“Don’t do social events. Don’t wear the dresses.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fleeing from the Enemy From behind Mark Antony’s line, Cleopatra anxiously watched the events unfold. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In chapter 2 we saw one of the benefits of the passive, namely that the agent of the event, expressed in the fiy-phrase, can go unmentioned. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the fall of 1962, events halfway across the globe would reveal the value of HERO's espionage. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were kids from Uruguay and Korea who had just learned English but were doing extra credit for the current events stuff in Intro to Wall Street, reading Barron’s and Crain’s Business Daily. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

So the paths of light rays in the event horizon had always to be moving parallel to, or away from, each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Og’s birthday party was a special event, and so the usual clientele would be banished for the evening. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Watching even the sorriest of sporting events bears no resemblance to coming upon an accident and hoping to exploit it for your own personal gain. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the war is an abstract event, happening somewhere else. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That night in bed, the evening's events replayed themselves over and over in my head. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had followed his life so far, from when he was a calf on the prairie to his days in the feedlot, but his death was the one event I was not allowed to witness. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d done okay in my other events too, tying for second on floor, placing third on beam, and fourth on uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One later event appears to offer some hope in pinpointing the location of the Library. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“I guess I do. There’s been a long chain of events leading up to this time; the dreams of men in my generation are as insignificant as that—” he snapped his fingers sharply. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course I knew that certain events must have occurred. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are only a handful of cameras to record the event. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In every great change in the lives of African Americans we see the hand of events that were beyond our individual control, events that were not unalloyed goods. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Seen this way, my bodily metamorphosis was a small event. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Across the railroad tracks on that afternoon of February 1, blacks discussed all of these events and others not mentioned by whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Polly he was overwhelmed by the evening’s events. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are there no other witnesses to the events you describe?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that case, the colors of Jupiter speak to us of chemical events that four billion years ago back on Earth led to the origin of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would feel much more at ease when this whole event was over. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Rather, their psyches had been pushed by extraordinary events to the breaking point, and they had experienced a sort of nervous collapse. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

And to do that, I must speak of the events that brought me, quite unwillingly, across the river and into Imre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It is not unusual for sensitive people to be affected by such events.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At this late stage in the Games, with an important event like the feast, school will probably be canceled. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Here was an event that answered the question "Why?" with a resounding "Why not!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I know your reputation as a great collector of stories and recorder of events.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In a siege,” said Dr. Trefusis, “time’s passage is itself an event, and one of the keenest weapons of assault. You appear discountenanced.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just be a regular wife who shows up only at the big events and smiles. Maybe that’d be a lot easier on everybody.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They complemented one another: Stanton, the thinker, was burdened with family responsibilities; Anthony, the organizer, was a master at the logistics of executing petition campaigns and planning events. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A postgame recap of the analysis wasn’t nearly as thrilling as being there for the main event. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Upset by events, Guiteau saw clearly that the factions of the Republican Party must be united. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And maybe an endorsement contract might require me to show up at a certain number of sponsored events or to tape a certain number of TV commercials to air during the Olympics and afterward. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Crook briefs Parker on the day’s events, then explains that the presidential carriage will be stopping at Fourteenth and H Streets to pick up Major Rathbone and Miss Harris. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In October 1988, fifty years after the radio broadcast, Koch visited Grovers Mill, the town best known for an event that never happened. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Stung by the criticism from her father and husband, Elizabeth Cady Stanton stopped accepting invitations to public events and once again focused her attention on her family. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Which is to say that several secret meetings were occurring at the same time; and the political corridors were even more labyrinthine than Jefferson’s imperfect memory of events. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The event is a huge success, and Jupe is glowing so much on the ride home, she looks almost radioactive. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

So drawn in was I by the events on the stage that it seemed less important to me to copy down the lines than to find out what these people would say or do next. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We knew we had to acknowledge the events in some way and give the people an outlet for their anger and grief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this sticker a concrete verb in the active voice and the use of the second person narrate a concrete event: if you do this, it can kill you. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I cut out all distractions from my life so I could focus only on fencing, and yet alarming current events continued to dominate the headlines, making it very hard to stay focused. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Like the other slaves, Harriet knew the story as accurately and as completely as though she had been an eyewitness to the event. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian saw him, straightened herself, dried her eyes, and gathered herself into a woman in control of events. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was poised for flight, but I was waiting for some event, some word, some act, some circumstance to furnish the impetus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This could go on all night if not for the last event planned in Plutarch’s propo. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

So, every Olympics, they drop two team events. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

An archaic sociologist living 20,000 years ago, who had no knowledge of events following the Agricultural Revolution, might well have concluded that mythology had a fairly limited scope. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been ailing, and the recent events had exhausted his desire to go on living. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And remember," added Anderson, "this was a relatively minor event. Do you know how many extinctions were associated with the Manson impact?" A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once, at an event she attended with Zemaye, the launch of a new beverage brand, she thought she saw Obinze walk past. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Roy,” he said gently, “this is an excellent subject for biology or social studies, but perhaps not for current events.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt gave him a reasonable starting proposal: He would make the Pimlico Special, the prestigious stakes race that War Admiral had won in 1937, into a two-horse event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No thanks,” I tell him, and try to get away, but he grabs me, and says it’s a family event. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It would be altogether different for her to address a psychiatrist in unstructured conversation, revealing those events and feelings that burn close to the heart. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is difficult to believe that Henry’s modest plan could have worked so well despite these unforeseen events. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, as Werfel rushed his guest from event to event, he vowed I will show him the best Tenebrion has to offer. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Basketball for Bosnia was an event to remember. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their mom was busy at her high-stress job as an events coordinator at the Imperial Marquis, a big downtown hotel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Until that point, no one from the campaign had bothered to travel with me or show up for my events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the dining hall, people chat excitedly about the event. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The event devastated Nass and his family and ultimately had him reevaluating his life choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The kids have been hard at work promoting the event in hopes of rallying support for local businesses as the opening of the SmartMart Superstore nears. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Under any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting time of year, filled with wonderful events. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the ones who wore red armbands proudly and would lead weekly Communist propaganda events, which they called educational. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

While the family ate, Baba, Neel, and Rupa described the previous night’s events to a bewildered Ma. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Great events seemed to have been set in motion by his news. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It is not publicized, of course, and though some might speculate that the event has something to do with the circus, there is no way to be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With the Earth the center of the Universe, with creation pivoted about terrestrial events, with the heavens imagined constructed on utterly unearthly principles, there was little motivation for astronomical observations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be based on an event in American history that America would rather forget. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The beginning of “history,” then, means a sudden increase in the speed of events, a shifting from low gear into high gear, as it were. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer followed these terrifying events from his home in California, burning with what he described as “a continuing, smoldering fury” toward Adolf Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been following current events in Latin America, including the murder of Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero by a right-wing death squad. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Dad flexed his shoulders as if to warm up for a sporting event. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They agreed it was a chain of events that would have intrigued Charles Fort. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It only takes a second to register this rapid turn of events. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In our prelim heats, on Saturday, I beat Lindsey’s time in every event, even the freestyle. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Every acquaintance was covered and every local event. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be one of the most harrowing events of my life up until that time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The event is happening tomorrow after our regular Sunday morning service. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He expressed bewilderment that anyone believed the broadcast was a real news event. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Prisons would have to be closed across America, an event that would likely inspire panic in rural communities that have become dependent on prisons for jobs and economic growth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the event of a Hab breach, everyone would run to the airlocks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it’s to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Go to social events together. Have our kids walk to the bus stop together.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The all-around competition and the event finals were still to come. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Both numbers are tallied for the final event score, with anything above fifteen points usually in medal range. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On August it they sat in the Griinau grandstands and watched the preliminaries in all the rowing events except their own eight-oared contest, scheduled for the following day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What may have looked like separate events were all evidence of seismic and systemic social change. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Because. It’s something going on here. Lily has an event. We have to go.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was an accident, meaning the kind of rare and catastrophic event that, but for the grace of God, could happen to any airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nearly every one of them had a cell phone out, recording the epic event. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His claim, that he had missed her at every major event in his life, was grandiose, he knew, but it was not entirely false. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The events of today were proof that she was even more capable than she’d hoped. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh honored the Mercury 13, the event made news because the story had been kept fairly quiet for almost 50 years. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lack of an absolute standard of rest meant that one could not determine whether two events that took place at different times occurred in the same position in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stevie Wonder, my childhood idol, was showing up to play at campaign events, joking and calling me by my first name as if we’d known each other forever. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even today I do not fully understand the chain of events that brought me to Hampden. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But even morphia could not fully dull the horror of this event. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned against a stone wall along the park, thinking of Jack and Hambro and of the day's events and shook with rage. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the next step in the process is to put down only what you actually had to do in your event, and then compare it to the shoulds and woulds you assigned yourself.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

After each one of the Gran’s proclamations, while everyone else cheered loudly, they barely clapped, as if this was the most boring event in the world. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Well, Katherine was probably in the backyard making sure the staff had polished the patio furniture to a shine so that guests could be invited back to the house after the event tonight. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

School was the perfect place to launch a new word, and since this was a major historical event, Nick wanted it to begin in exactly the right class—seventh-period language arts. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of Lonnie and Kelly and Barbara, her friends, just starting to streak their lips with pale lipstick for special events. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was tired and heartsick and had no energy to deal with this new event. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"It was just the most devastating event in world history...that somehow didn't happen," according to the historian Martin Sherwin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once these facts had been absorbed and lamented, Briony was gently returned to the scene itself, to the events on the lake island. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That event marked the beginnings of King’s commitment to nonviolent direct action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The odds, as I have said, are against such an event happening in historical times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the public’s view, Lincoln's killing had been a rare event, perpetrated by Confederates enraged about the South's defeat in the Civil War and fearful of Lincoln's actions in the aftermath. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

To be fair to Comrade Pillai, he did not plan the course of events that followed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, we heard that the firefighters were winning. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It helped us get the feelings we had out. And we trust each other. It was a good way to get the event just out of our heads.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Indians in the northern Great Plains kept “winter counts,” oral chronologies of the most important events in each year. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Factions with varying agendas fight to rewrite the events of the past to their advantage. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

To what extent did each really change events, as opposed to “just” happening to be the right person in the right place at the right time? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In between these events, in 1902, Einstein took a job with the Swiss patent office, where he stayed for the next seven years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was dreaming that he was at a church event we call a “crusade,” a big prayer gathering. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I had seen the earth tremble, felt the preliminary shock; now I waited for the seismic event that would transform the landscape. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It felt great making that part of the event, “and I didn’t have to speak one time.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Like all life-changing events, it happened unexpectedly and without any foreshadowing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s necessary first to know roughly how rare the event is. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one inflexible event on our weekly schedule was Sunday morning religious services. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stage was set for one of the most important events of the prewar period. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Let me warn you that the video we are about to show of the event has some very disturbing content. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been so intent on finding the cattle that he had forgotten all the events of the past days and past years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The race had no national importance, but in Detroit it was the big event of the racing season. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The situation he found himself in now had the sodden quality of a dream in which events repeated themselves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We talk about her events, and I kid her a little about her discus release. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s a list of all the local art events inside. There’s a student gallery coming up if you want to check it out.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even I, with my snooty attitude and my ladder out, I was dragged into events. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no events but thoughts and the heart's hard turning, the heart's slow learning where to love and whom. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was updating the day’s events on the computer, the telephone rang. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His argument for the thesis was that if the universe did not have a beginning, there would be an infinite period of time before any event, which he considered absurd. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the event, the concert became famous for one reason only. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The Joe Louis matches from years ago were the most exciting, dramatic sporting events I ever heard. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I await only your preliminary public announcement of the event. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

More frequently now Link was full of talk about graduation events. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We changed and went back to class, but there was no escaping the events of the pep rally. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I felt gratitude for all the people on my team who’d given everything to the work, sorting through handwritten letters, fact-checking my speeches, hopping cross-country flights to prepare for our events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Have you witnessed any traumatic events lately, such as shootings? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This error, followed by others, as we can now observe from events, is the cause of the threats to that kingdom. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope that’s like one of those traumatic events that is so damaging to my psyche that I just forget it ever happened.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ron rolled his eyes and muttered to Harry and Hermione, “He’s been trying to get us to ask what that event is ever since he started work. Probably an exhibition of thick-bottomed cauldrons.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This had only been an appetizer for him, an interlude before the main event. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The countless small, unpredictable and random events that flow on continually often have no long- range consequences. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope straightened and returned the lady’s gaze with as much forthrightness as she could muster, given the rapid turn of events. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should. Or maybe we could just make an official report on the whole scene—like, for current events tomorrow morning.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am an entirely insignificant event in the life of this cactus. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It took a few days for me to realize that Zu’s leaving wasn’t the only event that had shifted the rotation of the earth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But soon, the events of the day weighed so heavily on their eyelids that they could no longer resist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the event of attack, I imagined I’d fire back into the air, wildly shaking a fist of ammunition at them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like most events in his life, it is another excuse for his parents to throw a party for their Bengali friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is an event that happened to everyone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, we insisted on keeping the press corps at a distance from our kids, limiting them to photos and then only at public campaign events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fact is, events of a global significance are taking place in this house at this very moment.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On short trips perhaps of arrival at a destination or memory of events at the place of departure. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the disastrous events of the night of July 31, 1943, Yevdokia thought hard about how to avoid the tragedy being repeated. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Pine Mountain’s rules did not allow O-Hall boys to attend such events. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like his father, a high cleric, 8-Deer was trained for the priesthood, but political events and his own overweening ambition stopped him from following that path. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when news of the events at Bree came to Tom’s ears, he sent them to Mr. Butterbur, who thus got five good beasts at a very fair price. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This means, as Stephen Hawking has observed with a touch of understandable excitement, that one cannot "predict future events exactly if one cannot even measure the present state of the universe precisely!" A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This celebration was the first time in days that they could simply enjoy one another’s company without the events of February seventh dominating the conversation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

However, though scientists can detect black holes, they still haven’t spotted the zeros at their centers, since the ugly singularities are shielded by the event horizon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He attended school functions and the girls' sporting events as he could, but his opportunities to mingle were limited, and the presence of his security detail was never subtle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But Stillman Drake, of the University of Toronto, has come up with what seems the most probable account of the events of late February 1616, in the light of what happened later. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then the events of the night before came back to her, and she relaxed, stretched, bounced on the sofa and smiled to herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to shake off the dark feeling that the morning's events had conjured when the officers brought Walter into the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The little spies had vanished; at all events, there seemed to be only the three of them now on the darkening mountainside, the boy and the girl and the great white bear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

These events will occupy tens of billions of years, or more. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the observers shared the unsetding sensation of having witnessed a cataclysmic event. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even if we do discover a complete unified theory, it would not mean that we would be able to predict events in general, for two reasons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone, without Macon, he let the events of the night come back to him—he remembered little things, details, and yet he wasn’t sure these details had really happened. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to him sometimes at Zach’s baseball games, which Volpe regularly attended, along with the athletic events of his other theater kids who were on teams. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aside from those two events, this month was going to be so boring—and it was all his father’s fault. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This nondecreasing property of the event horizon’s area placed an important restriction on the possible behavior of black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been in the diplomatic service of both Austria and Italy and his birthday parties were the great social event of Milan. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The day of the coup the sun was shining, a rare event in the timid spring that was just dawning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, the one about an event in American history that Americans are ashamed of now?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That same year, another event forced me to recast my whole approach to political work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m neither, but today’s events don’t exactly support my case. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A random series of events given meaning by someone desperate to prove there’s a design to our lives. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Park couldn't even imagine a turn of events that would have led Eleanor here—but she'd practically dragged him into the garage, and now she was huddled against him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Writing a story was a hopeless, puny enterprise when such powerful and chaotic forces were turning about her, and when all day long successive events had absorbed or transformed what had gone before. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps. At all events, I was not picked.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, rose to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But in any event Odysseus himself would reach home and although he would find trouble waiting for him, in the end he would prevail. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the meeting the next day, and at several that followed, the course of events was anything but smooth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I began to doubt the prior day’s events, as one would suspect a vision of the open heavens to be a figment of the mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Had he seen her more than that one time and was that how she knew about events she wasn’t present to witness? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But even if that future comes to pass, your gleaning will be a crucial event in the future of the Scythedom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Agricultural Revolution is one of the most controversial events in history. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have learned that it doesn’t matter if your inspiration in life comes from negative or positive events. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The biggest event Suffolk had seen in years was a traveling sideshow that came through town on the railroad tracks, with a stiffed whale in a boxcar. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By noting which craters overlap which and other signs of lunar stratigraphy, we can reconstruct the sequence of impact and flooding events of which the production of crater Bruno is perhaps the most recent example. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except, in this version of events, Old Man House was never destroyed. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, a DNA exhumation consists of gathering several specimens in the event that one might not be suitable. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He recalls dates, of course, events, purchases, activity, even scenes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the summer, the firm organized a series of events and outings for its associates, sending around sign-up sheets for anyone who wanted to go. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The only evidence left of the spectacular event was that anyone who had once had a prison mark woke to find it gone. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

These events were seized upon by the press, and their vivid accounts of what had taken place shocked the country and led to a public outcry for the suffragists. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Harry Junior would later say of events that fall, “Everything just stopped dead in the water. It was almost as if someone said to God, ‘Go after them!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the real world, Morrow almost never made public appearances, and in the OASIS, he came out of hiding only once a year, to host this event. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The events of the past night were catching up to me, and I still didn’t know how I was going to get home, or if I could get home. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Images of his father danced in the havoc of a brain overstimulated by events. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not find Noah's account of the events surrounding his becoming best man quite as amusing as he did, but for several complicated reasons, I did not express my opinion. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was sickness in the temple, or some other untoward event that prevented their coming, but whatever the reason, Tree-ear was growing concerned for his friend. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Was the anticipation worse than the event itself? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Extinction-level events notwithstanding, I think you can plan ahead,” she says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

What they found, surprisingly, was that the one factor above all else that predicted helping behavior was how many witnesses there were to the event. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, for the next two hours, again and again he led the firefighter back over the events of that day in an attempt to document precisely what the lieutenant did and didn’t know. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the event, he was able to take the city only by systematically destroying it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They did not hear all of what he said; they heard the one word, or phrase, or inflection that was for them the connection between the event and themselves. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A single afternoon could hold a couple of official events, several meetings, and a photo shoot. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And more recent events, like abolitionist efforts and the many revolts against slavery in the United States. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Duke University at first agreed to host the event, but then backed out. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But nearly three decades earlier, World War I had also been heralded as the event that would break the back of race prejudice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The walls around us are cluttered with construction paper posters, marker-drawn announcements for spring sports tryouts, and Black History Month events. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When we compared my videos to those of the elite gymnasts who’d scored higher than I had, it was clear that I needed to push the degree of difficulty in all my events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After that event, I became popular at the center. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

While the world awaited Whitney, an event at Tanforan introduced a new wrinkle in the match plans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scarlett was thinking about the afternoon’s events as she lay in bed that night listening to the sound of the cars grinding their way along the main road. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the six events held that day, the United States finished second to last in three and dead last in the other three. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I want to say they showed up like the angel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary, setting events in motion I could never have guessed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s an egotistical thing to say—we are all centers of our personal universes in any event—but it was ironically obvious to me; and my father had told me straight out, anyway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We elected members of our community to organize the events. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It would also be one of the most unique, and no event in American history would be more unique than what took place only fifteen days after the year began: the Great Molasses Flood. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Following the triple victories in California, he had taken to telling Seattle that he would sweep the regatta in Poughkeepsie this year, winning all three events. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The supposition that Remedios the Beauty possessed powers of death was then borne out by four irrefutable events. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In Ohio and Pennsylvania and Alabama and Georgia and Texas and dozens of other states, it was the weekly event simply known as Friday Night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if a tornado had passed through, depositing debris everywhere—debris that looms like a shadow of terrible events I can’t even begin to imagine. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s always been like that with them, ever since they first met at a charity event when Alex was fourteen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the event of a tie, the team with the most players in the top five will be awarded today’s first medal, the Libris.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As the event shows, all of them had been told what to do and had agreed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The television station, recognizing the importance of the event for the community, had decided to broadcast it live even though it would not take place until after one in the morning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they wound their slow way down twisty Shadow- black Lane to the foot of Aegon's High Hill, lyrion reflected on the events of the morning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Artemis catalogued the events of the last few minutes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Insofar as “art comes from art,” its history is directed by the force of its own traditions, which tend to resist the pressure of external events or circumstances. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe they heard my welcoming speech at the Murphey Awards and saw me dance at an event several months earlier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was the first payment on a forty-thousand-dollar policy that in the event of death by accidental means, paid double indemnity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked utterly bewildered, but to Harry’s enormous relief she accepted the bizarre turn of events without comment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

I am not hopeful, yet all events show cause for hope. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know it’s possible. I’ve tried to avoid thinking about it, but I can’t. In any event, Nell needs to go. I don’t want to, but it would be better for her.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could not place our feet comfortably on the ground; for we were impatient that they should carry us toward either death or valor; toward, at all expenses, events that could be known. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He ended his e-mail with these words: It’s strange how I have felt, with every major event that has occurred in my life, that you were the only person who would understand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So the Beer Blast went on, and was just the sort of tasteless and incoherent event you might expect—but I am getting ahead of my story. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A long time ago I was in the ancient city of Prague and at the same time Joseph Alsop, the justly famous critic of places and events, was there. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were sporting events each night that I would have gone to cover. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day I overreacted to each event, my banked emotions spilling around it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gurgi and the bard, however, appeared delighted at the strange turn of events, and set heartily to eating the food that soon arrived at the table. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it isn’t so. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Here’s the order of events on the day of the funeral: One: Visitation at the funeral home for an hour before the funeral service. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm...are you having difficulty remembering due to more recent events, or because you were illegally intoxicated?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the gallery-office cell, started a new page in the logbook, and then leaned back to savor my coffee and catch up on recent events on the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event included all the big ideas and some of the same players as Reggie’s trial, but played out on a much bigger stage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

To us, a few dozen people constitute a small, ordinary gathering, but to the Fayu it was a rare, frightening event. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet changes in the human condition that mark this road, decisive though they are, seem incredibly slow-paced and gradual when measured against the events of the last 5,000 years. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the pulse is reflected back at the event and the observer measures the time at which he receives the echo. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything or anyone who falls through the event horizon will soon reach the region of infinite density and the end of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point Speed and Wyche invited Gey’s former assistant, Mary Kubicek, to an event in the basement of the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Turner Station, to talk about how she grew HeLa cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He merely invited a group of women to an event. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then there are four relations that fall into two neat pairs, depending on which event the author wishes to mention first. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had even written down the sequence of events, ingredient by ingredient, and he had once made Laura’s chili for himself on a weekend when she had been out of town. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

While I was driving, I replayed the events that had just transpired in the store and the visceral reaction I’d had in my gut. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Coming down from the terrifying events of that evening, I’d reached a new low of exhaustion. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A white policeman who was on duty at the beach saw the entire event. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma says, “Is this about the Denim Show, Shayleen? Another shopping channel event? Drum already said no to that, sweetie.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I ought to explain that each week night a different Muslim class, or event, is scheduled. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whiz Kids time is my favorite event of the year,” he admitted. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Whatever anesthesia had carried me through the event was starting to wear off and with each passing second the thought of sitting around all night, alone, was seeming more and more unbearable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For, having interfered with a course of events, the savior could not escape his responsibility. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, the music would soon cover their talk of the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’m crouched on one knee, preparing to enter the Meadow, but I’m still so preoccupied with the day’s events that it takes a sudden screech of an owl to bring me to my senses. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The events of the night were crowding around him now, without shape, without sense, but he knew they were there. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

In any event he had come to us for help, I thought, and so Frightful and I led him home and fed him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunset at six o’clock means that life does go on after dark: reading by lamplight on the porch, our family’s evening event. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Days go by, and after turning the events of the previous week over in my head, I can't decide how I feel about the mystery of Lily and the Spencers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I dreamed about the events that happened and how things were going to be when I got home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In politics, no matter how much one plans, circumstances often dictate events. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, I think we were all waiting to see the outcome of an event that loomed larger and larger with every passing day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

IN 1946, a number of critical events occurred that shaped my political development and the direction of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before that happened, another event occurred that drove the ANC and the government even further apart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s ears went red, and thereafter, he reverted to the bewitched sleep version of events. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That night, his mind was racing with the events of the day. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The last time it had broadcast a local event live at such an hour had been when a little girl named Jessica McClure was rescued from an abandoned well. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had by then shared with me the most wonderful event in my life, the birth of our daughter, Kellie. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We strongly disapproved of the publication of any photos of our children that weren’t connected to an official event, and the White House press office made this clear to the media. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, after the programs, we would sit around and talk about all kinds of things, current events and other things, for an hour or more. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This suspense is a thousand times worse than the most horrible event; tell me what new scene of death has been acted, and whose murder I am now to lament?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an event put on by Chicago’s chapter of the Pioneers of Liberty.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In order to affect the future profoundly, a time traveler would probably have to intervene in a number of carefully chosen events, to change the weave of history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the advent of quantum mechanics, we have come to recognize that events cannot be predicted with complete accuracy but that there is always a degree of uncertainty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earliest theoretical attempts to describe and explain the universe involved the idea that events and natural phenomena were controlled by spirits with human emotions who acted in a very humanlike and unpredictable manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince my parents that I needed an expensive dress—two hundred dollars—to wear to the event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A crime is a relatively rare and aberrant event. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I have recalled this episode, another event from around that time in my father's career comes to mind which demonstrates perhaps even more impressively this special quality he came to possess. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rowing before an immense crowd, Oxford defeated Harvard, but the event was so widely publicized in the United States that it produced an explosion of interest in rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

How is it possible that a black hole appears to emit particles when we know that nothing can escape from within its event horizon? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The highest fatality count from any non-war event in the history of the nation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“On account of...Well, you know. Certain events.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That the committee would view the expense of this ball and other Millet events as frivolous seemed certain. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The restaurant we were at was one of the ones in Brooklyn that was featured in a Times article I had yet to read for current events. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Latecomers are directed to the adjacent streets, where they can watch the event on screens as it's televised live by the state. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas also studied the heavens himself, and made observations of a supernova seen in 1572, some of which were used by Tycho Brahe in his analysis of that event. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What’s up, you guys?” said Tony, one of the hotel’s event staff. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

With nearly eight hundred rooms and a vast, monolithic façade overlooking the Thames, the Cecil was Europe’s largest, if not grandest, hotel—a site typically reserved for diplomatic or national events. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She charts sequences and events with colored pencils, shuffling her diagrams until they start to make sense, a possible narrative. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall directed two other Sherpas—Arita and Chuldum—to remain at the tents in support, ready to mobilize in the event of trouble. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But it would be an event that took place on August 9, 2014, that would catapult the movement into the international spotlight. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“What about the dinner?” he asked; “the grand event, the coup d’état?” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

So, too, as the category of discovery has developed over time it has come to include many radically different types of event. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Though still severely shaken by the night’s events, he was happy to tell anyone who asked what had happened, with a wealth of detail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I made my way through the security line and the winding halls of the UN compound, until I reached a corner room where the event would be held. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the day of the event, the plan changed again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, my planning for the event was complicated by the uncertainty as to the numbers involved. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

This event had nothing to do with the man who once lived in the body in the wooden box. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given the disastrous events of April 1865, Mudd assumed that the Union victory had changed the actor’s plans and the scheme to kidnap the president had been abandoned. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was speaking at so many events, but I felt that my height got in the way of being authoritative. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I did not see that coming. Unfortunately, sporting events have champions and clear winners. After next Monday, you may no longer be in the lead for the Excelsior.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t DJ international events on my first try. It’s not healthy.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If there were no event horizon, no cosmic censor that shields the singularity from the rest of the universe, very strange things might happen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Our arrival in most towns was more of an event than the Midwinter Pageantry and Solinade Games rolled together. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I'm trying to recreate something that was probably a one-in-a-billion event. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though a black hole is a star, none of the light it shines ever escapes past the event horizon; that’s why it’s black. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Workers from my dad's union organized this event and three people are speakers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I started after them, not waiting for Lindsey, even though this was her event too, like always. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When a human being is fed upon and consumed by one of them, especially in Africa, the event is telescoped against horizons of space and time, and takes on a feeling of immense antiquity. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, the two events did not take place in the same calendar year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The event only whetted the bandits’ taste for the Laughing Man’s blood, and finally he was obliged to lock up the whole bunch of them in a deep but pleasantly decorated mausoleum. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Through the swirling incense, the Savior’s eyes glowed like televisions flashing scenes of recent events . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mia was so excited about our idea that she decided to call up a few of her friends, and now we have three professional artists who’ve donated their work for the event. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Secretly, I hoped that events would settle the matter for me and, along with everyone else, I honestly believed we were seeing the last days of the regime. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ziman, in a recent Nature essay, points out, “the invention of a mechanism for the systematic publication of fragments of scientific work may well have been the key event in the history of modern science.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning after she finished her exercises, she read the paper cover to cover so that she would be up on her current events. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“If Mom has a big event down at the hotel, that means there’s a ton of food. Your choice of chicken, beef, or fish.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He and I were fooling around in the pool, near a big bronze plaque marked with events for which the school kept records—50 yards, 100 yards, 220 yards. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Logically, he knew the two events weren’t related, but worrying didn’t require logic. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can imagine it was the social event of the day, everyone competing for the worst piece of news. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone who has made the coast-to-coast journey across America, whether by train or by car, has probably passed through Garden City, but it is reasonable to assume that few travelers remember the event. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day papers across the nation were reporting the stunning course of events. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Dalton,” said Daddy, I'm not sure you were aware of recent events involving your son, Raymond Edward Dalton.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no qualms about going dateless, as long as I had friends who were also happy to treat the event like a very fancy girls' night out. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In 1949, however, an unusual and tragic turn of events would bind Dorothy to the West Area computing office for the next decade. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

My head’s reeling from the ghastly events of the last five minutes—Boggs mutilated, dying, dead, Peeta’s homicidal rage, Mitchell bloody and netted and swallowed by that foul black wave. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If there were events earlier than this time, then they could not affect what happens at the present time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where I sit, it appears that he recalls the places he was, but has somehow concocted an alternate version of events, one that fits closer to his life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“This is the celestial event we’ve been waiting for! Someone must have seen the exact origin point. Quickly! Set down everything you can remember.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No doubt, this has to do with the late hour, and the trying nature of the events I have had to endure this evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The paths of light rays to and from the event are the diagonal lines. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all those other worlds in space there are events in progress, occurrences that will determine their futures. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Naima gets super animated as she explains the events and waves her arms around as if she’s acting them out. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I know him, know what he wants; he’s brushed too close to me too many times at Fizz’s family events. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

This said that employers had to grant employees unpaid leave while ensuring their job security for an amount of time in the event of qualified family and medical emergencies. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Every single event documented here may never have happened had you, Alex, not written my name on that list. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her roommate was a music major, which meant Terryl got to attend music events. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“What if we drafted up some laws in anticipation of this evo-lutionary event?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The team was growing rapidly, with experienced people recruited to look after the finances and handle advance planning on events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu was not sure how she helped out, since the events were catered and the children went to bed early, but she sensed, beneath the lightness of Kimberly's invitation, something close to a need. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The event was late, long after sunset, so Navid and I had already broken our fasts and had dinner before we headed out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The event would provoke the worst crisis in the long partnership between Ernest and the University of California. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I feel guilty, but I want to put all my extra time into being with my friends and getting ready for the event. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mia had heard a thirdhand version of events from Pearl the day before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dubbed “Project Greek Island,” in the event of an attack on Washington, DC, senators and congressional representatives were to be evacuated from the nation’s capital by railroad and delivered to the Greenbrier’s bunker. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The earthquake, the second Great Depression, current events. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The events in Jamestown were alarming to the planter elite, who were deeply fearful of the multiracial alliance of bond workers and slaves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Unless the events A and B are independent, the probability of A is different from the probability of A given that B has occurred. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

More repressive laws designed to suppress black anger sailed through Parliament with little opposition; more black informants were recruited to report on events in the ghettos. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No events in the ballroom tonight,” she said, brushing back her hair. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean,—What next? How did you proceed? What came of such an event?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rest could return to the Slat and the Crow Club to drink off their worry, make some trouble, and spread word of the night’s events. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

CUT TO: Montage of Charlie getting promoted at her PR firm, attending events, going to a concert, and eating dinner alone. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I push the door open without even knocking and ask, How do I get to the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not, however, enough time to prevent the course of events, only to alter them; which the passengers and crew did bravely, even though it cost them all their lives. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“We’re not going to plagiarize her. Filmmakers create stories based on true events all the time. It’s a common thing.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were eleven hundred spectators, more than for any previous chess event in U.S. history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One time, Walter took him to an event, and afterward Walter said to me, “Man, that chap is quiet.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He accepted an invitation to play in Yugoslavia in a month-long, twenty-player event in Bled that promised to be one of the strongest international tournaments conducted in years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

That is, they believed that one could unambiguously measure the interval of time between two events, and that this time would be the same whoever measured it, provided they used a good clock. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was too shaken by the night’s events and the long week of indecision to contradict him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent most of my days in the study, e-mailing people around the world, applying for grants, organizing fund-raising events. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Izzy, there are times when it’s appropriate to invite one of your friends, and times when events are just for family,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every event in history occurred against the background of some climate change. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the past of P can be defined as the set of all events from which it is possible to reach the event P traveling at or below the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one catastrophic event all of them and many, perhaps most, of the other species on the Earth, were destroyed.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people personalize events excessively, resisting an external perspective, and since numbers and an impersonal view of the world are intimately related, this resistance contributes to an almost willful innumeracy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been to a fair number of Barack’s political events by now and had seen him interact many times with big groups of constituents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her face was a reflection of many things; a sum of many transfiguring, even violent events. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I feel terrible about this terrible event, and I’m every bit as anxious as you are to see the guilty party caught and punished.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there were cultural events open to the community when I was a kid, my family hadn’t known about them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t been to any cultural events or sporting events as a family because it’s an all- night event,” Jim Link said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He regrets not having brought his running shoes along; he could have done a few miles on the treadmill before preparing himself for the event. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feared that my absorption with events in my past amounted to an immature refusal to live in the present. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members staged plays, sponsored sports teams and sewing circles, and taught courses in black history and current events. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Historic buildings everywhere I turned, and plaques and markers and statues for famous events and men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the main, I tried to convey to him some of the 'know-how', as he put it, involved in overseeing large events of the sort we used often to have. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the dinner?” he asked; “the grand event, the coup d State?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

A. A combination of contradictory words B. The outcome of a sequence of events C. An implied reference to a literary or historical event D. A symbolic story or narrative.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The news spread, making this the most talked-about event of the year. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back after twenty years, I sometimes wonder if the events of that summer didn’t happen in some other dimension, a place where your life exists before you’ve lived it, and where it goes afterward. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents were watching their children show off, and there were even some events for the parents too, such as the three-legged race and pass-the-grapefruit. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

No one who witnessed the events of the day would ever forget them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In my opinion, the central events and achievements of the revolutionary era and the early republic were political. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or were the night and the events of the day getting the best of her? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I walked away from the event that night even more inspired to do more, more committed to standing up, and more determined to raise my voice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the event was something like a musical equivalent of nuclear fusion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The state dinner at which she appeared was the most select and glamorous social event of the Roosevelt years. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

All were well, having survived the events of the past year at an estate belonging to his wife’s grandparents in the mountains of Shillong. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But on March 21, the chiefs testimony was interrupted by a shattering event outside the courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This must be standard agent dress code for special events. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With Coach Mustilli cheering me on, I had cinched my spot at the last qualifying event in January, finishing in fifth place. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Open Championship in Oklahoma City, the youngest player, at thirteen, ever to compete in the event. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in this camp, he reasoned, had been caught up by events in the war. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

His financial patronage of teams and players could always be relied upon, and he was the sponsor of many chess events, some major. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I narrated its events, not stinting Pro Bono’s actions therein. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

What if stopping to give a dollar to that violinist started a chain of events that causes me to miss her? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The store had a dazzling array of formal dresses perfect for some of the special events I had coming up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Before meeting Styx, our best story was about the time Bo Hopkins, the Pacers’ power forward, rode through town on his way to some charity event. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Besides, Imam Malik and Baba want it to be an interfaith event again.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The knife lay on the table between them, and Citra suddenly felt like the pedestrians at the gleaning: frozen just on the other side of some unthinkable event horizon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The press had good reason to play up the event. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And Sixteenth Street Baptist Church had its own rich history long before landmark Civil Rights events thrust it into the public eye. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We both worked for Sears and were both appearing at the same event. I said, ‘Gee, Ted. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They chose a spot close to the exposition’s fairgrounds so that people attending the events would walk past the headquarters and could be asked to sign petitions about women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I look up closure and it says: the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event such as the death of loved one. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know at the time that the events surrounding a student election would create difficulties that would change the course of my life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided I’d look for Martha on the sidelines before each event, because I knew that if I had her in my line of sight, I wouldn’t mess up. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Louie Zamperini was on his way to Germany to compete in the Olympics in an event that he had only contested four times. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Several events around that time would have a big impact on Halley’s future life. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, though the exhibition did garner coverage in local newspapers, not one story mentioned the reason for the event: to bring attention to the American team’s financial straits. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We even got new dresses. It is going to be quite the event.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There is a constant expectation of some fatal event.... The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Names they got from yearnings, gestures, flaws, events, mistakes, weaknesses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next two weeks I whirled around the city going to doctors, taking vitamin shots and pills, buying clothes for the baby, and except for the rare moments alone, enjoying the imminent blessed event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the moving observer would say that if faster-than-light travel is possible, it should be possible to get from event B, the opening of the Congress, to event A, the 100-meter race. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam could never describe in words, nor picture clearly to himself, what he felt or thought that night, though it remained in his memory as one of the chief events of his life. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The guards had covered their faces with handkerchiefs so no one would ever be able to identify them in the improbable event that circumstances changed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sonya, stunned and traumatized by the events of the past weeks, was able to return to her regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Neither Ron nor Hermione felt like going, however, so they and Harry wandered onto the grounds, still talking about the extraordinary events of the previous night and wondering where Sirius and Buckbeak were now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He rarely attended community events and never joined his father at our house for dinner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Goebbels asked him his name and event, then took the camera, moved away, snapped a photo, spoke with Hitler, returned, and told Louie that the fiihrer wanted to see him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The verdict returned by the jury would be taken in a spirit of justice, and, in any event, he would have the courtroom cleared at the slightest disturbance. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, but I felt pretty surprised at this new turn of events. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Ms. G came up with a new writing assignment that she thinks will bring the class closer together; we have to create a book of events that have changed our lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Do you know how to get to the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His silence is an awkward one, like those times in history class when we reviewed monumental events from the BDC days. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But while the actual event occurred on 24 August, one set of tables was a whole month late in its prediction and even the best was several days in error. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could now give media interviews during flights, get my hair and makeup done en route to an event, or bring Sasha and Malia along with me at no extra cost. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Their conclusion was that anything one could know about an event taking place at a quantum scale was limited to what one could observe—and this knowledge depended on the means of observation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The notice had appeared in the local newspaper only once, less than a week before the event. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For one thing, astronauts usually find they are too keyed up by the events of launch day to really relax the first night. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odessa High won the state championship that year, which became one of those events that was remembered in the psyche of the town forever, as indelible as Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mind kept coming back to the events of Tuesday, for it was a terrible, terrible day. It was a day of killing—a day of violence.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her mission in this one was to fill every moment of Kwang’s waking time with events and meetings and meals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Native historians and scholars have written at length about how events in US history have impacted Indigenous peoples, their perspectives are not often included in history courses. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

A lopsided couch and lumpy chair covered in a scratchy blue fabric faced the tub as if bathing were a special event to which spectators were invited. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As a rule, fencing is only allocated ten medals during the Olympic Games, even though there are technically twelve events. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There are events happening almost every week throughout the summer, but the student gallery isn't until August. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he refused to show up for the parades I marched in, this separated me from him that much more, while the events he did show up for left me miserable with embarrassment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was thrilled at this turn of events, because it meant that Ophie would now be earning a whole three dollars a week. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you this, because I think it’s important for you to know something of Chester’s background before I relate to you the story of the events following the arrival of Bunnicula into our home. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cecilia was lost to the events of ten minutes before and could not have composed a simple sentence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I will see most of you later this evening for the lecture at the university. Please make sure you wear your Sunday best for this fine event.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the event of a mishap they would have been quite useless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The heaviness hanging over our family was enormous, and my parents were stuck at the event horizon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It might not be a tragedy from your point of view, but it would certainly be a sad event for your mother and dad,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It is natural to describe key events in terms of the work of individuals who made a mark in science—Copernicus, Vesalius, Darwin, Wallace and the rest. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He is posting pictures of all our events. Here, let’s take a selfie!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Using this procedure, observers who are moving relative to each other will assign different times and positions to the same event. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This reshaping of events happens in a dozen ways every day, contesting reality. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had that look like when she’s watching the news and some horrific event has happened. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Life would seem so dry after the extraordinary events of the past couple of weeks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Although the winning of the cups and the money was a big event in my life, it didn’t change my hunting any. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ever since she got up and saw the snow, she’s been driving the whole town crazy. She’s a born event planner.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We would admit that we had made contingency plans to undertake guerrilla warfare in the event sabotage failed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, you started a chain of events that ruined my life. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

With this chronology in mind, we can now address an important question: was Copernicus’s adoption of the terraqueous-globe theory the key event which led to his switch from geocentrism to heliocentrism? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone was elated with this turn of events, most of all Colonel Cathcart, who was convinced he had won a feather in his cap. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And yet it is that improbable event, a small beneficial mutation in a nucleotide a ten-millionth of a centimeter across, that makes evolution go. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such events occur only once in a thousand years or so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’d placed at state in all my events, and now Ted was expecting something from me, and that was sort of a scary place to be: in the scope of his expectation. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

There were several events on campus to which alumni and their families were invited. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

So many monstrous events were occurring that he was no longer positive which events were monstrous and which were really taking place. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Can’t you just see it, me at the dinner table in between swallows of chicken and broccoli casually mentioning the day’s events. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“A visit from a fairy broker is a significant event, and carries certain expectations. I’ll concede that the merriment borders on foolishness.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They had stayed up late discussing the events of the day, almost like friends rather than siblings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The following day we learned of an extraordinary course of events: the warders had gone on their own food boycott, refusing to go to their own cafeteria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These eleven were the major events, and they were hooked together like a fragile daisy chain looped around the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a book he was regardless of time; and on the present occasion he had a good deal of curiosity as to the event of an evening which had raised such splendid expectations. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Frank Millet, director of functions, meanwhile stepped up his own efforts to promote the fair and arranged an increasingly exotic series of events. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We considered taking a stand, being arrested and going to jail to be an event that instilled the utmost pride,” one student demonstrator explained. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he should hop another train to put more distance between him and the events from the night before. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And so the stolen guns and ammunition became just one more event in the Miracle Valley beanfield war that would never be explained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could despair at this turn of events, something happened inside his chest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meredith also shopped for Sasha and Malia ahead of public events, which added to the overall expense, but they, too, had the gaze upon them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I look upon my departure from Colonel Lloyd’s plantation as one of the most interesting events of my life. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she shoots pictures of any event that’s important to her, knowing that each memory is too important to lose, having lost so many before. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut recalling these events. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In fact, listening to radio broadcasts ranked as Americans’ favorite recreation—more popular than movies, books, or sports events. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

His theft had become a one-of-a-kind world event, and he was a hero to thousands of people. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we’ve got another event to plan, after the festival.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That is, each event could be labeled by a number called “time” in a unique way, and all good clocks would agree on the time interval between two events. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We must talk to our sisters, Kaisa. These events are too big for us alone.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, in the event of a self-destruct initiation, the only way to stop the sequencing is by making and uploading a full PowerPoint presentation? “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Newspapers in the North and the South reported on the assassination for weeks after the event. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Through events both arbitrary and conceived it so happened that one of his faces fell away, and then another, and another, until he revealed to me a final level that would not strip off. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the event you find the accused guilty, the bench will not entertain a recommendation for mercy. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Geyer, finding the girls was “one of the most satisfactory events of my life,” but his satisfaction was tempered by the fact that Howard remained missing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Its eruption must have been a terrifying event for the inhabitants. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bizarre events have incurably infected the prosecution of this case,” Byrne continued. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Harry noticed that Ron’s version of events changed subtly with every retelling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But in the evening of 11 November 1572 his life was changed again by one of the most dramatic events that the Universe can provide. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Later, lying on the couch at his home in Raleigh with music blaring from the stereo, he replayed the events of that evening across the screen of his closed eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how it was to be swept along on the tide of events, and to feel you had no control over any of it, not even your own fate. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband dying and her mother being blinded were events that would matter in the course of a lifetime. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There is no general answer to the question of which processes dominate, the outside ones or the inside ones; the rare but violent events, or the common and inconspicuous occurrences. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any observer can work out precisely what time and position any other observer will assign to an event, provided he knows the other observer’s relative velocity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things then unravelled, like a film of the events of the previous two decades being run backwards at high speed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The events of the day swarmed over me and made my breathing difficult. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body was thrumming with anxious unspent energy, and I could hear Chubs muttering to himself, as if trying to work through the night’s events. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Something had happened which I could not comprehend; no one knew of or had seen the event but myself: it had taken place the preceding night. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The very earliest events in the specification of an embryo—the specification of the body axis, of front and back, and left versus right—were among the last to be understood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But there was no denying what would happen if events were left to run their course. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reliving the events that had led me to this place. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At our next track practice, after we’re all stretched out, Coach West tells us what specific events she wants us to train for. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Because when I want something to happen—or not happen—I begin to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father’s health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each observer could use radar to say where and when an event took place by sending out a pulse of light or radio waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freakishly talented children were paraded at these events, much as they have been ever since. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what kindergarten methods would be shocking enough to pull a whole family out of school forever, but there’s no way to access information about this event—George has no idea. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Thomas was so stunned by the turn of events, it took a moment for him to act. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Several days later an event probably unrelated to the Casino Pilar robbery occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He entreated me again to tell him of the events, now no mirth in his demeanor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Those who didn’t report suspicions before a harmful event could be charged with aiding and abetting. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In any event, she brought out a man and his wife, with three children, one of them six years old, one of them four years old, and a three-months’ old baby, and another man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, I had the privilege of seeing photographs of the event taken by Civil Rights photographer Charles Moore. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn arrived as if it were aware of the previous night’s events. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I must say I was sweating, for I really did not expect this turn of events. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since she refused to partake of the local social life, Jean de Satigny was forced to go alone to the numerous events to which they were invited. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your life is influenced by the events and politics of your time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The owner decided where and when the hunt would take place, and in the event of a kill, he’d receive the choicest portion of the meat, usually the hindquarter. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Not one thing happens that Heimdall does not see, and sometimes he sees events that have yet to occur in the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Though the world, in fact, was not destroyed, everyone had a marvelous time and people spoke fondly of the event for years afterward. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Though he had had his dinner before leaving for the station, a four-layer tiffin carrier packed by his mother sat at his feet, in the event that hunger should attack him in the night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their abundant correspondence salvaged events from the mists of improbable facts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike our World Cup format, the individual event at the Olympics was held on one day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The event was strange and unusual to us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They followed no very clear order, for they interrupted one another continually, and Treebeard often stopped the speaker, and went back to some earlier point, or jumped forward asking questions about later events. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This is the fourth largest proton event in the past three years, and will likely continue at or above the current level for the next several weeks as we approach the solar maximum. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

People assumed that Manet had intended to represent an actual event. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm, what’d you miss... A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A different celebrity wore a bikini that revealed a bodily imperfection. A team won a sporting event, but another team lost.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

For many, Lincoln’s assassination was the most important event of their lives. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the dream he had remembered his last glimpse of his mother, and within a few moments of waking the cluster of small events surrounding it had all come back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Your brother got injured at some track event,” Heidi says, her eyes doing the Manhattan Dart, “and got home early and found your friend Libby going through his underwear drawer.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wondered why they were talking about an event that had ended years before. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The action of the play closely resembled recent events at Elsinore, but I could not discern its purpose. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She attached cameras to saddles for equestrian events and floated them on pontoon boats for swimming events. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

November sapped them with Indiana cold, but two events made Cora forget about the weather. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Alec was already on his feet and heading for the door before anyone else could even process the turn of events. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I quickly explained the dizzy events of the last two days. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I learn the date of a certain event, I can easily remember it by its colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is a fact of history that we often don’t realize how important or transformative certain events or developments are until well afterward and enough time has passed to allow us to reflect upon them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She slid both papers closer, taking in events that had happened all over the country—to white people. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Prim got out early from school for the event. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Father was still all bent out of shape over yesterday’s events. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The events that follow transpired many years ago. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At all events, the King, his friend and his host, killed him, we are not told why. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We,, I was eleven years of age, an event transpired that changed considerably the course of things at the College of Lucidity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I became the US National All-Around Champion for 2013, taking not only individual gold but also winning silver in all four events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The event makes sense when I think of it in these terms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In her case it was an unshakable conviction regarding the yet unplumbed event. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another, more likely version of events, Judge Cady is said to have strongly objected to his daughter’s remarks. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once when Jack attended an event for Holocaust survivors, he was told someone was looking for him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby, at Logan Regional Hospital, Trooper Rindlisbacher was also having trouble making sense of the events. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be there, to see the horrible event. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought his way of viewing the events had a certain consistency. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now only one event was left—the one in which I was the most confident. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart, on the other hand, was all broken up by the event. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Wade was indeed the event that tipped the crime scale. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then observers moving at different speeds can disagree about whether event A occurred before B or vice versa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One tiny piece, which is a large enough event to occur, given her circumstances. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, Mama Bear would be absolutely furious with the way events are unfolding today. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He confronted those same foods at holiday parties and big events. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Could it be some sort of school event?” their mother asked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He clears his throat and begins: “A weather event that measured 6.5 on the Richter scale would be a/an: A. Tornado B. Hurricane C. Earthquake D. Tsunami.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mvezo, however, was a place apart, a tiny precinct removed from the world of great events, where life was lived much as it had been for hundreds of years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next few minutes, Miss Emily went on reminiscing about different events from those days, mentioning a lot of people whose names meant nothing to us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In the last hundred years, there has been a steady series of events on the labor front. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It states simply that in the long run the difference between the probability of some event and the relative frequency with which it occurs approaches zero. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the roof that night, Zeitoun and Todd and Nasser barbecued the remaining meat, noting that it was the first time any of them had been at any sort of social event since the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Rumors about a big event reverberated throughout the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the commemorative events was a race between Jableh and Lattakia, in which swimmers from all over the Arab world would swim thirty kilometers through the Mediterranean. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In theory, a naked singularity with no event horizon might allow you to travel faster than light or backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The journey of the first humans to Australia is one of the most important events in history, at least as important as Columbus’ journey to America or the Apollo 11 expedition to the moon. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of me, my parents still downplayed the seriousness of events. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

At all events, there is some evidence to suggest that for the next twenty thousand years the total number of people on Earth was never more than a few thousand at any time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Anthony organized events and sold pamphlets about suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I needed to create a portfolio of current events articles and show how they related to stock prices, and to get the back issues. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He often bloated while lying in bed in the morning contemplating the unfortunate turn that events had taken since the Reformation. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event was often informal, contentious and unruly. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Because he possessed what seemed to be an unusually reliable memory, I was particularly interested to hear how his version of the events jibed with my own. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm told his parents about these extraordinary events, and they were angry, but not angry enough—or perhaps too busy—to do as some parents had done and go to the school and complain. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“All right, but make sure you’re listening out for your events— the seventy meters is coming up.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She’ll open and close the event with two of her poems. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I must admit that in writing this paper I was motivated partly by irritation with Bekenstein, who, I felt, had misused my discovery of the increase of the area of the event horizon. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2012, they dropped the women’s saber and the men’s épée team events. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Only the most important social event of the school year! Not that I’ve ever been to one.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then I lean against the cellar wall, retracing the events of the last day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, when there are only twenty minutes left, he makes us number off one-two and we break up into teams for an abbreviated game, thanks to what he calls “unfortunate events.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered the events of the previous evening. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I pore over the events too long, Hoagland always reminded me, I might get the proportions wrong, lend an act or word a note of too much significance and weight. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly every month in 1919 included events that would resonate beyond that one year, bringing changes that echo into our own time. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I was sending him various items, of course, brief profiles of Kwang at various events around the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Focus, newbies! We're not talking, we're stretching! It's been an eventful week, and you four always seemed to be part of the events. So today, keep your heads in the lane." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sponsored by the Arizona League of Women Voters, the event was open to any high school student who cared to show his or her stuff as a public speaker. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The earthquake signaled such an important change in the life of the Trueba family that from then on they divided all events into before and after that day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

These events, however, were supposed to have taken place in the far-distant past. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the years immediately following the events in Washington, Chicago, and Elaine, it became increasingly clear that, rather than be diminished by the riots, African Americans were emboldened by them. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

There is nothing stranger told in any story than some of the events in their lives. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a turn of events we had yesterday at the courthouse. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” Noggle says, “unusual celestial events often presage important political changes, so with a new king on the horizon, it’s important for us to observe the signs carefully.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Weirdly intriguing videos of these staged events flashed around the world as part of a soft-focus, Entertainment Tonight makeover for the Kim family dynasty. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Crowds packed the Great Gymnasium, which was a huge outdoor stadium used for sporting events. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

No one will care what events and which individuals were misrepresented to make a novel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Memories take on life, a valid life, that is more vital, more real than the actual event. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ironically, it was precisely this framing that ensured that the events in Jena would not actually launch a “new civil rights movement.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every athletic event became an exercise in patriotism. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

No names have been changed, no characters invented, no events fabricated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because all the events that had overturned the world had their origin in his mysterious activities. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. That would be cheating. I can’t help any of my students, because I’m the event organizer.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Soon, like bright bits of glass, the events of that afternoon cut into him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not believe in miracles. But I grant that there are things—events and beings, perhaps—beyond the reach of reason,” I say, turning my thoughts into words with difficulty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Find books about historical events and places you’ve always wanted to visit,” suggested Sierra. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The calendar of events is full of committee meetings and baby showers, and I shift around in my wooden chair, hoping the meeting will end soon. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This turn of events had been objected to most vocally by their mother, Ophie’s aunt Helen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The systematic enslavement of Africans, and the rearing of their children under bondage, emerged with all deliberate speed—quickened by events such as Bacon’s Rebellion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

All those not employed defending the Abbey would husband the crops and gather in supplies for the larders in the event of a prolonged siege. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So, if this was part of the price to pay to participate in the greatest sporting event in the world, I was happy to pay my dues. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Whenever any creature broke loose on Zuckerman’s farm, the event was of great interest to the others. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Have I changed the way everyone does, time and events molding me? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was such an important event King Baudouin of Belgium, himself, was going to be there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frequency of incidents seemed tied, to some extent, to current events, to the general media profile of Muslims that week or month. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Family who would make up events in the lore of his life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Since then my apolitical brother had been taking an unusual interest in current events. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Organizers said approximately 5,000 birds are acquired for the event. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The miscellaneous expenses include legal fees, parties, bribes, and gang-sponsored “community events.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The events that brought the two trainers together had begun in 1928, when Fitzsimmons was entrusted with the two-year-old Hard Tack, sire of the colt Smith would see at Suffolk Downs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why the food committee never asks Sister Daniels to cook for events anymore and now they ask Grandma. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He leaned back against his cushions and scowled at her, as if challenging her to dispute his version of events. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Travel permits were usually issued for work-related reasons or for a family event that could be confirmed by bureaucrats, such as a wedding or a funeral. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Because Rodin was known to MI6, the Soviets assigned Blake a new KGB contact, Sergei Kondrachev, who worked in the Soviet embassy in London as a junior official in charge of cultural events. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I absolutely know what you mean. I’ve had to participate in my fair share of fundraisers and gala events. I can give her some tips on what to expect,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The impetus was the publication of a highly sensationalized book, The Hydrogen Bomb: The Men, The Menace, The Mechanism, by journalists James Shepley and Clay Blair Jr., which accepted Teller’s version of events as gospel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Following their morning class, there was an hour for lunch, and from one o'clock to two o'clock the men read American magazines and newspapers so they were familiar with current events. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“This is a family event. Pearl is not part of the family.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She recounts events from her spiritualist days, delighted when he finds the endeavor as absurd as she had at the time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many of them were wearing the same shades of orange and blue as Mrs. Childers, but their grim expressions made it seem more like they were headed to a funeral than to a sporting event. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pat Nixon, their younger daughter Julie, and the entire White House staff were trying to convince Tricia to move the event inside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then the man of the house played the accordion, fireworks were set off, and drums celebrated the event throughout the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The splitting-up of the world into three great superstates was an event which could be and indeed was foreseen before the middle of the twentieth century. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was not an event of much moment; but my memory of it is clear, and it will act as a serviceable specimen of the conversations among our academicians. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wish my essay could have been about the most significant event in my life; how my family immigrated to America. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Le Roy’s text helps us to distinguish events, words and concepts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were vindicated; the program was correct, events were progressing in their predetermined direction, history was on their side, and Harlem loved them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel is thinking not about past events, but future ones. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was the culminating romantic event of the school year on campus, and it seemed to me in my fantasy mode to be the perfect vehicle for our reconciliation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This was an important event in the barn cellar. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, We’ve been talking about the war in Bosnia and how similar some of the events are to the Holocaust. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I would assure him that I would try not to, and that in any event he would be checking the manuscript page by page, and ultimately the galley proofs. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not recall the chain of events but assumed Dad had known or suspected what was happening. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his parents have prepared him for the event, when Mrs. Merton shows up with her needlepoint he feels stranded, no longer in the mood for cartoons. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He later described it as “a nuclear bit of e-mail,” given the chain of events it subsequently triggered. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tired, but still excited by the events of the last hours. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don't mean this figuratively, like there is a shortage of significant events. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Indeed, if it had not been for the disturbing events of the night before, they would have enjoyed this part of the journey better than any up to that time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For this event, you had to cross over a ten-yard patch of Poisoned Peanut Butter but, as Ms. Owens explained, “Only two of you can wear the Anti-Poison shoes to get across at a time!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

All were stunned by the events that Sunday night in October. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

There is no theory of the universe: events cannot be predicted beyond a certain extent but occur in a random and arbitrary manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since there could be no natural explanation, assuming the star was indeed in the heavens, the event was clearly a miracle, a sign sent by God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My beam performance in the event final wasn’t quite as golden: I’d bobbled on my front tuck and would have fallen all the way off the beam if I hadn’t grabbed it with both hands. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A stage hung with the blue livery of Claudius had been erected for the day’s events. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That particular morning was Wednesday, and the papers reported another source of blame for the event. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

What little there is consists of what was assembled by Mamaji and mailed over after the events. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This trip is to San Antonio, Texas, and Southwest Airlines is going to sponsor this event as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before Mom could pack our whole Saturday with boring “cultural events,” I asked if I could do homework at Calaca. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

"How easy it is to snipe after the fact, to apply the knowledge we have now to the events of 1993," he wrote. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I assume he has been puzzled by both events, as if they’re not something he’s done himself, on purpose, but things that have happened to him accidentally, like stubbing your toe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One other noteworthy event occurred while Galileo was a medical student in Pisa, although the story has been considerably distorted and embellished down the centuries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The inside is filled with glossy pictures of after-school classes, smiling faces, and sports events. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That is why the fall of the Berlin Wall was felt in so many more places than just Berlin, and why its fall was such a world-flattening event. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine it could be more intense than the baths, which have become an almost nightly event, and I can’t wait to find out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Once again, he remembered a tangible thing from his past, but couldn’t assign it to any specific time or place, couldn’t associate it with any other person or event. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And he looked at the hills and at the old house, as though to save something, before he tore open the envelope and read the inevitable four words, the person, the event, and the time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A numbed dreariness descended on the house, everyone moving in slow motion in the gloom of Miltown and recent events. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In racing, a victory by a horse older than seven, even in claiming races, is an extremely rare event; Knighthood was ten. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’ll be the most important event in their lives, the thing that gets whispered by other parents at parties when their backs are turned: Did you hear about their son? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I note this information and keep it at hand in the event I need to use it to my advantage later. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Word spread of Abuela’s talent, and soon she was cooking for private events all over town. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Elizabeth doesn’t want me to volunteer at your charity event,” Maddy says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Enabling virtually all citizens to experience noteworthy events simultaneously and in entertaining form, radio created a vast common culture in America, arguably the first true mass culture the world had ever seen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to tell me, friend John, that you have no suspicion as to what poor Lucy died of; not after all the hints given, not only by events, but by me?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s a school event, totally chaperoned. What’s wrong with a bunch of kids hanging out in the cafeteria? You have to let her go.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I wish I could have told the congregation that my experience was unique, an isolated event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was a deeply disturbing turn of events, essentially abrogating the Treaty of Versailles and undermining the foundations on which European peace had been built since 1919. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The handful of patrons who witness the event are ushered quickly away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The events, even the important ones, may have trooped by faceless and pale. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if they orchestrated the whole event, right down to the double suicide. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I remember now that my father once said that great events have a way of happening uneventfully. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That luncheon is an expensive event,” Papá said, frowning. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The planned test of the plutonium bomb over the sands of Alamogordo, New Mexico, an event known as Trinity, was nigh; deployment of the bomb in war could be only a few weeks further off. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Rare events such as batting streaks that are the result of chance are not individually predictable, yet the pattern of their occurrence is probabilistically describable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he could do was play out the events of the past few days in his mind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there is so much time to be endured, time heavy as fried food or thick fog; and then all at once these red events, like explosions, on streets otherwise decorous and matronly and somnambulent. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days after the interview, rather than integrate its annual Miss Durham pageant, as demanded by UOCI, the Durham Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to cancel the event altogether. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If an event involves several characters involved in several relationships, there needs to be a way to keep track of who did what to whom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Catastrophists, as you might expect from the name, believed that the Earth was shaped by abrupt cataclysmic events–floods principally, which is why catastrophism and neptunism are often wrongly bundled together. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it was great!” the normally articulate Robert exclaims, unable to find a more expressive way to describe the event. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

First, when she was eight, going on nine, her mother had died, an event not immediately recognized by Elizabeth as a disaster, since she had scarcely known her mother and had certainly never loved her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The date fit the likely chronology of events: Geyer knew from the children’s letters that on that Sunday morning they had left Cincinnati and by evening had arrived in Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The best I could hope for was to turn in clean routines in all my other events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You agree, then, that all these events are linked to one another?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Do you know, Otis Bottom,” he asked, “what historic event in the sciences will occur during this new year of 1969?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Loading the valuables onto Cleopatra’s ships also supports this explanation of the events. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

There was nothing I could do for Sir Fig Newton until I was back at home, so I readjusted my focus to dragging my parents away from the event horizon with my mood-music hypothesis. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They tried out the piano and examined the public address system, a battery of six microphones that would broadcast the event to those present at the Memorial and also to the national radio audience. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

But however I chose to remember it, that event would change everything. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A memory, a present event, and a forecast all equally present. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant not thinking too far beyond my next meet, yet preparing every minute for the big event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Its arrival in the bookstores was not a major literary event. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An event that would be unthinkable in a hundred years may be in- evitable in a hundred million. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used this event to launch a night of organized violence across the country. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Yet the event keeps returning to me in my dreams exactly as I’ve described it, with all the same sights and smells occurring in sequence as I stretched my weight over the water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well, Percy. But know this: the Oracle’s words often have double meanings. Don’t dwell on them too much. The truth is not always clear until events come to pass.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Prediction in history, as in other historical sciences, is most feasible on large spatial scales and over long times, when the unique features of millions of small-scale brief events become averaged out. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Thompson’s piece galvanized Stephanie’s cause, and suddenly a group of students and their parents began to voice their opinions online and in person at school events. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

To make things even worse, he encourages people who may know something about the event to come forward and speak with the administration—and says that your identity will be protected if you do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I do my best to act normal, and I shadow Fiona as she moves from event to event. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At six o’clock, I left Zion and made my way into the apartment to get changed for the evening events. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Richard Harding Davis called the exposition “the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess the main event depends on where you were standing,” George says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, I recall quite clearly the very last time we met like that; I was wishing to discuss with Miss Kenton a forthcoming event - a weekend gathering of distinguished persons from Scotland. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The Facebook event page is done, and it’s disguised as best I could as a party invitation.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were no road signs, not one; they’d all been taken down or blacked over to confuse the enemy in the event Operation Sea Lion was successful and the German army came swarming inland. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Now events were running away with them, trampling over her personal griefs, her budding hopes, her sprouting wings. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave him a feeling of excitement and pleasure to be even on the fringes of great, secret, dangerous events. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certain events are parallel, but compared with Hugh's, my childhood was unspeakably dull. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

An event is something that happens at a particular point in space and at a particular time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

An account to the Ring-bearer of so strange an event was required, I think. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only problem is that the carrot dumping became a weekly event, and it’s really not funny anymore. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always he was thinking about the future, about events that would occur two, four, or ten years hence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The track was offering a $50,000 purse for the inaugural Hollywood Gold Cup, a ten-furlong race that promised to become one of the sport’s premier events. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event had been traumatic for the Hollywood Park officials and seemed to make them overly concerned about Smith. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The death toll from today’s events is unknown at this time but is expected to reach into the thousands.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Considering the frequency with which they turn up at seminal events in eighteenth-century science, remarkably little is known about either man. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We will always reach for a “dispositional” explanation for events, as opposed to a contextual explanation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given an event P, one can divide the other events in the universe into three classes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Signes hit twenty times for one missing, a Man may lay a Wager of Twenty to One of the event; but may not conclude it for a Truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She learned the events that made up a person’s life, and she used them to understand why they did the things they did. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My narrative, while willfully episodic in character—no comprehensive coverage of all events is claimed—follows a chronological line, with one significant exception. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Considering her failing health, many expected this to be the last major event of her career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They were with Kyle’s mom and dad in the capacity crowd that was bunched behind velvet ropes for the final two events of the duodecimalthon. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rumours of strange events had by now spread all over the field, but Frodo would only say no doubt everything will be cleared up in the morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one yet knows if or how these events were related. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His money came too hard to risk it on a hand of cards, even in the unlikely event that it was honestly dealt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But it spilled out into the open, setting off a series of events that even by the hyperbolic standards of Texas became quite incredible. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one filters out banal and impersonal events, most of what’s left are astounding aberrations and coincidences, and one’s mind begins to resemble the headlines of supermarket tabloids. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event probably got more attention as a fiasco than it would have if things had gone smoothly. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Many who had watched events on the lake closely thought they had seen something beyond merely a good crew race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He described recent events and gave credit to Union General Grant and his officers for the successful end to the war. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what seem to be supernatural events are really sleight of hand. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1935, a Norfolk Journal and Guide article covering the annual event dubbed her “the festivals most enthusiastic and hardest working director.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The farther in the past such an event is, the more powerful may be its influence—because the longer the lever arm of time becomes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master Lockton had been half following the turn of events while supervising the unloading. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it’s apparently used to host community science events. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Such a gloomy song for so glorious an event.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We held a range of cultural events, like a soul-food night, a movie night with films about civil-rights movements, a Caribbean night, a Motown dance. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The newspaper contained several items that would have been excellent for current events. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me start off by asking what your reaction is to the events of the last twenty-four hours. Were you surprised to see those names appear on Halliday’s Scoreboard?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She paused, her gaze straying to the four sealed letters she’d already prepared: one for each of the Masters, to inform them of the events of the previous night, and of her failure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That event had taken place in February 1908, when a small group of twenty-three women had marched up Broadway in New York to a meeting hall. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Extraordinary things happen in connection with such an event that do not exactly have anything to do with tournament itself. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He neither claimed to know the butler's name, nor anyone who had known him, but he would always insist the event occurred just as he told it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee put a hand on my back and steered me over to the uneven bars for my next event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They focused on children to raise, households to run, church, clubs, and local community events. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing I’ve learned from this crazy course of events is that no matter how much we try to believe David beat Goliath, the reality is that the big guy always wins. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On weekends, many Respectables gathered in these same spaces for relaxation and social events. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Devon walked up the steps to get his Life rank the whole auditorium was silent because like Dad said it’s a big event for a seventh grader to get his Life rank so soon. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So very happy! Honestly, I didn’t think you’d make it past the nymphs, but it’s so much better that you did. Much more entertaining. You’re just in time for the main event!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In that event there was no need for concern. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the trial began, my father kept me informed about unfolding events at the Jefferson County Courthouse. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s not a competition if one person can’t even show up for the event. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The inconvenience of this system in record-keeping is palliated by various devices, for instance reference to well-known events, reigns of kings, dynasties, local lords, etc. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The evolutionary point of that is to make the muscles as hard as possible—to turn them into a kind of armor and limit bleeding in the event of injury. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The poor squirrel was the only creature that might be trusted to give an honest accounting of the events that had led to its untimely arrival at the party. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He calmly reviewed the events of the past few days and then asked me to reconsider my decision to resign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The greater families were also concerned with events in the Kingdom at large, and many of their members studied its ancient histories and legends. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I have always identified most strongly with Nick Carraway, the keen observer and narrator, a man both detached from and immersed in the events of the book. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Azores were later rediscovered around 1427, but the event still seemed unimportant, and no reliable account survives. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But the world has not seen, neither has it heard, such a tragic turn of events as we face in this our time.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And again, it both saddens and humors me that you don’t see the importance of the events. It means your mind hasn’t evolved yet to be able to see them for what they really are.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In event after event that afternoon, German oarsmen charged down the course ahead of their competition, winning gold medals in the first five races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What is it you write there, my friend?” asked M. Bouc.“Mow cher, it is my habit to be neat and orderly. I make here a little table of chronological events.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the news hadn't caught up with the events. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever learned the precise nature of the role that Comrade Pillai played in the events that followed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A farm only a few hours away rented out ponies dressed as unicorns for birthday parties and other events. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although Fig was practically comatose, I remained frozen at the event horizon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Current events were making it almost impossible for me to focus on historical ones. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was a big event at the time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The barons came for the auction of Osage leases, an event that was held about four times a year and that was overseen by the Department of the Interior. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It's another Monday morning, and after three full weeks at home, a ringing doorbell is a major event in my life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was certain the event would end in bloodshed; in bodies piled sky-high, like the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I got up quickly and ate, then reviewed the order of events to come. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

External events combined with mob psychology and generated a positive feedback loop. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As he poured out an account of the morning’s events, Gwydion listened intently. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Yet another common suffragist strategy was the presentation of pageants, which the dictionary defines as “an elaborate public dramatic presentation that usually depicts a historical or traditional event.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But as for future events, he had first to fear that a new successor in control of the Church might not be his ally, and might try to take away what Alexander had given him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The main event was the baby,” Axel says, running his hand down Ray’s spine. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But table 24 is the meteorological event of the century: ten British tourists who seem to have made the decision to absorb the American experience entirely by mouth. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The events of the last two months should teach them something about the darkness in the hearts of the hakujin and the more general darkness that was part of living. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The mass mystified me for being a public and a private event. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This cone is called the future light cone of the event. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the Moon, the outside, catastrophic events hold sway; on Earth, the inside, slow processes dominate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lecture and this small sampling paled in comparison to the main event of our chemical-agents education—the practical class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, Cleopatra knew about Berenice’s murdering ways, and she understood that people would do anything to achieve and maintain power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the event, the sedimentary layer was 50 percent deeper than expected and the basaltic layer was never found at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She began to take her niece to local benefits and community events, where Marian would be asked to sing a song or two and would earn twenty-five or even fifty cents. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

But maybe God intended for me to sleep in that morning, needed me to stay home, as He counted on all of the day’s events spreading out just like He’d planned them. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

High school lacrosse did not prepare him for this kind of sporting event. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One could well say of the event horizon what the poet Dante said of the entrance to Hell: “All hope abandon, ye who enter here.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The events of that day reverberated in every town and township of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, it is argued, you would have set into motion a different sequence of historical events, which those you left behind in our time line would never know about. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let Hx be the event that the host opens door X and so on. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If an experiment turns out precisely as predicted, this can be very nice, but it is only a great event if at the same time it is a surprise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On such a trip as mine, so much there is to see and to think about that event and thought set down as they occurred would roil and stir like a slow-cooking minestrone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma felt like she was trying to solve some huge math problem that didn’t involve numbers but people and events: The kidnapped kids in Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was so stunned I couldn’t remember the sequence of events that had led me to this point. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There were certain events in Odessa that had become time- honored traditions, essential elements in the biological clock of the town. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bambino’s is where many of the town’s big events, both somber and celebratory, are marked. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jake’s mom was still home because she was working an event that night at the hotel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

No concrete evidence exists that the first event caused the second, but the coincidence in timing is hard to dismiss. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He lit up anytime he got to visit a school science fair or a youth sporting event. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some upstate towns, the prison is the main event, visually speaking: Clinton’s imposing wall runs along Dannemora’s main street. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here, in my city, the Nazis slaughtered a family because of events that started with love and jealousy and a slip of the tongue. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The average age in our platoon, I’d guess, was nineteen or twenty, and as a consequence things often took on a curiously playful atmosphere, like a sporting event at some exotic reform school. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strong wind was blowing by the time the main event, the varsity race, was set to start, and the lake was frothy with whitecaps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I spent the little free time I had reading Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and memorizing a poem for English and keeping up with current events by reading the daily newspaper for my history class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The agency, created in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001, is in charge of implementing our country's immigration laws. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The quantum singularity in my chest churned, drawing more interstellar dust into its event horizon, sucking up all the light that drew too close. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Given the magnitude of this event, Otto wondered if solving the problem might actually be worth two keys? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their attendance at the pardon, as well as at virtually every White House event, became entirely optional. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And according to Roman custom, he staged a triumphant parade in honor of the event. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think the pageant is like Christmas, and we just keep trying to celebrate it earlier and earlier until it turns into a year-round event. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was also a public event, the beginning of a process whereby new knowledge, in opposition to the old culture of secrecy, established its legitimacy within a public arena. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The event was even more exciting than I hoped it’d be. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fall of the Berlin Wall was a loud historic event that nobody missed. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Grandma, please introduce yourself and tell us your year of birth, and where you were born. Then tell us an important event from your life. Specifically, your time during the war.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But like the night before, he was restless, his mind racing with the events of the day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The stories were full of magic events and interesting people and witches and strange places. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Now, write down, ah, how you felt about that event.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Shin had come to Torrance with the understanding that he would help LiNK by working with its volunteers and speaking at its events. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Over time, thinks Marie-Laure, events that seem jumbled either become more confusing or gradually settle into place. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were matches and there was a magnifying glass and there was a mattress and then, clearly, a series of unfortunate events. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Well and all, he would burn that bridge when he came to it, he decided, and for now he would take Yvaine into the village and deal with events as they came. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Things had changed a good deal in the preceding years, and he felt overtaken by events that he had not expected to live long enough to have to confront. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it is also necessary to remember that events happened in the desired manner. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I vaguely wonder if I should be preparing for the event in some way, but nothing comes to mind. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This event was exciting for Papa and me not only because Alice's mother was about to make her dramatic debut but also because Sillington House was, too. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just, we don’t know to what degree we’ll succeed. If any. My guess is that fearful events are the hardest to root out. They’re the ones we naturally remember the best, after all.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Like some outlandish sporting event: everybody screaming from the sidelines, rooting me on — a loud stadium roar. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Art Moran had lain awake the night before fretting about his role in this trial and remembering the sequence of events with his eyes shut, as if they were occurring in a dream. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Through a completely unanticipated event my moral conscience became clear. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

With every campaign event, every article published, every sign we might be gaining ground, we became slightly more exposed, more open to attack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You might not feel as sure of yourself on bars as you do in your other events, but you can still do a great bar routine,” she assured me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was, at all events, the first clue that the world was about to change. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had plenty of time to be by myself and to think and feel the magic these events contained. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson, one of the discoverers of Ebola virus, preferred to talk about these events while fly-fishing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was simply watching a scheduled event alongside other members of the community. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The initial event in the play has the same effect as someone throwing a stone into a pond, he tells them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Listening to Ellen, a stranger would have almost believed that the marriage, which subsequent events would indicate had not even been mentioned between the young people and the parents, had been actually performed. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others added bits of gossip from the events of the day. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed cultural events and “all sorts and sizes of meetings and lectures” on temperance, abolition, and other social reform movements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“So if you want doughnuts or pizza or anything else for your event, it’s gotta be on the first.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You may or may not be aware of the events that occurred in the parking lot yesterday afternoon...” begins Mr. Bontaff, who then proceeds to tell us even less than we already know. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I have them here at my feet, bound with colored ribbons, divided according to events and not in chronological order, just as she arranged them before she left. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I desisted, just as I would have slowed down to an arthritic pace in any job, in the event that a manager showed up to do a time-and-motion study. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just once in his life he had possessed—after the event: that was what counted—concrete, unmistakable evidence of an act of falsification. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It had been a firing day, although he had readied the foil strength of his youth, and he leaned his head against the back of his throne, thinking about the events of the marriage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The form and abundance of the galaxies have a story to tell us of ancient events on the largest possible scale, a story we are just beginning to read. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt, tonight he had eyes for nothing but the events taking place on the brightly lit football field. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Out of all the possibilities in the world—the millions of them—only events occurred that lead to the Salinas jail. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd kept the majority of her opponents cowering behind their barricades until the last few minutes of the event, when a young man in a floppy hat decided to make a run for it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dell tried, in desperation, to add up the events of the long and challenging month. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In my dreams that night I did not recall the strange events that happened on the Agua Negra, instead I saw my three brothers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nudges both children to talk about what happens in school, to recount the plots of the books they read, and to discuss current events. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I did not fear her revenge, for I did not think her clever enough to suspect that I had contrived the events of that night. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Hints of past events can be found in Native American oral traditions, to be sure, but these are concerned more with interpreting eternal truths than the details of journalism and history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His fatherly affection was not strong, as events proved, but his fear of the gods was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was decided that I would surface at certain events, hoping for a maximum of publicity, to show that the ANC was still fighting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He generally would answer patiently,” another student agreed, “unless the question was manifestly stupid, in which event his response was likely to be quite caustic.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be kept as a special event, a sensation, probably late in the program. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Past events, it is argued, have no objective existence, but survive only in written records and in human memories. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That same evening, the leaders of the Action Committee, which included Oliver Tambo, Yusuf Cachalia, and myself, attended a meeting in the city to discuss the day’s events and to plan for the week ahead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why I still don’t like school events that include parents. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My parents loved him for how he could pepper an otherwise folksy speech with Shakespeare quotes and for the famous, mouth-stuffing vigor with which he ate fried chicken at community events on the South Side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even allowing for the traditional plea of composers to be immune from political events irrelevant to their art, Haydn’s symphonies sound as if they were written in a vacuum. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then some 600 million years ago, the monopolizing grip of the algae was broken and an enormous proliferation of new lifeforms emerged, an event called the Cambrian explosion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even when no events are scheduled, the room is usually full. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For example, there was the Piscine Deligny, the city’s oldest pool, dating back to 1796, an open-air barge moored to the Quai d’Orsay and the venue for the swimming events of the 1900 Olympics. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In any event...Believe it or not, I have actually done a bit of reading on Hamilton, for a number of reasons. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The roar that followed made Hades’s earthquake look like a minor event. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Billboards advertising the event rimmed every major road on Long Island. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The psychiatrist who wrote the first blooper presumably intended his second clause to convey a temporal sequence between two events: the patient saw the doctor, and since that time she has been depressed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

All the eighth graders get decked out for this event. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And what I did not realize was that my life would be radically changed by deceptively distant events. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are part of a chain of events, though you may not see how your actions will affect the outcome at the time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At all events, nothing came of it There was the blaze of temper, and then their love was fresh again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, many sports teams adopted a name, logo, or mascot that could stir fans by encouraging them to think of sports games as warlike events. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

These events repeated a pattern that was age-old, a pattern that had made the Miramichi one of the finest salmon streams in North America. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The most important event of my whole life was my circumcision. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they watch a play portraying the events that followed the Battle of Danno-ura. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So between the ceremonies and events and the reporters documenting my every move as I presided and thanked and kissed Peeta for the audience, I had no privacy at all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She acknowledged that she was “more and more ashamed and sad” by the turn of events. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A second ambiguity occurs, as here, in discussing historical events which don’t quite count as actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Black holes are so dense that if you get too close—past the so-called event horizon—the escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As predicted, there was an impressive crowd for the event. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the twilight of the Easter evening, the day's strange events fill my thoughts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Except on the high moors of the Northfarthing a heavy fall was rare in the Shire, and was regarded as a pleasant event and a chance for fun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In a lot of the history books I read, I learned about dates and people and events, but I wasn’t always sure why people did what they did. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I want to make it clear that you need to report any other events of this type to the school immediately. If you’re threatened, and you’re not at school, call 911.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It therefore seemed that the area of the event horizon of a black hole could not be regarded as its entropy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, during every waking moment from breakfast until bedtime, she drilled the children on all they had learned in preparation for the big event: table manners, proper introductions, handshakes, bows, and curtsies. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Typical Connectives and, before, then after, once, while, when The language gives writers a second way of controlling the order in which two events are mentioned. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We celebrated most major life events at Southside’s house, which meant that over the years we unwrapped Christmas presents to Ella Fitzgerald and blew out birthday candles to Coltrane. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Was it any wonder Tim wanted to pull out all the stops to make sure her father’s event tonight got the press’s attention, or that she was willing to do whatever it took to help? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But as to what really caused such changes, just what particular chain of events was really responsible, I have never quite been able to decide. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

From here on in, everything I’ll tell you is colored by the subjective experience of being part of events. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So one has a set of events, a region of space-time, from which it is not possible to escape to reach a distant observer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Hazel and Frank traded stories about the events at Rainbow Organic Foods. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They downplayed the event to such a degree that the day carried on as usual, though Lazlo felt as though he’d left “usual” behind forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

This is the time since a remarkable explosive event called the Big Bang. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined a colorful extravaganza with bands and floats and thousands of marchers from all over the country, an event so bold and beautiful that it would demand notice from federal legislators. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I resent the hell out of the politicians and the generals who force events on us that structure our lives, that dictate the memories well have when we’re old. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This demand was satisfied by another catalytic event: the rollout of Windows 95, which shipped fifteen days after Netscape took its stock public. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, I’d even finished first in some events at earlier meets. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With what Meg called ‘a great want of manners’ Jo had saved some bonbons for the little girls, and they soon subsided, after hearing the most thrilling events of the evening. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my house, eating is an event accompanied by the right music and the right wine. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jessica made me aware of another event looming on the horizon — she called the first Tuesday of March to ask my permission to invite Mike to the girls’ choice spring dance in two weeks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a time when women were not allowed to dance at these events, but they now joined in as well. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She shoots all kinds of parties and events—weddings, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras, graduations, anniversaries, sweet sixteens. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The Neolithic Revolution is the invention of farming, an event whose significance can hardly be overstated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She told my mom that her new husband, Esteban, had gotten so drunk that she’d convinced him to dance and that therefore the whole event was a success. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to be nice to me and, in an unexpected turn of events, his kindness left me angry and confused. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘You’re lucky I’m saving my energy for the main event, little satyr. I’ll just grant you a short nap. Pleasant dreams.’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Can we go to the event and then, I don’t know, do something afterward, just you and me?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’d been scrolling around online for an hour looking for a dress for an event I had in a few weeks, and absolutely nothing looked right. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And for an event to be memorable, it must be more than “worth remembering.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Harvard and Yale did not row in any kind of intercollegiate championship regatta beyond their own annual match, and there was no semblance of a national championship event until 1895. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was a smattering of applause like they give injured players at sporting events. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And there I was, full of promise and hope and desire for real love and real events to shape and change my life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Nobody in our family is rich, but it seems like everybody saves up just enough for these kind of events, and we all pretend we’re rich for a day. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the director of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption inviting us to Busch Gardens for an event later today. She also said we could bring other adoptive families with us.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It hit Thomas then that the Runners were out in the Maze during the day and hadn’t witnessed any of the recent events firsthand. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In any event, the sloppy and fatuous nature of American good will can never be relied upon to deal with hard problems. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

A single human virus bomb had walked into the hospital’s waiting room and exploded there, and the event had put the hospital out of business. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mummy always dutifully showed up at any school-sanctioned, required events like plays or choir recitals. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Its boundary is called the event horizon and it coincides with the paths of light rays that just fail to escape from the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came in the form of a personal telegram, a frightening event. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“These cities are where the largest dome events happen for the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Were they tending to my empire even during a social event? Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if we have a school-wide discussion on diversity? We could show our videos and discuss issues like racism, sexism, and homophobia related to current events, like the Black Lives Matter movement or celebrating Pride.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Barring a complete computer failure or other critical event, Vogel's vast knowledge of astrodynamics would never come into play. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard plenty of them in the movies and on TV and at sporting events. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The event was reported quickly with drums, across our province and beyond, and some of our neighbors even ran there on foot to try to help their captured leader. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The talk around the table was about our villages and events in the Middle Kingdom, especially now that the Boxer Rebellion was over for good. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, his mother comparatively soon wanted to visit Gregor, but his father and his sister restrained her, at first with reasons which Gregor listened to very attentively and which he completely endorsed. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Performers who brought enormous jellyfish puppets to concerts and other events, making the night sky look exactly like the sea. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s always a bit of an event, the Sledge Game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He also attended public Klan events and, as he would later write, he even set about to infiltrate the Klan in Atlanta. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Entranced by the Algerian Village at the Paris exposition, he had bought the rights to display the village and its inhabitants at future events. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Men and Dwarves were mostly talking of distant events and telling news of a kind that was becoming only too familiar. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was the events that would lead up to it that she couldn’t bear to consider. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The world will keep on turning without me, and I can’t do anything to change events anyway. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Friends from Smith remember Luma as outgoing and involved, active in intramural soccer and in social events sponsored by the college’s house system. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Now put down only what you actually had to do in the event.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’s been dreading this day, as she dreads all the big days—all birthdays, not just hers; also, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and upcoming events like anniversaries, proms, and graduations. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Approaching events were never coming, but always upcoming. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a stunning event: to be able to break through his words, to be able to hear this voice of the other, to realize that it was directed only to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crosby knew he could talk the board of directors into footing a big purse for the event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Fischer’s margin of 2½ points reflects his complete domination of the event. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or, as a variation on this same exercise, I may attempt to think of three witticisms based on the events of the past hour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stay tuned to this column for a complete write-up as events develop. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that the civilian defense commission was registering boats that might be available in the event of an evacuation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As explained before, this means that one might as well cut the big bang, and any events before it, out of the theory, because they can have no effect on what we observe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So apparently no one else who's had an event like yours is advertising it on the Net tonight." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also a doer, a man blessed — as David Hackett Fischer recounts in his brilliant book Paul Revere’s Ride — with an “uncanny genius for being at the center of events.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their versions of events broadly agree with each other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For us, looking back at these events and trying to understand them, there is a frustrating paradox at work here. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn't until the sixth event of the afternoon that two of the contestants were finally injured. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The events of July 31, 1943, were the worst blow and the most devastating loss that the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment suffered during the entire war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

This event proved a pivotal point in my life and in my church, and in the nation as well. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She spends most of the evening in one of the chairs by the fire, watching events unfold around her rather than participating in them directly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Though she was calm at the outset of our interview, she became increasingly emotional as she started detailing the events surrounding he case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’d helped pass a law, spoken at numerous events, put himself out in front of three hundred people in Washington, D.C., at the conference organized by Secretary LaHood. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, like Reverend Timothy entering the store that day, this was another event that was meant to be, meant to bring her closer to Christ. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He has seen his birth and death many times, he says, and pays random visits to all the events in between. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night on the dorm floor, there was much recapping of the day’s events, particularly the abuse we had received in the Coxsackie yard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people don’t realize that random events generally can seem quite ordered. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In vain her mother had explained that she could not bring about events, only see them somewhat in advance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, it takes the time-stones of events to give a memory past dimension. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The discovery of America was crucial in legitimizing innovation because within forty years no one disputed that it really was an unprecedented event, and one that could not be ignored. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He does that sometimes after he’s deejayed at a big event. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how one violent event can make you see the world so differently. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet lots of kids with Tourette’s go to this social event.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, when everyone replayed the events of what happened the previous night, that’s when I found out who had called. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I was covering Wimbledon, the world’s premier tennis competition and one of the few events I go to where the crowd never boos and no one is drunk in the parking lot. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millet had some extraordinary ideas for events in August, including an elaborate Midway ball during which fair officials, including Burnham, would dance with Dahoman women and Algerian belly dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Like gymnastics, or track and field, fencing is still an individual sport, so even though I had qualified for the United States National Team, I would fence both the individual and team events during competitions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They planned events featuring Henrietta Lacks look-alikes —a few Turner Station women who’d style their hair like Henrietta’s and wear suits identical to the one she wore in her iconic photo. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Holmes even wanted Ned to buy life insurance, for surely once his marital strife subsided, he would want to protect Julia and Pearl from destitution in the event of his death. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Gallup Ceremonial had been an annual event for a long time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had no illusions: old plans, if one could ever remember them, the plans that time had overtaken, tended to have a febrile and overoptimistic grip on events. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bloom’s temper tantrums had suddenly exploded out of nowhere to become an almost monthly event. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In just over three years of law practice I had become one of those people for whom such small events could make a big difference in my joy quotient. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We both had our sights on the upcoming World Cup event, a Grand Prix in Tunisia. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the time it takes to gasp, the race is over, and to everyone’s shock, Liberty has swept the event. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, he forced us to discuss current events. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“However, recent events must be taken into account.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday’s events made it clear that we are no longer able to trust each other,” she says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m serious. This is a nice event and I could’ve worn something nice. You have on good clothes.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If you don’t specify a predicted event precisely, there are an indeterminate number of ways for an event of that general kind to take place. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul asked if he would re-create the signing for movie cameras to document the historic event, but Colby refused. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

If they believed her story, and it was doubtful they would, they almost certainly would fail to realise what an astounding event it was that had taken place in the classroom that afternoon. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He ground his teeth together and tried not to hear as Sergeant Whitcomb chirruped exultantly over the tragic event. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The event, however, was most joyful; and every day was giving her fresh reason for thinking so.—Harriet’s parentage became known. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The staff told prospective parents something about a child, then permitted them to observe her or him during meals, campus events, sports, or talent shows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

By the time I hear about it, the outcome of said events is already the source of furious wagering in the back end. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Breakfast was the usual, quiet event I expected. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To compound our problem, my parents came from different tribal reserves, and in the event of the family breaking up, I did not know whether my mother would be allowed into my father’s tribal reserve. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Get haircuts for a very special event we'd been invited to. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The BSC staged a Christmas parade at the same time the white Merchants Association held its annual event. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The idea at the research lab in Workingham was something of a gimmick, a “media event” designed to show some of the emerging research. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At all events, mobile crust was an idea whose time had finally come. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And yet these events have formed Gogol, shaped him, determined who he is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This event happened too long before the abduction of Emmett Till,” he said. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Throughout the event, photographers took photos, and Bobby looked annoyed every time a flashbulb popped. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon she heard a most interesting conversation and witnessed a strange event. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Both these epoch-changing events were to have huge implications for the dissemination and transformation of music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Recent events have the house rocking on its foundations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

All these different revolutions have their utility in understanding the past, but they should not distract our attention from the main event: the invention of science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now on the eve of the event, my committee members are dropping like flies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were all happy with their accommodations and were able to do a lot of sightseeing around Rio in between Olympic events. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Now contrast those events in China with what happened when fleets of exploration began to sail from politically fragmented Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who, for example, would object to the term ‘the digital revolution’ on the grounds that it is not a singular and discrete event, localized in time and space? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

By 1918 Marian was singing regularly at church, school, and social events. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“What awful event has taken place?” said she. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the event of a problem with the heir or transfer of property, it’s the chief who must decide an outcome. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It makes me look deeper into the street, trying to find the future events in store. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I never linked the two events at the time and I’ve no reason to link them now. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It listed dates and events that I should be aware of, and it contained a map of Maryland. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were events like tunnel ball and tug of war, but the real highlight was the sprints. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

There are more and more fund-raising events, and they are no longer the low-key affairs they once were. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Years of preparation and anticipation would come down to one day for individual events. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Hideo shows me other videos, of events all happening simultaneously around the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even some of Sufi Mohammad’s own followers were unhappy with this turn of events. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the extremely unlikely event that he even came across a hog, he figured, he’d allow it to study devilment in peace. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This event—the big bang—was a horrible idea to many scientists and philosophers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

We must have looked like a small troupe of performance artists staging an imaginary event. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In summertime this event occurred around sunrise; in the winter, of course, it happened well before dawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, this was not a moment of high glamour for me, not a time I could really imagine blow-drying my hair and putting on a business suit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I do not go out much, my mind wanders to ugly events. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A night like this, after recent events, could lead a man to reflect on life in general, and so that is what Bernabe did while things were momentarily peaceful. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first event, I told him, was 11/9, and I explained the significance of that date. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I manage to say: "It's not a scientific way to view event sequence, but given what's gone on in my life, I completely understand." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

While many of the changes in Clarkston were hard to notice at first, certain events caused locals to wonder what exactly was happening to their town. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pumblechook’s own room was given up to me to dress in, and was decorated with clean towels expressly for the event. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Brittany here was the main organizer we worked with for this event, and she couldn’t have done a better job getting us this amazing turnout!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She tilts her head back, looking up, slightly rocking, like she is trying to sift the events out of herself. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I had begun talking to refugee groups, and I posted details about the events on Facebook. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With these conditionals, anything goes: you can use pretty much any tense in the if and then clauses, depending only on when the relevant events take place or are discovered. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a surprising event for him to come to our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, as we told her, in the event that the experiment failed, we couldn’t send you back to the bakery or to that room where you came from.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She has to work late. Big event. Says we need to fix our own dinner.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

My first solo campaign event took place in early April inside a modest home in Des Moines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

More than that, the effort to understand events after Columbus shed unexpected light on critical aspects of life before Columbus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was not much room for events to happen in. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, as though she were remembering events that happened hundreds of years before that time. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Most simply tell me what they remember. Later, I record events in the proper order, remove the unnecessary pieces, clarify, simplify, that sort of thing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

However, historians and historical scientists do make and test predictions about what future discoveries of data will show us about past events. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At five, I am oblivious to the events of war, yet I know Pa to be brilliant, and therefore he must be right. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the rowing event that nations boasted about more than any other, the ultimate test of young men’s ability to pull together, the greatest display of power, grace, and guts on water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Over the years I had developed a certain comfort level with the painful events in the past. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The herald goes on about how life isn’t always fair, then lists some events I could participate in today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was tight-lipped and grim, and, after the events of the last several days, not terribly intimidated by the authority of two paunchy old men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even months after the event, such remarks still tended to make Miss Kenton go quiet - though by this stage, I fancy, this was due more to embarrassment than anger. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The destruction of the temple of philosophy was not, for him, an historical event; it was a personal experience, the moment when he had awakened from a nightmare. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On the basis of a horoscope he had cast, Tycho declared that this event foretold the death of the Ottoman Sultan, Sulaiman, known as the Magnificent. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She promised Belky she would try to make it back to Honduras for the big event somehow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

So many events had taken place in just a few hours that I had completely lost all notion of time. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then as we walk away, she adds, “But one more thing—I’d like the two of you to introduce Mrs. Peck at the event.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I remember pulling up to an event in Delaware with Melissa and Katie and seeing a line of people five-deep and stretching around the block, waiting to get inside an already-jammed auditorium. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Instinct told him that if Colonel Varney had discovered who the men Bull had invited were, then Varney would have done his best to cancel the whole event. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, this is merely a formality, to secure your Mother in the event of that circumstance of which man is ever the plaything and sport. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Gold got two tickets to a sporting event in the mail, with nothing else in the envelope, he was to take note of the date on the tickets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were free to sit in the library at the back of the building or look in quite detachedly, naturally, on the measures being taken for our event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, it turned out not to matter that Honoria was from Staples or that she had long arms. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop wondering why he had been born and thinking about all the twisted events that had brought him to this moment. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As it was, events played out in a rather dramatic face-to-face encounter. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There are books and newspaper articles, plays and events. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever the cause of a quasar explosion, one thing seems clear: such a violent event must produce untold havoc. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prep team seems oblivious to the events of the day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was well up on world affairs, and even the latest events in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had just turned forty when the Feds laid siege to the Weavers, an event that confirmed his worst fears. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But on the bright side, the event provided a great boost for Father’s church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Aron gone, the silences were the result of his going, and every little painful event was somehow tied to his absence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easier to accept that version of events, however, if we hadn’t just looked at hockey and soccer players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If a child got interested in a project or hobby, Terryl was there, driving them to whatever event, staying up late with preparations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Only events in the future of P can be affected by what happens at P because nothing can travel faster than light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

News of the DAR’s ban had caused an angry controversy and set the stage for a historic event in the struggle for civil rights. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Roman historians who later reported on the events at Actium were quick to blame Cleopatra for Mark Antony’s loss. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She got an angry glint in her eyes when he told her about the giants planning some sort of Rome-destroying extravaganza that would include their painful deaths as the opening event. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In short, everything an intelligent person takes on a trip in the event they might need it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to get all my homework done today, because tomorrow morning is the big procession, the culmination of all the queen events, when I’ll be paraded through the city with Luz and Elsa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conversely, if there was not a first event, then the universe must have always existed—and will always exist in the future. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lyell believed that the Earth’s shifts were uniform and steady–that everything that had ever happened in the past could be explained by events still going on today. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’d wake her in the middle of the night and they’d use the big Deep Space Hunter telescope to look at a comet or other celestial event. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

So of course I went weeping to the teacher, and I spent the majority of middle school trying to live down that one embarrassing event. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a moving event as we said goodbye, though only for a time, to our brave lads. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Is it possible you willfully forgot about the biggest international event of the year because you don’t want to see your archnemesis?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But we no longer feared death, in any event not this particular death. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The event takes place in the grand ballroom of the Imperial Marquis Hotel!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The old method dictated that in the event all the games were played and there was a tie, the reigning champion would retain the title. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“A secret place to go in the event of a major disaster.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hate Morris Sampson because he is a somewhat famous mystery writer who wrote a roman & clef, a novel that is obviously based on true events and real people. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I told him briefly, and added that we expected he would recover consciousness after the operation—for a short time, at all events. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

By the end of the ceremony, I was far less cynical about the whole event. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The fact that one infected person had wandered around the city for two days when she should have been isolated in a hospital room began to look like a species-threatening event. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People accustomed to reading comparatively dry rehashes of events were now enthralled by vivid scenes rolling across the new Movietone newsreels. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The information in books is not preprogrammed at birth but constantly changed, amended by events, adapted to the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was flattered by the idea, but the recent events with the FBI and my father’s warnings had me a little skittish about the idea of walking through Maplewood with crowds of people around me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he missed events in my life, like Proclamation Day, but our house was always so crowded with friends and relatives, I didn’t really notice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In any event, we were done with the suburbs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Shoba had bought them once when they were on sale, in the event that a visitor decided, at the last minute, to spend the night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tyler talked for a long time, moving through the events quickly but lingering in a wasteland of rationalization and self-recrimination. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slide my arms around his back and hold him, strumming the knots of his spine and the blade of his shoulder, weighing the events that have made us both who we are now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

How are we supposed to visualize “a stimulus,” “poststimulus events,” and “the way in which a stimulus is ultimately perceived”? And what does any of this have to do with rabbits? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He crawled into the tent, his body aching but his mind alive, playing back the events of the day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I learned afterward that I’d made history by becoming the first American woman ever to win gold in that event at the Olympics. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m not as surprised at this turn of events as I’d like to be, sir,” Shaan says coolly, with an inscrutable smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thus “history” was well under way by the time writing could be used to record events. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Death was new to me, an uncomfortable event that I did not fully understand. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The event was held at the United Nations. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Beatrice and I don’t correspond unless there's a major event in the family. Writing letters is a waste of time,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Like how nervous she gets before a big community service event or how frustrating it is when straight girls flirt with her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But events unfolded quickly when, eighteen days later, Richmond fell, and then General Lee surrendered. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At all events, she suddenly relented in her manner. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tossing in his name so that the kid would know who he was dealing with in the event he hadn’t been tipped off about Emile Janza. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man is, in any event, by all accounts a fool: too fantastical of temperament and childish of observation to merit trust; but too trusting to merit confidence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In light of subsequent events, he might have been hinting that it was time for both men to leave the field. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This event, his first unquestionable success, was a signal triumph for Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The pier lights have been switched on and behind me a crowd of people have just given a loud cheer to greet this event. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the fast-moving events of those days not only prevented her plans from being carried out, they made her regret having conceived them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

An earthquake is a geological event that can be explained by science, I wanted to tell them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This means that even if there were events before the big bang, one could not use them to determine what would happen afterward, because predictability would break down at the big bang. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom truly believes that her version of events is correct, down to details that I know, for a fact, are wrong. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hundred just wasn't the...main event. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“But for my part I believe that many are taken in if they count on that. In any event, in this case I don’t wish anyone to take me for what I am not.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But to believe that dissecting the tragic events of 1996 in minute detail will actually reduce the future death rate in any meaningful way is wishful thinking. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

To try to piece together a meaning behind events that didn’t seem to fit? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The scenes and events were beautiful color spots in her memory. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next months are a whirlwind of rehearsals and events. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents tried yet again to put a positive spin on this new turn of events. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Instead of a protest, why don’t we organize an event? Something that makes people think and talk and learn,” Hena says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Every morning before the library filled with students, she perused the newspapers, taking in the events of the previous day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They would try to tell themselves that in terms of geological time it was an insignificant event. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For weeks preceding the walkout, citizen volunteers had been offering their services to protect the city in the event the police left their posts. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Indeed, all of those things were left as evidence of the event. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even on the Earth, even in our own century, bizarre natural events have occurred. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now think of the event again, and imagine that the cart and the bicycle are both traveling close to the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought I might implode if I didn’t talk to another human being about the events of my new life, especially the parts someone my age wouldn’t be allowed to see in the movies. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary they were merely casual events in a crowded summer and, until much later, they absorbed me infinitely less than my personal affairs. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

People held out their cell phones and recorded the event. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My first day of kindergarten at Lopez Elementary School should have been a special event, but since it was already October, nobody fussed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Thus began a series of events that were surreal. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Fifteen miles to the southeast, in the leafy and pleasant lakeside community of Griinau, preparations for the Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events were also well under way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I therefore set about thinking of some witty reply; some statement which would still be safely inoffensive in the event of my having misjudged the situation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re living through them, events are nothing more than stuff that happens. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I am recovering from a traumatic event,” said Granny in her new toothless voice. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Each small event seems like an enormous accomplishment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s been a whole lot of publicity about the alleged events regarding this Emmett Till boy. Will you let that in any way influence you?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

One of their first tasks, Doss told me, was to draw up an "earthquake and volcano hazards plan"– a plan of action in the event of a crisis. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A moment ago, I learnt from an official that the lights would be switched on 'fairly soon', and so I have decided to sit down here on this bench and await the event. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the third and premier event of the day, the varsity race, approached, the sun had begun to set and a murky, swampish darkness was settling over the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In spite of the heat I wore a coat and a tie, regarding the event as I would any other interview; I had never lived in the home of a person who was not Indian. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was, by his standards, buoyant when he met with reporters after the event. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Writing 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Much elated with her success, Jo did ‘tell on’, all about their plays and plans, their hopes and fears for Father, and the most interesting events of the little world in which the sisters lived. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the events of last night, yesterday morning seemed like a week ago. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The naming of clouds was a great event in the history of meteorology, after which much more serious discussion and understanding were possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He simply stared at his mother with a blank expression, his head still spinning from the last hour’s events. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t have remembered the time you almost drowned. You were only nineteen months old. You weren’t even talking yet. They say you can only remember events when you have the words to name them.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And the chain of events that followed was a perfect illustration of the minor chaos that passed for life in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve told how debating was a weekly event there at the Norfolk Prison Colony. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you pass the event horizon, signals you broadcast can't escape the black hole’s pull—neither can you. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass that the normal, happy event of dividing food after a hunt became a war of insults and rage and starving bellies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way Brother Leon was carrying on this year made every day’s report seem like a major headline event. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be his first real trip abroad, and his first international event, and it would be against some of the world’s finest players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A complete, consistent, unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most important, neither society should be judged—or in the event judged each other— entirely by its brutality. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Biddy,” said I, when I talked with her after dinner, as her little girl lay sleeping in her lap, “you must give Pip to me one of these days; or lend him, at all events.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In preparation for the world’s most important sporting event, I would have to train even harder. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The big bang, the most puzzling event in the history of the universe, is a zero in both theories. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

One of the current events we studied in social studies class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

People had come dressed up for the event. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also means a change in the kind of events. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no longer done that way, and the events of that morning were the reason. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So untouched by the events of the night before. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, Mr. Hardman, we come to the events of last night.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now we have Ms. Arletta Paisley herself here to say a few words and kick off the big event.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In August 1563, for example, a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter took place—a rare astronomical event in which the two planets are so close together on the sky that they seem to merge. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Paul didn’t want the race issue to compromise her event. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then for the main event carry the cards. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a crowd already gathering for the nightly news event. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A humiliating event in the church, and rising contentions in the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was gratified to have my mother there, but the fact that No-England came made it seem as though the regent himself had blessed the event. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this course of events went on, they would soon be rich and could own a car. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

We met the day after the event, right before lunch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“We have to write the script, invite people to be on the video, interview and film them, edit the videos, and prepare for the school event. Hmmm, how about the beginning of November?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cadence Sinclair Eastman had no memory of the events surrounding the fire, no memory of it ever happening. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Rather, I write of my life, beginning with my earliest memories and including all events leading to my late woes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He is one of the few who has the foresight to understand the significance of how the night’s events will one day be viewed. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The pace of events escalated during the final months of the campaign. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event took place in a small, luxurious private hotel. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I know not what further scheme they would have enacted upon my already distracted frame had events not transpired which changed considerably the issue of this incarceration. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The farther back the critical events occur, the more powerfully can they influence the present. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following are major events and developments that have taken place on that route. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She and Shin’s brother were the ones who had been complicit in starting a chain of events that resulted in his arrest, torture, and hazing in secondary school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In this sense, even very rare events are quite predictable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I’ve been meaning to tell you. Steph is baking for a charity event on Halloween. She wants me to help serve cupcakes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But weakened by the genial events of the evening, he had consented. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one has such a dream and the predicted event hap pens, it’s hard not to believe in precognition. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tessie went back over the events of the last year and a half, looking for signs she might have missed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mother played along nicely, Father looked on stonily, and Ravi was mercifully absent be­cause of a cricket match, which did not prevent him from comment­ing at great length on the event. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then his attention is removed from both these events as the empty chair across the circle bursts into flame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He looked very sad at this, so I said that he must clear out some of them, at all events. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As the cool breeze of night set in, neighboring families pulled up plastic lawn chairs to conduct “chair committee” and casually meander over the day’s events without rancor or argument or constant one- upmanship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This became a famous event and never failed to draw a crowd. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books were written about us and we were invited to speak at special events. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Families engaged in at least one fun event a week, like going to a movie or bowling. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As we entered this city, our minds were filled with the remembrance of the events that had been transacted there more than a century and a half before. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then on the day of the team event, we competed as a unit—all for one and one for all. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“We are going to have to let all the groups we invited to our events know that they won’t be happening anymore,” Mama adds. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I sent Mira Hancock a package to be opened in the event of my death. I . . . you’ll drop by and see her, after this is done?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The complicated chain of events, known as the Watergate scandal, included hush money and destroyed evidence. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Because I’d been dreading this event all week and wanted to get it over with. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Because the carving depicts a man instead of an event, the date is generally thought to be the dead man’s name. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As astonishing as that was for me to think about, since winning Nationals in 2013 I hadn’t lost a single meet in which I’d competed in all four events. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

News of the event not only outraged Durham blacks but bound them together—rich and poor, light-skinned and dark. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But in talking with these bright young people, I learned that they had watched my release on television and were familiar with events in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed me a fax from the director of the Dave Thomas Foundation, who had arranged for me to attend a White House event. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One fragile musical thread did survive the collapse of Greco-Roman civilisation, given impetus by what seemed at first to be insignificant events in a troublesome frontier territory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Riders competing in ordinary weekday events needed to whittle themselves down another 5 pounds or so, while those in the lowest echelons of the sport couldn’t weigh much more than 100. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For more than a year, his sponsors at LiNK had been sending him to this kind of event and nagging him to prepare appropriate remarks. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At all events, no one was attacked from above. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main gym looks like any training center, with coaches for each of the events who drill you on your skills. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As a result of the non-event event, the resulting press coverage was practically nil. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, no one truly suspects the infamously black-and-white circus would be associated with an event so full of color. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The probability of obtaining exactly one 4 among the three dice is likewise determined by breaking the event into the three mutually exclusive ways it can happen. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And that event happened to take place forty-eight years ago.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At public events, I focused on making personal connections with the people I met, in small groups and in crowds of thousands, in backstage chats and harried rope lines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My mind races from the events in the square, to Day’s appearance on the rooftop, to Day’s outrageous claims about the plague and the Trial, and then back to Thomas. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

That changed in 1893, when he wrote a book telling his side of the events. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her participation in the event was the artistic high point of the evening and an unspoken rebuke to the snobbery and prejudice that had excluded her from Constitution Hall. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Then I headed to Lincoln Center with Princesse for a rehearsal the day before the event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On campus the big event was the Christmas Cantata, a musical program put on by the residents, followed by fancy food served in the cottages. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And do you think it’s wise to discuss events in the future with children from the past?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They lit no fires, for they were uncertain of events; but they set a ring of mounted guards about them, and scouts rode out far ahead, passing like shadows in the folds of the land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The president doesn’t seem alarmed, only somewhat perplexed, by this turn in events. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The events at Camp Jupiter seemed as fuzzy and unreal as that fight with Jason, when they had both been controlled by the eidolons. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe Sam Gardiner understood the look on the boy’s face; at all events he scooped up a handful of gum- drops and put them in the package with the other things. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A space-time in which events have imaginary values of the time coordinate is said to be Euclidean, after the ancient Greek Euclid, who founded the study of the geometry of two-dimensional surfaces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the talk centered around events to which I was not privy, and even Charles’s kind parenthetical remarks of explanation did not help much to clarify it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she got the position of director of special events for the first black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next few days bring a flurry of activity as the event is planned. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The smell of warm maple syrup would forever be blended in his mind with the events of that birthday morning. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never before been hot, on Winter; I never will be again; yet I fail to appreciate the event. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long-drawn, arduous and painful event that left me bathing in sweat and helpless with exhaustion, a trial worse than a high fever. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After this memorable event, I went to the hatter’s, and the bootmaker’s, and the hosier’s, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard’s dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now when a writer really does want to refer to a past-time event in a remote conditional, he needs the past tense of a past-tense form. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In effect, I had witnessed a crucial event in the emergence of aids, the transformation of a thread of dirt into a ribbon of tar. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she had her way, Paul stayed up at night worrying that her parade would be a flop, especially compared to the New York City event, which had become an annual tradition. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered the exciting events of the previous night and sat up. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was an impartial and unexcitable umpire at all our bedlam sporting events, a master fire builder and extinguisher, and an expert, uncontemptuous first-aid man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She sat under a tree throughout the following day, thinking about this sad event, when she suddenly heard a bird in the branches above her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Once I finished competing in my events, I would spend the rest of the day huddled in the bleachers with my friends chatting and laughing, or at the concession stand grabbing warm pretzels and nachos. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Wondering how it is she can show up at my house in the middle of the night and not at the event earlier this evening. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She joined him for lectures, celebrations, athletic events, hunting parties, gambling, and gaming. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

While school was closed, I had continued doing interviews about girls’ right to education, and my father and I attended rallies and events to spread our message as far and wide as we could. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Many of my classmates knew I was Mexican and those who did not found out when I participated in Junior Scandals, an annual event sponsored by the junior class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even among cognitive scientists, “poststimulus event” is not a standard way to refer to a tap on the arm. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Evidently there was no wish for any uncanny events in the Common Room again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I try and animate my face as I recall the event, a true story, in which I'd foolishly challenged a black bear over the rights to a beehive. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It might seem intuitive for an embryologist to approach the problem of genesis forward—from the earliest events in the embryo to the development of a body plan of a full-fledged organism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Maskelyne and Mason had become friends eleven years earlier while engaged in a project to measure an astronomical event of great importance: the passage of the planet Venus across the face of the Sun. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At these meetings members pay their dues, are given party tasks, are instructed in the party’s interpretation of world events. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd that gathered at White Rock in the heart of Durham’s black Hayti section on that chilly February night seemed to sense the event’s importance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leon conferred with the doctor, leaning toward him to murmur a manly summary of events. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then again, this whole quest had been one mind-blowing event after another. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That event evidently took place too recently for the colonists to evolve dark skins, distinct language families, or genetic distinctiveness or diversity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tim does a quick card trick with a volunteer from the audience, then returns to the stage to set up the main event. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because Zane was in so much pain that he found it hard to follow the events that unfolded right in front of him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was the only American invited to an event at which he would be rubbing shoulders with twenty-one other present and future Nobel laureates. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an example; it has no conceivable connection with any event in nature. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

An important event happens at the zero hour, not the one hour. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

WAYMER—The annual Pigeon Day shoot held here on Saturday, was declared a rousing success by the event’s organizers. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It is intimately related to history itself, that is, the recorded evidence of human events. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will see by his letters what pains he is taking to invite a reinforcement, at all events, there, and to transplant the war to the Southern Colonies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This was a noteworthy event because very few spots were observed on the Sun in the second half of the seventeenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m good on Dickens, cooking, current events, politics...let’s see, oh, and cats.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So was his sense of utter powerlessness to change the course of events in this failing war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And in the unlikely event that a lad wasn’t quite in the mood, he would be ushered into the house theater to be inspired by an exotic blue movie. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No meeting, but just the same there has been a caucus and decisions have been reached even before the event is finished." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stuck with them at the event horizon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In all the excitement leading up to the ceremony, Sonny’s blood pressure shot up dangerously high and he ended up in the hospital, nearly missing the whole event. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to our first event: the Library Cart Relay Race,” said Dr. Zinchenko, coming through another secret panel. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They went now a way in which all events were perilous, and no acts were meaningless. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even when I was in Alabama, I made time for talks at community events whenever anyone asked. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

First Turkey asked, “Is there any event in particular that you can summon to memory that might shed more light upon this illness?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Saturday, the day before the homecoming festivities, was cool and overcast, but no one seemed to mind as everyone busied themselves with preparations for the big event. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

This holds good even when, as often happens, the same event has to be altered out of recognition several times in the course of a year. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He liked to talk about historical events and figures. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vast majority were relegated to claiming races, rock-bottom events in which any competitor can be purchased for a set, low price before the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slightly unhinged by the perilous events, Matthias giggled to his friend, “It’s all in the average day’s work of a warrior. No use of a warrior worrying, ha ha ha.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had been staring at the flames, going over the events of the night before, until she’d spoken, and he was suddenly back in the present. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was indeed odd, Harry thought, that Bagman was here at the Three Broomsticks on a weekend when there was no Triwizard event, and therefore no judging to be done. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He narrates a series of events with the confidence that anyone looking at them will know what they imply, because the examples he has chosen are exact. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In this way the time passed without event until the seventh day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I turn the pages to find a blank page in my journal for today’s events. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were photographs of him at charity fund-raisers, standing next to his parents, wearing no tie at an event where clearly men were supposed to wear ties. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the banner that attracts the newspapers: this kind of thing is new, it’s an event, and it promises disruption. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All in the space of a night events had moved from festivity to a crisis, and he, Matthias, had taken a major role in both. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

History, government, religion, politics, and current events became his greatest interests, and during the thirty-three-year interval from his first Reykjavik stay to his second he spent most of his spare time reading and amassing knowledge. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We need to prepare ourselves for the possibility that sometimes big changes follow from small events, and that sometimes these changes can happen very quickly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind grew calm for the first time in several days, and some of the events surrounding the letter began passing in review through his consciousness. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Collectively, memorable events have caused the ever-quickening pace of change during the past five millenniums, which begin with what we call the ancient world. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an election year and there was reason for concern over the turn of events. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Cherry stared point-blank at me, the events of Sunday, September 15, 1963, assaulted me all over again. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They said they needed the girls to help them pick corn for a special event. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a drawn-out series of death throes—the precise sequence of events depends, again, on the mass of the star—the star’s fusion engine fails, and the star begins to collapse under its own gravity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“That is my least concern; I am, by a course of strange events, become the most miserable of mortals. Persecuted and tortured as I am and have been, can death be any evil to me?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell’s class was where I could express my feelings about how this event was affecting me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Speaking from the steps of the capitol, prominent civil rights leaders and ordinary citizens recalled the turbulent events at Selma that had turned the voting rights campaign into a mass protest against racial injustice. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of action where there’s a scene of the crime, a sequence of events with anomalies or gaps you can see, and empirical proof laid out on a white-clothed table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

While there was still a king they were in name his subjects, but they were, in fact, ruled by their own chieftains and meddled not at all with events in the world outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“In most families there comes, now and then, a year full of events. This has been such a one, but it ends well, after all.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman organizing the event saw Candice and her mother as they walked up, and quickly rushed them over to the stage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was some truth in this; though I doubt whether his reserve, or anybody’s reserve, can be answerable for the event. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

In any event, he warned me that I must have some contact in each major city so my family could check on my safety from time to time. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the event, speed might turn out to be everything. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monthly court date was always a well-attended event, as it provided citizens with a forum to settle disputes, conduct all manner of legal transactions, and hold public auction. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

These are future outcomes, but not future events. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At all events, Hubble failed to make theoretical hay when the chance was there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“After the events of the last two weeks, I have decided to voluntarily surrender myself to the Oakland Police Department.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Walking down my own street after the events at the beach this morning has me on edge. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even the October Revolution in Russia in 1905, an event with thunderously far-reaching implications for society at large, had minimal impact on the contemporaneous upheavals in music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Oh dear, didn’t I just get through telling you I didn’t want to anticipate events? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I never dreamed that anything could actually happen to him, though theoretically, of course—and this in Dennis’ language—many events can take place. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workers had begun to arrive early that morning, bearing the kettles and plants and equipment, while Jamison was still in Kira’s room describing the events of the day before. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the simplicity of childhood, he thought now — events vanished, wordless. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every so often there is a year when events converge in surprising ways. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She gets to next Friday and says, “Wow, the symphony? Woman to Woman sure does plan some extravagant events.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And I find myself wondering once again when I started to think my days would contain actual events. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The government of Russia under the Czars could not be bothered to investigate so trivial an event, which, after all, had occurred far away, among the backward Tungus people of Siberia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the prayers the principal tells us of coming events, and he also warns us to pick up our chewing gum wrappers and not to moon around in the halls like old married couples. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cops usually come around after a crime, but never for anything like a school event. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Shan- tha, the cameraperson for the event, who later became my aunt when I returned to live in New York, pointed the camera at us, and Madoka and I posed for her. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Queen of Olympus had dropped Jason into Camp Half-Blood, which had started this entire chain of events to stop Gaea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The hydroelectric dam began a tragic turn of events for all the peasants, but especially for the women of the central plateau, Farmer said from the podium. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Assume the probability to be one out of 10,000 that a particular dream matches in a few vivid details some sequence of events in real life. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours later, I’m in my Malala outfit again in the cafeteria for the main event and have already presented to a bunch of groups of people who’ve come by. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In a church basement, Walter's sister found flyers advertising the fish fry held at Walter’s house; they confirmed that the event had taken place on the same day as the Morrison murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“For those of you watching from home, time to put on your glasses and join us in the event—of—the—year!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spent hours sitting cross-legged on deck with the ship's log on my lap recording the day's events as if I were drifting around in Baudelaire's Artificial Paradise. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Elaine, sitting at the high table beside her lord at dinner, lived in a flow of conversation about people whose names she had never heard and about events which she could not understand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to shut off the television, but then Caesar is telling us to stay tuned for the other big event of the evening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The essays are supposed to be about a significant event that occurred in our lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The event had been planned since before the Olympics, and bringing home a bronze medal only made the event organizers even more excited to celebrate my achievements. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Jews were no longer allowed to use the library or attend public events. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, it’s not like half this country suddenly became Islamophobes because of any single event. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Yes, Johnson and McNamara were telling Congress and the public only part of the story of recent events in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He told her that he didn’t have enough police officers to cover two parades, back-to-back, and that the president’s event took precedence. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

That same day, the six elected in absentia met to discuss these events. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The National Woman Suffrage Association’s annual meeting was taking place down the street, so the women decided to suspend their morning events in order to listen to Woodhull make her presentation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He put the basket in its place and tied it to the leg of a table, convinced that the long-awaited event was imminent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Leaders such as E. D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson kept looking for the catalyst—the “right” person or event—that would spark citywide action. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Indeed this tragic event may cause the white South to come to terms with its conscience.3 Dr. King was right, but that redemptive work wouldn’t start happening right away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She knew nothing about Mary except that she came from the same world as Will, and that her part in the events was crucial. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

While I was entertaining these trivial thoughts, a momentous and terrible event was unfolding close by. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She figures it does no good to harp on mistakes in a routine that’s over and done with when I’m trying to get my head ready for the next event. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We presented The Blockade of Boston, Major-General Burgoyne’s farce upon rebel hypocrisy, as one of the most celebrated events of our hivernal concert series. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

By degrees, I managed to extricate from him the evening’s events. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the dizzying sequence of events that comprises the political history of the 1790s, the full range of their disagreement was exposed and their different agenda for the United States collided head-on. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My dad places his hand, in turn, on our shoulders, like he’s introducing us at a social event. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s so nice to see old friends! Our socializing these days is so official, this government-house event today and another one tomorrow.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Reporters asked Clark if he had any feelings about the event. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few verses of “Auld Lang Syne” were sung and some had imbibed enough brandy that much of the event will be “never brought to mind.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The same could be said about a wide variety of other unlikely events and coincidences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event of last night again recurred to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Barker’s work, published in 1958, traced the intricate cycle of events by which the robins’ fate is linked to the elm trees by way of the earthworms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He played with the numbers some more, looked at the order of events, texts, and calls, which he’d finally gotten straight in the database. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I said, laughing, as I imagined myself flanked by six burly men in dark suits and sunglasses at my next speaking event. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hub Heap, who came out here in 1939 and later started a successful oil field supply company, remembered well the single event that embodied his early days in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize you won every gold medal in every Olympic event? No one’s ever done anything like that in history.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then would events on earth lie in the future light cone of the event at which the sun went out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weird thing about military schools: the kids go absolutely nuts when there’s a special event and they get to be out of uniform. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Another 37,380 visitors had entered using passes, bringing the total admission for the day to 751,026, more people than had attended any single day of any peaceable event in history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Caesar was numb from the series of curious events and he curled upon the floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All my anger had fled, imploding back into my chest, slipping down the event horizon of the churning supermassive black hole inside me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But if it did, there would at least be an event, a signal of some kind to mark my exit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That word, plastered, on the brink of obsolescence, indicates to me what sort of an event that was. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nazi propaganda portrayed the events of that night as a spontaneous demonstration against Jews as retaliation for the killing of a German diplomat in Paris by a young Jew named Herschel Grynszpan. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

These events and achievements are historically significant because they shaped the subsequent history of the United States, including our own time. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If the larger picture of ancient forager life is hard to reconstruct, particular events are largely irretrievable. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she felt this way, panic would slice into her at the slightest thing, and mundane events would become arbiters of doom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps...but you can’t deny this is a turning point in your life, and every turning point must be marked by an event—one that burns itself into you as indelibly as a brand.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Early on, she settled on heart attacks— events with a known cause and a quick dramatic arc—as a way of illustrating how illness plays out differently in different classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In thinking about what influenced my own life, I began by considering the events and people who came before me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

However, by all accounts, this year’s event was bittersweet, as some of the class members were not present. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went through the events of the day in my mind and realized that Cecilia never promised she would help us get to Hacienda Dorada. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But it also helped that the event could be made to seem less strange. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t make the event final for bars, because I’d downgraded the difficulty of my routine; I’d taken out one of my Tkatchevs so I could go easy on my shoulder. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as I saw the rotten pilings jutting out of the water, the events of last April tumbled forward in my mind and my stomach lurched. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They also engaged the best seamstresses to make the floating graduating dresses and to cut down secondhand pants which would be pressed to a military slickness for the important event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moral, again, is that some unlikely event is likely to occur, whereas it’s much less likely that a particular one will. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell wants us to pick an entry about an event that changed our lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

These kinds of mistakes were not anomalous events. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Miss Havisham had sent for me, to see if she could take a fancy to me. But she couldn’t,—at all events, she didn’t.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally woke up, I rubbed my eyes and lay there in silence awhile, trying to convince myself that the events of the previous day had actually occurred. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In a message to Weaver, he called the event a “congress of cripples.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The big events in Jesus’ life were marked with reference to the moon, while everyday life was ruled by the sun. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Overcome by the sad events, the defenders left the hall, some to do guard duty, others to their beds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The director of the event happened to live near me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It is certainly safer to keep a child in the rear seat than sitting on a lap in the front seat, where in the event of an accident he essentially becomes a projectile. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As Gay chattered about the events we would attend, I shut her out and concentrated on absorbing every minute. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The event was held at the Rikers Island jail complex, which stands on a 413-acre plot of land in the middle of New York’s East River. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne always spoke about the stories as if she had witnessed the events herself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, this game is being broadcast globally by satellite. People will be watching you from all around the world. This could be the most widely watched television event since J. R. was shot.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One place where the old and the new do mix is charity events. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, the women tried to get tickets to the Fourth of July event on their own. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It hardly requires an advanced degree in molecular biology, philosophy, or history to note that the convergence of these two events is like a headlong sprint into an abyss. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible, but unlikely that you’ll get your shot. Remember, in the original timeline, he took his own picture accidentally. How can you duplicate such a random event? He sure won’t pose for you willingly.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Harry, who knew only too well the kind of creatures that Hagrid was likely to provide for an event like this, thought it was unlikely to be any fun at all. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He told her about the events of the morning and thought that that was the end of it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first collegiate crew race in America—and in fact the first American intercollegiate athletic event of any kind—took place between Harvard and Yale in 1852, on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had never gone into details about what had happened on the island on the lake: The events that had taken place after he and Dumbledore had returned to Hogwarts had eclipsed it so thoroughly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"A woman must look her best for the important events in life," Ma answers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Remember that rarity in itself leads to publicity, making rare events appear commonplace. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But events—events were burned into his memory and so he used them to remember time, to know and to remember what had happened, to keep a mental journal. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff’s office said that an additional charge of murder will be made since the turn of events. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the event a crewman dies on Mars, he stays on Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole evening radiated an Old World ambience, as though the event were taking place in 1872, in a huge European beer garden, rather than 1972, in a covered Icelandic arena. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So often Nathan had heard that his father would be at one of his school events only to be told that work had come up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ernest sometimes attended the events, and so did Mollie and other members of the tribe. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My mind runs frantically over the events of last Friday. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Gemini 10 had felt like a small local event compared to Apollo 11. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, it was his relationship with Lincoln that he treasured most, and his 1910 memoir provides a vivid insight into the journey to Richmond and the events of April 14. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the reader, with no agent in sight, has no way to visualize the event being moved forward by its instigator. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The first major singles competition I played was a round-robin event on the first day, with playoffs on the second. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Some say that Aurora helped him, but at all events, the disguise was so good that when he went back to his home no one recognized him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter, Klara, came to the event and told us what it was like to be the daughter of two parents who had been in a camp. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The real event was us, in her room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instructions for removing the window in the event of an emergency, in three steps, are pasted to the glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He feels strangely vigilant, as if, were he to pay close enough attention, some sign of his father might manifest itself, putting a stop to the events of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The four guards were the only ones left inside the castle, for the Prince needed no spectators to the events that were soon to happen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His last public concert was given at London’s Guildhall in November 1848, a fund-raising event for Polish refugees. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The event was less elaborate than the parade, but it, too, generated press coverage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He listed the events of last night's melee: cars had been stoned on Imperial, a supermarket on Imperial and Success was firebombed, and looters were running off with cases of soda pop and beer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Hazel, with a delightful sense of having been proved right by events, set to work on a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even that was a memorable event, in the locked loneliness in which one had to live. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Science was moving from a world of macrophysics, where objects could be seen and held and measured, to one of microphysics, where events transpire with unimaginable swiftness on scales far below the limits of imagining. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Depew sent an immediate response: “I am at your service when ordered and quite ready after today’s events to contribute my body to Chicago science.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The old mass proceeded with sure, blind pomp precisely because Catholics had faith in their public identity as Catholics; the old liturgy was ceremonial because of the Church’s assumption that worship is a public event. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could still imagine that there is a set of laws that determine events completely for some supernatural being, who could observe the present state of the universe without disturbing it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It told them when to begin work and when to stop, when to gather for meetings, when to prepare for a hunt, celebrate an event, or arm for danger. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a typical American family—and still are, though the events related in my story have, of course, had their effect on our lives. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m not talking about Abby. I’m talking about the mistake you made just now. You’ve unleashed a series of events that must run their course.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a floor-to-ceiling window in the storefront, which was the perfect place to see events unfold. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But there seems an indelicacy in directing his attentions towards her so soon after this event.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It seemed to happen in slow motion; events were just crawling. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of all the remarkable events that occurred in 1919, one historic aeronautic achievement in particular held the attention of people across the country. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then he asked Richard to go through the events on the bus again. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The events of the previous night flashed through her mind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At all events, plate tectonics not only explained the surface dynamics of the Earth–how an ancient Hipparion got from France to Florida, for example–but also many of its internal actions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Reading over what I have written so far I see I have given the impression that the events of three nights several weeks apart were all that absorbed me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She could, also, cover events without attending them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before 1915, space and time were thought of as a fixed arena in which events took place, but which was not affected by what happened in it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all sounds like separate events, you know? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Cymbeline spent a few minutes explaining something in a hushed voice—probably the events of the night. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And the more I thought, connecting the events in my life, the more my heart collapsed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In any event, she has not saved enough. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Years later, I would occasionally meet her at events in other states, and I ended up spending a little time with her. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One was Brand, a short, black, morose bachelor; the other was Cooke, a tall, yellow, spectacled fellow who spent his spare time keeping track of world events through the Chicago Daily Tribune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The race in question was a forgettable weekday event for a trifling purse, but Blume was strapped for money. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waver, unable to process this turn in events. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For every event at the quantum level, the current universe splits into multiple universes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before ni-Frith the rabbits had managed to produce as much as it could eat—for a time, at all events—and were able to sleep through the heat of the day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came home from school to find her at the kitchen table, reading about the day's events at Ground Zero. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled it out; after the bewildering events of the past hour and the sudden intersection of her journey and the Current’s, it felt solid and familiar in her hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had the bad luck of drawing into an event that featured the best filly in the country, Myrdewood. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At these types of center events, Mr. Ali wouldn’t let anybody play any music that he said had a harmful message, or grimy lyrics. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra anticipated this discussion, and she undoubtedly had her version of events eloquently prepared so that she could give compelling answers to all of Mark Antony’s questions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The paving of the Kinshasa Highway affected every person on earth, and turned out to be one of the most important events of the twentieth century. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mommy looked forward to this day with anticipation, while my siblings and I dreaded it like the plague, always waiting till the morning of the event before memorizing the Bible story we would recite. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t forget the events of the past twenty-four hours, but here, speeding along a concrete wash, I can let them trail behind me, if only for a few moments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What? Oh no. I wasn’t there. Bit of an event though, from what I understand. Mauthen’s only daughter and they were sending her off proper. Been planning it for months.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Did they watch the recap of the day's events on the battered old TV that sits on the table against the wall? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Combine that with the fact that by losing me they’ll be losing their ticket to all kinds of big social events, particularly my wedding, and the whole thing becomes unbearable. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody was anticipating the events to come so that they wouldn’t have to walk out on the flats again for a while. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus witches often claim to be responsible for events that would have happened anyway. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Butterbur had come trotting in, and he was now trying to listen to several conflicting accounts of the event at the same time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She imagined him attending events like this, in halls like this, with his wife by his side. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Greek Pausanias, an ardent traveler, the author of the first guidebook ever written, has a good deal to say about the mythological events reported to have happened in the places he visited. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow our team stays with them and I’m praying that us winning with me not even playing is not my last lucky event. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It estimates course corrections needed in the event of—" "Yeah, yeah," Lewis said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many days passed after this strange event and the woman forgot all about the lion—and the promise she had made to him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Many international artists, most of whom I never knew, were performing and the event was to be televised worldwide. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Over men, and events, and especially over women.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Argentina treated the match as though it were an event of global significance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whether the storm had anything to do with the events of the next day, Monday, July 10, can’t be known, but the timing was suspicious. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Three days after the event, he was to go to a certain bar in Queens between eight and nine at night. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, they would remember events in the future, and not remember events in their past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess Federation rating calculated after the event was astronomically high—2375—confirming his status as a master and ranking him number twenty-five in the nation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Certain events would put me into a position in which I could not go on with the old language-game any further. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The day my grandfather tumbled his grandmother, Pancha Garcia, among the rushes of the riverbank, he added another link to the chain of events that had to complete itself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Art3mis felt that meeting you two right now would be an unnecessary distraction. She wanted to wait until after the ‘big event.’ Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No event in American history which was so improbable at the time has seemed so inevitable in retrospect as the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Recent events have had little effect on Plutarch’s mood. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They are a nocturnal amalgam of social event and business meeting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one moved, but plenty of people held up cell phones, still recording the event. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt considerably flattened by the evening’s events. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It is often helpful to think of the four coordinates of an event as specifying its position in a four-dimensional space called space-time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another way of seeing this is that the event horizon, the boundary of the black hole, is like the edge of a shadow—the shadow of impending doom. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught her three children the art of debate and tutored them on current events, translating for Jim the images of famine and war that upset him on the TV news. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The federation eliminated the Candidates tournament, an event that had multiple players competing against one another, which Fischer charged led to the opportunity for collusion among the Soviets. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

No. The paradoxical conclusion is that it would be very unlikely for unlikely events not to occur. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Dad, still awkward at social events without Mom, asks me forty-seven times between the church and the banquet hall if I’m okay. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I asked her if it was better than the Edible Tsunami, from when I was interested in edible meteorological events. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seven had done everything she could think of: studied for her C.A.T. exams, attended every witching social event she could fit on her calendar. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The only way to view a black hole’s singularity is to go beyond the event horizon and see for yourself. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She continued to sing with the junior choir as well, with the hundred-voice People’s Chorus, and at local church and social events. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I guess because I was nervous, I started to recap the day’s events out loud. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, at all events, is what Ingulf of Croyland used to tell us, until he was discovered to be a forgery. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the event will be little remembered in history, witnesses will swear they have never seen more suffering or such desperate fighting as during the final moments of the Battle of Sayler’s Creek. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I did hear about the... marching... event,” I lie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

During her high school years, Marian continued to sing at church and social events and, increasingly, at concerts out of town. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Billions of light- years away are still more tumultuous objects, the quasars, which may be the colossal explosions of young galaxies, the mightiest events in the history of the universe since the Big Bang itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly how such an event should proceed without tearing the country apart was still very much a matter of speculation and improvisation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

One late Friday evening when I was nearing the end of my tenth year an event occurred that precipitated the greatest crisis of my childhood: I was an eyewitness to a murder. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d been reading the Culver Creek Handbook pretty closely the last couple weeks, and I reminded myself of my two-pronged defense, in the event I got in trouble: 1. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Because, after all, there really was something ridiculously out of proportion between the verdict such certainty was based on and the imperturbable march of events from the moment the verdict was announced. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The nonexistence of absolute rest therefore meant that one could not give an event an absolute position in space, as Aristotle had believed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between those events, school often stopped or flowered as routine bowed to the sacred. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, April 3, King telephoned Hawkins from Memphis, Tennessee, with the news that events there required his continued presence in that city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I try to stay focused on the next event, and then the next, to keep from overthinking things and becoming overwhelmed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had composed a lengthy poem for the event, her “Columbian Ode,” and pestered her many powerful friends into having it placed on the day’s program. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The reality was that though people had been kind enough to include them in events, they remained very much apart. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any event, I never heard it again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, Hazel’s power to revisit the past had found the one event that connected both of their lives—where Leo’s time line touched Hazel’s. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had imagined that if there were an explosion there we would have 4.3 years to watch the light of this magnificent event spreading across the sky, as if tipped from a giant can. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Halley was certainly not plunged into abject poverty by these events—he had property of his own and his wife had brought a good dowry with her. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

At its psychological nub, Washington’s inveterate realism was rooted in his commitment to control, over himself and over any and all events with the power to determine his fate. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The day of the event, we booked a minibus, loaded it up with our gear, and drove over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Usually the only sounds Frank heard from the coach’s cabin were sporting events on the TV, or the coach yelling, “Yeah! Get ’em!” as he watched his favorite martial arts movies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If this was their position, events quickly demonstrated that it was an argument they were destined to lose. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a different corner of the Galaxy, a different sequence of events should have occurred and a different ratio of magnesium isotopes should prevail. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z