We already have examples in South African history of the results of war. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, you might take a type of corn that resists disease and cross it with another type of corn that produces a lot of ears. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She knew, for example, that I could move more body parts than I told the doctor, although she said nothing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Louis Borgenicht, for example, left the impoverished home of his parents at age twelve to work as a salesclerk in a general store in the Polish town of Brzesko. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

At the end of the chord name will be a slash followed by a note name, for example C/E. The note following the slash should be the bass note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Belgium and Denmark are only an hour or so apart by airplane, for example. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

For example, as a location for his Columbiad he picked, of all places on earth, Tampa, Florida—just a few miles west of Cape Canaveral, the launching pad for our Columbia. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children’s clapping games and rock passing games provide very simple but accessible examples of polyrhythmic learning. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For example, the G sharp and the A flat are played on the same key on the keyboard; they sound the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Club Ebony in New York City was a shining example of the biracially attended speakeasies that came to be known as “black and tans.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

All of us, for example, are descended at some point from hunter- gatherers, and many hunter-gatherers, by all accounts, had a pretty leisurely life. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

We can sequence human DNA, and identify genetic mutations that cause, for example, diabetes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Anyone holding the job was hopelessly compromised as any sort of moral example. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, in the silly song “Skidamarink,” the phrase “I love you” can be clapped, or even just the “you.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A good example of Kepler’s skill in this despised art came when he was commissioned to produce a calendar for 1595 predicting important events for the year ahead. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the ultimate explanations—for example, why bronze tools appeared early in parts of Eurasia, late and only locally in the New World, and never in Aboriginal Australia—remain unclear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Penelope had never before realized how difficult it was to explain the logic behind such common household paradoxes as: Standing on the floor is perfectly correct; standing upon the loveseat is not. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Unique is a good example: a crisp and accurate word meaning “one of a kind,” now frequently degraded to merely “unusual.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to live in a fine house. But not if it means I have to be an example. Not if it means I can’t choose my own friends.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

For example, when you sing a melody by itself, you may be able to "hear" in your mind the chords that usually go with it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Table 4.1: The examples given name the note reached if one starts on C, and goes up the named interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, I haven’t given a shred of attention to the upcoming campus tour and whether Abby might still want to go with me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In another example, a group of people are brought in for an experiment and told they are going to play a quiz game. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was an example for them—they could compete on the international stage, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There are lots of people, for example, who have made lots of movies and aren’t particularly well connected. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reese, for example, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals described a drug task force completely corrupted by its dependence on federal drug money. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A number of YouTube videos provide comparisons that you can listen to, for example comparisons of just intonation and equal temperament, or comparisons of various temperaments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Is that the name? Well, it’s all up. No one’s going to the Indians. The agent’s in jail and the rebels has published the whole plan as an example of, you know, perfidy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

For twelve years, I had taught that within the entire Nation of Islam; my own transformation was the best example I knew of Mr. Muhammad’s power to reform black men’s lives. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mort Sahl remarked about the 1980 election, for example, that people weren’t so much voting for Reagan as they were voting against Carter, and that if Reagan had run unopposed he would have lost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first example, the real subject is fly, in the second, it’s lumps. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the process they have overturned the old social pecking order in which “Episcopalian,” for example, was a code word for upper class, and “fundamentalist” or “evangelical” shorthand for lower. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

For example, I could hang around Witney station at rush hour, wait until I see the red-haired man from Saturday night again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed the presence of a tiger had saved me from a hyena—surely a textbook example of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Both are employed in European technology, but the former is more common—the arch is a classic example of compression. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I noted as another example of gallows humor that Billie had put out black guest towels and a washcloth for me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he could tell a long, involved, humorous story and laugh at his own humor with high-pitched giggling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teammates thought it was funny, for example, to ask Josh and me if we really liked to eat fried chicken and watermelon for dinner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“There’s an example right there. Trying to dismiss what I say as not important.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

If you were to see me grinning, for example, with my eyes twinkling, you’d say I was amused. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Page 82 Each day, we had a brief reading assignment full of statistics and real-world examples. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A woman was often referred to by her husband's name—as Jacob's wife, for example—while children were sometimes known according to who their parents or grandparents were. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Galileo, for example, despite performing exquisite experiments, never fully grasped the power of the experimental method, dismissing Gilbert’s work as not sufficiently philosophical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The rocky, hilly land of New England is a good example. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We spent the morning talking and looking at examples of trees gored by shedding antlers and branches snapped by lumbering bodies. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A full- fledged agricultural revolution with a multifarious suite of crops, the complex is an example of a major cultural innovation that has completely disappeared. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Following my example, Tommy and Ruth made their way to another tree trunk, hollow and more emaciated than mine, a short way behind to my left. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not so easy. Let’s think of another example—something else. You know the theorem of Pythagoras?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The summer food of the white-breasted nuthatch and the brown creeper, for example, includes the eggs, larvae, and adults of a very large number of insects injurious to trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ani­mals that are kept in unsuitable enclosures are the most obvious example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Secondly, it is a question about intellectual tools: the concept of laws of nature, for example, shapes the sorts of questions scientists ask and the sorts of answers nature provides. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He is beginning to think about varieties of one single color, differences of tone, for example, in the same family of yellow. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Classic Mom again: I’m not saying you should follow my precise example, but of course I really am. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A prime example is the Rosa Parks story. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tassoni is well aware of all sorts of things that the ancients did not have: falconry, for example, or silk, or perspective painting. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All of them have not contributed, for example, the 1986 team, but the vast majority of the teams have contributed in many different ways. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four flagrant examples are the comparison of South Korea with North Korea, the former West Germany with the former East Germany, the Dominican Republic with Haiti, and Israel with its Arab neighbors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them are secondhand, all the classics for example, one volume in blue cloth boards cost one mark twenty pfennig. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the Spanish conquistadores wished to exact tribute from Mexico’s defeated native populations, so they were very interested in the Aztec Empire’s tribute lists. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the second example, the subject really is one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can go on and on with such examples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These are textbook examples. The devil is nothing if not predictable.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God! I should have known. Is he an example of ‘looking up’?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Virginia, for example, fees paid to court-appointed attorneys for representing someone charged with a felony that carries a sentence of less than twenty years are capped at $428. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You want to set a better example for your sister!” snapped Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

While the rest of us were worrying over getting our printing to match exactly the example shown on the blackboard, Esther got praise for any kind of mark that resembled the letters. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, they are clear examples of contagious behavior. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were occasions when Big Brother devoted his Order for the Day to commemorating some humble, rank-and-file Party member whose life and death he held up as an example worthy to be followed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Let me give you a very simple example of this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It is best explained by example: Freddie was offered an apple and a banana, and he chose the slender yellow fruit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

These examples demonstrate that the sole missing ingredients required to sustain food production in large areas of the Americas were domestic animals and crops themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the example of some of the bigger boys and hit the ones who wouldn’t hit back. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Years before Colonel Aureliano Buendía had spoken to him about the fascination of war and had tried to show it to him with countless examples drawn from his own experience. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The effect of a chemical of supposedly innocuous nature can be drastically changed by the action of another; one of the best examples is a close relative of DDT called methoxychlor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d be the department’s example, and there was nothing he could do about it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Trust is indeed something in these days. It is, perhaps, better to have a homely woman whom one can trust than a more chic maid—for example, some smart Parisienne.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the great example of this genre is It Happened One Night, with Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, who famously dispensed with wearing an undershirt. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A taller, longer-legged man—any one of his brothers, for example—might have put his foot up, might have made the stretch, with greater ease. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

In 1646 Thomas Browne collected numerous examples from Greek and Roman authors of texts being copied wholesale and reissued under another author’s name. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example: a local park, a coffee shop, the library, or bus stops.* Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For example, even though Stephanie was apparently the most competent volunteer, she never bragged about her accomplishments; she hardly deemed them worth mentioning. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the examples above, the sharps and flats are written next to the notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The fate of this maiden was another example of the danger of claiming equality with the gods in anything whatsoever. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aedanus Burke, for example, warned that the petitioners were “blowing the trumpet of sedition” and demanded that the galleries be cleared of all spectators and newspaper reporters. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For example, I would suddenly have the urge to be on a beach and to walk down to the water. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Civilian militias and patrollers lynched three times that in response—conspirators, sympathizers, and innocents—to set an example. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For example, some people believe in the ghosts of people who have come back from the dead. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The second implication of the hockey example is that the systems we set up to determine who gets ahead aren’t particularly efficient. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

For example, if, in an augmented G sharp major chord, you rewrite the D double sharp as an E natural, the triad becomes an E augmented chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We will encounter examples of all these variants. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

One day, for example, just past Omsk, we stopped in the countryside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I had no idea, for example, why the oceans were salty but the Great Lakes weren’t. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Let’s take another familiar example from our own time. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too busy resenting Barack for managing to fit workouts into his schedule, for example, to even begin figuring out how to exercise regularly myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’d wondered what it would be like not to be the oldest, the one who set an example for the little ones. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The two are basically the same thing, so as soon as Galileo had a telescope he could use it to study flies, for example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She, for example, has been at the Blue Haven for eleven years now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

These two paradigmatic examples are the subjects I turn to now. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, consider a system of gas molecules in a box. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear American Non-Black, if an American Black person is telling you about an experience about being black, please do not eagerly bring up examples from your own life. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some examples of cumulative songs are “Hey Ho, the Rattlin’ Bog,” “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly,” “The Green Grass Grew all Around,” “Allouette,” and “I Bought me a Cat.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For an hour Mr. Shin uses Korean and English examples to talk about the compassion of God. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Then it seem to me,” he said, astonished at his boldness, “that if I got to look to you for a example, you ought to be a example.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to make an example out of Ross,” they told me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Party claimed, for example, that today forty per cent of adult proles were literate; before the Revolution, it was said, the number had only been fifteen per cent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“We’re usually very good at what we do. Sometimes we make mistakes. Me, for example, allowing myself to be alone with you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Think, for example, of the way most farm animals are treated today. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Was this an example of it, knocking down a young woman who wanted only to teach? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She took an active interest, for example, in Nick’s flower garden, often eating the heads off the daffodils and hydrangeas, also off the lilacs and roses when those plants bloomed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of that cultural variation is no doubt a product of environmental variation, and I have discussed many examples in this book. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, one afternoon earlier this summer, I had a taste for a Big Mac and a shake. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This story is a fine example of two fundamental features of the Scientific Revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, if you drop a mostly full bottle of ketchup in the tub, it will not float. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Is there anything you need in the way of furnishing, for example? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Killed Oedipus married Laius Jocasta, for example, doesn’t make it clear whether Oedipus killed Laius and married Jocasta, Jocasta killed Oedipus and married Laius, Oedipus killed Jocasta and married Laius, and so on. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For a fee, these companies-Salesforce.com, for example—give you access to a library of Web-based business applications, which you can just tap into online to run your business. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

A clear example is the wheel, which is first attested around 3400 B.C. near the Black Sea, and then turns up within the next few centuries over much of Europe and Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The songs “This Old Man,” “Skip to My Lou,” “Shoo Fly,” “Bow Belinda,” and “Sandy Land,” for example, are all able to be sung simultaneously. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The investigative journalist Jonathan Kwitny later argued that the case was “a fine example of what can happen when important matters of public policy are abandoned by government to the self-interest of corporations.” Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

For example, soda was banned at my old school because of the sugar content. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now let’s take one of the alethiometer symbols. The hive, for example, surrounded by bees. One of its meanings is sweetness, and another is light. Can you see why?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For example, as we have seen, the other stars in our galaxy form a distinct band of light across the night sky, called the Milky Way. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to set a good example for the children.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its three integrated computers and most of its housekeeping functions—for example, its temperature-control system—are localized in its middle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When oxygen combines with an element over an extended period of time, the result is slow oxidation, rust being a good example of it,” he said confidently. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The most conspicuous such examples are the failure of both farming and herding to reach Native American California from the U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, a bordun in C will include the two pitches C and G; in F, the F and C; in G the G and D; in d minor the d and a, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone was always praying that the Lord would change Roy’s heart, but it was John who was expected to be good, to be a good example. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Some things—vultures, for example—made them rub their faces and watch the sky uneasily. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In other words, for example, you mean if he wanted to hunt, he could outhunt, again for example, someone such as myself.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But there are alternatives: One could peer inside using some sort of periscopelike magnifying device, for example. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Otto followed Sheed’s example and grabbed another hand mirror from the air, positioning it so he could see what A.M. and P.M. saw. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean, for example,” said Lyra, “I bet you know more about the bears than he does, for a start.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The second example also trips over its message. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Scientific progress builds step by step, and as the example of Darwin and Wallace shows, when the time is ripe, two or more individuals may make the next step independently of one another. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Stroke victims who have lost the ability to speak, for example, are virtuosos, because their infirmity has forced them to become far more sensitive to the information written on people’s faces. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Almonds provide a striking example of bitter seeds and their change under domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because of my father’s example, I went through school expecting to become a physician. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Other motifs in the story are attached to concepts, for example ‘transformation’ or ‘love’ or ‘servitude’, or to things, such as a ‘spear’, the ‘gold’ or the ‘River Rhine’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The most striking example of change in how evangelicals see themselves and their place in the world may be the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

For example, peas belong to the genus Pisum, which consists of two wild species: Pisum sativum, the one that became domesticated to yield our garden peas, and Pisum fulvum, which was never domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was another example of both the lack of knowledge about South Africa in the rest of Africa and the extraordinary lengths the PAC would go to besmirch the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, evaluating basketball players is a very good example of what I’ve been talking about here—the necessity of understanding when to rely on our instincts and when not to. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was Giannini’s urging, perhaps the example of Bing Crosby, who was investing heavily in racehorses, or maybe the spellbinding vision of the track their money had built. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Neal Harris, now one of Terryl’s close friends, it was a powerful example of the leather skin underneath her bubbly exterior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The books were read, but they had little influence, and the demand for them was modest: it took, for example, twenty-five years for The New Organon to appear in a second edition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For everyday numbers to make sense, they have to have something called the distributive property, which is best seen through an example. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The other day, for example, they went through a box of Christmas ornaments from the 1930s that Vivian had forgotten she kept. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the question of funding the domestic debt, for example, Hamilton regarded Madison’s proposal to distinguish between original and present holders of government securities as naive and mischievous. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Aristotle was remarkable for his explorations of natural phenomena, studying, for example, the development of the chicken embryo within the egg. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You two seem, to have talked a lot. Did you tell the detective anything else? About our hideout, for example?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Be that as it may, she saw him go with regret; and in this early example of what Lydia’s infamy must produce, found additional anguish as she reflected on that wretched business. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He returned to summarizing the book, emphasizing examples of where Valjean served others. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The use of music to build characters through sound expression; create tension in the narrative; highlight important moments in the plot, and so forth, are examples of the high compatibility between words and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The author used several of the examples and many of the same arguments as Charles had just done in his draft. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, for example, I played you five very high pitched tones, you’d be able to tell them apart. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.57: Remember that meter is not the same as time signature; the time signatures given here are just examples. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There is a good example of this in an episode of Sesame Street called “Roy” that ran on Christmas Eve in 1997. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guidance counselors and teachers would quietly pull a student aside and say that William and Mary, for example, did not accept blacks, so there was no need for you to apply. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In warfare, for example, you attend first to the severely wounded who have the best chance of survival. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

For example, in 1837 the Mandan Indian tribe, with one of the most elaborate cultures in our Great Plains, contracted smallpox from a steamboat traveling up the Missouri River from St. Louis. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if it wasn’t there, as for example with Phineas, then I put it there myself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t read trash. Bad example for the fellows at the school. They look up to one a bit, you know.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, all the water in the atmosphere of Mars today could be accounted for by a recent impact of a small comet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I call myself the best example of that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one of the prime examples of the need to avoid acting on the basis of common sense if you want to know how the world works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He regarded the scheme as a perfect example of the inability of Americans to know how to behave. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The general sound that one would expect of a type of instrument — a trombone for example is usually called its timbre or color. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, literature is full of splendid examples: “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. ” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I learned that, once a month, the general suffered from blinding migraines that lasted almost a week. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In your own way, for example; not in everybody else’s way.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this is an example of a mystery which isn’t a mystery. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first edition provides two examples of such errors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, few people die as a result of high-wire acrobatics between skyscrapers, an activity which is nevertheless not safe. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was an example of insane optimism coupled with the naive popular belief that a few hours of therapy can cure everything from chronic obesity to a lifetime of poverty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once, for example, he and Duma Nokwe flew on the same plane from Durban to Johannesburg, and when the airline bus to town refused to take Duma, Kennedy refused to ride in it as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A public survey about their research was overwhelmingly negative, calling it pointless and dangerous, an example of “men trying to be gods.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The officer’s account is a beautiful example of how a high-stress moment—in the right hands—can be utterly transformed: It was dusk. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Miss Eliza Bennet, let me persuade you to follow my example, and take a turn about the room. I assure you it is very refreshing after sitting so long in one attitude.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, begin with a fun rhythm activity to get students going, and finish with a quiet relaxing or listening activity to calm them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, the notes with frequency ratios of 9:8 and 10:9 and 11:10 are all written as whole steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The history of the world is full of similar examples. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Jeanne lived in a small cabin in the middle of the desert, while I lived in a small hut built of straws and pine tree leaves. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For example, headlines in the San Francisco Chronicle for May 15, 1910, include “Comet Camera as Big as a House,” “Comet Comes and Husband Reforms,” “Comet Parties Now Fad in New York.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never fails; she always uses me as the “good” example. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

St Mark’s basilica revealed to Monteverdi a new world of possibility; as far as I know, this is the only example in Western music of a building changing the course of history. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, things can happen in between the beats, too, but the timing for those is also coordinated using the beats; for example, a note might begin at exactly the halfway point between two beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The initial hope was that the microscope might make the invisible visible, and it did, for example, when it showed how a fly can walk up a pane of glass. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dewey, for example, had spent two wearying and wasted days trying to trace that phantom pair, the Mexicans sworn by Paul Helm to have visited Mr. Clutter on the eve of the murders. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Paine, for example, claimed that it was simply a matter of common sense that an island could not rule a continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I mean if he were a girl—somebody in my dorm, for example—he’d have been painting scenery in some stock company all summer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

For example, lower-income respondents give greater weight to the importance of faith. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

For example, the statements “UFOs contain extraterrestrial visitors” and “UFOs are unidentified flying objects” are two entirely different assertions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A verdict of guilty in a capital case required a complete proof of guilt, for example the testimony of two witnesses who had seen the crime occur, or a confession. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, some organic milk comes from cows on small farms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So a dotted half note, for example, would last as long as a half note plus a quarter note, or three quarters of a whole note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“You are not an example to me; you could never be,” I spat at him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example a bass trombone4l has a lower range than a tenor trombone, and an alto saxophone42 sounds higher than a tenor saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Well, here's an example of kids at their best. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

At the tournament in Savannah that the Fugees had raked leaves to attend, for example, locals who’d read about the team came to watch them play and to cheer them on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t gobblefunk around with words. I will now give you another example. Human beans from Jersey has a most disgustable woolly tickle on the tongue,’ the Giant said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the French eat small portions and don’t go back for seconds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I learned, for example, that in the late 1500s my little neighborhood square was a popular spot for burning people alive. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He might say, for example, that like the pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the prime minister of South Africa was raising an army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here are a couple of other examples: Their house was destroyed in 1993. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in all those examples, I took it as given that the message itself was something that could be passed on. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of Aristotle’s examples look pretty dry and obvious. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And the example just cited should suffice, for the Kingdom of France would be invincible if Charles’s military institutions had been developed or preserved. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what makes the garden paths in the textbook examples so seductive, together with my real-word example that begins with the words The data point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Part of the particular power of Paul Revere, for example, was that he wasn’t just a networker; he wasn’t just the man with the biggest Rolodex in colonial Boston. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When, for example, he posed the rhetorical question, “Is survival possible when civilization reverts to the law of the jungle?” his devoted listeners recognized the reference to Africa and African Americans. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you were looking for someone to give you an example of misogyny, my family would be the prime illustration. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, there must be a mechanism for publicizing one’s knowledge—Cardano, for example, publishes a book. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, people can choose from any of these. Mrs. Baker has been giving us poems as examples to use when we write our own.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Recognizing someone’s face is a classic example of unconscious cognition. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For an example of what I am talking about—in every black ghetto, Jews own the major businesses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, any pants with a leg narrower than eight inches for women or nine inches for men would be considered fourolds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greeks would figure out the ratio by dividing the line into tiny pieces, using, for example, a standard or yardstick half an inch long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

For example, in 1808 a British sailor named Charlie Savage equipped with muskets and excellent aim arrived in the Fiji Islands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was just another example of why my respect for my younger brother kept increasing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boyle, for example, could place a lit candle in his globe, or a bird; although insects and frogs could be passed through the mercury into the Torricellian space, flames and birds could not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, she rejected an invitation from the Committee on Ceremonies and instead, on a whim, went to lunch at the German Village. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Today I will be presenting an example of the laws of sympathy. However, as time is limited I will need help with the preparations.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Here are a couple of other examples: If he is here, he’ll be in the kitchen. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The eighth grade president wasn’t supposed to set a good example. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For example, I can easily put James in Hitler’s shoes, and our family in the roles of the Jews. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Is there a more beautiful example of a snap judgment? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Here’s an example of the kind of game they played. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Many objects exist to be exchanged and consumed: sacks of grain, for example, are turned into bread. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some minibus drivers couldn’t pay up front, for example. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Fine example. However, I’m now going to let you in on a secret about myself which is true. It's a touch embarrassing, so please don't spread it around at breaktime...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Let me give you just a few examples. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, for example, do people gorge on high-calorie food that is doing little good to their bodies? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to persuade you of continental drift, for example, I would point you to the classic papers on paleomagnetism and we could then go and make our measurements in the field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Crossing the state line was a capital offense in Georgia; sometimes a master preferred an example over the return of his property. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So the first thing the morpho software did was take each side of your fece and double it, like holding a mirror right down the middle, creating two examples of perfect symmetry. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Here is an example featuring children simultaneously singing three different children's songs29 that are set to the same tune: "Baa, Baa black sheep," "Twinkle, twinkle, little star," and "The Alphabet Song." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, common chimpanzees have a genetic tendency to live in hierarchical groups headed by an alpha male. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, most operas were written to be popular, middle-class entertainments, and artists such as Liszt and Paganini enjoyed rock-star-like fame and popularity in their day. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Which verbs would be better in these examples? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots... of programs use the Internet: electronic mail, for example, was around long before the global hypertext system I invented and called the World Wide Web.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“She can follow an object with her eyes, for example. Or smile when she recognizes her mother.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One parents and teachers pointed to as an example to others. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Cecilia’s enthusiasm, for example, seemed a little overstated, tainted with condescension perhaps, and intrusive too; her big sister wanted each bound story catalogued and placed on the library shelves, between Rabindranath Tagore and Quintus Tertullian. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“For example, did you know that scientists used to think that elephants had esp?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example: “The poor little has nothing to;he is hungry.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which was an example of the way Grandma reasoned. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their status as precursors led archaeologists to believe that the subsequent emergence of other complex societies was due to their example—or their conquest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, when Baker listed the total spent on carriage rental, the subcommittee demanded the names of the people who rode in the carriages. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, who can give an example of something that would be a personal attack, of what you shouldn’t do?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

To see why so many of us slip up, let’s look at two similar examples: 1. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early 1950s, for example, Weisberg ran a drama troupe in Chicago. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a point is an example of what mathematicians call a singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the song “Christofo Columbo” chronicles much of the famed voyage including detailed geographic references in a fun and light song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The next example is three lines of dactylic hexameter scratched onto a drinking cup: “I am Nestor’s delicious drinking cup. Whoever drinks from this cup swiftly will the desire of fair-crowned Aphrodite seize him.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Such examples of the power of guns against native peoples lacking guns could be multiplied indefinitely. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A simple example of air pressure is the air gun, called in the seventeenth century ‘the wind-gun’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In terms of texture, does the first example consist of four separate lines or voices, or should they be performed all together? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

That's what they'll call me from here on out, and the most I can do about it is try to set a good example. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pa writes to him, too, bringing up a tragic example in their family: one of Ma’s brothers had fallen for a woman of ill repute, and his life ended disastrously, presumably by his own hand. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For example, the note in between D natural and E natural can be named either D sharp or E flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The clumsy examples above show that long and complicated subjects are best left unmarked, whereas simpler ones like pronouns work well in the genitive, as in I appreciate your coming over to help. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Almost everything offered today for the treatment of heart disease is at this level of technology, with the transplanted and artificial hearts as ultimate examples. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, in case you don’t know what it is yet, is the perennial example, as espoused by Harold Ross: “The flag is red, white, and blue.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

For example, typhus was initially transmitted between rats by rat fleas, which sufficed for a while to transfer typhus from rats to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The following examples are helpful in preparing autistic students in advance for transitions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“You will find many fascinating sights in bright Tenebrion. Here, for example, is a statue of a cat who used to put out fires.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But today he only spoke to turn down Ma’s offer of a second egg, and Neel followed his example. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sort of like that. Can someone give us another example?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Milgram analyzed his experiment, for example, he found that many of the chains from Omaha to Sharon followed the same asymmetrical pattern. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way John Henry tells it, your world and ours are like twins. No, wait, that’s a bad example.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But it was interesting, once I started to analyse and sort the examples, to discover that the greengrocer’s apostrophe formed just one depressing category of the overall, total, mind-bogglingly depressing misuse of the apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The standing waves in these carefully-shaped-and-sized idiophones — for example, the blocks on a xylophone — produce pitched tones, but again, the patterns of standing waves in these instruments are a little too complicated for this discussion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And the Republic will be happy that they've made an example out of another criminal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I have seen one other example, but it was not so fine as this. And do you possess the books of readings?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With you, for example, so that you understand some of the problems the chimps and the wild places face and can help to solve them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know yourself, Mrs. Dowdel, boys will be boys. They’s high- spirited. They’ll settle down in time and all be good Christian men. Their maw and I have set them a good example.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

These cases differ from that, for example, of Newtonian physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, individual teachers may prefer one gender to another, but the entire educational system in general, favors girls’ learning styles and behaviors over that of boys. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

That’s a good example of root words, as I was telling you. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

King Henry III of England, for example, liked sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

For example, in a 2/4 time signature, there are two beats in a measure with the quarter note receiving one beat or one count. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, if all you were shown of Caroline’s body were her hands, you would know at once that she was an artistic person. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, most ballads are sung legato, and most marches are played fairly staccato or marcato, whether they are marked that way or not. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was not true, for example, as was claimed in the Party history books, that the Party had invented airplanes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Consider, for example, the problem created by the show’s insistence on being clever. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the IKung' Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana have an explanation for the Milky Way, which at their latitude is often overhead. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, for example, we are in the family or key of G, the chord of G - the triad G-B-D - is ‘home’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Except for pictures he’d never seen one on dry land, but he’d seen how they took trees down and this stand of poplars was a good example. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Can you think of any other example where color is used as a metaphor to express an idea? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I’m incapable of typing the word substitution correctly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked, for example, since I was in the Drama department, why hadn’t I been in any plays? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For example: My acquaintances are many, my friends are few; those who really know me fewer still. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other examples of complex technologies that diffused east and west in the ancient Old World, from a single West Asian source, include door locks, pulleys, rotary querns, windmills—and the alphabet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brinker for example had begun a long, decisive sequence of withdrawals from school activity ever since the morning I deserted his enlistment plan. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A green monkey, for example, has been observed calling ‘Careful! A lion!’ when there was no lion around. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the Ministry of Plenty’s forecast had estimated the output of boots for the quarter at a hundred and forty-five million pairs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The same applies, for example, to the Seven Years’ War and the Nine Years’ War. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For example, an area larger than all of New England — some 50 million acres — is under management by utility corporations and much of it is routinely treated for “brush control.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

An example of how quantum theory can allow negative energy densities is provided by what is called the Casimir effect. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had one that Wednesday morning: Share an example of a Buddhist koan. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the subject of whether the dog smells comes up, for example, Bill and Sue banter back and forth happily, both with a half smile on their lips. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Marcato, for example means "marked" in the sense of "stressed" or "noticeable." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In all the past Ravenskillian Black Moon Ceremonies she’d researched in preparation, not one showed an example of best friends sorted into different covens. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Take a minute, for example, to make a list of all the people you know whose death would leave you truly devastated. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Divine light, for example, is sometimes indicated by golden rays, at other times by a halo or aura. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, an example would be: a big American timber company logs a huge forest in Africa. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

During descent, for example, if the Gemini’s parachute did not come out when scheduled, the astronauts really had to hurry to try other ways to get the chute out or, failing that, to eject themselves. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He failed to see why anyone would need more bluster and testimony about God’s Plan than what he found, for example, within the fine-veined world of an eyeball. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other examples of modifiers include the underlined words in the phrases walks on four legs, swollen feet, met him on the road to Thebes, and the shepherd whom Oedipus had sent for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

"This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recall, as an example of this pursuit, an occasion when he arranged that we should go out into the countryside and take our supper beneath the summer sun. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was hardwired to be a leader and set a good example. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For example, he chose the shapes D, R, b, h to represent the Cherokee syllables a, e, si, and ni, respectively, while the shape of the numeral 4 was borrowed for the syllable se. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I follow the good example my neighbors set me,” was Laurie’s answer, as he swung himself out of the room. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were plenty of examples to prove that learning made a boy leave the farm to live in the city—to consider himself better than his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Following H. G. Wells’s example, Koch planned to let the invaders wipe out real places. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know if it would be exactly like Sonny’s example, but it could be dangerous. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Did they mutter any tribal incantations while they did the killings, for example? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For example, my languages tutor had a way of making me feel a fool. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, when his parents call on Saturday mornings, if Brandon or Jonathan happens to pick up the phone, they ask if Nikhil is there. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. Mandela,” she said, “we must not take that too far because we don’t know when it was made. Perhaps, for example, his parents had it tattooed on him?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Propeller research, for example, had been one of Langley’s most important lines of inquiry from its inception through the lead-up to the war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

This class was an elective, so there was flexibility in the roster—we weren’t all in the same grade; Leilani and Shauna, for example, were juniors. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was, for an example, the paper that men gave out here and there, and sometimes even to him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He became restless to embrace their example, but he was shy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The keynote sound for New York City might be horns of Yellow cabs and cars, for example. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Fremantle said, bewildered, “But, sir, there is the example of Solferino. And of course the Charge of the Light Brigade.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nearly as long as your sister’s. What kind of example are you setting for her?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Had I ever, for example, read the work of James Cone? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One example of the use of the weak anthropic principle is to “explain” why the big bang occurred about ten thousand million years ago—it takes about that long for intelligent beings to evolve. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is what they have in common with the passive constructions that also bog down these examples, like was affirmed and were used. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For example, Monique rhymes with streak, and she had a blond streak in her dark hair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

However, many parts of Eurasia did have quite a few of these 13 species living together in the same area: for example, seven of the wild ancestors occurred in Southwest Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you are thinking I am making this up, read Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter....Don’t let millions of people down who regard you as a genius and an example to themselves. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘That is no reason why we should follow their example,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detractors asserted that the movie was an example of Western propaganda that sought to erase the fact that Cleopatra was an African woman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he knew his name wasn’t Charlie Valentine, but his real name? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut, for example, which is one of the biggest changes you can imagine, apart from becoming a girl or dying. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Here are examples of how I culled information relating to Bigger from my reading: There is in me a memory of reading an interesting pamphlet telling of the friendship of Gorky and Lenin in exile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was, all in all, a grand example of interspecies lack of cooperation and the further illustration that might makes right. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As minorities across the country were gradually beginning to take on more significant roles in politics, business, and entertainment, our family had become the most prominent example. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Gerry is the perfect example of “quitters never win” because he quit law school. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Proclus credits Pythagoras, for example, with discovering the theorem we now call Pythagoras’s theorem, and Menelaus the theorem that is the mathematical foundation for Ptolemaic astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Every now and then a racy book about lowlife—Tobacco Road, for example—would catch the public fancy, but for a surprisingly long time middlebrow fiction in America was about upper-middle-class life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Arul and I set a good example by drinking some of the bitter liquid. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“That, for example, wasn’t there when they installed this thing.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Turner thought it was rather hard to be used as an example. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

For example, a few minutes ago I gathered a handful of acorns and placed them at the base of the pine tree near my fallen log. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The explanation of how the tricks are worked is too complicated to explain in detail here, and two fairly elementary examples should suffice. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.70: Syncopation is one of the most important elements in ragtime music, as illustrated in this example from Scott Joplin's Peacherine Rag. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Contemporary examples of these two different kinds of governments are the Turk and the King of France. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Do you think, for example, that you can accurately describe the difference between Coke and Pepsi? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For example, in the French and Indian War Ulster Scots fought with the British against the French and their “Indian” allies. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

For example, listen to the phrases in the melody of "The Riddle Song" and see how they line up with the four sentences in the song. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

What kind of example are you setting for your children? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s just wrong,” I say, looking around for more examples. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Each major section of the music is labelled with a letter; for example, the first section is the A section. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Me .,. well, I was doing my best not to follow her example. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the passage, for example, was from the twelfth line on the page, Sax would know to meet Hall in December, the twelfth month of the year. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can illustrate it by looking at some examples together; the demonstration will help us gain courage to try the same analysis the next time we enter a museum. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t see that many Divergent resisting truth serum. Just Tris, in recent memory. The capacity for serum resistance seems to be higher in some people than others—take yourself, for example, Tobias.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We have now considered examples of three contrasting areas, in all of which food production did arise indigenously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, George Lucas is one of the most famous examples of someone who got his start at USC’s film school, which also happens to be my dream school. But...” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Swimming and riding a bicycle for long distances are two good examples. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If all the other churches had followed the example of those who resisted, the government would have been confronted with a stalemate that might have forced a compromise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps her example may affect me as her gaiety did to-night. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, acceptance of cognitive egalitarianism means they cannot think historically, for a cognitive egalitarian cannot explain why, to take but one example, we no longer believe that swallows overwinter in ponds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The idea of radiation from black holes was the first example of a prediction that depended in an essential way on both the great theories of this century, general relativity and quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remember some finer details, what the woman had done with her hands in the sideways-from-behind position, for example. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was another example of how Sahil saw me in ways other people didn’t. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For example, she had considered the great divide of her self’s time to be coming to America. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each of the examples below, unsplitting the infinitive either changes the sense or leads to garble: The policy of the Army at that time was to not send women into combat roles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In Britain, “corn” can mean the principal cereal crop in a region—oats in Scotland, for example, are sometimes referred to by the term. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The enslavement of Africans for labor in the Americas is one example. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever wondered, for example, how religious movements get started? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our example, we see two- dimensional space warped by mass into a third physical dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the theory predicts that the light cones of points near the sun would be slightly bent inward, on account of the mass of the sun. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the classical music of India recognizes twenty-two different possible pitches within an octave; each raga uses five, six, or seven of these possible pitches. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The view that Indians left no footprint on the land is an obvious example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, if "a quarter note gets a beat," then playing many quarter notes in a row would mean playing a new note on every beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Alhaji, lor example, punched the cement pillar of one of the buildings until his knuckles bled and his bone began to show. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The poor can see the affluent easily enough—on television, for example, or on the covers of magazines. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take, for example, the troubling case of the rooster. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

For example, winning the affection of a girl is a lot like shooting a deer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Support for American independence, for example, was always fragile and shifted with each victory or defeat in the field, which was often a matter of pure luck. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There they can be fruitfully active in less risky work: illustration, typographic design, industrial design, and interior design, for example. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are other examples, and everyone will have his favorite candidates for the list, but the truth is that there are nothing like as many as the public has been led to believe. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t know. I can think of a million examples.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I cannot say whether Gaur’s absence had anything at all to do with it, but his resignation was another example of his generosity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, on the same model, heresies were named after their originators: Donatism and Arianism, for example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Indian classical music, for example, does not contain harmony, but only the three textures of a melody, rhythm, and a drone. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, the dinosaurs may have been exterminated by the impact of an asteroid whose orbit was completely determined by the laws of classical mechanics. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of our other animals were considered “too common”, the lions and baboons, for example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was the time, for example, when a bunch of us were desperate to go out and practise rounders during break, because we’d been challenged by a group from the year above. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A well temperament might have several pure fifths, for example, and several fifths that are smaller than a pure fifth, but not so small that they are "wolf" fifths. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

If anything, a number in these contexts enhances individuality; no two people have the same credit-card number, for example, whereas many have similar names or personality traits or socioeconomic profiles. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This means, for example, that a woman who knew that her husband occasionally smoked pot could have her car forfeited to the government because she allowed him to use her car. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For example, when I punched Sarah because she had pulled my hair I knocked her unconscious and she had concussion and they had to take her to the Accident and Emergency Department at the hospital. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This, for example, is the area surrounding one of the Peacekeepers’ barracks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The old man on the bench, for example, made her cry. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the smaller things—like human beings, for example—can also change and affect the bigger things in the universe.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“That is an example of a man being paternalishtic with a woman.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sula looked up and without a second’s pause followed Nel’s example of leaving out die greeting when she spoke. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Aunt Zo was down in front, setting an example. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The anthropologist has never seen people like them anywhere, nor have I. You’d think, if they were simply examples of the common essence of mankind, they’d seem more recognizable. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first example, Basil dislikes shorts on the woman. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, for example, the child at the window whose account we read first—her fundamental lack of grasp of the situation is nicely caught. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Second, developmental sequences are not invariant, so examples pigeonholed under the same stage are inevitably heterogeneous. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here are two pointers to help clear up the mystery, and examples of how they’re used. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles knew that in order to avoid the criticisms being leveled at Vestiges, he would have to build up his argument even more, and gather more examples, more indisputable factual evidence. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There just wasn’t sufficient reason to invent, for example, the telescope when you had an astronomical theory which, with extraordinary mathematics, could fit the appearances. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“My son serves on the Council of Defense, for example. And Mr. Nefrger on the draft board, and—” Each word she spoke got higher and more shrill. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

For example, I did not join the church of which my father was a member and in which he preached. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

This makes the two notes rhythmically identical to the first two notes of our habanera example: 3 + 1 = 4 semiquavers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

For all intents and purposes they may as well be nouns; in this example, going may as well be the noun departure. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not disturb him and rarely talked to him, but as an example of a man unselfishly devoted to a good cause, Reverend Harris was an important model for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the same melody may sound quite different depending on whether the character is in love, being heroic, or dying. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

How did you finish a reed mat, for example? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Severo ignored the scandal and in a short time several other gentlemen followed his example, until the sight of an automobile ceased to be such a novelty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The honeysuckle in the upper left-hand corner, for example, echoes the contour of the adolescent’s back, while the two straws are virtually parallel to each other. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lee’s example. Jackson didn’t drink either. Nor does Stuart.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s another example farther down the page from Debater #2,” Lydia says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And he has been considering the example of his future father-in-law, Daniel Chalmers, a Baptist missionary to the Philippines who ended up building power plants there and making a small fortune. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Following her stepfather’s example, she experimented with light and dark, using the contrast to create texture. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Which, by the way, Mother’s group has never raised one red cent for me, to help put in upstairs plumbing at the Equatorial, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would be the last person to say that it was all your fault. The Dixons’ move to Florida, for example. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In 4/4 or 2/4 time, for example, the macrobeat is represented by quarter notes, while in 3/4 time it is represented by the dotted half. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They then cited examples to illustrate their point. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

As Karl listened to his friend’s testimony, he realized that Helmuth knew he was doomed: The People’s Court intended to make an example out of him. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This supervision, recorded on a stela erected seventy years afterward, is the first known example in Yucatan of a Mesoamerican specialty: the chaperoned coronation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Located minutes from downtown San Francisco, a baseball’s throw from where the San Francisco Giants play, it is a gleaming example of a new dedication to understanding the workings of the human brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There is Benny, for example, a short, tight-muscled sewer repairman who cannot even think of eating until he has absorbed a half hour of air-conditioning and ice water. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he taught us “left,” “right,” “door,” “food,” “open,” and so on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And the saddest example of this might be what it means for cows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Maya got this defiance from you. You’ve set a terrible example.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In all of my previous examples of bad writing I picked on easy marks: deadline-pressured journalists, stuffy academics, corporate hacks, the occasional inexperienced student. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lipnitsky didn’t just fling concepts at the reader, but rather gave clear and logical examples of how to do what he recommended. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For example, did Africa’s abundance of big wild mammals, available to kill by hunting, make it superfluous for Africans to go to the trouble of tending domestic stock? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, according to a 2008 study, girls are more likely to sing, while boys are more likely to play instruments such as bass guitar, trombone, and percussion. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

To illustrate the important binomial probability model, and to provide a numerical example of a statistical test, imagine the following miniature test for ESP. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't, for example, open any of the drawers. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nowhere, ever, will you find a worse example of humanity than grade-nine boys. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Just try, for example, to reread this paragraph by staring straight ahead at the center of the page. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gold, for example, is too soft to be made into tools for farming or building. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

As for poor judgment, there were plenty of examples there as well. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“The Germans, for example. The Germans don’t like us. ‘Because of our religious.’ Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Eurasia provides the world’s widest band of land at the same latitude, and hence the most dramatic example of rapid spread of domesticates, there are other examples as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Groups prone to primary liver cancer, as for example the Bantu tribes of Africa, are typically subject to malnutrition. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If, for example, I had written . . . last Tuesday knight we had a lecture . . ., he would say: ‘Don’t you know how to spell night?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As many examples show, the poison is carried in by rains and runoff from surrounding lands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I had trouble following her example, with Grover snoring and an albino lion staring hungrily at me, but eventually I closed my eyes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Jews are also chosen to suffer. Or to be better examples.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, you could decide in advance on a simple code like this: The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am, for example, a materialist largely because I was brought up to believe in the central mystery of the Church—the redemptive Incarnation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Bennett paid a visit to Montgomery, Alabama, for lunch with Julian L. McPhillips Jr., a wealthy Princeton alumnus and the managing partner of a local law firm. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

"They will make an example out of me." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shall cite only the region of Greece as an example: the Romans kept the Achaeans and the Aetolians in check; they put down the Kingdom of Macedon; Antiochus was driven out. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t going to nag him or even offer myself as an example of what could go wrong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Though, on other occasions, for example, when I would hear my mother busily speaking to women, it would occur to me that my attachment to words made me like her. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they are. We’ll be looking at some lovely examples in our next lab.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For example, characters and themes are given a short musical pattern, and every time that character or theme appears, the musical pattern is performed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The problem is not one of ungrammaticality but of ambiguity, as in the examples we saw in chapter 4. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the OIC called out, “Law library,” for example, I would check the sheet to see if anyone had put down law library when the officer doing the go-round came by his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in yuppie-land—airports, for example—looks like a nursing baby these days, inseparable from their plastic bottles of water. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who, for example, had abducted the oilman McBride in Washington, D.C., or thrown W. W. Vaughan off the speeding train? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The strength of it frightened him, but it was a clean fear such as one might have before a magnificent force of nature—a volcano, for example. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Amy rejected his offer, he attempted to set an example. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was, for example, gregarious and intensely social. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far more common are examples of ridiculous misunderstandings made by male soldiers, or men treating the airwomen like children or inferiors. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ragweed, the bane of hay fever sufferers, offers an interesting example of the way efforts to control nature sometimes boomerang. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Especially not with my old teammates coming and telling me how the coach would use me as an example. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For example, why had Margaret said nothing about his coming when we had seen each other at Sunday's brunch? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, although it is common to think of the Jim Crow regime following immediately on the heels of Reconstruction, the truth is more complicated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The only easy-to-find items in this category are Indian Classical music, for example the performances of Ravi Shankar. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“She was a powerful person. People lived according to her example.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“A man saw them in front of my cabin and offered me so much money for them, I couldn’t refuse. He said they were fine examples of Adirondack furniture.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Select three of the terms from either list and give an example of how you might use that term to illustrate music concepts in addition to either a math or literacy concept. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Many of the founding members of the Royal Society—Digby and Oldenburg, for example, as well as Boyle—were preoccupied with alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, for example, that man, you may remember him, Grover Ding...” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, for example, as a redcap, Madoc needs bloodshed the way a mermaid needs the salt spray of the sea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Was the kiss supposed to land somewhere else, like on my mouth, for example? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The puzzle is why Ibn al-Haytham’s example was not followed more extensively, for it would be difficult to overestimate the significance of his achievements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, Aristotle believed Empedocles’s theory that everything was made out of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it crushed me with hopelessness, for I wanted to write of the people in my environment with an equal thoroughness, and the burning example before my eyes made me feel that I never could. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, we were a shining example for our teammates as we lay on the court like cats fighting over a ball of yarn. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

For example, if two notes are an octave apart, there will be exactly two waves of one note for every one wave of the other note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

An example of a much more difficult invention is writing, which does not suggest itself by observation of any natural material. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His example was seen as “a turning point in terms of public sympathy in Selma,” said Chestnut. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most states have partially opted out, affording exceptions for people in drug treatment, for example. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For example, there are 400 different possible positions after two players make one move each, and there are 72,084 positions after two moves each—not all good, it must be added. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In my neighborhood gang violence and drug trafficking play a big role and kids have no one to look up to as an example of hope. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The finbacks, for example, emit extremely loud sounds at a frequency of twenty Hertz, down near the lowest octave on the piano keyboard. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s go back to some examples from the chapter opening. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She took an aptitude test in which she answered questions which seemed silly—which weighs the most, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers, was an example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the previous example we saw that 2 x 0 is 0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My example, in turn, may lead him to once again believe in Levy Pants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom learned to be a lawman by following the example of the most skilled officers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The earliest known examples appeared in northeastern Lousiana about 5,400 years ago, well before the advent of agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Blockhead! That was your right paw. Now hold out your left, stupid! I’m going to make an example of you this lot won’t forget.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Take a look at these examples: What is going on here? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No more arguing and citing examples and quoting the famous dead and castigating the infamous living. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now beet sugar set an example of modern farming that helped convince Russian nobles that it was time to free their millions of serfs. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

A good example is the song “One Bottle of Pop” in which three separate melodies work well together. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Paraguay’s right-wing national police chief, for example, named his son Adolfo Hirohito, a tribute to Hitler and his soon-to-be ally, the emperor of Japan. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For example, there is the singular proposition—‘This is green’—and there is the more general proposition—‘All those things are green.’ Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the song “Goober Peas” provides students a very inside look at the life of a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Rounds and partner songs are two good examples of polyphony. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If you can help your lifeboat get broadside to the waves by other means, with an oar for example, apply yourself right away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the most common are in this example: The heroes saved the cargoes oftomatoes andpotatoes from the mosquitoes and tornadoes by hiding them in grottoes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, one class of scales that intrigues some composers is symmetrical scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the first example, the pink lines indicate the duration of a sound and then silence. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Representative John Page, for example, seemed to offer one of the most ringing endorsements of the petitions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In Vermont, for example, the end results of bacterial control were as good as those obtained with DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Contra — Means lower: for example a contrabassoon sounds lower than a regular bassoon43 , and a contrabass clarinet is even lower than a bass clarinet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It is true, for example, that racial incidents, followed by calls for tolerance and understanding, are a more-or-less permanent feature of the American landscape, durable as the Rocky Mountains, familiar as the Mississippi River. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The giant Gilling, for example, and his wife: the dwarfs invited them to come and visit their fortress, and one winter’s day they came. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

For example, the Mediterranean crops that became Egypt’s staples require winter rains and seasonal variation in day length for their germination. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you any other dressing gown, Mademoiselle? A scarlet dressing gown, for example?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, there were references to the examples of Christ and the early martyrs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As a prime example, consider the repeated appearance of childless elites, such as the Catholic priesthood, Buddhist monastic orders and Chinese eunuch bureaucracies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he thought plants should be grown aboard spacecraft, to purify the air. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1871, for example, the US commissioner of education published a report by Edward Jarvis on the “Relation of Education to Insanity.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

However, there are growing examples in animal research demonstrating that animals do indeed use music, and that monkeys and other animals use musical patterns and can hear abstractions in music as well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The rotting post office is now a little movie theater, for example. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, to give you a not unfamiliar example, our entire technical civilization has created more unhappiness and misery than it has removed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“For example, it’s against my principles to do my daughter’s homework for her.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

To make this type of linguistic reasoning clear, let me give you a familiar example: the geographic origins of the English language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

News of a wedding, for example, meant that the bride’s family would be preparing much food in the days preceding the ceremony; their rubbish heap would merit special attention during that time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Muller was the person who first called my attention to the Heike crab as an example of artificial selection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For example, the animals in the arena that are set to fight the gladiators, and each other. They’re usually killed in the end, and they’ve done no wrong. Why do they have to be hurt?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For an example of a trivial sense, suppose the defenders of Ptolemaic astronomy had responded to the threat posed by Copernicanism by simply renaming the sun ‘the earth’, and the earth ‘the sun’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some of the reading had been wonderful; the Louisa Alcott books for example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a perfect example of what it means. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This view held that societies, like living organisms, grow, mature, and inevitably decay—a phenomenon for which history provided ready examples. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, he found the blatantly proslavery arguments “shamefully indecent” and described his colleagues from South Carolina and Georgia as “intemperate beyond all example and even all decorum.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Practice describing different timbres of music—play different types of music on Pandora, for example, and try to describe the timbres you hear, including the vocal timbre of the singer or instrumental timbres. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“You can’t imagine an actor ever becoming president of the United States, for example,” which was true. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I had thought, knowing Miss Bowen had an opponent lurking somewhere, that whomever you might be, you were not in need of any assistance. The paper animals are astonishing, for example.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He believed, for example, that there was a substantial lunar atmosphere and oceans and inhabitants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, there’s an example of someone who didn’t get his implants when he should have,” said El Patron, pointing at El Viejo. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about labor. The good things that were achieved—the railways, for example—but also how labor was exploited and the lengths the colonial enterprise went to.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not included in this list were incidents in which civilian staff members—a psychologist, for example—were held hostage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an example, let’s take the famous equation we all learned in high school: rate times time equals distance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Quintilian’s example of an appeal to circumstance is a made-up one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Such arguments depended on analogies: comparing the skin, for example, to porous earthenware. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, for every dollar a consumer spends to buy eggs, forty cents finds its way back to the farmer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Some of the examples are a bit formal and can be replaced by the indicative, such as It’s essential that he sees a draft and whether it is good or bad. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A textbook example occurred after the eruption in 1980 of Mount St. Helens, in southern Washington State, which inundated more than two hundred square miles with magma, volcanic ash, and mud. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She took a careful step back, and Mini followed her example. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Florida, for example, has added more than twenty new categories of financial obligations for defendants in criminal cases since 1996, while eliminating most exemptions for those who cannot pay. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There may be some convergent evolution because there may be only one best solution to a certain environmental problem— something like two eyes, for example, for binocular vision at optical frequencies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the election for eighth grade president was coming up. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They got another example of how dangerous the Headmistress could be on the very next day. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

My examples so far have been drawn from modern technologies, because their histories are well known. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is the most extreme example in his catalogue of another striking hallmark of his style. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Given that this book relies in part on hindsight, many historians will feel justified in condemning it as an example of Whig history. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, he had not bothered to hide the receipt for the shawl, leaving it, along with change emptied from his pocket, on top of the bureau they share. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As my mind extended in this general and abstract manner, it was fed with even more vivid and concrete examples of the lives of Bigger Thomas. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, there are examples of the successful transfer of designs through the medium of print. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My teachers always told me I was an example for the rest of the students. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

To simplify things, all notes in the examples and exercises below are natural, but it would not change their position at all if some notes were sharp or flat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A typical example was a raid on a bar following a vague tip that someone was gambling. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For example, before anyone could fly a lunar module, he had to have several hundred hours of practice in a helicopter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All excellent examples of things we lack. Also, culture.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Not so unfailingly, hopelessly bad that everybody held him up as an example, like they did with Leek. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

An obvious example on the southern coast is the Nazca, famous for the huge patterns they set into the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The object, for example, pretty much has to come after the verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

As an example, he gave us a fifteen-minute math exam and had us correct it in class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Telling the time accurately was, of course, another big problem in the 1560s, long before the development of accurate clocks—one of the many examples of the interdependence of science and technology. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Holmes attempted, for example, to sell investors a machine that turned water into natural gas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I do not wish to remain silent about one of these recent examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is an example of D Minor Pentatonic in the folk song “The Canoe Song.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Had Galileo belonged to a functioning scientific community, to take just one example, he would have been firmly discouraged from placing his theory of the tides at the centre of his defence of Copernicanism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d seen many examples in his practice, which was made up mostly of working-class African Americans. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That language was pioneered in English, where, for example, ‘experience’ and ‘experiment’ began to diverge in meaning during the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The literature of veterinary medicine abounds in similar examples: swine eating sprayed cockleburs with consequent severe illness, lambs eating sprayed thistles, bees poisoned by pasturing on mustard sprayed after it came into bloom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After landing, Mars 3 may have made a few bounces, hit a boulder or other example of Martian relief, tipped over, lost the radio link with its carrier “bus” and failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below are two examples of vocabulary lists from Education Closet, a website dedicated to integration and innovation in teaching. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Flies in Canada, for example, have been slower to develop resistance than those in southern United States, where long hot summers favor a rapid rate of reproduction. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The rules governing what colors a house could be painted, for example. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s just another example of your sneakiness. You had a love affair all summer and got this girl with child and now I suppose you’ll sneak off.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

For example, wild flax occurs west to Britain and Algeria and east to the Caspian Sea, while wild barley occurs east even to Tibet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, in the music John Williams composed for the Star Wars movies, there are melodic themes that are associated with the main characters. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There, as Frank told the story, she “lays out worksheets, points to one example, then another, then a third. She stands back, with eyes tranced behind her rimless glasses.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As examples, there are the Spartans and the Romans. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both of these examples suggest that extremely effective control of many kinds of unwanted vegetation might be achieved by paying more attention to the role of plant-eating insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Precisely the kind of lesson you’ll learn at the Institute. Take the word ‘food,’ for example. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Take this sentence as an example: The butler says he saw the murder. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grocer family around the corner who had gone out of business, for example. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would not deny, for example, that we had been responsible for acts of sabotage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first row of the grid contains an example of how to generate ideas from a musical concept. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It had, for example, already explained to him the technical difference between “fear” and “fright.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ideally, it should be possible to formulate every scientific argument in syllogistic terms, a syllogism being, for example: All men are mortal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The virus may have entered the cotton factory by some unknown route—perhaps in insects trapped in the cotton fibers, for example, or in rats that lived in the factory. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, someone in a position of authority decided the Pe-2s of the 125th Guards would be able to carry a heavier load of bombs if the planes carried less fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Clay, for example, slept on a soft, clean feather mattress, with perfumed sheets and silken curtains around the four-poster bed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if Tom Weylin was any example, the people would be sold without regard for family ties. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For example, this scale would contain the same notes whether you start it on C or E. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Jonas’s mother for example, had higher intelligence than his father; but his father had a calmer disposition. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered that three or four of the Amish farms did, for example. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For example, she knew that her father was not ill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once the apotheosis of suburban constancy, Levittown is now an example of those same suburbs coming apart at the seams. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After a hairdressing, for example, he meets her at the drugstore for her vanilla malt and his cherry smash. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach palms—the trees through which I looked at the Amazon from Painted Rock Cave—are Clement’s favorite example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, if you fly from the earth to the moon, it may just turn out that you arrive at the moon at 4 a.m. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could come watch me and Jill Biden paint a wall, for example, at a nondescript row house in the Northwest part of Washington. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Another example of a correlation mistaken for a cause: In the New Hebrides Islands, body lice were considered a cause of good health. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With messages in English, for example, the pairing that turns up most often may well represent “TH,” the most common digraph in ordinary English. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

These examples may sound extreme, but real life can be worse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now look again at the first set of examples: 1. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father believed they should be treated harshly, put to death even, as an example. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here is an example: a British anthropologist named Dr. Louis S. B. Leakey is displaying some fossil bones—a foot, part of a hand, some jaws, and skull fragments. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example six cents would put one penny on each of the six possible combinations of three digits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So, Kevin," she says, "can you give us all an example?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the pool’s filled in now, but the outline’s still there, and they’ve left standing at one end—an example of this unfinished atmosphere—the metal frame for the high diving board. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, in 3/4 time, a measure can have any combination of notes and rests that is the same length as three quarter notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the seeds I purchased and some — for example, broccoli and carrots — were given to me by the commanding officer, Brigadier Munro, who was particularly fond of these vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Found the world over, children’s song repertoires are some of the most imaginative and interesting cultural examples of any genre and are important expressions of children’s lives in different cultures and eras. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, they can take a few seconds on one move and perhaps thirty-five minutes on another—as long as all the moves are made within the period specified by the tournament organizers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry, Father,” William said, kneeling, and the other children followed his example. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, because improvising music is far more complex than imitating basic patterns, the latter is required in order to perform the former. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, if the F sharps are written as G flats, or if the A's are sharp instead of natural, you have a different chord, not an inversion of the same chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Improvisation comedy is a wonderful example of the kind of thinking that Blink is about. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This works rather well, for example, when planning the flight of a rocket to the Moon. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The French writer Emile Zola, for example, thought that the Industrial Age had brought to working people untold misery and cruelty. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The last example shows that verbs can be drained of life when they are turned into adjectives, too, as when contribute becomes contributive to or aspire becomes on the aspirational level. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, to punish one slave he'gagged him; locked his hands together; rubbed him with molasses Sc exposed him naked to the flies all day, and to the mosquitoes all night.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo, for example, and they were all out to kill him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For example: I’ve been thinking about your mouth on me all week, and I was hoping I’d see you in Paris so I could put it to use. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For example, changing sauerkraut to liberty cabbage and frankfurters to patriotic pups. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I only wondered if he possessed true sensitivity, as some men of great might, as you know, do not. For example, I wonder: is he capable of tears?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And now we had the example of Maggie Medlin, Telephone Operator, an independent woman with her own money who answered to no man other than Mr. Bell. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Why is it so hard to believe? There have always been examples of regenerative abilities in nature.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

We also argued that the planning of violence was necessary to prove high treason, and the prosecution needed to provide examples of its claim that we intended to act violendy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, by the 19th century North America’s Great Plains Indians were famous as expert horse-mounted warriors and bison hunters, but they did not even obtain horses until the late 17th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the Tasmanian archaeological record documents the disappearance of fishing, and of awls, needles, and other bone tools, around 1500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The preferred sense of disinterested as “impartial,” for example, has coexisted for centuries with its frowned-upon sense as “bored.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Most Polynesian islands originally supported big flightless birds that had evolved in the absence of predators, New Zealand’s moas and Hawaii’s flightless geese being the best-known examples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pascal’s wager on God’s existence, for example, can be cast as a choice between the relative probabilities and consequences of Type I and Type II errors. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, when a farmer sows seeds densely in a garden, there is intense competition among the seeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She would like to make an example of certain people. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Let me give you another example of how color bias can be changed—and this one is racial in nature. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Peck, your leadership is an example to all of us girls, and even the boys,” I say. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For example, even a beginning piano player can play the highest and lowest keys; and even the best player cannot play beyond these. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Above her upper lip, in an example of the foreshadowing I will learn to identify in the coming year’s English class, is a mustache. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For example, one of the first and simplest of these exercises was a picture, a clear photograph, of a rat. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Take, for example, this egg in your hair. Suppose you’d have told the boys who did this, ‘Thank you,’ with a smile. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When judges have discretion, they may consider a defendant’s background and impose a lighter penalty if the defendant’s personal circumstances—extreme poverty or experience of abuse, for example—warrant it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anna Howard Shaw, for example, said she would never march “under the suffragette flag” of the British protesters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

People can and do eat their grain; in the Middle East, for example, the wild barley harvest from a small piece of land can feed a family. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the state of Washington, for example, a review of juvenile sentencing reports found that prosecutors routinely described black and white youth differently. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was again astonished, for he addressed himself to the question with the impartiality of the completest sanity; he even took himself as an example when he mentioned certain things. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“If things really do get out of hand, I think they’d have no problem killing off another district, same as they did Thirteen. Make an example of it, you know?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other notes may be marked with a combination of articulation symbols, for example legato with accents. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, for example, can fathers grab their daughters here? Or here? Can they touch them like this?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gamelan orchestras of southeast Asia, for example, have an aesthetic preference for the "lively and full" sounds that come from instruments playing near, not on, the same pitch. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Both, for example, were fastidious, very attentive to hygiene and the condition of their fingernails. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is an excellent example of Ovid’s way of dressing up a myth, for which see the Introduction. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only that, he said, but there had been no new examples of “so-called spontaneous transformed human cell cultures” since. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

An example of a difference that is less significant than it may initially appear is the “fact” that Jim Crow was explicitly race-based, whereas mass incarceration is not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the northern sky, for example, there is a pattern, or constellation, that looks a little ursine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would be dangerous to rely on examples such as this to support an oversimplified view of the role of experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should even have our next debate topic focused entirely on that. There are plenty of examples to discuss.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Something she very probably hadn’t done in five or six years—when, for example, halfway home on the Lexington Avenue bus, she discovered she had left her scarf back at the movies. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suppose you could go back into the past and change it—by persuading Queen Isabella not to support Christopher Columbus, for example. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good example is the history of Thomas Edison’s phonograph, the most original invention of the greatest inventor of modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Craig, for example, got a new bike one summer and rode it east to Lake Michigan, to the paved pathway along Rainbow Beach, where you could feel the breeze off the water. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As we’ve seen, this means that a pasture holds a dozen or more types of plants—a real example of biodiversity. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Take for example, the forty-two-year-old African American man who applied for public housing for himself and his three children who were living with him at the time. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In a C major chord, for example, that would be any C naturals, E naturals, and G naturals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

With Rush, however, Adams began to slip Jefferson into their conversation as an example of the kind of enigmatic temperament destined to flourish in the history books. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We are now on less certain ground; there may, for example, be impediments in the evolution of the genetic code, although I think this unlikely over billions of years of primeval chemistry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other campers followed his example and knelt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The possibility of social irrationality resting on a base of individual rationality is suggested by a slight variant of Condorcet’s original example. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the course of this dispute, and with the example of Montaigne to hand, Arnauld reinvented the idea of the fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, in our study of geology, we could go only so far by looking at rocks in a laboratory. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, very accurate observations of the planet Mercury revealed a small difference between its motion and the predictions of Newton’s theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what he’s chiefly remembered for is a heroic attempt to domesticate the figures and tropes of classical oratory by giving them English names and English examples. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Suppose, for example, someone had gone back and given the Nazis the secret of the atom bomb? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You, for example, have one giant eyebrow and one tiny one.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Although Olga was almost the same age as Bobby, she treated him in a motherly way—for example, by preparing the foods she knew he preferred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not calling you anything. I’m asking a question and giving you examples.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A good example is what happened the time Tommy got the gash on his elbow. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Indigenous farmers of the Northeast always carried flints to start fires as needed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I was tormented by my desire for a woman. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Let me give examples of how I began to develop the dim negative of Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I simply wrote textbook examples of our workaday narrative, veritable style sheets that Hoagland even used to remind the other analysts of how it ought to be done. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, wheat brought from Europe did not do as well as the native maize. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The grimmest examples of germs’ role in history come from the European conquest of the Americas that began with Columbus’s voyage of 1492. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And when her cursed, evil silence polluted our swamp, I thought God had sent me a sacrifice to make myself, one last example of the evil that hides itself which I could destroy and purify.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When, for example, Mexican-American students began to proclaim themselves Chicanos, they taught many persons in the barrios of southwestern America to imagine themselves in a new context. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To create the possessive of something that’s normally in quotation marks—for example, the title of a poem, “The Raven”—you would have to put the apostrophe outside. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Highly visible examples of black success are critical to the maintenance of a racial caste system in the era of colorblindness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This Zulu example of a state formed by conquest can be multiplied almost indefinitely. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, for example, Will was inside the walls of the Ashers’ apartment building, navigating with the help of an outmoded dumbwaiter that probably no one but him knew existed anymore. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In a typical crash, for example, the weather is poor— not terrible, necessarily, but bad enough that the pilot feels a little bit more stressed than usual. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The smell of spent hand-flare shells, and prayers at dawn, and the killing of turtles, and the biology of algae, for example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cube is the simplest example, having six squares as sides. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, four Russian submarines prowled the waters near Cuba, each one carrying a torpedo loaded with a nuclear weapon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, they wore European clothes, decorated at times in African ways. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Students came to the pulpit to tell of their experiences as demonstrators, while speakers from black churches around Dallas County urged adults in the audience to follow the students’ example and get involved. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, the number 2.5 is “covered” by a carpet that includes, for example, all the numbers between 2 and 3—a carpet of size 1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But what they didn’t say was that prison was also a microcosm of a totalitarian society, a nearly pure example of the police state. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And each year, Mrs. Bradley and the other teachers brought a bunch of students to the school board with examples of how we benefited from the class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Once she saw him drink, she followed his example. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

For example, on earth, mixing two or more molten metals is difficult because the light ones float to the top while the heavy ones sink to the bottom. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day in A-block, I found my first example: an electric heating element, maybe eight inches wide, such as you’d find on the surface of a kitchen range. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A striking example is a cell line that has been reproducing in culture since 1951. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Some nearby examples, tens or hundreds of millions of light-years away, are powerful sources of X-rays, infrared radiation and radio waves, have extremely luminous cores and fluctuate in brightness on time scales of weeks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For example, just by looking at it I can tell this room is twenty-two feet long and sixteen feet wide.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Speak the truth, please. As the good example you always are to our students." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You really think one example proves things are equal? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The after in after the love has gone, for example, is just the after which appears in after the dance, which everyone agrees is a preposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Such examples of path dependency are the rule and not the exception. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, if you run across two sticks in the shape of an X you have to hop over it backwards on your left foot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We only need to turn to the doctors of Montaigne’s day for a cautionary example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This would not have puzzled Duhem, who specifically formulated his thesis to address modern physics; he acknowledged that it did not apply, for example, to nineteenth-century biology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Cigarette packages that lacked a New York State revenue stamp—cigarettes purchased out of state, for example, or on Indian reservations—were not allowed to be distributed to inmates, and were apparently thrown away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, you grew up in that community, and look what you’re doing. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tlamatini, who “himself was writing and wisdom,” was expected to write and maintain the codices and live in a way that set a moral example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, the story The Princess and the Frog has three main characters—the King, Princess and Frog. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Familiar examples include standardized weights and measures, electrical voltages and cables, computer file formats, and paper currency. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Consider the following two examples, both drawn from the psychological literature. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you think you can beat him easily?” asked Zuckerman gently, pointing out that Spassky was no better than Petrosian, for example. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I heard this one, for example, from Mitchell Sanders. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps writing arose independently on Easter before the arrival of Europeans, although no examples have survived. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nora, you always said boy/girl friendships were complicated pits of madness, and if that was an example, I was beginning to understand why. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would hold up Ernest as an example to his other students— sometimes to an embarrassing degree. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I can see silver Notes peeking out of that man’s purse, for example.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The regent never told me how to behave, and I observed him and followed his example. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the opinion of Dr. Satten and his colleagues, Andrews’ crime amounted to such an undebatable example of diminished responsibility that the case offered an ideal chance to challenge the M’Naghten Rule in Kansas courts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers with the ability to read music notation, for example, felt more positively about including music in their classroom, and were more likely to use music in their teaching. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"They're out to make an example of him. Prosecutor pulled the race card, and the grand jury bought it hook, line, and sinker." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The way Smelly Gabe treated her, the way he and I got along . . . well, when I came home is a good example. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie took deep breaths, as though he meant to guide me by example. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As an example, imagine a line exactly a foot long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But how do we explain the apparent motion of the planets—Mars, for example, which had been known for thousands of years before Ptolemy’s time? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consider the following example, which illustrates the way we use mathematics but are not bound by it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, a smallpox epidemic devastated the Aztecs after the failure of the first Spanish attack in 1520 and killed Cuitlahuac, the Aztec emperor who briefly succeeded Montezuma. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is a very good example of the way Connectors function in the work of the sociologist Mark Granovetter. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if the story introduces a chiming bell, hit a bell or, for more advanced or older students, play a bell peal on the glockenspiel. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The earliest preserved examples of the Etruscan and Roman alphabets are also inscriptions on drinking cups and wine containers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

David Greybeard, for example, was a calm chimp who liked to keep out of trouble. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, split the atom and you get neutrons and electrons and protons. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a great name, Jonas thought, like—well, like Gabriel, for example. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example, use your school colors for pep rallies or other fundraisers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Sophia pointed to a disinfectant dispenser on the wall of the corridor, and Claire followed her example, rubbing her hands carefully with the clear medicinal liquid. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I should—in the course material for Overbearing Mothers 101, I'm probably the perfect example of a person most likely to rebel. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The club’s coffin, for example, had once been used to transport the body of a member who had committed suicide. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For example, she needed water, sleep, food, and air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We may be sure, however, that this exportation is transacted not simply for the emoluments of sale, but for the instruction of awful example. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

For example, whenever we went to the dining car, all we could do was point to what someone else was eating or to a few incomprehensible words on the menu. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Plus, I gotta set the example for my little sisters,” Sonny says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On Nissan Island in the South Pacific, for example, spraying had been carried on intensively during the Second World War, but was stopped when hostilities came to an end. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘I simply asked you whether or not it was dust. Might it, for example, be iron filings or face powder instead?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sets an example all right—a bad one! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Before his cousin Ashleigh’s wedding, for example, he dropped her off at a small spa near his childhood home, to get her eyebrows shaped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ned’s new employer, Dr. H. H. Holmes, seemed a perfect example of what everyone called the “Chicago spirit.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Here, in case Lazlo might miss his meaning, was the best possible example of a scholar occupying his mind with “important matters.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Bad example. But would you have looked at me like that if I had?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You’re the one waiting for everyone to die around here, so why don’t you set a good example and lead the way,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For example, music for walking or marching is in duple meter and uses steady quarter notes, running music contains eighth notes, skipping music uses dotted rhythms, jumping music contains large interval leaps, and so forth. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, it had been arranged that I would first stop and address the faculty and the students at the American University of Beirut. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the most famous example of such ventures would be the voyages of Columbus, which were supported by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But she tried her best to follow Grandma’s tireless example. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I was about to follow his example and return to Toby’s bed to bury my nose under the blankets when Chester grabbed my tail with his teeth. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

When April stalked back to them looking wildly secretive, Melanie walked up to the altar and followed her example, doing exactly the same things. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most importantly, it would be another example to illustrate his theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

These two examples will also demonstrate in detail a fact critical to history: that indigenous crops from different parts of the globe were not equally productive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Charleton’s example is a figure walking towards us from a distance: at a certain point it becomes obvious that it is Plato. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Each time they followed his example, he retreated with concern and racked his brain for some new stratagem that would enable him to turn upon them scornfully again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Such rays are associated with the very youngest craters on the Moon—for example, those named after Aristarchus and Copernicus and Kepler. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sign is that from which something else is inferred, for example murder from blood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, there’s more corn sweetener in my cheeseburger. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They would set an example for the others. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We lock up six times as many citizens per capita as England, for example, and seventeen times as many as Japan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hofstede argued, for example, that cultures can be usefully distinguished according to how much they expect individuals to look after themselves. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

For example, I discovered that the Illia Cloud had a windshield that was kind of the wrong height for me, and 1 didn’t like the dashboard arrangement of the Dodge Cormorant. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, some evolutionary psychologists argue that ancient foraging bands were not composed of nuclear families centred on monogamous couples. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steve, for example, who comes to the school on Thursdays, needs help to eat his food and could not even fetch a stick. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar example is provided by a car: the more powerful the engine, the greater the acceleration, but the heavier the car, the smaller the acceleration for the same engine. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He advised her to use Emma as an example, and then her husband would not only love her but would worship her “as I worship our dear old mother!’ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the oarsmen, for example, was permitted on the ledge to witness the exchange of fire. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cohn made some remark about it being a very good example of something or other, I forget what. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The song “A Ram Sam Sam,” for example, is a traditional Moroccan folk song that contains many simple repeating patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I’m sure they’ll want to make an example of us all. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Alabama, for example, biologists of the Alabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit conducted a preliminary census of the quail population in a 3600-acre area that was scheduled for treatment. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ralph’s mother said they were a rowdy bunch that set a bad example for the more civilized indoor mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A longer section of melody that keeps reappearing in the music — for example, in a "theme and variations" — is often called a theme. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

By way of example, there was no primary law requiring the use of seat belts by drivers, and no law requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For example, how do you respond to the workout genre on Pandora? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Let me give you an example of the threshold effect in action. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Below are some additional examples of individual songs and their potential “partners” that blend well and go together. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But renewal becomes impossible if one supposes things to be constant that are not—safety, for example, or money, or power. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Detroit, for example, witnessed its first stirrings of integration in a speakeasy named Cozy Corner. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Merchandisers, for example, might look at two golfers, one lower middle class, the other wealthy, and know that they read the same golf magazine, see the same advertisements, and possibly buy the same quality driver. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

South Africa is a mix of the old and the new, the ancient and the modern, and South African Christianity is a perfect example of this. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Here’s another pair of examples with completely different meanings: Augie quit saying he was looking for another job. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, Barack and I would take steps in this direction, hanging more abstract art and works by African American artists on the walls, for example, and mixing contemporary furniture in with the antiques. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In this ten-note example from Corelli, all the keyboard player has in front of him or her is the bass line notes, borrowed from the cello player, and those extra numbers above it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“First, you can show that your opponent’s point is insignificant compared to your point, just like Kyla’s example.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes two examples are better than one, because they allow the reader to triangulate on which aspect of the example is relevant to the definition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

One example, which we have already considered at length, is plant domestication, with at least nine independent origins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The word articulation generally refers to how the pieces of something are joined together; for example, how bones are connected to make a skeleton or syllables are connected to make a word. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They have committed atrocities and must be made into examples, for the rest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Messages sent by the Mexican Army were likely to be in Spanish, for example. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were comic strips to show us some examples of how people are misjudged and how our negative thoughts can lead to violence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Your forbearance in this matter shall be a testimony to the equilibrium of your temperament, and provide us with yet another example of the amplitude of your generosity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Baron d’Arce was an example, despite his noble title; as the passage he italicized suggests, his account highlighted Indian freedoms as an incitement toward rebellion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Well-known segregationist George Wallace, for example, argued that “the same Supreme Court that ordered integration and encouraged civil rights legislation” was now “bending over backwards to help criminals.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But when I see it on his table I’m taken aback by what I overlooked at age eighteen: the Caspian Sea, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not, for example, have said how or at what moment she learned that she was a slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an agent they were targeting at present, for example, who was reputed to have an unhealthy interest in young boys. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For example, I had to find a way to stay dry on it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A particularly ludicrous example of this potential miscegenation was a 1968 photograph of Pat Nixon dancing with a black man at a White House function. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eagles, for example, identify thermal columns rising from the ground, spread their giant wings and allow the hot air to lift them upwards. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others seem to have performed the experiment entirely independently, on the basis only of written descriptions—Henry Power, for example. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the United States, for all its wealth, leaves its citizens to fend for themselves—facing market-based rents, for example, on their wages alone. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t. There’s curfew. You leave and the sheriff and his boys will make an example of you.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The other great composers of Western music lived during other periods: Bach and Handel were Baroque era composers, for example; Brahms and Wagner, Romantic53 ; and Ravel and Debussy, Impressionist. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, I didn’t know anything about what it was like when she was a kid, or how she met Grandpa, or what their marriage was like, or why he left. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Darwin himself could scarcely have found a better example of the operation of natural selection than is provided by the way the mechanism of resistance operates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As another example, archaeologists originally assumed that Mexican corn, beans, and squashes reached the southeastern United States by the most direct route via northeastern Mexico and eastern Texas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Take, for example, the evolution of Galileo’s thinking on the question of buoyancy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Drawings of gowns were tacked to a corkboard, and racks held examples of work in various stages of completion. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the letter, for example, he reproached himself for complaining too much: God, this is starting to sound like some jerkoff vet crying in his beer. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time Captain Black forged ahead of his competitors, he swung upon them scornfully for their failure to follow his example. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were, for example, one hundred and fifty psalms in the standard church repertoire, all of which had their own melodies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, for example, of the fifty thousand African Americans who have taken the Race IAT so far, about half of them, like me, have stronger associations with whites than with blacks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For example, the olive Olea europea was domesticated in the eastern Mediterranean. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, rabbits were not domesticated for food until the Middle Ages, mice and rats for laboratory research not until the 20th century, and hamsters for pets not until the 1930s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“With our screecher friend, for example, I’m afraid we haven’t been of much use to you.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Sammy followed my example and ripped a chicken leg in two. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Doppler’s example returned to Mendel: there was music behind noise, laws behind seeming lawlessness, and only a profoundly artificial experiment—creating hybrids out of purebred strains carrying simple traits—could reveal these underlying patterns. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In most newspaper writing, for example, all titles are in plain type, though not all go inside quotation marks. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had taken their lessons in citizenship and civic responsibility to heart, setting an example for their teachers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the Greek god Zeus was married to his sister, Hera. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

For example, one day he constructed a bamboo frame to hold Rachel’s hand mirror, so we could hang it up on the living-room wall for better viewing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, when we got back to the apartment after The Phantom of the Opera, she greeted me as if I were the best friend she had ever had. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For reasons that confound medical science, the product also fails to affect those working in certain professions—the editors of fashion magazines, for example. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s drafting of the Declaration of Independence was a perfect example of such dramatic distortions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you do this. Don’t you drag these poor girls into our issues. This pageant isn’t some joke for you to make an example of me.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You are a shining example of bravery and integrity.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve thus seen that the difference between gigantic supermarket strawberries and tiny wild ones is just one example of the various features distinguishing cultivated plants from their wild ancestors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jones asked for an example of the next level. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Disgust, for example, is 1, contempt is 2, anger is 7, defensiveness is 10, whining is 11, sadness is 12, stonewalling is 13, neutral is 14, and so on. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For example, chickpeas are widely grown by traditional farmers from the Mediterranean and Ethiopia east to India, with the latter country accounting for 80 percent of the world’s chickpea production today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you have a strongly pro-white pattern of associations, for example, there is evidence that that will affect the way you behave in the presence of a black person. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This is what the tuition paid for—to be with other students who were examples of the world. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve spent hours trying to analyze the situation, and the closest I’ve beer! able to come to a theory is that his father set a bad example at an age when John was impressionable. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

One example is found in studies of college freshman who overestimate the drinking among other freshman. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The ubiquitous experience shown in this New Yorker cartoon is a familiar example: Anyone who wants to lift the curse of knowledge must first appreciate what a devilish curse it is. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But others—single mothers for example—have nothing but their own wages to live on, no matter how many mouths there are to feed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashima and Ashoke can both cite examples of cousins who were not officially named until they were registered, at six or seven, in school. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I owe it to the rebels who, emboldened by Cinna’s example, might be fighting to bring down the Capitol at this moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Surely her example spurred me on to pursue what now seems ludicrous, but at the time was the height of my post-Manzanar ambitions. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar modern example is the narrow failure, on July 20, 1944, of the assassination attempt against Hitler and of a simultaneous uprising in Berlin. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, a leader begins by miming actions such as teeth brushing, bouncing a ball, or eating food from a bowl, and the group imitates them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

If a player attempts twenty shots per night, for example, the probability is surprisingly almost 50 percent that he will hit at least four straight baskets sometime during the game. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, some examples of music that is not counterpoint. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She was not surprised, for example, to see her moving around the room in a trance, seated in an armchair with her legs tucked under her, pulled by an invisible force. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 4.42: These harmonic series are for a brass instrument that has a 11C11 fundamental when no valves are being used — for example, a C trumpet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The best-known modern example of such an effort was Arnold Toynbee’s 12-volume Study of History. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s called the Rule of 150, and it is a fascinating example of the strange and unexpected ways in which context affects the course of social epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think it was lame so much as more of Alaska’s intentional vagueness, another example of her furthering her own mysteriousness. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

How did he know she had not been wounded, for example, and unable to travel long distances? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I did not wish to depart from citing recent Italian examples, yet I do not want to omit Hiero of Syracuse, one of those I mentioned above. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Here is another example of the subtleties of persuasion. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I brought up the topic of astrology, Gardner’s examples of the first letters of the names of the months and the planets are particularly appropriate. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are even a number of present-day human cultures in which collective fatherhood is practised, as for example among the Barí Indians. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Gilbert is an example of a new type of scientist, what makes this new science possible? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And the Miller house was a prime example of that. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In a particularly horrific example, a pair of twins—one with a hunched back—were sewn together surgically to determine if a shared spine would correct the disability. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Derivation of "antithesis"?—Compose an example of an antithesis.—Point out the antithesis in the following:— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, for example—especially knowing the family as I do—I should want to marry your sister is a great mystery to me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The phrase volley of abuse, for example, uses the image of a fusillade of bullets to describe an outpouring of anger. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, lambs are born in the spring. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For example, I learned how to use a telephone. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many words that mean a group of things—total, majority, and number, for example—can be singular or plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he saw how she looked away disdainfully, and he followed her example faithfully, as he’d done in a hundred Oxford battles and campaigns. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Most TB patients, for example, were treated in their huts by one of the clinic’s health workers, and the entire cost was usually no more than $200 per patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

For example, when the rabbits all over England died of the introduced rabbit disease, myxomatosis, the foxes didn’t have much left to eat, so they began killing the farmers’ chickens. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Do you see, Rasheed? Yet another example of humans deciding what to do with time. With opportunity! How often do you think they make the right decisions?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

You can use a cross-staff, for example, to measure the angle between the horizon and the sun at midday. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, a quantity of iodine as small as two ten-thousandths of a gram spells the difference between health and disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Several species of mites, for example, can begin life only within the fallen needles of a spruce tree. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This is an example of Dorian mode in “Scarborough Fair,” an English folk song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, a bugle can play only the notes of a specific harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I feared I might handicap him, stunt the speech blooming in his brain, and that Lelia would provide the best example of how to speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lions, for example, are called Panthera leo, the species leo of the genus Panthera. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Kseniia Sanchuk had been flying supply and medical missions on the front lines since the beginning of the war; she was insulted to be sent to Marina’s new group for “training” purposes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In southern Indiana, for example, a group of farmers went together in the summer of 1959 to engage a spray plane to treat an area of river bottomland with parathion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, he once said: “It’s not enough to have respect for bishops in the abstract, you gotta watch out for them!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For example, we land at night in some entirely unknown spot, a sorry hole, that has been eaten out to the very walls. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all boiled down to this: Mr. Dussel had recommended the book to Margot and me as an example of excellent writing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A bus is a typical example of a vehicle, so the backward association from vehicle to bus is effortless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“What you can do is keep our hopes up. You’re an example, you know. The whole country looks to you.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me give you one final example of the hidden opportunities that outliers benefit from. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The troubadour phenomenon had been inspired by the example of professional singers in the courts of al-Andalus, Muslim Spain, which had its resplendent capital at Cordoba. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It should be evident that many of the supposed facts we have been looking at—the weapon salve, for example—are rather odd, and always have seemed odd. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A good example of this was Einstein, who called the cosmological constant, which he introduced when he was trying to make a static model of the universe, the biggest mistake of his life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the examples on page 122, the various locations of only make a big difference. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, one of the plasticizing agents may act even more strongly than another insecticide to make malathion more dangerous. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“This is also a good example of the power that a clever sympathist commands. Imagine what would happen if I were to throw this doll into the fire itself?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The first day of the month of Zip, for example, was usually called the “installation” or “seating” of Zip. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A narration might ask for the clarity and emotional temper of the plain style, for example, whereas the peroration— where you typically seek to stir your audience—gives the opportunity for a higher style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

For example, in the living room was a cast-iron potbellied coal stove for heating and cooking. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All cats, for example, from the smallest house kitten to the most ferocious lion, share a common feline ancestor who lived about 25 million years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Famous physicists were given code names—Enrico Fermi, for example, was supposed to tell people his name was Henry Farmer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passenger pigeons were but one example of a larger phenomenon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Different hypotheses might produce the same result: for example an eccentric circle will generate exactly the same movement as an epicycle upon a deferent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, after a night of drinking, she and Mark Antony often dressed as beggars. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the list of agreement errors above, for example, the last two sentences appear on my screen free of incriminating squiggles. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

After studying the three lists given above, can you think of examples of alternate uses for music? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In his notebook for 1905, for example, there is an entry on January 21: “Double canals came out by flashes, convincing of reality.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

An example of a carcinogen belonging to the group of new, organic pesticides is a chemical widely used against mites and ticks. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

To illustrate these problems, consider the following typical example of an often quoted pre-Clovis claim. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

An example of one such conversation was the one I had with Officer Lansing of the Lily Police Department on the day after my brother went missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The most obvious examples are iterated possessives such as my mother’s brother’s wife’s father’s cousin. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In so doing, he became the supreme example of the leader who could be trusted with power because he was so ready to give it up. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the eyes of the world, we’re doomed, but if, after all this suffering, there are still Jews left, the Jewish people will be held up as an example. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A dotted quarter note, for example, would be the length of a quarter plus an eighth, because an eighth note is half the length of a quarter note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Below are some examples of preparations to sing a few well-known songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Last night, for example, Margot was reading a book with beautiful illustrations; she got up and put the book aside for later. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For example, he usually carried a little piece of osha in his pants pocket. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smaller the instrument, the higher the pitch, for example. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He might, for example, prove too attractive to the wives of men who knew they were dull. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The most notorious recent example of this phenomenon is surely Kennewick Man. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The preceding paragraph gave examples of blueprint copying, whereas the transfer of Chinese porcelain technology to Europe provides an instance of long-drawn-out idea diffusion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then there is the example of the religious group known as the Hutterites, who for hundreds of years have lived in self-sufficient agricultural colonies in Europe and, since the early twentieth century, in North America. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slope of the line in our example is 1, since the rise is 5 and the run is 5. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Here are definitions and examples of the four main types of texture. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The straightforward example of the discovery of the moons of Jupiter shows that these claims are superficially plausible, but mistaken. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I want it to be a shining city on a hill—an example of what a Roosevelt community should strive to be.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For example, retell The Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch.’ Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, for example, I would be reassuring the Pharaoh that the flood was a gift from the gods, that once it receded, the rich black earth of the delta would bring forth abundant grain. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, two-dimensional animals living on a one-dimensional earth would have to climb over each other in order to get past each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast cereal is a great example of why companies love to make processed foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For example, in Problems in American Democracy the other day, Mr. Weiner asked him what kind of homes early American settlers lived in, and John said tree huts. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s just as important as your team or your friends. You are an example for the younger kids.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms, for example ...” The Controller nodded his approbation. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave examples of dogs that had walked dozens of kilometers to get back to their masters. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was possible, for example, that O. J. Simpson was both framed by the police and guilty of murder. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

For example, the Korean steel industry is equal in efficiency to ours, but all other Korean industries lag behind their American counterparts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, a loud orchestral piece, even if it has 60 beats per minute, will not aid the body into a calm state as well as a softer, more soothing piece with a few instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Mom called in a few weeks and said that although the squat still needed a few finishing touches—a front door, for example—she and Dad were officially accepting visitors. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone knowledgeable about human societies can cite innumerable examples of societies that refused crops, livestock, and other innovations that would have been productive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But you didn’t tell Walton, or Larsen, for example, when or where or how death would eventually come?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nor is the frequent referral to Indian examples in the writings of Montaigne, Locke, Voltaire, Jefferson, Franklin, and Thomas Paine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We cite this vignette as an example of possible recidivism; it demonstrates not only the confusion but also the fractious and insubordinate natural inclination of the African subject. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, for example, Beans decided they should all have lunch at Palmer’s. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Gosling says, for example, that a person’s bedroom gives three kinds of clues to his or her personality. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“So you have to set an example so other people can use that field for soccer.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We still sometimes do that today: For example, gingerbread mixes sugar with spices such as ginger, clove, and nutmeg. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“My boys, for example, they will do anything for American action films, especially with that Arnold Whatsanegger—” “The mosque!” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One common example of a phase transition is the freezing of water when you cool it down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an example, let’s say that you challenge me with a distance of one-thousandth of a foot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

For example, what if other people could hear your thoughts? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Moreover, ice was easily available in much of Europe: in Florence, for example, it was brought down from the Apennines throughout the summer in order to keep fish fresh. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We appreciate the abstruse concept of equations breaking down through an example, division by zero, which we can understand for ourselves in either of two ways. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

I always illustrate my lecture with a lot of technical examples. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many of us there are, for example, or how many of us aren’t wired for simulations.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And that the rest of the servants, in blind ignorance, would follow her example and swear too? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A good example of slurring occurs when a vocalist sings more than one note on the same syllable of text. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to set an example. Your father will throw me into the street when he finds out. I’ll starve! Oh, woe is me!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pieces such as Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring or Orff’s Carmina Burana, for example, would not be good choices as they are likely to promote agitation and frenetic activity rather than concentration and productivity. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, the first dot after a half note adds a quarter note length; the second dot would add an eighth note length. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Jews were helping the nobility, but in doing so, in collecting taxes from the serfs and peasants, for example, they were building up against themselves the hatred of these oppressed classes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

To take a recent example, historians are still debating whether blueprint copying or idea diffusion contributed more to Russia’s building of an atomic bomb. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce Canyon National Park is perhaps the most interesting—certainly the most striking—example. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A fascinating example of the consequences of exposure to arsenic is related by Dr. Hueper in his Occupational Tumors, a classic monograph on the subject. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Those of us who were privileged to be his friends benefited from his example, not to mention his help and encouragement, with which he was always generous. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As early as the 1930s, for example, his unit covertly read the telegrams of private citizens. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Here are some more examples to help you sort things out: “I enjoy this sort of cigar,” said Dagwood. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might think, for example, that this is what I need to build my very own scarecrow!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

These examples reemphasize that the same few suitable wild species attracted the attention of many different human societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have lost my cool like that. It was unprofessional. Now I’ve set a bad example for you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sometime between 1534 and 1549 Jean Taisnier, a musician and mathematician, remarked that Aristotle was sometimes mistaken; he was challenged by a representative of the pope to produce a convincing example of Aristotle being wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Another extraordinarily successful and economical example of weed control may be found in Australia. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.66: Any common note length can be divided into an unusual number of equal-length notes and rests, for example by dividing a whole note into three instead of two 11half11 notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, the camp song B-I-N-G-O appears to be a relatively straightforward spelling song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Composers discovered that some chords were drawn magnetically to others: adding an F to the G major triad, G-B-D, made it yearn to move towards the C major triad, for example - of which more shortly. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In our example on page 41, at every step the tortoise and Achilles get closer and closer to the two-foot mark. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A practical example was provided recently by the parks in a city in Holland. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example there was the time back on Bougainville when we Marines took a crucial enemy position quicker than anyone expected. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is an example of Aeolian mode in the American folk song “Aeolian Lullaby.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The pressure suits, for example, had been covered with nylon, and that was replaced with something called Beta cloth, which did not burn as easily. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, among bands and tribes, the big-men of some are inevitably more charismatic, powerful, and skilled in reaching decisions than the big-men of others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Revere’s ride is perhaps the most famous historical example of a word-of-mouth epidemic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reads the word the, for example, she figures she must be hearing a noun phrase. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To Moody, it was a fascinating psychological study, every episode another example of just how strange humanity could be. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here’s a shining example, a speech made by our beloved Winston Churchill. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For example, Stone Age farmers did not proceed directly to extracting and working iron, which requires high-temperature furnaces. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

By shaving, Skahaz had put old Meereen behind him to accept the new, and his kin had done the same after his example. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Here is a abort example of the problems of chivalry, which he thought about in his early times. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, an American Vela satellite detected an intense double flash of light from the vicinity of the South Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean on September 22, 1979. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single phrase of Ben Kenobi's Theme, for example, can remind you of all the good things he stands for, even if he is not on the movie screen at the time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

If she decided someone should be expelled, for example, and she sensed opposition, she’d just allude darkly to stuff she knew “from before.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t even be surprised about your lying when I’ve been doing the same thing and setting a poor example. I never should’ve gone behind your parents’ backs. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Teachers and other adults seemed to value me as an example. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, stunned cows, each weighing nearly a ton, would simply fall to the floor and have to be dragged by three or four men to be hung up for slicing open and skinning. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing I’d figured out about having a family crisis like ours, it’s that the old rules no longer applied — for example, I had probably gone four months without eating a single vegetable. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not all races are handicaps—in the Triple Crown, for example, all male horses carry 126 pounds—but most top races for older horses, including the Santa Anita Handicap, are handicaps. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afrikaners were dumbfounded; to them the award was another example of the perversity of Western liberals and their bias against white South Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most straightforward example is a tiled floor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Following Madame’s example, I listened too, but there was only silence in the house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Membranophones are instruments in which the sound is produced by making a membrane vibrate; drums are the most familiar example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, a circle at the origin can be represented by the set of all points where x2 + y2 – 1 = 0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was Oedipus who killed Laius, for example, takes it for granted that someone killed Laius, the only question being who; the main clause of the sentence informs us who the who is. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m the person that you make examples to your kid of what not to be like. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the most eloquent example of what African boxers could achieve if given the opportunity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose, for example, that I played you a number of different musical tones, at random, and asked you to identify each one with a number. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Civil War, for example, was a direct consequence of the decision to evade and delay the slavery question during the most vulnerable early years of the republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Some of these safe areas must be kept under constant wizarding supervision; for example, dragon reservations. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, for example,” Max said, “was he ticklish or not?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They might want to use Pinch as an example—but of what? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The estimates provide a good example of how numerical horse sense can check pseudoscientific ravings. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown challenged her players by setting an example. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was considered an example of desirable conduct—just as my grandfather had been. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the school has suddenly decided to get tough on stains, why did they have to pick me to make an example of? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, in many cases a quantifier naturally floats leftward away from the verb, unsplitting the infinitive, as in the examples on the right: It seems monstrous to even suggest the possibility. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The birds, for example — where had they gone? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not particularly. I could quote you the examples on the other side. But it is not bad. Have we finished the champagne?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Of course, not all pieces of the package spread to all those outlying areas: for example, Egypt was too warm for einkorn wheat to become established. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It owed its beginnings to a fine blend of Yankee ingenuity and huck-sterism, its selling the first primordial example of the Home Shopping Network. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these examples illustrate that wars, or threats of war, have played a key role in most, if not all, amalgamations of societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, at the Columbia session, I paid particular attention to a young woman with pale skin and blond, curly hair and a tall, energetic man with green eyes and long brown hair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

You may take this as another example of hyperbole, for in Miss Penelope Lumley’s day servants did not actually have the power to become invisible, although it certainly would be interesting if they had. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For example, the “elephant in the room” saying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For example, she said, when she bought something, she wouldn’t let herself order it for a long time. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pythagoras did not simply enumerate examples of this theorem; he developed a method of mathematical deduction to prove the thing generally. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But new scales of achievement, for example the Voigt-Kampff Empathy Test, had emerged as criteria by which to judge. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Breast feeding, for example, is the only way to guarantee a healthy and intellectually advanced child—unless bottle feeding is the answer. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

His rivals would denounce him as a bad example for the South. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been earlier attempts to build communities whose goal was to advance knowledge: sixteenth-century doctors, for example, had formed networks and had published the resulting correspondence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As an example of how Boyle approached alchemy in a scientific way, he took issue with the idea that gold could be made by removing impurities from other metals. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

For example, we may say: Generally speaking, pigeons mate for life. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I had taught him to “shut the door”: He would jump up and bang it shut. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the closer together those evenly-spaced waves are, the higher the note sounds. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, a student from Yu-cai High School killed himself because he failed the university entrance examination. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hans and Sophie realized that the court intended to make an example out of them and that they could expect the death sentence. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As an example, she chose the heaviest kid in the class and the lightest kid in the class, and had them weigh themselves. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Octaves are named from one C to the next higher C. For example, all the notes between "great C" and "small C" are "great." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“The least you can do is set an example for your sisters and brothers.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I urged, “You yourself are proof of the selfless benevolence of man. You have submitted yourself to ruin so that you might save me. Surely you are an example of kindness without profit?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

For example, if you are about to run a race, you visualize yourself running the race and crossing the finish line first, and presto! Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They are subtle and complex and surprisingly common, and what happened on Wheeler Avenue is a powerful example of how mind reading works—and how it sometimes goes terribly awry. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As an example of how would-be plant hitchhikers attract animals, consider wild strawberries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her courage and her faith would be an example for all the other girls. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It hit him that this was yet another example of the odd selective memory in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Das listened attentively, stroking her hair with a small plastic brush that resembled an oval bed of nails, asking more questions, for yet another example. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

An enormous percentage of those who engage in violent acts, for example, have some kind of psychiatric disorder or come from deeply disturbed backgrounds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The younger children were presented in groups: all the Sevens, for example, receiving their front-buttoned jackets; the Nines, brought to the stage and given their first bicycles to great applause. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One example of the way in which a well established racial order easily absorbs legal challenges is the infamous aftermath of the Brown v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not only the most up-to-date methods, but a discipline and an orderliness which should be an example to all farmers everywhere. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As an example, imagine you are driving east on a hill; for every mile east you drive, you gain half a mile in altitude. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It requires an ability to move back and forth between the concrete and the abstract, the immediate example and a scientific theory, and this movement is conceptually and historically problematic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

One of its officials characterized the whole program as “ill advised, hastily conceived, poorly planned, and a glaring example of riding roughshod over the responsibilities of other public and private agencies.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because means “for the reason that,” so the example says, in effect: The reason Rex stayed home is for the reason that robbers tied him up. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The line might be performed by any musician or group of musicians: a singer, for example, or a bassoonist, a violin section, or a trumpet and saxophone together. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

All of life was impermanent, for example—a thing she thought about every day. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

If tritium was the sought-after product, for example, you used lithium-6; if it was plutonium, the raw material would be uranium—namely, that waste U-238. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“We can be rehabilitated,” I would emphasize, and point to myself as an example. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I was trying to give an example. It’s probably much, much less.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There is, for example, the red planet Mars, with soaring volcanoes, great riff valleys, enormous planet-wide sandstorms, and, just possibly, some simple forms of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mulefa couples, for example, on entering marriage, would exchange strips of bright copper, which were bent around the base of one of their horns with much the same meaning as a wedding ring. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, there is an extremely wide range of experience—with nuclear accelerators and atomic clocks, for example—in precise quantitative agreement with special relativity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Floating Fortress, for example, has locked up in it the labor that would build several hundred cargo ships. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This violin was built by the famous Amati famib of Cremona, Italy, whos mid-sixteenth-century violins are the world’s oldest surviving example of the instrument. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“So, what if we highlight all the examples?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Take for example the world of business corporations. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped through the pages to see other examples. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

For example, one Fayu man spotted the man who had killed his father. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

New signs were created by combining old signs to produce new meanings: for example, the sign for head was combined with the sign for bread in order to produce a sign signifying eat. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To learn early American history, for example, students dressed in costumes of the era and were taught how to spin yarn, hook rugs, and use quill pens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One could cite countless examples on this subject, but I shall be satisfied with only the one that occurred during the time of our fathers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

A well-documented example is the origin of the Zulu state, in southeastern Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I got worried. Thought I turned you against black men or didn’t set a good example of a black man. I couldn’t handle that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Setting the wrong example for your grands. Showing them they don’t have to live up to their word. Being disrespectful to your own mother. Raising my pressure.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At work, for example, when he would staple “FYI—For Your Information” notes to legal briefs and corporate returns that I had to review, he signed them at the bottom: “FYI—Forever You & I.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They try to incorporate Gogol into similar plans; this summer, for example, they are thinking of renting a house on the coast of Brittany. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To give you some idea of the difference that articulation makes, though, here are audio examples of a violin playing a legato54 and a staccato55 passage. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example: Here’s an explanation of the rhetorical term syllepsis: “the use of a word that relates to, qualifies, or governs two or more other words but has a different meaning in relation to each.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Can you think of examples of human relationships with music from your own experience? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He knew, for example, that it was called paramnesia, and he was interested as well in such corollary optical phenomena as jamais vu, never seen, and presque vu, almost seen. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I am trying to tell you. I was just giving an example. He might have said ‘ten’ or ‘thirty’ or—‘seventy-two.’ Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There is the famous example of the philosopher Cremonini, who, despite being a close friend of Galileo, refused to look through his telescope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The dog Cerberus was there on the other bank to dispute the way, but they followed Psyche’s example. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catching on, Koffi followed his example, keeping her gaze straight ahead as, slowly, she inched in that direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There are many examples of animals coming to surprising living arrangements. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This property is now the biggest and richest in the whole area—an example, the envy of everyone around, a model hacienda. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why you have to use ‘De-’ as an example though?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

For example, Margot broke the vacuum cleaner, and because of that we’ve been without light for the rest of the day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Some people say a donkey is a “humble” beast—unlike a proud Arabian horse, for example. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What they discovered were new examples of nuclear isomerism, in which isotopes of identical mass numbers and changes show dramatically different radioactive characteristics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And when that happens, the two worlds split apart. i’m using the example of tossing a coin to make it clearer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

What would happen, for example, if you drilled a tunnel down through the centre of the Earth and then dropped an object into the tunnel? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We discussed, for example, how blacks in South Africa were oppressed both as a race and an economic class. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outstanding examples in recent years are the transplantations of hearts, kidneys, livers, and other organs, and the equally spectacular inventions of artificial organs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, based on a single phone call, I have begun to hope for a miracle. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just using that as an example,” she said, stroking my face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their march set an example for other middle-class blacks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you don’t know somebody—’’Joseph cut himself off, and tried to think of an example. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The others followed his example, putting their packs against the bank and their legs out into the road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For example, the heron chowing down feral kittens was similar to the herons eating crustaceans, mice, and small birds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The atomists, for example, believed that the universe is made up of little particles called atoms, which are indivisible and eternal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

For example, Siobhan showed me that you can wet your finger and rub the edge of a thin glass and make a singing noise. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For example, we need vitamin C, which is only found in plants. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She ate hungrily, setting no type of table-manner examples for us, her daughters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he is a natural athlete, but doesn’t go around talking sports all the time or thinking it is the end of the world if his team doesn’t win. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

In 1890, for example, if you’d asked most educated people in the West to name a famous living composer, they would very likely have given you that of a Russian, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

For example, quail into whose diet DDT was introduced throughout the breeding season survived and even produced normal numbers of fertile eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But let us take the example of sailing to America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All doormen, for example, and all policemen have by now, for me, become exactly the same, and my style with them is designed simply to intimidate them before they can intimidate me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

For example, most instrumentalists would find it easier to play in E flat than in D sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I use Billing only as an outrageous example. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos are now subjecting the last surviving California condors to a more draconian control of breeding than that imposed upon any domesticated species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I blush and follow Hideo’s example, bowing as low as I can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They are our history. Some families who like crafts even fill them with dried beans and pose them in favorite attitudes—a big hug, for example, or a beloved picnic.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

For example, the above questions cover music theory, analysis, repertoire, and the uses and function of music in culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, measles virus is most closely related to the virus causing rinderpest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I need my mother to set a good example and be a person I can respect, but in most matters she’s an example of what not to do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For example, if they are in the countryside, it might be 1.1 am standing in a field that is full of grass. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The large island of Madagascar, about 250 miles east of the African mainland, offers a famous example. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liberians, for example, often moved to Iowa; Somalis to Minneapolis or Lewiston, Maine; and Sudanese to Omaha, Nebraska, to seek out the support of communities of family, friends, and countrymen. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He told them, for example, that the U-2 plane had not been shot down by a single missile, as Khrushchev had announced publicly, but by fourteen rockets, and by MiG fighter jets as well. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, English transcribes about 40 phonemes with a mere 26 letters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I paced the floor, knowing that all I possessed were words and dim knowledge that my country had shown me no examples of how to live a human life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, for example, some people say how can an eye happen by accident? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For example, there were even the present-day accounts of how a man named Onofre Martinez lost his arm, and of how a tiny woman called Ruby Archuleta killed a deer with her bare hands. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, it is not a place where people generally wait to have children until they are in their late twenties or early thirties—until their careers have lifted off. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It falls to us to pick up the mantle, to live by Kamal’s example and ensure that his life is not forgotten and that his death was not in vain. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In some counties the percentage was much higher—in San Diego County, for example, three out of every four young people were charged as adults by the end of that first year. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d like to appeal to all our listeners to emulate their example, perhaps by casting a protective charm over any Muggle dwellings in your street. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He admitted he needed to take occasional breaks from the intensity of the clinic, but mostly these time-consuming excursions were to set an example for the doctors and nurses who worked beside him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In Choctaw lore, for example, the Creator breathed life into not one but many primeval pairs of human beings scattered all over the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, they might have distinguished a count of sheep from one of wheat by drawing a sheep on one and a wheat stalk on the other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, if I’d had my way, I would never have set foot in Princeton Hospital again. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The story of Oppenheimer’s appointment to be scientific director of the Manhattan Project twenty years later is perhaps an even better example of this difference. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There was an example of someone persuaded from the outside-in, of an external gesture affecting an internal decision. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if an oxygen tank sprang a leak, the oxygen pressure gauge in the simulator would decrease, giving you a clue as to what had gone wrong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the Treason Trial, there were no examples of individuals being isolated, beaten, and tortured in order to elicit information. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there is some major and as yet undiscovered atmospheric constituent—nitrogen, for example—which keeps the average molecular weight of the atmosphere high and prevents blowoff. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, much of Africa is still struggling with its legacies from recent colonialism. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have, for example, been hacked at, carved into, used for target practice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For example, many airlines teach a standardized procedure for copilots to challenge the pilot if he or she thinks something has gone terribly awry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a military unit, for example—they look like little more than kids. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When I heard, for example, that Negroes were an inferior race, I thought the authority was misinformed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Indians would follow his example, the peaceful coexistence of Indians and whites could follow naturally, and their gradual merger into a single American people would occur within the arc of the next century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She’s an extreme example of surgical enhancement gone wrong, for surely not even in the Capitol could they find this face attractive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Scientists who have studied faces, for example, report that there are huge differences among people in the location of facial muscles, in their form, and also — surprisingly — even in their prevalence. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the too-cool knuckleheads running around this neighborhood, Jazz picked a good one, and I wanted to believe that was because she had a good example in me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A simple example: the conditional probability of having chosen a king card when it’s known that the card is a face card—a king, queen, or jack— is Vs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the left below are two examples—the first expressing similarity, the second expressing contrast—in which scientists do in their prose what they would never do in the lab. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“For example, that bowl of fruit. What do you see?” he asks. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

For example, shouldn’t is short for should not-, the apostrophe shows where the o in not was dropped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some examples are warning devices, bells, whistles, horns, sirens, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Fate had arranged, I concluded, that an example of a major evolutionary change in a single generation, the very thing Muller had said could never happen, should take place in his own laboratory. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ginny’s got other brothers to set her an example, Mother,” said Percy loftily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“She has had a good example before her all her life, my dear,” Mr. March whispered back, with a loving look at the worn face and gray head beside him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teacher, Miss Hazel Marks, used to hold Myrna up to the rest of us as an example. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, for example, if we wanted to describe the oral texture of something, one of the attributes we would look at is slipperiness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.58: Normally, a composer who wants to put more or fewer beats in a measure must change the time signature, as in this example from Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, the movement of the earth in its orbit round the sun produces gravitational waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Hardin County, Texas, for example, opossums, armadillos, and an abundant raccoon population virtually disappeared after the chemical was laid down. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her sarcophagus, for example, the one in which her violin case was hidden. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

This classic example of bacterial control has a long history of use in the eastern part of the United States, as I have pointed out in Chapter 7. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The experience of the hop growers in Washington and Idaho is an example. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, how did they turn poisonous almonds into safe ones without knowing what they were doing? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would like to carve one of those dwarfs, for example, such as those in the roof bosses in his father’s house. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

But Levanthal and Wunderman’s examples suggest that there may be simple ways to enhance stickiness and systematically engineer stickiness into a message. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonial societies could not become too oppressive, because their members—surrounded by examples of free life—always had the option to vote with their feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be making yourself the target of the most ignorant rabble in the country. If they ever caught you, they’d be sure to make an example of you.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His work is a classic example of conscious and deliberate thinking. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Anubis figure, for example, would make no sense as a dog god, so Artemis altered it to read king of the fairies. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

For example, every once in a while the sun releases a burst of deadly energy, called a solar flare. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He invented, for example, a player organ: an organ which, like a player piano, automatically played music according to the information conveyed by pins on a turning drum. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership takes shape, that history shapes presidents, rather than vice versa. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For example, a white woman who fell in love with a black man and hoped to spend the rest of her life with him was directly harmed by anti-miscegenation laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Plurals presented a considerable problem, but I worked around them as best I could; "rivers," for example, became either "a river or two" or "many a river." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As an example of this, Miss Trixie, our Earth Mother of the world of commerce, inadvertently set flame to some important orders in the process of lighting a heater. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cowbell, for example, is an instrument that has another purpose besides its musical one. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This lag can be very embarrassing if, for example, you have waited until the last minute to realize that you are going to land short of the runway. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I recall, for example, Karpov in 1975 was the one who refused to play me under my conditions, which were basically the same conditions that we are going to play now. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose, for example, you went back and killed your great-great-grandfather while he was still a child. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most extreme example of this at Sing Sing was Wickersham, who seemed to be on duty every time I was assigned to A-block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about the reasons behind different beliefs—no pork, for example, came from the old days when pork was the first meat to spoil. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, in a 3/4 time signature, there are three beats in a measure and the quarter note receives one beat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I guess I was scared of seeing him as a crazy person. The tales got wilder and wilder as the years went by. That he’d had five wives, who all left him, for example.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groundsel, who felt that he ought to set an example, himself dug his way into the loose, fallen soil of one of the bank runs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take starting a private high school for the Negroes, for example. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encouraged by Father’s good example, Mother pressed her prayer book into my hands. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The stores were examples to help black people see what they could do for themselves by hiring their own kind and trading with their own kind and thus quit being exploited by the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if the word “attic” isn’t in your code book, you can’t say, “Hide the money in the attic.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In short, Polynesia furnishes us with a convincing example of environmentally related diversification of human societies in operation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, there could be an endgame specialist, an opening theoretician, a physical trainer, a “go-for,” and sometimes a psychologist. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each other’s presence, that’s dopamine, the pleasure hormone, doing its work. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned, for example, that Bien was a kind of secret weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

For example, if I asked you which lines of “A Tisket, A Tasket” are the same, you would say none if you thought of only the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Consider, for example, Riverbank Publication No. 17, the first paper that set out their basic working methods. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This map does not depict it accurately, because these societies were not contemporaries—the Olmec vanished centuries before the Nudzahui and Zapotec began to reach their height, for example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For example, medieval Islam, centrally located in Eurasia, acquired inventions from India and China and inherited ancient Greek learning. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then they glance in my direction and shake their heads, not at me but at this perfect example of journalism at its worst. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The alteration — for example "flat five" or "sharp nine" — is listed in the chord symbol. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Here’s a hint: If you can substitute a noun for the ing word—departure in place of going, for example, or habit tot smoking—then treat it like a noun. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got carried away by things; for example, he was so fascinated by the tilting planes of solid geometry that he did almost as badly in trigonometry as I did myself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he always thinks he’s so stupid and we’re so smart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He showed them other examples, and they decided that as long as we disabled comments and didn’t have any way for people to find out personal information about me, it was okay with them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When the prosecutor asked Angel where Jordan had hit Gerald, for example, Angel pointed to the doll’s back and face. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I only really knew that he was taking steroids every day, for example, when I saw him gagging down the syringes of bitter liquid in the kitchen every morning and night. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do these three rules help us understand teenage smoking, for example, or the phenomenon of word of mouth, or crime, or the rise of a bestseller? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wouldn’t vote for such a law, arguing that it was just another example of the government sticking its nose into people’s business. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Another example would be Newton’s willingness to accept the idea of action over a distance. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, half the shrimp in one experiment were killed by dieldrin at a concentration of only 15 parts per billion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, fields of alfalfa are dusted with DDT; meal is later prepared from the alfalfa and fed to hens; the hens lay eggs which contain DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That the inside of a green mamba’s mouth is pure sky-blue, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. You take girls, for example. They’re copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Innumerable examples are available to illustrate each mode of amalgamation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In such a lonely void you can begin to understand how even the most significant objects–Pluto’s moon, for example–have escaped attention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding Batson's formal prohibition on race discrimination in jury selection, the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have tolerated all but the most egregious examples of racial bias in jury selection. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder, for example, if there’s a variation of today where I die going off that cliff. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

For example, I got bored very quickly with the prosecutor’s speech. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The earliest known Olmec writing, for example, is on a potsherd from Chiapas that dates from about 300 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

These are examples of metaphors I laughed my socks off. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even when they succeeded, as so many of them did, they were singled out, made examples of, transfigured into parables of diversity. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Judge Ramsbottom, who heard the case, was an example of a judge who refused to be a mouthpiece for the Nationalists and upheld the independence of the judiciary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I do not think it useless to discuss them, since I would not know of any better precepts to give to a new prince than the example of his deeds. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

The example given in the book was a balloon that flew around the room when its neck was opened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There were some things called the pyramids, for example.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the way Frankie had convinced Joe to join his crew, using a disturbing example so vivid it had felt real: I’m giving you a choice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A Code Blue would be called if, for example, the count came up an inmate short and finding him was the top priority. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, take this sentence about Mrs. Granger: “Mrs. Granger, champion of the forces of order and authority, is battling hundreds of young frindle-fighters. Neither side is giving in.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crime became real, for example—for the first time—not as a possibility but as the possibility. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Wes gives me another doubtful glance, but I’m already lying on the floor, so he follows my example. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the literature can be found legions of examples of animals that could escape but did not, or did and returned. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Polynesians living on Easter Island, in the Pacific Ocean, had a unique script of which the earliest preserved examples date back only to about A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spelled out the reason in chapter 4 when discussing the example Give Al Gore and I a chance to bring America back. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, if one were to keep track of the proportion of the time that the number of heads exceeded the number of tails, one might be surprised that it is rarely close to half. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, at one point Mrs. Winterbottom said, “I believe I’ve made more pies in the past week than I can count.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean that he made references to “other” people from other backgrounds in his examples. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To cite a simple example, the probability that a person chosen at random from the phone book is over 250 pounds is quite small. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a child I was taught, for example, that the words soap in soap flakes and that in that boy were adjectives, because they modify nouns. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In "four four time," for example, there are four beats in a measure and a quarter note gets one beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For example, people often say “Be quiet,” but they don’t tell you how long to be quiet for. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The newspaper the Cherokee Phoenix is one example. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I think the government was trying to make an example out of them. It could be the perfect project.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the supreme example of Jefferson’s greater flexibility occurred on the foreign policy front. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For example, he never told Ginzburg that he had to “get rid of his mother.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His next stop was Dana Matherson’s house, where another shaky example of motherhood lived. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if you moved counterclockwise by three keys, put the capo at the third fret. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Although a reasonable first step in many cases, scaling quantities up or down proportionally is often invalid, as more mundane examples also demonstrate. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How faint she felt, just listening to the stories other girls told — about a neighbor’s daughter, for example, who walked all the way home from Hangzhou, only to be sent back. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The booming sales of chemical crabgrass killers are another example of how readily unsound methods catch on. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

An example from history concerns the great outbreak of cholera in London more than one hundred years ago. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She'd notice, for example, that a bookstore in London had an overdue account of seventeen dollars. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Here’s just one example. In Bulawayo, a Gondwannan bought a goat. . . .” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In this example, what went wrong at the hitching post? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you persuade a paranoid adversary to disarm ‘by example’?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

These examples, at first so bizarre to us, illustrate well the roles of geography and of diffusion in the history of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bleeding, cupping, and purging are the classical illustrations, but we have plenty of more recent examples to be embarrassed about. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a motif, a subject has often changed when it reappears, sounding higher or lower, for example, or faster or slower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it may seem to many who have studied the lives and deaths of some Roman emperors that they provide examples contrary to this opinion of mine. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a classic example of two army commanders reaching a point of crisis, and one giving way,” says Gallagher. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The air armies were set up in divisions, each with its own job—for example, bomber, fighter, or ground attack. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

For example…you could have hit something else. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It’s a pointed example of Judge Willmore’s understated eloquence, an easy thing to miss, but a critical insight. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She is wearing an example of her work, a woven dress with embroidered lines of thorns making a striped pattern down the length of it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Other striking examples involve wild species that were not domesticated in areas where food production never arose spontaneously, even though those wild species had close relatives domesticated elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a rare example of someone who had been key to the revolution but chose not to get involved in leadership when it was all over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Suppose, by way of example, that you and I decided we wished to know how far it is to the Moon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

No matter the odds, we will fight with all our might until black men everywhere can point with pride to this Republic, standing dignified and defiant, an example of African nationalism.... Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A well-known example involves the moderate correlation between milk consumption and the incidence of cancer in various societies. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1662, for example, John Graunt published the numbers dying in London, the cause of death and his estimate of their age at death. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For examples from the translation, accompanied by the original Latin, see endnote 98. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Many traditional choral pieces are a good example of this. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They criticized him for selfishly taking food for his own family and killed him, leaving his body in the tree as an example. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been operating under a terrible time pressure from the very beginning. Just yesterday morning, for example, I was a hopeless drunk and Fezzik toiled for the Brute Squad.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“For example,” he said, continuing what he’d been saying, “I’m very curious about this instrument. Suppose you tell me how it works.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These examples illustrate the broad range of questions concerning cultural idiosyncrasies, unrelated to environment and initially of little significance, that might evolve into influential and long-lasting cultural features. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he described Russeau’s changing of Edwards’s grade as a “blatant” example of grade-fixing to make sure that a football team would be eligible for the playoffs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, consider the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Teapot, for example, went into the kitchen and asked his mother for some sugar-butter-bread. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There are firms, for example, that post new songs on the Web and then collect and analyze the ratings of anyone who visits the Website and listens to the music. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For example, did her sister really matter to herself, was she as valuable to herself as Briony was? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Look at the first digit of the first number on the list; in our example, it’s a 3. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At one point, for example, Sherman sat down with a towheaded five-year-old named Walker and a four- and-a-half-year-old named Anna in a purple-and-white checked skirt. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the best-known examples of fish destruction in the United States took place in 1955, as a result of spraying in and near Yellowstone National Park. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As a concrete example, imagine a square whose sides are one foot long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

One of the most infamous incidents in New York City history, for example, was the 1964 stabbing death of a young Queens woman by the name of Kitty Genovese. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, he directed a contest to choose a female architect to design the Woman’s Building for the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The early bird gets the worm, for example, is plain. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The second distinguishing characteristic of these two examples is that in both cases little changes had big effects. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t use them as an example to put fresh heart in his troops. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For example, green monkeys use calls of various kinds to communicate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the study described above, for example, black participants showed an amount of “shooter bias” similar to that shown by whites. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She would also lecture him on his duty to set a good example for little mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore, as I have said, a new prince in a new principality has always instituted an army, and the history books are filled with such examples. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the course of the negotiations, certain promises were made by the merchants- for example, to remove the stores’ humiliating racial signs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Our other example of indigenous agriculture apparently constrained by the local flora comes from the eastern United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After all, Montaigne never gave an example of heavenly inspiration, of divine intervention, without hedging it about with doubts and difficulties. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you learn anything? Just be there. Just be close and it will happen. You can’t catch a ball unless you’re in the ballpark! Take 105 for example,” she tries again. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If you have a C part and want it to become a B flat part, for example, you must transpose up one whole step. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt gone to get her hair done, else I ask her again will she set the example even though that woman’s already said no five times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was not always able to make herself do other things — to brush her teeth, for example, or to put cream on her face. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt into it, finding numerous examples she’d show on the screen during her talks, like the one where the husband led the wife around by a leash, she on all fours like a dog. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For example, millet cultivation, bronze technology, and writing arose in North China, while rice cultivation and cast-iron technology emerged in South China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through her example and efforts, she already had opened up opportunities for other women. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Some stringed instruments — guitar for example — can use a capo36 to play in higher keys. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Marina’s leadership would be an example to the people of the USSR. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Black, for example, knew what white was going to do, and vice versa, because black was Fischer and so was white. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yet some of his examples plainly arose from his own misconceptions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A well-documented example from Pacific islands is the epidemic that swept over Fiji in 1806, brought by a few European sailors who struggled ashore from the wreck of the ship Argo. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of this century, for example, it was thought that everything could be explained in terms of the properties of continuous matter, such as elasticity and heat conduction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No example of his actions could be more pathetic or more extraordinary than this. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He used Emmett Till as an example, and despite the fact that it happened so long ago, the story shook Scoob down to his bones. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

All the examples I have mentioned here highlight another feature of the story-telling process. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Many would have no problem missing practice if they had to study for a test, for example. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

“No, we can’t rejuvenate. But I’m very glad,” Dr. Shaw had concluded, “to have had this opportunity to see an example of senility in a human being. Thank you so much for calling me in.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this regard, I wish to cite a modern example. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Police searches of vehicles are but one example. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, since Penelope knew the best way to teach anybody anything was by setting a good example, she lay down in the hay and closed her eyes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For example, a sample of drinking water from an orchard area in Pennsylvania, when tested on fish in a laboratory, contained enough insecticide to kill all of the test fish in only four hours. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, if Mary said at the start of the evening that she wanted someone intelligent and sincere, that in no way means she’ll be attracted only to intelligent and sincere men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mark immediately followed Alec’s example and worked at his own noose, finally getting it loose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In 2000, Congress passed the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, which was meant to address many of the egregious examples of abuse of civil forfeiture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed almost true, although he could think of exceptions—his parents adopting him, for example. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Another example involves the spate of articles a few years ago about the purported link between teenage suicide and the game of “Dungeons and Dragons.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two notes that are exactly the same pitch, for example, have a frequency ratio of 1:1, and octaves, as we have already seen, are 2:1. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Aristotle offers as his own example the case of an assault. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

An example relates to the role of racial stigma in our society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists are familiar with such monumental structures from sites around the world—the best-known example is Stonehenge in Britain. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an example, Max told me about his simple idea for testing Pauling’s a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“On imagination. A lot of times they turned out wrong. For example they wrote about Venus being a jungle paradise with huge monsters and women in breastplates that glistened.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

That argument goes on today as, for example, we debate how closely to regulate coal mining. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the first example, one is not the subject of the verb say. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After their first meeting, the Jerusalem Post wrote an editorial saying if other people followed their example, the peace process might zoom ahead. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That encounter is a frightening example of why the woods are forbidden. It could have been disastrous. You ventured toward a very hazardous area.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The overthrow of King Farouk in Egypt and the succession of President Nasser is an example of a true revolution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rules about communion at Friday mass, for example, made absolutely no sense. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’ll take Father as my example once again, and I will improve myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In these examples, look at the phrase containing the mg word and look at whodunit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, in one case, a sweep of one hundred buses resulted in only seven arrests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For example, an orthodox psychoanalyst might predict a certain kind of neurotic behavior. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can speak, for example, of European classical or the European-American folk tradition, as opposed to Indian Classical50 , Japanese folk, or African-American musics. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the first part of his epic Ring cycle, The Rhinegold, for example, angry diminished chords are often used to signify the dangerous power of the Ring itself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Gottman may seem to be an odd example in a book about the thoughts and decisions that bubble up from our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

This example from the Jordan Valley, like that from Tell Abu Hureyra, illustrates that the first farmers used their detailed knowledge of local species to their own benefit. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But some I did not know; for example, I knew practically nothing about the Atlas booster, the one that was used to put a Mercury spacecraft into orbit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let us now turn to an example of Whig history as that term is generally understood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This, the tornado drill, the being late to school, this is all just another example of the ways that Byrd keeps her mysteries. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s possible, yes. Just talking about a particular memory can help you to clarify things, going over the details in a setting in which you feel safe and relaxed . . .” “Like here, for example?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the federal system, for example, homicide convictions account for 0.4 percent of the past decade’s growth in the federal prison population, while drug convictions account for nearly 61 percent of that expansion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A bracing example of how the landscape was changing can be seen in the unfolding career of the classically trained son of an orthodox Jewish cantor, Kurt Weill. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then slowly, as we squirm on his hook, he writes on a piece of paper, for example: Jeremiah 48:18. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In time he wall learn of my devotion to his firm, of my dedication. My example, in turn, may lead him to once again believe in Levy Pants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others were less kind: she was unstable, unreliable, an example of the worst kind of mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For example, if the electric charge of the electron had been only slightly different, stars either would have been unable to burn hydrogen and helium, or else they would not have exploded. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, there is some experience of hunting wild animals in every human culture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But look, Francie: A kid wins it. All the kids expect to win then, see? It’s a bad example.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are plenty of examples where a behavior is an increased risk without being particularly risky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was constantly chafing Milkman about how he lived, and that conversation was just one more example of how he’d changed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is something profoundly counterintuitive in the definition of stickiness that emerges from all these examples. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I thought coaches were supposed to set an example," said Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The pump bucket and pump handle, for example, were straightforward applications of existing technologies, and the boiler was basically a large brewer’s copper. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“This is the most incredible example of sensual hallucination and hypnotic suggestion I’ve ever encountered. I went through your ‘rocket,’ as you call it.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, if he thinks one of his friends would like a version in a more Japanese style, for example, that’s what he makes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Olmec, it was proposed, visited Peru, and the locals, dutiful students, copied their example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Put that way, Bacon’s cipher becomes an example of binary code, the language of computers… The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Most of the time he was simply irritating: for example, in his ill-informed and frequent tirades against the Catholic Church. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if she had to choose again, she herself would have followed her Ti'a Alicia’s example and never married at all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

You may also have heard some Bach fugues or inventions; there are no better examples of counterpoint than these. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Again, had the thought not been blasphemous, he would have thought that it was the Lord who had led him into this theater to show him an example of the wages of sin. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

For example, in 1964 I began to work among a group of highlanders known as the Foré. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the locked cabinet on the shelf above the prize book was the gnarly stuffed armadillo, the worst example of taxidermy I had ever seen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth had, of course, been invited before by other people—the night watchman, for example—but she had always said no. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure Dad’s the best example of a good cop,” Spoony said quicker than quick, the words sharp enough to cut. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

William Beck- ford, for example, came from a family that owned twenty-four sugar plantations in Jamaica. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ready for another example of pointless purist dudgeon? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, we could imagine a landing site at which the winds were so strong that all mobile dust had already been blown away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A can of a mothproofing material containing DDD, for example, carries in very fine print the warning that its contents are under pressure and that it may burst if exposed to heat or open flame. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This is an example of F Major Pentatonic in the folk song “Great Big House.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The most striking examples of variation involved flies collected from the same region that possessed two radically different configurations of the same genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Another example is the Algerian revolution, led by Ben Bella; they threw out the French who had been there over 100 years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are not looking to make an example of any of our students,” Dr. Jansen answered. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She kept giving us more examples, like we were too stupid or little to understand—like the six of us left hadn’t sat there and watched Grace’s lights go out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But if the first sentence had been A tank came roaring around the corner, which refers to an atypical example of a vehicle, a reader would have had a harder time making the connection. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, the entire guilt theme that runs through Native Son was woven in after the first draft was written. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if you engraved one brick with the rune ule and another with the rune dock, the two runes would cause the bricks to cling to each other, as if mortared in place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Ye Gods!” is a simple example; it’s also seen when someone speaking at a funeral turns to address the departed. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

This is an example of the application of what is known as the anthropic principle, which can be paraphrased as “We see the universe the way it is because we exist.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel was an example of his skill and cunning. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, we can remove an infinite number of elements from the set of whole numbers—we can delete the odd numbers, for example—and the size of the set remains unchanged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the family followed his example. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” Francie went on, “how we did our examples on this hearthstone, and the time papa got us a real blackboard eraser and then the stone was like the blackboard in school, only lying down?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, for example, are excerpts of interviews that the University of Missouri criminologist David Klinger did with police officers for his fascinating book Into the Kill Zone. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For example, those planning to join a Ranger battalion or one of the elite Army units like the 82nd Airborne Division needed to be qualified as paratroopers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I knew that Ocean, for example, would never befriend me beyond this school assignment. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My visit to the old geisha who lived across the firebreak was a typical example of how those attempts turned out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little boy spilled green paint all over my favorite pink shorts and when I yelled at him, Father O’Malley told me I wasn’t setting a good Catholic example. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was the time, for example, maybe a few weeks after the talk by the pond, when Miss Lucy was taking us for English. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of an example are you giving them?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Users of one product, for example, apply 60 pounds of technical chlordane to the acre if they follow directions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, a child’s environment in a city will be vastly different than one in the country, or the soundscape of 1,000 years ago differs dramatically from a soundscape today. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This is yet another example of goblin savagery, their lack of nobility and chivalry. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Those who own a Hippogriff, for example, are bound by law to enchant the beast with a Disillusionment Charm to distort the vision of any Muggle who may see it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some gulls, for example, become really excited if they see a giant egg. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, if, for example, somebody like Billy Boy killed Kaira before she turned eighteen, then her mother would inherit all her money. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

For example, we can examine the New York Post and the New York Daily News on September 21,1979. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How, for example, would religious faiths have unfolded? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the standard myths about children’s television, for example, had always been that kids love to watch animals. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, can there be such a thing as an organic TV dinner? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At the wharf, he leaped to the dock and the children followed his example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s told us, for example, that if someone is absent it’s up to the rest of us to get on her case, because we’re the ones who’ll suffer if our teams are shorthanded. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His reach extended far past the sporting world, and like many others before me, I was encouraged to stand my ground and share my truth because of his example. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With those examples and his own father in mind, Havens chose medicine over campus ministry. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“People look to us to be an example, we’ve got a responsibility!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many examples of human misuse of the Earth that even phrasing this question chills me. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

International economists often describe South Korea as the single most impressive example of what free markets, democratic government, and elbow grease can do to transform a small agrarian backwater into a global powerhouse. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For example, I was terrified of car accidents, death, cancer, brain tumors, nuclear war, pregnant women, loud noises, strict teachers, elevators, and scads of other things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In California, for example, the loss of some 60,000 game fish, mostly blue- gill and other sunfish, followed an attempt to control the rice- leaf miner with dieldrin. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, the first ten prime numbers—numbers divisible only by themselves and by one—are 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11,13, 17,19, 23. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the most widely cited examples involved wealthy whites whose property was seized. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I lost the bet on a technicality because examples were produced of solutions with a singularity that was visible from a long way away. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The average American, for example, can distinguish easily between the verses and refrain of any pop song, but will have trouble recognizing what is going on in a piece of music for Balinese gamelan. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Luma coached the only way she knew how—by following the example set for her by Coach Brown. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Elzenia didn’t say a word about it, but I could see as to how that was not the way to be an example for my own children. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distinction between the two “races” of flies by virtue of a single chromosomal inversion was the most dramatic example of genetic variation that any geneticist had ever seen in a natural population. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Without the nitrogen-fixing bacteria, for example, plants would starve for want of nitrogen, though surrounded by a sea of nitrogen-containing air. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For example, all the iron in your blood which stops you from being anemic was made in a star. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom says I have an attraction to dangerous smells, her main example being the fact that I love to stand in a warm cloud of dry- cleaner exhaust and take deep breaths. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Readers will also thank a writer for the copious use offor example, as in, and such as, because an explanation without an example is little better than no explanation at all. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, many of Durham’s black business leaders donated money to support the movement, but they would never participate in a march or walk a picket line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The children followed her example, although Cassiopeia first sat on her haunches and had to be nudged to her feet by Alexander. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I shall try to follow the Professor’s example, and think without prejudice on the facts before me.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Though some traditions might be more important to a few of you than they are to the rest of us. Starting the year by taking a photo from my office, for example?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This pleased him vaguely, another example of how similar they were. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For example, we were talking about blood and somehow the conversation turned to menstruation, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For example, I learned to look at a field of grass the way a cow does. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There are many examples throughout history of people acquiring power and wealth through conquest. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Leukemia may occur as a two-step process, the malignant change being initiated by X-radiation, the promoting action being supplied by a chemical, as, for example, urethane. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He gave an example of a Texas family where one member had exposed nine others to MDR. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It is an example of imagery created by non-Native artists that incorrectly suggests Indigenous people had come to the end of their existence and are no longer here. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

For example, she doesn't know that Mom got pushed around by Chicago cops when she was eighteen during the 1968 Democratic Convention. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Palmer was miserable, for example, his mother or father would hold him close and wipe his tears. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

For example, manservant becomes menservants-, woman doctor becomes women doctors. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

More generally, a modifier can dangle when its implied subject is the writer and the reader, as in To summarize and In order to start the motor in the examples above. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For example, government rules say the walls of a processing plant must be white. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The examples are not so much metaphors or analogies as they are actual instances of the phenomena he is explaining, and they are instances that readers can see with their own eyes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Alcantara, for example, told of one day double-parking his van in Harlem so that he could drop off something at a relative’s apartment. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the success of Microsoft has surely had something to do with the personal talents of Bill Gates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, to take an example at random, Leonardo Pisano, known as Fibonacci, is the supposed discoverer of the Fibonacci number series. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Other musical traditions — traditional Chinese music for example — have divided the octave differently and so they use different scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Bail was another example of the sliding scale of apartheid: £250 for whites; £100 for Indians; and £25 for Africans and Coloureds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To take an example, he wanted the state of Utah to withhold federal income tax paid by Utah residents until a state committee determined which federal programs were constitutional. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The hotel was excel lent—incomparably better, for example, than that horrible Aurora Bora Palace in which Lenina had suffered so much the previous summer. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he’d point out a stone wall and say it was a perfect example of engineering. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Until they can read well enough for textbooks, I must teach through the use of example and imitation. May I demonstrate?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For example, a rock named Yogi received its name because the rock resembled a bear. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I might not have believed them, but I had the example of Isaac and Alice before me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A New Zealand medical journal recently provided an example. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

An example from antiquity of the use of mercenary troops is the Carthaginians. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

At least I’m giving someone an example not to follow. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In 1844, the philosopher Auguste Comte was searching for an example of a sort of knowledge that would be always hidden. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, this morning for breakfast I had Ready Brek and some hot raspberry milk shake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you speak of such things? Your father’s right! I think you’ve lost your mind, not just your silly heart! Where’s your duty and obedience? Has my example taught you nothing?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She even let her watch her on the pot, set the white example. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Parker’s mystery was the perfect example of seeing what you wanted to see and hearing what you wanted to hear. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The “One two three” rhyme, for example, uses all four maintypes of body percussion—stamping, clapping, patsching, and snapping—but not all of the types of body percussion need to be incorporated. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Just a few days earlier, across the country, there was another tragic example of the stakes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, suggestions are heard here and there that these sterilizing chemicals might be applied as aerial sprays — for example, to coat the foliage chewed by gypsy moth larvae. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A simple example is the spread of muskets among New Zealand’s Maori tribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For example, a wood block corresponds to a hop, a xylophone glissando is a leap, a shaker means to shake. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The word “to” for example, because it sounds like the number “two,” would become “three.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For example, a previously unknown fever termed O’nyong-nyong fever appeared in East Africa in 1959 and proceeded to infect several million Africans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the weeks and months that followed the Diallo shooting, for example, as the case made headlines around the world, the argument over what happened that night veered back and forth between two extremes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For example, as it approaches the earth, a spacecraft returning from the moon must be within a very narrow zone about forty miles high. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another pair of examples: Veronica said she lost her charm bracelet somewhere between Thirty-third and Thirty-seventh streets. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new science often presented itself as a system of axioms and demonstrations, in Galileo’s Two New Sciences for example, or Newton’s Principia, but it was always grounded in facts and, less surely, in analogies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, one of the boys in our group said he was the son of Biln daalbahi, “One who Has Roan Horses.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some inmates, for example, would try to flush something huge, like a bedsheet, in hopes it might foul up the entire block’s plumbing or allow them to flood the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are all examples of Western music, and are all more like each other than they are like a Navajo lullaby, a Chinese opera, or a west African praise song. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I could not, for example, attend my son’s birthday party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By seemingly slight changes the whole character of the substance is changed; for example, not only what is attached but the place of attachment to the carbon atom is highly important. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The song B-I-N-G-O is an excellent example in which to practice internalizing the pitch since the singer has to clap the rhythm and silently think the pitch in their head. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

From D to D, for example is Dorian; from F to F is Lydian. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

If profits are 12 percent, for example, is this 12 percent of costs, of sales, of last year’s profits, or of what? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes this makes things easier on instrumentalists; they may not have to learn different fingerings when they switch from one kind of saxophone to another, for example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He maintained, for example, at one time that all existential propositions are meaningless. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Both transverse and longitudinal waves cause a displacement of something: air molecules, for example, or the surface of the ocean. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I could imagine, for example, a key instrument failure in Chryse just after an unfortunate crash landing in Cydonia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You do not need to understand. Just behave, follow your mother’s example. Light the incense, make an offering to the moon, bow your head. Do not shame me, Ying-ying.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, singers may speak of the head register, in the upper part of their range, and the chest register in the lower part of their range. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“We talked about a lot of things, okay? For example, the fact that Grace thinks that we should find our biological mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But rest 1 assured, you don’t need to remember any of it to understand the significance of Renee’s example. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Experimenters have to insist on the particularity of experience, but they also have to claim that general conclusions can be drawn from specific examples. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The miniature intersection of rue de Mirbel and rue Monge, for example, just a block from their apartment, is nothing like the real intersection. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

For example, I’m talking with my wife, and she says, ‘Will you shut up and let me finish?’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As a way to get a rough estimate, however, the capture-recapture method is effective, and of more generality than the fish example might suggest. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, for example, opponents of the Constitution objected to the implicit acceptance of slavery’s persistence, represented by the three-fifths clause and the twenty-year extension of the slave trade. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For example, they had to figure out how to decompose a continuous utterance into speech units, regardless of whether those units were taken as words, syllables, or phonemes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father always told him to act like a man—to follow the example of his older brothers and, in turn, set a good example for Kuol. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives several recent examples in her confused Spanish. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is pleasant to sit quietly somewhere, in the beer garden for example, under the chestnuts by the skittle-alley. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buoyed by this example of success, thousands of new migrants massing in the city’s second ward in 1917 and 1918 took to the polls and elected two black aldermen to represent them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For example, in a linguistic question and answer, you might ask: “Where are you going?” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Any fool can make money these days and most of them do. But what about people with talent and brains? Name, for example, one poet who makes money.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A disturbing example of the latter seems to be building up on the national wildlife refuges at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath, both in California. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A familiar example is the role of those two diseases in aborting the French effort, and nearly aborting the ultimately successful American effort, to construct the Panama Canal. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gram-negative bacteria are the best examples of this. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that her allowance was so small that it took her more than three weeks of skipping hot fudge sundaes to save enough for train fare was another example of injustice. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if the son of a Hasid married the daughter of a Mitnaged, both fathers would say Kaddish after their children, considering them to be dead and buried. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the first scribes solved all those problems, without having in front of them any example of the final result to guide their efforts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We set an example for our fellow faction members, and soon the three of us are engulfed in the mass of gray fabric ascending cement stairs in the half light. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His discussion of clear and distinct ideas thus follows the example of Descartes, who maintains that only ideas which are clear can be used in argument. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was a great example of a message hiding in plain sight. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dewey, for example, found it difficult to understand “how two individuals could reach the same degree of rage, the kind of psychopathic rage it took to commit such a crime.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most pernicious examples of this is the Population Registration Act, which defined that inequality. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have my eye on a potato chip factory a ten-minute drive from the Blue Haven, for example, or I can always search out L.L. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in his career, for example, Paul Ekman filmed forty psychiatric patients, including a woman named Mary, a forty-two-year-old housewife. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As a child, I understood we are to live our lives following the example of the prophet Muhammad. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If I strained a muscle during practice, for example, or felt fatigued after a long trip competing overseas, I would not hesitate to take time off to give my body and mind a rest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I know, dear, but it’s Ministry procedure, and I have to set an example. Something smells good — onion soup?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So music that is in, for example, C major, will not sound significantly different from music that is in, say, D major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

To anyone interested in world history, human societies of East Asia and the Pacific are instructive, because they provide so many examples of how environment molds history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Other matter, gas and dust in the outskirts of galaxies, for example, is not so readily detected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Empire State himself was a good example of one. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of social reality consists of institutional facts: property, for example, or marriage. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There is no algorithm for doing this, but let me give you a couple of examples. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The spider mite, for example, has become practically a worldwide pest as DDT and other insecticides have killed off its enemies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A good example of survival of the fittest! Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So we have to correct the weak little lackeys who think it’s fun to follow a bad example. Isn’t that so?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For example,” the teacher went on, “the story I'm about to tell you was sewn into a quilt my own grandmother made, so it’s very special to me.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For example, consider the pieces of a jigsaw in a box. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, hunter-gatherers in parts of southeastern Europe had quickly adopted Southwest Asian cereal crops, pulse crops, and livestock simultaneously as a complete package by around 6000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hence these are typical examples of the phenomenon of preemptive domestication that we discussed above. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why, for example, am I supposed to leave her with my purse while she doesn’t even trust me not to sprinkle some drug-dissolving substance into my urine? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When France needed to devalue its currency, for example, they told the IMF in advance. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Gaur was an example of a man without a B.A. who seemed infinitely better educated than the fellows who left Fort Hare with glittering degrees. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kingdom of Armenia, for example, established Christianity as its official religion in 301, and Armenians held on to their religious independence even when they were subsumed into the later Persian and Arabic Empires. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Galileo, for example, liked to keep as close to geometry as he could. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I thought of the people I’d read about—John F. Kennedy, James Joyce, Humphrey Bogart—who went to boarding school, and their adventures—Kennedy, for example, loved pranks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, Debbie wished Sasha would ease up a little—resist correcting well-meaning relatives who said he instead of they, for example. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

It was sometimes necessary to kill people, for example; and it was so much less troubling for the assassin if he could do so in a state of grace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This summer, for example, pants may be capri, classic, carpenter, clam-digger, boot, or flood, depending on their length and cut, and I’m probably leaving a few categories out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have much to learn of obedience. My warriors heed my orders and so shall you. Prince Ellidyr dared to resist me. I caution you not to follow his example.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

For example, one can calculate the probability that the universe is expanding at nearly the same rate in all different directions at a time when the density of the universe has its present value. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is an example of Mixolydian mode in “Norwegian Wood” by Lennon/McCartney. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Sequoyah’s example can serve as a model for how idea diffusion probably led to many writing systems of ancient times as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, as the psychologist Samuel Gosling has shown, judging people’s personalities is a really good example of how surprisingly effective thin-slicing can be. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There is, for example, a universe where Samuel Kingsley does not derail his daughter’s life. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Adams-Jefferson rivalry and friendship is the outstanding example here, though there are several crucial moments when critical compromises were brokered because personal trust made it possible. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long, for example, until a new arrival in the block pointed to another kind of untouchable: “the ugly trans-sexual.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major keys, for example, always follow the same pattern of half steps and whole steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The story of the trout is important for many reasons, but chiefly as an example of what can happen when a potent carcinogen is introduced into the enviroment of any species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Could it be, for example, that Jennings is just more expressive in general than his colleagues? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a neater way to deal with potatoes, as he knew from his mother’s example, and given a sharp knife, Malcolm could have shown the good nun, but he held his peace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Of course, we needn’t resort to such clever examples to realize that how a question or statement is framed plays a big role in how someone responds to it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The well-known “Patty Cake” is a good example. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For example, the melody for “A Tisket, A Tasket” looks like this, with lines 1, 2, and 4 being basically the same. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One could, for example, argue that far from there being one earthly sphere floating in the ocean it was now apparent that there were two. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mozart, for example, famously started writing music at six. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In this country, for example, we have a multiparty system at present, but so far as the non-Europeans are concerned this is the most vicious despotism that you could think of. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I know Streisand isn't Persian, but it's the best pop culture example I could come up with. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Stan, for example, a twenty-something fellow with wildly misaligned teeth, is so eager to talk that he fairly pounces on the seat next to mine on a bench in the smoking area. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stated another way, we Muslims regarded ourselves as moral and mental and spiritual examples for other black Americans, because we followed the personal example of Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, when Sapiens reached the Middle East and Europe, they encountered the Neanderthals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Totally at odds with our culture, we wanted nothing less than to make anew; and, for our examples, we looked toward Russia, Germany, and France. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the B flat could be written as an A sharp. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She knew where the Witch lived, for example. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The classic example of simultaneous discovery is Archimedes’ cry of ‘Eureka!’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For example, on any string instrument, nobody can play lower than the note that the lowest string is tuned to. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

My oldest friend, Bruce, for example, I met in first grade, so I’m the responsible party. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the interval between the seventh and eighth harmonics is a major second, but so are the intervals between 8 and 9, between 9 and 10, and between 10 and 11. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Some representative examples: “Oh, my brother-in-law went to school there, too, and my friend’s son cuts the principal’s lawn, and my neighbor’s daughter knows a girl who once was a cheerleader for the school.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z