| 单词 | embrace |
| 例句 | Think of a man whose dear and only son, born to him in exile, reared with labor, has lived ten years abroad and now returns: how would that man embrace his son! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did suspect you carried this babe, for it was rumored among us. And I was jealous, for the sisters embraced you, while I have been friendless here.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She did not—she could not—outlive the grief of her inheritance, but she embraced and defended the most fragile of her children from the will of the strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The profound stillness that embraced all was its own sad and lonely sermon. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There was in his stomach a slow, cold, vast rising movement, as though he held within the embrace of his bowels the swing of planets through space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mother Bear and Nettle kept pulling on Roz’s legs, and more of the robot slowly came into view until a furry golden head finally appeared, and Thorn leaped into the embrace of his family. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And after a few years students could embrace mean careerism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the Scots were Protestants who embraced Calvin’s ideology. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He was holding out both his arms, inviting an embrace, but I was suddenly shy. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She embraces all that is love and beauty. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The white civic leader was ashamed to be seen with him while the black revolutionary wanted to embrace him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Moved by compassion for the state they were in, Mary first meant to embrace him as well as Lyra. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew it would be over far too soon, so I embraced the pain. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Its jewels were sticky from Her vile embrace. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As she wept, she felt her mother come and embrace her also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Each of them embraced me as though I were a long-lost child. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The length of the boat and the sleeping Lyra lay between them, or otherwise, he felt, they would have embraced and wept together. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The blank portion was limited, for the narrow strip was crowded by lines of text and a tiny picture of a hero and heroine embracing under a eucalyptus tree. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z My parents would say something to me and I would feel embraced by the sounds of their words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Condemning “welfare queens” and criminal “predators,” he rode into office with the strong support of disaffected whites—poor and working-class whites who felt betrayed by the Democratic Party’s embrace of the civil rights agenda. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z South of the bridge the river opened up to embrace the briny sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had been stretched around many necks, over the years, and had been the end of every one of the people it had embraced. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Joffrey had to step gingerly around it as he descended to embrace his grandfather and proclaim him Savior of the City. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I can never thank you enough, old friend,” Téllez said and embraced my father warmly, then he embraced and kissed Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, the Academy seemed to embrace an institutional denial that what we were being taught to do had a moral aspect. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z However, once the West embraced zero, mathematicians began to tame the infinite and ended Achilles’ race. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The fen shook then with unnatural storms as it witnessed their loathsome embracings. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked as though she wanted to drop to her knees and embrace the entire palace as if it were a sad giant dog. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was cold, true, but the cold did not bother Bod, not really: the graveyard embraced him, and the dead do not mind the cold. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z As hard as I tried, I could not put such looks on their faces, nor could I feel their welcoming embraces. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I embraced him hard, and when I let go he slumped back to the stone, murping at me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And I walked out of his embrace and past Lara and Takumi to her casket and knelt before it and placed my hands on the finished wood, the dark mahogany, the color of her hair. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z There’s no reliable statistic documenting how many people embraced the game as a result of the publicity surrounding the Fischer–Spassky match, but some estimates put the number in the millions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When he took the pack, she made as if to embrace him, there in front of her own father and his priestly uncle and half the island. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They embraced in the garden, in view of the passersby and anyone who cared to look, until they came to their senses and understood how dangerous it was. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Psychologists have long observed that when people feel hopelessly stigmatized, a powerful coping strategy—often the only apparent route to self-esteem—is embracing one’s stigmatized identity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She had never embraced him that closely unless they were in bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At first she holds me by my wrists, but then she pulls me close, embracing me with her wooden arms. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The two embraced tightly, laughing and crying at the same time, and Sifen could not help doing the same at the pure joy of their reunion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There’s me split in half—Japanese and white—stitching myself together again because I am whole only when I’ve embraced the true beauty of my heritage. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear, a word spoken to a dying man, could have value in itself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Methuselah embraced the young mouse as if he were his own son, and as Matthias ascended the ladder, the old mouse called out final instructions to him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Old friends greeted Griff with smiles and embraces, the new men more formally. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He wanted to embrace his guardian, to hold him and tell him that he would never desert him, but the action was unthinkable. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It stretched toward the tortoise as if longing to embrace it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A blast of warmth and light embraces me the moment I step in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I managed to keep it together till I got to the safe embrace of my parents, who waded into the crowd to find me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But a new generation of young Coloureds, which saw itself as more black than white, was emerging, and it embraced the entire range of black aspirations. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She rushed to him, expecting to be met halfway in a wild embrace. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In any case it brought on a howl of laughter, a bear-crushing embrace and no answer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At a late 1963 rally in Philadelphia, Mr. Muhammad, embracing me, said to that audience before us, “This is my most faithful, hard-working minister. He will follow me until he dies. ” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You are trapped in my embrace, Gaea said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He looked exhausted, the dark lines under his eyes visible even in starlight But he embraced Tally the moment she stepped from the board, his arms tight around her, and she hugged him back hard. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All the others were crowding in, now, to the brazen house—Poseidon who embraces earth, and Hermes the runner, and Apollo, lord of Distance. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat between my father and Miig, who had embraced, as they made introductions between their respective groups. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The Labadists in particular embraced simple communal living and sacrifice in order to flush out the poisons of self-love. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Each time I met him, he embraced me with a splendid smile that made his right eye fade into the shape of a crescent moon. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Already the door to #2 is opening, and an aproned woman with baggy arms and a downy face rushes out and embraces Frederick. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As Daisy and I drove toward her apartment in Harold’s warm embrace, she wouldn’t shut up about the crush she was certain I had. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She pulls me and Ruby into a group hug, embracing us tightly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z But at some point I panicked and embraced her clumsily. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After they embraced, she asked him how he had managed to get back into the United States. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z America’s embrace of speedy executions was, in part, an attempt to redirect the violent energies of lynching while assuring white southerners that black men would still pay the ultimate price. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I ducked out from beneath his embrace, sprang into a Superman pose, and beamed a ridiculous cartoon smile. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Iole cried out what had happened and the two, rushing to the tree, embraced the still warm trunk and watered it with their tears. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent over and embraced me long and hard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His embrace lifted me to the ceiling and his smile brought me safely down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He crashed into the woman and the two were suddenly locked in an embrace. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Even the judge, who usually tolerated no disruptions, seemed to embrace the drama of the moment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was a poem written by the Drunken Genius, Lee the White, who drowned one night when he tried to embrace the moon as it appeared on the lake. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the old warrior would walk to the young one, embrace him, acknowledge his worthiness. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Horror, horror, horror ... he tried to disengage himself; but Lenina tightened her embrace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sons of Marines all come to a day when their fathers moved away from their embrace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Being part of a Black First was a powerful symbol, she knew just as well as anyone, and she embraced her son’s achievement with delight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z My mother and I embraced him, trying not to hurt him with our grip. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “No, Marguerite, I embrace this exile, for I wish to five in peace. But will you ever return home?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Finally, she stretched out beside the others, and the jungle came to embrace her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and people who don’t, and I’ll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z She held her own hands out to us, the ancient gesture that was both an offering and an invitation, to come forward, into an embrace, an acceptance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people lack the imagination to do anything but embrace a stereotype and let it define them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had elected, in my fevered search for honorable adjustment to the American scene, not to submit and in doing so I had embraced the daily horror of anxiety, of tension, of eternal disquiet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The beeches with white, naked limbs leant close to one another, their branches intermingled in a strange embrace, making a vault above my head like the archway of a church. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, his Pietism embraced the relationship between God and science. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When his mother shuffled up to Dawit’s, Moss rose without a word, let her pull him into an embrace. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I put on the jacket; it’s like climbing right into his arms and I’m luxuriating in its heavy embrace, its scent, when I glance down at the desk and see me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The youngest was also the quietest, the one who seemed reluctant to wholeheartedly embrace his friends’ air of impunity. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Just embrace it. That’s what I did. I remember looking in the mirror and deciding my prom was going to be suck-free, even if it wasn’t going to be how I imagined it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z People who had actually been teenagers in the 1980s, all now approaching old age, had the strange experience of seeing the fads and fashions of their youth embraced and studied by their grandchildren. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But I eventually came to understand that it’s about embracing the flexibility and possibility of the unknown. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Like he was holding me without embracing me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As a young woman she had renounced the material world, and now, as an old one, she seemed to embrace it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the earlier system, Jim Crow seemed “natural,” and it became difficult to remember that alternative paths were not only available at one time, but nearly embraced. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Zeus himself inspired me; I wrenched my dogskin helmet off my head, dropped my spear, dodged out of my long shield, ran for the king’s chariot and swung on to embrace and kiss his knees. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A young woman had quietly approached the woman as she spoke to me and embraced her. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z On the day of Sam’s departure, Cora embraced him and kissed his whiskered cheek. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One day, when Soledad came home to show her mother her latest prize, her mother embraced her warmly, as usual. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even without oxygen, it felt good inside the crushing embrace. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He made a sound like Whoa, but after a second his arms folded around me, and we stayed like that, in a true embrace. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how will she welcome you, this just queen? A warm embrace, a girlish titter, a headsman’s axe?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had no choice but to look closely into Nelson’s sweat-glazed face as he arranged the wood in my awkward embrace—our work brought us that close together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, Michael and I became friends, and I came to admire him greatly, in no small measure because he rejected so many of the rather foolish conventions I once embraced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya embraced Marina as others ran to them, barely managing to hold back a flood of tears. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z My sisters and I stayed outside with the children because they seemed to embrace our presence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z King may have embraced direct action, but in the early 1960s he was still very much the product of his black middle-class upbringing, and he would occasionally lash out against stereotyped lower-class behaviors. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Separate and unatoned, while the others were being fused into the Greater Being; alone even in Morgana’s embrace—much more alone, indeed, more hopelessly himself than he had ever been in his life before. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It welcomes all who embrace freedom to participate in the making of a democratic, nonracial South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of embracing him, she just touches his shoulders, like she remembers the Abnegation’s distaste for casual physical contact. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet did not contend with me but loosened his embrace, and his ardor cooled like an ember when the wind ceases to blow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Njemile embraced Moss in a quick hug and said, “Good luck,” then yelled out, “Follow me!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She cried out when she saw him, ran to him, and embraced him fiercely. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She is fifteen and has never held a boy’s hand, never been kissed by a boy, never felt a lover’s warm embrace. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z While race and sexual orientation are perfectly appropriate aspects of one’s identity to embrace, criminality for its own sake most certainly is not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Paris in the twelfth century was expanding fast, as was its university, which was beginning to shrug off its ecclesiastical roots and embrace a more secular approach to learning. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I wondered if she had flailed and jerked toward the surface at the last second, or did she go without fighting, embracing the rock, letting it soak up all the pain she felt? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Nonviolence was a tough notion for Ann to embrace, but she tried not to strike back when police shoved her or when white hecklers spat on her at demonstrations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Reg pointed to someone coming up the center aisle, and she bounded up the steps and smothered Moss in an embrace. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My friend Ana Diaz was among them and ran to embrace me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There is absolutely nothing abnormal or surprising about a severely stigmatized group embracing their stigma. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Sammy Dean Parker had been seen in the newspaper embracing Governor Faubus as she thanked him for keeping us out of school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather tried to embrace her, but she shrugged him off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When they do begin to say their goodbyes, Celia is embraced no differently than anyone else, and given several invitations to meet for tea while the circus remains in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She remembered clearly the firmness of his embrace, and yet there was, also, a newness to their union; their bodies remembered and did not remember. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to linger, even this crossroads too close to the fever’s embrace. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She sprang from the couch, embracing her unrecognized son. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The silver clouds embraced them and then parted as the dragon flew through, as if he were rippling the sky; the pale moon looked as if it were smiling at them with a soft glow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He muttered a few words I didn’t catch and abruptly asked if he could embrace me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z These people Tehlu spoke with a while longer, but he always embraced them in the end, and they were all grateful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The United States embraced democracy, while the Soviet Union was ruled by communism. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z We walk past the meeting room to the main lobby, where I once embraced Caleb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I see nothing but blue as I soar upward into the embrace of sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Having recently declared its independence from the powerful Spanish Empire, it embraced more fully than any other nation of its time the European Enlightenment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The front of the folder shows a group of black women—adults and teens—smiling and embracing one another. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘No,’ he kept saying, drawing the three of them into an embrace. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “David!” their voices piped, and they rushed out to embrace and pat him on the back and move around him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t move until her father came and pulled her into his strong embrace. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I fell to the ground in exhaustion, and the earth received me with an embrace. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z At Occidental, he rode the waning energy of the 1970s, embracing Hendrix and the Stones. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The ground should not merely cover the seed. It must embrace it.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I embraced her before she boarded the train. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The two embraced in the middle of the room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Giving his reins to Merry, he ran forward and embraced the newcomer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Flow would she endure the time and distance that separated her from her children, the warmth of their embraces still fresh on her skin as the bus gained the road south? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Your embrace is just the trap where my father would wish me to be caught.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He leapt to her breast, and they embraced. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The fractious archaeological community embraced his ideas with rare unanimity; they rapidly became the standard model for the peopling of the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Adam’s mother ran the farm, bore Adam, and still had time to embrace a primitive theosophy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And now the same white leaders of Durham who attacked Fuller embraced the head of the Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For a moment it seemed like he would embrace Encanis, but he was merely reaching for the iron spokes of the wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her father embraced her and she cried into his arms for being given the terrible proposition. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I guess Courtney’s revelation of my presence goes over well, because when I get downstairs, Jupiter greets me with such exuberance—and quite the embrace—one would assume we hadn’t seen each other in months. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “We do not embrace such archaic customs, and furthermore, does she look ready to be married? She is fourteen years old.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He embraced him almost as though Call were a woman. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She embraced Wanda, then pulled out her phone, propping it up in front of her, sucking in a deep breath before looking up at the crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The culture of possibility that Daisy Ford embraced and put to use so brilliantly on behalf of her daughters was passed on to her by the peculiarities of the West Indian social structure. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was prepared to accept Indians and Coloureds provided they accepted our policies; but their interests were not identical with ours, and I was skeptical of whether or not they could truly embrace our cause. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Roy,” she said, embracing the folder with both arms as she backed down the steps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was willing to embrace mortal life again, before chasing immortality. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Soft and open, they seemed relieved to flop inside the door and nestle into the safe embrace of Mama’s pair. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The passengers cheered and embraced as the barge pulled away from Jakutsk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The Professor walked to Black’s side, seized his hand, pulled him to his feet so that Crookshanks fell to the floor, and embraced Black like a brother. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I again embraced and kissed my brother and sisters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The man was concerned: he felt his companion’s shoulder and arm tenderly, and embraced her swiftly before calling to Will. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I learned that people in his family hadn't really dated outside of their culture, but they embraced me anyway. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Go past him, cast yourself before my mother, embrace her knees—and you may wake up soon at home rejoicing, though your home be far. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Granny cried, throwing her long, bracelet-covered arms wide open to embrace my mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That is not my object in embracing his character and his cause. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Although she remained active in other reform activities, she fully embraced the women’s rights agenda. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A toddler ambled up on his chubby bowed legs, attempting to embrace my teacher with ketchup-smeared fingers, while a party of elementary-school students openly stared in wonder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He became restless to embrace their example, but he was shy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a round sound, a warm embrace, not shrill like a flute. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “The very best of evenings to you!” he said, smiling broadly, his arms opened wide as though to embrace the whole room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She took the cloak out of my hands and stepped close to me, spreading it over my shoulders, her arms circling me in something very near to an embrace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A final embrace before they were led away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Cologne made me think of voice coaches, of maitre d’s, of old men and their unwanted embraces. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Yes. That’s the spirit. Exactly. A Maoist embrace of capitalism was essential for the party to keep control.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We stayed this way for some time, two sisters clasped in a motionless embrace that spoke of love, of pride, of friendship. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I have been concentrating on my legs,” Calliope tells me as she holds me in her familiar cold embrace above the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Held back too long, the tears ran down his cheeks as he embraced his son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it’s all raining down on us as we embrace one another and dance like maniacs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z To the engineers of America, however, this embrace of Eiffel was a slap in the face. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Red in the face, he tried to disengage himself from her embrace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She fell on him and embraced him harder than she ever had. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z But we too embrace faulty causes, usually at the urging of an expert proclaiming a truth in which he has a vested interest. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Javier stood up then, his hand still locked in Moss’s, and he pulled him up and into an embrace. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She took the bundle and cradled it lovingly in her embrace, as if it were a fragile baby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Standing there in her embrace, in a weird, childish way, I didn’t want to let go. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I knew that Cassius knew I had been with him, and for him, and believed in him, when those who later embraced him felt that he had no chance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A breeze blows the white curtains in on either side of her, two ghostly arms embracing her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z For the first time, willingly, she’d embraced her lineage as a child of Pluto. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Its massive spreading branches seemed to be enfolding and embracing the tiny building, and perhaps hiding it as well from the rest of the world. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z When their embrace released, she looked over and winked at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He embraced us for a long time and told us not to go to the city anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The music bends, falls to its knees to embrace them all, encourage them all to live a little, why don’t you? since this is the it you’ve been looking for. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Before them a pale lord in ebon finery sat dreaming in a tangled nest of roots, a woven weirwood throne that embraced his withered limbs as a mother does a child. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That points to something wider: while the fusillade of insults moves its object out of the embrace of the community, it seeks to move its speaker closer to the center. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Hamlet, I warned you that I cannot bear your teasing today, is your lightness a ploy to put me off from you? Tell me in plain words that you regret our embracing!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was drunk, stumbling sideways and laughing as she sloppily embraced him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z "No need to leap up and embrace me, I wouldn't want you to strain yourself." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Avoiding both the past and the future, they embraced the moment with a stoicism common to Buddhists and recently recovered alcoholics. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He embraced his knees and laid his chin down on his knees. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives us each a quick embrace, and I can tell it’s all he can stand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I embraced every opportunity to talk with her.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Almost every visit began with an embrace, but some beginnings were shy or tentative. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon hearing this, Will and John broke into great laughter and patted him on the back, crowing out the motto, tilting comedically, embracing him until he too laughed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was reassuring to be back in the regent’s warm embrace. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they each gave Justice Strauss one last embrace, and followed Mr. and Mrs. Poe to their car. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Others dropped to their knees in wonder, and a few joined the crowd and embraced their neighbors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She sat down on the ground near me, embraced her knees with her arms, and rested her head upon them; in that attitude she remained silent as an Indian. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It hurt Nailer’s stitches and Nailer winced in the man’s grip, but he didn’t fight the embrace. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Following Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson embraced the antipoverty rhetoric with great passion, calling for an “unconditional war on poverty,” in his State of the Union Address in January 1964. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t have wanted her to embrace him, so he was glad she hadn’t tried to do that, at least, but it was still an awkward little moment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I had embraced their aims with the freest impulse I had ever known. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I embraced them more tightly this time, aware that, possibly, I wouldn’t be seeing them in a long time, perhaps for many years. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she pulls the three of us into a white-sari embrace. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He embraced her without a word, hoping that was enough. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Rather than shaming and condemning an already deeply stigmatized group, we, collectively, can embrace them—not necessarily their behavior, but them—their humanness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z George and Florah ran up to my father and embraced him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Witchlings embraced and joined their new covens happily, and all the while, Seven waited, eyeing Poppy anxiously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Downstairs, my mother and Prim embrace me again, but they’re not overly emotional. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Her father opened his arms, offering her an embrace, but she turned from him. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As she hurried past, Briony pushed into Cecilia’s hand a piece of paper folded twice and then she squealed her brother’s name and leaped into his embrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As we embraced, he could not forbear to shed a tear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The article was about several of the town’s businesses embracing the recent tourism boom brought to Lily by the sighting of the bird. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The two men embraced as if they had known each other for years. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Fawkes went whooshing past Harry’s ear and settled on Dumbledore’s shoulder, just as Harry found himself and Ron being swept into Mrs. Weasley’s tight embrace. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Naked and embracing, mother and daughter lay resting while the others cleaned up the afterbirth and bustled about with the new sheets and the first batch of diapers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their embrace was close, their bodies pressed warmly against each other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The smell of wine was ripe and blended into the more embracing warmth of new-baked bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In this regard, it is helpful to step back and put the behavior of young black men who appear to embrace “gangsta culture” in the proper perspective. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I don’t think I can handle Uriah’s embrace, or his questions, or his surprise, right now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z After embracing her mother and shedding many tears, she put her arms around me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Even those of you who want to close Village to new ones—even you value the peace and kindness we have always embraced here. Mentor? You seem to be leading this. What do you say?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I guess,” Linds said, sort of shrugging out from under his embrace some without seeming too obvious about it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Howard embraced the idea, underwrote the entire cost, and arranged to have Ridgewood’s orchards, fields, and dairy supply the hospital with food. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky seemed to embrace him, for the wind blew around him as if coating him with a new skin. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Heart exploding with relief, I ran toward him and flung myself at his knees, embracing him with fervor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Even after Park embraced the idea, Shin’s paranoia was difficult to shake: he had sold out his own mother; why shouldn’t Park sell him out? Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Men and women splashed through the water, knee-deep in its embrace. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The moon shone brilliantly on the sodden grass, the mossy gravestones, the crumbling mausoleum, the figures in their hideous embrace between the columns. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Ironically, the same government that was telling us to embrace our culture in the homelands forbade Winnie from wearing a Xhosa gown into court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The same pattern materialized later in the 1790s, when Jefferson embraced two misguided propositions about European affairs. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Poppet gives her an embrace before slipping out the door back into the hall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Those who are less idealistic embrace colorblindness simply because they find it difficult to imagine a society in which we see race and racial differences yet consistently act in a positive, constructive way. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I slide down to her, and her arms embrace me with a different kind of firmness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z My hand strokes Mom’s arm; the other embraces Dad’s back. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He embraces both of them— all three are together in a hug. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Anytime, honey,” she said, and embraced Moss’s friend in a hug. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As soon as his bones knit and he could be moved a little, Esteban felt the torturous desire to embrace her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The predictable response is: What about gangsta rap and the culture of violence that has been embraced by so many black youth? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She gathered George, Florah, Maria and me around her and embraced us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me loves evvybody,” she once said, opening her arms, with her spoon in one hand, and her mug in the other, as if eager to embrace and nourish the whole world. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He flung himself against them, he embraced, not the smooth body of his desires, but an armful of green spikes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The blanket was there, but it was the boy’s embrace that covered and warmed him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And, along with a warm embrace, Charlie's mother gave me a sturdy pair of canvas gloves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I remember Baba and him embracing in the foyer, crying softly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I embrace them, half pick them up, they are just that size I will forever know, that very weight so wondrous to me, and awful. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shut up, Justin,” I say, a little embarrassed, as I push out of my friends’ embrace. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Before my good sense can get a word in edgewise I'm running across the room, throwing my arms around him in an embrace to beat all embraces. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even find a voice to answer so I embraced her instead. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As zero spread through the Arab lands, the Muslims embraced it and rejected Aristotle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Somewhere a man and a maid embraced, and fumbled at each other’s clothes with eager hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She had moved forward in that moment, intending to rush to him, to greet and embrace him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Close enough to sense his mother, but never to embrace.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Schools all over the country openly embraced “Geek Profiling.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In their almost frantic desire to put an end to the drinking problem, temperance advocates embraced some truly odd justifications for banning hard liquor, beer, and wine. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She argued that because Graff had not embraced Labadist beliefs, her marriage to him was no longer valid in the eyes of God. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He embraced Kitty, kissed her face, her hand, her face again, and made the sign of the cross over her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Hestia Jones gave her an approving look that changed to outrage as Aunt Petunia ran forward and embraced Dudley rather than Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My mom loves technology, always embracing the next new thing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it was time to embrace the facts. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The lights of the hall dimmed, and the dancing couples who now embraced one another could scarcely be seen. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They embraced with the desperation of a parting and slipped down to their refuge suffocating with complicity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As she stepped out into the brightness, the rising scent of warmed stone was like a friendly embrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Mark I was what brought Lawrence and Alvarez to Livermore on their scouting visit, Ernest again embracing his wartime role as impresario of a partnership of government, academia, and industry. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Impulsively, she reached out and embraced me tightly, then with a sigh pushed me away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In 1950, a vote at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science showed that about half of those present now embraced the idea of continental drift. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z An affectionate man, he embraced me, offered me coffee and had me take a seat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet greeted the young tumbler with an embrace and welcomed all the men, slapping their backs and shaking their hands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But...if they’d been embraced instead, and raised with love,” he said, “they wouldn’t have become tormentors.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The other grabbed the woman in a rough embrace and lifted her from the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Without saying a word, he pulls Mustafa and me into a tight embrace for what seems like a long time before letting us go. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Huygens did not shrink from this conclusion; he embraced it gladly: Across the sea of space the stars are other suns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like for Daddy to walk into my room right now with a smile and an embrace. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We walked faster the closer we got to home, where the live oak trees spread their branches wide, giving cooling relief from the sun’s embrace. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She was waiting for him to jump up and embrace her. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I wished that Cate could come and take me away from them, back to the only people who would ever embrace me for the monster I was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They stood embracing without talking until the girl leaned back and unknowingly pressed the bells. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as if the warmth of the sun were embracing her, flowing through her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In fact, the very man whose name symbolizes non-violence here today has stated: ‘ ‘Our nation was bom in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t always a pleasant part of my Olympic experience, but it was one I felt a duty to embrace. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And I don’t want to embrace the suck. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Lourdes and her father laughed and embraced for a long, long time. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Du Bois praised and embraced Washington’s emphasis on “thrift, patience, and industrial training for the masses,” but sharply disagreed with his public acceptance of segregation, disenfranchisement, and legalized discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I got up and hugged my uncle, and he embraced me harder than he had the first time and kissed me on my forehead. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But then the man walked to the boy and embraced him, something Pax had never seen the father do. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She engulfed my entire body in her hug, folding me into her chest in a tight embrace. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Though I embraced my simultaneous roles as athlete and activist, there were times at the games when I craved time outside of the spotlight. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Four of the male factory workers were embracing Ignatius around the Smith field hams that were his thighs and, with considerable effort, were lifting him onto one of the cutting tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But pity overwhelms me at the sight of these small, sad-eyed children taken from the arms of their parents and given to a God whose embrace they cannot feel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She and Bieber are intertwined in an eternity embrace, her headband sliding down over her eyes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Maybe we can better embrace the ways we are the same. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When he turned to me, he placed his hands on my shoulders, not an embrace, but close. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “A scythe is a friend to the world. Open your arms and embrace it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He pulled her in for an embrace—which surprised us all. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Lysenko’s theory was immediately embraced by the Soviet political apparatus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He and Pa embraced, but only for a few seconds. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I remember dreaming of Mama, of days of songs and long embraces and love. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I felt like I had stepped onto the surface of the planet Vulcan, and was finally going to master the Kolinahr discipline, embracing logic and purging myself of all emotions. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then these people will embrace insanity, too. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Grand Elder rose and embraced his wayward nephew and, beaming, led him into the hall. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Dr. Han opened his eyes and pulled Doha into a tight embrace. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Enid Simdars embraced the strictures of Christian Science, a faith that taught that the material world and all the evil that attended it were illusory, that the only reality was spiritual. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Once in the Oval Office, Bush stayed on message, opposing affirmative action and aggressive civil rights enforcement, and embracing the drug war with great enthusiasm. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some spread their arms as if welcoming an embrace. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she thought how, now, she would embrace again the faith she had abandoned, and walk again in the fight from which, with Richard, she had so far fled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I stood up, and when Zeni saw me, she practically tossed her tiny daughter to her husband and ran across the room to embrace me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The starched gauze or lace on the cotton dress irritated any embrace. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My chest lets out a breath I didn't know I was holding, and Sanne squeals in relief, jumping up to first embrace, then shake Judith. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There, the silence wraps around me like Caleb’s embrace did, calming me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In the way a man embraces a woman. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He suffered her embrace and returned it as best he could. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Hazel put her backpack down and crawled in, and the bed embraced her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z As a gay activist once put it, “Only by fully embracing the stigma itself can one neutralize the sting and make it laughable.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Besides, they were meant to go with embraces and kisses and a stroke of Prim’s hair, a caress of Gale’s face, a squeeze of Madge’s hand. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But lying above the center that pulled him down closer felt more familiar to him than any embrace he could remember; and he was sinking into the elemental arms of mountain silence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She embraced me for a few priceless seconds, pressed the bread into my hand, and pushed me out the door. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z If for nothing else, for that, I embraced America. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Trade?” he murmured, still holding her in his awful embrace. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Likewise, Adele’s 2008 cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ ends each line of the first verse on two anticipated beats: ‘blowing in your face ... on your case . . . warm embrace’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Aru didn’t know how to embrace a palace, so she did the next best thing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He went sprawling again, freed from the leather embrace, a thin line of blood under his chin where the whip had cut deep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Luckily, Hungry Joe burst in just then, and everything was all right again, except that Dunbar staggered in drunk a minute later and began embracing one of the other giggling girls at once. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the end, I went for my favorite jeans and a hoodie over a lavender T-shirt Daisy had given me featuring Han Solo and Chewbacca in a fierce embrace. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z On the platform are men in work caps, women in worn cotton dresses, weary grandmothers embracing grandchildren who were babies before the war. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then she hugs me—not an average good-night pat, but a complete and total embrace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z No thought could be admitted of entering to embrace her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z What kind of justice would it be for Deborah if I embraced the very notions of division that killed her? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He gets an excited look on his face and sweeps me off the ground before I can embrace him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But just as she reached him and was about to embrace him, he held his hand out and stopped her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem, of course, is that embracing criminality—while an understandable response to the stigma—is generally self-defeating and destructive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her warm smile and their home’s hot-bread smells embrace me as always. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Other researchers distanced themselves, criticizing him for being unscientific, but much of white America embraced his ideas and saw him as a spiritual adviser and a genius. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z This time I can hug him, and the clasp he returns is powerful, many times stronger than any human embrace I will ever experience. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Other clusters run to immense hordes of thousands of galaxies in mutual gravitational embrace. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like she was struggling in the embrace of a slippery, suffocating beast, and for a moment it pulled her down below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t mean, just...honest. Wouldn’t it be crueler to make him think there was some hope that I’d come around and just embrace all of this?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Maria—relieved to be away from the conventions of society and to reunite with her half brother Caspar—tried to embrace this structured, spiritual way of life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Of all his impressionable Viennese pupils, none embraced this dismantling of tonality quite as enthusiastically as Arnold Schoenberg. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As Ophie and her mother traveled from Atlanta to Washington, DC, on the Birmingham Special, Pennsy enfolding the wounded pair in the embrace of her passenger car seats, the dead took notice. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He took her in his arms, and the golden monkey embraced the snow leopard’s neck and buried his black face in her fur. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He tried to recall the embrace he’d bought with his unfinished work. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “What is it? What is it?” asked Lupita, enfolded in her mother’s embrace. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Sam embraced her with his usual enthusiasm, his shirt damp and reeking with spirits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z So deliciously soft, so warm and electric that inevitably he found himself thinking of the embraces in Three Weeks in a Helicopter. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Another reason the Muslim community at large was embracing me was because they were simply starved for positive representation in the media. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My lungs are still reaching for the night air as the orishas embrace me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But their dad just packed up the car with his clothes and boxes and books, then came over and hugged Lauren tight, whispering something into her hair before letting her go and embracing Maya. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She stood at the doorway and tied her wrapper before proceeding to embrace me so tightly that I felt my nose and lips being squashed against her arms. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was long before the three could speak to each other; their joy was too great to be expressed except by tears and embraces. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Sanne and Leo gather around Judith, embracing her and whispering things in her ear. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They embraced for a few breaths and then released each other. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She tucks her chin and curls into his embrace. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Its lush wildness embraced us, and strange scents greeted my nose. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The next moment, the two angels were embracing, and Will, gazing into the flames, saw their mutual affection. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s version led directly to the doctrine of “popular sovereignty” embraced by Stephen Douglas, to the states’ rights position of John C. Calhoun and then the Confederacy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z At the Cottages, though, when a couple were saying goodbye to each other, there’d be hardly any words, never mind embraces or kisses. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding him in her foul embrace she filled him with herself and planted hunger within him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost had the feeling he wanted to embrace me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Muhammad and I embraced each other in greeting. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The just and perfect Willis Hurd walked past him easily, but the fog embraced Turner like a vampire, and it whispered, “You are not one of us.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They embraced, and Henry swung up onto his velvety black bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am your father,” Odysseus said, and the two embraced each other and wept. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a sort of musical embodiment of Ellis Island, with all Europe’s exhausted, oppressed cultures finding refuge and a new start in his symphonic embrace. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I was left to wrap my arms around myself, think of my mother's embrace, and will myself to sleep. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He was alarmed by the embrace, because of its urgency, and the note of panic in her voice. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The rather chimerical notion of a nuclear bomb without radioactive side effects had emerged in late 1954 and had been embraced by Livermore, where it fit nicely with the lab’s brief to explore new ideas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even though mathematicians knew that calculus was deeply flawed—thanks to the mathematics of zero and infinity—they quickly embraced the new mathematical tools. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When they depart, they shake hands and embrace like old friends, even if they have only just met, and as they go their separate ways they feel less alone than they had before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They embraced and I thought the weeping would start. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “You didn’t fail. You tried! Amelia, that makes me so proud,” Mom says, pulling me into a crushing embrace. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z But Cristiana was visible, her red cloak enfolding another in a close embrace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Octavian embraced him and whispered, “I hope it hurt.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As my mom embraced him, the baby transitioned to her, gamely placing frail arms around my mom’s neck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I had fled one insecurity and had embraced another. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z None of this is to suggest that the financial rewards offered for police participation in the drug war are the only reason that law enforcement decided to embrace the war with zeal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Because right then, I almost wished I could go back to living the lie that everyone else embraced so wholeheartedly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A pensive stillness passed while they listened to the hushed chirr of insects in the trees that surrounded the cemetery like an embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z They held each other’s hands, lightly, and then they were swaying quietly in an embrace. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He embraces me, enfolding me in the smell of blood and roses, and plants a puffy kiss on my cheek. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As my father’s philosophy expanded, he began to empower, enlighten, and embrace an untold populace extending far beyond the limits of governmental control. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a touching reunion in Johnny Garcia’s bar in Monterey, with tears and embraces, speeches and endearments in the poco Spanish of my youth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis had embraced genetics as a tool for racial cleansing. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z That began to change as Lawrence embraced these strangers within the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I hadn’t hugged someone in so long that I was almost too stunned to embrace him back. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She embraced her gently so as not to crush the fragile marble bones, and anxiously inhaled a mouthful of her unmistakable perfume. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward they sat embracing among the rushes on the riverbank. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The town had embraced her with the warmth accorded a native daughter; she had called it home longer than any other place she’d lived in in her thirty-two years. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She opens her arms as if to embrace the whole world. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z So different from the darkness of the Transkei, which seemed to envelop one in a welcome embrace. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys gasped as they all embraced quickly and then hurried out of the way of a rush of inmates swarming a knuckleskull rider. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She put her arms around her brother, and Jethro returned her embrace. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull excused himself from Cecil’s embrace long enough to send the captain directly over an indistinguishable pile of flight jackets with a backhand across the mouth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To embrace her was like embracing a jointed wooden image. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We rush for each other and embrace, and for a long time we stay like this, holding each other. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Many Southerners at first appeared ready to go along with, if not embrace, the new system. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In prison he said he had embraced the teachings of Jesus Christ and was a better man for it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And so it was that in the giddy, sultry world of their embrace, the real Lazlo—fast asleep in the city of Weep—turned over on his pillow, crushed the moth, and broke the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her . pregnancy only seemed to have inflamed Drogo's desire for her, and of late his embraces left her exhausted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I’d gotten plenty of looks, with my plastic slippers and hair whose kinkiness I hadn’t decided whether to embrace or fight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It existed in many forms and was embraced both by those who hated Indians and those who admired them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I named him Souma and embraced him with my whole heart. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The insane morphling from District 6 throws up her skeletal arms as if to embrace the monkey, and it sinks its fangs into her chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When Jay finally pulled my foot away from the marsh’s embrace, I’d heard the voice again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Of course she is,” Alex said, praying that the Most Holy Mother’s arms were big enough to embrace the millions of souls, dead and gone, crying for her mercy. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Old ideas die hard, and not everyone rushed to embrace the exciting new theory. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And at the churchyard, in what they called the grandparents’ corner, she and Leon and Cecilia would stand in an interminable embrace in the long grass by the new headstone, again watched. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She stood, her arms flung wide for an embrace. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Only, when I put my arms around his neck, I find myself trapped in his embrace. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I kissed her on the cheek and tried to embrace her, but she quickly pushed me away. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We started to joke some, and before I knew it I felt embraced in a way that energized me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Americans who might have been philosophically inclined to embrace the Klan had now been given all sorts of caution against doing so. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Before either of us says a word, she embraces me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As the minutes ticked off, little girls clasped their daddies’ necks, lovers hugged as though the embrace had to last through all eternity, and an old woman got teary-eyed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad gives me a big hug and then pulls Justin into his embrace too. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z We stand there a while, locked in an embrace, feeling each other, the sunlight, the rustle of the leaves at our feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Then he replaced his hat, pushed himself back from the river, drew up his knees and embraced them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the long ordeal she just endured, it feels like a sudden embrace. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Augustus slammed on the brakes, tossing me into the triangular embrace of the seat belt. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I just want to be here, safe against Day’s body, wrapped in his tight embrace. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I choose to embrace life, even as I deal death. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We must face the realities of the new caste system and embrace those who are most oppressed by it if we hope to end the new Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z George’s eyes turn glassy, and Amar pulls him into an embrace with one arm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He swings back around and throws his arms around Mom’s neck, grasping her in a tight hug as she laughs and embraces him back. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The greater the threat from inside, the more you long for those waters, as if you’ve grown accustomed to the terrible tentacles that seek to draw you into their crushing embrace. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly Stargirl was not dangerous, and we rushed to embrace her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Ignatius embraced Myma and pressed her and her guitar flatly against the wall. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At weddings, he danced with his arms spread wide like he was going to embrace the whole party. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He crushed her in an embrace, asking, “What are you doing here? Why didn’t you tell us you were coming?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She had scarcely finished ere the bell announced bedtime! no delay could be admitted; Miss Temple embraced us both, saying, as she drew us to her heart— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z My picture of Mother and Momma embracing on the train platform has been darkly retained through the coating of the then embarrassment and the now maturity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her strong arms seemed made to gather them in warm embraces, her broad shoulders to carry them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Almost as an afterthought, he pulls me into a violent embrace. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The teenagers eagerly embraced the struggle that their parents and teachers had been avoiding. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z This was nothing I’d necessarily want to embroider on a pillow, but still, once the answer left my mouth, I embraced it as a perfectly acceptable teaching philosophy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Why would his own parents not want him to embrace his heritage?’ I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even with her holding tightly, it slid through her embrace faster than she expected. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I wanted to be the person who wrote with such a passion that all people would turn away from injustice and embrace the Sermon on the Mount. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I clasp my hands over my chest and press down, hoping the pressure will make me feel safe, like an embrace. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I came out from behind the table and reached out in a tentative way, inviting an embrace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He clumsily embraced her, and then pulled back as she struggled to sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "No," I answer grimly, easing out of his embrace. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The night would pass with that cool, slow-stepping rhythm that allowed folks to believe for just a few hours that they were still back in the embrace of a warm Caribbean island. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Percy’s embrace was so warm and comforting she wanted to stay there forever, safe and protected...but that wasn’t reality. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Ignatius!” his mother cried, circling his oily head in a clumsy pink woolen embrace that crushed his nose. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet these former child soldiers, rescued from their armies, had mostly recovered and been widely embraced at American colleges and universities, where many of them had thrived. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They embraced in midair, and Ruta Skadi turned and sped southward. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they drifted away and only Emma was left, and she hugged me last— a long, bittersweet embrace that felt too much like goodbye. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And the dead man embraced my great-grandfather with the jagged pieces of his arm and pulled him through the wall, to show him what he meant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z An Yi and I had found a few classmates in the crowd, and we all embraced, jumped, and shouted. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But he embraced the progress this nation made and the military’s role in helping that change to come about. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He helped prepare Woodhull’s remarks, but she was a quick study and she soon embraced the arguments as her own. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Some Americans seemed to embrace it, understanding all too well the amount of organization and drive it takes to raise children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In a sober ceremony, the Mexica abjured their old religion and embraced Christianity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From them, it should be possible to derive a complete system of knowledge embracing every aspect of the natural world, just as one can deduce the whole of Euclidean geometry from five axioms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And then with a smile, she returned her gaze to Antain and embraced him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z By that I mean not finding anything wrong with flirtations, a kiss, an embrace, an off-color joke. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Any wonder, then, that many youth embrace their stigmatized identity as a means of survival in this new caste system? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It had to be dealt with, even embraced. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When she immigrated to the United States with my parents before I was born, she enthusiastically embraced American New Age culture like a long-lost friend. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We—and the piñatas—attempt a rustling embrace. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z And by the last decade of the nineteenth century, American doctors embraced germ theory and Lister's advice. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’ve grown into my nose and learned to embrace my big hair. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z He was sprawled beside my mother, his arms spread out across the back of the couch as if he were about to embrace everything that was his. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And if I press ever deeper into the arms that embrace me, perhaps a miracle may happen…. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Give my warmest embraces to my sisters and tell them they are constantly in their brother’s prayers. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z My mother embraced Edward after he defected from Dauntless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As Dill embraced her, Lydia pretended she was holding onto the casket for support. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He needs Zach to embrace being a character who is unlikable—something that does not come easily even to veteran actors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He embraces me, whispers how much he loves me, then I turn. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In her memory of him, he embraced her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s supposed to make it easier for them to change their allegiance from family to faction—to embrace the principle “faction before blood.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “We don’t understand that we are embracing our deaths.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I had to resign myself to the idea that you would stay here in spite of everything,” my grandfather said, embracing me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ordinarily my uncles and cousins would have embraced us and talked, but everyone was too scared of being out after curfew to say anything more. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Warrant Officer James Gregory was also there at the house, and I embraced him warmly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At the same time that he was force-feeding us tribalism we were learning other ways of life, modern ways, from mingling with children whose parents had shed their tribal cloth and embraced Western culture. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When Blanca grew up she never shook it but embraced God even more, and now she needed something her church couldn’t deliver—some sucker to marry a girl from Colombia. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Odom extracted herself from the embrace, but her cheeks were flushed with pride. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then I listened in amazement as Hamlet related how he had gone with Horatio to the parapet last night, to the very place of our embracing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She came to the tower, held so tightly in the embrace of the house, in the straining grip of the house, and walked slowly past its gray stones, not allowed to touch even the outside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But it was the refugee community that seemed to really embrace the center. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They’re older, and they have the hangdog look I associate with the folks who came up enslaved, who never knew a taste of freedom until it was too late for them to properly embrace it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I could see Jack’s mother attempting to embrace my mother in an act of solidarity. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They were largely conservative, less inclined to embrace revolution as a method of ending apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As biologists rushed to embrace Mendel’s laws and grapple with their consequences, Galton adopted a rather benign indifference to them. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Adams style was to confront, shout, rant, and then to embrace. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She stepped forward and embraced Ella, seemed to draw strength from her large dark presence, but then pulled away, smiled, and brought her attention back to me and me alone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They worshiped everything living and everything dead, for voodoo embraces death as its company, not its enemy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She came round where I could see her, her arms halfway stretched out as though she would have liked to embrace me but dared not. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Something inside of Sierra was melting inside that embrace—a gentle tide of acceptance flooding through every corner of her body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The elf collapsed next to Wielaf and pulled him into a tight embrace. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She and Lillian held each other in a long embrace and they rocked back and forth without saying a word to each other. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The silken softness of the rabbit fur embraced her and she pulled the hood around her face so that only her nose was exposed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She squeezed past Big Jerome and the two friends embraced. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Two Step yelled, bolting across the bar and embracing her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “We only have a few minutes,” my dad says, his voice cracking as he releases us from his embrace. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Forgetting all decorum, I leap through the soft wet soil, careless of the seedlings underfoot, and rise on my toes to embrace him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I run to meet him, my arms extended to embrace him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She winces and laughs and keeps embracing me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She opened her arms to the fire, embraced it, let it swallow her whole, let it cleanse her and temper her and scour her clean. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Nor did he ever embrace the racial arguments for black inferiority that Jefferson advanced in Notes on the State of Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I gently pull away from my mother’s embrace, to look around at my surroundings. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Soon, my cousins are all embracing me and my tears are now a thunderstorm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In a few moments the creatures breach far off our port bow, once more intertwined in their familiar hateful embrace, forgetting us completely. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Almost as galling as being discovered in the midst of an embrace.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And then I’m twisting and wriggling out of his embrace, returning to my full-grown size and person, my full-grown knowledge and revulsion and hatred. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The two of them stood motionless in an embrace that was wrought by hatred. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She says, “Science is literally the joy of my life. I am literally embracing it right now.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Sir Bliant, remembering his gentle Wild Man, was embracing Sir Castor, who had never forgotten the Chevalier’s knightly rebuke. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I embrace Ruth again, gulp down my lemonade and run home, yelling a hasty goodbye over my shoulder. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We embraced, then conversed. He was no ghost.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The boys hugged, a brief and awkward embrace. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Had I not longed for years to embrace Gertrude as my mother? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And like the mother, before letting him bow politely, the father embraced him warmly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It is simply my password out onto the street, where I can embrace life with a renewed sense of liberty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The atomists embraced the concept of the infinite vacuum—infinity and zero wrapped into one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Finally, I felt Jay’s skinny arms around me, and Mama embraced us both. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "If it does happen that way, give him an embrace for me, because I don't expect ever to see him again." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Sarai detected nothing mocking in his voice, but she had to see his face to confirm it, which meant sitting up and breaking the embrace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then the kids stepped up one after another to give Grandpa sticky candy kisses, and he embraced them all with tears in his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I struggled with how to pitch myself to Augustus Waters, which enthusiasms to embrace, and in the silence that followed it occurred to me that I wasn’t very interesting. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was nothing below him now but snow and cold and death, a frozen wasteland where Jagged blue-white spires of ice waited to embrace him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Has your mother taught you no shame—embracing in public? Who are you anyway?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He felt the hot breath of the elephant as the trunk embraced his pumpkin and then he sensed the sides of the pumpkin squeezing as the vegetable passed down into the great creature’s throat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z The two embraced with much joy, and Acoynapa explained about the magic powers of the staff. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I opened the door and walked right in, and there she was in the centre of the Sick Room floor locked in some kind of an embrace with the Latin master, Mr Victor Corrado. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice seemed to find nothing unusual in our embrace; she walked — almost danced, her movements were so graceful — to the center of the room, where she folded herself sinuously onto the floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “In this life, you see what must be accomplished, weigh your options, and then embrace the opportunity.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She was the kind of girl whom the entire white community embraced as a daughter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Denna laughed and put an arm around him in a casual embrace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tara only nods, giving her sister a warm embrace before Lainie departs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She wrapped her fairy wings around us, and for a few seconds, we came together in an awkward embrace that lasted a second too long and ended in more giggles. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The progressives of the Stability Research group, regardless of their actual political practices, were certainly open to accusations of subversion for their embrace of “dangerous” ideas like racial integration, civil rights, and equality for women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And yet even as he embraced that bleak understanding, on this, the worst day of the winter, he recalled something he’d seen on the worst day of the worst heat wave of the summer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arms wrap around my middle, returning the embrace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Let us embrace that element of liberty as we forgive our enemies as we forgive ourselves. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Guerrilla warfare was a possibility, but since the ANC had been reluctant to embrace violence at all, it made sense to start with the form of violence that inflicted the least harm against individuals: sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Many shed their tribal cloth and embraced Western culture, a way of life over 350 years of white oppression had deluded them into believing was better than their own. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The wasp landed squarely on it now, almost embracing it with its black legs as it delivered another sting to the belly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They could see people running about through the streets embracing one another, tossing caps and hats into the air, and in other ways showing their joy at being freed of the Welsh invaders. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She was about to embrace me and, I warrant, whisper a command in my ear. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "Look at that film-star for instance," she added, pointing at the silent TV screen where a bosomy female was being embraced by a craggy actor in the moonlight. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, he became aroused again, their lips met like butterflies in a flowery glen, they entwined spiritually and bodily in a long, smooth embrace. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of me feels like leaning into her embrace, but there’s a part of me that’s angry, too, so I stiffen at her touch. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Codes Mom had embraced and still lived by. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Under the skin of dreaming, they both knew that dawn was near, and that their embrace could not survive it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She impulsively reached out and pulled Ash into an embrace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, Celia thinks Isobel means to embrace her, but instead she only nods before leaving, sliding the door closed behind her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The chains about the dead had cooled by now, she saw, but still held the corpses fast in their iron embrace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They come to believe in what he believes—not in art for art’s sake, but in art as a way of fully embracing, and understanding, life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z My education may have made it inevitable that I would become a citizen of the secular city, but I have come to embrace the city’s values: social mobility; pluralism; egalitarianism; self-reliance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While a handful of his colleagues embraced his cure, most of Philadelphia’s doctors condemned his methods and dubbed Rush the “Prince of Bleeders.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Men on Rass did not hug each other, but Call returned the embrace without any sign of embarrassment. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Seldom has an industrial product been more swiftly or unfortunately embraced. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Milo embraced the bug who, in his most typical fashion, was heard to mumble gruffly, “BAH,” but whose damp eyes told quite a different story. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Lady Constance warmly embraced Robin, crutches and all. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The Truman actors embrace a similarly resolute approach. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I did not want to let go of her at all, but I broke free and embraced my daughter and then took her child into my lap. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The faint green smell in the air felt like an embrace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He went to her and was swallowed entirely in her embrace. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She rose from her stool and lifted me to my feet, embracing me with a surprising strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Inside, they are embracing, his arms enveloping her, the child between them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Come, the cold said, and I will embrace you. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She pulled herself from his embrace and stood on her own two feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Her warm embrace, fragrant of expensive perfume, took me by surprise. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Alba would come running to embrace her with consoling whispers, since they both knew from long experience that the only cure for asthma is the prolonged embrace of a loved one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As Ophie picked her way out of the woods she saw them in the yard; the pastor and his wife were standing near their big car, holding Ophie’s mama in a comforting embrace. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They had rejected the state of things as they were, and that seemed to me to be the first step toward embracing a creative attitude toward life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They embraced, and then he lifted her up in the air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The slaves, when they heard this, clustered close about him and embraced him; and he embraced them, and none could forbear weeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And with the rewards so substantial, with the hostile military establishments beholden to each other in some ghastly mutual embrace, the world discovers itself drifting toward the ultimate undoing of the human enterprise. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We shook hands, and yet, strangely, it was much closer and more intimate than an embrace would have been. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I mean, look at everything I was embracing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z When Hamlet arrived one summer, dark-skinned from some adventure upon the seas, Gertrude embraced him and petted him as if he were still a boy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bessie stooped; we mutually embraced, and I followed her into the house quite comforted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I backed away, and watched their difficult embrace. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I broke free of the Angel’s embrace and raced toward my father as the two sailors lifted him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Outside the protective embrace of the bay, the Burning Sea flickered like dim coals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He still held me in a tight embrace. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must embrace the good with the bad.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was standing in gratitude, thankful for the ability to see past other people’s low expectations for me and fully embrace the future. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The sky itself seemed to be embracing the mountain. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Never has an invitation to young composers been more enthusiastically embraced. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The whispered words seem to welcome Tobias, to embrace and then discard his darkest secret. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The tall, lanky form broke from the others and ran toward her, and the two embraced, laughing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Although slow to warm to the idea, King would embrace the cause so completely that it would seem his own. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But the haint’s flare of sunlight embraced me again, my arm this time, pulling me forward. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I’m folded into more than Ella’s embrace; I’m a part of Boston now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On the podium at the Olympic Games, embracing one of the most surreal moments of my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Keav and Ma embrace and hold on to each other so tightly that the knuckles of their fingers turn white. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no embraces, no joy at all. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Luna stepped out of her mother’s protective embrace, grabbing Adara’s hand instead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Pastran had seen the two families embrace, but he seemed unmoved. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Amaya yelled, running across the deck and embracing her as she emerged. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z That fall, she attended her first women’s rights convention, finally embracing the central importance of suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I then embraced my new son and he handed me my tiny granddaughter whom I did not let go of for the entire visit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Conservative politicians who embraced this rhetoric purposefully failed to distinguish between the direct action tactics of civil rights activists, violent rebellions in inner cities, and traditional crimes of an economic or violent nature. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Where the musty smell of books greets me like the perfume in our grandmother's embrace. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In one motion, he embraced me and squeezed out my breath, wordless but shaking. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Yet Moss saw the excitement on his friends’ faces, saw Shamika point at him and smile, felt his mother embrace him in a hug. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Yet at the same time, the Bible and other Semitic traditions were full of the ideas of the infinite and the void, ideas that the Muslims already embraced. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They collide in an embrace that looks almost painful to me, slapping each other’s backs and laughing with their fists clasped between them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They tugged at each others hands and arms and then finally embraced. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, there is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When he had come to visit, she embraced him at the door, but he stiffened and politely shrugged her off. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes black people would recognize me and come up and embrace me and say, “You the girl!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The general—still in his gray suit—and Baba embraced, gently tapping each other on the back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He might never have learned to appreciate how easy and thrilling it was to jump from one continent to another, or how to embrace the unfamiliar. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Nancy laughed, returned the embrace, and assured her that she had—with a little help. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She slipped out of his embrace and went indoors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At one point of his life he embraced atheism, although not for long. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His father sat down and gathered Doha into his embrace, letting him cry as he patted his back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z His ego was so wounded when the shadowshapers didn’t embrace him as their leader, his vision became clouded. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z However, too many schools have succumbed to funding challenges or embraced a narrow focus on tested subjects, resulting in minimal, if any, arts experiences for the children they serve. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Lillian had often shared the agony of other wives whose husbands had vanished from the protective embrace of radar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After he was done,Tehlu did not speak to the six who did not cross, nor did he kneel to embrace them and ease their wounds. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Maybe there is a way to honor my old life as I embrace my new one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It would be a mistake, though, to assume that people are incapable of embracing a permanent commitment to color consciousness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We are not, indeed, in the front-line, but only in the reserves, yet in every face can be read: This is the front, now we are within its embrace. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She embraced each of them in her light, cool arms and kissed their foreheads. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Almost immediately she felt the warmth of her mother’s embrace, her hands smoothing back the hood of the fairy cloak and brushing her dark hair away from her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She hugged her brother, and then ran to Bri and embraced her as well. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z At this, his heart melted, and he wept a tear and embraced me, begging my pardon and calling me the most excellent of beings, the most tender of grandchildren. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It looked at the tortoise with shining eyes, and he let it wrap around him in a loving embrace. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I stared at the picture, trying to conjure up the image of the man I saw with her that day, his head bent as he stooped to embrace her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena strode to the balcony and flung open the doors, embracing the chill air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But once you are able to separate yourself from the whims of the flesh and embrace the silence and nothingness of your soul, you will be liberated. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I step forward and wrap my arms around him, though he doesn’t return my embrace. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Blanche does not greet Louis or Joinville, and when Louis tries to embrace her she holds him off with a small sandy hand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Sleep pulled him back down into its embrace, with no intention of comforting his troubled mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She smiled and bumped me softly with her hip, spinning out of my embrace. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z He was at her side in a fraction of a second, hands on her shoulders, lifting her from the chair, pulling her into his stony embrace. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I hesitate a second longer before slipping into the embrace of night. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I’m going to miss you, baby,” Alice said embracing her daughter. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the peninsula embraced the competition with zeal. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They wanted to punish them, and they wanted to be embraced by them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because Baba had been such an unusual Afghan father, a liberal who had lived by his own rules, a maverick who had disregarded or embraced societal customs as he had seen fit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “A hug for good luck?” he asked, and Seven smiled as her dad pulled her into a warm embrace. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Good to see you, man,” he said, embracing Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The cloud-shadows were very clear down there; they looked as if they were fleeing something frightful behind them, or hastening to embrace something wonderful ahead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In the current era, white Americans are often eager to embrace token or exceptional African Americans, particularly when they go out of their way not to talk about race or racial inequality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Children embrace them even when there are no adults around. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking the thought and not dismissing it, embracing it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I embraced the opportunities and reminded myself along the way that every part of the journey was part of the dream. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As the world descended into anxiety, paranoia and financial meltdown, not to mention Fascism and Stalinism, increasingly it was composers embracing popular forms who became the voice of conscience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I had forgotten what it was like to feel someone’s embrace. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z We felt embraced and even sort of expected. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get out of her embrace even if I wanted to. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nonnie had sort of put her hand on the younger woman’s arm in a timid embrace, but there was a huge embroidered shoulder bag between the two of them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z How they taught her to honor where she was from but to love and embrace the customs of the new country. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When I pull her into an embrace, she wipes a tear from my cheek and kisses me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The breeze blows in, lifting my hair up as though it has a life all its own, and I try to embrace my freedom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I should be embracing my chance to get a college degree, not melting down about my past. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Before I scrambled down, unused rifle on my back, I sought out Rose, spying her and Wab embracing in the dirt expanse between the woods and the road. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Sierra missed her grandmother’s hugs more than anything—it was like a secret world of warmth and love every time they’d embrace. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I longed yet feared to see Hamlet, remembering our loving words and our embracing on the battlement, Had that night changed everything between us? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then, “I would embrace you,” my mother said, “but for our nudity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Rowan found he couldn’t look away from Goddard, who had put down his sword and now held his hands out as if his were the inviting embrace of a savior. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Clara broke into a smile, and on impulse Ash went to her stepsister and embraced her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But he reached out and pulled the child from the woman’s embrace and ran. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He embraces Mama, who breaks down, sobbing in his arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Near it stood two tall poplar trees, against one of which I leaned, while my father threw himself on the grave, with outstretched arms, as if to embrace his child.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It takes someone stupid like you—Gilly removed herself gently from under the weighty embrace and addressed herself to Miss Ellis, eye to eyebrow. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z With ludicrous care he embraced the rock, pressing himself to it above the sucking sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I cried like a baby when the result was announced, and later, when my father came home, we embraced and wept and kissed, and our tears mingled on our cheeks. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "We got it, we got it," Grace cried, leaping up to embrace her partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened my arms to embrace him and to be embraced by him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In a daze, we embraced, over and over again, never to stop, oh! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We stretch our arms wide, as if we are embracing the wind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The hill people had a warped, yet sensual, mythology invented to explain to themselves this mumbo-jumbo that Lillian had embraced when she married the pilot from the Midwest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I get beyond the gate, we run toward each other, all three of us embracing, all hesitations and expectations forgotten. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They embraced racism as a virtue and craved its notoriety. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Marco pulls her to him in an emerald embrace, so close that no distinction remains between where his suit ends and her gown begins. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I embrace her with all the love and affection I have nursed for her inside and outside prison from the moment I first met her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis returned the embrace, though it felt like cheating. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All of us were embraced and kissed many times and tears flowed down wrinkled old cheeks and suddenly that quiet gloomy house came alive with many children’s voices. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z At one small town, a group of old folks and barefoot children rushed over to embrace Dr. King. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Chimpanzees embrace and kiss when they greet and hold hands or grab on to each other when they are frightened, and one calms another by gently patting his back. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z And maybe she could even ambulate his clothing and his boots and send him home, where he could wake up in the loving embrace of his family. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This was how America had embraced Communism; this was America’s first green fruit of materialistic rebellion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He circled his arms in a wide embrace around the pipe and rubbed his hands together. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The “magic” of Elizebeth’s “beautiful loosened hair” made him long to put his arms around her “in a passionate embrace.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A long embrace in the middle of this fancy lobby is probably inappropriate; people are staring. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Clara hurled herself at her daughter and slapped her on the face, but then she embraced her tearfully, relieved to know she was alive and to have her by her side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra ran and embraced her, and the woman hugged her tight, and Will stood back, careful and doubtful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At the center of the road, he flung his arms open, ready to embrace a broad destiny. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I stretch out my hand and pull him back up, and we fall into an instinctive embrace. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He escaped from the embrace and dried his tears—partly uncomfortable, partly in rapture. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam and Eric, locked in an embrace, were fighting each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Nations, I do not doubt, wish to embrace something of the power and credibility of the heavens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time she embraced him, clasping his face to her sari, surrounding him with her odor of mothballs and cumin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Because he couldn’t stand the torment of prolonging things, he broke their embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The Greeks were different; they embraced the abstract and the philosophical, and brought mathematics to its highest point in ancient times. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was actually kind of fun, and my friends embraced it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When the new wife had risen completely out of the sand, Kumalo went forward and embraced her tenderly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Running to the spacecraft, he hugged Landing Strut B. After a few moments, he broke off the embrace to perform another round of leaping celebrations. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood barring his way with its arms stretched wide as if to embrace him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It turns you to lead so you sink faster in its viscous embrace. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then Merry took the horn, for it could not be refused, and he kissed Éowyn’s hand; and they embraced him, and so they parted for that time. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z She embraces her son and holds him back with straight arms while she runs a fingertip over a mostly healed cut along his forehead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Milkman opened his arms wide so he could hold all of her in a warm embrace. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z So did the embraces that under the gray glow of the moonlight seemed as lingering as a slow dance with someone you suddenly knew you no longer loved. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun is warm, but every few minutes Portland’s breeze embraces us. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Light flowed in from the back window, illuminating the couple, highlighting the tension in their passionate embrace. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z My mother, sister, brothers, and I embraced him, but our happiness lasted only a moment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I opened my arms and she leaned into me for an embrace. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z We embraced, as always—and almost immediately he took me outside, where we began to walk by his swimming pool. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I understand, mija. But crying can help sometimes. The tango is also a dance. Women and men embrace each other and they dance all night, as if time didn’t exist.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Is to leave a family to embrace it? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Arms outstretched, they meet and lock in an embrace. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her two front legs embraced the egg sac. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I see myself and Hamlet on the mist-shrouded battlements, where an unseen ghost witnessed our embracing, then turned Hamlet’s mind from love to vengeance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His mom released her embrace, and he hugged his dad. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We embraced — or I should say, I embraced him, as his hands were shackled behind him until such time as the ship made open water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Cold earth instead will take in her embrace a man or two of those who fed so long on what is his.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke in anguish, but Jason rejoiced and raised her gently and embraced her, and promised her she would be his own wedded wife when once they were back in Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In it were contained all the old poetry and stern cadences of what the Marine Corps embodied and embraced. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A heliocentric universe resonated with Kepler’s religious sense, and he embraced it with fervor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We embrace, but there is nothing to say. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But soon the game was over, and the old cook gave her a warm embrace and drew her to a seat by the giant fireplace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Or was it an angel come from Heaven to take me to the safety of God’s sweet embrace? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Unlike most colonists, however, who believed that the Africans and Amerindians were “rough, wild people, naked, with no God or religious service,” Maria embraced their customs and lore. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Bono embraced me, and I him, and we did not, for long minutes, release each other. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z To strengthen the movement, Anthony considered building alliances with almost any other organization willing to embrace women’s right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Thick and clammy air embraced me like the fingers of some loathsome toad. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And Odysseus came, debating inwardly what he should do: embrace this beauty’s knees in supplication? or stand apart, and, using honeyed speech, inquire the way to town, and beg some clothing? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We embrace, and I can barely keep from spilling out the entire episode with President Snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z How else could it be, that he should find himself lying in coin-spangled ice slosh, in America, embracing — of all people — his sister? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A Japanese, on the other hand, must see that life embraces death, and when she feels the truth of this she will gain tranquillity. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Angela looked back at the embracing couple; her father's face was buried in her weeping mother's tousled hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s how drowning people must feel in the last few seconds, when they finally stop fighting and sink into the water’s embrace. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When I walked into the Oval Office, Barack and I embraced silently. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then Daoud threw open his arms as if trying to embrace Manhattan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Those two live still, though life-creating earth embraces them: even in the underworld honored as gods by Zeus, each day in turn one comes alive, the other dies again. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When I stepped outside, my mother bent down and embraced me much harder than my grandfather had hugged me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As she hugged me, Luke used his head to butt into the embrace. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We watch two cheerleaders run up to each other and embrace with a squeal. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Anya wheezed under the force of Mama’s hug, and then she returned the embrace. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Now, nine months later, Rosa Parks was embraced by a community ready for action. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z What was it that held him, soft and warm, in its smothering embrace? Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Few were prepared, as Le Roy was, to embrace novelty wholeheartedly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a long journey that she made, from the embrace of the one- armed man to her unidentical two-egg twins. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly she swept around and hugged Nel—a quick embrace tighter and harder than one would have imagined her thin soft arms capable of. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Think of all the embraces, all the private jokes, customs, greetings, names, dreams, all the shared knowledge and capacity of a black family injected into that vessel of flesh and bone. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He nods and folds me into his embrace. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I gladly advanced; and it was not merely a cold word now, or even a shake of the hand that I received, but an embrace and a kiss. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You can’t let what other people think about you bother you; you’ll never be happy if you do. Turning an insult into something you embrace is a good way of empowering yourself.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She folds me in an embrace that I cannot bring myself to return. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Zaire during the 1976 outbreak, grieving relatives kissed and embraced the dead or prepared the body for burial, and then, three to fourteen days later, they broke with Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as Indian mathematicians accepted zero while Europeans rejected it for centuries, the East embraced negative numbers while the West tried to ignore them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She wanted the inspector to embrace her and comfort her and forgive her, however guiltless she was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z You had accepted, even embraced, the possibility of death, something Lord Voldemort has never been able to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even Tom Watson, who had been among the most forceful advocates for an interracial alliance of farmers, concluded that Populist principles could never be fully embraced by the South until blacks were eliminated from politics. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Mr. Curran, maybe the young man who spoke to you so impudently should be moved to a seat where his dubious charms will not be so enthusiastically embraced.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them, looked over to George to see whether he had it just right. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach rumbles all the time, but I embrace it as a sign I’m getting thinner. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were always together, and once somebody had come upon them embracing, the story went, in the fat girl's room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Lady Constance embraced Robin and the women made much of him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z My mother’s pillow smelled of her hair, of an embrace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They broke the kiss at last, but immediately locked in another ravenous embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Rejecting much of his midwestern upbringing, he embraced the idea of Asian “racial solidarity.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I withdrew from his embrace and looked about. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The Moon Lady held her arms out to embrace him— “O! Hou Yi, my husband, Master Archer of the Skies!” she sang. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminds me that no embrace will ever feel the same again, because no one will ever be like her again, because she’s gone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She and the dog sprawled like corpses, their limbs arranged in an eternal embrace. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I can imagine him putting down the phone, picking up his little girl, giving her a kiss, embracing his wife. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Critics called these women “suffragettes,” a word intended to be disparaging, but the women embraced the term as one of power and rebellion. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The feeling of being always enclosed in the stifling embrace of an invisible force had gone from him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, when they had begun to enter the wood that embraced the hill, it slackened and the sun came out. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They were springing up all over South Africa because we were supposed to be learning about and embracing one another in this post-apartheid era. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I embrace him with everything I have, and for a moment, he feels so real that I think, no, wait, this is reality! 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