| 单词 | existence |
| 例句 | For the first fifteen years of our lives, Danny and I lived within five blocks of each other and neither of us knew of the other’s existence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When a hybrid was created, both traits existed intact—although only one asserted its existence. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Einstein was so disturbed by the idea of singularities that he denied the existence of black holes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A few European observers before Holmberg had remarked upon the earthworks’ existence, though some doubted that the causeways and forest islands were of human origin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I doubted I had taken a step which sank instead of raising me in the scale of social existence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A separate consequence of a settled existence is that it permits one to store food surpluses, since storage would be pointless if one didn’t remain nearby to guard the stored food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This enterprise required that certain social and technical preconditions be met: the existence of reliable methods of communication, a common body of expert knowledge and an acknowledged group of experts able to adjudicate disputes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She wished it away, willed it out of existence inasmuch as her daily life was concerned. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The image of her riding that bicycle typified her whole existence to me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He invented a part of a threshing machine, better, cheaper, and more efficient than any in existence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The radical generalization offered it, i.e., its existence, not as a particular object, but as a member of a general group, was too much for it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z For fifteen years, she and the others had survived in hiding, trapped in this citadel of murdered gods and scraping a meager existence from it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This is why people began collectively to imagine the existence of limited liability companies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an existence that hung by a thread. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Parapsychology Interest in parapsychology is very old, yet the simple fact is that there have been no repeatable studies which have demonstrated its existence, Uri Geller and other charlatans notwithstanding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m never going to figure it out, any more than a normal person will figure out his or her own existence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He did not know of the existence of erasers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Since mutations are random nucleotide changes, most of them are harmful or lethal, coding into existence nonfunctional enzymes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that they weren’t going to communicate to confirm the existence of the project. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z From Aristotle, Maimonides had learned to prove God’s existence by denying the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Zero might hold the secret to our existence—and the existence of an infinite number of other universes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We all come into existence as a single cell, smaller than a speck of dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s like the universe willed this moment into existence. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was quite useless to think of hiding it, but he could at least make sure whether or not its existence had been discovered. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I am not your justification for existence, I said to her once. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z This belief is articulated in the slogan, “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z There is no question that the historic civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s owed its existence to the summer of 1919, when organized black resistance to white abuse first became a reality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But over these past few weeks, her existence has become tolerable. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the simple existence of the Indian slave trade— thousands of native men and women working in bondage for Europeans—was a testament to Indians’ catastrophic loss of power and status. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The cold water somehow suspended his whole existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z This is one of the truths of our existence as those who live by the land know: that sometimes we eat and sometimes we starve. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They were now spending lesson after lesson learning how to look after flobberworms, which had to be some of the most boring creatures in existence. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Because if I was to get killed upon my return, I knew that a memory of my existence was alive somewhere in the world. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z For most of its existence a small and contained operation, the NACA’s flagship laboratory was now a many-layered bureaucracy flush with new faces. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Pedro Tercero found out about his existence and had an attack of jealousy that was unwarranted if one compares the influence he had on Blanca with the timid siege of the Jewish merchant. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson had, her entire existence, lived an orderly and regimented life. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As Emma had told him, he could not prove or disprove the existence of God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They express in visible form the sense of tradition, of family or clan continuity, that sets off the settled life of husbandry from the roving existence of the hunter. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My wickedness five years ago, or six, or twelve, has no existence except as now, mumbling, mumbling, sacrificing the slain world to the omnipotence of words, I strain my memory to regain it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The existence of such residues is either played down by the industry as unimportant or is flatly denied. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Some sorcerers are charlatans, but most sincerely believe in the existence of gods and demons. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Most human-rights activists sincerely believe in the existence of human rights. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The colors deepened, glorifying Ishtar and pushing Nergal into a darkness that verged on consuming existence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The music which started everything and on which, you could say, my entire existence depended, is on its way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The previous winter, he’d added a whole new level of delight to his existence when he started volunteering as an assistant coach for the Vipers, Sasha’s middle school basketball team. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So, anyway, begins my surreal existence at the Comfort Inn. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The picnic was drenched out of existence by a freezing rain, and there wasn’t an open blossom on the azalea trees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But each one who heard the stories, each one who told all of them, or only parts of I hem, would feel stronger because of her existence. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to question its existence once it showed up in all its mighty bulk. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The Doctrine of Discovery influenced the policies of the young United States and directly affected the lives and the very existence of Native people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Thomson, had demonstrated the existence of a particle of matter, called the electron, that had a mass less than one thousandth of that of the lightest atom. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Until I was created,” answered Cutie, “you tended the Master. That privilege is mine now and your only reason for existence has vanished. Isn’t that obvious?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He sighed in a way that made me wonder whether he was confident about the existence of someday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Next year, every trace of your existence here will be removed from the island,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Four such bodies were in existence already–in Hawaii, California, Alaska, and Washington–but oddly none in the largest volcanic zone in the world. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Because of this unusual clarity and because Howard meticulously documented his work there, even the most skeptical archaeologists quickly accepted the existence and antiquity of the Clovis culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For the first time since encountering Vera, Bodega acknowledged my existence. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Because I’m telling you this story I will your existence. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All the trouble Old Petey’s missed opportunity had caused was being erased from existence. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He also made a stop in London to give a speech to the Royal Geographical Society—ending once and for all any doubt about the existence of the Rio Roosevelt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z We are, almost all of us, descended from people who responded to the dangers of existence by inventing stories about unpredictable or disgruntled deities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Despising as they did all efforts in behalf of a Jewish state, they despised as well all discussions that had to do with even its possible existence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Four figures shimmered into existence, four young women who looked very much like Zoe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She wanted to know what was happening down in Weep, and what nature of uproar had greeted the news of her existence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z According to the rumor, there is someone out there who is seeking out corrupt, despicable scythes...and ending their existence by fire. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Embers flew into the air and dimmed out of existence. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A belief in God and the rituals surrounding that belief— church every Sunday, grace before meals, prayers before bed— were an important part of the Deweys’ existence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Lisa had been with us for some eight or nine months - and I had largely forgotten her existence by this point - when she vanished from the house together with the second footman. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was also in zero and the infinite that Pascal, the devout Jansenist, sought to prove God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The usual reasoning is instead circular: because technological differences exist, the existence of corresponding ideological differences is inferred. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Yet it was, I was to later find out, the black man’s passport to existence. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This “automobile accident” is a new crutch to help you make excuses for your meaningless, impotent existence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were probably more North Enders who could not imagine an existence without beer or wine or hard liquor, or the economic benefits of its sale. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I thrilled in the fresh perspective that came from tipping the ordinary plane of existence on end. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Dr. van Heerden had given Nhamo a bottle of orange soda from the refrigerator earlier, but by now had forgotten about her existence. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the alpha and omega of our existence, and went unquestioned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Until this was clear, the objection could be raised that, although our idea was aesthetically elegant, the shape of the sugar-phosphate backbone might not permit its existence. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z While she and her family always questioned the status quo, she didn’t think you had to deny the existence of God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There are only about two hundred kouroi in existence, and most have been recovered badly damaged or in fragments from grave sites or archeological digs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was true that there was no such person as Comrade Ogilvy, but a few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Does he or she just wink out of existence? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z They are not species, and they deny the existence of species. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What else could Scoob not know about in the sky of his existence? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z There had been no reason for its original existence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Something analogous—an awed, wondering celebration of a new mode of existence—may have occurred at the Norte Chico. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Many if not most tlamatinime saw existence as Nabokov feared: “a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “And three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The men came nearer and nearer; their dark eyes looked at her, but without giving any sign of recognition, any smallest sign that they had seen her or were aware of her existence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It implies the existence of states, of state interests and of rational calculation about how they may be achieved. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “He does not make it,” said I, “and has never made it, and has no knowledge or belief that his daughter is in existence.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I know that the awful accusation struck not so much at my filial love as at the foundation of my new existence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the disavowals of its existence, the Point System is no secret. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is a curious feature of our existence that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but even better at extinguishing it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Now look, when I’m with each girl separately, I have an existence that the other doesn’t know about; see lives one and two. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Russia’s secret weapon is the bewilderment and despair and hunger of millions of people of whose existence we are scarcely aware. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Further encouragement for the existence of black holes came in 1967 with the discovery by a research student at Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, of objects in the sky that were emitting regular pulses of radio waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The only pinpricks of joy in the vast, empty desert of my existence are the few remaining days of editing the movie I have made. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’m too befuddled from the whipping to think proper, my entire existence narrowing to the screaming of my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z To Moody, this kind of existence was all but unfathomable. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bobcats—admittedly much smaller creatures than mountain lions—are known to exist in considerable numbers and yet are so shy and furtive that you would never guess their existence. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It assumes the existence of a nuclear fusion reactor— something much safer as well as more efficient than existing fission power plants. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As such it is the oldest form of decipherable notation - albeit very simple notation - in existence. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Winston could not even remember at what date the Party itself had come into existence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was an uncongenial existence for someone who had been raised in a stable, close-knit family environment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It cannot be debated that the existence of a “gene” was utterly unknown to Mendel. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m sure that absolute correctness must seem a dull existence to you, but I know no other way to be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Well, there may be a poison that distils itself out of good things; in an age when the existence of ptomaines is a mystery we should not wonder at anything! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But it was maintained that rainfall alone could not explain the size of the rivers or the existence of springs emerging from underground; springs were fed directly, it was argued, from the ocean. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Everything that had happened on this terrible night was because of his very existence, but it wasn’t his fault. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those who know of your existence fear you will. Which is why you must get away as fast as possible and never—ever—return to these parts.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet into the solar system or annihilate one already in existence, as to create or destroy a particle of hydrogen," he wrote. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Besides, he’d lived such a quiet existence for so many years that everyone had forgotten about him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone who wanted to cower and be sheltered from every storm in life, someone who wanted an easy, placid, dull, nothing existence? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z By the time Vincent's name was entered into the ledger in the town hall, his existence recorded and announced, a railroad had diverted some of the traffic away from Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I consider knocking over some flowerpots, but that wouldn’t be fair to the innocent plants, who are only trying to lead a peaceful existence of photosynthesis and respiration. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I was there—on the very rim of our age— when my mother’s cataclysmic intemperance, as you well know, catapulted me into the fever of contemporary existence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A world whose existence he had not even suspected. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These new layered sound effects, built on plainsong tunes, were edging very close to what today we would call ‘harmony’ - that is, the existence and exploitation of simultaneous clusters of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The word had meant, originally, a Jew educated in Judaism who denied basic tenets of his faith, like the existence of God, the revelation, the resurrection of the dead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A god shimmered into existence next to Hestia. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But if atomism suggested the existence of an invisible world of micro-mechanisms, it did not imply the existence of an invisible world of micro-organisms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The existence of two intertwined chains with identical base sequences could not be a chance matter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The same is true of the phases of Venus: once their existence was acknowledged, the conclusion that Venus orbited the Sun was inescapable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All knew that they owed their very existence to the Abbot and his community. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Is there a toothpick factory just in existence for old guys? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Number twelve was visible to them, for they had been told of its existence by Dumbledore, its Secret-Keeper, and they rushed toward it, checking every few yards that they were not being followed or observed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “They’re not sitting around getting wasted, denying the existence of God or anything. My dad considers himself a believer. But he also believes in enjoying a glass of wine now and again.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Particles are constantly winking in and out of existence, like tiny Cheshire cats. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Directly ahead of them, in the middle of the straits, an island had shimmered into existence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The ghosts’ existence, if it can be called that, is like a miserable dream. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To escape the boundary of the plantation was to escape the fundamental principles of your existence: impossible. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You may be interested to hear that Curious George began his existence as a character in a book,” said my dad as he flipped a pancake. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The earth’s primordial ocean, which came into existence not long after the earth was formed, about four and a half billion years ago, may well have contained microscopic life forms based on rna. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As she later noted, one-time pad systems are “really the only unbreakable cipher in existence.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sound evidence for the existence of human differences in intelligence that parallel human differences in technology is lacking. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He expected nothing from me; my mere existence was enough. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the cause, we see again how tied our existence is to random astronomical and geological events. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a greeting I receive after a discouraging day battling for my very existence on the streets of this savage town.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas had no memory of his life before the Box, but he was positive he’d finished the worst twenty-four hours of his existence. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Of course it is in some sense an act of faith to postulate the existence of an actual girl, or even two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z My existence there, which had never been so much to begin with, went steadily downhill. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Your coming to Longbourn, to see me and my family,” said Elizabeth coolly, “will be rather a confirmation of it; if, indeed, such a report is in existence.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z But thus far they had been detected only in cosmic rays; the possibility of a laboratory demonstration of their existence might well justify construction of the cyclotron that could achieve it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They lived a surreal, quasi-adult existence, becoming sober straphangers as many of their peers were getting drunk at frat parties. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure why anything like the existence of the Quit Man or girls liking him surprised me in a place like Lily. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I tried to wear a backward baseball cap to cover it up, but everyone knew of its existence. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She knew what his circumstances were, knew how marginal his existence was, how poor his prospects. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was like a flute song forgotten in another existence and remembered again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z By the time I was in my early twenties climbing had become the focus of my existence to the exclusion of almost everything else. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Because her normal existence is so foreign to me, so intriguing to me, it starts to feel a little more interesting to her as well. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Before, the space had smelled like a summer thunderstorm; now it smelled as if every flower in existence had been distilled into a perfume. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But he had decided what he wanted to do with the rest of his life: he would be a human rights activist and raise international awareness about the existence of the labor camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There are few records, at least authoritative ones, of Mollie’s existence during this period. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Only in the corner where the combat had taken place could I detect any evidence of the young gentleman’s existence. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a sad fact of his existence as a squirrel that there was always someone, somewhere, who wanted him dead. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Not even the slightest hint that he was aware of my existence. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But his existence was cause for much speculation in the mouse community. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z On his side of the wall, Craig lived a sort of mirror existence with his own bed pushed up against the paneling, parallel to mine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So she simply determined to pluck them out, willing into existence a work environment that conformed to her sense of herself and her place in the world. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He took to watching her house as obsessively as he had when he had first discovered her existence. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I met any of my erstwhile comrades, they refused to acknowledge my existence in accordance with a party principle that made it imperative that all “traitors be isolated from the working class.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Their long-term existence has not damaged the forest, Meggers told me, a testament to slash-and-burn’s power to keep human groups sustainably within the rigid ecological limits of the tropics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “That’s very true,” Talc agreed, eager to join any campaign against the figures of English history, who had been the scourges of his existence for so many years. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Discovery was a new type of enterprise which came into existence along with the word. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Several of the earliest memories I can summon make me think I was trying to carve out a rugged, Huck Finn-like existence in spite of the place. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In the earliest age of the gods, existence was born from non-existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But we need to acknowledge the existence of extended, patchy revolutions if we want to turn aside from politics and understand large-scale economic, social, intellectual and technological change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The arm dissolved into a gray mass, then whiffed out of existence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The full ramifications of the Scoreboard’s existence occurred to me for the first time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The purpose of their stay, the letters stated clearly, was to observe and explore the various unsavory stories which had been circulated about the house for most of its eighty years of existence. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A quite separate argument was the claim that the universe has been designed to serve a purpose, like a clock or any other complex machine, and that it therefore demonstrates the existence of God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z To them it was a fact of existence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the nightmare existence that Robert Schumann endured, it was a walk in the park, though surprisingly Schumann’s is the music of greater tranquillity and warmth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Poor whites suddenly had a direct, personal stake in the existence of a race-based system of slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Of these fifteen diversions, just three appeared to be still in existence nine years later. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He contemplated the veil of Maya, the existence of various planes of being. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Though Pauling had got the a-helix almost without the X-ray evidence, he knew of its existence and to a certain extent had taken it into account. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Not that they were claiming them; Dewey and his team had decided to keep secret the existence of this evidence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I start noticing small signs of conjugal existence. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Because if that’s all they are—if there are no rules governing our lives—then our entire existence is a meaningless farce. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z More important, the very existence of so much healthy forest after twelve thousand years of use by large populations suggests that whatever Indians did before swidden must have been ecologically more sustainable. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It’s not that she longed for such an existence, but it was expected. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And here was the ghost of her childhood, diffused throughout the room, to remind her of the limited arc of existence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I wonder about the existence of God because, unlike my grandparents, I live much of my day in a secular city where I do not measure the hours with the tolling bells of a church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1930 he predicted the existence of the positron, a positively charged electron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Moreover, our solar system could not have come into existence by chance but required the deliberate organization of its component parts in order to create a stable system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It had brought together the groundlings and the silk feathered hats for the first time in the history of PPC’s existence. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The idiom brings to mind the menacing gape of a predator, reinforcing our gratitude for being alive: to come into existence we narrowly escaped a mortal threat, namely the high odds against it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z His existence or his nonexistence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z To accomplish this, they have their own genome, a tiny thing with fewer than fifty genes, left over from their former existence as free-floating bacteria. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Just two and a half more years until I could get the hell away from this existence organized by school bells that, let’s be honest, didn’t even ring. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It had been felt that the existence of a farm owned and operated by pigs was somehow abnormal and was liable to have an unsettling effect in the neighbourhood. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z They stood on the porches and tried to believe in the existence of Earth, much as they had once tried to believe in the existence of Mars; it was a problem reversed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z A related factor bringing Spaniards to Peru was the existence of writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If that counted for anything, then Africa enjoyed an enormous advantage: at least 5 million more years of separate protohuman existence than on any other continent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The problem was that although its existence had been conjectured for years, no one had found it. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Most of the stock companies had gone out of existence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If a stranger discovers their existence, he is killed or so absorbed that he is never seen again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The true electron is hidden in a shroud of particles, made up of the zero-point fluctuations, those particles that constantly pop in and out of existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His blinkered existence kept him focused on finding food and avoiding beatings. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z How did I blurt out the cheesiest pickup line in existence? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage. Mr. Rochester has a wife now living.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A pace behind us, Jena blinks back into existence. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As if my mere existence posed some kind of threat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The country should be proud of them, too, but, alas, not many people in this country even know of their existence. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He’s the only one on this ship who doesn’t seem to begrudge my existence. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There is no such position officially, but it sometimes came into existence through necessity, and was the opposite of a sinecure. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people are willing to acknowledge the existence of the cage but insist that a door has been left open. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She noticed me, as usual, out of the corner of her existence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody quite knew how they made a living, but they did, and they would have created a new social stratum in Maycomb had the rest of the town acknowledged their existence. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Dustfinger looked longingly at the books as a man dying of thirst might look at the last glass of water in existence. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The cycling must always go on if the virus is to maintain its existence. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mahler was born into a Bohemian corner of the Austrian Empire, into a German-speaking Jewish community of about a thousand souls whose existence was entirely wiped from the map during the Holocaust. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At five, he began questioning his grandfather about the existence of God—and remembers being disappointed in the answers he got. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And a tree stump became a very large, very pink, and very perplexed-looking bird, who sat sprawled on the ground, wings akimbo, as if shocked by its own existence. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z By 1931 the effects of the Depression had caused crew programs across the country to go out of existence or to cut back drastically on the purchase of equipment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This would make it, as I mentioned once before, the largest woodpecker in existence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z First, the existence of a question implies the existence of an answer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But even as Sergeant Brown spoke the radar screen no longer bore witness to the presence or the existence of Bull Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But Frank’s existence was proof that the cultures were tied together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The boys were playing as if they were trying to will their team back into existence. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z And eventually it would mean the end of chickens, cattle, and many of the other domesticated species that at this point depend on us for their continued existence— depend, that is, on us eating them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “So, while we’re in the womb, we’re living that existence, right? We have no idea that our next existence is just an inch away.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Why hypothesize the existence of vast, super-deadly pandemics that seem unlike anything else in the historical record? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Still, the ups and downs of Whitiker’s middle-class existence show that the transition out of poverty is not an easy one. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And whom I still feel reluctant to tell you about, although it is impossible to deny his existence now. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When Gale questioned the existence of the hospital, he was not thinking of disease, but this. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Boys, Laila came to see, treated friendship the way they treated the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Their existence can be ignored because it would have no observational consequences. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, neither Cal nor Calliope could have come into existence without what happened next. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “At that time, foolish jokes at the crawlers’ expense may make the difference between our existence and our annihilation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Between the pillars, the air shimmered, gold flecks occasionally winking into existence like jeweled fireflies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Its very existence proves Zeno of Elea wrong. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The pain had become the nature of his existence but this other thing weighed on him, a terrible burden. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Protestant churches in the towns were fighting for their existence in a country where they were newcomers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Casimir realized that the forbidden particle waves would affect the zero-point energy of the vacuum, since particles are everywhere winking in and out of existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He reaches out and touches the monk's fleshy red hand, as if he wants to test his physical existence. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Unimportant. We shall conquer them when it suits us. And if we did not, what difference would it make? We can shut them out of existence. Oceania is the world.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In the years following his proof of the existence of other galaxies, Hubble spent his time cataloging their distances and observing their spectra. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This hint, this whiff, of the existence of atoms was carried much further by a man named Democritus, who came from the Ionian colony of Abdera in northern Greece. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back, what enabled Netscape to take off was the existence, from the earlier phase, of millions of PCs, many already equipped with modems. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s dawning on me that I live among men and women who’ve simply always understood their whole existence is worth less than a banana to most white people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z AA 23:234: “For one quarter, Black Tiger lets me escape from my rotten existence for three glorious hours. Pretty good deal.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then Cole felt a growing resentment that he was being forced to endure this lonely existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Like the androids, it had no ability to appreciate the existence of another. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence, were something weak and helpless. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Stripped of family and identity, fed meager rations, consigned to hard wooden seats until we are to be, as Slobbery Jack suggested, sold into slavery—our mere existence is punishment enough. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In both cases the existence of the void implies the existence of the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This time he won’t show mine, the one that’s supposed to be mine, as I’m no longer in official existence, for now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But we know that Copernicus had first formulated his views by 1514, for at that date at least one copy of his preliminary sketch, the Commentariolus, or Little Commentary, was existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He kept the existence of the People quiet only so that he could continue to exploit them over the years, which he did on several occasions. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We first hear of the existence of this man—the small dark man with a womanish voice—from the man Hardman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems clear, therefore, that Kendra made a decision to hide her daughter’s existence rather than suffer the shame of admitting that she had produced a Squib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps the universe is just a quantum fluctuation on a grand scale—an enormous singular particle that came into existence out of the ultimate vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Her very existence continued to be known only to those few outsiders who, like “Dogbreath” Doge, could be counted upon to believe in the story of her “ill health.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For the first time in her nomadic existence she felt protected and safe. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re the bane of my existence,” I say, referring to the freckles. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z An "epiphanic moment” occurred when he read that Cook and Borah had "uncovered” the existence of eight million people in Hispaniola. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Cabot Searcy would not give up his “quest,” as he called it, for the truth behind modern human existence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Many of the young ANC members who came to the island had no idea that the organization had even been in existence in the 1920s and 1930s. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a simple problem with this strategy of establishing the existence of the spirit world by accumulating testimonies from reliable witnesses. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The no boundary proposal for the universe predicts the existence of a well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time because the universe must start off in a smooth and ordered state. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And before she knew who and before she knew how, Minya grasped the full ramifications of Lazlo’s existence, and understood that this changed everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Thus we live a closed, hard existence of the utmost superficiality, and rarely does an incident strike out a spark. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Their existence was similar to the life in rural South Africa; poor people everywhere are more alike than they are different. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had never heard of the Brotherhood, and refused to believe in its existence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His existence as her son had been arranged by guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Edwards regarded climbing as a "psycho-neurotic tendency"; he climbed not for sport but to find refuge from the inner torment that framed his existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When Christianity swept through the West, it became closely tied to the Aristotelian view of the universe and the proof of God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Funny to think that the course of my existence hung like a thread upon that quality of hers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had reached that point in existence where he wasn’t afraid to hurt anyone who threatened his only source of meaning, his love for himself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My mother would already have scourged her name out of existence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And believe me, a good piece of chicken can make anybody believe in the existence of God. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “We all know that the existence of God is a matter of speculation. The Bible is nothing but a collection of stories by whites.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was made very clear that the entire contents of the study—the very existence of the study—was to be kept secret, even from the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If astrophysics developed, the existence of stars could eventually be deduced from the principles of physics, but they would be theoretical constructs only. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or did their fragile existence just suddenly stop? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The first one or two thousand million years of the earth’s existence were too hot for the development of anything complicated. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We were of a sensible age, between thirteen and eighteen, and we knew intimately every chocolate bar in existence, from the Milk Flake to the Lemon Marshmallow. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet some innate imperative to make music has guaranteed its existence—a remarkable feat considering that music requires such intense cultural investment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Every frame of Rush concert footage in existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his hands seemed to doubt the existence of things, it was evident that he came from the world where men could still sleep and remember. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They must remain hidden, and give the humans no hint that they were here, or that, unthinkably, five abominations had survived the Carnage and eked out an existence here for fifteen years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I must leave Adèle and Thornfield. I must part with you for my whole life: I must begin a new existence among strange faces and strange scenes.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z My uncle I had heard was dead—my only relative; ever since being made aware of his existence, I had cherished the hope of one day seeing him: now, I never should. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Mozart left us far more poignant and permanent keepsakes of his existence than his bones: he left us his extraordinary music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The argument for the existence of dark matter can be observed in the motions of galaxies. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Continually, new specials came into existence, created out of regulars by the omnipresent dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Did the existence of Indians negate the Bible, and Christianity with it? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z So a simple answer was that the existence of dry land was a miracle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even at home Gebu seemed to have all but forgotten his young half brothers existence. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Is it your opinion, Winston, that the past has real existence?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z An alternative view is that postmodernists do not want to recognize the existence of ‘reality’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As a result, Descartes, indoctrinated with the Aristotelian philosophy, denied the existence of the vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Again I am to bear witness to this woman’s existence. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen until at last the killers, these defendants before you, entered her room, focused a flashlight in her eyes, and let the blast of a shotgun end the existence of an entire household.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Giles was more concerned with food than with the conversation, though now and again he remembered my existence and flung me a remark at hazard. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The existence of dominant and recessive alleles for a trait contradicted nineteenth-century theories of blending inheritance: the hybrids that Mendel had generated did not possess intermediate features. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “No, man, I just—” Their house god Vitellius shimmered into existence, standing half embedded in Frank’s couch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We would then all be able to have some understanding of the laws that govern the universe and are responsible for our existence. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Except to walk around them when they planted themselves in front of her, she in no way acknowledged their existence. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Along the benches, a dozen ghosts shimmered into existence—glowing purple men in Roman togas, like the Lares she’d seen at Camp Jupiter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sweet birdsong on the still air tinged Constance’s heart with sorrow and regret that this peaceful existence would soon pass. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Yet it was not an unhappy existence, especially for a little boy proud of his parents, admiring of their showmanship and courage—a happier life, certainly, than what replaced it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As explained above, scholars cannot even agree on the basics, such as the existence of private property, nuclear families and monogamous relationships. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The greatest part of human existence was spent in such a time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few precarious seconds, the chaplain tingled with a weird, occult sensation of having experienced the identical situation before in some prior time or existence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “At this auspicious period,” he wrote, “the United States came into existence as a Nation, and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be intirely their own.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Although my mother was the center of my existence, I defined myself through my father. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people even put music on a par with a religious experience, tapping into some other-worldly part of their conscious or unconscious existence. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If the government catches wind of any success here, the Minister of Agriculture will rob us out of existence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to be another issue he needed to contend with, but then again, my existence had been fully folded into his. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But there had always been the lake, which was the town’s first cause of existence, a place for immigrant settlers to put down their loads. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they should have picked up Glitter Man’s existence from Frog. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The existence of this romantic tendency constitutes at least a small part of the emotional makeup of most mathematicians, and is perhaps surprising to those who think of mathematicians as cold rationalists. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Africa will push northward into Europe, squeezing the Mediterranean out of existence and thrusting up a chain of mountains of Himalayan majesty running from Paris to Calcutta. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The government had acknowledged the existence of nonbinary gender. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Past events, it is argued, have no objective existence, but survive only in written records and in human memories. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Leibniz likened i to the Holy Spirit: both have an ethereal and barely substantial existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Indeed, its existence is so ephemeral that medical researchers are unable, without special procedures, to sample it before the body has destroyed it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The new philosophers regarded matter as the passive recipient of a divine shaping and denied the existence of Aristotelian forms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They loved their comfortable lives and lashed out at anything that threatened this idyllic existence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy II established the Library and vowed to collect one copy of every manuscript in existence. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He shook his head and squeezed his eyes shut, as though he could deny their existence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "The tunnel was dug for another King's Hand, whose honor would not allow him to enter such a house openly. Chataya has closely guarded the knowledge of its existence." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This was the challenge she was putting to existence—she would not stir, not for dinner, not even for her mother calling her in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With husband and children now far away, her living space shrunk from a spacious house to a single room, her suitcase now her closet, Dorothy’s daily existence was reduced to its simplest elements. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Lovely, ” he said, distracted for a moment from the misery of his existence, “delightful. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, I know. Rabbit pie is a true delight, one of the pleasures of our existence.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He even, seeming almost to fade out of existence as he did so, added that there were two entries to the house, one of them through the backyard, which gave on an alley. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes the witch's bird would sit with her and then she would pet it and make a fuss of it, for it was good to have something about that acknowledged her existence. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The old conviction that there was no new knowledge had momentarily resurfaced, only to sink almost without trace beneath the tide whose very existence it denied. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The existence of such elites goes against the most fundamental principles of natural selection, since these dominant members of society willingly give up procreation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Man is often lost in a technological, physiological, astrological lack of logical existence that can best be described as a whole lot of nothing lightly dashed with an obvious hint of Scotch,” Hal says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It ceased as suddenly as it had begun, “But where do I come in, Powell? You haven’t explained my existence.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Privately, he explained to McMillan that “we considered the existence of a relativistic limit so important that we thought we should communicate it to cyclotronists as quickly as possible, without endeavoring to give accurate figures.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Muggles bustled past wearing the hangdog expressions of early morning, quite unconscious of the little inn’s existence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z These men, young and old, however, were less offensive than the ones who treated us like machines, as though we had no human existence whatsoever. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “How especially perfect,” she says, quite seriously, as if Signora Mondopoco has just offered a crucial fact of existence. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Unless this appears promptly and in such obvious form that it cannot be ignored, we deny the existence of hazard. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z One reason was the increasing power and efficiency of the Berkeley cyclotron, which then outstripped those of every other cyclotron in existence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z By the time they saw the stone walls of Cathair in the distance, Kaede had almost convinced herself that this new existence was normal. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Aristotle fell to the infinite and to the void, and so did the proof of God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I was tempted to cease struggling with him—to rush down the torrent of his will into the gulf of his existence, and there lose my own. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z By the mid-twentieth century, the gene—or the denial of its existence—had already emerged as a potent political and cultural tool. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “She’s the astrophysicist who confirmed the existence of dark matter,” I said, “the invisible stuff that makes up the universe.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Once Petra remembered Fort’s sentence We shall pick up an existence by its frogs, she pointed out to Calder that perhaps it had been some kind of strange clue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The official creed denies them, denies their very existence, yet here they are. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Wondering whether I have or want one, trying to decide if the end of existence is a tragedy, a comedy, or as inconsequential as that chem lab I forgot to turn in last week. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The deep intention separated me from every other thing in existence. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z There are not many in existence, as you can imagine. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They all stared at me like I was some teenaged monster species they’d only read about in horror novels and had no idea were in existence. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A complete, consistent, unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, the Zuni took the existence of Spaniards in stride, though not their actions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Pascal and Boyle both ‘won’ this argument in so far as they succeeded in casting doubt on the legitimacy of appealing to substances whose existence might be theoretically convenient but could not be demonstrated experimentally. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As if to emphasize the tenuousness of Levi Saunders’ existence, he became violently ill the day following his bar mitzvah and was taken by ambulance to the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Everyone had forgotten about the existence of that fortune. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky which is beyond. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We have become blind, not so much to race, but to the existence of racial caste in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Yet, even as he had come to accept the existence of genes, Morgan had remained perplexed about their material form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I would sit listening for hours, wondering how on earth they could laugh so freely, trying to grasp the miracle that gave their debased lives the semblance of a human existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A place whose existence could go unnoticed unless you had a very keen eye for dimensions. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This bear had defied him, and he had hated it with every fiber of his existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z They stood looking at each other in the half-light, Faber and Montag, as if each did not believe in the other's existence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z "We were formed out of Tiamat. If we went in again, we'd dissolve back into it. Our existence would end." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He led a ghostlike existence between the tiny, dark shop and an even tinier back kitchen where he prepared his meals and which contained, among other things, an unbelievably ancient gramophone with an enormous horn. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Two Serbs who have never met might risk their lives to save one another because both believe in the existence of the Serbian nation, the Serbian homeland and the Serbian flag. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was said that its existence protected decent women. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As a rule, Indians were theologically prepared for the existence of Europeans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was no scientific proof of their existence. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The whole warren is organized to conceal its existence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z You could spend quite some time in the school and never hear it mentioned; but all the same, its existence became known to everyone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z No one else had seen any trace of the leopard, but Nhamo had no doubts about its existence. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Change must take place. It is important. To remain as you are would lead to isolation. You would be doomed to a lonely existence, ripped apart from those you love.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Their bodies slowly faded out of existence, each leaving behind a tiny pile of weapons and loot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Maybe the roses were a token from the Virgencita, a small light in her otherwise gloomy existence, a gift to brighten her spirits. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A drum struck savagely through the hush, sent it shivering, flying...people blinked and stared, called thus rudely to take up their ordinary existence. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Others, perhaps more idealistic, maintain that police supervision on an increased scale is driving the houses out of existence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And then, as I know I am about to pierce the crust of existence, like a flying fish leaping out of the sea, I feel the pull from below. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I had tampered with the mystery of existence and I had lost the sense of my own being. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At first they did not believe in his existence. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z But most specifically the existence of the People. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Indeed, by their very existence they and their fellows make his life more pleasant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z How did wheat convince Homo sapiens to exchange a rather good life for a more miserable existence? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was her husband’s reproach looking at her from the external things around her which he had provided for her external existence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no world full of other Gethenians here to explain and support my existence. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the door had shut behind her he appeared to forget her existence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But such rabbits or raccoons or opossums as may have roamed those bottomlands and perhaps never visited the farmers’ cornfields were doomed by a judge and jury who neither knew of their existence nor cared. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Motorists certainly had a more cossetted, looked-after existence than we did. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “The opposing views of today were in existence centuries ago,” a nineteenth-century biologist complained, rightfully. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There is no evidence that people traded staple goods like fruits and meat, or that the existence of one band depended on the importing of goods from another. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And each day that existence became a little harder. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Apparently he had exploded into existence, right there on the deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was still mostly unencumbered by those needling questions of existence and self- consciousness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The war did not disturb them there, and they continued to view themselves as exceedingly fortunate in the particulars of their secret existence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Rachael said, “Do you know what the lifespan of a humanoid robot such as myself is? I’ve been in existence two years. How long do you calculate I have?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z To say there was nothing he could do would suggest he would do something if he could and imply the existence of an error or injustice in Colonel Korn’s policy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had not settled in my mind whether I believed in God or not; His existence or nonexistence never worried me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z What else would explain the resemblance, the shared name, the existence of that box? I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If they doubted the existence of Special Circumstances, Tally showed them the plastic handcuff bracelets still encircling her wrists, and invited them to try to cut the cuffs off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Soon, the men became accustomed to Edward, and word of his existence spread. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The smoking, bloodied bodies of over a dozen recently slain Sixer avatars lay scattered on the stone floor around them, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Divergence is just another problem for her to solve, and that is what makes her so terrifying—because she is smart enough to solve anything, even the problem of our existence. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Their existence had been predicted in 1934 by Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, who speculated that they carried the force that binds the atomic nucleus together, counteracting the mutual electromagnetic repulsion of its positively charged protons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Maimonides’ argument was, indeed, a “proof” of God’s existence—something incredibly valuable in any theology. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z However, the existence of so many key documents that refer to the Christian god tells us the separation is not as clear as we might think it is. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “You better stop this nonsense, before others hear about it. That’s not how it works around here, and our whole existence depends on things working.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But Haas argues that these peoples knew of the existence of hierarchical, structured societies with strong central leaders, and could pattern their societies after them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I don't think he had ever really believed in its existence before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z For Matter hath no life nor perception, is not conscious of its own existence, nor capable of happiness, nor gives the Sacrifice of Praise and Worship to the Author of its Being. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It did not seem to object, but of course it was not aware of his existence. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Because you’re beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Postulating the existence of such a mysterious force was a desperate act. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual fife— that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood had already changed him, enlarged his experience to a point where he felt that he was on the brink of discovering some secret, of whose existence, even, that other world did not know. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I looked at her and could not believe in her existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There must be many social systems that would work far better than any now in existence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Often he discovered that local people were not aware of the trail’s existence or, if they knew of it, were amazed to be told that it ran all the way from Georgia to Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Gene signified beginning, giving birth, while bbeu indicated existence and growth. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His dæmon—a seagull—vanished as if she’d been pinched out of existence like a candle flame. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Seventeen years of Scholar pragmatism protest the existence of creatures that are supposed to be nothing but legend. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Had he known, at that time, that they would need his very existence? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But most of Durham’s black citizens never even learned of its existence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Did the birds’ insignificant little existences have any meaning at all? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He knew that Zeitoun was a Muslim and a thoughtful man, so he sparked a debate about the existence of God. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There is no law that requires the universe to fill itself with small particles of matter or to produce light and gravity and the other physical properties on which our existence hinges. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z No one knew how to account for an existence like Buffo’s. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z You have no idea how pallid the workday boundaries of ordinary existence seem, after such an ecstasy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That’s the idea that the existence of the earth and its people are better explained by divine inspiration than by evolution. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As humans, music is an innate part of our existence, as we all possess the physical mechanisms to make and process organized sound just as we do language. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Prior to the clinic’s existence, acute altitude illness killed approximately one or two out of every 500 trekkers who passed through Pheriche. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A few eked out a precarious existence on the ground and survived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked as if she’d been erased from existence with one quick swipe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She felt that everything in existence between them was part of a mighty plan for her humiliation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The existence of radiation from black holes seems to imply that gravitational collapse is not as final and irreversible as we once thought. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had nothing to say to these words: they were not new to me: my very first recollections of existence included hints of the same kind. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s a perfectly proportioned replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I placed Bowe right up there with my roommate as a person to blame for my current existence. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The boy moved on as though unaware of the other’s existence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran wondered how Lord Primus could have divined the existence of Victoria Forester. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z There is a trap here that has enmeshed medicine for all the millennia of its professional existence. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His existence consists of these late, lonesome nights, waking up at ten-thirty in the morning, being up at the pub by twelve and across at the betting shop by one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z True, my continued existence could make her life miserable, but misery is the lesser of two evils. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She was too intelligent, lively, and attractive for such a passive existence. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z As I walked home, I thought about birds and the meaning of their existence. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Sedentary villages based on cereals were already in existence before the rise of food production and predisposed those hunter-gatherers to agriculture and herding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The existence of competition among scientists is in itself evidence that the idea of discovery is present; and where there is no competition, there is no concept of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Hey, is there crumble left over? Crumble is necessary to my existence right now.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Just to nod, as he had done at the clothes closet, acknowledging our existence. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Dylan can answer, a ball of red flame bursts into existence between us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Then, as I watched in amazement, my avatar reappeared, fading back into existence in the exact same location where I’d died a few seconds earlier. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Tiny's right—the existence of the water-polo guy makes it easy to flirt. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z And there are others, not yet clearly delineated, whose existence in the cell is indicated by the presence of cytoplasmic genes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In view of all this, we must ask, to what extent has affirmative action helped us remain blind to, and in denial about, the existence of a racial undercaste? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He had confirmed Plutarch’s theory and, whether he liked it or not, he had reopened the question of the existence of other habitable worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z With Westerberg in stir, there was no work at the grain elevator for McCandless, so on October 23, sooner than he might have under different circumstances, the boy left town and resumed a nomadic existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As in a polar expedition, every expression of life must serve only the preservation of existence, and is absolutely focused on that. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The second reason we would be quite unlikely to see any little green men is that possible civilizations are bound to be scattered in time, coming into existence and then dying out. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor is it a new thing for man to invent an existence that he imagines to be above the rest of life; this has been his most consistent intellectual exertion down the millennia. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Questioning the Aristotelian doctrine was tantamount to questioning God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And there are many wasps, and flies as well, whose very existence depends on the destruction of the eggs or larvae of other insects through parasitism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “The meaning of life,” said Botticelli, “is suffering, specifically the suffering of others. Prisoners, for instance. Reducing a prisoner to weeping and wailing and begging is a delightful way to invest your existence with meaning. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But now, with a helpless human being lying in the cot, one so dependent on others that her very existence had to be proof of a higher goodness, things had changed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He simply popped into existence, as if he had been there all along and had only now decided to make himself visible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I would destroy myself if I’d actually had to give something up before leading this traveler’s existence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I don’t want to blink out of existence. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Archaeologists have discovered on even the tiniest islands evidence of the existence of birds, insects and snails that lived there for countless generations, only to vanish when the first human farmers arrived. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When his mother had said more or less the same thing, the first time his parents had visited the apartment, he’d argued with her, hotly defending the merits of his spartan, solitary existence. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It depends,” Robert de Sorbonne said at last, eyeing William skeptically, “on what he thinks of Master Albertus’s proof of the existence of God.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It had hurt her too much to be alive then, hurt even more to give birth to Jam’s mother, whose existence was the result of a monster’s monstering. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Voice of America was reporting it, as was French radio, which Olanna translated: Tanzania was the first country to recognize the existence of the independent nation of Biafra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Yet somehow for the period of your existence they will answer to a single overarching impulse: to keep you you. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Half of them probably are related to me, but they’ve never bothered acknowledging my existence before this. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z While conditions varied from plantation to plantation, the majority of slaves lived a twilight existence in which no area of human relations or personal dignity was sacred. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, wishing things into existence only works in fantasy. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “If language has any meaning,” Stanton wrote, “we have in these texts a plain declaration of the existence of the feminine element in the Godhead, equal in power and glory with the masculine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The extension of my sense of the personality of Bigger was the pivot of my life; it altered the complexion of my existence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Most were happy enough with what they understood of their liminal existence and did not seek help from seers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z An all-engulfing panic took him, there in the halls of the Gods whose very existence had been forgotten—octopus-faced gods and gods who were only mummified hands or falling rocks or forest fires... American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The BBC documentary had suggested that the existence of so much ash in Nebraska was a surprise. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He did not immediately open his eyes when he had finished his patrolling; he was listening hard, as though he might hear the door pop into existence. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But my poor mother—I must tell you that there are certain things in the existence of which my mother did not believe, against any possible evidence to the contrary. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But at the time, even the existence of the recording system was secret. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z By then, Seaborg would observe, the existence of element 94 had been revealed to the world “in the most dramatic form possible”: with a detonation in the skies above Nagasaki, Japan. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Cutie continued imperturbably, “And the question that immediately arose was: Just what is the cause of my existence?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It was a relief, that one small entry, the one myth among hundreds that claimed the existence of good vampires. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Two lawyers who have never met can nevertheless combine efforts to defend a complete stranger because they both believe in the existence of laws, justice, human rights—and the money paid out in fees. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Only complete satisfaction with their Cal Tech existence came from him and his family. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z These connective tendrils had not only conveniently appeared whenever it was necessary to move a living organism from one landmass to another, but then obligingly vanished without leaving a trace of their former existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He stood tongue-tied, feeling his very existence an intrusion, while Zau directed Heqet to the farthest stall, and to the cupboard where he would find the stake. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “No, indeed, I did not. I knew nothing at all of Lady Catherine’s connections. I never heard of her existence till the day before yesterday.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Our Solar System is certainly a prerequisite for our existence, and one might extend this to the whole of our galaxy to allow for an earlier generation of stars that created the heavier elements. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But really, you know, when you do that night after night it’s kind of hard to persuade yourself you’re leading a rich and thrilling existence. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For the next decade, Ogden and Kira enjoyed a peaceful, happy existence, living and working in relative seclusion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hitherto I have recorded in detail the events of my insignificant existence: to the first ten years of my life I have given almost as many chapters. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different spheres of existence. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The policy all but ignored the existence of the labor camps and made no attempt to monitor who in North Korea benefited from the aid. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I had looked forward to the breaking-and-entering aspect of cleaning the stay-overs, the chance to examine the secret physical existence of strangers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While he walked me to English, when he met me after Spanish, all through the lunch hour, he questioned me relentlessly about every insignificant detail of my existence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He felt that by willing it he was bringing that other force into existence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This was more or less his general state of existence, a fact that had earned him the nickname “Beetroot.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Our peripheral existence, however, was something we had learned to deal with—probably because it was abstract. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Billie spends much of her time fishing in a nearby tank in the afternoons—a lonely existence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Most millionaires sincerely believe in the existence of money and limited liability companies. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z During her whole existence as a Marine wife she had prepared her psyche for the possibility of a crash. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The existence of this world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The color and shape of a hammer hitting a nail has become such a part of my existence that I barely notice it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z On the other, increased advocacy is required in order to justify music’s existence and terms of benefits to the child amidst the threat of constant budget cuts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It was built upon rational numbers and implied the existence of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Is the unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She shimmered into existence in front of me, scowling, her face streaked with ash and grime. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He already felt a closeness that could only have come from knowing her before the memory-wiped existence of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A middle-aged lady with a pointy nose and expensive trench coat scowls at me when I enter the lobby, like I don't belong there, like my existence offends her sensibilities or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And once again, it winked out of existence. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z An opposite view is that benign environments leave people free from the constant struggle for existence, free to devote themselves to innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I had been made to go to church, I had given God’s existence a sort of tacit assent, but after having seen His creatures serve Him at first hand, I had had my doubts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You start to wonder whether it’s right or wrong and what kind of person that makes you for taking their life, whatever kind of existence it may be. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The simple discovery by Europe of the existence of the Americas caused an intellectual ferment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Like all sick children,” he answered dispassionately, “you say you don’t want pity, but your very existence depends upon it.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The investigators could see there would be no grand admission, beyond Briana acknowledging the existence of the call records. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But its eight-hundred-year existence spanned one of the most exciting times in American history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although battle was to be engaged on the question of the existence of spirits, the assumption was that it was really the existence of God that was at stake. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Yet Descartes could not reject Aristotle entirely; he was so afraid of the void that he denied its existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z After all, what creature in nature despised its own existence and felt shame for its means of survival? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Bars again—the dread of my gymnastics existence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It also means your very existence is a crime.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Being practically on the frontier—for the Borgo Pass leads from it into Bukovina—it has had a very stormy existence, and it certainly shows marks of it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It’s like he’s looking through them, like his brain simply can’t compute their existence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The form of the monster on whom I had bestowed existence was for ever before my eyes, and I raved incessantly concerning him. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z All the names ended with a 7, since there were but seven astronauts in existence, and they wanted to emphasize their unity. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pascal’s wager on God’s existence, for example, can be cast as a choice between the relative probabilities and consequences of Type I and Type II errors. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Second: The existence of certain varieties of heavy atoms on the Earth suggests that there was a nearby supernova explosion shortly before the solar system was formed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It catches me by surprise, because she’s barely acknowledged my existence for most of the night. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But I didn’t realize that Chicago’s very existence could be harmful to people outside who just want to be thought of as whole. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One day he suggests we go to Friendly’s, a chain I had not realized was even still in existence. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Wart sat down under the tree, so as not to disturb the bird any further as it went to sleep, and Cully, standing on one leg, ignored his existence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also required to sign a document saying he would never disclose the existence of the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then it began to disappear altogether, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The resulting two societies lost awareness even of each other’s existence and did not come into contact again for many centuries, perhaps for as long as 500 years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the mere existence of a diversity of results made it difficult to persuade everyone that Brahe’s arguments were conclusive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is an example of imagery created by non-Native artists that incorrectly suggests Indigenous people had come to the end of their existence and are no longer here. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Despite his first, the study of English literature seemed in retrospect an absorbing parlor game, and reading books and having opinions about them, the desirable adjunct to a civilized existence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In fact, I’m sure that my whole life would fall together like a set of dominoes if I could delete that one annual event from my existence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The attitude of the party leader prevailed and Left Front, for which I had worked so long, was voted out of existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For medieval Christians, the existence of such a chain of humans provided a most powerful and original understanding of original sin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Like most gunters, I loathed the Sixers and was disgusted by their very existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her existence was marked by a series of unthinkable losses. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Like so many, they had slipped, in a few short years, from a comfortable, secure middle-class existence to one in which every dime seemed harder to come by than the one before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But that’s just it: this tedious existence is starting to make us all disagreeable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They must, because comets come into existence and disappear, while the heavens continue the same for ever. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Discovering the existence of genderqueer identity felt like discovering a secret room. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Work is deemed so fundamental to human existence in many countries around the world that it is regarded as a basic human right. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was said that he would not stop growing, and that if a butcher’s cruelty had not put an end to his existence, he would have reached the size of a camel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These were fairy tales, which did nothing to alter the narrowness of their existence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By that, he meant even the most knowledgeable doctors in the country were ignorant of the existence of germs and bacteria, the source of infections and diseases. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But from this place there was no sign the white people had ever come to this land; they had no existence then, except as he remembered them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Does she really want to hear about her daughter’s deeply underwhelming and unhappy existence in school? The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was stunning to Mariam how quickly alleviating hunger became the crux of their existence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The morning was clear and bright, with a few thin, high clouds barely clinging to existence, accidental brush strokes on a blue canvas. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Directly underneath, a circular opening shimmered into existence, like a sewer pipe, just big enough to crawl through. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I see no reason why they should pretend to ignore his existence, even though any discussion of him is liable to be dismissed as Whig history. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z So, because of my brother, whose existence was not even acknowledged, I had to be a good boy scout. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The gap was nowhere: only an empty place waiting to be filled with life and with existence. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z During those early months, when there was a warrant for my arrest and I was being pursued by the police, my outlaw existence caught the imagination of the press. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark matter is nonreactive to light and has so far eluded all efforts to prove its existence. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He's spent hours weaving weeds and thistledown in the milky moonlight, spinning her into existence. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z For him, this was perhaps the highlight of an otherwise bleak existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to experience a near-catatonia when confronted by circumstances that yanked him out of his familiar geek existence and into alien environments. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The halls were empty and the lotus garden deserted, except for ibises meditating on the existence of frogs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Calpurnia, our whole existence on this earth is a cycle of life and death. That is a fact. There is no stopping it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Bonnie and Twill, the women I met in the woods from 8, were right about its existence and its defense capabilities. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z How some were lucky and found a forever home, while others had to scratch out an existence on the streets. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Rosellini’s death and the story of his outlandish existence made the front page of the Anchorage Daily News. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could end your existence at any moment; why love me?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z At the end of his life, when his ninety years had turned him into a twisted, fragile tree, Esteban Trueba would recall those moments with his granddaughter as the happiest of his whole existence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Israel is the only nation in the world whose existence is threatened. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was the spring of 1951, before I knew of Francis Crick’s existence. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The Bering land bridge, during its millennia of intermittent existence, would have been up to a thousand miles wide, covered by open tundra, and easily traversable by people adapted to cold conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Only scythes, who can turn off our emotional nanites, can ever reach an impasse with our own existence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Eating did not seem to be a part of this existence in the steel box, and I did not often think about it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Nothing about the natural world, at first glance, suggests the existence of a gene; indeed, you have to perform rather bizarre experimental contortions to uncover the idea of discrete particles of inheritance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This is a ridiculous thing to say because, of course, the bane of my existence is that I’m sick and unable to leave my house. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lavoisier had thirteen thousand of them in what was, to an almost preposterous degree, the finest private laboratory in existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “There are only two keys in existence that open Mr. Parker’s safety-deposit box. One has been in my possession for ten years. I didn’t know where the other was located until yesterday.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z New Agers make all sorts of existence assertions: that ESP exists, that there have been instances of spoon bending, that spirits abound, that there are aliens among us, etc. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was also the obvious fact that the implications of its existence were far too important to risk crying wolf. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She wiped me off the face of her existence. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Interestingly, Muggles were once fully aware of the existence of the Diricawl, though they knew it by the name of ‘dodo’. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when it came to arguing about God’s existence, he kept coming back to those crass gambling Frenchmen. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “When you force humans into a subhuman mode of existence, this always happens. Deprive a man of any contact with the pleasures of the spirit and he’ll fall completely into those of the flesh.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Columbus was not ‘responsible’ for the existence of America, nor Galileo for the moons of Jupiter, nor Hailey for the return of Hailey’s comet, although certainly the credit for these discoveries belongs to them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They carry on their existence in the borderlands between life and nonlife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt he had no physical existence at all right then; he was something he hated, the badge of shame which he knew was attached to a black skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Beautiful women are the torment of my existence. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was her father who rose to defend his wife’s existence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But this epiphany occurred only after the intervention of time and misfortune, when my father’s self-satisfied existence had begun to crumble beneath him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His jealousy had turned into unconsciousness of her existence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat stopped walking, sat down, and began to wash itself thoughtfully, apparently unaware of Coraline’s existence. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z None more complicated than the human brain, Etienne would say, what may be the most complex object in existence; one wet kilogram within which spin universes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I took the picture out and just looked at Minerva, imagining the sadness surrounding her existence. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Such was the fuzziness, in fact, that it took seven years for anyone to spot the moon again and thus independently confirm its existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I was mistaken; tonight I found new ones, worse ones. I am the most wretched of creatures. Say you wouldn’t mind it if I killed myself so I could end this existence.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We tried to pretend the other didn’t exist even though the existence of our nemeses kept us both occupied for hours. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat, Dragon, also knew of its existence, so she had to look sharply when she came out. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, he had this view of things—that most human activity was utter folly, his own included, and that his existence in the world made others nervous. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And there are monuments from before the birth of Christ that do not bear zeroes themselves but are inscribed with dates in a calendrical system based on the existence of zero. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After this experience he might be translated mystically to another plane of existence, to another dimension, just as the redwoods seem to be out of time and out of our ordinary thinking. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so completely a part of that existence that in the end I had to make my peace. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For them, a vacuum was an impossibility, so all the experiments that appeared to establish the existence of such a thing were strange indeed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Men, women and children...,” he later wrote, "were in flight from objects that had no existence except in their imaginations.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z My existence is a signal that we need to leave this city and offer our help to whoever is outside it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Aware of the existence of such a rule, I stayed away from school for something like three weeks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z McCarthy had no proof of the existence of any Communists in the state department. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Eventually the sons would arrive at a new transitory order and reignite the sun, letting existence begin anew. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He coined the term agnostic to mean one who believes you cannot know whether God exists because you cannot prove God’s existence. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the notion that everyday substances like air, or water, or mercury were mingled with a much finer substance, a fluid which filled all the gaps and prevented the existence of a vacuum. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Only the Thought Police would read what he had written, before they wiped it out of existence and out of memory. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was as if the woman had winked out of existence entirely. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I expected her to curse the very existence of bologna. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But the tlamatinime shared the religion's sense of the evanescence of existence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Staring at the inside of the locker, like looking into an upright coffin, he felt as though someone was trying to obliterate him, remove all traces of his existence, his presence in the school. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the pain verified his existence, brought him into focus. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Above all, the Renaissance acknowledged the existence of killer facts: facts which required the abandonment of well-established theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The inside smelled like vanilla or roses—I couldn’t tell which, maybe both—and her music collection included every terrible power ballad in existence. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They’re mostly white except for Esther Song, the only other Korean girl at our school, who never acknowledges my existence. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then, to the astonishment of many, including many astronomers, evidence was actually found for the existence of black holes in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were typically skeletons of colossal, extinct versions of animals that were still in existence at the very same locations where the fossils had been discovered. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There is testimony, there are documents, there are maps, there are photographs, and there is plenty of other evidence to confirm the existence of a place called ‘Rome’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Max had been one who liked to talk about the existence of God. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z What happens, instead, is a struggle for existence, with slight variations in the birds giving some advantages over others. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a precarious existence, to say the least. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You don’t look at all well, and I’m afraid your term of existence is drawing to an end. Still, would you like to see some of the readings recorded today?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Why were blacks the ones who came to be so widespread, rather than the four other groups whose existence Americans tend to forget? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This to Paley was evidence of the existence of God and proof that God was the creator of all species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z To Colin, tampons were a little bit like grizzly bears: he was aware of their existence, but he'd never seen one in the wild, and didn't really care to. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z There have been many reports of the Sorcerer’s Stone over the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It simply hung now below the sky, an audible reminder of the existence of agony. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Once again I willed the sand to come to life above the circular door, and I barely had to pull the figure of Anansi into existence before the grooves in the floor blazed to life. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Dewey had become accustomed to this brand of abuse; it was a routine part of his existence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Death would be okay if it came fast, existence ending in one last violent moment of defiance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The house, the yard, the neighbourhood and Alexandra were at the hub of my existence. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the world itself is only a speck of dust. And man is tiny—helpless! How long has he been in existence? For millions of years the earth was uninhabited.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I wish I could erase my words from existence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It had come to him one day three years before how immersed she was in her own existence. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The concept appealed to both Teller and Lawrence, who understood that public alarm about fallout could threaten the lab’s existence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was unwritten law in China, so my informant told me, that when one man saved another’s life he became responsible for that life to the end of its existence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, our faith in the very existence of period styles has been severely shaken, even though we continue to refer to them as a convenient shorthand in discussing the past. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people passed by and patted Moss on the back, while others cursed the very existence of the school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Not only ancient history—the mythical age of the brothers’ feud—but my own history one second ago, has vanished utterly, dropped out of existence. in Time. is an allusion of language. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A black man was on his knees in the gutter, hands cuffed behind his back, as several police officers stood around him talking, joking, and ignoring his human existence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Although few cartographic corporations acknowledge their existence, copyright traps remain a common feature even in contemporary maps. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And anywhere in handcuffs means those secret sites, hidden away, places where they can erase your existence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Not only does zero hold the secret to our existence, it will also be responsible for the end of the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was as if I were standing on the sidewalk on the main drag of my existence, looking through the glass at all of life’s goodies, but could not find an open door. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z However, the existence of dark matter is widely accepted because it explains the discrepancies found between the mass of large astronomical objects and their gravitational effect. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z At the same time, Truman issued Executive Order 9980, sharpening the teeth of the wartime mandate that had helped bring West Area Computing into existence. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Murra invented a name for this mode of existence: “vertical archipelagoes.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They drag their heavy bodies, back and back and back, though their brains must be cloudy with lack of air, while the other side of existence, whatever is beyond life, is pulling them down. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “My calling, my mission, my motivation and my very existence, is to create trades. This for that! Reciprocity!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “People always organize into groups. That’s a fact of our existence. I just didn’t expect it to happen this quickly.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It’s the fastest download ever, like it’s some sentient being who understands the whole point of its existence is that time is running out for someone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Did he regret my existence when we were watching cricket matches together? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I swear to God, this game is one of the best things in existence. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I mean, they built their entire life around my existence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As they walked along, Santa described to Mrs. Reilly the many sadnesses and tribulations that had comprised old lady Lopez’s dismal existence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us were always less interested in talking about the intricacies of our new existence and more interested in sponging up bits of gossip and everyday news from home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was over fiftieth level, so it would remain in existence for the spell’s maximum duration: fifteen minutes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Some of our technology permits us to deny its existence, and we maintain flickers of life for long stretches in one community of cells or another, as though we were keeping a flag flying. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Baty had tried to force the fusion experience into existence for itself—and then, when that fell through, it had engineered the killing of a variety of human beings...followed by the flight to Earth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Ned was unaware of the existence of these debts and believed the creditors were trying to defraud him—until they presented documents signed by the previous owner, H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to laugh at the station man who did not even know that his existence and the existence of all white people had been conceived by witchery. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z There we kissed and marveled at one another’s existence, feeling secret and lucky. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Eventually, normal-sized grandchildren arrived, and the king and queen forgot the existence of the tiny princess almost completely. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I was surprised by how easily they managed to incorporate me into their cyclical, Byzantine existence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Because they had already been living a settled existence in villages for thousands of years, they may have been pre-adapted to accepting agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When Bobby denied the very existence of Auschwitz, refusing to acknowledge that more than one million people had been murdered there, Laszlo told him about relatives who’d been exterminated in concentration camps. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After all, they had already erected the largest magnet in existence for the 184-inch cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “The marriage cannot go on: I declare the existence of an impediment.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It looked almost as dependent as a human being for some acknowledgment of its existence. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But to keep them all in existence meant doing nothing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As if this wasn’t bad enough, Benton was nearly shunned by his entire family, who, save for the occasional “How are you?” or “Could you pass the salt?” seemed oblivious to his very existence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z One argument for such a beginning was the feeling that it was necessary to have “First Cause” to explain the existence of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But the meaning he wrested from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things that came easily. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Green Movement eventually dissipated, and I stopped thinking about you and went on with my relatively easy existence. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So, decisions about the existence of a vacuum should be made not by appeal to authority but on the basis of sense experience and reason. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I left her alone, because those chores made her whole existence worthwhile. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What I wanted to say was “I can’t help it if somebody has a problem with my existence. I can’t solve that for you.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Then the candor of the woman’s whole existence, which every one might read, and which formed so striking a contrast to her own habitual reserve—this might have furnished a link. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “The goal is to prevent these wondrous beings from passing out of existence.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “If the disease has disappeared as it no doubt has,” wrote “Howard” in that day’s General Advertiser, “every memento of its existence should disappear with it, that the citizens may once more enjoy repose.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Thus, the evidence derived from plant names in modern African languages permits us to glimpse the existence of three languages being spoken in Africa thousands of years ago: ancestral Nilo-Saharan, ancestral Niger-Congo, and ancestral Afroasiatic. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A universe that can wink into existence can wink out again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Stealing had been so much a part of his previous existence that he sometimes still, even after years, forgot that it was not acceptable behavior in Village. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Fundamentally, though, the word ‘scientist’ was merely a new and useful word for a type of person who had long been in existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I sat in the front of his class entranced as he spoke about the Constitutional Congress and the Federalist Papers, and their relevance to our existence today. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The various segments seemed to sparkle into existence in random order, but they eventually formed letters, and words. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Can’t I be interested in the process that led to my existence?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The moth on his hand had been peeled away and snuffed out of existence, and for all she knew, he had been, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z This would explain the existence of the thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled and waved good-bye as his avatar slowly faded out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This dramatic change in policy gave state and local police an enormous stake in the War on Drugs—not in its success, but in its perpetual existence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z As he aged, Mendeleyev became increasingly eccentric–he refused to acknowledge the existence of radiation or the electron or anything else much that was new–and difficult. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In fact, Gassendi points out, when the microscope was invented both the pores in the skin and the legs of the mite became visible, thus confirming the validity of earlier arguments to prove their existence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a miraculous find, and what made it all the more striking was that the observations on which Lowell had predicted the existence of a planet beyond Neptune proved to be comprehensively erroneous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I had never in my life been abused by whites, but I had already become as conditioned to their existence as though I had been the victim of a thousand lynchings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They told Shin that North Korea was an independent state and noted the existence of cars and trains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The failure to secure the blessings of democracy was the feature that most defined their existence in America. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “The Club never met as a whole,” Crick recalled: “It always had a rather ethereal existence.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “For sure,” Mapper said, narrowing his eyes at the drawing as if a master attack plan would materialize if he just squinted it into existence. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Since the old Aristotelian doctrine was crumbling, Descartes, true to his Jesuit training, tried to use nought and infinity to replace the old proof of God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When a Wal-Mart shows up within a television within a Wal-Mart, you have to question the existence of an outer world. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Via mysterious connections available only to initiates, they learned of Clara’s existence, established telepathic contact with her, and immediately realized they were astral sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t need to document the last three days; I need to delete them from existence. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “This is what it is to live,” he cried; “now I enjoy existence! But you, my dear Frankenstein, wherefore are you desponding and sorrowful!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z After his return to his home he never spoke of it again to anyone, save Gandalf and Frodo; and no one else in the Shire knew of its existence, or so he believed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The Anne Frank who enjoyed that heavenly existence was completely different from the one who has grown wise within these walls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We were going through the motions of that day’s experiment, sitting side by side while neither of us acknowledged the other’s existence. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z One fragment, known as Nucleus G, struck with the force of about six million megatons–seventy-five times more than all the nuclear weaponry in existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Overhead, stars are winking one by one into existence—real stars, not a virtual simulation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Before our marriage, she had moved in circles of relative wealth and comfort, a life very different from the often hand-to- mouth existence of the freedom fighter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they are released, they are often denied the right to vote, excluded from juries, and relegated to a racially segregated and subordinated existence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now he hung on the edge of existence, detached from the real world, weightless and moved by the wind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Altogether it is thought–though it is really only a guess, based on extrapolating from cratering rates on the Moon–that some two thousand asteroids big enough to imperil civilized existence regularly cross our orbit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He experienced them, the others, incorporated the babble of their thoughts, heard in his own brain the noise of their many individual existences. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And when he told her that airplanes had been in existence before he was born, and long before the Revolution, the fact struck her as totally uninteresting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She had a way of closing her eyes briefly when exasper-ated as if to reject for at least a second the existence of a folly that she was bound to recognize later. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Until now, I’d constructed my existence carefully, tucking and folding every loose and disorderly bit of it, as if building some tight and airless piece of origami. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It may be, sir, that we’re looking upon a phenomenon that, for the first time, would absolutely prove the existence of God, sir.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Outwardly, it seemed like a perfect existence for an intellectual, civic-minded guy in his thirties who’d flatly turned down any number of more lucrative and prestigious options in favor of his principles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z This culture emerged at a particular moment in time: before it came into existence there could be no science as we understand the term. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are necessary for their existence. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as they were clean and neat I had not thought the material or the existence of lace mattered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a wave of his wand, all the tables zoomed back along the walls leaving the floor clear, and then he conjured a raised platform into existence along the right wall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z If it was heavier, the demon Ammut would eat your heart and your soul would vanish from existence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Anaxagoras believed in a special mind substance and disbelieved in the existence of atoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “More journals are coming into existence. It’s hard to keep pace with the articles hitting journals. It’s almost impossible, there’s so much of it,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Right there in front of him was the “struggle for existence” that he was writing about in his book. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was aware of my existence, but I did not know where I was,” he said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Properly called the Öpik–Oort cloud, it is named for the Estonian astronomer Ernst Öpik, who hypothesized its existence in 1932, and for the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who refined the calculations eighteen years later. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Outwardly, he was living a surprisingly conventional existence, even going so far as to open a savings account at a local bank. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By the twentieth century biologists were stoutly denying its existence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The three other girls in my cluster were now staring blankly at me, looking possibly more confused by my existence than I’d expected. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I wanted Nan and me to find a home, but really, the one thing I truly wanted was to wish that motorcycle out of existence. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Trout believed in things like that, was greedy to have their existence proved. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s up to something, but whether it’s trotting out loved ones to lobby on behalf of my continuing my earthly existence or whether she’s simply bringing them in to say good-bye, I can’t say. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, if the movements of this city were an indication, the very existence of Manzanar and all it had stood for might be in doubt. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then to further confirm his existence, he speaks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself nor has forethought for anything. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z You will be aware that the existence of a Rusakov field implies the existence of a related particle, but so far such a particle has eluded us. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Calakmul's inhabitants had cut a little divot into its flanks for their city, but now the vegetation, massive and indifferent, was smothering every trace of their existence. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Shin had first learned about the existence of money from Park. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z |
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