| 单词 | encounter |
| 例句 | As he turns a corner, he encounters a raised platform with a statue-still occupant, but this one is different than the snow-covered woman he had seen before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They stop any and all riders and carriages they encounter, pressing hard for clues. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z As mathematicians were uncovering the connection between zero and infinity, physicists began to encounter zeros in the natural world; zero crossed over from mathematics to physics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Digging into the flue, he encountered webs and soot, and then the soft bag. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was this encounter that led Newton to write the Principia, establishing his image as the greatest scientist who ever lived. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z For several hours, mobs made up of sailors and white civilians roamed Charleston’s streets, terrorizing any black residents they encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The poor astronaut who falls into a black hole will still come to a sticky end; only if he lived in imaginary time would he encounter no singularities. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A part of him wanted to tell Brother Ugo everything he’d seen last night—about the old woman, the strange girl, and his actual encounter with the Shetani—but something held him back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was something inherently peaceful about the day, despite the darkness of her encounter with Nehemia. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z By the next day, White’s case encountered even more trouble. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sunlight came into the room with the peacefulness one remembers from rooms in one’s early childhood—a sunlight encountered later only in one’s dreams. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Which may ultimately be the most dangerous situation I’ve ever encountered. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Tal won the fourth and final encounter, and with it the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We will encounter examples of all these variants. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And the queen was still dead, of course, when Roscuro encountered the queen’s royal soupspoon lying on the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I myself never encountered such women and could not vouch for their reality. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn't be able to sneak my way out of a run-in with him—not after our last encounter. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Court ruled that Bostick’s encounter with the police was purely voluntary, and therefore he was not “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was as though we were on safari, for we encountered all manner of animals, including a battalion of sprightly baboons, which I followed for some time, admiring their military-like organization and movements. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “How did the pontoon happen to encounter a meat hook?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Those few Philadelphians he encountered shunned him, just as they shunned the black nurses, gravediggers, carters of the dead, doctors, bloodletters, and anyone who worked at or even visited Bush Hill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z At the same time, I reported in detail the reservations I had encountered about the ANC’s cooperation with whites, Indians, particularly Communists. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In any encounter on the open sea, their battle lines would envelop the enemy fleet on both flanks, driving them inward to destruction. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And when you said "Sorry” to them when they choked or tripped or encountered misfortune, they replied, eyes wide with surprise, "Oh, it’s not your fault.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Vespucci’s claim was that he had encountered a vast new landmass which formed no part of the previously known world—he had found a New World. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Occasionally one of her infatuations would culminate in a lunch or coffee date, an encounter on which she would pin all her hopes but which would lead to nothing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He encountered a place where the path seemed simply to end. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help but wonder how Mr. Marsden had retold last night’s encounter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My first encounter with Wayne, who plays the role of the coach in Good Boys, takes place a month before rehearsals begin. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as that happened, they flew directly into the most vicious storm that either Alcock, the pilot, or Brown, the navigator, had ever encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z As Adams described his encounter with the anonymous climber, and then sliding down the ice, my mouth went dry and the hairs on the back of my neck suddenly bristled. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z At one garden party, he had an unexpected encounter with Robert Oppenheimer, who was in Geneva on other business. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At first Rondon resisted, figuring that they were out of the hills, so the chance of encountering impassable rapids was unlikely. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Interesting" was Walter's euphemism for odd people, and having worked for hundreds of people throughout the county over the years, he'd encountered no shortage of “interesting" people. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Jason thought about the Argo II’s journey across the ocean, the dozens of encounters that had nearly killed them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Within the fair’s buildings visitors encountered devices and concepts new to them and to the world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z During his voyage around the world, his encounters with natives had been startling and enlightening. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the morning after their encounter with Sciron the bandit, and Jason was on duty, fighting some wild venti who were threatening the ship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Vast numbers of them are trapped far above the clouds and are condemned to bounce from pole to pole until by chance they encounter some high-altitude atmospheric molecule and are removed from the radiation belt. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Sun passes through a spiral arm it is more likely than it is at present to enter into gaseous nebulae and interstellar dust clouds and to encounter objects of substellar mass. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the detectives again pleaded ignorance, he explained that it was a stretch of park where one encountered “hustlers mostly,” adding, “but plenty of amateurs, too. Nurses. Secretaries. I’ve had a lot of luck there.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z All they encountered were nesting birds and a few cats, who flew or scrambled out of their way in surprise. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z What these tests tell employers about potential employees is hard to imagine, since the “right” answers should be obvious to anyone who has ever encountered the principle of hierarchy and subordination. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were lists of scientific classifications for plants and animals, and even more lists for words I’d never encountered. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Perhaps I will encounter a devilishly handsome smuggler and... The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z "This afternoon was my first encounter. Viewed as a clinical trial, I'm in Phase Zero, which is when micro- dosing takes place. I'll let you know how it develops." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The second group was comprised of ten of the silliest girls Harry had ever encountered, who, when he blew his whistle, merely fell about giggling and clutching one another. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We frequently encountered prejudice in the court itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not often you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest parts of someone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Later on I encountered other Bigger Thomases who did not react to the locked-in Black Belts with this same extremity and violence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The same factors that molded Europeans’ encounters with Africans molded their encounters with Native Americans as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As each member of the family appears at the breakfast table, the encounter is, in effect, a house-call. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the understatement of the century—when the alcohol encounters my face, I jerk back with a yelp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As a child his musical ability had quickly been spotted and he was soon in Vienna receiving training from, among others, Salieri, and encountering both Beethoven and Schubert. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Reverend Post survived somewhat longer, for he made no direct attempt to compliment the prisoner, but described sym-pathetically an encounter with him at Lansing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Venkatesh soon encountered another anomalous young Fellow, one who also failed the society stereotype. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z On occasion there might be an awkward encounter in the mercantile or the hardware store, in which members of one nationality might exchange a halted word of greeting with those of another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z In short, Bibi’s life was an encounter with one fruitless antidote after another. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When the Science Patrol encountered a threat they couldn’t handle on their own, Hayata would use an alien device called a Beta Capsule to transform into an alien superbeing known as Ultraman. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then I realized it was the same stupidity I had encountered at the New Orleans bus station. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ford declined to contribute, but during his encounter with Fosdick, Morris alluded to the breadth of support for Lawrence among other influential donors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In many ways, “unlucky thirteen” was the pivotal game of the Fischer–Spassky championship encounter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If you had encountered Mal just a few days before this story began, you would have found him in very good spirits. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Where all was burnt to ash before them no fires were to be had and the nights were long and dark and cold beyond anything they’d yet encountered. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He paid little attention to the whole odd encounter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Unfortunately he had been badly injured in the encounter and in all likelihood would not live through the night. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been previous encounters with Pauling, stretching over a twenty-five-year interval. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In fact, many of the sights that greeted me this morning were among the most charming I have so far encountered. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Vervain in his time had encountered any number of prisoners who, before they died, had cursed or threatened him, not uncommonly with supernatural vengeance, much as Bigwig had cursed Woundwort in the storm. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing there, arms folded, was the tall blond girl with the red-framed eyeglasses—the one he’d encountered on the school bus. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Three successive times, they encountered and were rescued by well-fed Aborigines whose home was that desert, and who plied the explorers with fish, fern cakes, and roasted fat rats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As we drew near to the place of encounter, she stopped and said,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He was a naked stranger met in a chance encounter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z However, a few days later, despite his care, they had another unexpected encounter. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We encounter many signs of “spirituality” among the owners—books like Ten Things I Learned about Life in My Garden and inspirational wall hangings urging centeredness. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to invent for themselves the equipment suitable to each new habitat they encountered. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Up to that point, our encounter could have been interpreted as a respectful inquiry, one man asking for the whereabouts of another man. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I did not see a proper butcher around, so I went into a delicatessen, a type of shop I had never encountered until I went to Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the days passed, as she had wandered on, she’d encountered more and more of them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about maneuvering him into some kind of encounter with the Careers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Roy remembered that his mother had packed a canister of pepper spray in his backpack, but he also remembered what he’d read about bear encounters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this the truth of our historic encounter?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I suspected I would encounter difficulties because Chief Luthuli was to be in attendance and I knew of his moral commitment to non-violence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unable to contain my anger, I recalled the encounter which had transpired by the officers’ pavilions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His glance became icy when he encountered women; his lips curled with contempt when he passed through a town of well-dressed people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally a spiral arm may be produced by the close gravitational encounter of two galaxies, each of course composed of billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I chuckled; I had encountered so many such contradictions in the white world that I no longer spent sleepless nights trying to make sense of them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still reeling from my encounter with the hollow. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She stared at him for a very long moment, as if trying to remember where she had encountered him before. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When Fuller first encountered resistance from the black elite, he dropped in on Austin at the offices of the Carolina Times. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Upon the northern beach, we encountered Captain Mackay, who received each detachment of our Company, and bade us unload our cart into one of the boats. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Good morning!” he called cheerfully to a woman he encountered on the path. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The forester was able to turn the laugh a week later when his chance encounter was proved to be no dream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a natural notion and can still be encountered, although it does not account for the invisibility of objects in a darkened room. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not walking down a beach and encountering a stranger. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I was fetched up by terror, and surveyed the street for escape, did this encounter become a beating. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Those that he encountered face to face would not meet his eyes and turned away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When your life has had few events to occupy it, it’s amazing how a simple encounter can seem like an entire three-act play. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She also liked the way Polly talked to her constantly, making sure she knew the words for each food or task they encountered. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After this encounter, Miss Kenton did not attempt to introduce further flowers into my pantry, and in general, I was pleased to observe, she went about settling in impressively. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In her entire lifetime in the village, she had never encountered a single person who would have done such a thing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary, however, was determined to clamber over every fence she encountered and pull everyone she knew behind her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The more time spent in museums and galleries, the more rewarding the act of encountering art becomes. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Devious, and in a manner he had never encountered before. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Like the two women he’d encountered before, most wore plain brown tunics, and some had even accentuated their attire with brightly colored leaves woven into their kinky white hair. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The night after our third unexpected and frenzied encounter, while the taste of her is still on my lips, I have a vivid dream. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When whites finally spread east to encounter the Xhosa at the Fish River in 1702, a period of desperate fighting began. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In my own life, I was starting to encounter questions I couldn’t readily answer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z All the storehouses we encountered were empty now except of firewood. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes they also had to deliver urgent messages, or provide a fighter escort for important officials who needed protection in case they encountered armed German aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Usually we encounter the opposite situation: the result is of potential practical significance but of almost no statistical significance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Between 1780 and 1815 the leaders of the new nation tried to go forward as “United” states but encountered resistance from settlers and from state governments. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z But even after the sour of the encounter had faded, forlornness welled up around him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z In his attempts to advance his son the Duke, Alexander VI encountered many problems, both present and future. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She continued in very agitated reflections till the sound of Lady Catherine’s carriage made her feel how unequal she was to encounter Charlotte’s observation, and hurried her away to her room. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Luma became a regular customer at Talars, and each time she visited she again encountered the strange sight of African and Middle Eastern dress on the streets. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I encountered a repeat performance of unfamiliar fans cheering me on in front of the medieval, storybook-looking restaurant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z If I had never encountered Volpe, I suspect I would be a lawyer like my father—no tragedy, but not what I think I was meant to be. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z About ninety minutes later he encountered “some unnaturally smooth, bluish-looking rocks,” which turned out to be the tents of Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She made no mention of her encounter with death and her flash of terror, except to say to her husband, “I thought I should have perished out there alone.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z On the road, Shin encountered several worn-looking men and eavesdropped on their conversations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z However, to turn to Bodanis again, we all commonly encounter other kinds of relativity–for instance with regard to sound. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z That summer evening referred to by Miss Kenton in her letter came very soon after that encounter - indeed, it may have been the evening of that same day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z That would lead to an error like the one Bede encountered when revamping the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Nowadays known as the ‘perfect fourth’ and ‘perfect fifth’, these are the pleasing-sounding combination of a note and the one four or five rungs above it, which we encountered earlier in the chapter. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I myself had a close encounter that turned out to be all right. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The following weekend, he encounters the dealer on the street. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I’d had some difficult encounters with officers getting into prisons from time to time, mostly in small county jails or places where I’d never been before, but this was highly unusual. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I went on with my dressing, puzzled at her attitude, so different from our last encounter, and wondering whether I had the unpleasant Favell to thank for it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After this first encounter, I realized that there were two Malcolms—the private and the public person. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If Grandma thought Dad was going to be a good helper, his new foreman thought he was the worst he had encountered in forty years, man and boy, of bricklaying. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth encountered gravel, and he spat frantically, afraid that some of his teeth had been knocked out. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In his first encounter with Matulovic, Bobby ignored the Yugoslav’s mischievous disregard of the rules and lost the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Given the blanket nature of the ruling, courts have found police encounters to be consensual in truly preposterous situations. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was catchy and funny, heart swelling and heartbreaking—the best piece of art in any form that I’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Claire watched for a moment, then continued striding on, but her morning was tainted by the encounter. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Along the way I encountered values that I accepted, primarily those that reinforced my early religious and community mores. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z First thing the next morning, while they munched apples and passed the milk carton around, Dicey told the others about her encounter of the night before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t he played “The Game of the Century,” one of the most brilliant chess encounters ever? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If you want to fully understand what Europeans did when they encountered the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, it helps to know what happened in Europe in the centuries before 1492. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z A bow slung over his shoulder, a dead wild turkey he must have encountered along the way hanging from his belt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My heart is still racing from the encounter with the soldier back at the truck, but everything I see just makes it worse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z What has happened since Europeans first encountered the land masses known as North and South America? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I had the impression that he was not entirely pleased with the turn in the events, and he was ill-prepared for the encounter with Colonel Julyan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And when Dade County zeroed in on improving what officers did before they encountered the suspect, the number of complaints against officers and the number of injuries to officers and civilians plummeted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then came that one fateful encounter with a demon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The most pressing health problem is one never encountered on Rass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He flashed back to an encounter in Texas two years ago—a fight with a monstrous rancher who could only be killed if each of his three bodies was cut through simultaneously. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps he felt his illness was mild in comparison to his first experience; perhaps one encounter with his cure was enough. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z With two officers, encounters with citizens are far more likely to end in an arrest or an injury to whomever they are arresting or a charge of assaulting a police officer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A devoted and talented writer with an eye for detail, her secret diary, which she began at fourteen, detailed her observations and encounters with the political, military, and diplomatic elite. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing much came of this encounter in the main story, except that the knight, whose name was Belleus, was introduced to the Round Table by Lancelot as soon as he was well again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I groped into the dark room and fumbled for the bed; I had the illusion that if I touched it I would encounter the dead boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent nearly four months in the bush all told, and during that period he didn’t encounter another living soul. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Out on the streets of Durham, she encountered even more naked hostility. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z So what made my encounter with him different, so much more compelling than the conversational encounters I have every day? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In all the years she had known him she had not encountered this expression before. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I saw his friend at the crest of the hill, a witness to our encounter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Shortly after, they encountered a family of five on an overpass, and gave them some water and the box of MREs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I recall, for instance, the occasion around that time I happened to encounter her in the back corridor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z After I had completed that book, I realized that other modern, as well as prehistoric, encounters between peoples raised similar questions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She possessed eyes whose gaze I delighted to encounter. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I first encountered the idea of a new racial caste system more than a decade ago, when a bright orange poster caught my eye. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As he drove, Toby encountered a brief moment of panic. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “That’s a real workout, isn’t it?” she observes, not unkindly, and actually offers me a glass of water, the only such offer I ever encounter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As I howled, feeling pain shoot through my limbs as the thistles of the brush encountered stubborn callouses, there was a loud knock at the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In turn, Dallas and Florida had come to think of most adults as trouble grown-ups, for that had been their experience, that most grown-ups they’d encountered were short-tempered, impatient, and quick to punish. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But oh the whole everyone had been extraordinarily helpful and kind, and they had evidence of several genuine encounters. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been twenty minutes or so later that I encountered Miss Kenton again, this time while I was busy with preparations for dinner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She had never personally encountered a bandit, but she had read of such things in books, and the very idea gave her goose bumps. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Life on a ship for so long can be difficult. My primary role is to help administer the tonics, thus stabilizing any mood the Collective may encounter.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Leaving the fortune-teller’s tent and heading right, as she had suggested, Bailey almost immediately encounters a small crowd watching a performance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It could not be a problem she ever encountered, with her educated upper-crust vowels, but being a Scot, she sympathized with any distrust of the soft Southern English. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It was a sore point with Dad that Mother was the only pupil he ever had encountered with whom he had no success. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The cheap pulp tales enlarged my knowledge of the world more than anything I had encountered so far. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While I encountered some cynics and plenty of people who had learned to budget their energy, I never met an actual slacker or, for that matter, a drug addict or thief. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When Kearney heard the gunshots, he ran to the door of the ladies' waiting room, where he encountered Guiteau trying to leave. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was the kind of encounter one watches with a smile simply because it is so rare that people enjoy one another. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The climate described from inside sterile urban studios was not the one I was encountering in the church halls and rec centers of Iowa. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It is Gypsy. It means the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My concern was to see which way the Marshalls would go so that I could avoid a head-on encounter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The only time I encountered English was during the English period, one of the shortest in school, devoted mainly to honing servanthood English. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo had encountered mirrors in the Portuguese trader’s house, but this was not a reflection. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As we saw when we first encountered the octave, if your column of air is exactly half the length of where you started, you will get a note that is the same pitch, only higher. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Aid it is a good thing, too. That is the only good thing that came out of that terrifying encounter.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When the Dutch biologist Hugo de Vries encountered the concept of the gene in the 1890s, he quickly intuited that the idea would reorganize our understanding of the natural world. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Galina Burdina learned how close she herself had come to being killed when she had a strange encounter with a Romanian pilot who surrendered to the Red Army with other Romanian troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The few who clawed their way into the ranks of officers still encountered filthy toilets, secondhand uniforms, segregated showers, and disrespect from white soldiers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He urges his eyes out of his thoughts to encounter her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The encounter with the lizards had made him very cautious. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I began telling her about my previous encounters with Christianity in the homes of some of my playmates. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig was racing back across the field, looking more agitated than he had at any time since the encounter with Captain Holly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A child with big eyes and a memorable smile, encountered in a dirt-floor hut, made him feel like bringing over the company bulldozers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z As practice for the event of encountering a possible suitor, we urged her to engage in small conversations with nearby men. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I flashed back to my last encounter with the shaved- head man: Is my father still alive? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z D&D players could explore the labyrinth with their characters as the dungeon master read from the module and guided them through the story it contained, describing everything they saw and encountered along the way. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I felt bad about how our first encounter had ended, and I waited for an opportunity to extend some sort of olive branch to the two samurai. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one can help loving. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Only a handful of doctors had encountered it firsthand. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Célina’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The early afternoon sun poured through the window, adding warmth to the stiff furniture I’d encountered two weeks ago. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In fact, in the first recorded encounter between Sapiens and Neanderthals, the Neanderthals won. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on edge the rest of the day, the encounter with the boy sticking to me like burs pricking at my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The two composers did meet once, an encounter brokered by the kindly Antonio Salieri, and we have it word for word since Beethoven, being deaf, had to have the conversation written down. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Once Hamilton encountered a major obstacle to the advancement of any cause in which he believed, he instinctively hurled himself onto the offensive, never looked back, and waited for no stragglers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The cat, however, growled angrily to himself for nearly an hour after this encounter. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Truman kids got to Nebraska, many of the other students they encountered just assumed that they came from one of these lucky kinds of places. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Truly, it had been a tragic encounter with taxidermy. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Even when I knew him very well, encounter after encounter, I had difficulty recognizing him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was another encounter with the gang that had attacked Frank in the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z And how many more so-called water-zombies are we going to encounter between here and home? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Peninsula was the tallest team that Ravenel had encountered all year. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The average person lived many months without seeing or hearing a human from outside of her own band, and she encountered throughout her life no more than a few hundred humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Bonnie and Twill, the District 8 refugees who I encountered in the woods last winter, weren’t so far from their destination after all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ranofer threw an impatient glance at Ibni and encountered the sharp glint he had often surprised in the other’s usually vacant eyes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Voyager’s passage by Jupiter accelerated it toward a close encounter with Saturn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They had encountered a major problem: how to get the sword down? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His understanding of right and wrong, though, was often muddied by encounters he witnessed between his mother and camp guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z By nature Art Moran was an uneasy person, nervous in the face of even trivial encounters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Nowhere on middle-earth, I realize, have I encountered a grip like his. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He greeted the poll workers, picked up his ballot, and shook hands with anyone he encountered, appearing relaxed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was the first to see Xenocrates arrive at the party, and watched as he unsuccessfully tried to avoid encounters. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But you are the only white man I have ever encountered who realizes this terrible need of my people. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Whereupon I encountered for the first and only time a truly speechless Augustus Waters. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Now, in the audience, I encountered the museum director Kathryn Red Corn. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In my concrete relations with others I had encountered nothing to encourage me to believe in my feelings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had expected to encounter antagonism, even confrontation, and instead was being offered sly, misguided collusion. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Since his encounter with the shepherd, Boots’s view of freedom had changed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I’ve had a girlfriend or two, and they didn’t exactly rave about me in the sexual encounter department. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z He obeyed the bird, and soon he encountered a kudu. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I have been told that many distinguished Negroes whose careers have brought them South encounter similar difficulties. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In General Groves, Lawrence encountered—possibly for the first time in his adult life—someone who was even more driven than himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tragedy seemed to lurk around every corner, casting its shadow over any wrong turn or chance encounter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Long before I knew the meanings of all the words I encountered, I was able to approach books with confidence. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His discomfort at this encounter radiated like heat. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She had never encountered this kind of Sight before; it was like there was someone or something leading her forward. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A few days prior we had two carts and three horses but some German soldiers we encountered had taken one of the wagons and two horses, claiming they were needed for the war effort. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I think they both realized that a second encounter would mean death to one of them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember once as a child seeing our family’s puppy encounter snow for the first time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his first encounter with the enemy and he didn’t know whether his company was running toward them or away. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Not after last month, when she’d had that horrible encounter with her mom and gotten the worst present of her life.... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The animosity I felt from the colored people I encountered growing up was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to deal with. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Most commentators at the time agreed that affording police the power and discretion to protect themselves during an encounter with someone they believed to be dangerous is not “unreasonable” under the Fourth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The difficulties they encounter in acquiring the principality grow, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are forced to introduce in order to establish their state and their security. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen the women be forced to lower their gaze when they encountered a man. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z People woke up to find fire at their windows, and ran from their doors howling warning, only to encounter the same flames everywhere, leaping and lapping, laying the countryside bare. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z They found themselves in a dimly lit area like the place Rita encountered the rat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It stood defiantly blocking his way, glaring at him with the maddest-Iooking eyes he had ever encountered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In seeking these articles, I encountered the beads of a pearl necklace Mr. Rochester had forced me to accept a few days ago. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z We can lead a full life and never personally encounter a natural disaster more violent than a storm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I made it to the second floor without encountering anyone, then continued even lower still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In each one something specific is being done: food things, work things; customers and acquaintances are encountered, places entered. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My resolve is almost immediately broken at the first table, which has twenty or so soups, when I encounter a creamy pumpkin brew sprinkled with slivered nuts and tiny black seeds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The text was not a difficult one, and I encountered no obstacles in my translation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My neighbors grew bolder as the encounter dragged on. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This was the first time she had ever encountered anyone who refused immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She walked the earth and exacted an oath from each thing that she encountered never to harm Balder the beautiful. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z As those light-skinned Christian Europeans became interested in conquering other places, they took with them the assumptions that they were inherently superior to many of the peoples they encountered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth had never fully regained her composure following her awful encounter with the mob. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My kinsmen are a wild and barbaric folk, I’m afraid. You might encounter them in the wilderness, or at major sporting events. But you won’t see any here.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We make it down the first hallway without difficulty, but in the second hallway, we encounter two Dauntless guards, one ayoung man and one a middle-aged woman. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The civility of this encounter belied a caustic battle being waged outside Jackson Park for the rights to illuminate the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The closer we moved to an actual village, the more military and wounded we’d encounter. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was awful for Bailey and me to encounter the reality one abrupt morning. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The different colors spoke of the various soils and minerals that the tree’s roots encountered, some harsh and stunting, some rich and nourishing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The first whites to explore many parts of the Americas therefore would have encountered places that were already depopulated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This man was different from any person of the white race whom Doctor Copeland had ever encountered. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Digges and Benedetti had not read Bruno, so they had not encountered his theory that, from a distance, the Earth would be indistinguishable from a star. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The encounters were usually tense, with potential violence roiling just below the surface, but sometimes these confrontations were also tinged with comedy—as in the contest for seats in the council chambers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In September of 1863, the Army of the Cumberland had finally encountered General Bragg, who was soon reinforced by General Longstreet. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at Woundwort with a detached, appraising air which the General had not encountered for a very long time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It can only be defined by the anecdote, the chance encounter or the sentence overheard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z On his way up the steps he encountered Bud Gleason, decked out in a madras sport coat and bow tie, coming down and Onofre tipped his cowboy hat good day with his invisible arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And her knowledge of binding a malevolent being to the earth was entirely theoretical; she had never before encountered such a creature. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ordinarily she would have encountered others walking, and exchanged greetings. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I bowed to my work and did not see, but only heard, their encounter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was, however, with some surprise that I encountered Dr. Trefusis among those boarding from the Dunluce, that ship being largely given over to the housing of women connected with the regiments. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was those that the old knight encountered—big men, masked as boar, bear, vole, and manticore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All her encounters with Negroes who had established themselves in businesses or trades in those small midwestem towns had been unpleasant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Buried in the text of that review was the most powerful argument against pangenesis that Darwin would encounter in his lifetime. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Another hour in, and we encounter a dam. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Some seemed curious, some seemed frightened, but the overwhelming majority appeared to hate me with a passion I had never before encountered. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only too likely that they would encounter dangers beyond the warren and that they would stand in need of some good fighters. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood up, bracing myself for the encounter, and stepped from the familiar darkness of the hut into the greying night outside. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z How many days could you walk the streets of the big city without encountering anyone who knew you, and how many nights? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After her first encounter with police, Paul wrote to her mother: “Dear Mamma,” she began. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The impromptu encounter with Jasmine had felt healing, but Debbie didn’t have any desire for another meeting. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Next day they hiked to all the lakes, fished a little more, lazed about in the warm misty weather, and, strangely, encountered not another soul. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As he was attempting to pull out the rocks he encountered, he heard footsteps. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, he called the aboriginal peoples he encountered in the new world “Indians.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Every encounter filled us with joy—yes, joy: Thank God! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Leon led the doctor upstairs who descended some while later intangibly enlarged by his professional encounter with the core of all their concerns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Rather than go away and come back later, Galileo sat in on the lecture and became fascinated by the subject—his first encounter with mathematics proper, rather than mere arithmetic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z On my way to the bus rank I encountered hostile stares: the papers had carried stories of my decision to enter the tournament, and black people thought me a traitor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mexican rail workers have encountered seven-year-olds on their way to find their mothers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And though she needed to know what it was exactly that he was accusing her of, she knew he had not told the agent of those encounters. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z To proceed was to risk encountering the men from whom I'd just escaped. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The article was in Vanity Fair, and it was titled “Ground Zero,” based on his encounters in Bosnia. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Both groups had panicked, and the encounter had ended with the Indonesians shooting several of the nomads. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There had been some encounter at a bar, but the details were sketchy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Davis was the closest thing to a proper celebrity I’d ever encountered. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I myself had two separate encounters with witches before I was eight years old. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When he turned to his teammates, he encountered a reef of curious, reflective faces all gazing at him woodenly with morose and inscrutable animosity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z My encounters with whites in the movies had revealed none of the politics of the country. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Durham was also the first place he had encountered a black community so clearly divided along class lines. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But for this encounter I had to show him a different side of myself. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I yell at the undergrowth, hoping to avoid a surprise encounter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as I knew, no riddles were involved in mythological encounters with lamassu, but there was probably some extremely high level taarofing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z This had been the reason for the encounter, the insults. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know why I left America, Lidewij? So that I would never again have to encounter Americans.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He didn’t see any way the encounter was going to end well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The encounter with the rats in the barn had been no joke and had proved their worth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin says that the King beating was precisely what one would expect when two parties—both with soaring heartbeats and predatory cardiovascular reactions—encounter each other after a chase. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And Eleanor couldn't even think strategy, because all she could think about was Park's hands on her waist and her back and her stomach—which all must feel like nothing he'd ever encountered. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z No matter how hard he pushed, his fingers encountered nothing but what seemed to be solid and inflexible air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In 1984, an encounter between an angry subway rider and four young black youths led to bloodshed. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This method usually encounters resistance from both kid and mother. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem arises when a tree encounters an attacker for which evolution has left it unprepared, and seldom has a tree been more helpless against an invader than the American chestnut against Endothia parasitica. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Even her ability to sense them suggested some Dumbledore-ish power that he had never encountered before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When elephants encounter the skeleton of an elephant out in the open, they methodically take up each of the bones and distribute them, in a ponderous ceremony, over neighboring acres. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought that there was so much they did not know: Lupin had been right about magic they had never encountered or imagined. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We have made a preliminary reconnaissance and have encountered some of the inhabitants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something a little sluggish in his casual movements, in his voice—almost as though he was saving himself for emergencies, not wasting himself on every casual encounter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So rare is it to encounter a young man willing to put aside his ego when in need of help, your spirits actually lift a bit as you push the button to comply. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “In the forty years I taught at St. Vincent de Paul Academy, I never once encountered an eighteen-year-old saint,” Father Mulrooney declared. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z After about the fifth encounter I gave up, turned Rocinante about, and retraced my way. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Absent the extinctions, the encounter between Europe and the Americas might have been equally deadly for both sides—a world in which both hemispheres experienced catastrophic depopulation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bush had asked Ernest to take on a roving brief for the committee, injecting himself into any area encountering problems as “a sort of fire department.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As it turns out, the story has some little-appreciated but striking parallels with the American prehistory that we encountered in the preceding chapter. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sierra tried to explain the gist of her encounter with Lucera, but her heart wasn’t in it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Fine would later write that Bobby “was not yet strong opposition. My family remembers how furious he was after each encounter, muttering that I was ‘lucky.’” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When defectors cross into China, the first “foreigners” they encounter are usually ethnic Koreans who speak the same language, eat similar food, and share some of the same cultural values. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, I encountered a new atmosphere. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora had become too accustomed to escaping unscathed from encounters with white authority. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally they came to villages, and at each village they encountered a roadblock of fallen trees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was worried about her after her encounter with the spiders at Fort Sumter, and he didn’t know how to help her, especially if she shut him out. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Hourly I relived my encounter with Hamlet, and the memory brought fresh sorrow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z After Theo and Jo and the baby have gone back to Paris, Vincent writes to his mother that he loved giving his nephew his first real encounter with the “animal kingdom.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Three days later I encountered more police officers—the ones who broke up our family forever. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer rejected the overture on the spot, though the encounter would create a political problem for him down the line. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Marco replays in his mind his first encounter with the Wishing Tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His paw encountered a space in the left wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I lifted my hands to my throat, expecting to encounter a tight cord. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z One of Henry’s hands slides up his stomach and stops, having encountered the old silver key on the chain resting over his sternum. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z As they pushed on, they encountered a strange universe of unknown creatures that included a 450-pound, six-foot kangaroo, and a marsupial lion, as massive as a modern tiger, that was the continent’s largest predator. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One other important event occurred during Groves’s visit to Berkeley: his first encounter with J. Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Though he himself had no documents, the compatriots he encountered on his first days were here legally, like most other Greek immigrants, and could help him. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I hadn't seen the officer since that initial ugly encounter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z As federal judge Prentiss Marshall explained, “The average person encountered will feel obliged to stop and respond. Few will feel that they can walk away or refuse to answer.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If there were no such empty spaces, no void, the knife would encounter the impenetrable atoms, and the apple could not be cut. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I would say more about the houses themselves, but I lack the vocabulary for all the forms of wall finishings, flooring materials, light fixtures, fireplace equipment, porches, and statuary we encounter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An argument began, behind which he sensed more opposition than he had ever encountered before. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As I’ve said, it wasn’t until a long time afterwards—long after I’d left the Cottages—that I realised just how significant our little encounter in the churchyard had been. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Tendai blinked to clear the cobwebs from his mind and saw a creature he never expected to encounter again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Did the factors acting in the encounter of Atahuallpa and Pizarro also play a broader role in encounters between Old World and New World peoples and between other peoples? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But that afternoon draftsman Paul Starrett encountered Root in one of the Rookery’s elevators “looking ill.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If there was a more universal sign for stop, I had yet to encounter it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A few weeks after Fischer returned victorious from Everest in 1994,1 encountered him in Seattle. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I approached from the stacks, sort of wandering out and casually bumping against the table to make it look like the whole encounter was completely random. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When encountered by Europeans, the Aborigines of southwestern Australia did not eat shellfish. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He encountered members of the old Al Spencer Gang and the former head of the Veterans Bureau, who had committed bribery during the scandalous Harding administration. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z So, when we finally come to Wotton’s formulation of a tacit reserve, we encounter, for the first time, a sound comprehension of the nature of scientific knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had planned to make his way with stealth to the place where they would encounter each other. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Today, in New York’s subways, that same encounter doesn’t lead to violence anymore. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Three hours later, after encountering wave after never-ending wave of blue-clad soldiers—too many for his men to beat back— Gordon sent word back to Lee that he had “fought my corps to a frazzle.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She had one arm in a sling and a nasty-looking gash on her cheek, but otherwise her encounter with the bronze bulls didn’t seem to have fazed her. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She talked all the way up Highway 57, giving us advice about how to handle questions we might encounter about our adventures in Mexico. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Now the sky presented the greatest scientific puzzle they had ever encountered, and they were all considering their place in it, and their chances of solving it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At some point, I realized I was Kaitlyning the encounter, so I decided to text Kaitlyn and ask for some advice. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Since her encounter with Khione, Piper seemed more wired, tensed up inside like a primed catapult, as if she were determined never to be caught off guard again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I scramble around, digging through chunks of tile slick with blood, shuddering when I encounter bits of warm flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If you let it, it will take over each and every patch of ground it encounters, adding the soil’s biological and technological distinctiveness to its own. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Every time mathematicians tried to deal with the infinite or with zero, they encountered trouble with illogic. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then as now, Joe had one of the sharpest, most incisive minds I have ever encountered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the late 1600s, Cherokees likely first encountered the English when traders from the Virginia Colony came to the region. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z They kept an eye out for Cape buffalo, a dangerous animal to encounter in the forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In almost every case, each side believed itself to be superior—ethnocentrism seems to be a near- universal human quality—and from this belief was convinced that it could control the encounter to its advantage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Her pink hair must be a wig because her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter with Haymitch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It may well be that when Sapiens encountered Neanderthals, the result was the first and most significant ethnic-cleansing campaign in history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Armin seemed cautious, too, recalling no doubt their previous encounter, in which he had been so easily outdone. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Not long after Fischer reached Kruse and began the troublesome descent to Base Camp, they encountered Boukreev at the top of the Icefall, ascending alone, and Fischer harshly reprimanded the guide for shirking his responsibilities. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, nothing would have survived from such an encounter except, at best, a few fossilised bones and a handful of stone tools that remain mute under the most intense scholarly inquisitions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Tiber didn’t look much cleaner than the East River back home, where he’d had too many encounters with grouchy river spirits. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z An armor-plated military vehicle encountering no greater obstacle than a lost roller skate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My encounter with Rosy opened up Maurice to a degree that I had not seen before. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Anyway: To have the most enchanting human being I’ve ever encountered tell me my move to her town is the best thing to happen to her in ten years? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Just recently off my first encounter with the movie The Godfather, I pulled a Sonny Corleone and flew out the door to find Lateshia. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z So we both strip off our boots and socks and, while there's some improvement, I could swear he's making an effort to snap every branch we encounter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I did to deserve two close encounters of the Neil kind in less than a week, but I wasn’t about to question my good fortune. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Just before encounter, the mission controllers were restive. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So he sat down and, in his free evenings and weekends, wrote an eight-hundred-page textbook on the subject, painstakingly reviewing the available evidence for the most common problems a general practitioner might encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z As we made our way through all seven areas, we encountered a ton of awesome interactive displays. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I encountered no one on my walk to the third floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I snacked on an orange, mulling over Tamika’s flower and Mrs. Smith’s Waffle House encounter. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The inability of many disabled, low-income people to receive treatment or necessary medication dramatically increased their likelihood of a police encounter that would result in jail or prison time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Double doors stand open, welcoming us into the first room we encounter. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In his waiting room I encountered the same tattered Highlights magazine every visit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At his side, the angel carried the same kind of jagged bronze sword the Boreads had, and Jason’s last encounter with them hadn’t gone so well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As we fled we might encounter more soldiers, not to mention deserts and jungles and the dangers that lurk there. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Their decisive naval encounter, with the Emperor on board ship, occurred at Danno-ura in the Japanese Inland Sea on April 24, 1185. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the plane came in on its final approach, the pilots encountered severe wind shear. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Sometimes you can believe the rumors and chitchat,” the older man says as they slosh through the water of the passageway outside the storage closet where they encountered the armed thugs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The real encounter—for her probably the final one—would take place in the car, where no one else could see. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At the same time, I had my first serious encounter with death. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only was the language still a problem but also the terminology and ideas he encountered were strange and bewildering to him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z At the time Mudgett described this encounter in his memoir, he was sitting in a prison cell hoping to engineer a swell of public sympathy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I resolve to keep this encounter a secret. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I have dealt with many a murderer in my long service to the state, but never have I encountered the equal of this. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I drove around to the back and parked the minivan next to a rusted Dumpster that hadn’t encountered a garbage truck in decades. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z In the right pocket, hidden in case they should encounter anyone on the stairs, was a rat with a spoon on his head and a cloak of red around his shoulders. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z After their encounter with Kymopo-what’s-her-name, the Argo II limped through the Aegean, too damaged to fly, too slow to outrun monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In poor urban neighborhoods across the United States, black and brown boys routinely have multiple encounters with the police. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That anything wonderful could rise on that ground seemed beyond possibility, although Ned, like most new visitors to Chicago, was willing to concede that the city was a place unlike any he had encountered. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Instead, it represents an inquiry into class as Americans encounter it: indistinct, ambiguous, the half-seen hand that upon closer examination holds some Americans down while giving others a boost. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She was the biggest mystery he’d encountered yet in Scythe Goddard’s world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This argument is an instance of the pitfalls that you can encounter in talking about infinity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Did you say aught to — him? Even Gandalf feared that encounter.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They felt Nico’s anguish from his days on the Argo II and his encounter with Cupid in the ruins of Salona. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Initially we were hesitant to discuss the double helix with her, fearing the testiness of our previous encounters. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In most places on earth, this encounter would have been fraught with tension. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z No one seemed physically injured by their encounter with King Gorger’s army except Aurora and himself. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He shuffled along the corridor, skipping through the first doorway he encountered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Chamberlin was unimpressed by the efforts of the firefighters he encountered. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z There, I still encounter extended families of a few adults with their dependent children and elderly, living in crude temporary shelters along streams and traveling by canoe and on foot. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Every two-dimensional shape that we encounter in art is the counterpart to a three-dimensional form. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that my life was revolving about a world that I had to encounter and fight when I grew up. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was louder than anything she had ever encountered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, despite Nailer’s warnings, Reynolds said they would most likely encounter the Ray. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Has any of you ever encountered an insurmountable obstacle?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z A little later, the hearse and limousines encountered a line of motorcycles and my mother noticed that the drivers were all wearing fezzes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The crowding ghosts had, to be sure, finally frightened Ulysses, but Theseus, Hercules, Orpheus, Pollux, had apparently encountered no great difficulty on the way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way, I encountered just two other people—both day hikers—and I thought again what a stretch it is to suggest that the Appalachian Trail is too crowded. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I first encountered it with a girl named Angel in my dormitory. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The shopping excursion was the first of many encounters between my grandfather and this man, who would become a mentor, teacher, and friend to him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They wander through a tent full of mist, encountering creatures made out of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The only thing I really came up with was the importance of preventing the close encounter between my Polish neighbor and his John Deere from happening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The encounter with Europeans was thus a meeting of long-separated cousins. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Robert's sextet is now impossible to buy. You encounter his music only by serendipity in vicarages in July afternoons. This is your one chance in your life. You can work this gramophone?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In all fairness, I must add that this is the only ex-ample of deliberate cruelty I encountered on any of the city buses of New Orleans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But then they encountered a sight that she had not anticipated: a growing collection of tents pitched on the barren fields on either side of the road. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z After lunch, His Excellency spoke to the guests of his American encounters with discrimination, and of friendships he had made with Afro- Americans, and he reaffirmed the bonds between Africans and Afro-Americans. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never encountered such obtuseness in a first-class hotel, and I told them so, but this only increased their inhospitality. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They left their section of the beach and brawled with the whites they encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She walked through the rooms, but encountered no hints to explain the fate of either Lena or Grandpa. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She said nothing during these encounters but watched us with hungry hawk eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They had never before encountered the measles virus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He encounters a think piece on his own relationship on Twitter and has to shut down the whole app. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z While he descended there, fairly tripping in his haste, I took the tower stairs to the arcade, where I could look down and observe their encounter without being seen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tisquantum’s party finally encountered some survivors, a handful of families in a shattered village. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Following Eisenhower’s order, Strauss summoned Oppenheimer to his Washington office for what he expected to be a decisive encounter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They closed ranks before they continued cautiously toward Edward’s family, exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Pole Star was a vessel that relished these encounters, baited them even. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z With only occasional, and increasingly rare, encounters with the little girls he could persuade to be entertained by him, he lived rather peaceably among his things, admitting to no regrets. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Important historically, these were the free people encountered by France and Britain—personifications of democratic self-government so vivid that some historians and activists have argued that the Great Law of Peace directly inspired the U.S. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She lay warm in her bed, her fingers playing over her own smile as though encountering it for the first time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes. All my life I encounter sacred subjects. But very few with you. I suppose you must have them too.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Even with her fish tail, she was the most stunning creature he had ever encountered, and he, who had not been turned by pain or possible death, found he could not refuse her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I’d been considering the idea that the encounter had been some kind of hallucination, but there was confirmation—even Tucker knew about Celia’s mom. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z For the first time since encountering Vera, Bodega acknowledged my existence. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The troop erupted with shrieks when someone encountered a snake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that during the Civil War the South had hated northern whites, but I had not encountered such hate during my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The bird, casting a quick look in his direction, flew at the window again, but this time it encountered no barrier. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Often she encountered them, and usually the man stopped to chat, though sometimes he was rushed and had to hurry on. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A few days after the encounter with the enemies of Terabithia; they had an encounter of a different sort at school. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z And of course she was the only girl Stuart had ever encountered who wasn’t miles and miles taller than he was. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “A massage will take me thirty grueling minutes. And you will be experiencing something new, a delight you have never encountered in all your long years. A similar opportunity may never arise again.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Nothing he’s encountered before has made so much sense. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t know which part of the encounter he found more unsettling in recollection. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The thing that strikes me most about my encounter with him was his voice. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I came & went as I pleased—until my first encounter with Trouble. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As he begins to speak to the cast, Britney Harron, a diva since he first encountered her as a freshman, is stretched out on one of the couches, her feet up, her eyes half open. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z By the time Dr. Bhalla encountered Wilson at Brooklyn Hospital, there was damage to all three main areas of his heart. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Dazed, blinking, he flung the door open and encountered Brother Jacques whose hand was on the switch. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, scores of black men began driving around the city, firing at any whites they encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It was this immortality, and the strength with which Henrietta’s cells grew, that made it possible for HeLa to take over so many other cultures —they simply outlived and outgrew any other cells they encountered. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, but for the tranquillity of the present setting, it is possible I would not have thought a great deal further about my behaviour during my encounter with the batman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Serendipity happens when a well-trained mind looking for one thing encounters something else: the unexpected. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Then they encountered European society and for the first time their history acquired a narrative flow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This is the friendliest and best-paying maid service I have encountered—$6.65 an hour, though as a punishment this will drop to $6 for two weeks if I fail to show up for a day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They encountered few other people on the road. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She half expected to encounter Matt and Branch, but the paths were mostly empty and the village was still quiet. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It is with such men as it is with the English landscape seen at its best as I did this morning: when one encounters them, one simply knows one is in the presence of greatness. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Hoskins peered out of the door then, unsure of what he might encounter. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But on his way back from the Holy Land, the ship Vesalius was travelling in encountered severe storms and was delayed sufficiently for supplies to run low, while the passengers also suffered severe seasickness. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Prior to the encounter of Voyager 1 with Titan in November 1980, our information about Titan was scanty and tantalizing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When, as happened infrequently, they encountered other people, the star did her best to stay out of sight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z By dinnertime the whole campus knew I had won, and I received congratulations from every member of the staff I encountered. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I had thought that I would encounter a man of ideas, but he was not that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her jeans were wet from the encounter with the ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “When this was first encountered, and I had puzzled over it for all the time I could spare,” Elizebeth wrote, “I decided to make the assumption that it was enciphered code.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The test, the walk, and my encounter with the factionless man exhausted me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, people with stone implements wanted metal tools as soon as they encountered them—the prospective reduction in workload was staggering. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But after I had been with him for a while, he was one of the most docile and nicest-acting persons that I have ever had any encounter with. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a few months before Farmer encountered Jon Carroll, the army captain, in the central plateau, and I got my first glimpse of the American doctor and his thoughts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z For the first time, as James Trefil has put it, scientists had encountered "an area of the universe that our brains just aren’t wired to understand." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “This is the most incredible example of sensual hallucination and hypnotic suggestion I’ve ever encountered. I went through your ‘rocket,’ as you call it.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We assembled upon the square; we marched out through the streets of Norfolk, encountering a great parade of soldiers with whom we joined number. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He’s carrying his khaya wood staff in hand; my backside has had many unfortunate encounters with that stick, and I’d rather not get reacquainted with it today. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On their initial encounter, she noticed that he wore a tiny insignia on his sleeve: a raised fist. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet despite these great dissimilarities the stories of the encounter run in broad parallel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I had never encountered anything so hard, for which I was so ill prepared. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Lyra explained fearfully about her encounter with little Tony Makarios, and looked over her shoulder at the poor caged daemons, who were clustering forward pressing their pale faces to the glass. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s beneficial to wonder occasionally what percentage of people you encounter suffer from this or that disease or inadequacy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Once more, she decided that she would keep the encounter to herself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When the police interrogated Ralph, they encountered a man as psychologically complicated as he was physically scarred. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Dill’s heart still thumped from the encounter, but he breathed again. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Like many people who encountered Blake in the weeks and months after his return from Korea, Allan found herself smitten by the young war hero. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z This would be our first encounter with people who had been persecuted in Bosnia. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That brutal encounter with the police had left indelible scars. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Up to now he had encountered and retired progressively more ominous manifestations of Baty. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He wants to brag about this encounter, like a knight errant bragging about his coolness as he unscrews the spike from the monster’s heart and breathes life back into the fiery nostrils. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If only she realized how many soldiers I encounter every week. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She had no idea what she would do or feel during that encounter. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Ever since the encounter in New Mexico—whatever had happened when that wild wind blew through—he seemed really fragile, even more emotional than usual. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It showed the Osage from the time they roamed the plains to their first encounter with European explorers and missionaries, and to the black-gold rush. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Once, when hiking with his family, Rowan had gone off on his own and had encountered a mountain lion. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Children encounter music at home, in their everyday cultural environment, and while at play. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He was affectionate in ways she rarely encountered in men, and he was adept at business. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The encounter with Snow opens the door to my old repertoire of nightmares. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On the way to the H Street boardinghouse, Booth and Mudd encountered John Surratt on the street and the introduction took place. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But after the surreal encounter with the rose, for the first time the descent makes me feel safer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The answer came so readily to his lips that he thought that he had always known it deep down: Perhaps it had taken his recent encounter with Nagini to make him realize it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This was my first major encounter with historical nonfiction, and I found it fascinating. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But Dimarion was only looking for one: in the crook of Reed’s left elbow, a tiny tattooed ship perched at the edge of a spinning maelstrom—a reminder of their last encounter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They forget that their readers are encountering the event for the first time and need to see it enacted with their own eyes'. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In ecological release, an organism escapes its home and parachutes into an ecosystem that has never encountered it before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We don’t often think about the role of time in life-or-death situations, perhaps because Hollywood has distorted our sense of what happens in a violent encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Flying in an open cockpit with the wind continually pounding against them, they immediately encountered dense fog that stayed with them for almost their entire flight. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Worse, the encounter with another set of particularities: the toenails, the ear holes, the nosehairs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It might have happened thousands of years ago, but clearly the encounter still rankled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Monday afternoon, July 11, quiet time I mentioned the close encounter I had with Magdalena. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, my doing so on that foggy afternoon I encountered her in the summerhouse produced curious results. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In fact, they had encountered the same wave-particle duality of light that was confounding their elders in physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the weeks since her father had died, Ash’s memory of her midnight encounter with the Fairy Hunt had seemed more like a dream than reality. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Veer southwest again, and the journey brings you to the Science Museum on Exhibition Road to encounter the “gene molecule” in person. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Even the bathrooms and closets are built on a scale different from anything I’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The encounter with his boy’s father had left him too wary to attempt another raid. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At the center of the front rank stood a rat who had been wounded in the first encounter at the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Dewey, speaking of his encounter with Perry Smith on this particular day, remembered that he had been very surprised when Perry refused to sign the statement. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z In the midst of this suburban void, my own flat Earth, I encountered Volpe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When I set sail, so to speak, I too assumed that the world was round, but what I encountered in the real India profoundly shook my faith in that notion. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Dentures replaced the teeth Cora ruined in their last encounter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When I arrived at Santa Rosa, I didn't encounter any staff who were people of color, although 70 percent of the men incarcerated there were black or brown. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I refused, even though I no longer had any illusions about what an education could do for me; I had already encountered too many college-graduate handymen. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He was reaching his limit, his body still beaten from his encounter with Fedu. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One colour passes through a hole in the screen and encounters a second prism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z While he catalogued each element of the circus in shaky handwriting, he could not manage to record his encounter with the red-haired girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Soon he reached the thicket of pepper trees where he’d encountered the boy called Mullet Fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Word had spread that one of his professors at Harvard—the daughter of a managing partner—claimed he was the most gifted law student she’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Following that brutal encounter I had with them, the Peri- Urban police became a tormenting presence in my life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We stay on the roof until bedtime and then quietly slip down to my room without encountering anyone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Keep track of how much music you encounter in one day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He could not take in the words; his mind was still too full of the encounter with Lupin. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As she tried to elicit grievances from residents, Alston encountered a wall of suspicion and fear. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It is true that European technology dazzled Native Americans on first encounter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In two days in Brooklyn I had already encountered Jewish people, and now Italians. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half” was the first one I encountered. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Erudite and Dauntless forces are concentrated in the Abnegation sector of the city, so as long as we run away from the Abnegation sector, we are less likely to encounter difficulty. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “More dangerous than what we encountered last night? Please. He’s probably a ranch hand from some isolated ranchito out there. He might even be from Hacienda Dorada,” Velia said, and opened the door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Mounted troops were able to move at rates never encountered in Tawantinsuyu. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first fields they encountered were covered with a mist of new leaves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We had no choice but to sneak back into Mattru Jong, along with some people we encountered on the path, to get some money we had left behind, so that we could buy food. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Not exactly, but there was a scariness to her; she represented a rigid kind of authority I hadn’t yet encountered elsewhere. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What I remember are events and encounters and routines, markers that emerged here and there from the ocean of time and imprinted themselves on my memory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Early that morning, when Beidleman had encountered Lopsang on the Balcony, vomiting between his knees into the snow, he’d taken the Sherpa’s two coils of rope to fix on the steep rock steps above. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The scene of the encounter was an Esso station on the dark outskirts of Jacksonville; the date was the night of May 29, 1961. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When we start to encounter other kids—kids without classes this period, kids also cutting—she grows a little more cautious. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Once outside, we encountered the problem that had always plagued our people in Little Rock. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept telling himself that their plan was good, that Griphook knew what they were facing, that they were well-prepared for all the difficulties they were likely to encounter, yet still he felt uneasy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In Maryland a month later, Booth again encountered Mudd at church. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had encountered in Jan a much stronger determination than he had thought would be there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z You know I’m always honest with you, so I think I should tell you that I live from one encounter to the next. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The study of human history does pose real difficulties, but those recognized historical sciences encounter some of the same challenges. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z By degrees he learned to enjoy these encounters, though his indifference always appeared more studied than hers and he was always anxious, in a barely concealed way, to meet her gaze. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z In the street I saw the receptionist and myself going faithfully through paces that were stale with familiarity, although I had never encountered that kind of situation before and, probably, neither had she. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “She is cruel. She is more powerful than anyone I have ever encountered, except for the Fairy Queen herself.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The United States took over the project in 1904 and encountered the same disease enemies as the French. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was as if he had encountered no statistical or natural error in his experiments—an impossible situation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He did not care to encounter either again tonight. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z As they waited, hearts pounding from their flight from the monastery and the strange, terrifying encounter they had had there, Jeanne looked at Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He knew he couldn’t live in the city if he felt he would continue to encounter people like this soldier. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Polly rushed out of the room, praying she would not encounter Clay or Mr. Derby as she ran to the kitchen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The accounts of the initial encounters between Indians and Europeans are windows into the past, even if the glass is smeared and distorted by the chroniclers’ prejudices and misapprehensions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Before encountering the Indians, Jean Paul had asked his father, “Are they dangerous? Will we have to fight them off?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In both versions of the encounter, the outcome was the same. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He says, “Yeah. I look up everything I encounter.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He carried a basket of corn on his arm to throw off any Union troops he might encounter. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In one hand he carried a heavy rock, just in case he encountered one of the poisonous moccasins. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran was about to tell his companion all about the encounter with the unicorn, but he thought better of it, and simply said, "He was a most noble beast." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Most of the way now lay through the Strellon Game Reserve, country that was more desolate and rugged than anything they had yet encountered. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had asked permission to enter the library so she could not be accused of trespassing, yet the encounter felt impossi-bly awkward, especially since the couple seemed to be in mid-argument. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z For many visitors these nightly illuminations were their first encounter with electricity. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To encounter ‘simple’ people—a tradesman, a housewife, a farmer—describing their spiritual lives in detail amazed me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I read every account of the Fascist movement in Germany I could lay my hands on, and from page to page I encountered and recognized familiar emotional patterns. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Grover went off with his satyr friends to spread the word about our strange encounter with the magic of Pan. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Adam is always amazed at how even in the middle of summer, even after the sweatiest of encounters, my hands stay cold. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Regardless of the type of encounter, the basic music elements play a significant role in how children respond to music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For young children, the rhyme is magical as they first encounter the powerful sound of rhyming words. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As the adrenaline from the encounter ebbed, a thirst dry as salt came over me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s explaining something about the nature of what we will encounter in the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He shook his head as if he wanted to shake off the whole encounter, and then started walking away, pulling his sister by the hand. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I had not been back to Africa since I was twelve years old, but when you have encountered Africa in childhood, it becomes a section of your mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then: “Is this fact or reason I’m encountering? Wait, no, it’s more demon bones.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I began to analyze and reflect on my life, my many encounters with injustice and discrimination. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As long as I’d been alive, I’d never encountered the kind of fortitude and loyalty that I found in those rooms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I’ve encountered a geek with newly minted coins from around the world and one who’s written an elaborate digital music script for all of Beethoven’s works. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At which point Ben mimicked what he would do in the unlikely event that his face ever encountered cleavage. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Benevolent encounters have not been the rule in human history, where transcultural contacts have been direct and physical, quite different from the receipt of a radio signal, a contact as light as a kiss. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving clockwise, we encounter the determinedly sexless Russ and Bobbie Brooks lines, seemingly aimed at pudgy fourth-grade teachers with important barbecues to attend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me feel as though my encounter with Frankie’s crew hadn’t been some freak accident, but predestined. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Part of me wants to just get our inevitable encounter over with, but as it turns out the universe isn’t interested in what I want, because Adam doesn’t notice me by the lockers at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The messengers of the Aesir rode like the wind, and they asked each thing they encountered if it wept for Balder, so that Balder could be free of Hel ’s world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I began to hope that I had encountered a decent white. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as in their encounter with Native Americans, Europeans entering Africa enjoyed the triple advantage of guns and other technology, widespread literacy, and the political organization necessary to sustain expensive programs of exploration and conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When he and his friends had encountered Hercules at the Straits of Gibraltar, it hadn’t gone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He’d been able to avoid Sheriff Dean all these months, and even though he seemed to have evaded his past, he didn’t want a face-to-face encounter now. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Orr was one of the homeliest freaks Yossarian had ever encountered, and one of the most attractive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For example, when Sapiens reached the Middle East and Europe, they encountered the Neanderthals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, clergymen, college presidents, and other self-appointed spokesmen for communal standards of morality seized upon the Burr-Hamilton encounter to launch a crusade against dueling throughout most of the northern states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Oliver and I had encountered a recurring difficulty in our travels: one African leader after another had ques-tioned us about our relations with white and Indian communists, sometimes suggesting that they controlled the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Normally he was a courageous dog, but he had never before encountered anything like these vicious, silent onslaughts. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That kind of training, conducted over and over again, in combination with real-world experience, fundamentally changes the way a police officer reacts to a violent encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I encountered my own spirit less and less. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that she thought about it much, but any trip to the grocery store or the mall presented the possibility that she would encounter some kind of ugliness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The encounter brought the audience to its feet in a thunder of applause and cheers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z On July 9,1979, a spacecraft called Voyager 2 encountered the Jupiter system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stone technology of the Tasmanians, when first encountered by European explorers in A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They had forgotten, for a moment, that Mia was there, yet there she was, chopping a pepper for dinner and sounding like no parent they’d ever encountered. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The pair had a heated encounter, and then Mark Antony left to try to save his position in the Triumvirate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Needless to say, after this first real encounter, I totally get what Jupe was saying about how Rae Chin makes her want to “not be so guarded.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But what happened when a thing in motion–light above all–encountered an obstacle such as gravity? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Aurelia had not emerged from her apartment since the encounter with her father. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z None of the surprised faces I encounter is Earl’s. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z You might think that this encounter left me disheartened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Do you ever worry that a bridge might be too low? Do you encounter other bridges? Might your boat be too tall for a low one?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Other than that ephemeral close encounter, he hadn’t had a single interaction with another human in Richton Park in the three months he’d lived there. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet no ill portents or encounters followed on his working even of the Great Spells of Making and Shaping, which are most perilous. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They have seen the Algonkian- and Iroquoian-speaking societies they encountered in the Northeast as too different from British societies to have exerted lasting changes on them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Cuthrell recalls being fourteen years old, a high school sophomore, and in the grip of turmoil and unhappiness in her home life when she first encountered Volpe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Behind a rack of framed photos of Snow, we encounter a wounded Peacekeeper propped against a strip of brick wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I nervously opened a page, toiled through a couple lines, encountering long words I could not pronounce, let alone understand their meaning. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Doha clasped his shaking hands tightly, still badly frightened and angered by the encounter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Fischer, completely aware of the encounter’s political and cultural implications, accepted the extra layer of significance as his own responsibility. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I expect to encounter the same guards who tried to stop us on the way in, but the gate is abandoned, left open. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he discovered himself recalling an incident of almost a year ago, a casual encounter in Valley View Cemetery, which, in retrospect, had somehow for him more or less ended the Clutter case. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But, after all, what would make them think of me in connection with jobs when for years I had encountered them only casually in the classroom? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He had wasted precious reserves in unnecessary talk and encounters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In the first encounter, we exchanged fire with a white man of the house, son or servant, possessed of a pistol and fowling-piece. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jason, Leo, and she had had an encounter with the maenads a few months ago and almost gotten torn to pieces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If we didn’t encounter any people, we’d find a cave or sleep in a tree. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he said to her, with utmost condescension, “Dear girl, your credulity is as vast as this desert. One might get lost in it and never again encounter fact or reason.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We had several dramatic encounters that first term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The encounters with Deputy Collins and Sheriff Edwards had us all shaken up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The office kept an electronic database of every voter and potential voter we encountered, and then those that it reached through regular mailers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They encounter no obstacles along their way, since they fly there, but all their problems arise once they have arrived. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Despite the unsanitary presentation, the milk was ambrosial—fragrantly nutty, delightfully heavy on the tongue, unlike anything I had encountered before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I have known my share of peculiar, difficult, nervous, grabby people, but I’ve never encountered any genuinely, consistently detestable human beings in all my life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bartenders and waiters could only stand by in complete shock as Nation splintered whatever furniture, kegs, and bottles she encountered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Just like the waves Peeta and I encountered on our brief tour of the beach in District 4. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z My first encounter with Wickersham took place on my first day as a regular officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, the encounter with Ms. Castellan had rattled me pretty bad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t look as frail as Prosper had imagined him from their encounter in the confessional. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z While they traverse the Labyrinth, Widget tells the story of the Minotaur in such detail that Bailey keeps expecting to encounter the monster around every turn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I began to feel embarrassed that I hadn't asserted more control during the encounter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Brazilians I have encountered are usually less than enthusiastic about this proposal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But when I encountered Shakespeare one cold and overcast day, I knew instantly that my confidence had been premature. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But as is the way with these encounters, Thom could not forget what he had seen, and every night he yearned for Grace, his heart aching anew. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every evening before Voyager l’s encounter with Jupiter, I could see that giant planet twinkling in the sky, a sight our ancestors have enjoyed and wondered at for a million years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was, events played out in a rather dramatic face-to-face encounter. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He’d walked past his first gay bar, encountered his first drag queens. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He showed no sign of damage from his previous encounter with the basilisks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “A baby is no worse for being conceived in an encounter.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But this grim encounter made her more than ever determined to go through with her mission. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Through this encounter with the fever their blood automatically produced antibodies that either fought off the yellow fever virus entirely or reduced its impact on the individual significantly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The next day Tyrion encountered her and her spotted sow amidships in midaftemoon, when the air was warm and the sea calm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He looked around to see a gaggle of first years running back around the corner, apparently under the impression that they had just encountered a particularly foulmouthed ghost. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “That encounter is a frightening example of why the woods are forbidden. It could have been disastrous. You ventured toward a very hazardous area.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His route took him through towns he might otherwise never have encountered. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My heart is still hammering in my chest, my hands shaky from our encounter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He spent the next while riding up one street and down another, nodding politely to the few people he happened to encounter at that early hour. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was, then, only a few minutes after my short encounter with Miss Kenton that I found myself walking down the corridor again on my return journey, this time bearing a tray. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d killed two of them now, and each encounter had nearly been the end of me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He enjoyed playing over what are called miniature games, short encounters of usually twenty moves or less, as if they were musical exercises, works of art unto themselves, usually with only one pervasive idea. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Our encounters always leave me weary of the glum contentment that characterizes my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Since we had no idea what we would encounter, he was dressed as a human, with the cap to hide his horns, and jeans, fake feet, and sneakers to hide his goat legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z How strange, to encounter them again half a world away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Obviously the kind of encounter that had happened this morning could not be repeated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Even President Washington learned a valuable lesson as a result of his encounter with yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The inhabitants of Europe practiced a variety of religions prior to encountering Christianity. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t hit it, but she frightened it enough that it lumbered away and she survived the encounter undamaged. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Each of these sub-races is finite and well-defined; we never encounter an infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z From this unintended encounter, I believe, the steam engine was born. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Its Chapter 14, called “Accidental Conquerors,” sought to understand the outcome of the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The Tlingit had preserved in oral tradition an entirely recognizable and accurate account of their first, almost fully peaceable encounter with an alien culture.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, such men encounter serious problems in conducting their affairs, and meet all their dangers as they proceed, and must overcome them with their virtue. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “May you thrive in your work and encounter many good things on your path in life.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In 2006, Alabama passed a law that made it a felony to expose a child to a “dangerous environment” in which the child could encounter drugs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I've only eaten half an apple since my encounter with the strange government agent last night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Stern barked impatiently, or as John Lawrence, a witness to the encounter, recalled Stern’s words in his own fractured German: “Sie mussen Zurich gehen!”His meaning was clear: “Get back to the lab!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On the rare occasions she’d encountered them, they always seemed so somber. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They knew her, the graveyard folk, for each of us encounters the Lady on the Grey at the end of our days, and there is no forgetting her. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Every second of the search is an encounter with God,” the boy told his heart. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly a week after his encounter with the Klansmen, C.P. received a phone call from a man who told him to be ready the following night, that someone would pick him up at his home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “And there have been other things. There have been sightings of strange creatures near the border of the Wood. Creatures that are not human. We have encountered them ourselves on our journey here.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She could not bring herself to describe to Mrs. Bedlow the two encounters in the weaving room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Those crops were unable to spread south of the Sudan, beyond which they encountered summer rains and little or no seasonal variation in daylight. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Something had happened to me during that encounter with the Klan. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Travelers to the village were rare, but occasionally a peddler would come through the village, selling "penny dreadful" accounts of grisly murders, fateful encounters, dire doings and remarkable escapes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But he had never encountered a girl like Pearl before, who wasn’t embarrassed to be smart, who didn’t quite fit into the orderly world of Shaker Heights, whether she knew it or not. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their fatal encounter represented a momentary breakdown in the dominant pattern of nonviolent conflict within the American revolutionary generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z An effective test-prep class—one that drills students repeatedly on the kinds of questions they will encounter on a specific test—can, in a given year, send test scores skyrocketing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Since the fifteenth century, Europeans have spread around the globe and encountered wild mammal species not found in Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “As you say. If we encounter this Lady Korra, I will just slip into a skirt and say that I am Cersei, the famous bearded beauty of King’s Landing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z How much better would people get along if their first encounter each day were like this—instead of a grumble from a waitress or a bus driver or a boss? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Foxes, stoats, weasels—any of these might be encountered, and the only recourse would be flight above ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There they encountered a class that was also touring the halls. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the man’s real trouble, not the savage and uncanny civilizations he encountered—he kept forgetting what he had. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Like Kepler, he was not immune to the superstitions of his day and had many encounters with mysticism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With this they summoned all their energies together for one decisive encounter, leaned forward, lowered their heads like two billy-goats, and positively sprinted together for the final blow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The unexpected encounter with her father had rattled her, and she needed to shake it off. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Gaea’s been busy over here, too. We had our own encounter with Queen Dirt Face.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mr. di Angelo, if you please. Though, I prefer to stay in human form in this wheelchair for, ah, first encounters.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Her tone held cold reserve—and that other cold, which he had encountered in so many androids. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He set out alone for a while and before long, at the corner of Canal and Scott, he encountered a small boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I replayed our encounter, only this time I was charming, confident, able to carry on a conversation that dazzled him while Maritza and her friends watched enviously. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z No, the issue we encounter is this: the broken board over the back door has been replaced with a new, very much not broken plank of wood. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She was frightened by the BBC famines and television wars that she encountered while she channel surfed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy decided not to tell his parents about his encounter with Mullet Fingers, the running boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There were rumors that the Confederate General Hood had encountered Sherman and had cut the Army of the Tennessee to pieces, but they were unconfirmed rumors. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z So the encounter that had taken all Aurelia’s courage came to nothing. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I will, after all, take my leave of these people in the morning and presumably never encounter them again. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He sensed that other humans lived along this road, but he had never encountered them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Lucky that I wasn’t killed in my encounters as a teenager, or did not end up in jail. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The first body had left me badly shaken for several hours; the shock of encountering the second wore off almost immediately. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z De Vries had not encountered Mendel’s paper yet. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But almost everything he described in that book had been done years before and kept hidden from public view until that happy encounter in Cambridge in 1684. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The weeks between the hearing and the next court date dragged by slower than any doldrums I’d ever encountered. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Theodoric’s analysis depended partly on examining rainbow-like images that he encountered in daily life: in the spray thrown up by a turning water-wheel, in the drops of dew on a spider’s web. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Here was something he had never before encountered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I just thought I would explain, because you seemed so confused, and no wonder, because how many tidies do you encounter this—” “Right,” the man says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I turned toward the door, hesitated, turned back, started for the door again—and encountered Sander sweeping from the tiring-room, dressed as Hamlet's mother. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes later, Lopsang arrived at the South Summit on his way down from the top and encountered Harris.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When he encountered a wave of enemy resistance to this attack, he stuck to his position without regard for his safety or reputation and gallantly invoked the law of supply and demand. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The miserable little encounter had nothing to do with me, the me of me, any more than it had to do with that silly clerk. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were too heavy to read, she wouldn’t play the pianoforte for fear of another embarrassing encounter, and she most certainly wouldn’t amuse herself with fantasies of what the feast was like. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Will Solace hadn’t spoken with Nico since the encounter at the onager. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I have reason to think that Joe’s intellects were brightened by the encounter they had passed through, and that on our way to Pumblechook’s he invented a subtle and deep design. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z No one, however, could have imagined that in a few months MacHarg’s efforts to secure a supply of Waukesha’s best would lead to an armed encounter in the middle of a fine Wisconsin night. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This theory, or conviction, rested on the memory of a single encounter—the meeting at dusk on the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t been in shock, I might have had the wherewithal to turn a cold shoulder to the person I next encountered: Traft Martin. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had encountered him in the fields or on the mountain where the daughters-in-law collected fuel. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The settlement included a number of religious shrines, the earliest found so far, and on their plaster-covered walls we encounter the earliest paintings on a man-made surface. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But I have encountered very few teachers who seemed not to care. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, one can say that for the most part the initial Indian-European encounter was less of an intellectual shock to Indians than to Europeans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Just a few years younger than I was, Melissa also felt more like a peer and an ally than the much younger campaign workers I’d encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He must be disguised to avoid encounters with thieves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When ancestral Polynesians spread into the Pacific around 3,200 years ago, they encountered islands differing greatly in their environments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, Nhamo couldn’t help sounding out every bit of writing she encountered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fought in ad 451, against the now Christian Roman Empire and their allies, the encounter was a rare occasion on which Attila and his heathen Huns were beaten. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z On the next block, we encounter more terrified refugees, but few soldiers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She was accustomed to their Siamese shadow springing up against the whitewashed house at evening, and whenever she encountered her solitary oudine, it seemed cut in half. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She hadn’t known what to make of it in the beginning, for the Wood was full of energies she had never encountered before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They encountered no one on the long descent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Clutter seldom encountered trespassers on his property; a mile and a half from the highway, and arrived at by obscure roads, it was not a place that strangers came upon by chance. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence and Alvarez were equally disgruntled by their encounter with the AEC chairman. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Almost everything he encountered in Cuba—including, at our hotel, the variety of fish in the ponds, whose species he could easily name, and the caged cockatoos in the lobby—pleased him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Had you ever encountered your daughter intoxicated before?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Cabot Searcy, having been raised in a Southern Baptist church in Georgia, had little knowledge of this text before this first encounter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z After its path is further changed by gravitational encounters with Jupiter or Saturn, it tends to find itself, once every century or so, careering toward the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z China’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the only person she’d ever encountered with eyes just that color. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The only other bear that they had encountered was sleek and fat as butter, complacent and sleepy, his thoughts obviously already running on hibernation, and quite uninterested in strange animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s just one of the many dangers I encountered when I went to school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Mullet Fingers was fleet and slippery while Dana was sluggish and sore-footed, still not fully recovered from his encounter with the rattraps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t known it at the time, but looking back on the encounter later he had suspected as much. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z So I was just another person in the system that he had to encounter. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In Eden Park, I encountered two types of colored people. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But radium destroys any cells it encounters, and patients who’d taken it for trivial problems began dying. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Cleared at least to proceed into the city, the visitor would soon encounter a spectacle of urban grandeur widely celebrated in its time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Their encounter felt increasingly dreamlike, though Koffi knew absolutely that it had happened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was as though I had expected to find them there, just as in those dreams in which I encountered my grandfather looking at me from across the dimensionless space of a dream-room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A few years later, when I moved into the Mosses’ home, I would be reminded of the cramped quarters and zooey smells I first encountered here. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She used the bridge often, but she did not encounter those ghosts again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two years had passed since the day I met Frankie, but our first encounter was engraved in my memory like a knife wound. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At one point, I decided to talk about my encounter with the police in Atlanta, and I realized that I was getting a bit emotional. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Shirley’s second secret began the night of the final encounter between the Dodgers and the Cardinals. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It therefore seemed strange that the Sherpas would blame Ngawang’s illness on the extramarital encounters taking place in one of the Mountain Madness tents. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Stepping into the gloom, he felt his way from shelf to shelf, encountering the curve of bowls, the rough edge of a basket, the cool, sweating sides of the big water jar. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I silently wished for the sun to bounce off the window, blinding Trent and cloaking me from what was sure to be an unpleasant encounter. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We spoke for more than three hours at this first encounter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And Nasser, too, had fed dogs in the empty homes, on the streets, wherever he encountered them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Please don’t take this as an endorsement of your suicidal plans,” he said, to encounter Miss Wren along the way . . . you might consider ... Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Have the nicest evening, Pinktail. I shall look forward to the pleasure of encountering you again in the future. Soon, I hope. Farewell.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were taking time out from their duties in the store to talk to me, and I had never encountered anything like that from whites before. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “This wind is not like any I’ve encountered before. Sometimes it seems to have a mind of its own.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Visitors also encountered the latest and arguably most important organizational invention of the century, the vertical file, created by Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Did he harm you in any way?” she asked when I was through relating the encounter. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They believed that by virtue of being white and Christian, they were superior to the Indigenous peoples they encountered. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He expected to encounter an obstacle at any moment; his worst fear was Peeves, and he strained his ears with every step to hear the first, telltale signs of the poltergeist’s approach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sitting down on a steel cot across from the stove to mull over this eerie tableau, I encounter evidence of McCandless’s presence wherever my vision rests. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaos on the streets before dawn was nothing compared to the madness he encountered. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z That night I dream that I am in a field, and I encounter a flock of crows clustered on the ground. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Clearly hoping to contain her tenuous hair situation, she plants one hand on her head as she crosses to the ball that contains the boys' names and grabs the first slip she encounters. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Now then, I’m afraid I’ll be needing your memory of this whole encounter. You see, we at Discreet Deliveries take pride in our customers’ anonymity. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z After Rondon measured its width and depth, he determined it was the largest tributary they had encountered so far. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z One faculty wife would always remember his exclamation when she encountered him on a wooded walkway as Berkeley was waking up to a chilly spring morning: he shouted at her, “I’m going to be famous!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When Dutch colonists landed at the southern tip of Africa over three hundred years ago, they encountered an indigenous people known as the Khoisan. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He was the one she and Jabir had first encountered when they’d approached the stable; now he was staring at her with a mix of awe and horror. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Now that the encounter with Dr. Cable was over, her anger and defiance were fading, and there was nothing left to sustain her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z By midafternoon, still more than a thousand vertical feet below the top, they were engulfed by the same storm clouds that we encountered on the other side of the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The fact that she told Dolores all about this encounter in Aunt Lydia’s office meant nothing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And the tales of other Indians’ encounters with the strangers were alike in the same way. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Or he would have encountered one of the soldiers and asked for help in contacting Kathy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The idea of possibly encountering Papá terrified me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Also shown is the alternative trajectory were Voyager 2 to have made a close encounter with Titan, as Voyager 1 did. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This did not prepare me for the unique sort of heat that one encounters fifteen miles south of Birmingham, Alabama, at Culver Creek Preparatory School. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z One, Fierce Einar, had climbed out successfully but returned, embittered by what he had encountered at the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The tunnel was the narrowest they had encountered. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Heading to Fort Qaitbey on my first morning in Alexandria, to the site of the legendary Pharos, I encountered scores of children out on school field trips. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The wolf and monkey mutts I’ve encountered could leap unbelievably far. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Through a posting on a school librarians’ Web site she sought out family reunions, where she imagined she would encounter interesting frictions between prosperous siblings and relatives still mired at the bottom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He encounters a man wearing a white straw hat on a horse. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Also, a satisfying sexual encounter would purify your mind and body. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed men and women dressed in shabby tunics, some nursing freshly bandaged wounds from encounters with beasts, some marked by more permanent injuries Eke old scars and missing fingers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The executive wondered if they were enjoying prolonging this encounter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’ve encountered people I find to be shallow and hypocritical and others—teachers and military spouses and so many more—whose spirits are so deep and strong it’s astonishing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hunters expanding southward through the Americas, encountering big animals that had never seen humans before, may have found those American animals easy to kill and may have exterminated them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were strangers who had met in a chance encounter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, Hazel guessed, judging from their last two encounters, Leo’s newest weapon had only annoyed the numina. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We thin-slice whenever we meet a new person or have to make sense of something quickly or encounter a novel situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The longer she thought about her encounter with the mother bear, the more Omakayas was convinced that something she did not understand had passed between the two of them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z These encounters leave me both exhausted and recharged, desperate and fulfilled. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As his army marched east, city after city surrendered before him, until by 245 he reached Babylon without encountering serious resistance. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Most of the people he encountered were not alarmed by or interested in North Koreans. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Employers openly discriminated against Irish and Jewish women with math degrees; the odds of a black woman encountering work in the field hovered near zero. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She had woken up so early—and slept so little after that encounter with Nehemia...Unable to stop, Celaena wandered into the Land of Sleep. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z These routine encounters often serve as the gateway into the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now so dizzy he could barely stand, he was about to ask the first person he encountered for help when he literally bumped into his superior, the lieutenant in charge of the firehouse. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He realized they’d been lucky not to have encountered any more wildlife since the grootslang, and now he suspected that luck had run out. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Only when I’m driving away with my sugary loot do I realize the importance of what I’ve learned in this encounter. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Here they encountered a melting pot of Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan farmers and herders growing millet and sorghum and raising livestock in drier areas, along with Khoisan hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The acrid aftertaste of a Little Man’s first encounter with Fear. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Memories of previous encounters with the police began haunting me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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