| 单词 | exercise |
| 例句 | “The two of you should be exercising your bodies instead of holing up in this stuffy room reading,” Amelia said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He’s brought her along to fly and exercise her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In terms of notation, Kodály’s exercises do not have to use the regular musical staff. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Therefore, every time that Úrsula became exercised over her husband's mad ideas, she would leap back over three hundred years of fate and curse the day that Sir Francis Drake had attacked Riohacha. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Papi comes in and says, “So I hear this is your new exercise routine! How about if I teach you how to dap out the beat to the cha-cha-cha?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z As Holt explained, a baby should be left to cry for fifteen to thirty minutes a day: “It is the baby’s exercise.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For writing exercises, students were instructed to explain how they had failed to work hard and follow rules. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The urge to catalog the myriad blunders in order to “learn from the mistakes” is for the most part an exercise in denial and self-deception. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She grew restless on the roof, and so for some exercise, Boori Ma started circling the neighborhood in the afternoons. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A cough was something Olanna could exercise control over, an air raid was not. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her work had been her exercise and now she could not work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Wilson spent five days in the hospital before heading home on many of the same high-priced drugs that Miele would be taking and under similar instructions to change his diet and exercise regularly. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He performed this exercise proudly, with a little proud smile on his face. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. McNamara got us doing warm-up exercises before starting us on laps. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z On my last day of competition, when I went out to perform my routine for the floor exercise final, the audience was cheering and shouting wildly for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Now it's up to us to exercise our rights, every one of us. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Before this, he had assigned me maybe two pages in each of three different exercise books every week. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And whatever extraneous influence the tannery may have exercised, the calamities of the land belong to it alone, born of wind and rain and weather, immensities not to be tempered by man or his creations. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z For several weeks leading up to the game, the Red and Blue forces took part in a series of “spiral” exercises that set the stage for the showdown. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On weekends, during our first year on the island, we were kept inside our cells all day except for a half hour of exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And so many of these men held responsible positions; they exercised guidance, influence, and authority over others. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Will thought the exercise was a wrestling drill. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Auditory discrimination exercises work the child’s ability to hear differences in sound in order to organize and make sense of sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Not at all,” he replied; “they were brightened by the exercise.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z "Why didn't you do stretching exercises? Your body is important! Eat more fiber," or whatever. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In modern life, as at this cocktail party, the noise is not incidental, not a laboratory exercise. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “We have different training exercises. Sometimes deathball—um, which is like paintball, except with... you know, poison and acid and fire balls. Sometimes we do chariots and gladiator competitions, sometimes war games.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She lifted the tortoise from its pen and let it lumber across the animal house for exercise. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "All that exercising must really tire you out. Come on out to dinner tomorrow night, been so long since you been here." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She was filthy and sweaty—from the exercise or the blank drawing time? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The most comprehensive studies of racial bias in the exercise of prosecutorial and judicial discretion involve the treatment of juveniles. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We had our internal enemies too, and we exercised vigilance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She tells us that this is an exercise that will show her how well we write and use our imaginations. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “I start wandering. It’s good exercise. Have you seen Johnny?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z These exercises distracted my mind from the menial tasks that fell to me as the lowest of Gertrude’s ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Nicolas went off to preach at the cafeteria in the university, where he acquired an impressive number of followers for his classes in spiritual and respiratory exercise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them you get from smoking and drinking and being fat and not exercising. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Day number 2 was so quiet I even had time to do some exercise. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “All that exercise has given me a powerful thirst,” said a man, tossing his burning branch into the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He must’ve been finally done with his exercise routine, because he crawled into bed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “It’s not as heavy as all that. In fact, I find the exercise bracing, quite invigorating. A Fflam never flags!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He extended his age-old exercise regimen from ten minutes to an hour and trotted in place while speaking on the telephone. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And exercising judgement requires a specific set of virtues, the virtues you would hope to find in a jury of your peers: impartiality, assiduity, sincerity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That familiar exercise of hers, half rumination, half anxiety. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Although these exercises were developed for children with special needs, they are highly applicable in developing crucial musical listening skills and for helping children recognize categories of music, instruments, and timbre of sounds. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Most of the time, these days, it is a depressing exercise. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wind and cold and violent exercise had turned his face crimson. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks, baby. I just mean I haven’t exercised in a while.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even in using the word doublethink it is necessary to exercise doublethink. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Ruth was actually sitting on the bench, while Tommy was standing with one foot up on its rusty armrest, doing a kind of stretching exercise as they talked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the earliest Mesopotamian states exercised centralized control of their economies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z From the very first meetings I had with outside visitors and the International Red Cross, I stressed the importance of having the time and facilities for proper exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tagoe didn’t have to do the exercise with the Plutos to know the relief they were in for once they breathed out and blinked. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I think what he was actually doing was exercising his legs—putting as much weight on them as he could, a bit more each time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The exercise seemed to help him and by the end of the night he was running fifty steps to her one. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Chords with fingerings that you don't know but with a sound that you would recognize work best for this exercise. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Mr. 03-01 said to me, “Prove that it is so. Through the exercise of logic. Is the daddy longlegs a spider?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I need to get to work early if I’m going to make my exercise class tonight.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Both coaches were completely expressionless as they watched me do my routines—vault, bars, beam, and floor exercise, in the Olympic order—but afterward, Martha came over and held my face in both hands. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Yossarian owed his good health to exercise, fresh air, teamwork and good sportsmanship; it was to get away from them all that he had first discovered the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I had the pattern for the piratas and everything. I bought hooks for their hands and was even going to reuse those patches that Merci used to wear for her eye exercises.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z So saying, he went to lie down, for he was quite exhausted from all the unusual exercise, while Captain Cook had a shower and took a nap in the icebox. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Big one had big clothes draped about, big pair of underwear hung over the back of an exercise bike to dry. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There were no reading exercises, as the teacher had the only book. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It has been caused, simply, by the informal divide-and-rule policies of the British colonial exercise. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She leaves, and I finish up the workbook exercise. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The icy dampness in my armpits reminds me of the time in health class we learned that sweat from stress smells worse than the kind your body produces when you exercise. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If I wanted to log in, I had no choice but to exercise first. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was not an academic exercise of just giving hell to “Mr. Charlie.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I eat them just the same. I don’t get enough exercise.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And listening to my grandmother telling it, making up bits as she went along about the imaginary Mr. Palmer who was so set on exercising the underside of children’s forearms, I had to laugh again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You get three showers a week and are allowed forty-five minutes in a small caged area for exercise a few times a week. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z First he would do his exercises and run around the ouse, oblivious to the taunts of the hardy peasants looking on. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I did a shortened version of my usual exercise regimen, washed, and ate breakfast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the girls had finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z We got a lot of exercise and talked and talked and talked. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Yes,” he said, “it’s only five minutes past six, but I felt good and I thought I’d come down and get a little exercise.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Andrea was lying on the floor, just the way she used to, exercising her thighs. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the most useful things Keeth did for me was to give me a list of simple exercises to do every day to make me a better fencer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Well, whoever he is, he’s about to go psycho on us. We have one option here, and the longer we wait to exercise it, the more we put ourselves at risk.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This exercise stuff is really putting a hurtin’ on my body! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After we get through everyone, Mr. Ingman asks us why he made us do this exercise. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We talked about sports and exercise, we talked about books, we talked about his family, we talked about music, we talked about all the things he wanted to do when he grew up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I would fain exercise some better faculty than that of fierce speaking; fain find nourishment for some less fiendish feeling than that of sombre indignation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The hare had brought a touch of military efficiency to bear upon the exercise. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I’m making my eyes strong with the exercise. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Aside from his family and blood, if you wanted to take someone away from John Kwang, if you simply desired to hurt him, exercise true malice, Eduardo would figure near the top of the list. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother is one of the strongest people I know. She eats healthy and she exercises regularly. What other almost-eighty-year-old do you know who does the breast-cancer-awareness 5K race every year?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Minerva’s hollering for us all to come do exercises. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sense of what they were saying became lost, and only the exercise remained. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Lon was supposed to be working on his letters, though he’d memorized the alphabet before the end of his first week, and now found these exercises dull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was soon apparent that the lack of exercise, combined with the heat, might prove too much for them. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z “For the purposes of this exercise, though, each of you will only face one of my fears, to get a sense for how the simulation works.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I went to physical therapy twice a week for a few months, and did some basic stretching and core exercises, which was a total drag. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 The next afternoon my phone buzzes noisily, reminding me of an exercise session Stella programmed into my regimen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The top 20 percent routinely exercises other, far more consequential forms of power in the world. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The housing code was rarely enforced, and its most important mechanism, the power of the city to correct code violations and bill landlords, was not once exercised by the city council, which oversaw housing issues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The graduation exercises had been held, and the senior class of Stuyvesant High School had moved on with their lives. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The great forests of weed were delicately traced, and in them there hung motionless many schools of sticklebacks learning to do their physical exercises in strict unison. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It be good for exercising my teeth and making my mouth taste better, but it tastes like...grass, I would say.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Anytime I went somewhere without a fuss, it felt like a small victory, an exercise of free will. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She dries off, pink with heat, exercise, and embarrassment. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Pros: exercise, color in her cheeks, time to herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Conversely, any civilization that engages in serious interstellar exploration and colonization must have exercised zero population growth or something very close to it for many generations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On some mornings, he sent Grog out to gallop in Seabiscuit’s name at standard morning workout periods, then snuck the real Seabiscuit out to exercise at night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were no windows, and they were allowed out to exercise for only ten minutes every two weeks. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z From that day he and Johnny spent hours together jumping or exercising horses. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My husband, the late county appraiser, would be rolling over in his grave at this exercise in depravity. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z From October 17 to 19 of 1943 we conducted landing exercises on the beaches of the Canal. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We then studied until 5 P.M., followed by an hour’s break for exercise and dinner, and then study hall from 7 until 9. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While Islam doesn’t restrict women from exercising—in fact all Muslims are required to care for their bodies through exercise and healthy eating habits—women face a unique set of challenges with sports. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Helene has seen me naked dozens of times—when wounded, or ill, or suffering through one of the Commandant’s cruel strength-training exercises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The first exercise, learning how to fall, was conducted in the gym on a big expanse of mats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I immediately consulted a civilian eye doctor, and he gave me some eye exercises to do, and I passed the second exam. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was neither a “contract with abolition” nor a “covenant with death,” but rather a prudent exercise in ambiguity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z McCandless viewed running as an intensely spiritual exercise, verging on religion. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They moved through t’ai chi to more ordinary exercises, such as running in place and toe touching. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I move on to mat exercises and after the last crunch lie there spread-eagle and panting, my hair a tangled ball around my red face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Twelve minutes into the smiling exercise, my jaw cramps. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Paul recognized the symbolic value of women being arrested on the Fourth of July for exercising the rights to seek freedom. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Bailey and Mother encouraged me to take dance, and he privately told me that the exercise would make my legs big and widen my hips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She would pull at her jaw and go through a lot of chin exercises she had read in a movie book. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was shortly after the bell rang for the close of morning watch; we paraded the deck by company for the exercise of our limbs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We felt certain we’d stand a better chance if we tried to help kids think differently about food and exercise from an early age. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Or, as a variation on this same exercise, I may attempt to think of three witticisms based on the events of the past hour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It gave him profound aches in his musculature, as though he had been exercising hard. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The most exercise I get is the short steps in front of the house and the stairs at school. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Getting mad at me is the most exercise Shayleen gets in a day. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He reminds me to practice my exercises at home and tells me to have fun on the road trip with my family. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was her turn to lead the morning exercises again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A simple exercise but he loved the ordered lines, the neatness, the stark beauty of planes and angles. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Used her imminent arrival and feeble attempt at murder as an exercise of his will against hers— an ultimatum to the universe. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z What once seemed like the most transparent and pure of thin-slicing exercises turns into something quite confusing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The minute he had exercised his tongue, it would have all been over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now if you imagine a line connecting the three principals of this exercise–that is, you and I and the Moon–it forms a triangle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I know that vigorous exercise changes brain chemistry. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z As if merely subsisting according to his self-imposed rules weren’t strenuous enough, Rosellini also exercised compulsively whenever he wasn’t occupied with foraging. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Briefly, on a day when she was exhausted, she thought of Einar with frustration, of how demanding he was, how relentlessly he made her do the exercises again and again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could see that he had the confidence and bearing of a man who was used to the exercise of authority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For Laila, being out in the streets had become an exercise in avoiding injury. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z That night in our room, even though I was worn out from all the exercise, I tried to catch up to what had been happening in trigonometry. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The core of beauty is color, Maman used to remind me when I complained about her exercises. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At the end of the shooting exercise, we were taught how to dismantle our guns and oil them, because the AKs were so old that they would misfire randomly and sometimes would stop working altogether. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was this obscure need that had pulled me into the labor movement in the beginning and by exercising it I was but fulfilling what I felt to be the laws of my own growth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z For the next four days, Celaena awoke before dawn to train in her room, using whatever she could to exercise—chairs, the doorway, even her billiards table and cue sticks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I went to a gymnasium in the arcade to box for exercise. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They clean up the kitchen together, then sit on the sofa and watch television while she corrects her students’ quizzes and exercises. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, exercising was a part of my daily ritual. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The exercise of authority restored her confidence, made her feel better. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then, California’s juvenile facilities were notoriously harsh, violent, dilapidated, dull, and overcrowded, with young wards routinely subjected to solitary confinement, and some forced to exercise and attend classes while locked in cages. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Breaking a song into “chunks” helps exercise children’s cognitive and analytical abilities to understand, compare, and contrast the different parts or phrases of a song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I almost felt bad letting the unruly pirates out, but I guessed they deserved something more entertaining than the exercise wheel after being cooped up in a cage for three centuries. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Going out for exercise,” answered Jo with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Covered in sensors, the women pedaled an exercise bike in time to a metronome. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then she throws me a little jab to remind me to “make exercise a part of my daily routine.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When you see someone waving her arms, the first thing you want to know is whether she is trying to attract attention, shoo away flies, or exercise her deltoids. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The kind of laugh that clenches your gut and works off calories like it's exercise. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I ring the doorbell, and I think it's going to be Alicia, and it's this lady in an exercise leotard with her hair up in a headband. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Haydn was setting Beethoven counterpoint exercises while on summer retreat at the palace of Eisenstadt. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The reason she had become a tad moody, she said later that day, was that she hadn’t been getting enough exercise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I was given three rooms, and a separate toilet, with one room to be used for sleeping, one across the hall for studying, and another for exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He demonstrated the exercises of the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, he imitated Charlie Chaplin’s funny walk, and when he was reading about calculus, he explained Zeno’s paradox and the infinite series. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll do at least one exercise in this workbook every single day. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We slowly proceed down the hazy street, just like one of our exercises in the Block. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Ben taught me Heart of Stone, a mental exercise that let you set aside your emotions and prejudices and let you think clearly about whatever you wished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Auditory stimulation through simple activities can enhance attention in children, exercise the brain, and create a flexible and responsive brain. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Dalcroze’s exercises are always sequential, beginning with the simplest and becoming more complex as students master and develop their skills. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For the young Napoleon, who was exceptionally good at mathematics, the problems which had defeated the great Torricelli were by the 1780s mere school exercises—the school, of course, being the École Militaire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z De Becker does a similar exercise where his trainees are required to repeatedly confront a ferocious dog. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some people are born to wield power and to exercise authority. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z By far the major portion of the book was devoted to spinsterish discourses on prison life—bad food, hijinks in the exercise yard, tedious little jailbird hobbies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And black leaders, aware of Clark’s segregationist views and explosive temper, expected him to display, for the world to see, the violence that assailed blacks when they tried to exercise their right to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The more I exercise, drink water, and eat right, the more I’ll “glow” onstage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I designed for both of them literally dozens of insulting, sub-normal, but quite constructive, drawing exercises. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z There was exercise, there was sewing, there was supper, there was playtime in the lounge: a big shabby room with board games and a few tattered books and a table-tennis table. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z For two thousand years, religious and personal prejudices against Jews have been vented and exercised, as strong as white prejudices against the non-white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the programs we have at present are too often transcriptions onto television monitors of unimaginative lists of routine exercises taken from the textbooks. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He found himself growing stronger, and he found that when he had angry thoughts, he could exercise himself into a sweaty frenzy until pain from his joints drove away his thoughts and left him spent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Part of the solution to that problem was for one person, the chief, to exercise a monopoly on the right to use force. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Since I'd become a permanent resident, I'd suffered through two frustrating presidential elections without being allowed to vote, and it was important to me to exercise my democratic right in the next one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were now only ten skrewts left; apparently their desire to kill one another had not been exercised out of them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It would be very convenient. Extremely convenient,” he added, aware that the blind man liked it when he exercised his vocabulary. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It was one of the few forms of exercise not entirely ruined by my disability. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I am rusty in my shorthand—see what unexpected prosperity does for us—so it may be as well to freshen it up again with an exercise anyhow.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z That afternoon, I coaxed Mrs. Diamant down from her chair and into the exercises I’d seen the students doing outside the gymnasium. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Levy was on her exercising board treating her plumpness to some early morning bouncing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, exercises and even songs can be written out using just the D, R, and M, etc., with the rhythm notated about it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z At most the whole exercise takes six minutes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I finished high school, but I hadn’t gone to the graduation exercises. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are paths for walking, a small exercise complex, a man-made pond surrounded by benches and willow trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Their parents and some of the older Clarkston refugees who’d come out for their evening exercise turned toward the field as well, or sat down on the cross ties parallel to the track to watch. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Life in here is nothing like my life before, but I still get to read books, exercise, and watch TV. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I agreed with that idea, although I didn’t think that I needed to spend hours a day exercising. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In my opinion, he wasn't getting enough exercise. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Yet our ability to exercise free will and transcend the most extraordinary obstacles does not make the conditions of our life irrelevant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He had lost thirty-four pounds and was exercising five times a week and taking subway stairs two at a time. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He was supposed to be turning a beetle into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of exercise as it scuttled over the desktop avoiding his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z This was when I dealt with the tedious business of cleaning and exercising my physical body. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In spite of their regular sledging practice and exercise, the dogs themselves were still semi-wild beasts, and dogfights broke out constantly. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When Bull realized that Mary Anne was not going to participate in the readiness exercise at all, he took his sword, and lifted her robe past her knees. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After we stretch—which hurts — there’s a couple of hours of strengthening exercises — which hurt—and a five-mile run—which kills. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She didn’t pause her exercising as she smiled at him, panting through her clenched teeth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I wrote down what happened, making it seem more an intellectual exercise than it was, then tearing the paper out of the machine and throwing it away. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z 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 So far it had just been a plan, an intellectual exercise by El Genius, but there was a big difference between the planning and the doing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Pushing open the doors to the gym, I move past all the empty exercise equipment and see the door to the pool is promisingly propped open with a chair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was still sore from their last training exercise. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I try to figure out some exercises to do even though I’m squished into this silly thing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We perched on the piano bench and she showed me a few finger exercises. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z On this day, Morrie says he has an exercise for us to try. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A few old men sat on benches playing chess, and in the shady places some old people did tai-chi exercises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All the constitutional arguments against the excessive exercise of government power at the federal level then kicked in to make any effort to shape public policy more problematic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He supposed, in the end, that the morning was about as passable a morning as anyone could pass when he was forging through a Latin exercise. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Returned from our field exercises, I paid him a call at the hospital. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She’d spent a month training with them one burning summer, and her muscles still ached at the memory of their grueling exercises. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I remember Seamus in the hospital and how his uncle’s eyes were cured with the blink exercise and I make sure to sit and blink for an hour every day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Now, finally, with the exercise of will, his adult life had begun. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In a test flight, a pilot staked his reputation and his life on his ability to exercise total, direct, and constant control over the plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I hula-hooped on the South Lawn to show that exercise could be fun and made a guest appearance on Sesame Street, talking about vegetables with Elmo and Big Bird. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He snaps the glove box open, places the scraper inside, and says, “Who’s ready to go exercise some treaty rights?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Plus they would continue to get healthy exercise. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Walking her length was more exercise than I cared for. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The shattering beats made it impossible for me to think — which was the whole purpose of the exercise. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Aimee has really gotten into exercise ever since becoming a Pluto. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In isolation, one was deprived of company, exercise, and even food: one received only rice water three times a day for three days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only in religion class was memory exercised. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was exercising all his willpower to prevent himself succumbing again to Voldemort’s rage: His scar was still burning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z How could I have been so wrapped up in my own stupid criminal exercise, the thrill of it, my own anger at the aunties and Granddad— Fatima and Prince Philip, burning. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There was an exercise period on the roof and because it was cold we wore big army jackets. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He started doing this after our first shooting exercise. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z My back hurts because it's hard to exercise your back muscles without arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She pedaled on an exercise bicycle programmed for increasingly steeper hills to the point of exhaustion. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Next she began seeking out cross-class marriages, which proved a different exercise in journalistic frustration. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Other than to show this girl that cruelty will not stop when you enter high school, I had no idea how this exercise was supposed to help anyone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A line of exercise boys and horsemen stood with them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel badly in need of some exercise,” he said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or the shelter always needs people to take the dogs for walks so that they get exercise.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then they were told to drop off the questionnaire at the end of the hallway and return to the classroom—a simple, seemingly innocent academic exercise. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He felt suffocated in that cell, let out only to exercise and to eat, food that brought to mind a bowl of boiled worms. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s an improv exercise where two actors are acting in a scene and someone from the audience calls out, “Freeze!” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z But instead of caving in to Dedd’s tears, Minerva offered her an exercise. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Few challenges to sentencing schemes, patterns, or results have been brought since McCleskey, for the exercise is plainly futile. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We engaged in some few brief exercises, but were ragged in our showing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But he was a natural contrarian, a born critic, whose fullest energies manifested themselves in the act of doing intellectual isometric exercises against the fixed objects presented by someone else's ideas. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The lessons on splendor theory were long, the physical exercises intense. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For the past six weeks, she had been locked up in this place, detoxing, doing both group and individual therapy, taking pensive walks, exercising, eating right. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z If my teammates start poking around too much, they’ll find it’s more than just our exercises causing my sleepless nights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The exercises I used to do to get in shape for the revolution! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t help being strong; it’s not my fault. I don’t even exercise.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Eventually the exercise and the monotony restored their good humour and they began to get bored. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But I pursued the sport for exercise, not style; it was the best and only replacement for the walks to and from the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I feel like exactly what I am—a suburban taxi driver who doesn’t exercise enough. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was not the thought of the power that Vincent had over him that infuriated him, but the recklessness with which Vincent had exercised it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You think they have gerbils on exercise wheels powering this thing?” joked Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z As the grooms watched and fretted, Smith waved the exercise rider on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Smith has us do grammar exercises with sentences we’ve written in our journals. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In its many rooms, the men read their odes, or played the violin, or performed their philosophical exercises. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Anyway, he waited, staring — exercising the outsider’s privilege, to be rude. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Stannis kept her closely penned in rooms above his own, but he did allow her to walk the battlements for exercise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In my letters to my children, I regularly urged them to exercise, to play some fast-moving sport like basketball, soccer, or tennis to take their mind off whatever might be bothering them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He can run his mouth all he wants to, but someone needs to exercise a little control. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z At night he helps us with our exercises. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “During a field exercise,” he remembered, “I stumbled with a loaded pistol in my hand, and put a bullet through the sole of my foot.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Plenty of fresh fruit, a mild exercise program, and of course ... this.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then she tries all over again to lead me through this exercise where I concentrate on nice thoughts so as not to get desperate— I have to stop and hide this. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Correct: Dumpy and overweight, our dog needs more exercise, the vet says. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too little exercise and fresh air,” in ours. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She is careful to exercise every advantage of the information asymmetry she enjoys. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “It’s just exercise. Four rounds for five dollars. You scared?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One Saturday, after returning from exercise in the courtyard, I noticed that a warder had left a newspaper on the bench at the end of the corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Vanderbilt, also wound up with stress, blew off steam in bruising morning football games with the exercise boys. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat has gathered on my brow from the exercises, and I wipe it away with the back of my sleeve. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At his doctor’s suggestion, Miele enrolled in a three- month monitored exercise program for heart disease patients, called cardiac rehab, which has been shown to reduce the mortality rate among heart patients by 20 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They came on serviettes, on paper tom from exercise books, on scraps of foolscap, on the backs of our own leaflets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So the exercise was good for nothing except for giving me the idea for your card. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "So you exercised your personal responsibility," Jack said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But Lancelot had spent his childhood between knightly exercises and thinking out King Arthur's theory for himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hands stretch like she’s doing piano exercises, but then they crumple in her lap like injured fans. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as exercises were over, I turned to Lin-lin and put the cover in her hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court has allowed use of drug-courier profiles as guides for the exercise of police discretion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Mam says they call it homework in America but here it’s exercises, the sums, the English, the Irish, the history. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Look here, we’ve stood quite enough! Test us, tap our knees, check our hearts, exercise us, ask questions!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I got to floor exercise, I was so tired I could barely feel my legs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The rest of that morning was spent in exercise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The states’ rights guaranteed under the Constitution seem to be passionately and gleefully exercised. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she was allowed one hour for exercise or play, and didn’t she enjoy it? Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It had not been an intellectual exercise, no matter how I tried to push it in that direction. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Before being shipped to the South Pacific we had to take part in a two-day training exercise on the Big Island of Hawaii. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to practice the exercise Brother Isoke was trying to teach me earlier, and I want to get it right this time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Nothing in the opinion or in the subsequent legal strategy made clear that segregation had afforded elites a crucial means of exercising social control over poor and working-class whites as well as blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z These exercises provide focal points for children’s active listening and response, working local listening. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We walked out to the exercise courtyard, where these inmates were placed in large chain-link cages to exercise several at a time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And why had he been called to exercise it at such a deadly time, seven hundred feet above disaster? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Or,” she said, “it could be a school exercise. Someone’s homework that never got turned in.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The best exercise in the world,” she said briskly, “the bishop and I walk a lot.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z At the back of the drawer was a super Swiss pocketknife with a tin opener and screwdriver attachment, and this notebook—a school exercise jotter dated fifteen years ago. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z In wintertime it would be quite dark when he climbed from his bed made out of the cigarette box, and he sometimes shivered with cold as he stood in his nightgown doing his exercises. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z A few people are out there now, walking their dogs, couples exercising side by side, swinging their arms, thick fleece bands covering their ears. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Compton was seized with a vision of Lawrence supplanting his own authority by the sheer exercise of will, abetted by geography. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So there had to be a reason; it was just a matter of exercising your brain power and the answer would be there. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Zero-g exercise regimens could keep the heart and bones healthy, but none had been devised that would give them full function from Sol 1. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever Mrs. Tallis exercised authority in the absence of her husband, the children felt obliged to protect her from seeming ineffectual. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was also suffering from a bad cough that I could not seem to shake, and I often felt too weak to exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As inmates came in from exercising outdoors, one slugged him in the jaw—he didn’t even see it coming. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he wondered what would happen if he carried Mrs. Levy’s exercising table to the seawall and dumped it into the Gulf. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Great skill would have to be exercised, Lavender told herself, and great secrecy observed if she was to come out of this exploit alive. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z We never won anything, but my vocabulary benefited from the exercise. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The months of exercise and dance practice had made Angel a lot stronger than Jordan expected, but he still managed to have her under his power with little difficulty. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We are forbidden to engage in any combative exercise with another tribute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z With Jamie’s help, I learned different breathing exercises and ways to use guided imagery to help prevent and mediate my anxiety. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Lawson doesn’t think I need to come here as often, or stay and work through my exercises as long. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It had been nothing, the yellow-green remnants of a crack he’d taken to the face during a training exercise, but apparently Hoede had caught sight of it and didn’t like his guards looking like thugs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’s not like it’s their fault, but I can see how, when people feel a threat to their lives, they’ll exercise any option they have. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I usually got a little exercise while logged into the OASIS, by engaging in physical combat or running around the virtual landscape on my treadmill. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We did this repeating exercise over and over. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Reading aloud and translating as I read, I was glad to exercise my mind and tongue again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a way to get rid of the girls, and we went over to do the exercises. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In the Midwest, as I’ve mentioned, winter is an exercise in waiting—for relief, for a bird to sing, for the first purple crocus to push up through the snow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As I exchanged a translation for an exercise, I happened to look his way: there I found myself under the influence of the ever-watchful blue eye. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z To help her get better, she does exercise. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We had to participate in these moronic, dehumanizing, and totally awkward “team building” exercises. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A visitor from another planet, or another century, would view the exercise as precisely lunatic behavior, but no one from outside would understand it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Telling you wouldn’t really be in the spirit of the exercise, Marlene,” he says coolly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In 4-Wind’s first exercise of statecraft, he abandoned the Zapotec allies who had helped him achieve the throne, aligned Tilantongo with the Toltec empire to the north, and attacked the Zapotec. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nor did we return to shore the next day, but took our exercise upon the deck of the ship, beneath the watchful eye of the sailors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Jamie and I met regularly, and she gave me exercises I could walk myself through to deescalate myself out of an anxious state. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He moved on to a harrowing career as ail exercise boy, then became a jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The lesson book is about half finger exercises. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Indecorous” may sound like the reproach of a maiden aunt, but we all exercise an intuitive sense of stylistic decorum from the moment we begin to speak: it’s at the center of our social being. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The families were told to exercise forbearance with inexperienced help. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “My nephew was exercising freedom of speech. That is not a crime. Right, Rogelio?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At home at one or two his mother would be putting away die lunch dishes and getting ready for her exercise class. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I was comforted by the exercise just the same. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She had passed the school and saw children at their required exercise in the recreation field. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In jail, I had continued my exercises, and was pleased to be so trim. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In retrospect, it is odd how little power the dead farmer exercised over an imagination as morbid and hysterical as my own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The penalty for dropping your baton during these exercises was doing push-ups on your knuckles on the marble floor, hands wrapped around the baton. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now cooking was an exercise in heightened anxiety. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Now she was stuffing some exercise clothes in a plastic Kohl’s bag. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The girls have finished their exercise and are whispering and giggling among themselves. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Lourdes rides her new Sears exercise bicycle until sparks fly from the wheels. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A certified Aerobics instructor, she appears regularly—with a bevy of other muscle-toned beauties—on an exercise program, “Power Moves!” on cable TV. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the evening, I could little abide company, and when we were admitted above for our period of exercise, I removed myself from the others. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “We will discuss bullying prevention and conduct exercises to help build bridges between students from different social circles.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Writing a set of variations is considered an excellent exercise for students interested in composing, arranging, and orchestration. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Inside the bench were the same exercise notes with handwritten scales, the same secondhand music books with their covers held together with yellow tape. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court has gone to great lengths to ensure that prosecutors are free to exercise their discretion in any manner they choose, and it has closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “They lived a different lifestyle, Mama—you know that. They worked on farms and walked everywhere, so they got plenty of exercise.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z V Mrs. Levy lay prone on the motorized exercising board, its several sections prodding her ample body gently, nudging and kneading her soft white flesh like a loving baker. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I occupied several hours transcribing these cries, partly because they were so colorful, partly to exercise my stenography. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he exercised Colonel Smith’s two horses, riding Sandy and leading Nan. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jasper wants exercise,” said Beatrice, stirring the dog with her foot; “he’s getting much too fat, and he’s barely two years old. What do you feed him on, Maxim?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He tried to get back to sleep but tossed and turned so many times it started to feel like exercise. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z By 1919, however, one southern state legislature after another had passed laws preventing these men from exercising this right. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Give up what? They can fit your exercising board in a moving van.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But I spent the vast majority of my time sitting in my haptic chair, getting almost no exercise at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I went to my grandma’s yesterday. She won one of those exercise video game systems at bingo last weekend. My dad set it up for her and we all played with it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “A lot of physical effort, calisthenics, and endurance exercises. A lot of mental intimidation, a lot of inspections.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A monster TV glows in a corner, and there’s a pool table and exercise equipment. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s an effort to stoop; despite the exercises, I can feel my body gradually seizing up, refusing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to join in, and to enjoy the exercise of morning flight, which was so evidently a pleasure. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The reality, however, is that the existing hierarchy disciplines newcomers, requiring them to exercise power in the same old ways and play by the same old rules in order to survive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After breakfast they did calisthenics and other physical exercises and played football or other games. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And the distinguished British scientific administrator Walter Fletcher warned an American audience that commercial prospects were certain to exercise “a vicious influence” over academic standards. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Because there is no meaningful check on the exercise of police discretion, racial biases are granted free rein. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Charging the batteries was usually the only physical exercise I got each day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He showered after his exercises and trimmed his toenails. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days ago Chup’s first mate, mother of the chicks, had flown out to stretch and exercise after days of inactivity. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I need the place in the garage for an exercise bike. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z At just past 1 P.M. that day, there was a red-dot alarm called from the exercise yard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For someone in Anxiety Management, he’s giving me an exercise that is fairly confusing and anxiety-provoking. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Are you in particular pain when you exercise? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The only exercise Smith had time to give him was one slow gallop, followed by a brief half-mile sprint. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When she was well exercised, she returned to the scrape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “What do you think the purpose of this exercise is? The game, I mean, not the climbing.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z If she fell doing her exercise while nobody was there, she’d might not could get up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Between exercising so much lately and the long trip, my body is screaming for relief. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And in the end that trueness could only come from its builder, from the care with which he exercised his craft, from the amount of heart he put into it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I made up my mind to ask my mother about teachers and icebreaking exercises. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Once again, federal troops were sent to the South to provide protection for blacks attempting to exercise their civil rights, and the violent reaction of white racists was met with horror in the North. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Robin stopped swimming and took his exercise in other ways. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They sprint, shout, hurl themselves over obstacles; in field exercises they play a game where ten boys get red armbands and ten get black. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He ran for a while, and the exercise helped to warm him in the damp rawness of the March evening. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a PR exercise, they say, a Potemkin demonstration by the Chimor government that it was actively fighting El Nino. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They found the cleverness of their forebears’ music, with its fugues, its interweaving counterpoint, its layering upon layer of sounds, too academic and dry, rather like student exercises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Speaking is an autonomic business; you may search for words as you go along, but they are found for you by agents in your brain over which you exercise no direct control. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We never do get through the relaxation exercises. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The most striking change in his personality was his volatility: good news triggered uncontained outbursts of joy, often extinguished only through increasingly acrobatic bouts of physical exercise, while bad news plunged him into inconsolable desolation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Why, Islam is nothing but an easy sort of exercise, I thought. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z On my final floor exercise at Worlds, I’d felt a sharp pain every time I came down from a tumbling sequence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He punched the air near Matt’s head, practicing—he said—karate exercises. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Courses in nutrition and health had been added to her curriculum, and more time was spent on exercise in the outdoor air. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Everyone had remained calm and cool through the entire exercise. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z So from the point of view of asteroid research the twentieth century was essentially just a long exercise in bookkeeping. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z This can be done in two ways: first, through physical exercise; second, by study. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Can you imagine what it’s like to go to Gym and have Coach Quatrini, the pied ninny, announce that morning exercises will be stretches so that we can all practice soaring like Ariel the Fairy? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He had been examined by a big doctor that morning, and the doctor had said he would be all right, but that he would have to be careful, no strenuous studying or exercising. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Three months,” he said, grimacing, “but I’ll give you some exercises you can do while I’m gone, and I’m sure Sam can continue to work with you until I come back.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We then played some dumb paintball game where two people got hurt and then we moved into an exercise called— I wish I were kidding—“Poisoned Peanut Butter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “I have made exercise a priority and am seeing benefits. In fact, I believe the benefit now expands to my hands, which seem to be improving.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Partner up,” Coach yelled, introducing a passing exercise. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s a good question! I always assumed they were exercising—just keeping the gym to themselves. But what if they’re up to something else?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The curate looked no different than the strangers he practiced on every day—and for a moment, he felt himself out on the lawn in the middle of a killcraft exercise. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z At one end, heaped high against the sloping ceiling, were the folders and exercise books from the last months of his preparations for finals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He’d even lost his only source of physical exercise now that distances were too far to bike and the weather too bitter and snowy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He has the musicians tune and do some basic exercises to establish levels of skill. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was no rule explicitly forbidding exercise at such an hour, but it was not expected; ordinarily therefore Mr. Ludsbury would have disapproved. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z A cold December drizzle was falling as I stood in my place and listened to the loud blare of the prelude music for our daily exercises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The warrant officer in charge of field exercises is the commandant, an overzealous schoolmaster named Bastian with an expansive walk and a round belly and a coat quivering with war medals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He stepped out of bed, stood straight, took a deep breath and commenced doing bending exercises. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “That would be an exercise in futility,” Emily replied, in her most progressive voice. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z This does not mean that the political history of the early republic can be understood as a polite forensic exercise conducted by a marvelously well-behaved collection of demigods. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I start working on one of the workbook exercises, and then Mom pokes her head into our room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z You could leave the impression that unlikely things are happening at the same time: While Dopey sleeps late, he enjoys vigorous exercise. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Dell comes in this afternoon from his exercise regime and he's red-faced and sweaty. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The exercise had begun at six o’clock in the morning after a gray-lit breakfast of sausages and beans. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He attempted to exercise his influence, as in fact the etiquette of the code duello required, to find a way out of the impasse. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Every athletic event became an exercise in patriotism. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At last he knew what Dumbledore would have seen when he looked in the Mirror of Erised, and why Dumbledore had been so understanding of the fascination it had exercised over Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It's got all my exercise books and textbooks in.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z My main interest was in training; I found the rigorous exercise to be an excellent outlet for tension and stress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He says that exercise is important when you’re doing a pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He instructs me through the usual exercises: repetitions to strengthen my quads, hips, and hamstrings; balance exercises to help with proper alignment; stretches to increase my range of motion. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z As the tallest boy in the sixth grade, I was on the honor guard and was scheduled to carry the flag at the graduation exercises, an honor I almost missed because of God’s revenge. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I had half a mind not to show up at the graduation exercises. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly all warrens have an Owsla, or group of strong or clever rabbits—second-year or older—surrounding the Chief Rabbit and his doe and exercising authority. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In 2000 we had taken on the subject of race, not as a political construct or an exercise in demography but more intimately, as a force in how we live our lives. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Papa said, “This is what we call above-board legal threats against our community that if we proceed to exercise our legal civil rights, they are going to punish us.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He had his palms on his face as if trying to exercise extreme patience. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Elévée ran off to play with Pascal, rather than be trapped into this drear exercise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour-long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Grown into a jolly little beast. He was quite a youngster when I saw him last. He’s too fat, though. He needs more exercise.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As one of our exercises at the ranch, we had to hold a handstand for one full minute. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In those years, this was the only time we were permitted in the courtyard on Sunday, except for our half hour of exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It contains active definitions for musical terms; music lessons regarding the meanings of musical notation; and exercises designed to further understanding of musical notes, chords, and many other musical aspects. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In calculus class he casually scribbled his answers in a white notebook, an exercise that seemed as mentally strenuous to him as trying to see whether he still remembered the alphabet. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many of the things that happened to me during the war, that training exercise made me very glad that I was a Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “My wife has presented me with eight beautiful children; is not this a better lifework than that of exercising the right of suffrage?” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Now I was standing in a large modern fitness center lined with exercise equipment and weight machines, all of which could be perfectly simulated by my haptic suit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The key thing is that it is halfway to being a handbook: here is not an academic exercise, but a course of instruction in the basic principles behind the successful composition of speeches. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Swimming gave him the chance to move and exercise his body, to uncramp it from the stiffening stillness of sitting with a chessboard or a book. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After a while Mittelstaedt stops the skirmish and begins the very important exercise of creeping. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Some are in jogging shorts and sun halters, some in exercise costumes like the ones they used to show on television, body-tight, with knitted pastel leg warmers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All he needs is a little exercise to loosen up his stiff leg. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z At that precise moment it was two of those same creatures who stood on the fringe of Mossflower Wood, spying across the common land to where Cluny’s army was exercising. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Of course, Skylab was a huge spacecraft and it was easy to exercise by riding a bicycle bolted to the floor, or by running around and around the walls. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Exactly why Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudley was very fat and hated exercise — unless of course it involved punching somebody. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z For me, school had been a Darwinian exercise. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I’ve never done this before and get lost in the exercise, concentrating on finding the model by drawing what is not her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in doublethink. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I grabbed a pencil and ripped a sheet of paper from my exercise book. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z The Court justified this insurmountable hurdle on the grounds that considerable deference is owed the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There were fencing exercises, made slightly more tolerable by the fact that Nick was gone—no one seemed to know where or why. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Wednesday was the exercise class and Thursdays she went to see him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The standard was “simple negligence,” as the law puts it: “a failure to exercise a degree of care that a reasonable and prudent individual would exercise under the same or similar circumstances.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Prisoners there were allowed only three “gills” of water—three quarters of a pint—per day; they were not allowed any exercise, bathing, mattress, or change of clothes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Let me alone. Go get on your exercising board, get in the whirlpool bath. I’m enjoying this show.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It calls on that very minor power we can have over each other, that exercise of influence and duty which we know from our families, our fathers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z All their previous walks had been less about exercise and more about Aunt Rose asking Ophie endless questions, a gentle inquisition that always left Ophie feeling uncomfortable and vaguely out of sorts. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He picked up his exercise book while sucking the second bone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Former slaves, it was argued, were too illiterate to exercise the vote responsibly, and were ill-prepared for the duties of public office. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Start there, and move forward. I sort of modeled these sketches after a creative exercise comic artists like to do. It’s called ‘twenty-five expressions.’ When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Eureka!” she exclaimed at the end of one exercise. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Matt wasn’t used to exercise, and he quickly found himself out of breath. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think the exercise is helping my elbow out. I’ll tell Ignatius he can lock himself up in his room.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Condemned inmates have limited opportunity for exercise or visitation and are held in disturbingly close proximity to the electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “If any dog needs exercise, that one does.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z To America, Able Archer 83 was a mock exercise—neither the first nor the last that it would conduct during the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Sit with your groups for the next twenty minutes and come up with a strategy for the first exercise,” Mrs. Barton calls out. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He should, therefore, never take his mind from this exercise of war, and in peacetime he must train himself more than in time of war. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z At my first recital, held just a few weeks after I joined the JO program, we were supposed to perform basic conditioning exercises. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “But—didn’t I win the exercise? I got it first.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Black-haired Ernst leaves the school five days after he is chosen as the weakest in Bastian’s exercise. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My father’s habit of driving us through Pill Hill was a bit of an aspirational exercise, I would guess, a chance to show us what a good education could yield. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In our haste to change out of our uniforms and into exercise gear and get over to the gym by the specified time, it was easy to forget this rule. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a character-building exercise, since, to my surprise, I was jealous. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z If I ordered additional food on my own, it would increase the amount of exercise I had to do each day, to offset my additional calorie intake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Atahuallpa was revered by the Incas as a sun-god and exercised absolute authority over his subjects, who obeyed even the orders he issued from captivity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was starting to get cold from a lack of exercise. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But seen another way, the exercise shows how hard it is to spread your attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And how better than an exercise in self-reliance? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After rounding off his limbering-up exercises with a few vigorous arm swings, His Lordship begins dressing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His parents were extremely alarmed when they heard about this brush with disaster but were unsure how to persuade Chris to exercise more caution in the future. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I exercised until it doubled, from fifty to one hundred beats per minute, and then I stopped, because I didn’t want to get too hot or sweaty, with no bath or shower on board. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Levy rolled about on the exercising board. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the list and promised I would start doing the exercises. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He wished he had exercised self-control and gone into the seminary. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Through it all Ben continued to teach me mental exercises that I was half convinced he constructed out of sheer meanness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It originated in Mrs. Gardiner, who, fatigued by the exercise of the morning, found Elizabeth’s arm inadequate to her support, and consequently preferred her husband’s. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z So we hung near Cradle’s office, where there was a ledge over our heads, then migrated to the gym and used some of the inmates’ exercise equipment until Cradle called us back to her office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The athletes were expected to remain in the tourist- class areas, except when exercising on the promenade deck during daylight hours. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But by moving to Waltha Castle, she was also exercising one of the only freedoms available to women at the time: religious independence. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes he paused and lifted Gabriel down for a brief bit of exercise, running down the road or through a field together in the dark. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Chacko said that going to see The Sound of Music was an extended exercise in Anglophilia. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z On the days I wasn’t at the foundation, I’d be at the gym, doing exercises to improve my speed and agility. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But the war had modified even his standards; all forms of physical exercise had become conventional for the Duration. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, thieves and pickpockets were very skilful; one needed to exercise the utmost care. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Peculiarities are a bit like muscles—the more you exercise them, the bigger they grow. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z After his first heart attack, in 2000, he quit smoking; but once he was feeling better, he stopped taking several medications, drifted back to red meat and fried foods, and let his exercise program slip. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “And there’s a team-building exercise at four, followed by a Cinco de Mayo tequila party at five,” said a college-aged-looking dweeb in sneakers dribbling a basketball. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was married to a British woman, lived in a British home, worked at a British job, traveled on a British passport, said “exercise” to refer to a mental rather than a physical activity. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She needed to stop smoking, take her medications, walk for exercise, come back in a month. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I remember once,” he says, “we were in the middle of the exercise. The division commander said, ‘Stop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Others thought that if their bodies were going to weaken in space, they should start out as strong as possible, and that meant exercise. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been no firing yet, and it did not feel so much like war—another nighttime exercise in tropical waters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z No wonder Dedd has confused Minerva’s exercise and her poem about the falling of night with that sleepless night before their first trip to the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A physical therapist showed her exercises and stretches to help him. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The skilled choice of words he was exercising was exquisitely titillating. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z All the way Rowan silently hoped the helicopter would crash—but realized what a pointless exercise that would be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He had to use arms for this exercise which weighed twice as much as the ordinary sword and shield. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t get any exercise,” he murmured unhappily. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood up straight, smiled politely, and said in a friendly voice, “Thank you. I’ve been needing exercise. You’ve done wonders for my arm muscles.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma taught them, too, and wrote in her diary to keep track of their Latin grammar exercises. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the middle of that exercise, the cold pills took effect, and I gladly sank into unconsciousness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In the darkness Kapu got up to exercise by walking out on the tundra and back. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Figuring out the transit system and its schedules was the land of problem-solving exercise he relished. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Sure he’s got to go,’ Johnny comforted Madge; ‘but people say Gage is just sending out the brigade for exercise. They’ve been sitting about barracks catching fleas all winter. Why were the marines late?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Leon looked as if he hadn’t spent five minutes in the exercise room since retiring from pro basketball; all that remained of his NBA physique was his height. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But lately he wants to do lots of things for himself. He’s even doing his hand exercises again.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Besides,” they all said, “the brain is a remarkable organ. With the right attention and exercise, it can heal.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z After being corrected and printed, the one thousand five hundred pages reduced themselves to six hundred, yielding a voluminous treatise on the ninety- nine names of God and formulas for attaining nirvana through respiratory exercise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was so proud of you carrying the flag,” Mama had said after my graduation exercises. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I recounted our grievances regarding food, visits, letters, studies, exercise, hard labor, and the behavior of warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If I ever need a new set of knives or the perfect exercise machine, I’ve got that information on hie. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It turned out to be the exercise bar. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time that exercise was terminated, day had fully dawned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I have always believed that exercise is not only a key to physical health but to peace of mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I never do anything, but ogling is great exercise and I am a major-league girl watcher. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s five of ’em, no, six, the men whose Noise you hear doing those freaky exercises in the Mayor’s house. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Of course. You’re still in recovery, and we must be extra careful and attentive. I highly recommend you continue to do your exercises with the resistance band at home, just as you have been.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Laws that said nothing about race operated to discriminate because those charged with enforcement were granted tremendous discretion, and they exercised that discretion in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z With the jackhammers silent, 426 fed Frightful again and nervously sat down and brooded the eggs while she exercised. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Still, I eat even less and exercise even more. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Prosecutors are well aware that the exercise of their discretion is unchecked, provided no explicitly racist remarks are made, as it is next to impossible for defendants to prove racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After every test, a tough lump like poorly made fufu formed in my throat and stayed there until our exercise books came back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Normally I don’t mind Capture the Flag! because it’s pretty easy to fly under the radar: I run around the edges of the game, I get a little exercise, and I don’t attempt anything stupid. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now colored folks like Ophie and her mother, historically in bondage, exercised the freedom they did have to make their way to the city, escaping the chokehold of Jim Crow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The crackdown inspired by the War on Drugs has resulted in unprecedented punitiveness, as housing officials began exercising their discretion to deny poor people access to public housing for virtually any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We continued the training exercises we had been doing earlier in the morning, but this time we carried with us AK-47S that didn’t contain any ammunition. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Or I can look at whoever I’m talking to but shift my attention so that I’m listening to Kat. “It’s an exercise in selective attention.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Along the wall behind the lanes, I catch sight of exercise equipment and the rectangles of turquoise blue from individual lap pools. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z First, it is crucial to recognize that Washington’s extraordinary reputation rested less on his prudent exercise of power than on his dramatic flair at surrendering it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the classical music world, 80 percent of the information available to the maestros was removed, and lo and behold, the maestros suddenly exercised much better judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then they visited Zonko’s, which was so packed with students Harry had to exercise great care not to tread on anyone and cause a panic. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It stretches across the exercise yard and reaches through the high, barred windows. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “I think the exercise is helping me out. I’m feeling better.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He does not show at breakfast or poetics or morning field exercises. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Before dawn, men rose to exercise the horses, polish weapons, or move out with bows in search of deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It is little marked upon how much skill must be exercised to produce the most piquant malformations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But she exercised a powerful effect on both boys and girls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Your exercise will take place on the triangular yard outside the unit—thirty yards by twenty yards by twenty yards, with a mural of wildlife hung above the basketball backstop. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Afternoon, drilled: for two hours, the loading of the guns, and for another two, exercises in the fields, facings, wheelings, evolutions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The point of our exercise was to convince ourselves that the wolf was not actually at the back door but perhaps merely salivating at the edge of our yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke gently, laughed often, and never exercised his wit at the expense of others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There would be a couple of knights who had suffocated themselves in their own helms during the course of a battle, a misfortune which frequently happened in those days of violent exercise and small vents. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At dinner that night, Harry mentioned that he might hitch Ulysses to the gig and take him out for exercise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So much for “Kids don’t get enough fresh air and exercise anymore.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He was firmly of a mind that any kind of exercise other than rowing was bad for rowers—it developed the wrong sets of muscles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They dug trenches, secured supply lines and were sent out on night exercises that were farcical for the infantrymen because the purpose was never explained and there was a shortage of weapons. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For her, all these months later, their coupling was still an exercise in tolerating pain. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z After a final commencement exercise the teachers were dismissed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Since we aren’t exercising more, the calories end up being stored away in fat cells in our bodies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The guards imposed harsh discipline, consisting of compulsory physical exercise, denial of evening meals, solitary confinement, and corporal punishment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After the exercises, the turkey foot and corn were thrown into the wastebasket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Did we interrupt your exercises?" inquired Daisy politely. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z As long as the wretched Goodacre was well out of our lives, some degree of pining and sighing might be indulged in strictly as a romantic exercise. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Definitely not like they were on their way to school, but more like fighting wolf pups, batting and nipping at one another for exercise, especially the younger two. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z But the exercise of searching the room kept her busy and that was good for her to keep moving, even though she wasn’t doing anything but turning around in her tracks. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Every morning we do exercises to strengthen our bodies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The burn in my legs feels less like exercise and more like a dreadful punishment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He’s particularly infuriating on Sundays, when he switches on the light at the crack of dawn to exercise for ten minutes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I started to head over to the vault, since that was immediately after my floor exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “When we all come back from our school trip, this will be your home. It’s big enough for you to get some exercise and catch your own food.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The former was divided between admiration of the brilliancy which exercise had given to her complexion, and doubt as to the occasion’s justifying her coming so far alone. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Every day, I had physiotherapy and had to do exercises, learning to get my arms and legs working properly again. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was simple enough but seemed an exercise better suited to the use of the pronoun they. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The paths and lawns were turned to muck with exercises and evolutions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I figured they needed some exercise. I was gonna move them at lunch. You don’t ever do music until afternoon. I didn’t mean to scare you.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The week before the pneumonia, Rajesh had received news of a strikingly successful performance in his college exams and—elated—had vanished on a two-night excursion, supposedly “exercising” at a wrestling camp. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z At the Adolf Hitler Schools, boys were trained in physical exercise, racial science, and loyalty to the Führer. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Memory exercises, and games to increase cognitive acuity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There were ghosts with hair rollers in and others making what looked like glowing coffee, and one very animated ghost exercise class. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Louise and I had rehearsed the exercises until we tired out ourselves. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When the surface of the floe was firm enough, the men would exercise by marching back and forth, always on the lookout for predatory leopard seals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Consider the following two Sesame Street segments, both of which are called visual-blending exercises — segments that teach children that reading consists of blending together distinct sounds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the passing of time, she would slowly tire of this exercise. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Once or twice a day, mixed in with my normal lectures, Ben would present me with a little mental exercise I would have to master before we went on to anything else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But they also exercised a new freedom to make decisions of their own—about work, housing, school, voting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It not only offered an escape from society but also was an ideal stage for the Romantic individual to exercise the cult that he frequently made of his own soul. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But others who study consumer behavior say that the wanting and getting of material goods is not just a competitive exercise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it has been v.L.’s intention all along to use me in his little propaganda exercise. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z On every hand there is evidence that those engaged in spraying operations exercise a ruthless power. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Alfred waited until they finished the exercise before he lowered himself to a corner of a mat. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I stopped kicking him, he stopped walking, so I got more exercise riding him up than I had the day before, walking down. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Since everyone had the same lunch period, the cafeteria was beyond packed, so we exercised our rights as seniors and drove to Wendy’s. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Incorrect: Dumpy and overweight, the vet says our dog needs more exercise. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked three miles a day for exercise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Lil got up from her table where she was doing our English class exercise that was supposed to show us More Wonders of the Adverb. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A terrific exercise is to sit on the floor, place a heel in each hand and raise both legs in the air. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Miss Fairfax’s compliments and thanks, but is quite unequal to any exercise.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Plus he had an exercise wheel and a glow ball he could run inside. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “We pledge to do better by our citizens, and we are sorry that you were harmed while trying to exercise your First Amendment rights.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The exercise always left me utterly drained from the tension, yet exhilarated. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This is nothing but a thought exercise—obviously there is no right answer—but it may help clarify the impact of abortion on crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Instead of finishing my homework, I grabbed an exercise book, ripped a page out and set about drawing a portrait of Ben. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Also all the slang, the “square-bashing” drilling exercises, and the boring meals and the uniforms, though Maddie’s group didn’t get issued proper uniforms at first. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Through the correspondence exercises and lessons, some of the mechanics of grammar gradually began to come back to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “But mine are all right, too, even though they’re small. As for exercise, I take all I can get. I bet my stomach muscles are firmer than yours.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z He exercised for three hours a day, six days a week, sometimes out in the freezing cold. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But physical fitness was stressed for each group: Girls and boys hiked, camped out, and participated in competitive field exercises. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "You didn't hurt yourself with all them exercises?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The books used a “graded” curriculum with successively more complex songs and exercises, and combined author-composed songs in these books with folk and classical material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I was still very young, so I don’t recall much about that recital, but Adam says that I also did a vault exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe sex counts as exercise because I’m also tired as hell, like I just ran laps or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The boy looked like he got a lot of fresh air and exercise. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My mother gives me exercises to do and lets me walk on my own a bit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In February 1963,1 officiated at the University of Islam graduation exercises; when I introduced various members of the Muhammad family, I could feel the cold chill toward them from the Muslims in the audience. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was locked up for twenty-three hours a day, with thirty minutes of exercise in the morning and again in the afternoon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Several cardboard boxes of busted laptops and computer parts sat in the corner, next to a rack of old car batteries and a modified exercise bike I’d rigged up as a recharger. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Shin learned how to read and write the Korean alphabet, doing exercises on coarse paper made in the camp from cornhusks. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She smiled ever so fleetingly, as if pained by the exercise. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I knew that she couldn’t give him as much exercise as he needed, so I used to run down to the beach with him almost every day. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The path was well maintained and just steep enough to feel like healthful exercise rather than some kind of obsessive torture. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “She could use the exercise. It might get her into better shape.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They watched me during the exercise and followed what I did instead of the soldier who had introduced himself as Corporal Gadafi. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We adhere to a strict schedule for meals and bathing, exercise and sleep. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I could try the exercise again and stay on solid ground this time. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One day, as I was being led away from the courtyard after exercise, I saw Andrew Mlangeni. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They are strip-searched and asked to “squat and cough”—an exercise to determine if they are harboring any contraband items in certain cavities of their bodies. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z This is no exercise for her map-reading teacher; this is serious. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Early states had a hereditary leader with a title equivalent to king, like a super paramount chief and exercising an even greater monopoly of information, decision making, and power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It said, Dear Mum, We have gone swimming to get some exercise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You would not be in bed. You would first take a sun cure. Then you could have light exercise. Then when it was encysted we would operate.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As soft as Charlie was, however, it was his job to exercise the animals. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z By the end of the week both Frightful and I were in need of exercise. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was doing my vocal exercises. To be ready for the pageant. I do them all the time. Tane Ngatatatattannnnneeeeetane. Just limbers the tongue right up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They wanted him to exercise such qualities on the people, so that they might double their salary and give vent to their avarice and cruelty. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z For if Congress has a power to regulate the conditions of the inhabitants of states, within the states, it will be but another exercise of that power to declare that all shall be free. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My body isn’t turning out like the exercise ladies’, but it’s growing, and the more it grows, the sooner I’ll be grown up and the sooner I’ll leave this place forever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re not talking about the real heart, the one that only needs healthy foods and aerobic exercise. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Only after hours of exercise would he sit down at his chessboard. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The whole exercise was repeated daily for a week, and each time Penelope made the children sit still under the tree a bit longer before rewarding them. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “My mentor, Brother Ugo, taught me at a young age that mornings are the best time of the day to exercise the mind,” he said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Such a document implies that a person can exercise that most public of rights—the right to vote— while still keeping apart, unassimilated from public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a radical departure from Fitzsimmons’s regular training practices, which mandated that exercise riders never use whips on their horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The absence of significant constraints on the exercise of police discretion is a key feature of the drug war’s design. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Skylab astronauts found that exercise was very important in keeping their bodies strong, and they liked to exercise for at least an hour a day. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some masters read a book while taking Prep and some corrected exercises, but not Captain Hardcastle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We just ate, helped clean the dishes, and then walked our full bellies back to campus, thankful for the exercise. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She leads me through exercises and gives me homework assignments. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z JetBlue now has four hundred reservation agents, like Dolly, working at home in the Salt Lake City area, taking reservations —in between babysitting, exercising, writing novels, and cooking dinner. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 Chuck had exercised as they talked, flexing his arms with nice ferocity, his veins straying over his muscles like snippets of blue yarn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the Olympic Village was constantly exercising, because we all had to be in the best shape of our lives. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Studies of racial profiling have shown that police do, in fact, exercise their discretion regarding whom to stop and search in the drug war in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The older lady was clearly unused to exercise; by the time she caught up with Penelope, her face looked like the scarlet top of a mercury thermometer just prior to bursting. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He seemed to be searching for a reason to forbid her, or perhaps he was just exercising his power. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But just as I reached the door, she said, “Of course, you’ll wait to exercise this privilege until after the court hearing tomorrow.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After exercises, she laid out a line of small orange cones and ran the players through a series of drills: quick passes, headers, and chests. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He told Seabiscuit’s exercise rider to find a stick to use as a whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An audition is supposed to be an exercise in listening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After he and Nasser prayed, Zeitoun tried to exercise inside the cell. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He could tell, because she was wearing the same neon green exercise shirt she’d had on when she’d dropped them off at their house earlier that morning. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They were lying in his bed, half dressed, having skipped lacrosse and field hockey practice for a different kind of exercise. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I started visiting bookstores in Johannesburg with a notebook in hand and would read scores of tennis and exercise books, jotting down pointers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He planned to exercise and read the morning newspapers until ten o’clock. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I try to ignore everything but the exercises I move through to limber up my muscles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Belowdecks he found a gymnasium full of exercise apparatus, a children’s playroom, barbershops, a manicure shop, and a beauty salon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Three times in nine days, Frederick is chosen as the weakest in field exercises. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Before they were married, both of them had briefly attended community colleges, but each had abandoned the exercise long before getting a degree. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You will need to continue the kind of exercises we have done today, drawing small amounts of the splendor in and through your body,” said Badwa. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But now we’re paying the price for having had so little physical exercise; we’re so stiff we can hardly turn our heads. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Some astronauts thought that since a trip into space would cause their hearts to get lazy, perhaps they should relax beforehand and not get much exercise. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped my backpack, shrugged off my coat, and hopped on the exercise bike. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, I almost forgot. Here is your math exercise notebook. I put the assignment sheet in it. Don’t forget the meeting tomorrow. Four o’clock in the auditorium.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood to one side of the green where the men practiced for militia duty, an exercise that Jonathan dearly loved to watch. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “What a stupid exercise,” said her dæmon after five minutes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The story runs that he was stricken with pneumonia after spending two nights exercising in the winter rain—but the pneumonia was the culmination of another sickness. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Couples were flocking to city halls and county courthouses to exercise what was now a constitutional right. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was my second month of French class, and the teacher was leading us in an exercise designed to promote the use of one, our latest personal pronoun. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She also showed Amari how to exercise inside the cell, to stay strong and ready for whatever may come next. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the men and dogs could take advantage of the wide, flat floes to get some exercise. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Benjamin could read as well as any pig, but never exercised his faculty. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z On the contrary, he probably finds suddenly that it has become an excellent day, the weather remarkably bracing, the time appropriate for a bit of exercise of the old wings, a brisk turn upwind. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “There,” said Himmler, “they must first of all be thrashed and then exercised and compelled to do hard labor....” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "I will base your character upon the attributes of the boulders on the lake- shore: silent, apathetic, and—considering how little they exercise—surprisingly chiseled." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z But by the end of the exercise, I actually did feel better. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After that, it was just a mopping-up exercise: another handful of moves, and the game was done. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z There’s also a mirror where you can do tongue exercises, to see if you can roll your tongue up at the sides or into a cloverleaf shape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And the state didn’t exercise a monopoly on prosecutions, either: any citizen could bring a case against any other citizen—thus giving rise to a succession of nakedly political or grudge-motivated trials. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This narrow approach to social change is reflected in the justifications offered for affirmative action, most notably the claim that “previous outsiders, once given a chance, will exercise power differently.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She needs only the floor exercises, the breathing drill. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I was way too tired to get on the exercise bike and recharge them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “There’s not much to do, except they give us tests and make us do exercises and then they measure us and take our temperature and stuff. It’s just boring really.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Never a man short of advice, Fabyan recommended a cure of “warm barley gruel” and back exercises, including scrubbing floors. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It took considerable effort and Dad, who never exercised if he could help it, usually ended up puffing with exhaustion. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When African Americans began to exercise their right to vote in the 1970s, there was deep concern among some prosecutors and judges about how the racial demographics in some counties would complicate their reelections. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When they first arrived, the officers told us, inmates segregated here received no privileges beyond an hour of daily exercise—no reading or writing materials, no personal property. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, reluctantly at first, he began exercising himself regularly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z No. “Well—this is just a literary sort of exercise,” Pacheco told him scornfully, at last awarding the spiders a disdainful glower. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Drugs were hid-den in tennis balls painted grass green and thrown over the double rows of twelve-foot fences and into the exercise yards. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There were hot showers, exercise facilities, electric lights, and a spacious dormitory, complete with extra-long beds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I went to bed tired and got up tired, though I was having no physical exercise. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Little did we know that her producers had flown Zac to Rio after the floor exercise final to surprise us. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At the Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, the USA women won team gold, and I won the all-around title, as well as taking first place in vault, beam, and floor exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We did an hour of exercise, some combination of roadwork, skipping rope, calisthenics, or shadow boxing, followed by fifteen minutes of body work, some weight lifting and then sparring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blacks also exercised their recently gained voting rights to boost their fortunes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z No one cared, no one exercised any real discipline over us; we were on our own. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ask me, this woman doesn’t take enough exercise, sitting around the house all day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then Margaret said, "Allen, why don't you come, too? The exercise will be good for your foot." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z One of my favorite memories of the qualification round came during our first rotation, which was the floor exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The foreman of the Mother Paula’s project had said it was a K-9 training exercise, nothing to be alarmed about. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa’s hug was tight—he was much stronger than he had once been, because he and some of his fellow prisoners in North Dakota had spent a lot of time exercising. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t need to do that quite as much as he needed to count, but the exercise still brought him some comfort. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I get more out of staying home and reading the newspapers—the way Shad told me to do—and working out the exercises in Mr. Milton’s book,” he told his father. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on my other jogging suit, the cerise one, and do some desultory stretching exercises on Jon’s floor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The message I heard everywhere—from television, from people at school—was that I should exercise and eat healthy food so that I could stay skinny. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And I remembered too that whenever white guests came upon the platform he placed his hand upon them as though exercising a powerful magic. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My job, once the surgery was over, was to do facial exercises in front of a mirror every day. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All in all it was a most satisfactory exercise. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z No amount of exercise, however, could bring strength back into Cole’s right arm and hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I always thought those ladies were really funny, and I liked that they came to the restaurant to eat after exercising. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Few rules constrain the exercise of his or her discretion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I never in my life thought I would like exercise, but Dr. Cooke insisted that it would help me feel better—something about endorphins and releasing stress. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z While Cole worked through his feelings, he exercised. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z But that would be defeating the purpose of the exercise. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z So I went in, we exchanged pleasantries, and I even got through a few exercises before Mr. Stoll noticed I was all sweaty and shaky. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z An editorial pleaded for the exercise of common sense as Wilson moved to declare war; another celebrated the recent extension of ferry service to the leeward side of the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Poll workers had the discretion to charge a poll tax or administer a literacy test, or not, and they exercised their discretion in a racially discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z You can go outside for exercise and sunlight, but only at very specific times in your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the afternoon, we were permitted to exercise for half an hour under strict supervision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z New York Senator Jacob Javits called the assault on the marchers “an exercise in terror.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The order had come from higher, true, but still he should’ve exercised some field discretion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He enjoyed playing over what are called miniature games, short encounters of usually twenty moves or less, as if they were musical exercises, works of art unto themselves, usually with only one pervasive idea. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Well, you don’t need to get exercised, Jean,” she said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Four brothers took their exercise together every day, fighting with staves and wooden shields in the Flowstone Yard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I have to think of this as a mental exercise, not a physical exercise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But by February her mother was heavy and needed to get out of the house, to exercise a little. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mainly Academy stuff, in other words, along with what to do during a red dot emergency and the ways in which officers were made vulnerable by the antiquated configurations of Sing Sing’s exercise yards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood only that my father enjoyed my practicing the motions, that it was an exercise of my servitude to him, the posture he desired. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Captain Aquiles Ricardo, the commander of the garrison, took over the exercise of municipal power. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Their notion was that to exercise this respon-sibility, voters must be “educated.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harley grabbed the mirror out of her hand and pranced around one of the elm trees, pretending to be “chickish muggy,” someone who swished around, exercising his back muscles as he walked. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Not one of us was limber enough to do the stretching exercises, and soon we were all trying to look as disgusted as we could while we hopped around the floor to the music. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Christopher Lee Armstrong learned the hard way that the Supreme Court has little interest in ensuring that prosecutors exercise their extraordinary discretion in a manner that is fair and nondiscriminatory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Because of this, horses must be brought down from exercise gradually, slowly decelerating over about a half mile after a race and then undergoing a long walk. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If you had weak eyes, Mom believed, they needed exercise to get strong. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Knightly exercise was as much an art as cricket is, and perhaps the only way in which Lancelot did not resemble Bradman was that he was more graceful. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A well-respected sergeant can become ‘king of the company’ and exercise authority even over commissioned officers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The shouts of the children, the shrieks and hoots of the daemons, filled the little gymnasium and soon banished fearful thoughts; which of course was exactly what the exercise was intended to do. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Van Riper then took the traders down to Quantico, put them in tanks, and took them on a live fire exercise. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “I mean, my father is many things—but a jogger is not one of them. He thinks exercise is irrelevant, because Tua is going to unlock the key to eternal life.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Had Millennium Challenge been a real war instead of just an exercise, twenty thousand American servicemen and women would have been killed before their own army had even fired a shot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Smith loaded weight onto his back, boosted an exercise rider aboard, and turned him loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We repeated this exercise several times until we got it right. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z These minor obstacles leave room for excuses not to make exercise a priority. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The two old people led me in exercises that began at dawn and ended at sunset so that I could watch our shadows grow and shrink and grow again, rooted to the earth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the next day of my attendance, when our usual exercise was over, and I had landed her at her dressing-table, she stayed me with a movement of her impatient fingers:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In a related exercise, Democritus imagined calculating the volume of a cone or a pyramid by a very large number of extremely small stacked plates tapering in size from the base to the apex. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On Robben Island I would do my exercises in my own cramped cell, but now I had room to stretch out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother was wearing a neon green exercise shirt when she dropped us off at our house this morning,” Emma said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Every morning after she finished her exercises, she read the paper cover to cover so that she would be up on her current events. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z As a noncommissioned officer, Corbett exercised his own discretion and shot Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think, Papa,” said Mrs. Popper, “that you had better take Captain Cook outside for a little exercise. Good gracious, but you’re all dressed up. Why, you look almost like a penguin yourself.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z He kept them hard with exercises, beating out the rhythm with a stick on his wooden leg. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There had been numerous reports of VC activity on the island, and the Green Berets went out with new South Vietnamese troops on a training exercise. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “You ruined the exercise. You fouled up. You could get the whole unit binned. So you’d better start telling me what went wrong.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z While sitting on the mower, I did some deep-breathing exercises we’d learned in gym class, until the panicky dread in my gut had subsided a little. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyson pulled him out from behind the exercise mat just as the ball exploded against it, blasting the mat to smoking shreds. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She climbed back up to the fifth floor and repeated the exercise. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He wrote an apology, “but the greatest care must be exercised in the future.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel was not used to exercise, and he huffed and puffed a lot, lumbering over rocks and roots. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Their bodies, hers as well, were massaged each morning, and their gentle exercise was supervised by the staff. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He had a short, compact body, and often did isometric exercises between class periods. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is an exercise, simultaneously, in a new objectivity and a new subjectivity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When it rained, I exercised in the downpour, grateful not to be pulling sweet potatoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z During the operation, the muscles of the chest and abdomen were severally exercised. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As of this writing, petersax-online2 had many exercises graded from simple to more difficult to help the beginner practice playing what you hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The talks were about the latest advances in electronics and Jobs, exercising a style that was a trademark of his personality, collared Hewlett-Packard engineers and drew additional information from them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z At Pollsmoor, I would wake up at five and do an hour and a half of exercise in our communal cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia played the piano once and still exercises her hands, unconsciously stretching them two notes beyond an octave. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The regime he imposed was draconian: He subtracted the labor that kept Pennsylvania’s inmates occupied during the day in their cells, as well as the opportunity they had for daily exercise. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Ms. Owens blew a whistle, stopping the exercise and calling for lunch. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Such grandiose declarations were commonplace during Ceaujescu’s reign, for his master plan—to create a nation worthy of the New Socialist Man—was an exercise in grandiosity. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The vet says our dog needs more exercise because she’s dumpy and overweight. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent the whole night making incomprehensible movements in the drawing room; later they turned out to be exercises designed to perfect the mind’s control over the body and to improve digestion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I also began to get involved in politics, and even joined a gym where a gigantic trainer forced me to exercise certain muscles I hadn’t even known I had. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z To Philip Caputo, among the marines to arrive that day, the whole thing had the feeling of yet another exercise. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Pollard and the other exercise riders were given instructions to simply lean on his neck, sitting still and leaving the reins loose, so that the horse could choose his own pace. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was still sipping at the tea, watching an exercise program for women, when Henry knocked on the door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull asked his son what he had extracted from the morning exercises. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z While the cooking mania lasted she went through Mrs. Cornelius’s Receipt Book as if it were a mathematical exercise, working out the problems with patience and care. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They took their exercise in the garden, and were discouraged from playing with the other young animals. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Yours truly trusts that a modicum of caution will he exercised in the prance, to prevent delivery of uncomfortable blows to the posterior of the forequarters?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Allow me, ma’am. Why yes, as a matter of fact I did. Nothing like a fresh pot of mint tea after some good healthy exercise, what, what?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Rafik said, “Did you see that landlord of ours? He could use some exercise! If he chases them, he’ll get some!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They went into the schoolyard to do light exercises: bending, stretching, twisting, swinging, and a little bit of jumping and running. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He snickered as the Fugees groaned and sweated their way through laps and exercises. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Now she fanned the flames by performing military dance exercises. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z |
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