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The tree trunks expand and contract as if they are breathing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
A balloon of anger started expanding in my chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
A dictionary buff, a devotee of obscure words, he had been intent on improving his companion’s grammar and expanding his vocabulary ever since they had celled together at Kansas State Penitentiary. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
She heard the house creak as it expanded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
As the glacier moved, crevasses would sometimes compress, buckling ladders like toothpicks; other times a crevasse might expand, leaving a ladder dangling in the air, only tenuously supported, with neither end mounted on solid ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
As they expanded, the energy of the field in them would slowly decrease until the inflationary expansion changed to an expansion like that in the hot big bang model. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Congress had signaled its enthusiasm for an expanded AEC program by allocating the agency a healthy budget for research, he explained. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The black world was expanding before me, and I could see now that that world was more than a photonegative of that of the people who believe they are white. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
But the Indians maintained and expanded the grasslands by regularly setting huge areas on fire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He developed superior centralized conflict resolution by expanding the adjudication of quarrels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I had a new job, a fiancé, and an expanded family—an approving Kenyan granny, even. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Once the idea of discovery had established itself, it expanded out of geography into other disciplines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
As the bouncy, poppy-punk song filled my head, my insides relaxed and expanded. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
This would lead to all sorts of science-fiction-like possibilities for people who survived from the expanding to the contracting phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The walls expanded away, and the ceiling rose. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
One experiment after another of his explores how we focus, what takes us away from what we profess to want to focus on, and whether our attention limits might even be expanded. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
As the aeronautical laboratory expanded west to meet the demands of the war, its twin, Langley Field, sought to grow in order to accommodate the Army Air Corps’ booming operation. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
But by the early 1900s, their roles were expanding, and women were tough in defending their rights; they were determined to have a voice in the larger union efforts. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Her diaphragm expands and I hear her yawn. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
As my father’s philosophy expanded, he began to empower, enlighten, and embrace an untold populace extending far beyond the limits of governmental control. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
But as we shall see, coherent discourse also uses devices that differ from the branching of a tree, and our metaphors must expand accordingly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
The gardens were larger than he remembered; since his last visit almost two years before, she had expanded them, he saw. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
The girls’ work was soon expanded to include the Danzig area in West Prussia and Upper Silesia. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
That hidden grain of sand—tiny and infinite all at once, both compact and expanding. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
There is nevertheless a nagging suspicion among some astronomers that all may not be right with the deduction, from the red shifts of galaxies via the Doppler effect, that the universe is expanding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
These roughhewn logs were filled with sap, and as they dried out, the wood contracting and expanding with changes in temperature, the roofs sagged, the walls buckled. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
As Gerald ran down the six flights of steps, his fear expanded like a balloon in his chest. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The heat from the small fire expanded and retracted with the tempo of a heartbeat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
He felt his heart unfold and expand, glad that his father was actually here in person. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
When the world wasn’t big enough for him, he expanded it with the force of his imagination. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
As president he envisioned what he called his Great Society—an ambitious set of programs including civil rights legislation and expanded access to quality education and health care. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
I didn’t like being on a pale blue dot, surrounded by nothing, a nothing that expanded around us in every direction. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
He had rejected the more aggressive steps recommended by the Joint Chiefs, for fear of expanding the war and sparking greater protests at home. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Just when he thought Alec might’ve lost his marbles after all, the man suddenly made a sharp turn to the right, running parallel to the expanding fine of flames. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
In Jim’s grand plan, PIH would become an instrument for expanding the resources to treat TB, and in the process save itself. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile, bits of the body of the clock expand and contract, like pieces of a puzzle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
As William hears this news, his back straightens, his neck elongates, and his whole body seems to expand. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Heat them up by the same amount and they expand by the same amount; cool them down together and they contract in unison. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Because of the war, his job has expanded. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
The campaign had been expanded to eliminate personal possessions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
A butterfly expanding and drying its wings before flight. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Under the influence of this appreciation of his narrative powers, Mr. Struthers expanded genially and became ever more communicative, if possible. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
He considered the construction which was flimsy and the lot which might be valuable if a cannery ever wanted to expand. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Della Mae Justice stands before the jury in the Pike County Courthouse, arguing that her client’s land in Greasy Creek Hollow was illegally grabbed when the neighbors expanded their cemetery behind her home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
It surged a little, seeming to expand and contract, but it was solid. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
We may not be expanding the number of eaters in America, but we’ve expanded how much food they eat, which is almost as good. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Like the universe expanding, or who committed a murder. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
To another, he expanded on the theme with a sort of minatory thrill: “I think it really not too improbable that a ten cm cube of uranium deuteride . . . might very well blow itself to hell.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It is an interesting reflection on the general climate of thought before the twentieth century that no one had suggested that the universe was expanding or contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
And now Miss Honey's hopes began to expand even further. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, maybe you need to expand your idea of how girls behave,” Dimple replied, grinning. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
She felt my environment needed to change and my options needed to expand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
If the French kept expanding their hold, they could link their southern lands with New France. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Clay readily absorbs water, expanding as it does. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He was too loyal to anything connected with himself—his roommate, his dormitory, his class, his school, outward in vastly expanded circles of loyalty until I couldn’t imagine who would be excluded. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
However, a colleague of mine, Don Page, of Penn State University, pointed out that the no boundary condition did not require the contracting phase necessarily to be the time reverse of the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The body of the clock, which has been methodically turning itself inside out and expanding, is now entirely subtle shades of white and grey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
But probably a more important reason is that the original Southeast Asian stock from which the colonists of Greater Australia were derived has by now been largely replaced by other Asians expanding out of China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I take a deep breath at her words, my lungs effortlessly expanding and contracting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Craning his neck, Harry saw it expand into being in midair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
He tries to expand his chest, stand as tall as he can. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
The discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the twentieth century. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Antiwar protests had been steadily getting larger as Johnson expanded the war effort, and King told his advisors he planned to speak at an upcoming New York City demonstration. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
Every blood vessel under my skin expands, throwing off heat and warming the space between us. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
The sea expands before us, bright and rippling and blue. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
“But college expands your opportunities,” I say finally. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
“I want to help you find your brother,” it said, expanding its huge wings and then tucking them back into its sides. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
You hear plenty of explanations for our expanding waistline. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
“It’s a book about two high school athletes, actually. It was a documentary first, in the nineties. Then they expanded on it for the book.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Listen to how Borgenicht describes his decision to expand beyond aprons: From my study of the market I knew that only three men were making children’s dresses in 1890. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Over the next two hours we submerge ourselves in finding the sums of infinite geometric series, calculating iterate functions, and expanding powers of binomials. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
By contrast, plans for Y-12 kept expanding even as the plant rose from the valley floor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
At the new place, their circle of friends continued to expand. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
The blanket expands, and immediately more warm liquid begins pouring out of it, removing the last of the stickiness. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
My universe gradually began expanding, but so did the agony. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Beginning in the Administration Building, with a single wind tunnel, the lab grew until space limits pushed it to expand to the west onto several large properties tracing their provenance to colonial-era plantations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Chains rattle, rivers roll, animals startle and bolt, forests inspire and expand, babies stretch open-mouthed from the womb, new seedlings arch their necks and creep forward into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lilienthal had been brooding all day over a pending decision by President Truman about expanding the nation’s nuclear arsenal, a $319 million proposition pushed assiduously by the Pentagon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The universe’s fate hinges on how well our space-time balloon is expanding. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Billups had expanded from saying the letters to making the sound of each one. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
They are deeply interested in expanding the market, not eliminating the pool of people who can be held captive for a profit. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
It could expand into a full-size laptop, shrink into a tablet computer, or fold into a wafer of metal smaller than a cell phone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
In the meantime, the Cyclotron Republic continued to expand its boundaries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Older children may have an expanded vocal range, but it is important to remember that the pitches that are most comfortable to sing are in the middle of their range. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
This would mean that the contracting phase would be like the time reverse of the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Imam Malik continues to explain that they want to expand services beyond the welcoming of families, to include English classes, job training, tutoring, and more. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
While construction crews began expanding roads and nailing together new buildings at Los Alamos, Oppenheimer turned to his next task: “a policy of absolutely unscrupulous recruiting of anyone we can lay hands on.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is better to think of it from the inside, perhaps with grid lines—imagined to adhere to the moving fabric of space—expanding uniformly in all directions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hubble’s discovery that the universe was expanding, and the realization of the insignificance of our own planet in the vastness of the universe, were just the starting point. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Sun will become a red giant star, its visible surface so far from its interior that the gravity at its surface grows feeble, its atmosphere expanding into space in a kind of stellar gale. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The galaxies are embedded in, attached to space, and the fabric of space is expanding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hazel felt as if she were expanding to the breaking point, just like that spire in the pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Finally they reached the edge of the expanding inferno, the line of it far more distinct than Mark would’ve expected. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
We sat in silence, listening to strange creaks and groans in die maze, the echo of stones grinding together as tunnels changed, grew, and expanded. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Each day caused the world to simultaneously expand and contract; the more Luna knew, the more she became frustrated by what she did not yet know. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
The only way to see the stars was to block out the sunshine and allow the pupils to expand for several minutes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He soon mastered his right hand and expanded his use of the two fingers that remained, continuing to compose songs about hens and hunted foxes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The universe seemed to be expanding, like a balloon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Ayanna expanded the raft, we all stepped on board, and we floated through the cleansing curtain and back into the trash compartment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
But when the quiet expands and the tea grows cold, my thoughts return to the queen and Princess Charlotte, and Ivy's fears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
By comparing how fast galaxies were receding at different eras in the past, the astronomers were able to track how fast space-time was expanding. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
The long, sharp quills running along its back stood straight up and it expanded its shoulders menacingly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t long before Paul’s staff had to expand its office from a basement room to ten rooms on two floors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
The dance circle expands when my mom joins in. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
An old, angry knot expanded in my throat. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Beside him the little heater popped and cracked as its parts grew warmer and expanded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He still restrained himself from other investments, but as he saw friends everywhere expanding, he wondered if he was not crazy to do the same. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the Supreme Court’s ruling on the health care law last year, while upholding it, allowed states to choose whether to expand Medicaid. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Rather, it is that the no boundary condition causes disorder to increase and the conditions to be suitable for intelligent life only in the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fun-house Muriel began to ripple, as did the startling image of Goldilocks shedding feathers as she expanded into a person. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
The house is almost like a living creature that keeps expanding and contracting and remaking itself. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
However, if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate, gravity would never be strong enough to stop it, and the universe would continue to expand forever. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The ice expanded and shrank as if it were breathing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
“We were expanding beyond ourselves, beyond our own planet, pushing back frontiers, bettering ourselves.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Scoob’s taken way aback by how quickly the air in his throat expands and his eyes fill with tears. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
It seemed much more likely that the universe itself was expanding, carrying the galaxies with it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Luna felt her fear expand inside her, like a storm cloud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
The branch crackled, the leaves curled and the yellow smoke expanded. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
As a result, six concentration camps were expanded and converted into death camps equipped with large gas chambers and huge crematoriums. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes it got stuck because of the way the wood expanded and contracted. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
Instead, one might guess that they once had a more nearly continuous distribution, which became fragmented as speakers of other language families expanded or induced Miao-Yao speakers to abandon their tongues. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
As they expanded and the matter particles got farther apart, one would be left with an expanding universe that contained hardly any particles and was still in the supercooled state. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
In an expanding universe in which the density of matter varied slightly from place to place, gravity would have caused the denser regions to slow down their expansion and start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Although it may be challenging for teachers to find adaptive instruments to suit the individual needs of their students,” Sobol says, “the music market catalog offerings are expanding.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
The other passengers extend themselves into the aisles; baggage expands, smoke drifts in the stale air, food wrappings clog the washrooms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
I can feel them expanding out of my face. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
Her family’s reality had expanded when Pet was added to it, but everyone else still lived in that other world, the one where creatures from other realms didn’t exist. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Her lungs expand and take in more air as she chases our images away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
It had been expanded, improved upon, excavated and tunneled into by successive Masters of Stormhold, until the original mountain peak now raked the sky like the ornately carved tusk of some great, grey, granite beast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
As the picketing expanded, however, some suffragists became more outspoken in their disapproval of the campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Congress later expanded the law to include Hispanic, Asian, Native American and other minority citizens, and in so doing, transformed America’s political landscape. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
If we didn’t open a shop or expand the coffeehouse, someone else would; and then it would be too late. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Lawrence visited New York, which happened with increasing regularity as his fund-raising demands expanded, he invariably stayed at Loomis’s Manhattan town house. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
As time passed, the fabric of space continued to expand, the radiation cooled and, in ordinary visible light, for the first time space became dark, as it is today. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
To Moseley, the fish bones suggested that the ample protein on the coast allowed people to go inland and build irrigation networks to produce the cotton needed to expand fishing production. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The Captain expanded Mr. Carter’s building program, providing every Coalwood miner a house with indoor plumbing, a Warm Morning stove in the living room, and a coal box the company kept full. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The bubbles were supposed to expand and meet up with each other until the whole universe was in the new phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Virgin Birth, the Resurrection, and the countless miracles—my heart expanded to encompass all the wonders and possibilities of the universe. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
First my head went in, and then the bowl expanded so that my whole body went in, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
If it was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to start contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The rise of a middle class - and a growing, wage-earning working class, as London’s industry expanded - was to have a greater effect on changing musical tastes in Britain than the whims of aristocratic patrons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
The universe had a beginning, about 15 billion years in the past, and space has been expanding ever since. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
At night, she worked on the expanded version of Dollywould that Dahlia and Chloe had put up the money to launch. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
Perrington’s eyes fell upon the black ring on his left hand and darkened, as if his pupils had expanded to encompass all of each eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Then we drop water onto them out of our water glasses, and the paper caterpillars expand and look as if they’re crawling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
The price tag was $14,600 a year, but Elizebeth was sure that the expanded unit would improve the Treasury’s bottom line. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Others ask how she’s doing and she expands a little more. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
The oars lifted, expanding into aerial blades with a sound like ninety umbrellas opening at once, and the Argo II rose into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
I watch the muscles in Tobias’s back expanding and contracting with each labored breath, and I don’t hear our footsteps; I hear only my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
And then the agent had gone on a tremendous amplification all over the planet, and it was still expanding its bum, with no end in sight. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
And the reason we observe this thermodynamic arrow to agree with the cosmological arrow is that intelligent beings can exist only in the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walked up to them, and the half circle effortlessly expanded to include me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
An expanding universe resolved much of this at a stroke. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
This idea is attractive because it would mean a nice symmetry between the expanding and contracting phases. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
That light would not have disappeared as the balloon universe expanded; it would instead have gotten stretched out as the rubber fabric of space-time stretched. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Nereus spun and expanded, turning into a killer whale, but I grabbed his dorsal fin as he burst out of the water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
“And my sister here had the brilliant idea of putting in a bid to expand La Cocina!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Every other building of substance in Englewood seemed to be charged with the energy of anticipation, not just of the world’s fair but of a grand future expanding far beyond the fair’s end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
She presses her thumbs inside them and they expand right up into water bottles. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
While cities in the East expanded through immigration and became more diverse, Los Angeles became more homogenous and white. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z
But as the universe expanded, the temperature of the radiation decreased. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
An expanding universe does not preclude a creator, but it does place limits on when he might have carried out his job! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
While these reforms were desperately needed, deinstitutionalization intersected with the spread of mass imprisonment policies—expanding criminal statutes and harsh sentencing—to disastrous effect. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
The phantom’s infinite emptiness expanded and contracted in long, rattly heaves. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
To the east side of the Griffin were the white people’s houses and their new projects—the expanded town square, the hospital, and the museum. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
But no such humility marks the booming “weed killer” business of the present day, in which soaring sales and expanding uses mark the production of plant-killing chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The darkness expanded, momentarily obscuring everything, and then Grandma stood before them, completely naked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
ALBUS: It was weird though—I thought I saw Cedric start to expand— but then he sort of started shrinking again — and I looked at you and you had your wand out. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
Lacking such technology, Atahuallpa did not expand overseas out of South America. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Since the season written about in Outcasts United, Coach Luma has continued to expand her programs for the Fugees in amazing ways. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
Nor did they ever permit the Achaeans or the Aetolians to expand their territory, despite their merits. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
Nixon increased the pressure on the Communists by expanding the Cambodian air strikes into Operation Menu, a staggering series of heavy, repeated carpet-bombings. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
“So we’ve expanded into a range of Shield Cloaks, Shield Gloves...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
This energy shoots out from the center of the star, causing it to expand a little bit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Physicists have theorized that we live in an infinite and infinitely expanding universe, and that everything in it will eventually repeat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
The chief drawback to the lab’s expanding relationship with the government was the growing burden of security. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Hoyle favored a steady-state theory in which the universe was constantly expanding and continually creating new matter as it went. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Since the incident with the racist note segued into a unit on tolerance, I’m going to revisit and expand on that theme. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
We look down as my chest starts to slowly expand and fall, expand and fall, over and over and over again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Harry’s heart seemed to expand and glow at the sight: He felt incredibly fond of all of them, even Mundungus, whom he had tried to strangle the last time they had met. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
All around the room, the smaller crowds grow and expand, and fewer and fewer voices fill the room, until there are only three or four. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
With a flick of her wrist, it expanded, flashing and shimmering. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
After some preliminary research showed Professor Lincoln what a subject he had hold of, he had been able to obtain several grants, and a publisher’s encouragement to expand his thesis into a book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
More yams than years ago though the time seemed endlessly expanded, stretched thin as the spiraling smoke beyond all recall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two wings had been added to accommodate the yearly accretions of Marine children who came into town as Ravenel Air Base expanded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
It just kept expanding, getting lighter and lighter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Or in other words, why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
And now I felt something else, Rex, or me, lengthening, expanding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
He talks about the plans for the house: the skylights, expanding the deck, planting flower beds of tulips and crocuses, clearing the poison oak, adding another wing, building a Japanese-style tile bathroom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was harder this time—their furnishings and wardrobes hadn’t expanded, but their hardware had. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The air is full, ripe with scent—flowers, earth, my expanding fear. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“The circles keep expanding,” adds Michael, picking up another marker, writing and drawing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
Over the years, the list of properties subject to forfeiture expanded greatly, and the required connection to illegal drug activity became increasingly remote, leading to many instances of abuse. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
The ache in my chest expands, and my eyes are suddenly hot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Finally the tunnel expanded and its core became so brilliant that I felt we were in the center of a gigantic million-watt light bulb. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He became that by having been given room to express and expand his genius. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
I can feel his breaths against my palm, his body expanding and contracting, and I know he’s strong, steady, unstoppable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
One notion is that perhaps the singularity was the relic of an earlier, collapsed universe–that we’re just one of an eternal cycle of expanding and collapsing universes, like the bladder on an oxygen machine. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Among them is Daphne Bavelier, a neuroscientist at the University of Rochester, who has been one of the pioneers in trying to understand how technology could be used to expand and improve attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Further north, expanding their empire in a hot-brained hurry, are the Toltec, sweeping in every direction from the mile-high basin that today houses Mexico City. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Grace could see it in their eyes, their uncertainty about what to say about her rapidly expanding stomach, their relief that it was she and not they who had gotten pregnant. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Her gray oily hair clings to her skull and her chest contracts and expands in shallow breaths beneath her black clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The space at the top of the tube has been expanded to include a bell, on the theory that if there was a vacuum no sound would be audible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“Protego!” roared Harry, and the Shield Charm expanded in the middle of the Hall, and Voldemort stared around for the source as Harry pulled off the Invisibility Cloak at last. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
My lungs expand, taking in the fresh air; my eyes blink. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
Later, the Nazis expanded the law to exclude Jews from German schools altogether and then forbade them from attending any school at all. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
We pass diggers and tractors tearing up the earth, expanding the camp. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
Now with my new, expanded version of the House of Moneekrom, here in the storage room, it had become harder to know if my turrets facing each other were the same height. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
But what would happen if and when the universe stopped expanding and began to contract? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the sphere expands, an astronomer in any galaxy will think all the other galaxies are running away from him. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
"When the boards get wet," he said, "they'll expand and come together there." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
New ways of stringing words and sentences together come into fashion and vanish again, but the underlying structure simply grows, enriches itself, expands. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thomas felt an icy terror blossom in his chest, expand like a tumor, making it hard to breathe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Week by week, he worked on his computing—his lengthening MP3 playlist, expanded hard-drive power and memory, the cable modem and webcams. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
And that meant that the universe could not be static, as everyone previously had thought, but is in fact expanding; the distance between the different galaxies is growing all the time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gray smoke formed a giant cloud that hung over the buildings and expanded outward like paint slowly being spilled onto an empty canvas. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
A heavy silence expands among the three of us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
The cosmological constant’s push would balance out gravity’s pull; instead of collapsing, the universe could stay in a steady balance, neither collapsing nor expanding. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Moreover, there was his godlike quality of each year expanding in size, perhaps eventually to fill the universe. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Yet all these gases have very basic properties in common: heat them up and they expand; cool them down and they contract. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
He could sense the Sleer writhing and expanding, hear a noise like the scratching of a thousand dead twigs, as if something huge and muscular were snaking its way around the inside of the chamber. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
It is possible that at some later time with third and higher orders of colonies developing new worlds, another independent expanding civilization would be discovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Priority number one was to gain congressional approval for expanded military action in Vietnam, if deemed necessary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
And after that, for the next million years or so, the universe would have just continued expanding, without anything much happening. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The new, expanded headquarters in Boston, donated by Harvard Medical School, now housed specialists in grant writing, technology, and administration in addition to regular staff. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
She uses a huge spear that expands from this collapsible Mace canister she carries in her pocket, but that’s not the scary part. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
I watch the muscles in his back expand and contract until I fall asleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Little streams of light circling and expanding around him like a river. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Greenberg, who already owned a similar number of houses in the section, was expanding his holdings to exploit the housing crunch caused by urban renewal. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Fyrian thought about this as his left ear started to sprout and expand. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
For a while Francis wanted to expand our note to write at length about the biological implications. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
It’s the same house, really—the one on Dart—but it’s been gutted, expanded, tripled. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
The eyes seemed to expand and dilate until they filled the whole of Matthias’s vision. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Spots jumped before his eyes and turned into red circles that expanded quickly till they passed out of sight. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
I feel my arms stretch, my fingertips lengthen, my lungs expand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
In other words, can the ability to focus, once more fully understood, be expanded? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Thus Savery’s engine sucked and blew, just like a bellows, but the sucking was caused by condensing steam and the blowing was caused by expanding steam. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
“And as long as they don’t interfere with your main assignment of recommending that the authority of Special Services be expanded to include combat activities.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
In all, the INS has hired more than 5,600 additional agents since 1993 to expand its forces along the southern U.S. border. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
Noxious clouds expanded around the giant, filling the ruins like thick cigar smoke. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
As she pushed her way in, the braided strips of silk expanded to accommodate her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
When she looked at you, her eyes seemed to expand, and you felt like she was looking right through you. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
It had a red part inside the bell that could crumple or expand, just like a folding paper lantern. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
And you know there are forces out there that want to crush your spirit even as it expands like a gas filling all available space. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
He pulled himself out of the water so his chest could expand, took two deep breaths and swiveled and dove, pulling his arms and kicking off the raft bottom with his feet. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
An ache inside of me that expanded and twisted, turning me to stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
The room around them changes again, expanding into an empty ballroom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
A souffle grows in the oven because the heat causes these air pockets to expand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Will the universe eventually stop expanding and start contracting, or will it expand forever? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mingo didn’t need a place to put his doghouse, but surely he was on the lookout to expand his domain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Because the cedar was dry when attached to the frame but then became wet after being used regularly, the wood wanted to expand slightly in length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
As they first began to expand their territory on the mainland, since they did not have much to control there and enjoyed great prestige, they had little to fear from their captains. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
Eventually, such regions would stop expanding and collapse to form galaxies, stars, and beings like us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Foaly tapped a few more keys, and Artemis’s deep blue eyes expanded to the width of the screen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
In one, the universe is created, somehow, ten or twenty billion years ago and expands forever, the galaxies mutually receding until the last one disappears over our cosmic horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fabyan was about to expand into gene research at Riverbank, and he wanted a bright young man to lead the way. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
This feeling was similar, except it was my intellect that was weary and expanded, languid and latently powerful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
When I touched the crocus it expanded, swelling until with a kind of pop it slid free of the pouch it was in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Using it like a dropper, I released a small splash of soda onto the crinkled paper, and watched it expand outward instantly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
In the second kind of model, which expands forever, space is bent the other way, like the surface of a saddle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once there was a time when this country was expanding. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
“Not a word to Molly,” he whispered to Harry as he opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
A love that enters my chest and expands until I feel I could burst. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the universe begins to expand, it won’t be spreading out to fill a larger emptiness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
The Redeemers who overthrew Reconstruction were inclined to retain such segregation practices as had already emerged, but they displayed no apparent disposition to expand or universalize the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
In Ulster, they created a Protestant presence within a predominantly Catholic nation and gave Britain a foothold for its efforts to expand its empire. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
We accept the theory of the big bang by watching a movie of expanding space running backwards. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
While musicians and instrument-makers were finding ways of expanding the expressive range of what they could play, historical destiny was going to hand the bass line an unexpected boost. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
My lungs expand and contract rapidly as I remember Pa lifting me off the truck when we first arrived. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I am an expanding universe swimming upward in a silent sea. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Her chest expanded unnaturally, too quickly, and collapsed just as unnaturally as JoJo hyperventilated her. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Indians incorporated the new pigments into their traditions, expanding them and in the process creating an aesthetic nouvelle vague. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Technology, in the form of weapons and transport, provides the direct means by which certain peoples have expanded their realms and conquered other peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The hypersphere is expanding from a point, like a four-dimensional balloon being inflated, creating in every instant more space in the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, however, for the next five years nothing happened, largely because MacKaye occupied himself with refining and expanding his vision until he and it were only tangentially connected to the real world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
Briggs’s rules prohibiting publication of fission-related articles soon expanded to a blanket ban on any discussion of the topic outside the confines of the laboratory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Are they part of a global tectonic system, produced perhaps by fracturing of an expanding or contracting planet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Schindler had expanded his factory beyond pots and pans to producing war material. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
Among much else, Einstein’s general theory of relativity suggested that the universe must be either expanding or contracting. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
She was in front of him now, and Jack felt his chest expand and then freeze, an inhalation with no companion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
“Everything you touch will burn and multiply, but the copies are worthless—and if you continue to handle the treasure, you will eventually be crushed to death by the weight of expanding gold!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
As space stretched, the matter and energy in the universe expanded with it and rapidly cooled. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Although it is significantly expanded from "Introduction to Music Theory," this course still covers only the bare essentials of music theory. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
He wanted the president to expand ground operations into nearby Laos and Cambodia, and massively increase bombing of North Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
I had a deep and appreciative understanding of African-American history, and my faith had evolved and expanded to include the things in life I deemed important and acceptable. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Barbara and John were then ten and seven years old, and Elizebeth was always looking for chances to expand their world. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
As plantation farming expanded, particularly tobacco and cotton farming, demand increased greatly for both labor and land. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Most of all, she went out of her way to provide them with the kinds of experiences that would expand their understanding of what was possible in their lives. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
It became necessary for the Negro community to expand its physical limits. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not that her best thinking ever expanded horizons. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
My heart felt like the Grinch’s, expanding three sizes with Elle’s voice evoking all the Whos in Who-ville singing on Christmas Day. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
Goebbels had promptly remodeled and expanded the house—the hundred-year-old former palace of the marshals of the Prussian court—to make it even grander than it had been. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“So, the proposal is to expand the restaurant over there?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
By early July 1844, he had expanded and rewritten the rough pencil draft. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
John brought to their partnership the initiative to expand nuclear research into biology and physiology, and Ernest contributed the instrument that could make that happen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
This expansion is said to be “inflationary,” meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then one eye expanded to twice the size of the other. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
We would release a huge bubble of energy that expands at the speed of light, leaving a vast trail of destruction in its wake. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
He was still breathing hard, his abdomen expanding and contracting. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
It alone had not seriously expanded its productive facilities, or offered anything radically new to human culture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
I soon realized he could never be a kindred spirit, but still tried to help him break out of his narrow world and expand his youthful horizons. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
The Venetians greatly expanded the sugar trade, so much so that a hundred years after Henry Ill’s reign, the English were able to buy thousands of pounds of the sweet stuff each year. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
The thought of what she would do expanded till it filled the room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
The guests sit facing them in folding metal chairs; the accordion wall between two windowless banquet rooms, with dropped ceilings, has been opened up to expand the space. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
A frequent visitor to the Library of Congress, Garfield asked the librarians for book recommendations, which he borrowed or purchased to expand his knowledge of history, philosophy, and other subjects. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
“They’re thinking about expanding the rail route. Father and I came up to get a better look at things.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
Shortly before the athletes came ashore at Hamburg, a doctor noted that quite a few were expanding. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
If you have a homogeneous class, exposing them to ideas and beliefs of others only helps to expand their worldview in a 21st century classroom. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
Moreover, by expanding our range of vision, the telescope and microscope made it easier to recognize the limitations of our sensory apparatus when deprived of artificial aids. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
She tapped her wrist and her silver chains transformed— flattening and expanding into a huge shield. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Even so, I could feel the air between them expanding and crackling, as if the lightning god himself were about to strike the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
In 2001, though, with the Internet rapidly expanding, his rants were heard all over the world, and what he said brought renewed scrutiny by the United States government. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I found it fascinating, a lot more substantial and scientific than Freud had been, and a lot more fruitful in terms of expanding testable knowledge on how human beings thought and learned. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
And somehow, that single word expands like a balloon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
As the universe expanded, it would cool, and particle energies would go down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The feeling of going on an adventure with my sister, just the two of us, the world expanding like an open book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
“I told you, it’s always expanding, adding pieces. It’s the only work of architecture that grows by itself.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
He expanded quickly from the little neighborhood business, the street- front store, for he had mastered enough language to deal with non-Korean suppliers and distributors in other cities and Europe. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Journal Club proved to be an ideal way to keep the lab abreast of the latest advances in physics, but over time the agenda reflected the lab’s own expanding prominence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
In the case of a light universe, the balloon of space-time could expand forever, getting bigger and bigger. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Like Duke himself, his native town had long since expanded far beyond cigarette production, turning to millwork first to supply the tobacco industry with cotton bags, and later expanding to manufacture hosiery and other garments. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Assuming things continue much as at present, the Atlantic Ocean will expand until eventually it is much bigger than the Pacific. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
The figure started at first to collapse, and then to expand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
In one fluid movement, she lifts from the rim of the nest, wings expanding with the thinning tree cover to a full spread. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
He stroked Grover, whose spots seemed to expand and shrink as he panted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
My heart is beating too fast, and I’m trying to inhale, but I can’t get my lungs to expand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
“The day might come,” he said finally, “when Goldman thinks about expanding his business. And then he’d need to hire an architect.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
As early as the beginning of 1941 the staff had expanded to nearly one hundred. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I was worried about our funding and whether we had enough staff and resources to meet the demands of our expanding docket. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
He would begin with a defense of Muslims in America and expand his thesis from there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
He clicked a button and it expanded into a miniature bronze TV On the screen was news footage of Mount St. Helens, a huge plume of fire and ash trading into the sky. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
This picture of a universe that started off very hot and cooled as it expanded is in agreement with all the observational evidence that we have today. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I thought long and hard about this explanation, as I am always eager to expand my understanding of horticulture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the difficulties that linguists have in agreeing on groupings of Native American languages reflect the difficulties that complex Native American societies themselves faced in expanding within the New World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
She and Albert figure out that the cookie dough expanded more than we thought it would and that’s why it made such a mess. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
For the benefit of neighboring rooftops she strutted and shrieked; with each proclamation her audience expanded. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack's departure, so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
The problem began to expand to levels at once more profound and absurd. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Miles and miles of ocean expand on both sides of the bridge. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
What began as a simple trip to Anne’s secret annex expanded into a tour across the entire European continent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
Then, as the universe expanded and cooled, the antiquarks would annihilate with the quarks, but since there would be more quarks than antiquarks, a small excess of quarks would remain. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
For much of his fifteen years as Virginia’s president, Casteen has focused on raising money and expanding the university, the most prestigious in the state. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
The home I’d grown up in had had five bedrooms; now it had been expanded in all directions and looked as though it had at least forty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Do we live in a universe that expands forever or in one in which there is an infinite set of cycles? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
And since there are forces that do not obey the symmetry T, it follows that as the universe expands, these forces could cause more antielectrons to turn into quarks than electrons into antiquarks. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Revamping the landscape both allowed Maya cities to expand and made them more vulnerable. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Finally, there is a third kind of solution, in which the universe is expanding only just fast enough to avoid recollapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the bottom of the boat was a wire-and-net contraption that expanded as she filled it with wiggling fish. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
As the country expanded westward, the argument intensified: When new states and territories were added to the nation, should slavery be permitted in them? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
He seemed pleased at the chance to expand the Cyclotron Republic once again. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Jerome Paisley played in the major leagues for just eighteen days in September, when teams are allowed to expand their rosters. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
The firm has recently expanded into computer-aided designs for a Japanese housing company. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
It was the flag of the America to come—the postwar America, united and expanding. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
The red spots, which a few days before had started out as starlike speckles, have expanded and merged into huge, spontaneous purple shadows: his whole head is turning black-and-blue. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I'd hoped the Augurs had, at some point in time, expanded on their original prophecy—perhaps even described what the Aspirants should expect. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
The store was on its feet within one year, expanding in two, opening branches in three, and its descendants, a great mercantile system, now dominate a large part of the area. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
I was the Big Bang, expanding endlessly through time and space forever. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“Or,” I said, “he wants to expand his business into the lot because it’s a popular location?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
I wish the tub would expand so I could go swimming, like I used to on hot summer Sundays in the woods with my father. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
The net spun slowly, still expanding as it rotated. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
That began to change in the 1970s, when the Atlanta airport expanded to become the Southeast’s first international hub and, eventually, one of the world’s busiest airports. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
The truth is, she didn’t make much of an effort to expand beyond the Savanna group anyway. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Since then, the law has been expanded to cover most federal government positions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others, the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Which makes Scoob feel like a helium balloon is expanding in his throat. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
If there is insufficient matter to prevent the universe from expanding forever, it must have an open shape, curved like a saddle with a surface extending to infinity in our three-dimensional analogy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Alive as that pain in my chest expands like its own little universe. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
In the womb, the minihuman was expanded to the size of the fetus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
They could even live on his property until they found their footing; he’d expanded his acreage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I imagined her head expanding, blowing up like a balloon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Soon after taking office as AEC chairman in 1953, Strauss expanded Project Sherwood, an Atoms for Peace program aimed at developing electric power reactors based on nuclear fusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
If you could feel every atom in your body simultaneously release its grip on its neighbors, expand outward so that each particle becomes a new center in the universe, it would feel exactly like this. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
The crystal was expanding and contracting, like the icy entrance. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
The campaign never expanded beyond the initial stage of small batches of mostly urban defiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The expanded mission called for a new name: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
The road signs become too repetitive, so I expand to other things. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
On the other hand, if the universe is expanding, there may be physical reasons why there had to be a beginning. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Because of the war, Wegener’s theory didn’t attract much notice at first, but by 1920, when he produced a revised and expanded edition, it quickly became a subject of discussion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
He pointed out that nothing in our understanding of physics could account for why everything, gathered to a point, would suddenly and dramatically begin to expand. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Sing Sing moved in some ways into the future, incorporating a small number of vocational programs, a few school courses, a counseling staff, and expanded opportunities for inmate recreation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Matty, still a young boy, had been with him then, as a guide; and Matty had seen the twig grow, expand, sharpen, aim itself, and stab. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
The storefront mission had been renovated and expanded with the money from the inheritance. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
It would have a repulsive gravitational effect, and thus make those regions expand in an inflationary manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had acquired the concessions for other mines, was exporting fruit to foreign countries, had founded a construction firm, and Tres Marias, which had greatly expanded, was now the best hacienda in the area. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their ordinary moments—answering the door, cooking in the kitchen, dancing to Adina Howard—assaulted me and expanded my notion of the human spectrum. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Devine closed his eyes, trying to remember why it was so important to keep growing, building, expanding and absorbing and accumulating things and power and making money, and making more money on top of that. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The asymmetry of the universe could be explained by the asymmetrical nature of these expanding bubbles that formed and merged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
“Up it went,” reported William Laurence, “a great ball of fire about a mile in diameter, changing colors as it kept shooting upward, from deep purple to orange, expanding, growing bigger, rising as it expanded.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hitler was exterminating millions of Jews and had an expanding list of undesirables who were being killed or imprisoned. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
The main harbpr had moved east as the town had expanded. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Even those who realized that Newton’s theory of gravity showed that the universe could not be static did not think to suggest that it might be expanding. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Each wave grew larger and larger as the camp expanded, until, three years ago, they’d run out of space completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Ellsberg jumped at the chance to expand his knowledge of the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“I could expand my business. Make more cakes and macarons...or something,” Mama said, her mind already working out how to manufacture more hours in her day. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
I was also misled by work I had done on a simple model of the universe in which the collapsing phase looked like the time reverse of the expanding phase. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Reverend Gershom Bulkeley laid down his linen napkin, pushed back his heavy chair from the table, and expanded his straining waistcoat in a satisfied sigh. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
Matthew’s chest, arms, and forehead seemed to expand, and the muscles in his neck thickened. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
“This part of the airport was completely redone and expanded when they first moved in here,” Nita says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“At the top of the ridge. There’s talk of the railroad expanding.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
The plantings had, by then, expanded from the hothouse to a plot of land by the abbey—a twenty-foot-by-hundred-foot rectangle of loam that bordered the refectory, visible from his room. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
We expanded its footprint to twenty-eight hundred square feet, more than double its original size. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
In the fourth millennium B.C. those local cultures expanded geographically and began to interact, compete with each other, and coalesce. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Thirdly, space exploration would bring an unprecedented opportunity to expand the body of human knowledge about the universe, prompted the pamphlet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
To expand his lung capacity, he ran to the public pool at Redondo Beach, dove to the bottom, grabbed the drain plug, and just floated there, hanging on a little longer each time. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
Very likely, the universe has been expanding since the Big Bang, but it is by no means clear that it will continue to expand forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Conceivably two expanding civilizations with different planetary requirements would ignore each other, their filigree patterns of expansion intertwining, but not conflicting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Within a few seconds, the concoction of the two expands in my stomach, and I feel like I’ve eaten enough food to last me the entire day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Like salmon swimming upstream, or the universe expanding...or contracting...or whatever it does, I guess. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The theory is that the whole multistep process required to create art expands the brain’s capabilities. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
The glass factory prospered, and the owner decided to expand the business by moving it to Kraków, a thriving city about three hundred fifty miles southwest of Narewka. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
In order to expand her borders, she wanted Mark Antony to get rid of him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
If the general picture of an expanding universe and a Big Bang is correct, we must then confront still more difficult questions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not only had Ma Charles’s house grown, but the henhouse and the chicken run had also expanded. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
By naming him she was expanding this lie, the one being told by everyone involved in his incarceration thus far. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Under the microscopes, their long tails furiously lashing, spermatozoa were burrowing head first into eggs; and, fertilized, the eggs were expanding, dividing, or if bokanovskified, budding and breaking up into whole populations of separate embryos. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
He created citywide plans for Cleveland, San Francisco, and Manila and led the turn-of-the-century effort to resuscitate and expand L’Enfant’s vision of Washington, D.C. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Paris in the twelfth century was expanding fast, as was its university, which was beginning to shrug off its ecclesiastical roots and embrace a more secular approach to learning. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
“You take off before Matthias and I get back, then you just decide to expand your search and leave Nina thinking you’re in trouble?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
A crew’s relevancy—their ability to hold their own corner and expand the business—was dependent on the amount of muscle they controlled and the level of violence their muscle was ready to get into. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Seconds later Harry’s lungs expanded gratefully and he opened his eyes: They were now standing in the middle of a familiar small and shabby square. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
The big white two-story Seward Hotel was still in business, though it had expanded to twice its old size. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
It’s only going to get better once the elevated railroad is expanded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
The security restrictions also burdened Lawrence personally, and not merely because they added a new administrative concern to his expanding responsibilities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I can almost feel the shelter expand with air as everyone lets out a sigh of relief. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Other studies, which analyze plumes of gas or the number of gravitational lenses in a given field of view, also support the supernova results, implying that the cosmos will expand forever. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
The dust cloud expanded, and with it came a clatter of wooden wheels and the clip-clop of horses’ hooves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
When pressurized, the airlock expanded slightly; when depressurized, it shrunk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
While state-sponsored sterilization programs expanded throughout the nation, a grassroots movement to personalize genetic selection was also gaining popularity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
The list for Richard’s party was ever expanding, and no sooner had they finished readying one room than another needed to be prepared for yet another guest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
When the shop next door, a jeweler’s called Rich’s, goes out of business, I convince Mr. Nielsen to remodel and expand. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
The central star has shed its outer atmosphere, producing a multicolored slowly expanding shell of glowing gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’ve been up since six, expanding the article on this Malaysian pop singer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
She expanded her stomach like a balloon on the inhale and imagined stress leaving from the crown of her head on the exhale. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
“The white fireball engulfed the tower, and expanding rapidly, changing color, it rushed upwards.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Milo supervised the whole expanding operation by himself. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
President Bill Clinton raised income taxes for the wealthiest, cut taxes on investment gains, and expanded breaks for the working poor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
The human psyche was much more flexible than I’d imagined, capable of expanding to contain all sorts of contradictions and seeming impossibilities. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
I could feel them expanding, and the pain released my body from the shock. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
I wonder if this business will ever expand to fictional thrills, like running away from dragons, fighting a Cyclops, and magic carpet rides. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Thus these regions would also expand in an accelerating inflationary manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
As it continues to shake, the edges of the book expand to twice its original size, and it gets thicker too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
My compass needle of pain told me it was on the path now, and the way its venom was expanding to fill me meant it was closing in fast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
There was no up or down in a finite but expanding universe in which even the vast, burning, dazzling, majestic sun was in a state of progressive decay that would eventually destroy the earth too. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
The universe as a whole would have continued expanding and cooling, but in regions that were slightly denser than average, the expansion would have been slowed down by the extra gravitational attraction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The deck grew over time, with people pilfering index cards from classrooms whenever they wanted to expand it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
His eyes seemed to expand, and it was almost as if Zero were looking right through him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
In the second kind of solution, the universe is expanding so rapidly that the gravitational attraction can never stop it, though it does slow it down a bit. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He informed my parents that my brain was swelling and that he would need to remove part of my skull to give it space to expand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I press the button and the claw reaches down, expands, hits the case, and is thrown off completely. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
The Kuiper belt was actually theorized by an astronomer named F. C. Leonard in 1930, but the name honors Gerard Kuiper, a Dutch native working in America, who expanded the idea. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
The frame began to expand on its own. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I had read some stuff in Stars and Stripes about Congress expanding the GI Bill. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Reliable information about who could be trusted meant that small bands could expand into larger bands, and Sapiens could develop tighter and more sophisticated types of cooperation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Space cannot even properly be said to be expanding because, as the physicist and Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg notes, "solar systems and galaxies are not expanding, and space itself is not expanding." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
For months, Johnson had been assuring Americans that he had no intention of expanding the country’s role in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
This makes them move away from each other and so tends to make the star expand. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
But suppose instead that the universe is expanding. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
That extra energy would try to expand in all directions, pushing the fabric of space and time outward with great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
If the universe is destined to go on expanding forever, the temperature of the microwave radiation will eventually decrease to less than that of such a black hole, which will then begin to lose mass. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gray smoke seeps beneath the door at one end of the hall, expanding like a roiling bank of storm cloud. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
“I’m guessing The Corporation’s expanding its product line.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Photography is a new art, and Vincent will never like photographs as much as paintings, but he wants to expand his knowledge of all art. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Clear thinking requires a command of the English language, and fifth grade is the ideal time for every girl and boy to acquire an expanded vocabulary. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
She flexed her knee, watching the hole in her jeans expand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
The spore expanded, split, and burst within the corrupted steel and shards of concrete that had formerly been walls. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
It’s a brownstone under renovation; Astrid and Donald, expecting their first child, are in the process of expanding their domain from a single floor of the house to the top three. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
The building felt like it had exhaled, expanding a little bit without all thirty-four of us, crammed two to a desk, filling up nearly every square inch of space. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
In a short while, the collection of wildlife specimens expanded beyond his closet. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
Once the planter elite split the labor force, poor whites responded to the logic of their situation and sought ways to expand their racially privileged position. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
He vowed to spend more time in Haiti to oversee the expanded project. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
So all we know is that the universe is expanding by between 5 percent and 10 percent every thousand million years. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Daedalus stretched the frame, and the wings expanded to twenty feet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Throughout the world; refers to expanding one’s market beyond the immediate area of production. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z
Dropped my bag on the floor and felt something in my chest expand as I stared at him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Joey told me nothing ever goes back exactly the way it was, that things expand and contract—like breathing, but you could never fill your lungs up with the same air twice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
This can happen unconsciously, or it can be deliberate, as when a conductor asks for an interval to be "expanded" or "contracted." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
I feel like there is a bubble in my chest that expands more by the second, threatening to break me apart from the inside. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
The establishment had been expanded with a gallery of wooden rooms where single women who smelled of dead flowers lived. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
Radio broadcasting was still new, but it had rapidly expanded in the past dozen years. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
The taxes he levied would help him finance future campaigns to expand his territory and increase his power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
In recognition of this, Swift and his fellow meatpacking company owners kept them on as part of the expanded work force and even paid them at a higher rate than the unskilled men. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Instead, I focus on now, on expanding my business, selling snacks at dances and festivals. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Five days earlier I had been wondering where I could find enough money for a bike inner tube and now I was considering how I could expand my business to distribute work and disperse wealth. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
Hunters expanding southward through the Americas, encountering big animals that had never seen humans before, may have found those American animals easy to kill and may have exterminated them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Later I would learn that I had tapped into something called an expanding market economy. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
Looking at art in those three days expands his view of color in painting in a way that reading about it could not. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
And then he felt that stealing sense of despair, of hopelessness, filling him, expanding inside him.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
That feeling seemed to expand, spreading over me every time I stepped back to look over my work. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
As Lawrence expected, the skills of the mass spectrograph operators improved dramatically with experience, expanding the device’s capabilities; by mid-January, a nine-hour run yielded 18 micrograms of uranium enriched to 25 percent U-235. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It’s more as if the universe expands to fill the boundaries of the self. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
As the Courters kept their pledges to me, my faith in others expanded. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
Some considered the federal amendment a challenge to states’ rights to make their own choices and laws, and others worried that expanding African American suffrage to include women could threaten white political control. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
A nightmarish red began to creep through the snow like spilled ink spreading, expanding, devouring. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Hugh expanded his tunnel vision on Cap to include an inventory of the guy’s tablemates. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
The universe is not expanding in an inflationary way today. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
In every respect, the Nation was expanded both internally and externally. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
In connection with the new arrangement, Lawrence received approval for his expanded Alpha II plant, which would supplement the feed from the diffusion process in a final push to produce uranium enriched to weapon-grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
And still Herbie’s unblinking eyes stared into hers and their dull red seemed to expand into dimly shining nightmarish globes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
It hissed, and expanded the collar of white spikes around its neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
The plutonium had expanded in the heat of the ranch house. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Within the first year, we quickly expanded our offerings from our initial ten items to more than fifty, and were already making a profit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Although many collateral sanctions were repealed by the late 1970s, arguably the drug war simply revived and expanded a tradition that has ancient roots, a tradition independent of the legacy of American slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
“He’s breathing for you,” Abby says as my chest expands again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
It expanded and contracted like it was breathing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Women fared somewhat better during this period because the social-service sector in urban areas—which employs primarily women—was expanding at the same time manufacturing jobs were evaporating. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
‘My loyalties haven’t changed. My family has just expanded. I’m a child of Greece and Rome.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
It is, however, a bewildering, essentially scatterbrained kind of business, expanding steadily without being planned or run by anyone in particular. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
For example, one can calculate the probability that the universe is expanding at nearly the same rate in all different directions at a time when the density of the universe has its present value. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I feel like a space has opened up within me, expanding so rapidly it will break me apart. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
And why is the direction of time in which disorder increases the same as that in which the universe expands? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Water drips on the paper and the birds bloom in the light, their feathers expanding promise. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
But the lab, which was rechristened Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1980, thrived and expanded by exploiting its productive relationship with the Air Force and the Navy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The entire continent was now a vast American manor, within which the people could expand unrestricted by foreign opposition. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
We are told that the enormous and expanding use of pesticides is necessary to maintain farm production. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The older Vaughan siblings were adjusting to the changes that had expanded their lives in some ways and contracted them in others. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Did any of the hundreds of others who had expanded beyond all imagination? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
After taking the reins of state, Pachakuti spent the next twenty-five years expanding the empire from central highland Peru to Lake Titicaca and beyond. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He closed his eyes and breathed deeply, wincing a little as his ribs expanded. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
As he breathed, his nostrils expanded and contracted and his nose glistened, cold and wet in the warm, sunshiny September afternoon. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
As the population expanded, Malthus reasoned, its resource pool would be depleted, and competition between individuals would grow severe. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
The universe was expanding, swiftly and evenly in all directions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
As the balloon expands, the distance between any two spots increases, but there is no spot that can be said to be the center of the expansion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He retains hold of my arm, and as he talks his spine straightens imperceptibly, his chest expands, his voice assumes more and more the sprightliness and jocularity of youth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was so much money to be made that drug gangs rapidly expanded their ranks, sucking in some of our best friends, and turf wars became deadly, aided by the influx of sophisticated firearms. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
Thus installed, the newly minted civil servants fanned out to take their places in one of the research facility’s expanding inventory of buildings, each already as full as a pod ripe with peas. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
As public education expanded in the South, North Carolina legislators proved adept at giving blacks equal educational opportunities on paper while funneling most state resources to white students. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
The lot is nearly empty, the outer perimeter defined by people and animals, all running as far and as fast as they can, expanding and dispersing like a ring on the surface of a pond. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“Zoe, you only want to fill each cup in the pan about halfway, so there’s room for the batter to expand.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
I’m also jealous of his life, of his world that expands beyond his front door. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
A population’s inherent inclination to expand would be severely counterbalanced by the limitations of resources; its natural wont met by natural want. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
The story described how Johnson had decided to expand American involvement in Vietnam while telling the public he sought “no wider war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Although cedar does not expand or swell across the grain of the wood when wet, and thus tends not to warp, it does expand slightly along the grain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
For instance, climate changes at the end of the Pleistocene in the Fertile Crescent greatly expanded the area of habitats with wild cereals, of which huge crops could be harvested in a short time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Her anger seemed to expand as she moved closer to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
“That means expanding the fields by the river. We’ll need fresh Africans for that—they know rice so well.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their expanded powers permitted them to knock on anyone’s door to pursue an accusation and for random inspections as well, in the name of public safety. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
During the next four centuries its realm steadily expanded until it ruled directly over much of central Mexico and indirectly, through puppet governments, as far south as Guatemala. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The pickled mangoes had absorbed oil and expanded, making the bottles leak. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I love the grandmother who raised me. I love the mother I lost. My love is boundless. My heart is infinite. And my joy expands and expands. You’ll see.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
He continued to expand the search, activating manhunters in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Indians had expanded their Neolithic revolutions to create a panoply of diverse civilizations across the hemisphere. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
More and more buildings are needed to accommodate them, so the city is expanding into the countryside. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Sensing his chance, Hitler approved the killing of Gerhard Kretschmar and then moved quickly to expand the program to other children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
"He should have been satisfied with Poland, the way he said he would. But no, instead he expands the war and goes into France." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
All I really wanted was some time with Zach and to expand my world by visiting the office of a real-life lawyer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aristotelian philosophers looked backwards, assuming Aristotle had known everything that needed to be known; the new scientists looked forward, aiming to expand the limited range of topics in which they could make satisfactory predictions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He claimed that space-time had an inbuilt tendency to expand, and this could be made to balance exactly the attraction of all the matter in the universe, so that a static universe would result. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Hold up,'' I say out loud, and expand one of the photos. “ Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
As time runs forward, the universe expands and expands. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
But the idea that “gifts” from Indians helped to establish and enrich the US hides that these resources were taken, often by force, as the country expanded. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
“I have made exercise a priority and am seeing benefits. In fact, I believe the benefit now expands to my hands, which seem to be improving.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Boghetti had been working with her on expanding her repertoire of art songs, and now he encouraged her to prepare an ambitious program of works by Italian, German, and English composers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
They constantly shifted configuration, some expanding by swarming over their neighbors, others imploding when their constituent villages seceded and joined other polities. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
In the first kind of Friedmann model, which expands and recollapses, space is bent in on itself, like the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
As a result, the form of satisfaction Burr now demanded expanded beyond one single utterance reported in an Albany newspaper. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Believing that catching Lincoln’s killer will end the unrest, Secretary of War Stanton spends Saturday expanding the search, making the hunt for Lincoln’s killers the biggest in American history. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
In such models one finds that as the universe expands, any matter or radiation in it gets cooler. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
So the doctors in Pakistan removed a piece of my skull to allow the brain to expand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Mankind reaching out to Mars to send people to another planet for the very first time and expand the horizons of humanity blah, blah, blah. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since then, it had been gradually expanded until it had dozens of rooms for single miners or transient families. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Why did they disappear in all habitats, not only in habitats that contracted but also in ones that greatly expanded at the end of the last Ice Age? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Her words sound bigger than words usually do, like-they expanded in her mouth before she spoke them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
It crept across the countryside suddenly to expand and burst forth over all the peaceful woods and meadowland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
When I’m done expanding the balls, I hear, “Grab the jump ropes.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
His successors strengthened the resulting embryonic Zulu state by expanding its judicial system, policing, and ceremonies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The Spanish sack of Tawantinsuyu calamitously expanded on this tradition of plunder, which has greatly accelerated in modern times, fueled by the desperate poverty of Peru’s Indian population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The dark spots expanded, filling up the outer edges of her vision. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Like a sponge, his dry tongue started to expand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
By the end of October the inclusion program has been expanded. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Since the universe would already be expanding just as in the hot big bang model, the repulsive effect of this cosmological constant would therefore have made the universe expand at an ever-increasing rate. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The growing number of mills and factories changed the landscape as well; towns and cities were expanding, as was the division between rich and poor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
This has been, all along, what most excites Dr. Gazzaley—not just the hunt to understand attention, and technology’s impact on it, but the effort to expand it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
A white-hot lump of anger expanded in her chest—a tumor of worry and bitterness that she’d been carrying around since last autumn. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Once it was settled that the three of us would go, the journey took on an alarming, expanding need to hurry that was like a walloping great thundercloud assembling around me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
However, I realized that many readers would also wonder “Why, among Eurasians, was it Europeans rather than Chinese or some other group that expanded?” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
They expanded their search to include small towns outside Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
His new priority, now that Tom White had established Partners in Health as a legal fund-raising entity, was to find money for expanding his clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
She waved her hands animatedly, savoring the orange light as it expanded on the platform like a warm bubble. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
The long-contested tradition of Spares has come under fire with the introduction of Amendment S, a bill that would expand Spare rights. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
She cherished her chickens more than those children and coveted Cora’s land to expand her coop. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
After we recorded an episode, we sat whispering in her room, talking about what we could have done better and how to expand our viewer base. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
There’s a second story and an expanded den that my grandparents added back when my dad was a kid. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
They massed in great murmurations, expanding and contracting and curving this way and that. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
Armed with harmony, rhythm, a large palette of chords, and most importandy the ability to write all of these down, its most innovative sounds expanded rapidly throughout Europe. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
“My sister Seema joked it had to have invisible layers hidden within to keep it expanding.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
The golden lines on the Box brightened and expanded until two straps extended from the glowing chest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
The killing began with “defective” children under three years of age, but by September 1939 had smoothly expanded to adolescents. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
A straight line of light appeared across the ceiling of the room, and Thomas watched as it expanded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“We’ve been around for nineteen years! No one deserves to expand more than us!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
My lungs expand as I gulp in the air around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
I feel her rib cage expand and retract. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
She had hardly turned around before Gregor had already dragged himself out from the couch, stretched out, and let his body expand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wanted it to expand and break the tank, or explode out the top. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He told me I expanded his thoughts on God, but I’m not really sure what he meant by that because, like I said before, we didn’t talk about it that much. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
However, the interior frame of the boat, being made of ash that remained perpetually dry and rigid, would not allow it to expand. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
The bronze sword expanded, gleaming in the darkness, and the evil voice seemed to falter, just for a moment, before resuming its chant. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Even with the expanded railroad, the trip from London to Shrewsbury was a long one; it had to be made by train and carriage. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
It expands to encompass an entire but still-emerging world that Burr threatened and Hamilton believed himself to be defending. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The Big Bang released so much energy that the universe has been expanding outward from it for more than thirteen billion years. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
It will have to find new ways for relating to the universities, if its graduate programs are to expand as they should. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I had just finished paying the man back when we were sent to camp. And a loan from the bank to expand, I paid that back too.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
The broadcast time changed to Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. when the network hoped to appeal to families and expand its audience. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
As he glared at Mr. Pendanski, his dark eyes seemed to expand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
“I don’t even remember the last time I got excited about something like that. The adrenaline in the throat and the lungs expanding.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
This is the direction of time in which the universe is expanding rather than contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thus, Taiwan Strait may have served as the training ground where mainland Chinese developed the open-water maritime skills that would permit them to expand over the Pacific. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The only sound was the motor hum, the glide of water, the sun expanding the air. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lawrence camouflaged his frustration by ordering up a lab-wide effort to expand the Joliots’ findings beyond aluminum, magnesium, and boron to heavier elements. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Transportation routes expanded; workers dug the foundations and laid tracks for the new Moscow Metro subway system. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
They were stiff with their long and jolting drive from Whitcross, and chilled with the frosty night air; but their pleasant countenances expanded to the cheerful firelight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
The wonder, as Stephen Hawking has noted, is that no one had hit on the idea of the expanding universe before. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
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