Police after overhearing a conversation which appeared to him to have criminal tendencies. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z That summer, she applied for eleven openings for various orchestra jobs throughout Europe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It’s a short morning, and Dee and I are out by eleven. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z What I’ve gone through for eleven days she has suffered for years. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Forty-five million kids were eating healthier breakfasts and lunches; eleven million students were getting sixty minutes of physical activity every day through our Let’s Move! Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the Wonder Dome was filled with an “instant replay” video collage of Mr. Lemoncello handing out eleven different medals. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He skipped two grades in grammar school and when he was eleven he was ready for Vocational. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “He’s eleven. Have you ever known a boy his age who talks the way he does? A great deal of it comes from living in such an enlightened atmosphere.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’d like you eleven men to vote by secret written ballot. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He had spent the last eleven of them on his feet, following the trail that the sergeant had set out for him on the map. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Being eleven, I was way too old for shorts anyway, so I had on my jeans. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters at eleven o’clock,” he read. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Kids get out of hand, Ana. She’s eleven. She has no business wandering down there. Certainly not with boys.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His dad pushed him to study more and harder, but he wasn't the kind of prodigy who goes to college at eleven. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Cabin eleven, Percy Jackson. And mind your manners.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I said good night to them before I went to bed at eleven.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z If this demand were granted, you would need only eleven points out of twenty three but I would still need twelve and a half out of my twenty three. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If they were caught, the eleven runaways would be whipped and sold South, but she—she would probably be hanged. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Just after eleven o’clock, the front end of the storm arrived at Zeitoun’s house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Like I'm eleven going on twelve and I know what I'm doing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was after eleven o’clock, so I left my door ajar, hoping to hear Mother go out, or the creak of Bailey easing up the stairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The museum restaurant wouldn’t open until eleven thirty and the snack bar wouldn’t open until after that, so they left the museum to get breakfast. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that morning, at about eleven o’clock, the front gate swung open, revealing the commanding officer with two men in suits. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Turkish hospital records list a total of eleven children who weighed over twenty pounds at birth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You’d better be calling me to say that there are eleven naked honeybunnies in your house, and that they’re asking for the Special Feeling that only Big Daddy Ben can provide.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump talked about building walls and deporting the eleven million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Then the major told the story of the eleven Czecho-slovaks and the Hungarian corporal. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Did you hear that,” he said quietly, “I’ve only been in love once? It happened when I was eleven. And it’s still happening.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Confident in the devices, the British army had already distributed eleven thousand of them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Can’t talk now. Roof tomorrow after my math exam? At eleven?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He became the organizer of a group called CRUCIAL, which ultimately entered the desegregation suit as an intervenor and finally brought it into the courtroom after eleven years. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have met him. When we were eleven.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But I had to meet you in the end . . . eleven years old, and you were so brave. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z It was eleven o’clock on the night of the full moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Everybody from cabin eleven gathered in the big circular arena, where Luke would be our instructor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The study found that defendants charged with killing white victims received the death penalty eleven times more often than defendants charged with killing black victims. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She has heard it only half a dozen times in eleven years. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Once they dig through those ashes and come up missing eleven bodies, they’ll know we escaped. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock on the night of the fifteenth, a government sedan picked up Lawrence for the bumpy three-hour ride to Compania Hill, a watching post twenty miles from the bomb site. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When we’re done with dessert, it’s almost eleven p.m., and all we have left to do is load up the cars and say our farewells. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Very early in the morning he drove off in the automobile, and then at eleven o’clock the patients came to the office. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I realized with a start that I’d be turning eleven tomorrow. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Maybe I don’t. 7TH JUROR: So what’d you vote “not guilty” for? 8TH JUROR: There were eleven votes for “guilty.” Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She whisked her limp brown curls off her shoulders and wound them quickly into a bun, exactly the way she’d done every morning for the past eleven years. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “One! . . . Two! . . he was counting. He took his time between lashes. Only the first really hurt. I heard him count: “Ten . . . eleven! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “You all eat by eleven. Don’t take more’n ten minutes to eat.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve never misplaced the thing. Not once in eleven years. But I guess with all the commotion this week I must’ve . . .” She sniffed the air. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z By the age of eleven, Walter could run a plow as well as any of his older siblings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The boys were eleven years old, and Lee—well, Lee did not change much. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It happened the Wednesday morning of my second week, when I was in the library making some Xeroxes for Dr. Roland before my eleven o’clock class. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He's eleven years younger than I am, and by the time he reached high school, the rest of us had all left home. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But before the tune launches into full volume, let me fill you in on what has happened these last eleven years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the deep end of the gym pool at school he had no trouble getting to the bottom and that was, he was pretty sure, about eleven feet. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She woke when her relaxed body was suddenly slammed against the back end of the fuselage along with all eleven crates. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And could I have stayed on my feet eleven hours a day, five days a week? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Leila had slept little, despite taking a sleeping pill around eleven p.m. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Baba told me stories of his travels to India and Russia, the people he had met, like the armless, legless couple in Bombay who’d been married forty-seven years and raised eleven children. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That the Penobscot people have lived in the territory that became Maine for eleven thousand years, moving around season to season, following food. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I wish I could describe every second of those eleven minutes on stage, every move, every jump. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “By the time I graduated from high school there were eleven of us.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z |
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