| 单词 | em |
| 例句 | ‘No. But by the time the British got back to Lexington from Concord, the Lexington men were ready for them. And they fit ’em and harried ’em all the way to Charlestown.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I’m just setting here waiting for ’em to come and tell me to walk to that chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “All these guys got razors on ’em,” he whispered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, I earned ’em fair and square,” said Grandpa Bobby. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Bobby Joe or any of those bad boys ever give you any...junk, Sonny, you come get me. I’ll take care of ’em.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “These ain’t Mother’s Day cards I’m sending ’em,” Ben replied toughly while sliding a clip into his automatic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I drank my orange juice and coffee, but I couldn’t do nothing with them eggs but stir ’em ’round my plate. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Tole ’em I didn’t want to spread no germs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe he thought he could persuade ’em ... maybe he just wanted ’em outta the way. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Why, terrible as those pictures were, I’d have paid a nickel to not go in and see ’em! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “But most send em off to family. A orphanage is... different altogether.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Cover ’em up good,” said the other Taylor from her perch in a tree. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t do to let you go in them trainers—mud’ll suck ‘em right off!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Sure. If I got ’em, you can see ’em.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z If I'm lucky, I get 'em talking to each other. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After they was ’zactly forty-nine days old, Pap said me and him had to look ’em o’er to see if there was a hunting dog in the bunch. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z POP!—if you get ’em out of Vietnam-listening every day, every night, and every second, you’re going to see a big difference. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want me to die right now? I can’t stand no more of this. You mustn’t talk that way. We in enough trouble now. “Don’t let ’em treat you bad, Bigger,” Buddy said stoutly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They get so tall that the man in the picture was picking 'em way at the top of a ladder. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It goes everywhere with ’em, all their life long, right close by. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Things that I might not think mean nothing, but things that can cut ’em to the quick. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Most people couldn’t even see ’em anymore, the scuff marks, but I could. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It felt like someone had run a knife into ’em and I looked down. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Bring ’em up and let’s see if they’re big enough to eat!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “They look about evenly matched—most times they are—but one of ’em has that last reserve of courage and energy which licks the other. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lawrence, you want to hear a funny thing? We were talking to these three Reb prisoners, trying to be sociable, you know? But mainly trying to figure ’em out. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I said they should have put ’em all in separate cages. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I saw you fight on Black Boar Pier. You coulda killed ’em all.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Let ’em get a good look at you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Words fall out of the sky like leaves, girl. Grab a couple and write ’em down.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z ‘Cause I want you to stay with me. Trouble with mice is you always kill ‘em.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “O yes,” he returned, “these are all gifts of that kind. One brings another, you see; that’s the way of it. I always take ’em. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Their people asked could I take ’em fishing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Volt meter’s down around nine somewhere. Alternator belts were loose, I guess. I got ’em tightened up better now, but meanwhile I’m dead in the water.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Every day he’d bring home three herrings and a loaf of bread — but sometimes the herrings had been dead so long we couldn’t eat ’em. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “We dig up those pipes, bust ’em into pieces, and sell the lot to a scrap yard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll read ’em,” Bigger said, stifling a yawn and stuffing the booklets into his pocket. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “All of ’em crammed into a tiny apartment with only one bathroom over in Little Italy,” said Miguel. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Wallace says he’ll turn my name in, but he’s already got six names ahead of me, and one of ’em is a grown man with a car. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “A million things,” said Kohl, “but I can’t think of any of ’em.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I told you. We just gotta reach out to more people, get ’em on our side.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Marvin LaBlue, the only Easterner among them, drawled, “Don’t panic, folks, that was just a little bug. Back home we call ’em fireflies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I want my family back with me, ’cause I love ’em. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Child,” said Gloria Dump, “I know that. I’m the one who put ’em there. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Syl’s ma and pa was where I’d left ’em, leaning so’s the weight of the iron rod and chains was on the ground. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “There are lights out there. A bunch of ’em. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Every single episode it’s the exact same thing, Rondo. Trust me. I’ve seen ’em all. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I wish I was out there with ’em,” he thought to himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t take it so much amiss, sir,” pleaded the keeper to the angry passenger; “I’ll sit next you myself. I’ll put ’em on the outside of the row. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It took ’em a whole bunch of years, but they saved up every penny they could and had the Liberty Bell made then sent all the way to Canada. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Just give ’em shorter hours is all....Big deal.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “They just got ’em up, about half the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, you see ’em one way and I see ’em another. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Bet they ate the lot of ’em too, right down to their boots!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Be a lot of work to clean ’em up and rezinc them, too, so they don’t corrode. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z His lips were cracked with long, bloody splits dividing ’em every little bit. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Or a group of science people doing research about plankton or the chemicals found in floating seaweed, all these waterproof monitors beeping and flashing next to ’em on deck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Them prisoners don’t get but one out a ten things sent to em cause the lady guards take it for theyselves. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Just when you think you’ve got a handle on ’em, more of ’em show up on deck.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z One of them even yelled up to me, “We beat ’em!” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Every one of ’em knew my name and stopped for a moment to pay their respects when they came to perform. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Glad you got those extra men. You may need ’em. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The innkeeper, framed by the light of the inn, says, "Calm yourself! They're inside! I brought 'em in for safekeeping." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She took his notepad from him and scribbled her number on the cardboard backing; “There. You got the digits and you didn’t even ask for ’em.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z "I'm fixing to shoot it to 'em upstairs," he said gravely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We knew the Germans hated the Poles and wanted our land. Our attitude was, Let ’em come! Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “He writes ’em up, files ’em, they end up here in a cabinet. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That’s a perfect sample of the luck of the Bobos; a million and nine trees out there in ’em woods and Pap had to go pick the only one that was toting a invisible shield. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Well,” she drawled, sighing, “I guess folks just have to love each other naturally. You can’t make ’em.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out my antennae hats I shaped last night out a tinfoil, fasten em on our heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Either you catch these vandals or you scare ’em away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take it back, Maleeka. Tell ’em I want another plate—now.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I was running so hard it seemed like the trees started stepping aside, like they knowed if I hit ’em they’d get knocked clean over. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He carries ’em up the bank and drops ’em—hard—in the dirt. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She holds them up to her eyes and looks for a bit, then hands ’em to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” she went on, turning away, “the important thing is that Angelica saw me in the window. And now that she knows we’ve got the knife, she’ll tell all of ’em. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t, either, but two people this morning asked me how I was feeling, and one of ’em wants to tell me what to take for headaches. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I reckon if we trap ’em in a net or something, Will can cut through and close up and that’s it, we’ll be free.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t want ’em stinking up the garbage, ’cause they’re out of season. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You go get in line and hold our spot, I’ma look at some comics for a minute. When you get up to the register I’ll come and tell ’em how we gonna pay.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I come home III read em and tell you if they be rite.... Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, that was kinda psycho. Couple of Gladers had a theory that other things had disappeared, but we proved ’em wrong. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I say shoot ’em,” growled the man who looked like Edward the bull. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you speak to ’em, they’ll listen to you, mam,” the mother sobbed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If I had eyes that wasn’t mashed up by a brick, I sure ’nuff wouldn’t hide ’em behind a bunch a fat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I put chicken wire around 'em, and even on top, but people could still reach in if they tried. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Got to clean ‘em out both ways,” said the operator, standing over the silent woman. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Let’s get back at ’em, Major,’ they yelled. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’ll do. We begin to close in upon ’em about dusk. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “They got him! Them bloody Gobblers, they oughter catch ’em and bloody kill ’em! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A policeman opened the door and Buckley said, “Tell ’em to come in.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Finally I say, “You one of em, too. All the babies I tend to, I count as my own.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Hence, whatever Snuffy and the other townsfolk wanted to do with those little Smokeys, God bless ’em and Merry Christmas and far be it from Buddy to interfere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Writing one of my old children. I do miss ’em when they grow up and leave me, but the Good Lord knows I ain’t much at writing.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Sure, they watch ’em, but they relax a little and stay behind the counter. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Mr. Dalton here doesn’t like Reds, as you call ’em, and I didn’t want to get Miss Dalton in trouble.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Are you his executioner? 3RD JUROR: I’m one of ’em. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Funny thing, how many of the people my brother cared about very much ended up in a worse state than if he’d left ’em well alone.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Got to admit, the girl hold tight to things oncet she learn ’em. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “What in blazes do you two see in them? Can’t eat ’em. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Half expect ’em to come in from behind.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard most of ’em lives better than good hardworking white folk. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Let ’em rip,” he said, and handed the car keys to Small Boy, who walked around to the back and unlocked the trunk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mouths were pulled wide open like they were fixing to scream, but didn’t no sounds come from ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I’d get pretty hairy at the end of one of ’em. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled out a piece of paper and said, “I axed ’em to write they name down so’s I could send ’em some of my syrup as a kind of thank-you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Getting straight A’s in this school, ain’t like getting A’s in our old school. You sweat to get these A’s. Gotta half die to keep ’em.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “But if we get his armor back, he’ll come with us and never bother ’em again,” said Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can break ’em again and get ’em to grow straight.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, well. I knew it would. Always told ’em so. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Three days. Can you get ’em back to me in three days?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Do you have room for them, or should I hang on to ’em?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z "Break it and I'll give you some butter since you gon' eat it right here. Lots of folks takes 'em home. They got their own butter at home." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I ought to sew ’em in,” she said doubtfully. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he’s pushing people, just shoving ’em out the way, bellowing at the top of his lungs, “Stop! Stop those children!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Olives—yes. Olives and wax. I never go anyplace without ’em.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I ran through the dog run toward the back of the house, calling, “Here, Yeller! Here, Yeller! Get ’em, boy! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z But they never saw a thing and we just watched ’em roll on by. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I might not be able to save ’em a third time.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko’s sergeant spoke up: “They’re gone now, Captain, don’t worry. A reptile wrangler came and got ’em out of the johns.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of these dogs half dead when I find ’em.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘He’s still got to run a long way yet. Make ’em both run! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Put my hands to my face and realize my hands are bleeding and that’s what made ’em slip away from the oars. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. But I can’t think of how to undo ’em.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I’m going to laugh, and I shall drop ’em.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z All they do is bite the hands that feed ’em. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Here, you can take over the whiskbroom, ’ ’ he said, “just two or three licks—but let ’em feel it.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And then my gramps and his friend came over and put their hands on the tree and laughed to each other and my gramps’s friend said: “Told you about these roots. Look at ’em.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z My eyes started getting all this pressure on ’em after I heard her say if I was okay. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then things got real confusing ’cause ’stead of greeting the people and making ’em feel comforted the way it happens most times, Miss Duncan-the-first started up asking questions. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z And with ’em any hope of finding a big tuna. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally, one of 'em told him that spring or fall was the time to grow lettuce, that the summer was too hot for it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Pap says Sheriff Jackson’s one ’em people that take all the talk about not bearing false witness to heart. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “After we start planting, there’s no time for sugaring. You plant oats early and you get oats; you plant ’em late and you get nothing but chaff.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We sit there side by side while the clouds change places, puff out, the wind blowin’ ’em this way and that. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Petey laughed right ’long with ’em, never knowing the joke was on him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Wipe the floor with 'em. Together," I snarled. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He said to the other man, “Leave ’em be. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Yessuh. All three of us went upstairs when I brought ’em in in the car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I was gonna have to work faster than I do most days ’cause a bunch of people were counting on me to bring ’em some fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “To tell you the truth, every time I feed ’em, it’s another one of those moments I’m happy I can’t see.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, let ’em eat,” said Rosaleen, which floored me, since she’d been known to smack my hand sideways for pinching a single crumb off her fritters before dinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One time, seven free slaves came into the Settlement all at once and the Preacher took it on hisself to welcome ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I said, “Let’s take the four train downtown. I know a really flavory food truck that sells arepas. We can sit in Union Square and eat ’em.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z If anyone’s still out, I write down his cell number, and”— Smith made a key-turning motion with his hand—“I lock ’em in.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “How did he get ’em?” said the convict I had never seen. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Marines leave ’em behind a lot when they move out from this country. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was a fight. There was lots of ’em and they had arrows.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "Just one stuffed dog. I can take 'em or leave 'em alone. But listen, Jake. Just one stuffed dog." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I knowed it was a baby ’cause it was tied the same way all the Settlement women do when they’re working and want to keep their children with ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Absolutely not. Bigger, tell ’em when I left the car.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Some of the time when a growned person asks you a question, you’re smart to tell ’em what it is they want to hear, but that waren’t what I was doing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I told ’em, “I couldn’t sleep and was looking out my window and saw a horse come from out of the woods!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I own a few slaves, and if I stood before my Maker alongside one of ’em, I’d hev no way to justify the fact that I was master and he was slave. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I touched two fingers to it and looked at ’em and for some reason seeing my own blood like that made me calm down some. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, my daddy goes back there all the time, y’know, to hunt. And he always talks about how that house is full of birds. Full of ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Dummy, don’t tell ’em my name!” the bat says. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z So no one believed me when I told ’em you’d come. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Twins, by Jupiter!” was all he said for a minute, then turning to the women with an appealing look that was comically piteous, he added, “Take ’em quick, somebody! Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t very well wait until morning this time, can I? If Fritz ever heard of me doing a thing like that, he’d think I was crazy. Why, there are seven of ’em right there. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z None of ’em ever took the time to sit down and talk to me, and ask me if I was havin’ any problems, except Coach Ripley. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold on, Harry, this’ll do for ’em!” roared Hagrid, and Harry looked up just in time to see Hagrid slamming a thick finger into a green button near the fuel gauge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Nope. But if the baseballs come flying over the prison wall, you get to keep ’em.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I go that way, too, but it’s too small a road for me to be following ’em. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Buddy, pick up them skillets and put ’em in the sink,” the mother said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We shall strike the strength out of ’em. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "Sure, I guess everybody has 'em, but I never heard of anybody here in the Brotherhood not liking you. As far as folks up here is concerned they think you're it. You heard any different?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give ’em hell when you get over there.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides,” continued Henry, “I don’t like ’em anyway. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Says exactly what I figure he’d say: “Collect some bottles, take ’em in for deposit. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I go get em. I take care—” “And I can’t have you serving us like that, with your—your legs showing! ” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Lawrence? The way them Rebs kept coming yesterday . . . You got to admire ’em.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And if I don’t get ’em to market by noon today I won’t be able to sell ’em till next week. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z "I followed 'em, didn't I? A big muck like Red, Fat, and Wicked wants to find 'em! That could be worth some money, couldn't it?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The cap’n closed his eyes for a couple seconds, opened ’em, then smiled. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You know Gobblers. We was all scared of ’em till we was caught....” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Oh no, Chief. We’re keeping ’em nice and fresh in the ditch there. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “When you come in someone else’s backyard, you got to show ’em some respect and let ’em know what you up to. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Ah heard ’em give one last whoop for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The mystery of all ’em things going through my mind chased away any thinking ’bout taking a poke at the cap’n’s head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “It was me that saw ’em first!” he protested. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When the pups had been first born, Pap got vexed with me once I started naming ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Take those gunnysacks over there and put ’em in the back of the Jeep,” he says, and then, still holding the flashlight in one hand, he slips his arms under Shiloh and picks him up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Both of ’em swore an oath, just like I did. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Before, it was take the blacks and put ’em in the cotton field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a saying that if you waited until then, you wouldn’t have to buy a tree; that “they’d chuck ’em at you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And we reckoned the Gobblers were buying off the Tartar chiefs by giving ’em kids, cause the Tartars eat ’em, don’t they? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t plant any vegetables above where you bury those rodents. They got enough poison in ’em to bring down an elephant.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he asks if you knew one of ’em was in the library talking to April. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then Zephyr says, “Don’t rip ’em up, Fry. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “At that point right there, I knew we had ’em.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You said there were six of these, Professor, and then you told me the whereabouts of five of ’em. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z His eyes, blue as ever, catching mine and holding ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I practically forgot I asked to have ’em sent.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Would you want your state governments run by people who don’t know how to run ’em? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Yours is the class act here, Sonny. Go get ’em.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “One ’em automatons, half pocket watch, half tin cup, and half growed man!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “And then they threw ’em every which way,” Curly said, waving a beefy arm, “and then they filled in the holes.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know a lot of ’em by name?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Get them little berries off them hateful branches without popping ’em. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seriously, dude. The cops told my mom he stepped on ’em while he was sneakin’ around the trailer.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Stole ’em off one of our boys’ feet, didn’t you?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Naw. Down south. Jacksonville, Florida. Bad country, boy. Bad, bad country. You know they ain’t even got an orphanage in Jacksonville where colored babies can go? They have to put ’em in jail. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Had to use the bayonet to get ’em moving. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught lots of small fish, mackerel and pollock and cod and flounder, and cleaned ’em, too. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The people tolt us we was welcome to stay with ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Get ’em, Mrs. Torrance!” someone from the crowd yelled, but when laughter broke the silence, she raised a hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “So the mission is this: Find the Ocarrion, and seize it. If the kidnapped orphans are already on board, we free ’em and commandeer the Ocarrion back to port.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Scared ’em so much they agreed to put propulsion in our own little separate category.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He read some of it and tore the pages out, then ripped ’em into pieces that fluttered to the floor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Tell ’em what you saw this afternoon—all them daemons we let out! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I wish I knew if we were even gaining on ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Her legs is so spindly, she look like she done growed em last week. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Atticus said, “He came in late one afternoon hot from football practice and raided the Kappa Alpha icebox. He also ate a dozen bananas and washed ’em down with a pint of whiskey. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Bingo. There’s five thousand birds, men, and only one day to turn ’em into fertilizer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z And he whistled happy as a robin as he went to his own room, and he sat up for an hour more writin’ letters and tearin’ ’em up and writin’ again. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Way I see it, jus’ as long as ’em Tanners keeps pumping out a healthy baby or two every generation, and don’t have another long run of mo-rons, I’m in high cotton.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He picked up every dish and jug and bottle they had, looked into ’em, shook ’em, then tossed ’em into the middle of the floor so’s they shattered. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Half a garden full. Folks round here love my peas—just wait’ll you taste ’em.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Either they didn’t use ’em and they atrophied—or they used them too much, and they burned out.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Naw; I got some stuff here I want Bigger to read. Listen, Bigger, I got some pamphlets here. I want you to read ’em, see?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, shank. They’re all over the place, like freaking labels for the nice pretty Maze they built. I quit bothering to look at ’em a long time ago.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "Might be they didn't die here. Might be someone brought 'em and left 'em for us. A warning, as like." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Don't worry, they'll make it there. Even if I gotta roll 'em there myself," Ma said, rolling into the room, purposely making an entrance. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z As soon as the little green leaves came up a gopher or something wiped 'em out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tomorrow. They need to know if someone’s been asking questions about ’em.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “We could fry ’em right here on the steps.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The knights are walking, dragging the kids behind ’em like dogs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Rehearsed my lines so often I can say ’em by heart. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seems this job’d be easier if we could flush ’em out with fire,” Camey said, slapping the boar on the haunch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They made sure the picket fences in front of everyone’s home had got a good slap of whitewash on ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It ain’t nothing particular noticeable, but the air inside of ’em changes like it’s saying, “I’m watching you.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “But I’m happy you had a good time. I do kinda wish I knew how to work ’em the way you do. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And folks were depending on me to bring ’em some fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Didn’t need to. Just sent me a confirmation number. Electronic ticket. All I have to do is turn up at the airport in a month and show ’em my ID, and I’m outta here.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “I want ye to tell me about ’em, Jeth—Uncle Matt and Aunt Ellen, Jenny . Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “They hate ’em over at the A&P, though. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “What do you know about that! I didn’t suppose they’d ever do a thing like that, friend or no friend. They’re the first family around here, you know. Proud as peacocks, all of ’em. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know how to make pancakes? And why’d you bring ’em to a picnic? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “No, for the ladies. If the bucket don’t convince them to set, you dunk them in the rain barrel a time or two and turn ’em loose. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z That NAACP’s come down here and filled ’em with poison till it runs out of their ears. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Zip your lips. If you can find ’em, fur face.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “And you don’t put ’em in cages, either!” said Olive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Only had to kill two of ’em in the process. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Ma’s taking out all the things she’s bought and putting ’em on the table, taking the price tags off Becky’s underpants and socks. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And out there in the rushes, out there in more than one place, I can hear ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I read the papers every day, brother—two hundred of ’em.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z What if soon’s I started taking ’em toward the blacksmith, he was to figger a way to take a rock, chuck it at me, and bash my head in? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I’ll be ready for ’em,” Curly said aloud, in the hope of convincing himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But some chirren got on after us and he didn’t say nothing to ’em! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “There was six of ’em, Chief, they tried surrounding me, but I fought like a devil! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z If they was uptown, I might know ’em, and if I don’t, they probably know me.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I don’t know why it is, but something ’bout that basket don’t worry the fish too much and I can toss it in over and over and not scare ’em atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Mr. Crunk took some shots at ’em and they ran off but we seen ’em scurrying around the shadows again just over there!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The man throwed the knife down and ran out at ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She called 'em goldenrod and she said if I made 'em into tea it would help me with the delivery. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Pip, you know,” replied Joe, as if that were a little unreasonable, “you yourself see me put ’em in my ’at, and therefore you know as they are here.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He turned away, thinking: Five of ’em sleeping in one room and here’s a great big empty building with just me in it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of which you scrape up the remains in an envelope and hide ’em at the back of a drawer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Nawsuh! You got me wrong! Mr. Jan gave me them things! He and Miss Dalton told me to read ’em. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got ’em right back here,” he said, and he threw open the side door of the van. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet it’s just your nerves. You keep ’em buried in your belly. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “This stuff’s just been sitting around. Think of them as borrowed. We’ll lug ’em back here once your project’s finished.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Just don’t go pulling ’em up when you gets a cleaning fit.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “She’s got at least a hundred of ’em, but she can tell you the story of how she got each and every one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z You try and get a baby to go in the toilet before its time, it’ll make em crazy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Miss Leefolt, she watch em drive off, let out a big sigh. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Hasn’t got a name. Never name any of my dogs. Dogs one, two, three, and four is all. When I want ’em, I whistle; when I don’t, I give ’em a kick. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That “all they want, man, is they own misery. Ax em to die for you and they yours for life.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Let ’em bust through the newly installed bars over the plywood on the windows. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that a gentleman like you, so well set up as you, can’t win ’em off of his own game; but money shall back you! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A little later it said, So long forever, old fellows and gals, so long forever old sweethearts and pals—God bless ’em—And so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If a bunch of us went charging at ’em whooping and raising Cain they might disappear back into the forest for another two, three days. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "Agree 'em to death and destruction," grandfather had advised. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you was out getting ’em shackles, he tolt the sheriff he wasn’t ’bout to let three thousand dollars walk out his life without no fight. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Witnesses are being doubted and there’s no reason for it. 5TH JUROR: Witnesses can make mistakes. 10TH JUROR: Sure, when you want ’em to, they do! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay ’em down and rub my hands on my pants. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Eb. Tell your ma and pa I asked ’bout ’em.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I held up my thumb and finger, as far apart as I could get ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Freddie and the dudes be takin’ ’em to church on this song.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z All these random things, they just kept flashing through my mind, and I let ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And their daemons got to pump and pump all day and night, or else perish with ’em. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He checked every tin and jar of food, then emptied ’em on the pile of broke-up dishes; he used his boots to stomp every chair into kindling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I think some of ’em must’ve, ’cause once they commenced tearing him apart, it do seem a good bit of ’em jus’ stood to the side cheering folk on and didn’t join in. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I was hoping with all my might that since I was twixt ’em, he wouldn’t shoot again. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Who’s teasing? I’m telling him the truth. He ain’t going to have it. Neither one of ’em going to have it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked a bit more, the cap’n counted out some more bills, then the bloody colored man counted ’em and said, “Reach me the paper back.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “But what are they afraid of? Do they think he’s going to go round killing people as soon’s he gets his armor on? He could kill dozens of ’em now!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “The papers in the rucksack. Loads of ’em are in code. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was okay to rush up on ’em now that Pa and Emma had settled ’em down some. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They’ll have your faces on ’em and some neato phrase, like, ‘Because they never got to walk the runway of life.’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And before they all left to go home, she told me and Rondell about some house party they were all going to the next night and said we should come with ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Get ’em in the eyes!” she yelled, and threw another. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I got the breaks, I got to use ’em right,” he told himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nawsuh. You see, mister, I did what they told me. I was only working for ’em. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “A letter? Why, there’s twenty-six of ’em—which one do you mean?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “But maybe stealing, too, if we have to. And there’s wild fruit and I know some roots we can eat if you boil ’em first.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s have a good day, guys. Eat ’em up!” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z All of em turn off, go into houses, shut the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t stay on ’em long,” Bernice had offered as a final warning. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I changed my mind and brushed ’em all in the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Darn me if I couldn’t eat ’em,” said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, “and if I han’t half a mind to’t!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I’ve seen police beat people in the street—beat ’em with fists and with bats. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, white boys can go in there, and when they say, “Just browsing,” the salespeople leave ’em alone. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll come back a different way,” Ben says, “see if I can throw ’em off the trail.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z One woman stood up and said, “Them cells cured me of my cancer, if I got cells that can help somebody like her cells help me, I say take em!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She turned to her two children and told ’em, “Y’all go on in the garden and pick Mama some flowers. Make sure you bring me some them pretty purple and white ones.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I wash the tomatoes and cut ’em open. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Hopes they get to eat ’em ’fore the bugs do!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When one of ’em says to another, ‘He was a convict, a few year ago, and is a ignorant common fellow now, for all he’s lucky,’ what do I say? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I slip out of the market after ’em and head down the road. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z You can’t see ’em except as a kind of shimmer in the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Sent all the way to Mobile for ’em,” said Henry. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “If they wants to see and know, why they don’t come kiss and be kissed? Ah could then sit down and tell ’em things. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “With some mud, to keep ’em from drying out,” Dallas said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Next I reached into the “live” fly pouch and plucked out two that had a good bit of fight left in ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “You don’t give booze to a couple of kids and let ’em go in the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I never told nobody that before. Not even Minny. Find I can get my point across a lot better writing em down.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Pap put ’em all back in the crate and unwrapped the pistol out the curtain. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z In fact you can buy ’em and give ’em away.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “But I figured you wouldn’t want ’em, ’cause you still got your own.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Shut up. You look horrible with all them scratches. Besides, you might get germs in ’em. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “It’ll take ’em ages to count everyone, and we can say we just followed someone else and got lost.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Stop lying. All of ’em liked you best.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z One of 'em told him that fancy restaurants paid lots of money for this baby lettuce, smaller than the regular kind, to use in rich folks' salads. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I thought I was the first person to think of ’em. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Had the whole week’s, my lady! Read ’em off a little piece of paper!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When I whistled, that was the signal to roll ’em. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I tried, Tex, see? Had Beatrice write a letter, telling ’em about the owls and all. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody know ’em,” the girl said, now setting the hammer on the porch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I fix em for supper tonight. Got some in the freezer. And tomorrow night you having chicken and dumplings.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There’s five of ’em, no, six, the men whose Noise you hear doing those freaky exercises in the Mayor’s house. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Got ’em, too — some were afraid, some just wanted a bit o’ his power, ’cause he was gettin’ himself power, all right. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Try Alabama. No, how about Florida? I hear just last year they cut off a man’s parts, fed ’em to him, then killed him for being with a white woman he’d never even met. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched ’em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at ’em and said, “These ain’t no good for what you planning on doing. You need traveling shackles. I got some you can buy cheap.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Bunch of superstitious clucks. They’d jump off the roof if someone told ’em the building was unlucky.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "I sent 'em all out to be washed," said Bud. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I peel the potatoes and set ’em to boil, rub a wood bowl with garlic, mix up a salad, and slice my French bread. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Genie, you holler out the number that red hand lands on. And I’ll tell ’em how much they owe. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I reckon they make slaves out of ’em. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There were five of ’em all sitting the same space apart one from the ’nother. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But ’stead of bolting them down, he hammered more of the staples onto ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z There are burrs and stickers on the path up the hill, and usually I wouldn’t take it without sneakers, but if there’s burrs and stickers in my feet, I hardly feel ’em. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Take a wet rag to the leather and wash the laces so they always seem like I just got ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Hit ’em with smoke and sonics, then go in while the targets were disoriented. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Even if he whups ’em at Gettysburg, he’ll just sit on his hands twiddling about in the Pennsylvania rain until Lee regroups and has another go at it.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Stung, she said, “You mean I look funny in ’em? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “One summer when I was about nine, my dad went off to rehab for his dryer sheet addiction. He used to huff ’em down in the basement, box after box. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Either do something with those crab pots tomorrow or pull ’em in,” Dad said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I looked into the crowd, trying to focus upon their faces, hearing someone yell, "Here come the cops," and others answering, "Let 'em come!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sweep ’em up and put them in the box and we’ll bury them out back,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. My family’s taking me with ’em.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Barnacles are sharp as razors if you hit ’em just right. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I see ’em ” “You lived in one of them once, Bigger. They’re made out of steel and stone. But the steel and stone don’t hold ’em together. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I used to work for ’em,” she said, coming out of the shadows and into the gray light near the entrance of the cave. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “He’s not so dumb. It’s easier to break ’em than to wash ’em...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Elderberries make good wine, good jelly, and good medicine. But only bears eat ’em off the vine. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “This here’s a story about a boy and his sisters. They take this boat to an island and all kinds of things happen to ’em. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “They must of drove it ’til the gas run out on ’em,” said the sergeant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “As if fighting for her own life isn’t enough, she’s going to save the planet, too! Come show ’em whatcha got, Stella!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Want 'em to fight like crazy and be extra careful and completely awake all the time? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I seen ’em in the Noise of their fathers in town, mourned like their wives but not nearly so often. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And as fer human goodness—men’s hearts is jest as black today as in the Roman times when they nailed slaves to crosses by the hunderd and left ’em there to point up a lesson.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Donell: They start picking on me, so I beat ’em up. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m safe from everyone here. Where I used to live, in Oxford, there was all kinds of dangerous things. There was gyptians—they take kids and sell ’em to the Turks for slaves. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I opened the “dead” fly pouch and picked out ’bout four of’em that had a good amount of juices leaked out and I tossed ’em right into the spot near the cattails. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The four-armed one that was humming made a shushing sound at the rest of ’em and started talking! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z If their heart isn’t in it all you gotta do is look mad crazy and hit ’em once in the face and it’ll be game over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I took two of my chunking stones out of my tote sack and put ’em in my pocket. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Besides, the tips of his fingers were slightly we find ’em. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s turning around and around, trying to clap eyes on ’em again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Keep ’em, and maybe I can give you lessons when I come down.Would that be cool? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then one of ’em, usually a man, glances back at us, and I feel like they’re seeking me out, seeing what I’m made of. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z First thing we do is pop in some hip-hop, I told ’em, switching my bag to the other shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “It is. So instead I took that, one of Carlyle’s caps with his name in it, and a photograph of him and two teammates, wrapped it all up tight, and stashed ’em somewhere safe.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He set Ma’s rocker back up then collected all her knitting tools and put ’em back in the basket. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Listen up, in the car, kill the engine and then get your hands where I can see ’em.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Robert open the door and both of them jerk my pants off, pull them over my head, and tied ’em tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “No, it wouldn’t work. But you better tell ’em anyway, like your mum says. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z So I started writing my prayers down instead a saying em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Ah’ll clean ’em, you fry ’em and let’s eat,” he said with the assurance of not being refused. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I could hear him snorting and chawing and going at ’em pretty good. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I started coming straight from work to check 'em. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Leave 'em for you to finish. Let any one finish them as they like." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z And I say, Yessuh, and he say, Well, you better tell em he your high yellow cause that colored doctor won’t operate on a white boy in a Negro hospital. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Tell ’em to have mercy on my boy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I see ’em all as clear as day. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When we left there we ate a couple dogs each on a bench in the middle of the boardwalk, checking out all the weirdos walking past and the tourists pointing at ’em behind their backs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "I sho do. I just love 'em. Now this one, old as he is, he could put his shoes under my bed any night." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of ’em reached their hands out at me and strained up ’gainst their chains so’s to get close to the bucket as they could. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “And we’ll be checking on the grub you give ’em,” said his companion. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look good. You got on your Jordans, some nice tight jeans. If anybody look at you funny, you tell ’em you reppin’ the west side.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “If you have to shoot ’em, why, you go right ahead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She never wore ’em out of the house so people’d think she was gorgeous. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa’s always telling me that people that use to be slaves are toting things ’round with ’em that caint be seen with your regular eyes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The dudes had short spiky hair and big collars and flip-flops and they all walked around like they were supposed to be somebody, but I’d never seen none of ’em on TV. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And I don’t got no choice but to climb the rocks after ’em, do I? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Listen, Soph, you’re breaking up. I can barely hear you. Good luck on the test. Knock ’em dead—” The line went silent. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Folks even bring ’em up here in the hills and let ’em out, figure they can live on rats and rabbits. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Locked everyone in the basement and said if Headmistress and Miss Avocet didn’t change into birds he’d put an extra hole in my head. So they did, and he stuffed ’em both into a cage.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Amaya, Mapper, stay with these guys. Keep ’em safe and together. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Can you hold her up?” he said, and then whispered, “There’s someone else here. He’s gone out to talk to ’em.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z All of ’em had to have a stoop and a picket fence and a flower garden out front and had to be exactly ten paces off the road. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The cap’n yelled, “Sheriff, I wants three horses, which I’ll leave at the ferry in Windsor. If I don’t get ’em, this boy is dead. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "And that's not all. Them kids. The little 'uns. Who took any notice of 'em? Who knows how many we got?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I think if someone asks for sanctuary, they have to take ’em in.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “No, but I can give ’em a run for their money. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The big knights pin Jeanne’s and Jacob’s arms by their sides, and two other knights take ropes from ’round their waists and begin to fashion ’em into nooses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And I was just staring at ’em, wondering for the first time in my life what it’d be like to have a different dad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I used my fancy shirt sleeve to wipe ’em clean. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how about t’other side? It wasn’t Bobby Lee as led ’em?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The second part of my chores, the enjoying part, is divided into brushing the animals, tending to their hoofs, and my favourite part, helping make ’em comforted by keeping the horseflies off of’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “If you don’t think I can pull ’em, just watch me.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We'd put 'em in the ground and run string around 'em, cutting our land up into six pieces. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And I wonder whose idea this whole thing is, both of em or just Miss Hilly’s? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z How ’bout you chooses to send a wire to tell ’em folk back home to send you some help?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Me and Rondell loaded all our groceries in our bags and zipped ’em back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Radio say his family run out the house when they heard the shots. Say he bloody, stumbling round, all the kids with blood all over em...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Didn’t say one way or the other, did I? But if I was, 1 guess I’d have to figure they’re mine and you want ’em pretty bad. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I planted 'em right there in front of her eyes, to show her I hadn't, that I was waiting for her. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, she white just like the rest of em. Why? What she say about me?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You going to varnish ’em, Mr. Taphouse?” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Try to pick out one particular fish for a conversation, but they’re swarming, so I keep losing ’em in the crowd. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The men were tossing two little white square boxes with dots all over ’em up ’gainst a wall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "Haw, but look me up sometimes, I'm a piano player and a rounder, a whiskey drinker and a pavement pounder. I'll teach you some good bad habits. You'll need 'em. Good luck," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. How long before they’ll cut ’em down to one foot high? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Come on, palsy. Let’s play ’em,” I said, forcing myself to grin. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He had even taken to smoking, and smoking cigars, since Joe’s death and tried to bite ’em tight in one side of his mouth like Joe. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z If they do, Master Jesus, grant her a good gun and a chance to shoot ’em. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Keep quiet in your chair now, and leave ’em to me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “And now look! Find out they’re planning on selling my teeth whenever they take ’em out! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Ma and Pa didn’t tolerate no one saying that word ’round ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Every time the Coast Guard gets ready to pull a surprise inspection on the Coral Queen, Billy Babcock calls Dusty the day before to warn him. That’s why they never catch ’em emptying the tank.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z You’s the worse of ’em all ’cause you tricked me into thinking we was friends, you tricked me into thinking you wasn’t one ’em laughers. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, Jesus Christ,” his soul agonized, “why don’t I just give ’em the tree, say Merry Christmas and let ’em go. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Both of y'all put 'em down; and you, Rinehart," Barrelhouse said, gesturing at me with his pistol, "you get out of my joint and stay out. We don't need your money in here." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t mind what they ask of me, the subordinate; but you’ll never catch ’em asking any questions of my principal.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z When his eyes hit ’em, some folks screamed, some folks laughed, some folks cried, and some folks ’peared to be dumbstruck. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, some of ’em are the ancestors of us shadowshapers, some are just other folks that passed on and then became spirits. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z An’ when the salmon run up river we could catch a hundred of ‘em an’ salt ‘em down or smoke ‘em. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s her sister. The welfare’s got ’em both.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Bet there’s never been so many cars in Coalwood since it was built. I’m going to park ’em alongside the road, single file. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The horse’s eyes had a wild roll to ’em but he didn’t seem to mind, so Pa picked up his reins and pulled the horse out of the flower garden. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "And hardly a one of 'em wouldn't fight me over a bone. Go back. Your pa must be having double fits o' worry." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I can see carts up ahead on the left, a whole string of ’em, pulled by oxen and by horses, disappearing round a bend. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Some dogs, it just makes ’em mean when you kick ’em,” I say finally. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must know something I don’t; why don’t you go find ’em?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I can clean ’em for you if you lend me a basin,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Ah had done give ’em a fair chance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z So we go over there, set up shop right next to ’em, and me and Diego pull off our shirts and start tossin’ the football around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “One of ’em pushed me once,” said the old man. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I don’t want a tell her these things, but she gone hear em and I want her to hear em from me first. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I guess you could go along and hold the light, couldn’t you? Just so we get ’em out of there.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Earthworms! They’re fat and juicy. You take the dirt off, cut them open, wash them, and cook them. It isn’t bad, cook ’em like you do noodles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowing she’s got words in her head don’t mean nothing if you can only hear ’em when she talks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Maybe if we built a little fire by one door we could smoke ’em out the other, like bees,” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z That first morning, we just hung out around the baseball field and walked the streets, me secretly looking for Flaca and her friends, wondering what I’d do even if I found ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Mostly he tells the new-free slaves that come here ’cause he don’t love nothing more than letting ’em know how amazing him and the rest of us folks in Buxton are. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Lord, please let me see ’em again after the sorrow and suffering of this world! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my string of fish out of the water and showed ’em to him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “There’s no end to them. But it’s my job to get ’em off the ship before they breed.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Call 'em up, and any one of them will come running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z You not going to have no private coach with four red velvet chairs that swivel around in one place whenever you want ’em to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must have heard me saying it. Tell ’em,” Ma Charles said to me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z An Osage, speaking to a reporter about the guardians, stated, “Your money draws ’em and you’re absolutely helpless. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There’s pictures, too, pictures that come to yer mind in a rush, no matter how much you don’t want ’em, pictures of memories and fantasies and secrets and plans and lies, lies, lies. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Little gnats cloud round us in near invisible swarms and I keep having to bat ’em away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen fifteen alone on Island Center Road and a dozen more up on Mill Run. It’ll take me three days just to get to ’em.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Tell ’em that’s going to happen to them too unless they get away!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “How do you get ’em to stay put?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “But those people sure dropped like flies once those suckers stuck in ’em.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "And they talks a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to 'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I never could abide such goings on, sir, and that’s the truth. I’d give ’em w hat for if I caught ’em at it,” said the Cabby. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “No, let's beat 'em up,” I said, feeling confident for a moment. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Let me see ’em again beyond the grave! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “A nickel or a dime tip, just give ’em that,” Freddie said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not bad. Not bad at all. We were dug in pretty good. We got ’em right out in the open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When Betty Bright opened up the bus door and called out, “Count ’em up, Victor,” a caravan of at least twenty-five cars and trucks, including the green Ford pickup, fell into place behind us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a Quonset hut. They had a lot of them left over after World War II. Some of the citrus farmers bought ’em up cheap, as war surplus.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Some folk say they kill ’em, other folk say different. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I knowed she was talking gentle to whoever it was that thought hadn’t no one seen ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “We pult it off, the company was kind ’nough to notify our families and supply each one of ’em with a great big crispy piece of meat in a box for burying. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Tell your ma and pa I axed ’bout ’em too.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it. There en’t been many boys wanted that with me. Seems I scare ’em off or summing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Listen, you sonofabitch,” the woman said, sitting too, “you don’t have to eat ’em.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If I bring ’em out three at a time I can be fishing all two hundred traps in a couple of weeks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Bombs dropping on my favorite brother. Jamie’s the youngest of ’em, the nearest me in age. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z You shall show money with lords for wagers, and beat ’em!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you think we did a good job in helping to keep ’em from killing those boys?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Used to be a lot of womenfolk nurse they kids a long time down South. Lot of ’em. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He made arrangements for the sale of his office equipment, broke his lease, and settled the matter of refunds to clients very simply by saying, “Let ’em sue me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the moons rise, the stars following ’em, the same moons and the same stars as were in Prentisstown, still out here past the end of the world. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The Courthouse Crowd are pretty well asleep at the switch now, and a hard campaign might just beat ’em.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Spacks just used the swamp, threw their dead right into the water, let ’em sink, which was fine cuz they were suited for swamp burial, I guess. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I could see 'em in my mind, bright as traffic lights, flashing at her across the street. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just want to know how you do ’em. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Like some of ’em say they didn’t come over the Bering land bridge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Most of ’em just want to be left alone and won’t even give you the time of day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "No animals. Run, most like. Might be we met 'em on the kingsroad." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I think we sold about twenty of ’em in a bag for fifty cents at that garage sale. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I wasn’t stuttin ’em when I first laid eyes on ’em, I sure wasn’t thinking about them three years later. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be featuring some local teen poets who were part of the Poetry Out Loud summer workshops. So give ’em a round of applause, y’all.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It made me almost wanna cry ’cause I miss ’em so much. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “She just don’t see em. The lines. Not between her and me, not between her and Hilly.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You know who else didn’t like grits unless they had sugar on ’em?” she asked. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “They never get any further with us than that, if we don’t want ’em to,” she said dryly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got the heaters, but I don’t know how to get ’em going.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Miss Skeeter say the peace dove be the sign for better times to come. Say folks is wearing em on they clothes out in California.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Anyway, what does he know about it, some o’ the best I ever saw were the only ones with magic in ’em in a long line o’ Muggles — look at yer mum! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “But then,” he rationalized, “if I did that, all the other would expect to get ’em handed to ’em. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I set ’em on the table with a white linen napkin. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Two of 'em. But nothing to worry about yet. Dark ain't so bad if you know what's in it. Like off to the left. So hang on to me." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I looked under the mule again and there they were, wings still a-buzzing and each one of ’em spinning in circles on the ground, raising up two little clouds of dust. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Thirteen for each trap and I got all summer to catch ’em. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m getting ’em out,” Bigger mumbled, not moving from where he stood. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Aw, let ’em work out their differences,” one of the men said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Two of ’em were a good bit thicker than the rest. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I picked off bugs, pulled out weeds, and I gave 'em lots of that fertilizer called Tomato Food, like somebody told me. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jimmy tried to tell ’em he hadn’t taken the stuff, but of course they didn’t believe him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z "I been wanting to blast 'em a long time." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, I was right there with ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t know how old he was when he come here and neither do the teacher. Send ’em.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know what they was at first, but I seen ’em fly away with that goose.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “No, child. I told you, folks round here love ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z His old self would have leaped at the chance to dump his heavy backpack and go get food, but what he was hearing in his head was Florida saying, Don’t trust ’em! Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z For you did get a taste of oats when I could afford ’em, which no one can deny.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I pushed ’em under the bench, then stood there looking at him for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “There they were. A box of ’em just floating there in the water.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “This ought to make ’em think twice before they try anything. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Somebody done tole ’em what to set down for. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Please. I’ve had everything. You know what they say: the Jews cut ’em off, the Irish wear ’em off.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Miss Leefolt, you checked in Ross’s bed? He been sneaking things and sticking em—” Miss Hilly scoff real loud. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Dat’s all right, Tea Cake, Ah ’predate yo’ help, but leave ’em alone.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Fishing’s fishing. Let ’em fish and don’t bother me neither. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Teach ’em, yeah….They prepare them for lives as servants, that kind of thing.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Oh, that. Well, to hear the Post tell it, we lynch ’em for breakfast; the Journal doesn’t care; and the Times is so wrapped up in its duty to posterity it bores you to death. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear 'em. Have you been awake at night?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When that happens someone usually spots ’em ’mongst the trees or bushes, stealing looks and studying us hard, not sure if it’s safe to get noticed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I turned them loose, saying, “Go get ’em.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, spit ’em out,” she said, “if you must.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I see you’d been a reading of ’em when I come in. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z After ’while, it comes to you that they clean forgot that there were young folks right behind ’em and things get said you ain’t looking to hear. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “We didn’t bring no frogs in here, miss. But can we keep ’em?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Colonel, we got grievances. The men elected me to talk for ’em.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got to get them pants off her ugly butt anyways, so put ’em over her head,” Darrel say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then he looks me up and down, leans forward, and says, “I like ’em big.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I’m the one who drank what was in ’em.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I stamp my foot to scare them away, but Ma says, “Leave ’em be. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z All I could do was stand next to ’em with my hands hanging down, big useless sacks-o’-nothing at my sides. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He took ’em and stashed ’em in his bag. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “They don’t know he’s here, and I’m not gonna tell ’em. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I told ’em if they didn’t get air-conditioning in that office I’d . . . throw up the whole game. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Keep the egg in the fire, ’cause their mothers breathe on ’em, see, an’ when it hatches, feed it on a bucket o’ brandy mixed with chicken blood every half hour. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I bring em out, undo the wax paper I got em in so they don’t turn out bent. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “It took five of ’em to take me down,” Mr. Lewis says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “The cap’n was a man of his word too; wouldn’t back down from a crowd of two, three hunnert yelling and screaming colored folk. Dared ’em to do anything to him.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Oh lord, Sierra, really? Everybody has a little gut, and plenty a’ dudes go crazy for ’em. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Happy as a queen, the dear! Every soul of ’em is upstairs a worshipin’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z "Remember," he whispered to the prince, "it's me they're after, not you. Tell 'em we split up. Tell 'em I swam the river." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z We watched ’em till they reached the other side. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Cal, but you’ll have to put up with it. Maybe he can cure your neuroses. Got any neuroses? Now’s your time to let ’em out.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You asking ’em to play and I’m paying for the game,” Gus said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “But what’s that to you. Break one, you might as well break ’em all, eh?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Now I’ll show you. When you want to kill somebody, you point it at ’em like this,” he pointed it at Johnny, “and pull this thing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll die if you keep ’em in a jar,” I tell her. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “They get ideas, see. Ain’t properly trained yet. Only made ’em last week.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “No ma’am, after the thanks they’ve given us for looking after ’em, nobody in Maycomb feels much inclined to help ’em when they get in trouble now. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “And be mindful of snakes, boy. They like to sleep up under them logs. You wake ’em up, they ain’t gonna be happy!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A whole lot of the men that come before the first man was men, but none of ’em didn’t know it You know how long it take some mens to notice anything, Isay. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you check ’em out?” asked the policeman. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the fresh juice, brew a pot of tea, and cut pears and apples and mix ’em with red grapes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Took ’em to a safe place and let ’em go free.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sick of soldiers, livin’ and dead; I’m sick of all of ’em.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "Just call 'em as I see 'em, Commander." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I take ’em all, from eight to eighty. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She said that everybody at the Optometry School was sorry he was sick and hoped he would be well soon, and Billy said, “When you see ’em, tell ’em, ‘Hello.’ Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Not without binocs like the girl’s and I don’t see any on the men, never saw anything like ’em in Prentisstown. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “You ask him right away, George, so he won’t kill no more of ‘em.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When we should have tried to help ’em live with the decision, it was like Bonaparte’s retreat we ran so fast. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I saved them dog pictures. I got ’em right here.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, we was rootin’ about by some hedges, Chief,” said Scumnose, “and we found a whole tribe of dormice fast asleep. So we pounced on ’em and tied them up in a bunch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Look, what was I supposed to do? You kept calling me back, changing your mind. Sell the tickets. No, don’t sell the tickets, I’m taking Tatiana. No, I’m not taking Tatiana. Sell ’em. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z "Sho, that way you can get the most out of 'em. Yessuh," he said, handing over the yams, "I can see you one of these old-fashioned yam eaters." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you was really smart as you think you is, you’d quit looking for answers inside your own head and start looking for ’em in God’s gifts. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z You come across clumps of ’em floated together sometimes, or caught snagged on a bramble. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I would of had to drowned most of ‘em anyways. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “We said a prayer and then she give me a bed to sleep on for a bit, and then I guided ’em back here.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Kids in the house, I check on ’em. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As she once explained about her work, “we don’t make ’em, we break ’em.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At first I thought them Canadians also done something to the wild gooses and ducks sitting in the water so’s they don’t tear ’way once you come near ’em the way them down-home birds do. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You must come down with Jenny and play with ’em a little sometimes, Jeth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I left ’em,” he said with a smile. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sent you and Jackie cards and gifts but she sent ’em right back. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The road and the river twist thru ’em on snaky paths off to my right and sometimes it’s all I can do to keep them in sight. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Not as good as Jermaine used to make ’em,” I said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Oh, let ’em both run in the finals. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “If the cons don’t want to hit ’em over, it must not happen that much,” I say, catching Annie’s brand of stinger, which has a little curve on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Less messy, too. What do you say, Meg? Shall we show ’em how it’s done?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z You don’t take kids like that, the way they’ve been raised, and put ’em with Michael, the way he was raised, he’d never been around ’em. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I talk to ’em every day, sir, more or less. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The forms en- and em- are of French origin. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z All of ’em got rainwater sloshing around inside, so I tip each one up and empty it out, then fix the cap down tight to make it watertight, or nearly so. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In fact, they had to push ’em back in the sockets….” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “But when school security searched the Bills of Rights’s lockers, not only did they find additional firecrackers—like, a buttload of ’em—” “Yes?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I was real close to both of ’em.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “They shore hiring ’em ugly lately,” he said. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Pennies from heaven. And I’ve got just one more ride to get ’em.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let ’em talk,” he mumbled with a hint of defiance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘She’s got more than one poison. When she’s hunting, she just gives ’em a dab in the neck and they go as limp as boned fish, and then she has her way with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "Ask 'em all for help with this launch." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands are so cramped up, he has to use both of ’em to hold the glass, but it don’t seem to bother him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I knew when I see Biddy look down at her toes, like she waiting for ’em to do tricks, that I be free of scrubbing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Careful, Guitar. Go slow. You keep on busting ’em.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to give you little things to go hustle—laundry bags or whatever—and you’d go sell ’em and pocket the money. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Me and my sister is readin’ ’em together—Shad wants us to.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t? Well, maybe you never noticed. All the others did. I told ’em lots of things and they come true.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Every time I missed, he said, “Shake it off; we still got ’em.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I tested ’em all, and this is it, I’m sure. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She cut her eyes and said, “They probably done run off, Charlie. Or maybe they was sick and Stanky took ’em out in the forest to let nature have her way. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Henry said, “Sure. The club keeps ’em up. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “But none of ’em can tell us where the common room is.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s play hard today and let’s knock the hell out of ’em. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a whole tribe of ’em livin’ across the meadow, sir. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “What about the bottle caps? You got a lot of ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “In some ways, though, it’s better now. They have to keep thinking of ways to keep the people satisfied. All sorts of fancy tricks they got—well, you’ve seen ’em. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z But he didn’t come and he didn’t sic ’em. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood in the doorway shaking his head; “I drawed ’em both down,” he repeated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We’ll find Roger and your father, and then let’s open the way to the world outside, and set ’em all free!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “You gotta bring ’em with, mija!” he says as he moves the webcam to show me a med cart that he’s converted into a perfectly organized spice rack. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Collect folks’ dead ones and get ’em buried.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Some of 'em I just couldn't brush off. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Worst, I sent two of ’em wobbling back into the water with their brains scrambled like eggs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Did you hear the helicopter fly over? That was the Coast Guard— we saw ’em taking video of the stain in the water.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “If one of ’em so much as laughs, by Christ, I’ll kill ’em.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And I see that some of ’em have rifles. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m catching the train down to Midtown this Saturday. To try and find some of those buildings in there. I’m gonna explore buildings. Since you like ’em too, you wanna come? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “We been playing kids and Gobblers for months, before you were, I bet. But I bet no one’s seen ’em.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “They sure did. They picked peas, cut grass, washed cars, and a whole bunch of other stuff. And I used to be right out there with ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Old Mose Wright, the kid’s uncle, complained that a couple local guys had been pickin’ on the boy, and he remembered that one of ’em’s name was R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Well, this weather they likely to be froze ’fore you find ’em. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “And,” she said, “we got to know exactly what Andrew told ’em about us.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I come here to get ’em and I’ll bloody get ’em. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “It must have been good! When a man kills, it’s for something. ... I didn’t know I was really alive in this world until I felt things hard enough to kill for ’em. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know city slickers when I see ’em and them thar’s two of the slickest of ’em all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "Don't fret about the dark! There are rats in here. Even grown men are scared of 'em! Hang on to me." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z After we was through, the blacksmith hitched a wagon for Syl’s folks to ride in, and me and Spangler followed ’em down to the river. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “My foster father taught me all the words in recipes and show me what herbs to use when. He even made up his own recipes. This one of ’em.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From her hands and knees, the woman started gathering the things that come out from her bag, scooping ’em in toward her. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Take 'em downstairs and give 'em back to whoever they belong to. Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine. Say 'Daisy's change' her mine!'." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But mad or not, he’s the only one of ’em who hasn’t done something or said something— Why did I come back here? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Rusted, some of ’em, but mostly pretty good.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z After I light em, I bring them grits over to her booster chair, at the white linoleum table in the middle a the room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I can almost see em, swaying here in my kitchen, dancing to the blues. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Here’s a couple of pair of gloves! Let’s put ’em on!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Even the ones that do—I wouldn’t know where to look for ’em. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Now you go into the parlor, and I’ll send ’em down to you,” with which somewhat involved reply Hannah vanished, chuckling ecstatically. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not having ’em near me, I’ve told you that, I’m not having it!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Only difference twixt ’em was that these two eyes were brown, and whilst the other ones seemed staring and empty, these eyes were looking dead at you! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Folks call ’em migrants nowadays; then they was just called pickers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t look. She has none, you didn’t notice? She’s on a liquid diet. Just gums. I wonder if she sold ’em, tooth by tooth....” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The tears are spilling out of my eyes, but Dad can’t see ’em in the dark. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifty of ’em in a bowl wouldn’t make a Dewey Prince ankle bone. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got to crimp the edges with your thumb, like this. That makes ’em look nice. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It’s a scandal, sending those poor kids out here on their own, expecting folks to take care of ’em—as if we don’t have our own burdens.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z As in: Dad taught me how to give a soft cross first to see if your opponent falls for it, then hit ’em with the hard crossover. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “He’s trained ’em to kill wolves as well,” Ben Bones had confided. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A whole lot of the men that come before the first man was men, but none of ’em didn’t know it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grab those smelly suckers. We gotta carry him over to the Door. Give ’em one body that’s easy to find in the morning.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Always talking about eating 'em out of her aunt7s garden when she was a kid and how she wanted to grow 'em someday. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You could tell how much walking we’d done since leaving the Lighthouse just by looking at ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “If one of the hogs doesn’t do something right, let me know and I’ll deck ’em.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t try to get near ’em, ’cause a chained dog can be mean. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z All Dad said to me was “Keep your legs crossed, honey, and keep ’em crossed tight.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Why you want ’em told over’n over?” his mother had asked so many times. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I admit, I got many talents, but courage ain’t one of ’em. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Now if you want to know any more poems, Frankie, tell me and I’ll get them from the pub and bring ’em back in my head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I can’t take ’em anywhere,” she sighed, looking at her company. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Most of ’em I just pick up off the road. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you fixing to do with ’em, Captain?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Family and subpoenaed witnesses first. Step on back and let ’em get up here.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It waren’t till you went into the houses that you saw the different ways that folks set ’em up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Most fishermen are big and black just like you. And they got nappy-haired Afros like yours. Almost all of ’em actually. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Missed the last two payments, in fact. Never made ’em. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I came to tell you like you said. I—I got ’em at Ginsberg’s,” she added gratuitously. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z All of ’em made of orangish-brown clay and hung on a warped wall so you could get a good view as you sat in traffic waiting to get back to America. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "I heard you speak at the arena. You really told 'em." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the second night after Farbranch passes like the first, running in darkness, using flashlights when we need ’em, trying not to think. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Now, this girl has a lot of God-given talents, but the grace of a ballerina is not one of ’em. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I’ll let ’em use a ‘lawyer,’ ” Smith explained to me as we walked over there, “but if the lawyer doesn’t change my mind either, sometimes I’ll lock them both up.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once or twice I think. They’re some old crew of powerful phantoms. Supposed to have, like, a golden glow. No one knows too much about ’em. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Nah, I bet I could catch ’em right from here, Mexico. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “There’s only three of us but six of them. We can’t possibly save ’em all.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z For some reason I didn’t worry about ’em that much. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Meine, em...My German isn’t very good,” he says to us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Wayne answered patiently, “If you cover ’em with ice, their temperature will never drop below thirty-two degrees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll bring the coffee to you. I’ve got some dirty stories written by a French queen. They might be too—” “You bring ’em with the coffee,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t need em looking in on me at home. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z ‘You boil ’em and then suck the heads out,” she said excitedly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He kept ’em hid under the floorboards wrapped up in a fancy piece of thick purple curtain that had beautiful gold tassels sewed on ’longside the fringe. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The applause grew stronger and from down front a man's far-carrying voice called out, "We with you, Brother. You pitch 'em we catch 'em!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Fungus gets ’em, too much rain, any one of a dozen things—now we’re talking about a hundred, maybe a hundred twenty worth of berries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z You can tell ’em what Ah say if you wants to. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He went at the few books they had particular harsh, tearing pages out of ’em and wadding ’em into balls afore he pitched ’em on the pile. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z And Miles, behind him, said, “We just jumped in with our clothes on. Too hot and tired to shed ’em.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I love books and I wanna be around ’em all day, even if it’s in some dingy basement at a stuffy old university on the Upper West Side.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z You know the kids’ moves, you know ’em personally. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My shoes start sinking with each step and water’s coming up over the top of ’em and there’s no way to go ’cept thru the rushes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z ‘Now, now,’ growled Shagrat, ‘I have my orders. And it’s more than my belly’s worth, or yours, to break ’em. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I make up scenarios in my head and then play ’em out for mad hours, like they’re really happening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Right there, Little Charlie! Right there’s one ’em things that don’t make no sense. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She said, “Not one of em came this Christmas. I was looking for ’em all day, and my heart’s most broke about ’em not coming.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hurry up and start selling ’em,” he urged me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It's fine work. Monday bum Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ‘em to ashes, then bum the ashes. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I kicked at ’em they’d back off for a few minutes, then slowly start waddling under our feet again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Do you think it’d give ’em airs or the beginnings of self-respect? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “There was a rally at the West Oakland station for some dude who got killed, so the place was swarming with ’em. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Donna, it was a flare gun. He probably wanted to scare the you-know-what out of ’em,” my grandfather said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Crooks said, “Well, you been takin’ ‘em out of the nest all the time. I wonder the old lady don’t move ‘em someplace else.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we brung the pups and put ’em inside the crate. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She heard Calpurnia muttering: “... no business fillin’ your head full of stories ... kill ’em if I could get my hands on ’em.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The sheriff come in and said, “Keegan, why you looking to get her all worked up? Let’s jus’ get ’em shackled proper and out on the road.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Garrett said, “Dude, here’s the killer—Dana told ’em he was you!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're doing all right, tell 'em to keep out of this. This is legal and I'll shoot if I have to . . ." "But what about the prayer?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to take ’em inside by the fire and melt ’em before my family knew what I was saying!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Even though I know Leroy Junior want a stay, he give em a look and they all disappear, quiet, quick. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Kid ’em out of it was her motto. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z These was the same three that stayed still at first when Pap flipped ’em but soon tired of the whole thing and fought. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Nothing they stole or killed for did ’em a bit a good. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s the same color as the rest of ’em,” he said defensively. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Tell the truth, now, you stole ’em, didn’t you? Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s the way we greet ’em into being free. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe I could just have ’em cold,” he said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The envelopes was all of the same kind of rough paper, but the writing on ’em was very fancy and done neat. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Yeah, this ain't all neither. I got a coupla loads. There's a day's work right here in this stuff. Folks is always making plans and changing 'em." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You had ’em at two to one, and you wouldn’t finish it. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Tell ’em what you just told me, Fab.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I would’ve had to kill ’em both if she saw me, he thought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He heard a man yell, “Stop it! The wind’s blowing it away! He’s throwing ’em back!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I could get you a million of ’em.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And I always keep ’em in the box when I’m not rockin’ ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I can still hear ’em whispering in my ear. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Sho, all you want, long as I got 'em. I can see you a serious yam eater, young fellow. You eating them right away?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s the only running back I ever saw who could take those two-hundred-pound linebackers out, I mean take ’em out.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, nah, after a while you learn to just see ’em without the squinty thing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Horses don’t like things where they can’t see ’em,” Shawn said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Yep. Downloaded every single issue from the Hatchery’s archive. Still working my way through ’em. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My reading glasses are on the coffee table, and ain't none of these pigs willing to go fetch 'em for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Didn’t no one want to be a slaver ’cause we always ended up killing ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “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 There’s boats in Prentisstown but no one’s used ’em since I can remember. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “They get her for almost nothing. About all she costs ’em is for her food and there ain’t much of that from the look of her when she came back to the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t tell her I’m fired, I don’t want her to blame her mama and make it worse between em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I hear ’em every time a boy look at me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z People were starting to file into class, so the Colonel leaned in toward me and whispered, “If any of ’em are in this class, let me know, okay? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I could have banged their heads together and shut 'em up, but I didn't. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was two colored boys sitting out front of the place and I axed ’em, “What’s the name of this here shop?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I got ’em!” he says into a walkie-talkie. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Jus’ sprinkle plenty quick lime over ’em and cover ’em up.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z They use ’em for oddball stuff, like holding back wires or keeping wood together while it’s being glued. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “OK, Big Orange, you show ’em down there today, hear?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Never thought we’d see them kids again, after the brushup on Black Boar. When we interrogate ’em, put the packs on the floor,” he said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Dead as dirt. The cart crushed ’em, Chief.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Weights and cardio starts tomorrow. We hit the ice next week. First scrimmage is against that public school from Buffalo. Let’s kill ’em.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma claims he’s been a dentist for like forty years, and whenever he pulls a tooth from someone famous, he saves it. Then he sells ’em to people. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We know how they are, the first quarter you start hittin ’em a couple of times, get a couple of sticks on ’em, they want to quit.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t like it. There was nothing in it. Aw, all they did was sing and shout and pray all the time. And it didn’t get ’em nothing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I start to learn the knights’ names—and give ’em nicknames in me head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Trust me, kids, these are as fine as any orb you’d buy in the Light Market, and I’ll give ’em to you at half the price!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We was headed north...but my heart was somewhere out in ’em woods with Stanky. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Make the beds, will you? It does look messy to leave ’em unmade all day, and I’m not much on running up and down the stairs.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “I just coulda sworn I heard a rustling in the garbage cans. I bet Michael didn’t put ’em away, neither.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “I had two of ’em in my wallet when I walked in here, and now I only got one. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “They don’t need to worry about me and my overhalls long as Ah still got nine hundred dollars in de bank. Tea Cake got me into wearing ’em—following behind him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Shake ’em off... shake ’em off,” he would mutter whenever he did this. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “A crew of us have been hired by some folks down there who are buying up all the empty Norvelt homes and adding ’em to their own Roosevelt town.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Best to just get on it and walk back toward ’em as fast as I can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I let his girl Frances keep hold of em.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and Ah makes and sucks ’em when de notion strikes me. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Dara Lynn’s dipping bread in her glass of cold tea, the way she likes, and Becky pushes her beans up over the edge of her plate in her rush to get ’em down. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But if we ties down the horses and cows at night, them mosquitoes don’t usually carry ’em off.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Upwards of twenty thousand, Jeth; mor’n twelve thousand of ’em was our boys.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z —Yeah, most of ’em Well, some of ’em. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knowed there was only one reason they’d let the white children and the Indian children leave without no one watching ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I mean none of ’em even go anywheres near the water now. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “And strong, too! Tell ’em how far you walked, daughter,” she said to my mother. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Not as much as you. I was just eating ’em to be friendly, so’s you wouldn’t have to eat ’em all by yourself.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I find pretty much everybody has some good in ’em. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “That’s what I thought too, when we rescued ’em from Hatchet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Hey,” Bull said, “now there’s a sport you can get enthused about. Sailboat racing. Man, look at ’em go. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen to me, son. You can be mad at someone and still love ’em.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “He told me so this afternoon when he heard you were coming. I expect you’ll have an invitation to-morrow. He’s going to ask your pals, too. Three of ’em; ain’t there?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “We could take ’em but it didn’t matter how we did on ’em because they were going to give us whatever they wanted to.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z See, I wasn’t tryin’ to hurt them dogs—just rile ’em up.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Is that all? Cobwebs! But what a spider! Have at ’em, down with ’em!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Get the others out here and line ’em up so I can see ’em.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “What,” the cap’n said, “and let them two run off ’head of us and grab ’em? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Isn’t there a way to, like, move ’em someplace safe?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know what some people do? They charge something and wear it, and then take it back and say it didn’t fit or something. The stores don’t give ’em no trouble.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z That us bringing ’em over here was all a bad mistake, so they’re to blame? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Oh aye? My boys’d turn you into mincemeat if I gave 'em the nod. Still call 'em beautiful animals then, would you?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Ma Charles said, “If they want to milk cows and fill up on silly half-Indian tales, let ’em go.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “The law let ’em own land if they were citizens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Some nights you might go through a pack of ’em, easy.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the look ’bout him of one ’em kittens whose mother had bit holt of the scruff of its neck and was walking ’round with it swaying from one side to the ’nother. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Tote a little corn bread for ’em too. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach ’em all the way to the championship of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if I’ll need ’em all, Caroline,” he said, “but I’d hate to want ’em and not have ’em.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I tossed these flies at the fishing spot and one of ’em still had enough life in him to fly ’bout a little, but that didn’t last long and he soon plopped into the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I used to believe in em. I don’t anymore. They in our heads. People like Miss Hilly is always trying to make us believe they there. But they ain’t.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then on the way back to class Scout says, “I’ll trade you my extra glove for one of those convict baseballs. You find one of ’em yet?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Soon’s we get down we can make a fire and get warm. I got some matches in me pocket. I pinched ’em out the kitchen at Bolvangar.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Glad you could see ’em, ’cause I could sure feel ’em!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Like I had to have these kicks, right? I totally got Pops to get ’em. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Later that night, another patrolman wistfully told a colleague over his police radio, “You should have been here, ol’ buddy; got a couple of ’em tonight.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Stella, Jojo, run go tell everybody to bring a little potluck if they can. Tell ’em to bring the younguns, bring the old folks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “It was unanimous. Meade had ’em write it out, so it’s all on record. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I said ’em, I said those words that made it so the lesson ’bout familiarity and contempt’ll be fixed in my mind for’s long as I live, even if that’s to fifty. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Be real careful with them seeds. I’m gonna need a big pile of ’em soon. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a peep from either of ’em,” this skinny girl with a birthmark on her cheek said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She looked in the rearview mirror and called, “Count ’em up, Victor.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t let ’em dry up like a raisin in the sun,” I whisper. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Keep ’em in here, summer,” she says as if to herself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you stand in front of it people’d just see a pair of legs, and that would make ’em curious. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It were forty years back, but that’s nothing to a witch. Some of ’em live to many times that.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Once we got up on ’em I saw the Preacher waren’t there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I guess me and Ma could drive a couple of nails into the cabin walls and set the stone on ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He said, “Surprise! Guess what, Lou? It been ten years and I hates saying it, but ’em years ain’t been kind to you, my darling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z All the colored folks do that, but it don’t get ’em nothing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I love you guys. Eat ’em up tomorrow. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “No need to get uppity, young feller. I thought I’d best shelter the Voles and see ’em safe to the Abbey later. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I sure wish I could see ’em or hear ’em like you can.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘Well, before you start, son,’ I said, ‘I want to tell you just one thing. I think I know boys pretty well. I raised five of ’em myself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Just put these things in a little water and they’ll come back g-g-g-good as when I pick ’em fresh this morning.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears streaming down my cheeks and in my mouth and I didn’t even try to stop ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I ain’t sure I want you in here no more. A colored man got to have some rights even if he don’t like ‘em.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bunch of stupid kids got high on Freon, from the air-conditioners. Instead of inhaling it, guess some of ’em drank it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Put your teeth back in your head, boy, 'fore I knock ’em out,” the stockier cop said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z And all the greedy and unkind thoughts you ever had, they know ’em all, and they shame you up and they make you feel sick with yourself...But you can’t get away from ’em.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well, most of ’em die in the end. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I run outside to pick a couple of daisy flowers I saw blooming in the side yard and ’range ’em in the skinny glass vase. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Apartheid, despite its intricacies and precision, didn’t know what to do with them, so the government said, “Eh, we’ll just call ’em black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I went and got my clothes for school the next day and put ’em in a tote sack ’long with my school shoes and schoolbooks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “There was a time I admired the Hundred-Handed Ones. Back in the days of the first war. But people, monsters, even gods change, young Cyclops. You can’t trust ’em. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I swear, she push down her cover and pull up her T-shirt and scrabble at her panties like she checkin’ to see that she got ’em on. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I dunno. Have to keep ‘em a while so they can drink Lulu’s milk.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “After I set ’em on fire, Lillian, none of those things makes any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he did and she forgot ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “But supposing you find out that you can’t rescue ’em without some women in disguise as guards or nurses or whatever?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “You all must be the dumbest unhung Negroes on earth. What they telling you in them schools? You say ‘Hi’ to pigs and sheep when you want ’em to move. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He said patiently, “I like ‘em with ketchup.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have to be careful as long as I have you around to shine ’em up,” his father retorted, not gruffly, but as a statement of irrefutable fact. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Florida’s so flat, there’s nothing to stop ’em from bulldozin’ one coast to the other.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t let ’em turn you into horse meat! The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I fish ’em out without another word, click on the night setting and look, searching out the sound as it rings thru the night air. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Took ’em thirty-nine years to convict that hateful man who killed those little girls. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “A hillbilly. Only worse. Some of ’em don’t even speak English.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “They sure looked scared. And sad. I felt real bad for ’em.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I get 'em looking up at me instead of down or off to the side. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I told him that Bryant and Milam did ask me to help ’em that night, but when I went home after talking to you, Pa was drunk again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Quit wriggling your ears. You’re such a fur face I can hardly see ’em anyhow. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If I had my way, I would empty the buildings out right now and hurry up and knock all four of ’em down and start a new beginning. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And beyond ’em, in a camp by the side of the river, I see an Aaron who ain’t looking back at me at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The new people were looking lost and confused and shy, so many of us came up on ’em and patted ’em on the back and shocked their hands and welcomed ’em to Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Ma Charles told Big Ma, “Let ’em see it,” and Big Ma fussed and went to bed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Sylvanus and the colored girl was laughing and enjoying one the ’nother’s company and I slid my eyes o’er to ’em and something all the sudden hit me and made me want to cry. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “They were gonna pitch ’em all out in the scrap, but I was like, Wait a minute. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Remember those? Used to come through a while ago with all those homeless waifs? I went to the Grange Hall in Albans once to see ’em. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Helm, said, “What I hope is, I hope they keep ’em locked up good. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Or feel ’em rather, like climbing down a ladder at night, you put your foot down and there’s another rung. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But by rights we should be eating fresh cod and lobster, only you need a boat to catch ’em. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Usually the only sounds Frank heard from the coach’s cabin were sporting events on the TV, or the coach yelling, “Yeah! Get ’em!” as he watched his favorite martial arts movies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He probably told 'em to hook up with me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z And the other one, after five minutes of being ’round him, if you was wearing drawers, you’d have to check to make sure you still had ’em on. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z That was my best shot protecting 'em at night. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If they bust a play, make ’em run windsprints and figure eights but stay with ’em, Lord. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was a major issue for me. After you’ve fed and watered monkeys for thirty days, they become your friends. I fed ’em bananas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Better to show ’em I’m back home, right?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Somebody gave ’em a lift; you can always count on that around Friendly. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord, please let me see ’em where I can love ’em in peace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I think we should get away from ’em as soon as we can. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Preacher put the four fish on one of the strings and said, “I think I’ll call on Sister Carolina and see if she’s had fish lately. Maybe she can fry ’em up.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I’ve seen ’em both in vids, of course, before they were outlawed, and I see them all the time in the Noise of men cuz what else do men think about except sex and enemies? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, that’s not how we knock people off here. We fry ’em. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I got home, I cleaned all five of the fish and Ma fried ’em up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Somewhere in there, she say, “They not here. I dreamed ’em. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Almost could turn off the electricity and let ’em light the kitchen,” Ma says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen. You’re a black boy and you’re trying to make a few pennies. All right. I don’t want to stop you from selling these papers, if you want to sell ’em. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Buphead, I thought for sure when I got up this morning that my Ups was working fine, and now when I feel ’em like this they still seem like they movin’ just right. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Horses do too much shaking of your insides when you ride ’em and they’re a long way up if you lose your grip and fall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “We’ll fight ’em if we have to, make a path to the Cliff for you and Teresa. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Do we get to meet ’em and see if they’re a couple of lunatics or what?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I drowned four of ‘em right off. She couldn’t feed that many.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “See, the whole world know about you and menfolk. What you do with men is your bidness—but I got me a right not to want ’em ’round here.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But show ’em some strut tonight, white boy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell em there are so many others that are brave too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Nest around here every year. My man used to shoot ’em. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “People come from everywhere to get me to stand in for ’em at drawings and give them numbers to play. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes sir. Reckon we ought to take ’em through town on a pole?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Line up a few cans on a rail fence and shoot ’em off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z God made the races . . . nobody knows why but He intended for ’em to stay apart... if He hadn’t He’d’ve made us all one color . . . back to Africa . Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “You don’t eat ’em,” returned Mr. Pumblechook, sighing and nodding his head several times, as if he might have expected that, and as if abstinence from watercresses were consistent with my downfall. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I pulled off my jeans, wadded up all my clothes and set ’em on one of the rocks and then I just stood there a sec, completely naked except my boxers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He stands up and says to Ben, “Go, run, I’ll hold ’em off as long as possible.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “My moms had plants on the balcony. One time she watered ’em too much and they got all brown and died.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Please, mam! Don’t let ’em kill my boy! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "Yes, dammit, they gotta! Me, I don't let 'em get away with nothing. If they going to be brothers let 'em be brothers! Oh, but I'm fair," he said, his face suddenly self-righteous. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Body in the Library,” she read, “and A Brief History of Time. Don’t bring ’em in the kitchen, though. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I hev plenty of thoughts,” he said, after a while, “plenty of ’em—and all troubled ones.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I wear a size nine dress and a size six shoe, which my mother finds embarrassingly big. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We swiped ’em off a truck on the Seminole reservation.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But there’s a new litter living down in the cobhouse now, and I let ’em. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Most of the untrained ones are not that strong and can’t hold your weight for much time. Just get to the next rooftop and let ’em free. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Yeah, boys and girls, but after ten years old they keep ’em apart.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I never thought you could think things like that. I thought things just were. So people thought different things about ’em in the past?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She ran her fingers through my hair and then rested ’em on my shoulders and then touched my cheeks and then slowly pulled away and just looked at me grinning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Oh, when I was at home I tap the little ones on the behind to make ’em behave, but not hard enough to hurt. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. Well, there wouldn’t be room for ’em all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z That ain’t nothing but a word them slavers done chained us with and if God’s just, like I know he is, one day it gunn be buried right ’long with the last one of ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I really want you to read ’em, now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His words had got blowed so deep under my skin that only way they’d come out was when the worms reclaimt ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “He’s Mapper. But ay, how we gonna bust up into that place, get past the guards, through that gigantic door, find our friends, and get ’em out?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Henry said masterfully, “Listen, Scout, they’ll worry you the rest of the night. You better take ’em off.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I waren’t swatting flies just for the sake of killing ’em, and sometimes I got a little too strong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Here, let me at ’em,” said Neeley referring to a frozen suit of underwear. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, there was four of ’em,” Mullet Fingers said, “behind a chain fence.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And the peculiar thing was, ’stead of attacking the colored ones, they was mingling right ’longside of ’em! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z You shall read ’em to me, dear boy! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He pulled his bag out from under the dugout bench where we’d stashed ’em, but when he saw the look I was giving him he pushed it back under. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z "Let 'em deal with that emotional trauma when they're not flying a spaceship around." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You give ’em back after church, Dill,” she said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “People hangs ’em out when company is comin’ at night,” the boy’s father had once told him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he added quickly, “That means we’ve got to keep ’em emptied, doesn’t it?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z As I ain’t, I give my boys, and give ’em free.’” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go get ’em, sir!” a deck crew member shouted. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Before. From Druid times. Before the Romans came. It’s called a snake-stone. Seen ’em in museums. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The road curves round the stayshun past the clinic, which is Dr. Baldwin and all the crying and moaning men do to doctors when nothing’s really wrong with ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There were some grapes and some peculiar-looking stones with holes in ’em and some real pretty marbles and some rocks that looked a little too light to be proper chunking stones. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I wish,” said the other, with a bitter curse upon the cold, “that I had ’em here.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Every game’s a winnable game. We take ’em one game at a time.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “It’s a horrible thing to tell your kids that money’s the only thing in the world, but it’s a disgrace to work for it. Then toss ’em out without a penny. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Once the ’gator man got me roped good, that preacher tell ’em this here’s Canada and folks is free and he taking me to Buxton and he gunn kill anyone what try to stop him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He punched me kind of soft in the arm and said, “At least you oughta make ’em pay you for doin’ that mess. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sure they was—as long as you people was fighting for 'em. But the minute y'all stopped, they started throwing folks out on the street." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "But she planted 'em way too early. She's lucky those seeds even came up." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally Montgomery shouted from the deck of one of the gunboats, “Moses, you’ll have to give ’em a song.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Look," he was known to say, "when you need 'em, you need 'em in a hurry." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to tell me of ’em? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of ’em talked nonstop for five hours.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He stick em in his diaper to hide. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then later on if they slow down, he whip ’em for gettin’ lazy.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "No use letting folks see who we are. Now when you get your buckets line up and let me fill 'em." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Tide or current has shifted ’em, or I don’t recall exactly where I set ’em. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “The Reds say you’re charging ’em with spiriting away the old man’s daughter.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “How do you know he wants to wear shoes, Eberhardt? Maybe he can run faster without ’em.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Thank you, ma’am,” and pulled off my brogans and left ’em on the stoop next to all my fishing tools. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Hon, when someone’s a true friend, there’s no need to miss ’em.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z So I just give ’em what they want. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z MaWee waited on the conjurer to nod then lit ’em all up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I just let ’em too, and nodded my head for a while. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, part of it anyway. I wished for two things. So, since one of ’em has come true, I can tell it to you. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t hurt ’em, don’t hurt ’em!” he yelled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Atticus said, “And the next thing you know they were in the office asking me to get ’em a divorce.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “They’re a quarter each down the store, but you can sell ’em in here for a dollar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You can’t even follow my hand I move ’em so fast. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hell, you’ve never even dated high school girls. But we don’t have to let ’em know that. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “So it seems! The dogs and that, they’re quite sharp, you can train ’em to come to a whistle, do what you tell ’em. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And not one of ’em was struggling as much as me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “A fascinating trio they are, though. Suitable for scientific study, what? I suppose you want to hear the story of where I found ’em.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I’m cool with one of ’em,” she said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “I heard one of ’em’s mamma came to take him back but didn’t know which was hern.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “There’s all kinds of things look different in the moonlight. But me and Will, we don’t have Specters where we come from, so we don’t know much about ’em.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let ’em run themselves out,” someone heard him saying into Seabiscuit’s ear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick up my sack and say, cool as you please, “Look like they hired ’em ugly before me too.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She twenty-three or so, same as Miss Leefolt and the rest of em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well, I wasn’t sure, so I figured better open ’em, ’cause it could have been, well, either one. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t rightly know, Jacob. I woke up a few days ago and my feet was all floppy. Jes’ can’t feel ’em right.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Well, they are, sometimes,” said Mrs. Corry gleefully, “and very good they taste, too. I often nibble ’em myself, if I can’t sleep at night. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Got to keep ’em healthy, though, or you won’t have ’em long,” Dad says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant I hadn’t hit ’em hard enough to break no fly bones or nothings but I had hit ’em so’s they were gonna be a little dumbstruck. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z If you sell ’em, you’re just helping white people to kill you.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He must be one ’em folk that believe it’s bad luck to take a bath in May, June, July, or August plus any month that’s got the letter r in its spelling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Each shooter gets five shots at a time. Count ’em. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z We both gived a yell, and Ma reached down to get her frock with her right hand and, spreading the fingers on her left hand, she put ’em ’crost her chest. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Keep a sharp eye on ’em and tell me what you see.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I just want to feel ’em on top of me,” Matt said from under the pile. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know the South Side from A to Z. We could even hide out in one of those old buildings, see? Like I did last time. Nobody ever looks into ’em.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "I said, come back with a search warrant, you want to see what I keep under my bed, but I let 'em have a good look from the door, satisfy 'em you weren't there." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “That was great, Sierra. You don’t have to say what you want ’em to do out loud, though. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “We can have ’em leave the money somewhere. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And sometimes when you’re that hungry you just get on these stupid topics and talk about ’em for days and days. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z As a Marine, and especially as a Marine fighter pilot, you’ve got to constantly keep ’em on their toes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of ’em were tiny and mostly still and two of ’em were big and moving! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I asked the alethiometer,” she told him, “and it said we shouldn’t try and escape from the little people, because they were going to save our lives. So maybe we’re stuck with ’em.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Plenty. Plenty. Ghosts killed my mother. I didn’t see that, of course, but I seen ’em since.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Way she treat you? How much she paying you to put up with Mister Johnny and the cooking lessons? Must be less than all of em.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I am told you had a remarkable breed of tumblers. Could you commission any friend of yours to bring me a pair, if you’ve no further use for ’em?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Pretty much. Riding the deep sea, tracking slave ships and boarding ’em, freein’ everybody. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Well... he just disliked black folks. And he cheated them. Sold ’em anything and everything and charged ’em as much as he could. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All four of em got a cigarette in one hand, they cards in the other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Forest still covers both sides of the river and you’d be tempted to think that all of New World had closed up and everyone left, leaving just this road behind ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The sun is touching the hills and spreading its red guts all over ’em. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Maybe we just set soda cans up on the fire hydrant, and you buck ’em down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You sure got to watch ’em,” Dave, the night janitor, would say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “For to eat. My sister Hannah can put ’em in some stew!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And if you tell ’em you knew a witty boy, you gotta tell ’em he was kind of a smart aleck, though, or a wise guy. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I kept hoping it would be Stanky making one ’em rustles, but she never showed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "If you had any teeth I'd knock 'em out," said Red. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z His part of the deal was that if he saw or heard anyone mess with my tomatoes, he'd come at 'em full speed, holding the pitchfork. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The woods’ve been rising up into hills for an hour or two now and we rush up ’em and down ’em and up ’em again and sometimes it’s more like hiking than running. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Just give ’em a couple of minutes,” said Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Stick that sucker in someone who’s been stung and it saves ’em. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “If they were looking for you, I put ’em off. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that don’t keep ’em from being pretty.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though I knowed letting ’em go was the right thing to do, I kept having doubts. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “We could have ’em throw the money out of a car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Something ’bout being in the back of the buckboard makes children forget the growned folks are a couple feet away from ’em and lots of things that shouldn’t be told get said. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Me and some other tykes. We put ’em in a pile. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two houses away he could hear the thump — almost feel it — and father George McNab’s voice: “Lay ’em down easy, I said. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He says after you make up your mind and take the first step, most of the rest of ’em come pretty easy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z You always got to look at things the way they is, not the way you wish ’em to be.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead—because they was so little. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! But he would have much,” said Wemmick, cutting me short, “and they know it. He’d have their lives, and the lives of scores of ’em. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “When they give ’em to you in the morning, put ’em on. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “My mama says you should never keep your troubles to yourself. She says if you share ’em with somebody, they get smaller.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Take out the empty beer cans and hide ’em in the shed so the guys who pick up the trash won’t have nothing to talk about. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why. You don’t ever frame the photos you take. You just cut ’em up or change them.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It’s still real important to ’em and it still means a lot. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "You got to be tough now. Make 'em do what you want." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They run together, but at the end, the other girl finishes more strongly Her stride lengthens, and a man keeps yelling, “Go, Annie! Go, Annie! Dig ’em in, love! I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I saw that,” Roger said, “and I thought the others might be like it, so I lifted ’em, and they’re all loose. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I hear ’em all the way cross the street. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, tell me. You never get used to the bruised or burned or bleeding babies—the kids who’ve been abused—or the parents who bring ’em in. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And seventy-two—count ’em—seventy-two pages on the training of a princess. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Come fall they’d shoot ducks and geese and salt ’em down and sell ’em by the barrel to restaurants in Boston. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Me too. I danced with too many squares tonight. Lets melt ’em all down.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He tells me, I’ll kill you if you drop ’em for ’tis raining abroad, pelting out of the heavens. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My hands was shaking, but I picked up her groceries, putting ’em in the sack, then went back into the alley. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Jesus Christ, Henry, you sure know how to pick ’em.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Because they fought back when whalers harpooned them. Right in these very waters, actually. Back in the 1800s. Now, the other types of whales? Well, they’d die pretty conveniently once the harpooner stuck ’em. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “He’s working them slowly. He’ll land ’em one at a time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He stood up and yelled, “Go get ’em, Tiger!” with 1950s irony while my mom clapped and whooped next to him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Can’t tell. If you saw one of ’em in your world, would you know he was a ghost?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I meant . . . forget it. All right, Buster, move ’em out.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused a moment in the doorway and grumbled to the guard, “Much good it will do to put ’em up. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how much I begged ’em, Pap nor Ma never would tell me what sort of things Cap’n Buck had did. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Really. And his wife used to wash her underpants and hang ’em on the antenna of her car and then drive around town till they were dry.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z ‘Of course, they could. I’d be proud to have them. Cilia, just as soon as the Unicorn sails, you go to the Lornes and tell ’em to come right up and settle in.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “It means everybody’s got troubles and some of ’em are worse than yours.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The crowds adored him, shouting “Ride ’em, cowboy!” as he powered down the stretch on his good-luck piece, a battered kangaroo leather saddle once carried by Phar Lap, the greatest racehorse in Australian history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you call them? Why don’t you ever go see ’em?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Lord, here we is, maybe for the last time. You gave me these children, Lord, and told me to raise ’em. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t run much into clerks, because there’s only one Jaggers, and people won’t have him at second hand. There are only four of us. Would you like to see ’em? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, baby, it’s no problem. Happy to have ’em, she insisted. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You see ’em, you know they can get you. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean you really shoot ’em with real bullets and then you really eat ’em?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to make myself real to 'em. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When you little, you only get asked two questions, what’s your name and how old you is, so you better get em right. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Come on, I saw ’em with my own eyes,” the patrolman said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up a rock and thought how weird it was that people call ’em aliens. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You take these kids out of their schools and put them with blacks from the Southside and Mexicans. . . . They dragged the whole school down. They didn’t want to be here anymore than we wanted ’em. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never heard of ’em,” said the barman shortly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Three meant to “Bail ’em out,” or lower the cage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I still have Viola’s bag around my shoulders and I reach for her binocs, holding ’em up to my eyes but shaking so much it’s hard to get a clear image. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z "We know we got 'em. And Life Savers, too." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “No way was I gonna let ’em throw you in jail or send you to some lab to be studied. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “So round four o’clock Ah had done cleaned ’em out com-plete—all except two men dat got up and left while dey had money for groceries, and one man dat wuz lucky. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “They ask me when I’m born so I tell ’em April 12 and Hazel he goes and buys one of them charts and read all about me. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You can twist ’em any way you like. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “If God don’t think no mo’ ’bout ’em then Ah do, they’s a lost ball in de high grass.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He wiped his forehead and said, “You still seeing ’em, son?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “They shall be yourn, dear boy, if money can buy ’em. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I put doll heads on ’em, but this time I was in a hurry and didn’t bother. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know where there is no other mouse. I remember a lady used to give ‘em to me—ever’ one she got. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa would walk ’em slow along the road, talking to ’em gentle and starting to get ’em use to the way we do things in Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Some of 'em was big white folks, too, from the big school way cross the State. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd trade ’em both in for a coffee and a pickle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Watch careful how I casts a spell on ’em and don’t let ’em ease out of it.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Going to get killed, give ’em a good high target. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cause most of em grown. Lot of em already having babies a they own.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Heavenly Fathers, put ’em where they belong!” exploded Dr. Finch. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z We’ll keep one of ’em, and you get to decide which.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Come along. Stick ’em on!” repeated Mrs. Corry, rubbing her hands with pleasant expectation. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll Holy Ghost you, Charles Baker Harris! Rip the sheets off my best bed, will you? Cut holes in ’em, will you? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z There’s only one watching over ’em di-rect and he’s passed out from drinking! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Just wink at ’em,” she had said on the phone one night. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Think you can tell ’em apart with your eyes closed?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead I counted how many cars passed us on the freeway, thinking back on how me and Diego used to flip people off from the back of our old man’s truck when we passed ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I showed ’em which way to head out. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Claim they eat livestock. Kill pets, wild game. Not a whit of truth to it. I seen ’em eat dilly bugs and the like. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “You got to be rough with ’em, Dalton. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "If I get water on the glass I got to get out and clean 'em." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In a large ledger she gives me the names and addresses of six customers behind in their payments.Threaten ’em, by. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He fought a lot of matches, and lost, he said, “a lot of ’em.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked to the woods and whistled for ’em, but nobody answered. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Once the wedge horse loads, none of ’em can go down.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “They like to revolt in the summer. Makes ’em itchy. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ain’t never seen a white woman sit there like she do. Most of em is busy-busy, running errands, acting like they busier than me.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “How you see ’em in different places,” I said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Said he didn’t care how they were cooked, so he got ’em ten-seconds-a-side rare. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And she was wearing the fake diamond earrings she always wears that sparkle when the sun hits ’em at a certain angle. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Not if they want the gal back. We got a club over ’em, see? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “No, she come over and helped me mix ’em up from scratch,” I say. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Or rather, left behind. These are the people who’ve dawdled and been left inside when the gates were shut. Got to put ’em somewhere, so we keep ’em here. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Lots of times I tried to forget ’em, but I couldn’t. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They’d all wait to get ’em handed to ’em on a silver plate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But when he heard all about ’em makin’ a town all outa colored folks, he knowed dat was de place he wanted to be. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Most times when you’re doing something important you’re supposed to use your right hand, but we ask ’em to use their left hand ’cause it’s closest to their hearts. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z You can’t beat nobody down so low till you can rob ’em of they will. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I thought I’d moved all the bottles that were left. I put ’em under lock and key, like you said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I looked down in the crate where she kept ’em and couldn’t believe my eyes. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “I don’t make the rules, ma’am, I just enforce ’em.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Marshall players danced and hugged and flashed the hook ’em horns sign as if it were V-day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, now, Mr. President,” Gus said, “I’m pretty busy. They raising sand over there in Germany and I got to send ’em a note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “We got got, it seems. After you and the young ones made it clear, we opened up on ’em and made a break for it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The Potomac boys are mitey hifalutin, some of em, and they and the Tennessee boys and us pure hated each other worse than we hated the rebs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "Sho, and they raised the devil about the youth members going into the subways and sticking 'em up in place of them constipation ads and things—but do you know what they doing now?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ain’t that why we chasing ’em, ’cause they stole money from Mr. Tanner?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “But only a few people have access to those codes, and I’d trust any of ’em with my life.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well, clear ’em up now!” she ordered, and slammed down the phone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One day when I checked 'em, my biggest one, the one I'd been watching closest, was gone. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’ll take em forty-five minutes just to find the house,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Shadow had said something meaningless, like “You tell ’em,” and left it at that. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Back by the car where you kicked ’em off. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Lord Faa, en’t you a taking any women on this expedition to look after them kids once you found ’em?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Brought you some things for dinner tonight. I’ll just put ’em in the kitchen.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z One of ’em says, “Of course we are. Why would we take this road if we weren’t?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Hitting something from twenty paces waren’t nothing, but I wondered if I should miss one or two of ’em on purpose so’s the Preacher wouldn’t see no signs of conjuring. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Keep ’em down in the basement so shanks like Gaily can’t get to them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “They weren’t ordinary books. They were volumes on art. Six of ’em.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “False lenses are the oldest trick in the book—and trust me, I know ’em all.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z One of Mr. Chris’s hired men, before Fritz, used to gather quarts and quarts and sell ’em to an Italian in town and make a mint of money every fall.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Well, as long as they do their work, let’s let ’em be.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You can read stories to ’em in the nursery tomorrow, assuming they don’t have fleas, of course. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He began to undress, thinking, I’ll tell ’em I left her with Jan in the car after I took the trunk down in the basement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Once, in reference to winters in central Florida, she solemnly informed me, “We usually get frosts once or twice a winter, but this year we had ’em a couple of times.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I know they there cause you get punished for crossing em,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z You black and beautiful—don't let 'em tell you different! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think most of them perceived it as a place to keep ’em over there and let ’em have their school.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They cut down trees and let ’em lie, they burn houses and build no more. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z By way of answer Viola digs ’em outta her bag and holds ’em up to her own eyes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Some Yankee trash stirring up trouble. We’ll catch em, ma’am,” he said, patting his billy club. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z You don’t give them the benefit of the doubt, you just get the hell rid of em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “No/” “Yeah. Can you picture it? We get all the heavies stoned, and then hit ’em with a tap dancer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I was waiting in line for corn dog number two, a small boy ran by me with a stick horse between his legs, shouting, “Ride ’em, cowboy!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “And tell ’em how you broke it up,” suggested McCorkle to his colleague with a slight smile. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harison had been collecting baby birds. aI couldn’t just leave ’em, sir.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Dragon Frank veered to the left with Annabeth in one claw yelling, ‘Let’s get ’em!’ and Percy in the other claw screaming, ‘I hate flying!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This would get the little fish riled up, they’d bump at the flies and try to pull ’em under and would raise a ruckus that’d make the big fish wonder what the commotion was for. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “She probably started passing like the rest of ’em, that’s what.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, that’s right. Well, anyway, with all her friends coming over, specting you to clean up after em all the time.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Have to shoot ’em ’fore they bite some child. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pork Chop came in strong and scared ’em by taking hard shots. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew precious few would join 'em until that mess was hauled away. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa says it’s just a chance That I got to wearin’ pants, Says that when a kid is small, They puts dresses on ’em all. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I go to the market and sell ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z —Yeah, but if I hafta open ’em real quick— like if it was a fire or a robber or a monster or something—I could see what I needed to see. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “People make wishes, put ’em on the tree. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “If you so desire Ah’ll tell ’em what you tell me to tell ’em.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I knew the trainer would drag ’em outta here soon as he saw the cottonmouths. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma said, “Strong is sticking around. Raising ’em. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z "Oh, we'll be here close enough to keep an eye on 'em. Don't you worry 'bout that." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s easy money, man. All you do is take them off at night and put ’em in a bag,” he said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Them little holes are tunnels that lead all over MidPass, and even beyond. Somebody once said a few of ’em go clear over to the mainland. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “But he’s in seclusion somewhere in a New York hotel tonight. Tomorrow at this time, he might be a millionaire. If you’re listening, Eddie, knock ’em dead, kid! The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m on ask em again,” she says, leaning forward. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They was so stuck on ’em books that they didn’t take no notice that I was there. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Kid ’em out of it was her motto. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And I can see the anger focusing itself, not on the army, not on themselves for being unprepared despite Viola warning ’em for days, not at the world for the state it’s in. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z We’re a going to charter a ship and sail north, and find them kids and set ’em free. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I told her, “I ain’t good at mathematics, ma’am, but I’m real good at rememberizing things. Plus I got me a pencil and some paper in my tote sack and I’m gonna write ’em down.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Plodding ’long behind the cap’n was keeping all ’em worries and thoughts at bay, but it was also giving me a ’preciation ’bout me and Ma’s talk ’bout working in the fields. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The man had a light colered berd like pas was when I was a boy and he had the same blue eyes with pas look in em. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But when nobody heard ’em they just went quiet and sat with their backs against the cabin, rocking back and forth, confused as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You know they can’t have sneakers worth more than fifty dollars, right? Well, their homeboy comes in wearing new Air Jordans. The inmate takes off his old sneakers, and they switch ’em under the table. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We take ’em one game at a time,” I say in my Webb voice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I wrapped the chain ’round a tree and left ’em. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Shoot, I know folks who are cranky or stuck up or bold-faced liars and their dogs love ’em like they’re saints or something. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I take ’em and I look out to where we’re going. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “It was stupid not to let MacArthur finish off those rice eaters. Push ’em back.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her taking ’em six shots at him and missing was curtains for the two of us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “Put ’em in the trash when no one’s looking. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh—don’t get me wrong. They’re good boys, or I wouldn’t have ’em working for me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Probably. This kind of newborn loves sweet, sticky things, but I can’t give ’em what they want.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He’d throw ’em back, and plenty would pitch in to help. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And your books too,” turning his eyes round the room, “mounting up, on their shelves, by hundreds! And you read ’em; don’t you? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “So what I’m proposing en’t easy. And I need your agreement I’m proposing that we send a band of fighters up north to rescue them kids and bring ’em back alive. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Awesome. Well, you look hot, so go get ’em.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I’m running low on hearts as it is, and it takes a right lot of ’em to rise up a human being, even for just a minute.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z "It's a brand-new day! Sol 6! Up and at 'em!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring em down,” she roared “And don’t forget the churn.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I started setting up my dinosaurs and LJ said, “This ain’t right. If this really is the World’s Greatest Dinosaur War Ever we need more monsters. You should go get the rest of ’em.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His hair was all matted up like a bird’s nest and his clothes were so dirty that not even Cooter would’ve been caught dead in ’em. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “If they come at you, bite ’em in the leg!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Said she don’t have no reason to make ’em. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “You don’t think I can handle ’em, Lil?” he asked darkly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The less she went to work, the more bottles started showing up around our apartment, like long-lost cousins who never leave, all of ’em with the labels torn off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “If there is, I got yet to see some of ’em. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cherries are the fruit. Pop 'em in, slide out the stone, masticate, swallow, finito. None of this...spatter and gore.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Hitler and that crowd in Russia’ve done some lovely things for their lands, and they slaughtered tens of millions of people doing ’em. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “All right now, Red!” they shouted to me, “Go get ’em, Red.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "Chop 'em off and throw 'em in the dustbin, you understand?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I was so relieved when we got to the river and Mr. Norak smiled and said, “I thought there was something ’bout you and all ’em questions, boy. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “And two of ’em sound like the steps of a fool.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “But, listen, Brit. When they pick up this Erlone fellow, he’s going to tell the cops and the papers’ll have the story anyway. So call ’em now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Give ’em part of the profit to tow me and the big fish back to the dock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t there. Siobhan was, though. The way she explained it, our boys beat those other kids in tennis fair and square. Whupped ’em like they stole something. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When Mr. MacMahon said words like terrible he made it sound like they had seven or eight Rs in ’em ’stead of just one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I bought ’em so my breath would be minty fresh for when Flaca got here, but I forgot how good they taste. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Need to cut ’em down,” Granddad grumbled, but Nana just shooed the words away with her hand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It’s a place where no rules apply, or at least they haven’t figured ’em out yet,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He grilled all his dogs until they were burnt as hell and sucked ’em down whole. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “But mostly they gets brought back. They got dogs that can smell a person in the woods and folks whose job it is just to catch runaways and bring ’em back.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wife’s just brought half of ’em to the Malones’ kitchen, praise the Lord. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Everybody’s head down, working and breathing and thinking their thoughts and helping the people around ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Ben’s putting a spit shine on ’em for me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It always tickle me how these babies believe anything you tell em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Let ’em sing, next the fists are flying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Those are the creepy fellas. They act as guards and poh-lice, too. Everyone just likes to call ’em Baggers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I get the kids out the pool, swaddle em up in towels. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am. I’ve been scoping out all the library lovers bunking at my motel. Looking for just one of ’em to help me do what needs to be done. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Except I’ve read ’em so many times, I’m not really seeing the page, I’m seeing the Mary Rose and worrying she’ll leak as bad as she did before, and sink again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I reckon we’ll run you to the hospital and let ’em put a clamp in your brain.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ever have one of ’em pass it?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z ‘No, I caught ’em trespassing,’ said the farmer, ‘and nearly set my dogs on ’em; but they’ll tell you all the story, I’ve no doubt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It always changes folks, and sometimes it brings out dirt and meanness dat even de person didn’t know they had in ’em theyselves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It was a German air raid that got ’em, if I’m not mistaken.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Mold ’em into what you want ’em to be. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh sure, there are some good things about ’em. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I named ’em anyway and kept it to myself. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Story's quite true! I left 'em! Matter of self-preservation. We were lost in the bush. I and a couple of other fellows took what food there was and cleared out." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Showed ’em to the latrine, showed them new ones the trail to the salt chuck, showed ’em the best place for butter clams. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Used to be we’d mark them graves with a rock so we could find em,” Cliff told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Remember, Miss Lumley, they were found on my property and that means I can do with ’em as I please. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z |
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