Uncle explained that they would come to the river at one of its broadest stretches. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could explain to you how fascinating and stimulating are the lectures that we receive here at Miss Preston's, but I’m afraid my descriptions will never do them justice... Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Get it out, baby,” my mother said, explaining to Spoony that I had been sick all day, like that was any of his business. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If he explained anything, he simply said he was testing them for cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

How can you explain why you believe anything? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’ll let ’em use a ‘lawyer,’ ” Smith explained to me as we walked over there, “but if the lawyer doesn’t change my mind either, sometimes I’ll lock them both up.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That explains ... Nico, you remember last summer, those guys who tried to attack us in the alley in D.C.?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I knew I hadn’t explained my feelings when I had fled from college, but I didn't know how to tell her about the flashbacks and my failing grades. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Apparently, there’s a frequency that most adults can’t hear,” Mr. Jacobs explained, handing the document to Afnan, who began to examine it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This explained the disappearance of the fish in the pond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I explained this to Mom, and then said, “I have to go.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So we turn in Gladiola,” Annabeth explained in her best strategy voice, “we get money, and we buy tickets to Los Angeles. Simple.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Phelps explained that she had run away from an abusive and unfaithful husband, who was a prominent member of the Massachusetts state legislature. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They both screamed and cried, pleading with Doreen to explain what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“How do you explain your grades? It’s unlikely anyone is helping you. You’re brand-new, and other students naturally shun new kids, so they wouldn’t be helping you.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A horse never kicked up a fuss if some one he liked explained things to him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you explained what you’d really come to tell me the day I professed my feelings for him, I felt culpable because you’re right: I did lead you on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“How very com-plicated life on your planet must be. Later on you must try to explain some more to me.” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She explained how she came by the letter, on the bridge at dusk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That explained why I hadn’t paid any attention then, but I sure noticed her now. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They explained about the progress to the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe it tells the names of lost places,” he explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon brought the tour to the Aquinnah lighthouse, in an area the guide explained was first inhabited by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head and later, in the 1600s, by English colonists as well. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One who will understand my jokes without my having to explain them. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he laid eyes on our spoils, we had to explain everything. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a bit of a climb,” the man in black explained, “and I’m weary. I’ll be fine in a quarter-hour or so.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

These problems naturally lead Mueller to his second theme, disciplined warfare, and he explains that theme in the two consecutive paragraphs. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Junior and Talloi explained to our friends what we had seen, while I stayed quiet, still trying to decide whether what I had seen was real. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Dinner, then. My wife and I can explain everything to you. Look—the Four Seasons. Seven o’clock? At the very least, I promise you’ll get a good meal.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t at all surprising to me that they took the time to explain the strange circumstances surrounding the arrival of the little bundle with the glistening eyes now among us. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would wait one week, he explained to Hatsue, and then he would decide what to do. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Singleton explained that the prosecutors were now looking at the case. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She looked at me for a long time, as if in my face she could find herself explained. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I asked him to explain more fully, so that I might not by any chance mislead him, so he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Many years later, Reverend Shuttlesworth explained to me that the night before the planned march, Dr. King became extremely worried about our safety—most of us were children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the first-ever Carousel Carl episode, Carl went over the life cycle of stars and explained that all things on earth, people included, are made of atoms that came from exploding stars. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He explained some of the reasons he had assassinated Lincoln: He longed for the South as it was and deplored the Union. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that Brian Farm was the far end of the line that was charged by George Pickett on the final day of Gettysburg. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As we watched the men ride around the arena, Frankie explained that Cossacks formed the military might of the Russian Empire, where they were required to serve for twenty years. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I was assigned to help clean out the rooms for the new guests in the afternoons, since they’re going to be here next week, ma’am,” Ophie tried to explain. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

That explains the sweats in the middle of the day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Bunderson explained that he needed the papers “just in case” he would need to deal with something while Reggie was away on his upcoming mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No, J. R. We didn’t bring any back with us, for reasons I explained.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The lawyer explained that several heirs had not yet arrived. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom explained that it was because of some medicine she was taking when I was in her tummy, before she knew she was going to have another baby. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I had a sudden desire to explain to her my life. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But this young man, Schieffer explained, was not from a major network. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Guerrilla warfare, he explained, was not designed to win a military victory so much as to unleash political and economic forces that would bring down the enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I was behind the tree,” explained the Waiter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Lewis, sir, I need to explain it to him by myself. I promise I’ll go in and not run away again.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Needles,” I explained, looking away from the one in my hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For reasons that were never fully explained, the privilege of naming the dog went to a friend of my older sister's, a fourteen-year-old girl named Cindy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And everything she hadn’t explained well enough in her letter she told me now, about Isaac and Aunt Penn and Osbert. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old men played a version of backgammon that I didn’t understand and they didn’t explain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even if I wanted to explain, I'm not sure I could. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And I can’t explain why, but it feels like my fault. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I gave up trying to explain that really Mom’s from LA. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But that wouldn't explain why the police are in our driveway. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s always been hard for me to explain these things to Amá. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With his voice striking the perfect sober note, Holmes apologized for the disarray and explained that Julia’s sister had fallen gravely ill and Julia and her daughter had left at once for the train station. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was no one at home to explain the fearsome racket, but she satisfied herself that the iron cook stove had not blown up, and returned to her sweltering bedroom to continue reading and copying. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Be prepared to explain your cipher for the class if it goes unbroken, in order to prove it’s validly constructed.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He asks,” the man explained, “whether you know a valiant man of your hue named Cato Williams, who fought against us in the late war.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t use real Quidditch balls, which would have been hard to explain if they had escaped and flown away over the village; instead they threw apples for one another to catch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And if Baba believed him, then I’d be the accused; I would have to explain and I would be revealed for what I really was. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The correlation is probably explained by the relative wealth of these societies, bringing about both increased milk consumption and more cancer due to greater longevity. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza led me down back streets as I briefly explained what had happened since Grandfather and I left the coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to explain why you thought you could break the rules?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I should deny that I know, but I nod because I don’t want to have to hear Mrs. Silver explain it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

How else could she explain sitting silently on the seat of a stolen police boat while other police boats chased right behind? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He explains about something called the "favor bank." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

First, how does one explain Hamilton’s obviously sincere conviction, delivered to Hosack and Pendleton in the boat afterward, that he had never fired his pistol? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That would explain why parents of some of the victims were there, having gotten up in the wee hours of the morning to make the two-hundred-mile drive from Dallas to Austin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Classes for the morning have been changed,” she explained, standing up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago Olly’s mom had explained that his dad was going to be home for a while until things were fixed at his work. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was frustrating to spend precious minutes of one’s visit explaining to a warder the different branches of one’s family tree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed gently for her to explain the initial text. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Baker explained that the mission was not optional. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maisels explained the serious implications of such a withdrawal and the consequences of our conducting our own defense in a capital case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never explained it. I thought you had told Dad about Uncle Max. I thought he was angry that he was still living in our house.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rain explained it to me the last time I spoke to her on the phone. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Now he had three train tickets to San Antonio and a world of details he needed to explain to Naomi about how they’d get to Tyler in the morning, early, early. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father explained that the whole family, except for me, would leave immediately. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s different in high school,” I explained to him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought she was crazy at first! And then she explained, but you never came back, so we thought you were dead.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he explained how they were walking cross-country to Dunkirk to avoid the air raids along the main roads. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t smoke,” he explained, the cigarette dancing in his mouth as he spoke. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Somehow, for some reason that Cady couldn’t explain, the fault lay with her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I cannot help thinking that if only I knew more about them, and how they maintain our synchrony, I would have a new way to explain music to myself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry to introduce Adam, explaining that we knew each other already. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That conference was also memorable, of course, for other quite separate reasons, as I would like now to explain. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been writing back and forth with this person,” I explain. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The act of taarof is hard to explain, but here’s an example. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The high neck,” she explained, studying my dress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That explains why you threatened him with your riding crop,” Wilem said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I am not offended. I should have explained to him my business here in Afghanistan. I am not here to sell property. I’m going to Kabul to find a boy.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We explain that we are the guard and so know our way about, we get hold of the tinned stuff and exchange it for things we are short of. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a friend. This is the man who fought him,” Marlena explains. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to explain it. I just liked it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

How could I explain to Anatole about soybean fields where men sat in huge tractors like kings on thrones, taming the soil from one horizon to the other? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

American forces, the caller explained, were heavily involved in planning and carrying out those raids. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The three squads of Third Platoon were briefed on the top deck by a First Lieutenant Pavelman from San Antonio, who explained in detail the role of B Company in the larger scheme of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Fire,” Frank repeated, like that one word explained everything. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I felt the weight and immensity of things impossible to explain to the druggist. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now the whole school’s going to think you’re his great-great-great-great-grandson or something —” “But I’m not,” said Harry, with a panic he couldn’t quite explain. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

This model explained quite well the structure of the simplest atom, hydrogen, which has only one electron orbiting around the nucleus. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was that strange thing about recognizing Temp....He still couldn’t explain that. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Understand I’m wanted,” he said, explaining that he was there to turn himself in—no need to put the fellas out. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He spoke to the unknown ancestor, explaining that this was one of his children. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like Helen of Troy, she explained: also it sounded like Hailan, her real name, Sea Blue. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without getting into specifics, Furman explained that the United States and Germany were racing to make a new kind of bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Randolphs unfortunate utterances were not truly treasonable, as he spent the remainder of his life trying vainly and in his foggy style to explain. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I explained that I had worn it to school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As their leader, Dasch explained that his important business was to take care of "the correctness and sufficiency" of their forged identification papers. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Then my sister Princesse took me aside and explained: My favorite uncle, Rumenge, the officer who always brought me treats and new clothes, had been killed in one of the conflicts in the region. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to take a look at the Tongue River Valley,” he explained. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It’s common today to explain anything and everything as the result of climate change, but the truth is that earth’s climate never rests. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were to explain to you how she really makes me feel, I’m not sure I could. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Lucy explained that there was a nurse on hand checking on her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My friend attributed my silence to my throat and explained my symptoms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have to explain to Mamá how I lost one of her daughters.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She is flustered, when she shows up after about a ten-minute wait, because, as she explains, she just works on the floor and has never interviewed anyone before. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Social isolation,” Mom had explained to me last year, means “difficulty making friends.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Can you explain why you tried to do this? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It took the Queen only five minutes to explain the situation to the military men. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t, my father explained, or you’d be mobbed by beggars. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of a teacher, explaining the sounds of letters. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With furrowed brow, Welles explained that since the broadcast, he hadn’t read the newspapers or slept much. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

One group, known as the Neptunists, was convinced that everything on Earth, including seashells in improbably lofty places, could be explained by rising and falling sea levels. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Neil then explained why he had nearly run out of gas. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as she was concerned, I had just explained everything that was wrong with my country. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But how to explain I don’t know everything? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He explained, “Now we will know exactly who our enemies are and where we stand.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clerks averted their eyes as Mom fished the sock out of her bra, explaining to everyone within earshot that this was her way of making sure she was never pickpocketed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now repenting of their wickedness, the Bible explains, the tribes resolved to “go to a distant land never yet inhabited by man, and there at last to be obedient to their laws.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was deeply troubled, and there was no need to explain: every strand of moss, every icy puddle, every midge in her homeland thrilled against her nerves and called her back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Repast. Not repath,” I explained, handing him a fork even though I knew he had no problem eating without one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She explained that Hale had sent the letter from prison to a member of the tribe and that not long ago a descendant had donated it to the museum. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain that our horses weren’t broke all the way, but she was determined, so Shawn put her on Apollo and the three of us headed up the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I know I have a lot to explain,” I say, “but could I use the restroom inside for a second?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Doc knew wearily that he couldn’t explain, couldn’t tell the truth. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Roach explained to Cardan in great detail how it would be much safer to be still, much easier to miss him that way. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It is an allegory. Those beasts of prey represent our worldly troubles,” Brother Ugo explained. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“As I was about to explain, the only good thing in the box was Hope, and that is why, even though there are many evils in the world, there is still a little hope.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But what did I know about it, without a Baba Haji to explain? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Small though these variations are, they are very important, as will be explained in Chapter 8. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time they had guests Twinkle would explain how she had found it, and they would admire her as they listened. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But at the same time I didn’t say anything ’cause I don’t think you can explain your opinion to people when they’re being all psycho. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Isabelle began, but clearly her upper-class manners made it hard for her to explain what she had meant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I try to explain my problem without really explaining my problem, hoping she’ll understand and maybe show some sympathy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down, and the Colonel explained exactly what happened. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I explained to him about Charles, playground and all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She explained, “Your violation is called a ‘Level Four Infraction,’ in this case, ‘assaulting a teacher or other School Board employee.’ Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the potatoes barely bring in enough money to live on,” explained little Willy. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V had called Catherine and explained the situation, told her to stuff information into my head along with the macaroni at lunch. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And as a way of explaining why, Ratwatte began to talk about what had happened to him that morning on the way over from Dubai. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I have an Augustus Waters fetish,” I explained. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if we could explain that, though—” “With no proof?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sansa had no choice but to explain about heroes and monsters. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I would hold her hands in mine and explain everything again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And because he was still able to move his hands—Morrie always spoke with both hands waving—he showed great passion when explaining how you face the end of life. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that matter, how could I explain a thing like that to Pink and Smiley and them? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Sure, that would explain it; he and Wilbur Mercer are in competition. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It explained why her parents had brought her to New York, so that the doctors could work in secret. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She then said that she was trying to explain the difference between zero and infinity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s stupid, because it’s a dream,” she explained softly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of their captors spoke to them, except to yell or curse, nor did they try to explain what was happening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s inappropriate for a girl to invite a boy anywhere in this part of the world. They’ll think you’re engaged or something. They’ll think he’s a spy. How will I explain him?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the same as money,” he explained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna did not like to hear these stories, nor did she like the furtive way the guests glanced at her legs, as though to discover a lump that would explain why she could not walk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They are blasting some of the houses with cannon,” Lefty explained. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Katniss, I'm going to explain what happened. I don’t want you to ask any questions until I’m through. Do you understand?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were driving past, so they couldn’t see him well, but right away they began to construct a system to explain his behavior. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“So, if you want to get together to study or if you want me to explain anything, let me know.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sit and talk, and it makes me feel good that she’s so interested in knowing all about my day, but honestly, how can I explain it? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“No; I’ve been variously described, but nobody’s yet explained me away as a ghost.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You do not know how your father would have explained the inyan?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Combat Boot Lady wore a too-large Seattle Seahawks jersey and a pair of sweat shorts, which I felt somehow explained everything. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“More specifics about his life and work, Justin,” Mr. Griffiths explains. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I explained our unwillingness to cast aside the SACP, and reiterated that we were not under its control. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have called up reporters and radio and television newscasters long-distance and asked them never to use that phrasing again, explaining to them: “All Muslims are number two—after Mr. Muhammad.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, his friends explained that they hadn’t seen him falling from the sky until the last second. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If she hadn't been preoccupied, she would have pulled the book out the bag, read the title, and then challenged me to explain why I had bought it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

One black laborer explained his presence to a reporter from Jet magazine by saying he had already walked 335 miles to and from work since the boycott started. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s vastly preferable to assume the shape of a bird when observing humans,” she explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"Do you wish me to explain why I came?" she said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We thought it would encourage him to let us stay if he knew how many people loved us in the neighborhood,” he explained. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The hazard extends to human beings as well as animals and may help to explain the recent mysterious increase in “silo deaths.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This explains the precautionary measure with the handkerchief. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And they have to explain our family to teachers, who I guess have seen all kinds of unusual family situations. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She went on to explain that because she was a US citizen, she had the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

However, his owner is a very nice person, and when Graziella explained my concern, he agreed to get a companion for his dog—this time another dog. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She bent close and explained that she was Adele and the man was my mama’s daddy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

‘It was so mixed up at the end.’The girl seemed to be trying to explain her error more to herself than to Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to explain anything to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast comes to the dining room and the omelet is like a science experiment: is the lack of cheese explained by the mysterious holes that dot the alleged egg? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sent me an application for something called the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which, he explained, was a little like the Rhodes Scholarship, but for Cambridge instead of Oxford. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He listened intently as she explained to him the significance of being the first one in the family to go to college. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"The pimples went when the breasts came," she explained while she tussled with a dog, "but I kept the vulture's beak." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know she was now explaining to the doctor that she was one of the strongest first graders he'd ever seen. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And I explained briefly that I had come up looking for work to pay my way through college and had failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He was old. Twenty years older," I explained. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Bows are sustainable. Eventually we won’t be able to get more bullets, and at least I can make arrows,” he’d explained. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He explained how the proposed Ladd Devine Miracle Valley project would drive their land values sky high, and what that would do to their taxes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t there. Siobhan was, though. The way she explained it, our boys beat those other kids in tennis fair and square. Whupped ’em like they stole something. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I explained that this was devastating for the black students on campus. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If that were true, I thought, it would explain a lot of things, like how people could live the same day over and over for decades without losing their minds. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Warburg theory also explains why repeated small doses of a carcinogen are more dangerous under some circumstances than a single large dose. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then she explains how it’s not polite to listen in on other people’s conversations. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“This is another thing I need to explain to you,” said Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By tomorrow, she'll be rational —I can explain why I didn't want to turn the girls in. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mom explained that we’d left Phoenix in a teensy bit of a hurry, you know how that goes, and unfortunately, in all the commotion, she forgot to pack stuff like school records and birth certificates. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it would be like trying to explain to a whale what it’s like to live in the forest. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It is procedural: it is about knowing bow to do something without necessarily knowing why you know it or being able to explain it. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I stole my mom’s credit card,” Twig explained. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to explain it or reconcile it, but I haven’t forgotten the feeling of silk and air against my legs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Lacy is trying to explain that Mrs. de Winter is very fond of sketching as a hobby. So she gave her six fine volumes all about painting as a wedding present.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This may explain why Mozart's music is so full of catchy melodies. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to have to explain one more thing to them right now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Limping about, the rat explained that he had been in a hay cart that overturned into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He explained the estrogen injections would induce my breasts to grow. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A series of blank rectangles had been drawn beside each name which, Leon explained, would be filled in as each student sold his quota of chocolates. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher called upon the rest of us to explain. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Have a small set of trained knowledge and constantly need to have things explained again and their communications verified. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At 8:30 I called his house, feeling so stupid I can’t even explain it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sissy explained that she had bought a bit of gold paint powder, mixed it with a few drops of banana oil and had gilded each penny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard to explain why, after only three weeks, I had lost all hope that my brother would be found. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A forbidden game to be sure, but Kira found herself puzzling over it often when Thomas wasn’t watching, and the puzzles had begun to explain themselves to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says look in Central Park,” explained Dr. Carey, tucking another big wad of gauze into Mr. Clydesdale’s cheek. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

This might explain why we have not yet been overrun by tourists from the future, but it would not avoid the problems that would arise if one were able to go back and change history. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am rocking harder as I explain, getting angrier. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that he wasn’t their main milk supplier, but the bakery used only family-farmed milk and the grocery store still had a few customers like Ma Charles, who didn’t trust big dairy farms. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"Arya, sit down. I need to try and explain some things to you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You will probably not believe that, and if I were to try to explain it you would disbelieve me more than ever. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on James’s face told Moses to start explaining. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

While on this latest tour, he explains, he had a cool experience related to technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You just explained to me that you were at an orthodontist appointment.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In fact—and this is a key point in explaining the breakdown of Blue Team that day in the Gulf—that extra information is more than useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Did they survive, a fellow soldier explained to me without remorse, they shall by now certainly be hanged or brutally used in some other manner. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

‘It was. You have wisely kept that ring secret all these years, and it seemed to me necessary to give your guests something else that would seem to explain your sudden vanishment.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Vespucci helpfully explained that he was writing about the finding of a new world ‘of which our forefathers made absolutely no mention’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I found out how to contact Leanne,” Gay explained, “and then I wrote to Lorraine.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And Barth explained how the exploding "coal" could be mixed in with the real coal, which would unwittingly be tossed into the furnace. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

It explained those eyes and his erratic behavior. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Actually it's not an easy word to explain." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to, but I couldn’t find you,” Shin replied, explaining that it was late at night and the teachers’ compound was off-limits to prisoners. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As the general explained, this narrowed the targets to cities hosting large munitions plants surrounded by worker housing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As we hurried down the road, I explained to her how Frankie and I had rushed to Mr. Whitby’s place after triggering the vision at the World’s Fair. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He left off stroking his daughter’s hair and leaned forward, his big hands open as though he needed their help to explain his meaning. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do,” said Harry, and he explained, briefly, about the pair of Vanishing Cabinets and the magical pathway they formed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, it contained physical anomalies that couldn’t be explained. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That explained the pain, but she didn’t understand what had happened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists even tighter at the thought of having to explain all this to my parents. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Pittman explains that she didn’t unclip herself from the Sherpa out of respect for his authority—as she put it, “I didn’t want to hurt Lopsang’s feelings.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But how do you explain being visited by your missing brother in a dream where you took a flying boat to go look at some underwater trains without sounding delusional? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Sir, I appreciate that, but let me tell you something. Cas already is a serious problem," my mom explained. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In the secret parts of his peculiar brain, those unhappy and inextricable tangles which he felt at the roots, the boy was disabled by something which we cannot explain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In two places, where Charles explained how the eye, such a complex organ, had evolved, she challenged his theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each press is like a question,” explains Dan Bernstein, a professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, where he has an office down the hall from Dr. Atchley. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bernard tried to explain, then thought better of it and suggested that they should go to some other classroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t explain how he felt to a grown man, though—what it was to remember when he was twelve and found he’d never go to school again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya searched for just one question and finally picked the one she thought would explain the most: “How?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I knew I hadn't explained my feelings to my parents, but did she need to jump to that conclusion? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The next day Granny took him to school and explained the matter to the principal, who then wrote Uncle Piet a note, which he had to carry with him at all times. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eric had explained that those dining at the high table, as the children and Michelangelo had been invited to do, waited in the corridor outside the great hall until the king was ready to enter. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t listen, but I guess she explained the situation, because Dad got out and walked to the soccer field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we ask people to explain their thinking—particularly thinking that comes from the unconscious—we need to be careful in how we interpret their answers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She explained—not too patiently—that a B & B letter is a bread and butter letter you write to people to thank them for having you as their houseguest. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever explained those two days the fool had been lost in the sea. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Not the entire time. I watched the dancers some of the time, but I always listened for that instrument with the pointy top...the oboe,” Mia explained. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to explain that I'd hunted for him early in the evening and to apologize for not having known him in the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

For hypotheses should be employed only in explaining the properties of things, but not assumed in determining them; unless so far as they may furnish experiments. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I sleep hot,” she explained to the children. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“My parents have a house there,” Hina explained, “and they’re waiting for us. The West Coast government isn’t going to turn us back over to the camps.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He then explained this affectionate apostrophe, by touching his brooch representing the lady and the weeping willow at the tomb with the urn upon it, and saying, “Had it made for me, express!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t—not exactly—but I wasn’t quite sure how to explain what I did believe, either. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He became a little anxious and, as he returned across the field with Cowslip, did his best to explain something of Fiver’s peculiar temperament. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sure how to explain it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

These stark racial disparities cannot be explained by rates of drug crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was trying to explain, describe, and systematize musical practices that were already flourishing because people liked the way they sounded. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And I know you might not understand any of this, but I wanted to try to explain, so that you knew. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Elizebeth was all business as she explained that it meant she was an expert in breaking secret code and cipher systems. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ve formed a strong impression, but it’s hard to explain quite what it’s based on.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he not explained why the stars twinkled and how submarines slunk beneath the seas? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

They both jumped in at once, my mom trying to tell me how she had called every night, my dad trying to explain why he hadn’t told me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt it was important publicly to explain my talks with the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she explains how she was born with her face like that. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But that is not for me to discuss. That is for your parents to explain.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He should have sat down with us and explained his stupid rules. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Those same problems of slow growth and fast squirrels probably also explain why beech and hickory trees, heavily exploited as wild trees for their nuts by Europeans and Native Americans, respectively, were also not domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot descry all of your marks,” I explained. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, it means.. It’s hard to explain. Ask Pa later,” she whispers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite explain the panic I felt without explaining everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to explain, but talking to them felt like stabbing and being stabbed. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Please! Let me explain. I’m just trying to understand what’s going on around here.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was no other way to explain it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to their pictures in Helen’s magazines, explaining the nature of life difficulties — how matters that one day seemed material, and hard with importance, could the next day simply vaporize. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma started to explain how bail worked, but then she caught herself, finally understanding the boy’s confusion. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At each stop Ulbrickson had to explain, all over again, to his coaching counterpart that, yes, indeed, he planned to send the sophomores off in the junior varsity boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t be able to find the house,” he explained. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They never took the time to explain it to us, Strange. They set them down the day they came—never mind what was under them—and there they are still.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s not wearing his glasses though, which explains why he just waves at me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As explained in the preceding section, I inferred that competition between different political entities spurred innovation in geographically fragmented Europe, and that the lack of such competition held innovation back in unified China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had a throbbing headache, I explained, heading for my room. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure how to explain it. Brer Rabbit, or John Henry—they normally do all the introductions.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I will explain later, since I wanted this part of the story to be about me: Finn Easton. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I made up a story for Weylin to explain why we were here—and why we were broke. He offered me a job.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She goes on to explain the origins of the pageant and how it went on hiatus during World War II and again when Kennedy was assassinated. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I think about how she whipped her diamond ring off and used it to explain the way she sees time, and the way Marcus stared at her afterward. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Very poorly explained...That is incorrect, the kappa is more commonly found in Mongolia.... Professor Lupin gave this eight out of ten? I wouldn’t have given it three....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Man, you spent all afternoon trying to explain that mess to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had no idea the tapes were on their way to explain it all. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t explain it, not even to himself, but just those few words from his dad made all the anger and worry seem worth it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

To explain why he and his wife kept Cora imprisoned in their attic, Martin had to go back a ways. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He apologized and explained he had thought himself the only person on Gethen who ever slipped on ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yan Chang explained which ones belonged to First Wife and the other concubines, who were called Second Wife and Third Wife. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The kids used to chase me around at lunchtime and beg me to say things in English. They were obsessed with America,” I explained. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s a travel case of all my hair supplies,” Victoria explained. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The trouble with Picasso, I explained to M. Yoshoto as we got out of the bus, was that he never listened to anybody—even his closest friends. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“A need is something a person has to have in order to thrive,” he explained. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

My dad used the word “inflation” to explain why we no longer ate bread, which rose in price overnight from two to five dollars. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Because I have a program for the treadmill,” she explained. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Apollo would claim him today and explain his powers and gifts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My best bet was to just tell the truth, but explain everything in a way that would keep me out of trouble. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He at once explained that the black woman’s offensive conduct was all due to imperfect training, as he was not there to take her in hand. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained all the emergency procedures and told us where the life jackets and lifeboats were. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my unhappy task to explain it to him. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just climbed up to a sitting position on my bunk and was explaining to Basil the difference between a single whip and a six-tail when the third-floor steward came looking for me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t explain it, but I trust that Levi will keep my secret. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I show him Michael’s note and explain about the money. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he was aimin’ right, but the gun, I mean, his wrist just wasn’t locked enough,” Genie explained. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Every addict takes junk to escape something, the Muslim explains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess that explains it, because I don’t like punk, either. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that the Earth was like a big ball of candy, with different layers. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But if the goal here is to explain the drop in crime in the 1990s, imprisonment is certainly one of the key answers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

So Lm sitting on the sofa here with this letter and the radio on and I’m going to try and explain. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A fungus takes over the ant’s brain,” she explained. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I wished he would go away or die or something,” Mom explained later, when she started writing some of her thoughts down. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was determined to do this, and stopping to explain herself to her brother would just slow her down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Milo caught his breath, picked up the chalk, and explained simply, “It’s on the tip of my tongue.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom said I can only take food stuff,” I explained. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had explained that the anemia would not get any worse, but it meant that he would not be able to do much now until he had gone through the whole illness and recovered. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Of...of course. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that...I was forcing myself. God. I’m doing a terrible job at this. I want to explain. I...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“The weather was still good,” he explains, “and I saw no reason to break my promise to Rob at that point.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Six months after we landed in Brooklyn, I spoke enough English to explain our situation. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t fight back; I couldn’t. And I didn’t say jack besides trying to explain that I hadn’t done nothing wrong, but before I could even get a word out, he was all over me.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“There was no doctor in attendance,” Mother explained. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Popper had gone marketing for canned shrimps for the penguin, so that Mr. Popper was alone in the kitchen to explain to the service man what he wanted done to the refrigerator. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the tireless Rutherford, now back at Cambridge as J. J. Thomson’s successor as head of the Cavendish Laboratory, came up with a model that explained why the nuclei didn’t blow up. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

How he can have such a jovial attitude when the situation is most dire is something I cannot explain. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She shows me her homework and points me through the steps as she explains the problems. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Before her birth, her father was taken by beasts,” Jamison explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please let Robert explain why he is going, and why he is going tonight,” she called out. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I made a friend,” I say to Kim as if that explains everything. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Nothing then known could plausibly explain what motored these massive movements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t expect my mother to have the baby,” she explained. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There was one nurse. She was good to me," my mother had explained. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I explained to the other boys that we had arrived just a few minutes before them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ty explains that too often we don’t just let ourselves play. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This is not a time to explain the history of Congolese revolutionary movements.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A psychologist explains a computer simulation in which activation builds up in a neuron until it fires “like popcorn in a pan.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had appeared in the arena often, and was a favorite with the crowds, which explained why he was still alive. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I started to explain and go back to page eighteen when it came to me that he had not even noticed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn't explain to her why it wasn't so easy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"That's how I know Mr. Jefferson," he explained, which made a lot more sense to me now. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard, but I was always interested in any thing from her early life that might explain Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned where we were and written a letter explaining that when she first heard we had escaped to America, she had been worried that we were being taken into slavery. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t feel like explaining about my sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That did not sound like too exciting a discovery to me, but when he explained what it was for, I could see that it was—or would seem so to the government. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The corps is a body,” he explains, twirling a length of rubber hose so that its tip whirs inches from a boy’s nose. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I don’t know exactly how to explain it,” he tells me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I placed some change in their cup and accepted a tract explaining the missionary program. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His aunt and uncle will be able to explain everything to him when he’s older. I’ve written them a letter.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I realized that all this explained him, and it wasn’t the words he said which angered me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Neal just sighed, gave Daddy more medicine, a new kind, and explained to him how to give it to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I know where the rim is,” she explained. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"If you'd be so good as to allow me to explain." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Does that explain why you have tied us up?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But there was another finding in the survey that perhaps explained why parents were not all that concerned: They themselves were massive consumers of media. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was as much of a lesson in that, Willow had explained, as in anything she had been told by anyone about life or death or the stages in between. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“They truly had no idea what was going on, and they really wanted to understand. But doctors just took blood samples without explaining anything and left the family worrying.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Gloria then explained what a period was, how long it lasted, what a woman had to do so her clothes wouldn’t get soiled. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I explained our plan to ask the sky god to repair the Story Box. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I explained to Flaca what happened when me and Rondell finally made it down to Mexico, how once I was actually standing there, looking into the country, I couldn’t go across. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know SquareHead314 is a whiz with differential equations. He...or she...can explain things in the simplest terms.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The science explains why, for all the growth in our other gadgets, television remains the single most dominant form of media. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If New Jersey is still in the United States, then we can go get her. We can explain everything and show them that her papers are good,” I say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

To this day, nobody can explain what happened. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She’d ignored Janie’s calls and texts because she didn’t know how to explain how she felt, how to explain the rawness of this new world. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope to be able to indicate,” I explained, “that this case is a trial of the aspirations of the African people, and because of that I thought it proper to conduct my own defense.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point in my life, I should have been used to explaining myself, and yet it always felt like an unfortunate burden. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“When you gave him those checks, did you explain to him what a check is and how it works?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We stood on the volcanic surface of Io while our teacher explained how the moon had originally formed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“For years our group had been trying to find ways to stop the lumber company from chopping down those beautiful old trees,” she’d explained. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the Irish Rangers are very young and he wanted to explain something of the history and culture of Iraq to them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone has to learn Your Manners, I explain. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had explained away Harry’s long absences at Hogwarts over the last three years by telling everyone that he went to St. Brutus’s Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t recall when I was assigned this task, but I do remember the captain explaining it to me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Mines different. Mine has always been through my hands,” Kira explained. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Alex knew with a certainty he couldn’t explain that this dog was the one. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I think it’ll help Jack to know he’s not alone in this war,” she explained. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He has his own stuff to worry about,” Summer had told me once, when she explained why she had never even told Auggie she’d gotten picked to be in Mrs. Atanabi’s dance. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Just like my father, he never explained why he had a gun. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And after that, they were basically...I guess the best way to explain it is to just say...dead. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I know. I feel terrible, but...I don’t know how to explain this.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Science is where you might uncover facts that explain mysteries. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grasso had explained what happened—that Papa had become very ill around lunchtime. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Not that it’s not a horrible crime,” one explained, “but it’s also a crime to try a child as an adult.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She explained about their quest in the Argo II. When she got to the part about stopping Gaea from waking, she faltered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Like Jimmy Cross, the boy was explaining things to an absent judge. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Outsourcing is just one dimension of a much more fundamental thing happening today in the world,” Nilekani explained. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

"We just know you know what to do with it better than us," Francy explained. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She made him explain the plot, which was about a guy with a dead mother who kills another guy and then goes to prison for it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So he smiled a welcome, and the friar explained how he had happened to know that Robin needed help. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I had to see the nature of the wounds, you see,” explained the doctor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let him go. He can’t explain anything with you choking him.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They explained how they’d been tending their herd that morning and discovered a giant sack in the road. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

And the Beast wanted those words to fit together just so, to explain his meaning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But it had one overwhelming advantage: allowing people to operate without having to explain themselves constantly turns out to be like the rule of agreement in improv. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain to Jesse how she had been groomed for college for much of her young life. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One frightened person didn’t check other stations to verify the news because, she explained, the announcers said CBS “was the only one not destroyed.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Tincture of belladonna. Grains of opium. Henbane distilled. If ill-used, these bring death,” she explained soberly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But that, as he explained furiously, was fortuitous. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Now it’s a bit hard to explain this, but some sort of understanding had definitely developed between the two of us about the way Ruth behaved in front of the veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is because of Captain Ortega’s daughter, Dorotea,” Mamá explained, with a deep sigh. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, think how much better off you’d be, just because of averages,” he explained convincingly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not pretend that means nothing. Can you imagine how difficult it’s going to be to explain to Merlin how we let a trainee destroy a priceless artifact of unending power?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Neither the bomb squad nor the burglary detail has enough evidence to search the apartments," he explained. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That would explain why you had no idea what they were saying! We can ask Juan after the show.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I have heard you cry out in your sleep,” she explains. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We stopped at each exhibit, explaining what it was, talking in whispers, answering questions. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sim looked back and forth between us, plainly surprised he had to explain himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The surgery went well, and when it was over, the doctor was explaining to me how to care for my heel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part consultants and part teachers, computing supervisors had to be top-notch computers themselves, capable of grasping the needs of the engineer and clearly explaining the requirements to her subordinates. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Pike explained that Hale took pains never to say explicitly that Bryan had been involved in Anna’s murder, but this was evident from what Hale was asking him to do. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Julian was there when I arrived, and I explained that Charles was in the hospital. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m the people I buy them from,” Milo explained. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We might describe these three reconciliations as attempts to explain nature’s past, present, and future through the lens of the gene. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Your library cards will grant you access to all the rooms and areas where we will be playing our twelve games,” she explained. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mother just couldn’t bring herself to explain it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s only whining for attention, you see,” explained Mrs. Horsepool-Worthing- ham. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down at my father’s dead face, in which I saw no trace of my own, I wanted him to get up and explain to me his version of the old days. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I knew not his word, and hesitated; he, perceiving my fault, explained its meaning and derivation while my mother begged for water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That s where you have to dig, the old man said, but he explained that this was not the system he used for digging wells around Tres Marias, because he needed no stick. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she claimed not to, so I patiently explained what I was talking about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost inconceivable. I shall never understand, unless you explain.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her first love, her first lover, the only person with whom she had never felt the need to explain herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He spread his hands, palms up, as if inviting me to explain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He entered as a guest and explained who he was and who had sent him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Most people wander on land between the time they die and the kugadzira ceremony, when their family welcomes them home,” the fisherman explained. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explains, “The word synesthesia means ‘senses coming together.’ A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There are some things I need to explain. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Studies have shown that joblessness—not race or black culture—explains the high rates of violent crime in poor black communities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wished that she would not keep looking at me as if I were a strange laboratory animal to be explained and catalogued. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I explained to her that you were terribly hurt when she couldn’t get her act together, that you had believed all of her promises.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s no tracking label on the inside. You’re assigned a unique tracking number when you register a book with Book Scavenger,” she explained to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s an annual plant, he explains, which means that it dies in the autumn. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Connor is still chattering about treasure, and Jack is trying to explain to him that we aren’t going to another beach. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I want you guys to go into town and get Halloween costumes for all of us. Before school starts in the morning, Casey explained. I gathered up the money. “ Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I explained to her that it didn’t really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he thought No. If I had been there I could not have seen it this plain “But that dont explain the other three,” he said. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunderson discussed the upcoming trial, just days away, and explained the latest plea agreement. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad said he would explain it all at dinner. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Henry explained that he had started a career as a journalist, but after hearing Reverend Finney’s remarks, he was inspired to leave journalism and enroll at Lane Seminary in Ohio. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I agree we should do what we must to serve the Collective. And I will explain to the Chancellor why I need you to accompany me to test the defoliant.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I usually just mumble, because it is very difficult to explain all about these rules and crew changes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Nahlrout, of course. I must be getting old to not notice it sooner. It also explains why you’re not bleeding all over my nice clean table.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain it, but I needed it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When someone says, Know what I’m saying? it’s not like a real question,” Julia explains. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even when we explained that he was wrongfully convicted and later proved innocent, we couldn't get anyone to admit him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The lawyer who escorts her to the theater refuses to explain despite the manager’s protestations, abandoning her as quickly as he can with no more than a shrug and the tip of a hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody worried about dividing by zero when conveniently ignoring the rules of mathematics explained everything from the fall of an apple to the orbits of the planets in the sky. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I try to explain to the librarian, but I keep stuttering and nothing comes out right. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You either drop your head or hold it up,” Ann explained her actions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I explained that I didn’t like her because she was mean and petty and full of pretense. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Edwin nodded, Cole led the way, explaining how soaking cleared his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Shin’s father had never explained any of this. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her words gave me so much motivation and inspiration, that I can’t explain. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It may have been Fabyan who first explained to her how to tell them apart. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It goes some way toward explaining how confidential information, rumors, and jokes percolate so rapidly through a population. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had explained it was full of special dust that would keep undesirable creatures away from them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Anatole explained it this way: Like a princess in a story, Congo was born too rich for her own good, and attracted attention far and wide from men who desire to rob her blind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t mean funny that way,” Mrs. Bacon explained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In eight more days, unless Piper could pull off the plan Aphrodite had explained . . . well, there wouldn’t be any more movies, or theatres, or people. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Our argument ended in a draw; we agreed that the passage was obscure and that as it stood it could be explained either way. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps if we explained our situation to her, she would agree to adopt us,” Klaus said hopefully, but when Violet looked at him she saw that he knew it was of no use. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Hiskey explained that he and other scientists were “working with desperate haste” to build an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blowing at them makes them sleepy,” he explained to the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Washington also rejected this request, explaining that Andre, regardless of his personal attractiveness, was no more and no less than a spy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Very tentatively and mindful of the deep reserve of rural Mainers, as explained to me by a sociologist acquaintance, I touch her arm and tell her she shouldn’t be doing this. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of springs rich in mineral salts, the cures are easily explained: the salts would help to clean and dry up skin infections. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He moped around the Boston PIH office for a while, then went on a lecture tour, hitting small towns in Maine, Texas, Kansas, and Iowa, explaining the situation in Haiti to anyone who would listen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One day, Gandhi later explained/'a man in tattered clothes, headgear in hand, two front teeth broken and his mouth bleeding, stood before me trembling and weeping.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I explained to him that I wasn’t desperate. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had a horrible feeling that explaining it to Percy and Jason wouldn’t change anything. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She explains to José that they have a flat tire and must go back down the road to the big house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Because he knows things we need to find out,” Matt explained patiently. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly she explained it and the young men agreed at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nigro explained that there were ten stops on the circuit, and we had to complete all of them within two minutes and fifteen seconds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pointing to Cambodia on the map, he explained that communist forces were using this territory to store supplies and stage attacks in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If Emily hadn’t just sat next to James at lunch and listened to him break down his new cipher and explain how it worked, she might be swayed by Maddie’s performance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The justification for the implicit doublespeak—“we do not racial-profile; we just stop people based on race”—can be explained in part by the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But it’s more than just the play,” George tried to explain. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“What does she mean? Go away where? Why can’t she explain? Why didn’t she tell you? Did she mention this? A few days? Where did she go?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

How do we explain how we got in? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about?” asked Chaol, and she explained the gist of their conversation. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nhamo explained gently that she came from a proper village full of people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a trained penguin act,” explained Mr. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is long and white,” he explains, “cross-hatched where long ago stitches stabbed in. Like railroad tracks.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles explained that he couldn't stay all cooped up in that place, so he came outside to get some fresh air. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He has tried to explain how baptism—the batiza—would have changed everything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not, he explained, “without manifest impropriety, make the avowal or disavowal you seem to think necessary.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to college. I’m going to have a better life than this. That’s all there is to explain.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think,” he inquired, as they were dressing up in the darkness, “that it was clever, the way I explained about our bein' here, I mean to drive the animal?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That explains the fancy dress, I imagine,” Father said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The tenders will show you how it works,” he explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Judith: how else to explain her but this way? Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We went to the shelter,” I explained, letting Mr. Ray off the hook. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Trueba explained that he needed to rent a cart, but she appeared not to understand him and only stood there, hiding the children in her apron, with a vacant expression. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matter falling into such a supermassive black hole would provide the only source of power great enough to explain the enormous amounts of energy that these objects are emitting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now cut along and explain to Ma Costa, and hold yourself in readiness to leave.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Harry did not attempt to argue or explain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then she visited the lacquer grove with Atal, having carefully explained what she was intending, and asked permission to take some sap. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of a logical solution that could explain what I had just seen — a solution that excluded the assumption that I was insane. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dimple had tried to explain that she didn’t need to do that—that Dimple, in fact, was the one holding back in the non-relationship, but Celia seemed unable to grasp the concept. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was precious little anger involved with a beating, just a lecture explaining why you were getting one and why it was good for you. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Reynie had been in too much of a hurry to explain. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Art explained that it was the grass diet that gave the eggs their color. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need to explain what she meant with that comment, but she did anyway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now I’m sitting alone, realizing I can’t think of the experiment that will explain everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

How on earth can you explain what it all looks like without any models? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The librarian held up a hand, which Sierra was grateful for because she really had no idea how she was going to explain. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He explains to me that he’s getting in touch with his kittenhood. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to explain to them why none of them could go back to the plantation. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only cultural beliefs can explain why they received such an extravagant burial. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It brings out the hidden lights in your hair,” she explained. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Yossarian knew he was right, because, as he explained to Clevinger, to the best of his knowledge he had never been wrong. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“To keep sanity must be a struggle, to keep honor a Herculean feat. I am not judging your father, only seeking to explain why he survives so long.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it does not, and while I couldn’t crunch the numbers or plumb the history back then, I sensed that the fear that marked West Baltimore could not be explained by the schools. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Dante, please explain to me why you needed to read Mila’s music.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to be takin’ privileges before I was entitled to them,” he explained. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to try to explain the Hudson thing. Is that okay?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“They are not making fun, my lady,” Penelope quickly explained. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I really wasn’t going to have much luck explaining all this if I stole the wrong chickens. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The school’s wall was low, “because, unlike boys, most girls don’t climb over walls,” Mother explained. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Then explain it to me,” she said, and took his hands in hers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will explain all of this to me. If you’ve lied to me before, admit it and all will be well. I know boys tell foolish stories sometimes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He returned to the driver and explained that as a transit policeman he lacked the authority to make an arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain the secrets? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m just—I’m sick and tired of trying to explain to the world why racism is bad, okay? Why is that my job?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I explained to him that if you tell your wish, then it won’t come true. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Commentators always have a familiar cast of characters to which they can point to explain any rally or any decline. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked what I needed, and after I explained that I just wanted some water, she insisted on getting it for me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We follow Joy to the first aisle of groceries, and she starts explaining how things work. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I want you to know, at least, that it’s not out of selfishness that I am leaving, how can I explain that? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A sociologist who explains the way gangs work. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

No matter what you’re talking about, even if you’re not asking her a question, she has a confused look on her face, and there’s a sort of blankness in her eyes I can’t explain. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dinitia explained that I was with her and that I was good people. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t even have a pass for him, how to explain that? Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we open doors and peer under couches I explain about the synesthesia and the doctors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She explained that another friend, Ann, was giving her annual Christmas party, and most of the people I invited would be going there. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee had explained I was to go to each of the top finishers and shake hands to congratulate them before mounting the first-place podium. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pretended to tease him with the limitations of science—bet you can't explain Bigfoot, etc.—watching him closely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard to explain my feelings once I did finally set off. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jason gets scared, thinking that it’s having an attack or something, but Mom explains that it’s just the bird’s heart beating. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The man explains the imprisonment and murder of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and how they were forced to wear purple armbands. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He explained, stiffly and simply, that he was in kemmer and had been trying to avoid me, insofar as one of us could avoid the other. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I should explain. I gave you a fake name. I’m really sorry, that probably seems crazy. Just a fake last name. It’s really Paolo. But not really Santos.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to get a message to a place that doesn’t even have a name,” Mother explained. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baffled reporters asked the stewards why they had held an inquiry at all, but the stewards refused to explain themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, finding a bunch of queer people to be my friends isn’t very hard,” Sasha explained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He would’ve explained to his father that none of these decorations was for uncommon valor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grins, then explains, “Louise is planning a girls’ weekend for us. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He did not see how he could possibly explain to Hermione that what she had done to offend Ron was kiss Viktor Krum, not when the offense had occurred so long ago. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not a person who likes to judge why people fall madly in love with some types of people because I don’t believe such things can be explained. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For instance, the statistical description of a gas explains Charles’ law. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The robot wanted to explain things to her son, but the truth was that she understood very little about herself. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, sir,” the chaplain hastened to explain with a look of excruciating discomfort “She’s a master sergeant in the Marines.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I explained that it was customary to note down the witness’s particulars, such as name, age, address, and place of birth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pretends not to understand me when I explain that the visit is only a routine checkup. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mom explained that Grandma Smith had owned two houses, the one she lived in with the green shutters and French doors, and an older house, made of adobe, in downtown Phoenix. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly think: How am I going to explain this if Mr. Keller tells her I went to his house? The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The light from it is red, not white, he explains, so we don’t lose our night vision. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe they just wear them for, you know, special occasions,” I explain. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh. I just wanted a chance to explain what happened,” I stammered. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re trespassing, and you have exactly one minute to explain why.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My hope is that, with no one to explain it to them, the gentlemen simply won’t find out that Powhatan now considers us his subjects. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Museum signs explain how the shard in the showcase fits into a classification of pottery styles rather than who made it or what it was used for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“August used to take care of her back when she was a little girl in Virginia,” I said, trying to explain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace’s brow was furrowed, almost as if she was listening to someone explain something very difficult. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I cannot explain how exactly it is done, but it had its intended effect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Shall I explain how you are tempting me?” he said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At first I wanted Methuselah to come back and live in his cage, until Father explained to me that this whole arrangement was wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huxley used diagrams to explain how Williams must have produced various effects. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’s just a matter of explaining to the right people,” Mom said. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained that I deeply love and respect my tribe and my culture. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The dream was still fresh and vivid in his mind’s eye, but he could not explain to himself why it had scared him so. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“But of course I had to find out where they were taking her,” he explained patiently. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She explains hard things like reducing fractions and turning them into decimals. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Korean explained to us that he only gave exchanges, no refunds, he seemed to say again for all, pointing continually at the sign that said so by the door. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie tripped trying to get up, laughing even harder when Luke tried to explain why they were still in the gym. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Someone would stab him before she could explain that he was nice. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh well, you know I didn’t know that it would be successful,” I explained. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, give me a minute to explain things and say goodbye. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Scrap lumber will do,” I explained, sensing that this was my moment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that after her grandfather divorced her grandmother, he wed a white woman, and in 1931 he began to suspect that he was being poisoned—by his second wife. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She explained that normally hope is a good thing, but if you hope a lot for something and it doesn’t happen, then you are disappointed and it’s called being let down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of us anticipated” or even “imagined that they would use the brutal methods to which they actually resorted,” King explained later. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I don’t. So explain it to me. And while you’re at it, why don’t you explain to me why you were pretending to be my friend?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She be an orphan now. Her mum and pa, they died,” he explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has seven, like the Big Dipper, which explains the “Minus Two.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I dig down and try to find the words to explain, but I can’t. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He explains the basic equipment you need: a couple of magnets, some small iron bars, some iron pointers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Relieved, I explain my search party plan and tell him that there will be pizza afterward. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

If you used a word even barely wrong he would be there to catch it, correct you, and then explain to you why you had made the mistake, even though you probably weren’t listening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He explained to me, in a bloody irritating whisper, that he personally had no objection to smoking, but that, alas, the school’s policy was against smoking in the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He speaks each word slowly, as though he is explaining something to a small child. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He explained that he’d been looking into what happened at the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Then why would you love coaching? Seems like if being a cabbie gets you paid, that should be what you love," I explained what seemed obvious, looking out the window. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But what if I threw caution to the winds and forced people to explain their first impressions and snap judgments anyway? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The city of New York. Well, that explains a lot.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, that could explain some of her odd behavior.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mental terrors, sir! I wish I could believe them to be only such: I wish it more now than ever; since even you cannot explain to me the mystery of that awful visitant.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After she got us settled, she explained that she had a change of plan for the day. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The boys are like your father,” she explained, keeping her eyes on the needle going up and down. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“In nature you’ll always find birds following herbivores,” Joel had explained. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And I wouldn’t be surprised if you could build this without me, given enough time. But there isn’t time to explain. Just be ready to run.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It had obvious defects: it could not, for example, explain the inheritance of characteristics from the father; in 1752 Maupertuis showed that polydactylism could be inherited in the male as well as the female line. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have a fair fight,” he explained officially to Hungry Joe and the cat after he had carried them both outside, still holding them apart by the scruffs of their necks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Frank explained what had happened with the ghostly legion and the army of monsters—how Nico had used the scepter of Diocletian, and how bravely Jason and Piper had fought. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The room at the front of the house is bigger,” explained Mrs. McCullough. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that was his bed. When I heard that you were coming, I gave your uncle that bed for you,” he explained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was frowning that open frown of unconcealed puzzlement, and I wondered what Alice was trying to explain. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She never explained anything that was really important. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Vietnam, Meng explains, the human smuggling operation, or leaving the country without papers, is illegal. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is at once the easiest and the hardest thing to explain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That night, after Benton had explained that he would be leaving in one week, Rameel looked down at his hands and back up at Benton. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

For those unfamiliar with the mechanics of dwarf tunneling, I shall endeavor to explain them as tastefully as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He explained briefly, feeling his cheeks warm with the shame that the angel must be feeling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’d been tensed up to explain myself, and now all that energy has nowhere to go. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There’s no time to explain, but in a few seconds the nature of the pod becomes clear to everyone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“But it’s easy again. The music doesn’t stop in my hands any more, it just—” I struggled to explain, then shrugged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nok didn't understand, but she didn't have time to ask him to explain. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

By studying the mathematical relationships—the ratios—between the various kinds of progeny produced by each cross, Mendel could begin to construct a model to explain the inheritance of traits.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t even tried to explain what I meant to the others. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She calmly explained that our marriage had deteriorated and that she had lost her natural inclination for the pleasures of the flesh. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. I’m older than you, remember? I saw her go, and Dada shouted that she was dead to us now. It seemed the easiest way to explain things to you.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she became a valued member of the team, often chosen to explain the work to Riverbank’s eminent guests. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Still she didn’t say anything, seemingly waiting for me to say something, to explain the reason for the knife, and why I was trembling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way she explains it, I’m practically the pied piper of racist symbols. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mixed in with each tree’s own taste was the slight taste of blackberries, and why this was so, I could not explain. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She said it casually, a way to explain behavior at family reunions. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure of it. And she left us a letter to explain...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Your dad didn’t die, so I won’t be able to explain it to you.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That fear and sadness stayed with her as she limped la-boriously upstairs and Thomas urged her to explain what was wrong. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that there was more to it than putting the pigeons out of their misery. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Not yet,” she said, and when she saw his consternation she explained that farm kids drove early—they had to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the book explained, Opium was simply a no-man’s- land, but through the years it had prospered. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid didn’t seem perturbed by Ron’s slug problem, which Harry hastily explained as he lowered Ron into a chair. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

About then, too, influenced by having heard Bimbi often explain word derivations, I quietly started another correspondence course—in Latin. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By now the germ is rubbery and it pops right off,” Johnson explained. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

I wait for her to explain; she doesn’t. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain where Cap was, and frankly, I didn’t care. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This was the first time that the young King had seen her, and she knew that the was looking her best It is impossible to explain how these things happen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard as I start to coil the hose, thinking about how to explain Lolo, or even if I should say anything. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But Papito looks at the address on the envelope and explains that no mail is getting through. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“If you can explain it,” he said, “then you can keep her, and the treasure as well.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I was kind of a baby this afternoon,” she explained. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he found a clear inch of dust and her note of farewell, explaining what she had done. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I explained what was going on with the dogcatchers and asked if I could keep Termite in the house. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a little while for everyone to explain to their parents that 1. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

One has to decide when to stop reading and start explaining, as well as when to appeal to the commentaries for further explanation. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She knew this because she’d once seen a snippet of a documentary on television, and when they showed images of Bangladesh, they really looked familiar to her and she couldn’t explain why. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She explained that her husband objected to her work and “all that is dearest” to her. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had seen Abenthy do something I could not explain, something strange and wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He explains that he views Truman as distinctly different from the wealthier high schools in the county. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I must see what is happening, Mary explained. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes darted around the room before he explained. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Matthews explained how some of the rocks on Mars received their names. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hotel’s position was explained to me carefully. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not talk; I could not explain how much I valued my code of solidarity. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel responded to the suit by explaining that cells couldn’t grow outside of tissue culture and that there was a world of difference between culture contamination and HIV infection. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Neither of these terminal narratives explains why conflict between the colonizers and the Indigenous peoples continued for three hundred years before the United States was formed. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I guess not. Lately I never felt good enough. I always wanted to explain to him that I was not good.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That is why they call these the ranches of the Agua Negra,” my father explained. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm with the bomb squad," the policeman explained. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll explain everything. But for now, I just need you to trust me. Okay?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She explained her mother’s wish for all the riches in the earth, and how that had turned into Hazel’s curse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Luma explained that as a Muslim, she didn’t eat pork, and suggested they pick turkey bacon instead. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“This is very popular in America,” I explained. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He explained that the screws were the prison guards. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Janie, Mikayla’s best friend, raised her hand and explained that she, too, believed in animal rights and must be removed from the experiment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I doubted I could explain it to someone like Margo, but drawing circles through life struck me as a kind of reasonable insanity. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel needed to explain, she needed to say something, because maybe Susan didn’t realize it, maybe Susan thought she was alone, too. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was the target of terrible bullying, he explained, and he wanted it ended. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

No need to explain about the bird from the faraway yunka that lived with our family. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I don’t know what kind of cookies she likes either,” I explained. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How could I explain things I didn’t understand? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” Uncle Willie explained, “there can be a good something and there can be a bad something.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful theory that explained a great deal. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She explained this to the others and they did not complain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she explained to Wallace, the letters were written in what was called “open code.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He began to explain, as if he were explaining to a small child. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s opposed to further publication,” one of the editors explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He seems a little out of it now, but nothing that couldn’t be explained by a bad night’s sleep. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I want to explain to my father that it would be completely embarrassing to be the only kid tagging along with her parents at back-to-school night. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t try to explain stuff away like Mom and Dad did. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want you to get hurt,” he explained. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I take Twill out in the woods and try to explain the basics of hunting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Museum held the remains of a broken sled in a glass case, and the inscription explained that it had been Leader’s arrival vehicle. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I asked Lily about this, she explained that our mother grew up poor in North Carolina, one of nine kids. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It is generally about issues affecting children around the world,” I explained. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This he afterwards explained by saying that to a boyar the pride of his house and name is his own pride, that their glory is his glory, that their fate is his fate. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

What did happen was Dr. Lancaster finally explained to Uncle Tony that Momly would have to have surgery to set and pin the bone. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

While he sat on his heels his father explained softly the meaning of zenshin, which the boy understood to mean a constant awareness of potential danger. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I explained to Grandma how surprised I was. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few other boys came to join us and when I explained what I was doing one of them shouted out, “Hey, girls. Come here for a second, would you? Hey, girls!” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t know,” she explained gently, “that your mother was his sister, when it happened.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This theory fails to explain, however, why McCandless didn’t, then, also trash the bus. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Demons get tangled in the hair,” Baba Joseph explained. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still couldn’t explain it; she only knew that she needed to see this creature, whatever it was. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When she confronted him about these things, he never explained or apologized. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke quickly, before Hattie could explain me in a way I didn’t want to be explained. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try to figure out the alphabet so I can write in Chinese, but I give up so I can read our place settings—which explain the Chinese Zodiac. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer grinned and nodded and tried to explain how he dumdummed the bullets with a hunting knife before he fired them at the field mice in his tent every night. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d gone crazy but I couldn’t explain it to myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And we definitely didn’t have time to explain seventh graders, if Ms. Wardak didn’t understand things. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I came up with a cupcake recipe,” I explained. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

With that goal in mind, he explained to us later, he sent our section on a field trip the second day, to a real prison called Coxsackie. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We got ninety cents and we need as much candy as you can give us," John John explained. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as though he didn’t want them there; but the thought of explaining it all over again, the idea of reliving it one more time, was more than he could stand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Izzy couldn’t explain, but she was sure she was right about this. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Two nights ago,” Jake explained, “Emma and I were hanging out in the greenroom. There was this jar of jelly beans.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I explained to her that I had no parents. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Angolans told him how things had “gone up,” or were more “tough,” opaque words that were supposed to explain each new request for more money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One of his training specialties was chemical agents, he said, explaining with a wink that “chemical agents make you fat.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to explain that it wasn’t our fault the doors blew open, but he was still angry. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jason’s grandchildren sat around his feet, and he was trying to explain to them what had happened on this day in Athens. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As we walked through the parking lot, she explained. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to explain where I’m coming from. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening, always listening, and I kept going, explaining Joey Pow and finally Rock and his gang. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

George told Marco about their farm and their trip and explained that any decent person living in New York had to be a Giants fan. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then, being in a heady, sharing sort of mood, I explain the wheelchair, the potting soil, and Rosa, like it’s all perfectly normal. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Robert stopped having his pictures taken when he had to pay for them himself! He found wiser use for his money, he says,” explained Madame Lebrun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I can’t even tell you some of the words she explained to me! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If the commentators hadn’t been able to explain it, how could I? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If Arp is right, the exotic mechanisms proposed to explain the energy source of distant quasars—supernova chain reactions, supermassive black holes and the like—would prove unnecessary. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Neither can I,” Father said and explained that he had left all the buying up to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, if only Charlie were here to read it aloud to her and explain the long words. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They could all run around naked as far as I’m concerned, but when Daddy comes to market, he likes to arrive with his driver dressed with style,” he explained. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I deliver lost luggage,” Todd tried to explain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I talked to Ross for hours, explaining what I was about, cautioning him not to relate anything that he did not want to divulge. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, this is a going away party for me, sir,” Bull explained. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My trig equations were far beneath his abilities, but if he was bored he didn’t show it; he just explained the principles patiently, over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“My parents named me after Sir Edmund Hillary,” he explains. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that if you concentrate to the point where your mind and body become one, all outward awareness melts away. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There are some very pertinent reasons why this memory has remained with me, as I wish to explain. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Bocce takes true skill and years of practice. Let me explain.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She started frantically stuffing papers into her canvas bags as I tried to explain myself and talk her down. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He explained, for the benefit of his group, “Arthur takes care of all my light work.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to wash the pepper spray off,” Todd explained. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was explaining this armband now in the cement-block hog barn. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, she was with this big black dude,” El Genius explained. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Baba burst out in gales of his deep- throated laughter—a sound not unlike a truck engine revving up—and, when he could talk again, explained to us the concept of voice dubbing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If you asked Momma why you had to do something and she didn’t feel like explaining she just repeated herself. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After about a year of trying to explain it, Gregor came up with the story that his parents were divorced and his dad lived in California. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard a noise last night,” Thomas explained. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Families want blond toddlers, whose presence can easily be explained away. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The priest seemed to be asking for forgiveness, or explaining his actions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The botdeneck, Rob explained, was due to the unusually late and heavy snowpack, which until just yesterday had kept any yaks at all from reaching Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no tracking label on the inside. You’re assigned a unique tracking number when you register a book with Book Scavenger,” she explained to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to take longer than one helping of bubble tea to explain the intricacies of the TARDIS,” I say. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hubbard began to explain that a tropical air mass was moving in from— Groves cut Hubbard off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like setting her straight, explaining things simply the way Patria had explained them to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been locked up two days before, he explained, and then moved downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you're ready to make a wish, you close your eyes, then throw it over your shoulder,” I explained. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Now we can draw some boxes where the columns will go,” Joey explained. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Under these circumstances, the critic may well know the artist’s mind better than he does and explain his creation more clearly. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is why we have trash baskets,” she has explained. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained what had happened and gave her the envelope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I explain that Mae is willing to pay me to walk Ziggy, but my parents don’t want me to walk a dog by myself. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I feel like this explains loads about our differences,” Henry says, and Alex gives a small laugh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the couch, she tried to calmly explain that Daddy had had an accident and had gone to heaven. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

To have positive liberty, he explained, is to take control of one’s own mind; to be liberated from irrational fears and beliefs, from addictions, superstitions and all other forms of self-coercion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Calder told Petra about his box, explaining the reason he happened to be looking at the book. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I cradle it in a stack past Bobby and Human Being—who’s now explaining how his real last name is Green and that’s what he needs, some green—back into the office. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I also dread the other two addresses, although part of me explains that they can’t be any worse than the first one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ability for individuals to create and broadcast media explains a key difference between the nature and amount of information people consume today than in past eras. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gregor wanted to answer in detail and explain everything, but in these circumstances he confined himself to saying, "Yes, yes, thank you mother. I'm getting up right away." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leah and I tried to explain to her how in Africa the roads are here today, gone tomorrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got to wear the same uniform as everyone else and didn’t have to carry the burden of explaining our family’s religious practices every time we went to an away meet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Amari wondered how she could explain the need to work in harmony with the natural world. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left a note for Charlie on the table, explaining again where to find dinner, switched my scruffy wallet from my school bag to a purse I rarely used, and ran out to join Jessica. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If you can’t be nonviolent,” Dr. King explained, “then you need to find another way to offer your support. The integrity of this movement and march depends on your ability to be nonviolent.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

How else can one explain why the Aborigines of northeastern Australia failed to adopt bows and arrows, which they saw being used by Torres Straits islanders with whom they traded? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Training facility” was not an official designation, the superintendent would later explain; it was just the way things had worked out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment it occurred to Art to explain certain matters to his deputy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because he doesn't fit in anywhere,” Robin explained. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

What differences among societies on different Polynesian islands need to be explained? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

How was I going to explain it all? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Gladys had once explained to me how each saint on her bureau had a specialty. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He explained what he’d seen; how, as the nearest dementor had lowered its mouth to Harry’s, a large silver something had come galloping across the lake and forced the dementors to retreat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I turned to face Big Ma to explain. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“A general has to see the whole held to make good strategy,” he’d explain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She had started to explain Hera’s plan for bringing the camps together to battle Gaea and the giants, but the goddess stamped her walking stick against the marble floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mundín explains his father is probably still at the office, and so the man asks him where his mother is, and Mundín says he thinks she is home. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I explained to the crowd that my voice was hoarse from a cold and that my physician had advised me not to attend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes explained that he could not obtain “the necessary amount of heat.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

What they found inside Musoke was eerie and disturbing, and they could not explain it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘So what I is trying to explain to you is that a human bean who says he is fifty is not fifty, he is only thirty.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was normal to beat prisoners,” he said, explaining that his instructors taught him never to smile and to think of inmates as “dogs and pigs.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He started to explain about the scorpion but she wasn’t interested. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kaori had explained that television was too practical, too traditional, too everyday for the Tanaka daughters, but the poor kid didn’t seem to get it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He just looked up at Chess, so trustingly, as if he thought Chess had figured out something big, and he was waiting for Chess to explain. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He did not have to explain to Klaus what he meant by the phrase “take care of.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

At that point my companions got angry and told me to shut up and listen while they explained some things to me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is the case even when the television flashes to a commercial, Dr. Anderson explains, suggesting that the attention systems lock on even when the narrative isn’t engaging the top-down systems. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As they approached, Mr. Kapasi explained that the temple had been built between a.d. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They explained their predicament to the man and his son, who agreed to serve as witnesses to their divorce. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

See, I need her to explain to her husband why a hundred-and-sixty-five-pound Negro woman has keys to his house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I read the grammar book last night and it explains the whole thing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-France’s wizened old eyes crinkled in sympathy as she explained in Lingala that no one had thoroughly searched the enclosure yet, that maybe some were deep in hiding. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

What classic style does is explain them as if they were objects and forces that would be recognizable to anyone standing in a position to see them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I had to lie to her,” the old woman explained. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the gunwales and to those who drifted below, explained, “The rebels have taken the island. We evacuate.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It explained how the World Wide Web worked, how one could own a browser, how to go about setting up a Web server. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

When she asks what I mean by different, I try to explain but can’t. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

At bottom, what happened is very easy to explain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to explain it to me,” he replies. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Hussey went on to explain that this letter would have asked anonymously for their help. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I told her about your—predicament. I felt I needed to explain why I brought you here. I hope that’s all right.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

How can I explain to them that it’s not personal, that I’m not talking to anyone? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Since Coach can’t eat it, he will not eat it,” Beatrice explained with a shrug. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“There you go. Deep and tragic wound explained.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“This is just for our records,” she explains as she holds it in place. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi thought for a moment about getting the quilt she’d hidden in the tree, but there would be no way to explain it without giving up her hiding spot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She explained the dishware, silverware and servants’ bells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was explaining it to Perutz and Kendrew, Crick happened to join the group. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He had the air of a doctor, a teacher, even a priest, anxious to explain and persuade rather than to punish. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“The child is bewitched,” the frightened nanny explained. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained that he could not stand up, but the doctor would not listen. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The extra gravitational attraction of such a large number of black holes could explain why our galaxy rotates at the rate it does: the mass of the visible stars is insufficient to account for this. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don Apolinar Moscote explained to him, in strictest confidence, that the soldiers had taken the weapons off as proof that the Liberals were preparing for war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

This may explain why grandparents are in love with buying grandkids pajamas and bathrobes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, most physicists hope to find a unified theory that will explain all four forces as different aspects of a single force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was very famous in my country,” Qendrim explained as he thumbed through the book one afternoon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“My dad has beaten me my whole life,” he explained. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Miss Johnson explains again and again, ever so careful. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t have explained why I dropped advanced music theory in favor of geography and comparative politics, or gave up sight-singing to take History of the Jews. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Let me see if I can explain,” she says, her voice suddenly soothing again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn't explain what he had been convicted of or even clearly describe what he wanted me to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He described the approach and went on to explain how the rabbit hutch was to be found. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t explain the crush of feelings that are squeezing my insides, so I don’t try. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She explained that it was sort of like taking out a loan without all the messy paperwork. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I remember Ben explaining how he and the other Monitors were going to assemble them to be ready when we landed, for our parents to do their work. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She and Mother were horrified, but no matter how they explained it to Lucinda, they couldn’t make her understand the terrible thing she’d done to me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s weird,” he said, “but I have this strange feeling; it’s hard to explain.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I’m dreading going in there and having to explain everything again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I don't explain that everything in the world is temporary, because I don't get into those conversations. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“A fatal flaw,” I explained, turning away from him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Guiteau always had an excuse to explain why he couldn't repay a debt and needed to borrow again. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And isn’t this what the man in the Money Matters workshop was telling us when he was explaining how it is that some are rich and some are poor? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The complication was caused not only by the Talmud text itself, which seemed filled with gaps, but by the commentaries that struggled to explain it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The book explained that no one knew for sure who the Geographer was, but that the area where Vermeer lived was a center for mapmakers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t explain the nervous feeling to her mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wish you could explain it to me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The dragonflies were flying sluggishly now, and Tialys explained that they needed to rest; so they perched on Will’s rucksack, and Lyra let the spies sit on her shoulders. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’d lived a life separate from the rest of family for reasons no one had ever bothered to explain to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I explain how they melt into a layer of gooey goodness, and Zohra seems a little more interested. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The front gate and low south buildings—the counting house, offices, and storerooms, as Mrs. Bedlow explained— formed part of the enclosure. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Marco reflects on the process, as he has never been asked to explain the origin of his ideas before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As was explained in the first chapter, it would be very difficult to construct a complete unified theory of everything in the universe all at one go. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those are not good women. Decent women don’t go into such places,” Mami explained, a scared look on her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun knew not to exacerbate the situation, and assumed that when they were interviewed by a superior, everything would be explained. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Brother Tarp could explain; or at least tell me something about Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in English, I raise my hand when Ms. Singh asks someone to explain the difference between mood and tone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He saw a hurt look cross her face and hurried to explain himself. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

How am I going to explain where I'm going? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He explained that Lou had to go to jail for a while—something having to do with school business and bribe-taking. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He explained that remorse, to be real, must be “coupled with action.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She paused several times as she explained this. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For a long time the Big Bang theory had one gaping hole that troubled a lot of people–namely that it couldn’t begin to explain how we got here. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“This woman is trying to surrender an unverified dog,” Noah explains. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I simply needed to explain what being a Muslim meant and what it didn’t. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She does her best to explain her concern. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, we don’t know, presumably from these unidentified craft,” the secretary explained, referring to the enemy boats in Herrick’s cable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

All of them were kind to him, patiently explaining the millions of things he had to learn. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After amusing himself some time with their curiosity, he thus explained: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was about to explain that even if I did go to Juilliard, I’d be home for Christmas and New Year’s, but then I realized that wasn’t the point. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

An English heritage would explain his extraordinary charm and smooth manner, so unusual in brutish, clangorous Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I believe she intends to say, ‘Go, Rainbow,”’ she explained. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“The Inka were largely ignored because the entire continent of South America was largely ignored,” Patricia Lyon, an anthropologist at the Institute for Andean Studies, in Berkeley, California, explained to me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

After the group calmed down, I explained, best as I could, how screechers and hummingbears and blue willows all needed each other, even if it wasn’t easy for us to see or understand. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“They asked us if we wanted to foster,” Grace’s mother explained, and even now, sixteen years later, Grace could see the lines of regret that Joaquin had etched on her face. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He could explain to the Holy Beings that he had no idea where to go and, if they didn’t help, he couldn’t help. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s not this building,” she explains as Chandresh watches her curiously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know as I could explain it. Anyway, let’s talk about a car.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s hard to explain,” I said, though it may not be. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miguel explained that the police had reason to listen to their calls and he warned them how to conduct their conversations. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained the entire situation to him as I had to Walter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he would explain what he wanted, he would be told to wait a minute, and much later a new voice would ask him what he wanted. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not here. Somebody wants to speak to you. Come with me and I’ll explain.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mother explained how the administrator had called her into his office and told her he had the connections to see that she got offered a job in Oklahoma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael explained matters to two dozen boys before he’d gathered enough of a squad. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now that you are among us, Cristiana is no longer the lowliest, and with her little authority, she must torment you,” Elnora explained with a weary patience. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“While I thought that the oath was an extremely unwise policy, the extent of my protest against it was to sign it on the last possible day,” he explained in his memoirs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

No, they smile politely and manage to explain calmly, either in the tourist’s language or by an incredilish movement of their hands, what it means. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“No, it is a stepping-stone on the way to America,” Papa Andrew explained. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The universe came from nothing—and both theories break down when they try to explain the origin of the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s worth getting stabbed by a needle to get this round, sweet thing,” I explained as I held up the lollipop. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I explained that I didn’t try to kill myself, the doctors, nurses, shrinks, they’d all say, “So, what were you doing on the edge of the roof?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he had fully explained the risks, he asked the congregation, “Who’s willing to stand up for justice, to march for freedom, to take this on?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep a stone face, which is hard to do when you're desperately trying to explain yourself. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“But I’d like to see the castles in the towns where they live,” the boy explained. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another thing she’d tell me was, “Don’t you worry, Bud, as soon as you get to be a young man I have a lot of things I’ll explain to you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But it also sparked something inside me I couldn’t explain. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

E. D. Nixon later explained, “I had to be sure that I had somebody I could win with.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He explains that the new plank needs a beveled edge so it will fit up tight against the keel. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She recapitulated the motives which no doubt explained Robert’s reserve. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that with four grains of denner resin, a man could have his foot amputated without a twinge of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I wish I knew. As I explained to your mother last night, I expected her to be accepted.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is what your grandmother once told me,” explained my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The senior officer explained to us that we had been brought to the shore to collect seaweed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The third word in the next line,” explained Baba, “was worn off the slab, its meaning washed away by centuries of rain, almost lost to posterity forever.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained how Dad had been miserable since he’d lost his job, no matter how many times he claimed, “It’s all good.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Around Los Alamos after that,” explained Serber, “we called the bomb we were building ‘the gadget.’ Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, well, good luck explaining that to seven children. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Benedict, if you explained how it worked—scientifically, I mean—how could they not believe you? Surely you can demonstrate the principles involved!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t think it would be quite so rigid here,” Fulvia explains to us as she massages Plutarch’s shoulders. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I don't have all my fees today,” I explained, placing Z$52 on his desk. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I began to explain how it was done, Shorty wanted to bring in this friend of his, whom I had met, and liked, called Rudy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be prepared to explain your choice,” Dylan repeats. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The man explained about the insult, but the poor girl replied with a song: He is lying: I did not insult him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I wanted her to take off her clothes and get into the tub,” he explained quickly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would explain his absence from the shop all day, his absence now. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She left me a letter which explained that if she said good-bye, it would be too terribly painful and it would sound too permanent. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I think she wants you to go inside,” I explain. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

For such a smart person, Emma never explained things very well. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She learned to articulate her reasons for choosing a specific f-stop, to not only find the settings that made it look right but to explain why it looked right that specific way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Doctor Deere is a brilliant young man," she explained for Flora Baumbach's ears. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be ready in just a moment,” he explained, rubbing his hands. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said his name was Zed, which, he explained, was a nickname taken from his first initial, Z, which is pronounced “Zed” in much of the English-speaking world. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A later development was the idea of terminal narratives, which were theories put forth to explain colonization of the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, she explained, she had to get away from her mother, who wouldn’t let her make even the smallest decision on her own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was old enough to leave the nest, his mother had taken him to see a baited trap in the hotel kitchen and had explained its evils one by one. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

This, I thought, explained the light in the basement I had seen when I was in her house. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The older one explains to the rookie that Mom was probably hit first and killed instantly, explaining the lack of blood. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One peasant woman explained, “A lot of us wondered what would have happened if we had known how to write. If we had known how to write, perhaps we wouldn’t be in this situation now.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I did my best to explain the accident. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t explain everything, but it did fit with Margo as a planner. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was in disbelief that I’d just explained my dreary life to this bizarre, beautiful boy who may or may not despise me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My father explains what I already know, but in my rage against the bomber, I can’t hold onto the truth of what he says. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It cannot be explained away as an instance of shoemakers’ children going without shoes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up trying to explain that it was an accident. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Open your coat so your pregnancy is revealed. They will assume you’re older. I’ll explain that you are Latvian and don’t speak German.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My to-do list,” I explain, crossing off number 12, “Work out,” and heading to the very bottom of my list to write “Will drawing.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He nodded politely as if that explained why I had shown up barefoot and reeking of back alleys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rhiannon explains to him who I am, and where I come from. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We talked about it, and he also asked if I wanted to talk to my aunt about it. So I did a video call with her, and she explained a lot to me. That helped.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But they don’t never explain more than just sayin, Yeah, your mother was on the moon, she been in nuclear bombs and made that polio vaccine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Stanley had also tried to explain that he needed to save his energy so he could teach Zero how to read, but the other boys just mocked him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He explained that if we placed our hands in the tank and held them perfectly still, tiny sharks and rays would graze against our palms like friendly house cats. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” she smiled, explaining to me carefully, “I’m afraid these are beyond help.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Just think about this, will you? You have never been able to explain how you chose the members of your team. You have given answers but no explanations." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No matter how endlessly they try to explain it,” he said icily, “the term ‘black power’ means antiwhite power...” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Golden explained think tanks were groups of smart people who worked on solving the world’s problems. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She still has no idea what kinds of places I go to in my head, and I don’t try to explain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at Fiona for help, but she just shrugs and says, “I totally get why you wouldn’t want to, but it would explain more than any sign, that’s for sure.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“That explains the rotting flesh smell,” Maya replied, then ducked when Joaquin threw a napkin at her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I explained the lady’s prediction as if the television were a crystal ball. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn't going to explain about Dad, the checks he owed us, the fights on the phone. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He explained all this to them while they huddled in a room far underground, where the water would seek out and drown everything in its path. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“She’s worked up because of tomorrow,” Maya explains as Grace dabs at her eyes with the edge of her sleeve. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“West Virginia,” Tex said as if that explained everything, and I guess it did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the class knew who would be called on to read and explain, so all of us worked feverishly to prepare. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I understood why he was so upset, but I couldn’t explain it to them exactly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

How could I explain that even if it were impossible to defeat Alan, I wanted to try? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Jeffrey, can you please explain to me why you punched George in the stomach?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The class set to work, writing to the editor, explaining that the story he published about the mouse exhibit was not true. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The troopers’ biggest challenge was calming people down and explaining that no meteors or Martians had fallen. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Search through the Standard Model as you will, and you won’t find anything to explain why when you place a hat on a table it doesn’t float up to the ceiling. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how to explain it. I just...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It not only explained mathematically the orbits of heavenly bodies, but also identified the attractive force that got them moving in the first place–gravity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

During the entire bus ride home I was miserable, wrapped in a rage I couldn’t explain or think away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Your grandfather saw fit to build this house on land that did not belong to him—that does not belong to you now. The sheriff is trying to explain the consequences of that.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you explain the whole thing to Adrienne ahead of time? I told you she boxes. She might have actually hit you!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Inmates appreciate a constant set of keepers, he explained; they don’t like having the rules enforced differently every day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should explain why I got so bothered by Ruth saying what she did. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that explains why he fought so hard, why he didn’t want to surrender,” Grandpa Nyles said. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth explains her plan to get our mothers together as we roll out spice-infused dough for this week’s recipe: samosas. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He explained that the civilian defense commission was registering boats that might be available in the event of an evacuation. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

People would think I’m nuts if I try to explain it to them, so I don’t. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And if you told anybody, it would be hard to explain. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When no one ventured to explain, he said, “Back to your posts, boys. And not a word o’ this, to anyone.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t tell her, and this time there was no one with them to explain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Priest never with girls,” he explained to me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Their loop had been raided, they explained in their strange and broken way, but they’d managed to escape into the catacombs and hide among the bones. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The mulefa had no term for climb, so Mary had to do a lot of gesturing and roundabout explaining. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They had to take him from the hospital in Spartanburg to the one in Greenville where they can care for him better,” my mother explained. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t steal nothin’,” I said, suddenly feeling too tired to explain, even though I just woke up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He took her hand and she felt grateful that there were things she did not need to explain to him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Chosen to give them time,” said Vikus simply, as if that explained it all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you ever had a brother who didn't like you, then I don't have to explain it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

How could I explain my feelings for Diego to them when I didn’t understand them myself? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I speak of it only to explain why I was forced to head for Hawaii while other men who fought harder than I did carried on. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One word contained everything he felt, and explained why he was to dwell on this moment later. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Stupid thing gets stuck," he tried explaining, but I couldn't wait around to hear about it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“She liked to wear used clothing that she bought in secondhand shops or picked from the garbage,” explained Father Antonio. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie hands me her copy of One Thousand and One Careers and says, “It’s basically a presentation from each department explaining what they do and why we should choose them.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The four of them sat in the office with the bank manager, who explained that Benji could not make a withdrawal. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Each instrument class will play one piece, and the choir will sing,” Ms. Parker explains. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Or perhaps I do. Just for a while. I cannot explain.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Many also carried banners explaining why the women were marching. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I won’t attempt to explain or interpret it, but will only record what happened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I told him my name and started to explain why I was calling, but before I could say much, he let out a deep sigh. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly, with great care, Jennifer explained about the storm, how she lost the others, that she didn’t know if they had survived. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had nothing in my vocabulary of human behavior to explain him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She started to explain some stuff, though—how Lily Sherman was Grand Master, which meant she had a power called “morph.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If my dad was unhappy with me, he would sit me down and calmly explain why. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course, Miss McKeene. I think it might be easier to explain if I could show you the data I’ve collected.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And so the legend goes, that he was a good man, peculiar, and not very good at explaining stories clearly. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He’s saying he wants us to hurry,” I explained to the room before turning to High John. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Which would explain the three million texts from Camila and Mya and Poe asking about how last night went. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He really does not want to explain this to June. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asked to put together a dance piece to perform at the Beecher Prep Benefit Gala,” she started explaining. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Bulkeley is everything I ever thought him to be, a great scholar and a great gentleman,” he explained. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai wasn’t going to explain it to Ruby—or to Feral, who was equally oblivious. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

These five factors help explain the limited success of experimental science in a medieval context. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I struggle to catch my breath, to look up, to explain. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They sent us this thing this morning, dropped it in all our mailboxes,” he explained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when Sam explained that they were actually stepsister and stepbrother since Patrick’s dad married Sam’s mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A woman pointed to a row of apples, explaining which were best for baking. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, while Father was smack in the middle of explaining something to the Underdowns, they suddenly hustled us onto a tiny airplane and abandoned us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained to me I had one too many thirds in the equation, which, of course, I knew, as I am bad in math but not that bad. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is Adam Costello,” I explain in a stage whisper, “and I have a fever of a hundred and four, as well as an ongoing syndrome that makes digesting anything living hell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pointed out a few more shapes in the clouds before he explained that this year he didn’t actually have a birthday. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn began to explain the name, so I started laughing—loud enough, I hoped, to drown him out. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy gave the astrologers the information they needed, and Newton explained Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

So there’s nothing to explain what happened to me that summer. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to put the books aside and just ask Jen to explain them to him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think Charlie — I mean my dad — must call me Isabella behind my back — that’s what everyone here seems to know me as,” I tried to explain, feeling like an utter moron. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Did this demigod—did he explain his quest?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Which probably explains his fixation on the Trials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The radio was sputtering and then we could hear the announcer explain about a man named Jackie Robinson—one of our folk playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Percy,” my mom said, “there’s too much to explain and not enough time. We have to get you to safety.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was picturing him walking through the door and sitting down next to my mother to help explain things. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t deny that there is truth in this, but it hardly explains why Merton found the same virtues being admired by scientists in the 1940s as were admired by scientists in the 1660s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“My meteorite bag’s still packed,” he says, and I nod like this explains something. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell, to explain what had happened to me so that people would understand, but I gave in and kept quiet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I was feeling kind of strange, like, I can’t really explain it, like as if hypodermics were in the air again, but thrown all ways and still traveling. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s getting late and we’ve got to find a place. This looks like there might be lots of privacy,” Dicey explained. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was explaining that I’d never had a cage when I heard panicked squawks coming from the greenhouse. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She explained how the shark continues to make replacement teeth throughout its life. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Since everyone now appears to be interested,” said Dad, "I will explain how it’s done.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to explain why they weren’t at school. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Were talking about the student council meeting after school,” Caroline explains. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Cole had many things he wanted to explain but he was too weak and tired now. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And once Roz explained the situation, the animals actually tried to help. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

How can I explain that my two unmatched halves used to add up to more than one whole? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That means we give customers something extra they didn't expect," explained Jessie. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, by funny,” he explains, “I mean not at all funny.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Yossarian shook his head and explained that deja vu was just a momentary infinitesimal lag in the operation of two coactive sensory nerve centers that commonly functioned simultaneously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I felt a flush of relief; maybe I wouldn’t have to explain myself after all. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She explains that certain creatures are allowed to scare and harass unsuspecting people if they wander someplace generally acknowledged to be spooky—like graveyards, old abandoned mansions, dark caves, and under beds. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Karen Gievers explained that at mediation the parties agree that everything discussed at that time will be confidential. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The music-master explained to me, “My landlord has let out my room to soldiers.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Cardan gives me a significant look as she explains decomposition, rot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That explains the accent. What brings you out here to the middle of the frontier?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’d explain to them that the real troth was known to some white men, die scholars; but there had been a conspiracy down through the generations to keep the troth from black men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmberg’s Mistake explained the colonists’ view of most Indians as incurably vicious barbarians; its mirror image was the dreamy stereotype of the Indian as a Noble Savage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A kind of bird,” explained Theresa; then he laughed too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too tired to say no or explain, Milkman nodded. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have not the smallest objection to explaining them,” said he, as soon as she allowed him to speak. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to explain how it wasn’t me, then his words register in my brain. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all the other times people have used this loop,” she explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He drew each squiggle and explained what it meant. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain to them that I wanted to see Catherine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

How could he explain sitting there in the rain? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You could not have the confidence of powerful men, and be trusted with their confidences, if there was any prospect that you would challenge their policies in public,” he later explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had to explain about the root beer all over again, and then everybody had to try a sip. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though he could not explain this to Lillian or his children because he thought it would frighten them, he wanted to tell them this someday: that pilots are killed in the blink of an eye. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since you cannot be unarmed, you will have to turn to mercenary soldiers, who have the characteristics explained above. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Piper explained what she’d seen in the knife—the man in purple with a goblet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember if I said very much—if I explained about the noise and how I’d worried about it being gas. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Killer headache,” she explained, running her tongue across her front teeth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was meaning to explain what had happened. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Tushman is the director of the middle school,” Mom explained. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain it, but I sensed that when I found the right trunk, I would just know. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As we follow him through the twists and turns of Special Defense, he explains about the chair. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Reducing the number of revolutions per minute,” Mr. Foster explained. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I left, they both cried, my mom explaining that it was just empty-nest syndrome, that they were just so proud of me, that they loved me so much. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The hesitancy in her eyes makes me want to reassure her, but I don’t think I can explain in any way that will satisfy my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Lawrence escorted Groves around the Rad Lab, showed him the calutron in operation, and explained its virtues so convincingly that the general was carried away. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Detective Newberg ended up driving him to work, which was just as well since she drove a normal car and he didn’t have to explain about showing up in a black-and-white. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sister read Doña Laura's note explaining that this was an offertory bank, and everyone got to work a penny in the cloud and watch the little figure rise. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He spent hours in the back room of his house drinking whiskey and calling former friends in the Klan, trying to explain his actions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin sighed and then explained in some detail the chemical’s properties. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We always take two vehicles in this country, in case one breaks down,” Carrie explained. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what rap music was, so I did my best to explain it to him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If the factory doors were bolted, he explained, rather than make noise blast- ing them open, they’d go in through an air duct that led into the main building. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Law enforcement officials, he explained, often point to the racial composition of our prisons and jails as a justification for targeting racial minorities, but the empirical evidence actually suggested the opposite conclusion was warranted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Boston was the headquarters for the British army in America, Paul explained. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

For this reason, Hunt explains, “there was no discussion of a helicopter” to evacuate Ngawang from Base Camp to Kathmandu, which would have cost $5,000. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Found this in my mother's bathroom," Candace explained as they walked up to the corner, where Ms. Post, the crossing guard, stood. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I guess the girlfriend thing is a little hard to explain. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But I knew he couldn’t explain his Plutonian tears. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But instead of explaining himself, my father did the same thing he had always done when he’d come home from working out of town. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He explained about Scotches and whiskeys and why you’d order one and not the other. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When my parents divorced, they didn’t sit me and Charlie down to explain what was happening. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been getting them all out of the Burrow,” he explained. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Plus, explaining Personal Body Stuff to the assistant principal... Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We have running water now,” Aunt Margaret explained, “so we don’t use the pump much.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Kathy’s problems with memory gave way to other difficulties, equally difficult to explain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And the whole of this wealth and power, Cortes subsequently explained to the Spanish king, flowed into the hands of Motecuhzoma. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She explained that at midmorning, the tea-man arrived in the front parlor with tea on a tray and a number of cups. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that somehow we were going through the same cure, but I could not explain it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I see," she said, as if that explained something—my appearance, perhaps, or my speech. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘When you is only sleeping one or two hours a day, you is sleeping extra doubly deep,’ the BFG explained. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point I wanted to explain my situation at home, but Mr. Penney kept on talking. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Under the title “Why You Must March,” the organization’s newsletter explained, in two sentences, why participation in the parade was so important. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was not in keeping with the prejudices of the time to explain the phases or eclipses of the Moon by the relative geometry of the Earth, the Moon and the self-luminous Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here am I holding on to the one word that could explain everything, and the girl cannot read it or even hear it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I explained to him before we started that I had very little knowledge of economics. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then our two Navajo instructors began to explain our duties to us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom enters the room and asks what’s going on, and after Dad and I exchange looks, I explain everything all over again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

Each day came as a surprise, though Alys, realizing, tried to prepare her and explain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s been getting on me to do some volunteering,” Nico explains. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t for race mixing, but he also isn’t for beating up anybody’s children,” Link explained. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would explain to Makgatho in the simplest terms how the black man was persecuted by the white man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others say that Apsyrtus set sail on Argo with Medea, although why he did so is not explained, and that it was the King who pursued them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to track down a copy of the actual scientific paper and to persuade scientists at the US Atomic Energy Commission to explain to him what it meant. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma had explained to us that by age six or eight, we would be separated by very strict lines forbidding us to ever speak to each other again, except if absolutely necessary. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was kind of amazing, actually, not to have to explain everything to him all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’d explained that she was one of the guardian spirits of Ancient Rome. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If it was their first time dealing with it, that would at least explain why they wilted like dead grass after only a few seconds. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We’d be able to explain to them everything we know—from the adventures of Alice in Wonderland to the paradoxes of quantum physics—and they could teach us how their people view the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can help me explain things to her.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If it’s loaded,” he explained sorrowfully, shoving the gun carefully back into its holster, “it can go off. Hang it back on the wall where it belongs, Mr. Cordova. Please, huh? Nobody wants violence.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read through it and explained the disaster to my father and then they fought, a mudslide of an argument that spewed across the antiseptic sheets and out into the hall. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Smith was gone for a while, she explained. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorca explained that the cante jondo was a primitive flamenco from his native Andalusia, a region enriched by Moorish invaders, and that the songs had inspired his own gypsy ballad poems. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had often gone home alone late at night when working on the night shift, she explained. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She explained quietly, “Tata Fowells is especially interested in the birds. He has classified many kinds in this region that were never known before by the Europeans.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our mamas are sick. They need food. Will you help us?” explained Janina. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes after a stroke, people lose their ability to speak,” she explains. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of explaining, James pulled a sheet of paper from his binder and slid it over to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the back of his neck, feeling a sudden surge of frustration he couldn’t explain. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Bill was also a finicky eater, which was nice too, as I will explain later. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But how does he explain his doing such a—a—such a monstrous thing?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. Turton explained the lab—observe pond water and tap water, and test pH of each—Justin and I looked at each other. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He explained that there had been a strange animal there and that he had had to play his drum to keep the animal dancing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go home now, because I don’t know how I’m going to be able to explain the bruises on my arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When our teacher explained all this to us, he worked himself into such a rage,” said Henry. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Oh Lord, why didn’t you give us tongues to explain to Aunt Alexandra? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When they were alone in the fields, Oppenheimer explained his work with the Uranium Committee. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, we go back to Cuba soon. When things get better, then Mama and Papa send for us, ” I explained. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t watch anymore, but Amil walked closer and Papa started to explain what he was doing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She is looking at me waiting, waiting for me to explain it away, to go back in time, to fix it, to give her back her perfect daughter who never gave her a moment’s trouble. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Ring may have aspired, through ancient myth, to explain and explore basic human instincts, yet it was still, by and large, a series of oversized operas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Others would say “Are you from Jamaica?” as though only foreign blood could explain such bounteous hair that did not thin at the temples. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“When you physically touched it, you dislodged it from your uncle and it attached to you,” First Turkey explained. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The second explains where the idea of ‘the Scientific Revolution’ comes from, why some think there was no such thing, and why it is a sound category for historical analysis. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Moon plus moon, two moons,” Cassiopeia explained modestly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“A game with those hoops,” Nico explained, though his voice was brittle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nodding her head as she listened to Jack-Jack explain how he thought girls should have been allowed to be soldiers back in ancient China. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They always explained in school about how uglies who didn’t have the operations eventually became infirm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And this button from a Wagon Lit tunic—how do you explain it?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah no, it’s more complicated than that! They formed one so that immigrant Koreans could work together and form their own community where it didn’t matter that their English was bad,” he explained. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how to explain it, because I had never wanted to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She looks at me blankly, and I explain, “We always go late everywhere. It’s almost a tradition.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I lived in another loop before this one,” he explained. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That wouldn’t explain how they knew the names. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I wish there was a better way to explain it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That means that all modern humans arose from a very small population base, which would explain our lack of genetic diversity. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the way to work, Shay explained more about the long, flat roller coasters called railroads. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“There is water here,” he explained, “for washing and all your needs.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the same principle also explains the parallel urge to demonize them, since any discussion of their achievement is also an implicit conversation about the distinctive character of American imperialism, both foreign and domestic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As Karl Johnson explained to me, “I’ve seen young physicians run from these hemorrhagic viruses, literally. They’re unable to work in the middle of an outbreak. They refuse to get off the plane.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy Jesus,” said the man, going on to explain not only what a dame was, but other basics. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are people living out of vans,” Ben explained. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile he would explain the proper way to make pasta or salami or balsamic vinegar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

After I had explained the whole Renee Albert tutorial fiasco, he had felt sorry for his pathetic eldest boy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked them why, they stumbled over each other’s words trying to explain. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I made it up in La Victoria whenever they’d put me in solitary,” she explained. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s just tired,” he explained to me when we were eating dinner at the Gold Spike, just the two of us, because my mother was lying like a statue on her bed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The rover's designed to handle a roll," Bruce explained. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did you explain to someone—how did you explain to a child, a child you loved—that someone they adored was not to be trusted? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Wormtongue, were he here, would not find it hard to explain,’ said the other. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That explained the state the town was in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t die. I just said that. Because it’s easier than explaining.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Charlie was such a strange sort of attractive, it was hard to explain—I felt a mix of wanting to kill him and wanting to kiss him at the same time. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t explain that Nyla and those who came before her stole these things from people like me and my dead family. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What?” he kept shouting while he ran, every time I tried to show him the paper and explain. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear through the search.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I’ll explain, but you have to promise you won’t pass out from all the compliments I’m about to give you.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don't stare at me like that. I can explain everything. I would have told you soon anyway.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re supposed to take a hall pass when you go to the bathroom,” I explain. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to write and draw everything I could remember in the sketch pad, so I could transfer all that Robin had explained into the field guide. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But when he asked for another portion of venison, Medwyn gave a long chuckle and explained to the amazed Fflewddur it was not meat at all but vegetables prepared according to his own recipe. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The nurse said, “Have you got a pitcher? They get thirsty. I like to keep a pitcher of water handy. You see,” she explained, “they breathe through their mouths.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You slip the roll in here,” explained Bernard, interrupting Dr. Gaffney, “press down this switch ...” “No, that one,” corrected the Provost, annoyed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For them, the only way to explain the recent troubles was to roll out the old Southern chestnut about trouble-causing outsiders. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They both sat with me and explained how Sundays are phone-call days. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His apartment house was not far from a beach, he explained, and he would transfer to someone's permit there after I went back north. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cora and Caesar needed to arrive under the blanket or else blindfolded, he explained. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sensing that Bobby felt insecure, Nigro tried to reassure the boy and explained how important it was for him to gain competitive experience. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to explain, even to herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for him as he struggles to explain things that are unexplainable. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Which explains why the horseflies up here are unnaturally large and ornery, since they had two growing seasons instead of the usual one.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Besides, he blithely explained, Jews were cowardly and greedy, and Indians were not. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With a logic problem, asking people to explain themselves doesn’t impair their ability to come up with the answers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Something to do with the verdict. I can't very well explain.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her odd, political name can easily be explained. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We listened as the commentators tried to explain what it all meant. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some other exotic mechanism will be required to explain the red shift. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Insane people were the ones who couldn’t explain themselves. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slant did not at first understand the jest; Pomp explained, “The roaches, they talk too, then. In Vishnoo’s stomach.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He demonstrated the exercises of the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, he imitated Charlie Chaplin’s funny walk, and when he was reading about calculus, he explained Zeno’s paradox and the infinite series. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explains that the moment he decided was this summer, when he saw Richards on TV talking about the Youth Congress program. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But an executive explained to me that recipes can’t be patented or copyrighted— which means that once you introduce a new cereal, anyone can put out another one just like it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Body shopping on the block where you live. I feel that way, too, even though I don’t understand why. Father Mulrooney could probably explain it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He knew it was made from a hollow wooden frame covered in ivory and gold, which explained why it was so light. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It is a kind of dance. It takes many years of practice to become good at it,” she explained as we walked toward the gate. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

How, though, are we to explain the peculiar fact that della Porta both believes in and rejects the garlic/magnet antipathy? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Let me explain what I mean by sharing my reaction to another passage, this one much loftier in tone and ambition than “Ask the Bird Folks.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain that he was ill. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He explained to Beria that the Soviet leader was still asleep. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That factor alone would explain why societies of thousands can exist only if they develop centralized authority to monopolize force and resolve conflicts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards Squealer was sent round the farm to explain the new arrangement to the others. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Call numbers, Miss Cook told me, and she explained how they work. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I explained that I’d taken the test of English as a foreign language. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to Mr. Winston's class, he was wrapping up his usual theatrics and a weeklong lesson, explaining the final stanza of the poem. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

To distract her, I explain about Balekin’s banquet, about how the Court of Shadows is going to help me get the crown. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had been explaining to me—really, it was more like preaching—how you never go over nobody’s house empty-handed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he’s gone, I start to cry, explaining the costume catastrophe. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

What, then, does explain the extraordinary racial disparities in our criminal justice system? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You can both take different approaches to the project,” he had explained. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But she wasn’t going to explain anything to Pastor Tom or anyone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The sheriff would soon be at my door,” he later explained, “and I didn’t want the door to be Rand’s.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“So I can continue my research,” my grandfather explains. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I can’t hope to explain to you how much of a relief it was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she speaks again, it’s like she’s explaining something basic to a little kid. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He told her the Jewish idea of being “chosen” meant more than he could explain. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As Aech explained all of this, I could tell she was studying my reaction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

English is the last class for the day, so I thought there’d be time for him to explain everything to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The ghost I talked to explained how Hecate defeated Clytius in the first war. She used her torches to set his hair on fire. He burned to death. In other words, fire is his weakness.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was important for a person to act carefully, for every action, Hatsue explained, had consequences for the soul’s future. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sophie, smiling, shook her head and started to explain when, with absolutely no warning, Mr. Corcoran flung his arms around her and burst into tears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something I can’t explain, but if I hadn’t stopped, I would hate myself for the rest of my life. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I explained how I’d seen Jesse install operating systems, play online games from chess to Quake, use astonishing ingenuity to gather archived information off the Web. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a grammar geek,” explained one young New Zealand woman. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

What math I was ever taught I learned doing the breakfast dishes and listening to Mother explain, over and over, what a fraction is or how to use negative numbers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But there was no explaining it to him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Truter had made a favorable impression on the accused because he had accurately explained the policy of the ANC, and had not exaggerated or lied. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explain my two scenarios; I start to fidget when I get to the part about sitting with the other kids at lunch, mostly so I can hide the fact that my hands are trembling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll explain it back in my room, the smell’s getting to me,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Which explained the other half of Alex’s half of the room. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know how to explain it all to her either. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And he explains to him that those are the best words to use when you pray. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He explained to her the nature of his hatred and told her she was as responsible for it as anyone in the world. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anemone looked at me in confusion, but I didn’t have the time to explain. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t explain about how it’s the Science Unit of Destiny, because they would all think my school is full of idiots and they don’t need to know that. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Evidence Against Her or Suspicious Circumstances: and her refusal to explain same. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now had to look Blanca in the face and explain myself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I think he wanted to explain everything,” I said, “but he waited too long. So he sent me here to find you instead.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

So she never had to explain the demons who believe in God, or what was rude. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I was just smelling the mystery, like April said,” he was explaining patiently, when suddenly he grabbed hold of the door frame and howled, “STOP!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Archaic relics,” the Gran had explained, with the power to absorb magic from other witches and control them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She explained that the adage served to remind people to always be on their best behavior and to be good to others. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“By saying the slave should eat honey," he explained, “he means that we should find a little pity in our hearts for one who was driven by despair to do something he will always regret." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first one I called gave me an appointment immediately, so I took the streetcar to his office and explained my needs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged the blade out of the knife bed, pushed the point into the arm of the rocker, and carved out little chunks of wood, taking his sweet time to explain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that would be pretty hard to explain. He just didn’t act like the same boy.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

To teach and exhort and explain to his people—and to have them understand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hugo had no choice ... he had to keep secrets, but he couldn’t explain this to the girl. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“When you negotiate with the customer in Japan for building a house,” he explained, “you would sketch out a floor plan—most of these companies don’t use computers.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I explained that I was a student from Fort Hare, and that I was only in Johan-nesburg temporarily. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are giving him more things to say in the play,” Lili explained, “because he did such a good job memorizing so fast.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Through her tears, Hazel explained how she had switched the physician’s cure for an illusion - a trick of the Mist - so that Leo could keep the real vial. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to explain everything, and for him to tell me he understood and offer some tidbit of parental advice. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The next day he called on me again, and I continued to read and explain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Although, as I have explained, I tried to be careful when I spoke our sacred language, that Friday I had been caught. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby tried to explain it all, and then she tried to explain it again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the door I explained what had just happened. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can just see him in person, he’ll be able to explain away what Zero had said. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Official stationery,” he said, explaining that his manager gave it to me as a gift. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She explained, too, how the elevated railroad being erected over Sixty-third Street would carry guests directly to Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If he could have formed whole sentences, he’d have explained that they watched too many scary movies to make that mistake. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain why I wanted to drive one hundred twenty-five miles to ask an old man with memory problems what he and my mom knew about the white sharks coming to Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Alone with Thomas, Kira tried to explain the warning that had come to her from the cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘In every human observation,’ I explained, ‘there is a margin of error. This is because our senses are not foolproof. In fact, some people believe that one hundred per cent certainty is impossible to achieve.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to use it, but instead of handing it over to a secretary, I wrote a letter explaining that I had a message from Dr. Bledsoe and requesting an appointment. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin didn’t feel like iron, but it would explain how he’d held out so long against the gorgons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what this is?” he asked, and was all too happy to explain when I shook my head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her face looks—how can I explain?—old, like a grown-up’s. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I am determined to be a silent spectator of the silly and wicked game,” Adams explained to Abigail, “and to enjoy it as a comedy, a farce, or as a gymnastic exhibition at Sadler’s Wells.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You should say anything you want to. You don’t have to explain.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I explained to them, in few words, that I had heard all which had happened since I left Thornfield, and that I was come to see Mr. Rochester. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Scribbling graphs and formulas on the blackboard as he spoke, Serber began to explain the physics of an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explains how my body is growing and all the nutrients it needs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, none of this explains why no Mesoamerican society ever used wheels to make ceramics and grind maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even try to explain it to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“They came here,” she explained, “to relax from the oppressive atmosphere of the rest of the house.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around the dining table, and Piper explained what had happened at Topeka 32—their conversation with Bacchus, the trap sprung by Gaea, the eidolons that had possessed the boys. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think around three miles,” I said, and then explained how I made that judgment and how we’d measure it when the time came. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for a minute and explained that at first I had fired a single shot and then, a few seconds later, the other four. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I don't want her to worry about me," he explained. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And it explained the look she always got on her face when she lifted the Roc. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Anything as long as it’s nothing, and everything as long as it isn’t anything,” explained another. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Captain Williams and his crew of three men! Or Nathaniel York and his partner. That would explain it!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain this in subsequent speeches: “Unless we call one white man, by name, a ‘devil,’ we are not speaking of any individual white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many, many things, I think, have just been explained. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He explains how I’m to use them, making me repeat the directions twice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was explaining to another kid that she didn’t like me because she thought I was one of those girls who was really pretty and really mean. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could not understand why he had needed so many words to explain what he felt in war because one was enough: fear. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Abby, let me explain. I just couldn’t find the right time,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The hypothesis of unconscious motivation explains why the murderers perceived innocuous and relatively unknown victims as provocative and thereby suitable targets for aggression. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a pinch of incense and sprinkle it over the coals,” Lon explained, pocketing the man’s coins. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t plan to use it,” Minerva explained to Mama. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That I can't explain how things are with Gale because I don't know myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One afternoon the tenant came to Ryves’s house to borrow a shovel, explaining that he wanted to dig a hole in the cellar for the storage of potatoes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m the only black man they’ve ever been close to who they know speaks the truth to them,” Malcolm X once explained to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly explained everything as best I could, my handwriting was becoming illegible, he said, “Oskar wouldn’t lie to me.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw the poster because I was late for math,” Obie explained. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It went off the air," Mr. Das explained. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

‘I am wide awake now, and I remember so many things that want explaining. Why were you delayed? You ought to tell me that at least.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Eilis was one of our earliest huntresses; King Roland called her to service when she was only eighteen, and many people questioned whether she was ready to lead the Royal Hunt,” the huntress explained. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Teresita explained how to get to Hacienda Dorada, her husband drew up a sketchy map of the terrain for us on an old piece of linen, a shortcut, explaining it as he went along. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I know about that. I've drawn a line. I'll explain later. Bear a bit to our left, both you horses. Ah—here it is!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

More anger rose in Ekon, but so did something else he couldn’t explain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah.That explains a lot. I wonder if Father knows. I’ll have to ask him.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she explained who she was and why she had come to Milagro, he nodded his head, saying “Yes, yes, yes, uh-huh,” and he didn’t believe a word she said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father will explain it to you. Because he will want you to carry it on with your own children one day.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He instructed me to pack up my things, explaining that Arcanum students were located in the west wing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A gift from the chickens,” Deirdre explained, winking as Grunt pressed it into my hands. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Heaven, she had explained, was up above the clouds, a place where people of pretty much every religion agree God lives. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Valerie’s decision to stay on with the mayor’s office had required some thought, but she explained to us why she felt it was the right choice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of this century, for example, it was thought that everything could be explained in terms of the properties of continuous matter, such as elasticity and heat conduction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to explain your reluctance to participate in class?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The carp seller was explaining the ruckus to a sergeant while the oyster seller reloaded his cart. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He likes to sit in the sun and watch the rivers," Edmure explained. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“For the clubs fair—sixth period,” one explained. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I'd coached my students through half a dozen episodes, giving them background information and explaining that missing children do not just march through the door ten minutes after the critical delivery flashback. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had no reason to doubt our story and not only escorted us to the magistrate, but vouched for us and explained our predicament. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was measuring,” Dr. Posner explains, “the time it takes to have a thought. “As you go into the history of the study of attention, the really epic discovery was the speed of mental processing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I explained, in my broken English, that I had come to tell her about the Lost Girls. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have time to explain. Come on.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how carefully Matt explained to them the difference between two hundred ten job seekers and only twenty jobs, it didn’t penetrate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he saw a Black man being charged with murder, and saw no reason to believe he was actually innocent,” Grandma explained. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

At a cocktail party one of his colleagues had finally explained to him the reason for the laughter and whispering that were disrupting his previously respectful classes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know better than to try to explain about going to Dr. Wells and getting my leg cast today. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Even if James could tell she was upset and asked her about it, she wasn’t sure she wanted to explain why. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His mustache jumps up and down like a being of its own, as he explains to me Los Angeles things. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Babies sleep a lot," the young man explains. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He would explain to Arthur that he had pleaded the wound so as to come unexpectedly, in disguise, because that was one of the new-fashioned things to do. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rice explained that he had merely tested the wheel’s braking system, which consisted of a band of steel wrapped around the axle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He could explain the situation to the Warden, and the Warden might make up an excuse for giving him the day off, so X-Ray wouldn't suspect. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Pages and cupbearers. If die Great Masters make objection, explain to them that in Westerns it is a great honor for a child to be chosen to serve at court.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to remember what she’d been wearing in case he had to explain the missing stuff to his mom. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, octave came to mean a choice of twelve notes, not eight, and we got saddled with the wrong descriptor for ever, but I’ll explain that development when it arrives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The officer stared back at them blankly as they explained their predicament, and then he cut them off. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“My dad’s Chinese,” she explained, filling two glasses full of water from the refrigerator door. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As far back as Yossarian could recall, he explained to Clevinger with a patient smile, somebody was always hatching a plot to kill him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Percy explained what Nico had found out about the Doors of Death, and how they had to be closed on both sides. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I asked why, he promised to explain when he saw me in person. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Selden explained that he had paid her bail out of his own bank account. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It only makes sense,” Reynie quickly explained, when he saw his friends’ horrified expressions. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Holt explained, a baby should be left to cry for fifteen to thirty minutes a day: “It is the baby’s exercise.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Pet stayed silent, its face blank, and she tried to explain more. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

How to explain this to Mr. Weed, eh?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Since yesterday, Prospers aunt has been distributing posters all over Venice,” Victor explained, “with a picture of Prosper and Bo.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear, Giles and Frank understand perfectly. They are full of sympathy. And Maxim too. It was just the first shock...I’ll try and get him alone a minute, I’ll explain the whole thing.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know this word, curfew, so I knocked on the wall to Safina’s house so someone next door would come to the hole in the wall and explain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She remembered being small, sitting atop her father’s shoulders one morning as he’d explained that they were going on an adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t really explain it; he just knew he didn’t want to let this bunch of boys down. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But I can’t leave,” she said, wondering where to find words to explain. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a guy shorthands all the radio transmissions,” Levant explained to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then she hastily explained that Second Wife had told everyone not to expect us for another week at least. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was really only two, but I did not want to explain after I had made the mistake. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had never seen monkeys outside of a zoo, Mr. Das explained. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I need my life,” she explained,“which is good and which is here. Anyway, I might go to the community college in Bradford to shut Hollis up, but that's it.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“He said he replaced it. He explained that well enough. He—” “He added it in at the last minute,” cut in McQueen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s sort of hard to explain why it’s funny unless you know Latin,” he says. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t stop talking, she thought; what do I have to explain in all this? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to explain how I feel tonight. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to explain about babies, but he just kept eating. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once again, Mom explained that it was a tough contact sport. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“It would be more . . . prudent for you not to be my friend,” he explained. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“My grandfather died four months ago,” Kit explained. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She could have explained what she’d done there, that she’d never made her living on her back, but it was none of his business what she did or didn’t do. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bombs alone would never stop the bleeding, the secretary explained. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dari paused the camera and pointed to the screen, explaining every single thing we did wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was to keep my mouth shut, and Patria, his favorite, was to do the explaining. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Our parents are dead, and he’s the son and heir,” Betsy said as though that explained everything. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandmother always used to tell me that,” Mr. Clifton explained. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Milo acknowledged the introduction and, as Tock growled softly, the minister explained. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain that the N and the Y were initials that stood for New and York, but still they insisted on joining the letters into a single word. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She led the way to the backyard, and after Mrs. Muokelu had explained and demonstrated how to make soap she stowed the ash near the pile of cement blocks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gay helped me write the speech that explained everything Mary Miller had done for me as my Guardian ad Litem, and Phil edited a video clip that illustrated my journey through foster care. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how to explain,” she says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Buddy's father was a teacher, and I think Buddy could have been a teacher as well, he was always trying to explain things to me and introduce me to new knowledge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She explained carefully, “I discover that I hate you.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biff brought out the suitcase from behind the counter and explained to the mute about it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The gym was turned into a giant museum, with everyone’s Egyptian artifact displayed on a table with a little caption card explaining what the thing was. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once she realized that none of us understood what she was talking about, she explained, "What I mean is, we're gonna do blind handoffs." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I painfully explained the constraints on resources and time, telling them how frantic we were just trying to get the new office up and running. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to have to explain to my parents why I was wasting precious phone minutes talking to a boy at two in the morning. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain that they weren't real New Yorkers, but at that point she'd stopped listening to anything I had to say. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Let me explain, sir,” she began, trying to appease Nathan’s father. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the time I got there, you were all full up,” I explain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“That will explain everything to your parents,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes we were standing in front of the J-3 as Dad explained my duties with military precision. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And to not have to see a psychiatrist, who explains to me about being “passive aggressive.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sing Sing, for reasons no one could ever explain to me, has never been retrofitted with gas. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tune out everything that Mr. Trig is explaining, and I walk through my options. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“From between the toes of dead deer,” he explained. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He walked in and explained what he needed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Now explain yourself. Are you telling me a Messenger made you cheat?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t have to explain the catch in her voice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I need it, Pita. It’s silk,” I explained, ripping it so I could pull out a single piece of thread. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They are there, they explain, at the request of the Natural History Museum in Paris. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But to explain what we were talking about that evening, I’ll have to go back a little bit. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry but these two were caught trying to break into the ICU,” one guard explains. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first morning, my mom walked us down the hill after what happened with Ali Shekari, which I’ll explain in a second. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s all quite overwhelming for her,” I explained. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And for the second time in twenty-four hours Fadi explained his half-baked plan. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“That explains why you freaked out on Apollo’s bus. Why you didn’t want to talk about it.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it is better than trying to explain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if his regulator was perhaps on the fritz and not delivering oxygen to his mask, that would also explain Andy’s apparent lack of lucidity. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He could not explain the sinking of the Tsimtsum at all?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d explained that Bach’s music has a measured grace, an inherent tranquility and lightness, and that it is precise, almost mathematical. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

This, I think, helps to explain why the Ya-Ya Sisterhood tipped as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It included a list of specimen arguments, explained how an audience could be swayed, and discussed everything from how to discredit a hostile witness to how best to modulate your voice when speaking. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We talked for a time and I explained my re-search project to him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as physicists and mathematicians all over the world were beginning to use calculus to explain nature, cries of protest emanated from the church. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was making up stories, narratives, that explained and organized the things that happened to her. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven explained her theory to her father: Someone was using the cucos, or working with them, to sabotage the vote to help Spares. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

If there’s anything my dad likes more than projects, it’s explaining the history of things. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sissy explained that all new babies had blue eyes and that probably they’d be dark as coffee beans as she grew older. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Rabbi Jachanan, unable to keep silence any longer, begged the holy man to explain the meaning of his dealings with human beings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to find the right words to tell Jabir what had happened, to explain everything. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand what he meant, but maybe he didn’t explain it very well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gold showed her the book, explaining he’d borrowed it from his friend, Klaus Fuchs, and was here to return it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinch my fingers together nervously, but I can’t find the words to explain myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The dads go to one place and the moms and kids go to another, he explained. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

An instructor explained the workings of the teletype machine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erickson explained to me that the pieces of ceramic were probably intended to help build up and aerate the muddy soil for settlement and agriculture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Paul again, explaining: “They couldn’t have waited—it’s so late now it’ll be daylight by the time they get back to England. They couldn’t risk being caught over France in daylight.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Or “Well, it was raining during delivery, this added weight is simply moisture, that explains it.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, we came to that passage in our Talmud class, and for the second time that year Rav Gershenson called out my name and asked me to read and explain. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He explained when we were smaller that when things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

What could we say that would explain why we were in there? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to explain the strange gap that has formed between us, so it was easier to talk about her in the same way I talked about Lucy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She dared not relate the other half of Mr. Darcy’s letter, nor explain to her sister how sincerely she had been valued by her friend. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I take care of the tuatara,” he explained. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But they didn’t. You want to explain that?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He explained that he had seen some adult refugees playing soccer in the park and had assumed they were affiliated with the Fugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her mom hadn’t asked too many questions after that lie, and Grace hadn’t bothered to explain anything beyond the basics. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When a girl in the audience asked him to explain how he escaped, he looked pained. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The recovered sense of common affection and trust now made it possible to act on Adams’s classic pronouncement, that they ought not die before they had explained themselves to each other. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Raul explained that things went smoothly only when people worked together. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To others you need to explain so much to get across anything worthwhile. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back on Olympus, I didn’t explain everything to you, but the calling frightened me. I didn’t think you’d understand.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"We're chatting with Marcus Washington, from the US Postal Service. So, Mr. Washington, I understand the Ares 3 mission caused a postal service first. Can you explain that to our viewers?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke must have given Jen a particularly blank look, because she explained it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

How was she supposed to explain that a creature was coming to hunt at his house? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if it doesn’t explain something, though. Why he acted so distant when you were little.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re not supposed to explain yourself after you say ‘Wait till my father hears about this.’” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I want to explain what we do here in this practice,” Rachel continues. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I try to think of what just happened, but I can’t explain it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She then explained about all the things you have to go through to prove it, especially in high school when the boy and girl are popular and still in love. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Elizebeth explained that she needed a job, the librarian told her about a millionaire who needed help with a mystery about Shakespeare. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly—I can’t altogether explain it, but suddenly—I had a powerful urge not to be this far south any longer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I try to explain that Mam has the disease and I’m worn out trying to make ends meet, keeping the home fires burning, getting lemonade for Mam and bread for my brothers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The young man explained that he had seen the old man living in a bush not far away. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Through whispered conversations at food deliveries, we explained the plan. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my mom was done explaining how she just really wanted to be let in, Dr. Legs turned to my dad. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Sandi explains that she and the mother were in the waiting room, and the mother disappeared. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“There’s a whole city in ruins, and more of his kind willing to take advantage of others’ misery,” he explained. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not even a thing you could explain to anybody, why it was that everything was folly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The frantic and all too graphic squeaks, scuffling, and scraping followed, and when she felt him go rigid Stephanie again explained: “Don’t worry, it’s only a mouse.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could explain it to him, how I didn’t mean to do wrong. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her guest emerged, coolly explaining that he had needed to make a few phone calls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the trunk of the Chevy,” the agent explains, “locked up in the garage.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Wishbone’s absence was explained by a hole in the fence. access. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At parents’ night every September, Mr. Larson explained that children learn best when they learn things on their own. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was either a noise or a complicated smell, and the easiest way to explain it is to say that it was like a wireless broadcast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thinking is simple: science is very good at explaining what happens and predicting what is going to happen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard the news of creatures coming out of the Wood in recent months? The King spoke of them, but Maire Morighan did not explain. Is it the Xi?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you call her back and explain?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I explained how unmarried women wore their hair braided and pinned up, while married women wore their hair down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, once you believed it was possible, so many things could be explained. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Patience is important here, because we have so many in Village who have difficulties,” Matty explained. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I try to make sense of everything Chantal was trying to explain to me back in the house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because even though I can’t explain why, something about Soojin wanting to drop her name makes me worry that I might be next. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Beautiful,”she repeated, and explained the word to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I Chin-ese,” he said, and was about to explain that Y. F. were his initials when she laughed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm just here collecting something,” Claire explained, holding up the cylinder of posters. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“In Orange they use hardback books,” Trotter was explaining. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have time to explain. We’ve got to find Henry. Where is he?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The experience left them both with a strange feeling that they could not explain. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They could no more explain loving buses than they could explain loving the color purple. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure, either, that she could explain. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But even those things don’t explain his differences. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every time she expresses an idea, or explains herself, she checks whether she is being understood, asking, “Does that make sense?” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kaz’s mind stuttered and reeled, trying to explain what he was seeing as a cluster of mist became a cloak, boots, the pale flash of a face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It means they take back something they said,” explained Matt. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hawley turned her down, explaining that there were no extra tickets. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nicholas then explained to his mother that Makgatho had told him that his father’s real name was Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some scientists think this imbalance might help explain the high levels of heart disease in our society. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I explain to Jaimito that snakes are cold-blooded reptiles, that they need the sun to warm them, which is why sometimes you come across them sunbathing on rocks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother never gave him a chance to explain. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, Sierra. Just give me a chance to explain, please.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I needed another word that rhymed with gooey, chewy, and screwy,” I explained. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Master Owens here was frightening some children who doubtless deserved it,” Amabella was explaining. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“You never want to end up house poor,” he’d tell us, explaining how some people handed over their savings and borrowed too much, ending up with a nice home but no freedom at all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“To take their minds off things,” Millard explained, “and make the waiting easier. Here, Jacob, come and help me turn the pages.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Someone who will not plead, or explain, or think he can alter my design with entreaties, because he alone really knows how I operate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This paper—which explained the photoelectric effect, brought quantum mechanics into the mainstream. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Leo is still waiting for me to explain my question. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Soon after he arrived in Florence, Galileo discovered the phases of Venus, changes in its appearance similar to the phases of the Moon, and these changes could only be explained if Venus orbits the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The song we hummed is a song of friendship,” he explained. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded excited, and he began to explain that he had been at a church service in Sydney, a church that other Dinka people also attended. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had explained once that sometimes when kids got into sixth or seventh grade, they started getting embarrassed easily. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She explained to Eloise, who had come out to the driveway to meet her, that everything had been absolutely perfect, that she had remembered the way exactly, until she had turned off the Merrick Parkway. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The double pos-sessive is calmly explained, and I start to peel away the problem. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He would go to see her the first thing in the morning and explain everything. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It explained in no small measure the depth of her grief. 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 prison staff proudly explained to them, it was the separate system and the use of force that enabled the strict control they saw. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained to Jamison that the slave catcher had led them to the house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t likely that I would explain that to these strangers even if I could. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to explain the way I feel when I see a beautiful painting. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then Judith emerged from her own musings long enough to explain. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

An elderly, preternaturally tanned man—the mayor, somebody explains—waits with a white handkerchief in his big sailor’s hands, a barely perceptible shake showing in his wrists. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself explaining that he couldn’t do the task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It had to be very precisely timed, they explained. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You mentioned them before. They are new to us. Can you explain them?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He began disappearing a few months ago,” the woman explained. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s not feeling well,” Velia explained, getting between the young man and the car door just in time to prevent a catastrophe. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Albert calmly explains the energy required to lift the rocket. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Why was she explaining the petition to a leader of the movement? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Walters tilts his head like he doesn’t Get It but I don’t want to explain right now because I’m busy drawing. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder explained about his job at Powell’s and the delivery yesterday. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

First he explained that today was her birthday, and she would not grow properly next year unless she had a spanking. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained all that he had heard in his mother’s house and what he had said to the night guard at school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Lily knew all about her and explained to me who she was. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Again, she was sure he’d ask about her feet and her ribs and her wrist, and how she’d hurt them, or maybe who had hurt her, but she didn’t think she could explain that either. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You could always ask him. Give him a chance to explain everything.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Koreans stood there, uneasy, trying to explain difficult notions in a broken English. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s so hard to explain. I hope you won’t insist on knowing. The happiness of someone very near and dear to me is involved. Please don’t ask me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt an intense need to explain herself, to make sure Mia did not think ill of her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Illusions,” explained Alec, “are like mirages,” and, realizing that this didn’t help much, he continued: “And mirages are things that aren’t really there that you can see very clearly.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are asterisks next to my name and footnotes that explain the situation. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

How do I explain this to Jazmyn without telling her what I found? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They hid stories that explained what we were even doing in Oklahoma. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I open my sketchbook to my Rules for David, figuring it’s easier to show than explain. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, since no one bothered to explain otherwise, he regarded the process of seeking knowledge as the greatest waste of time of all. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then—it’s hard to explain, but he pulls me on top of him, and we’re not exactly lying down, but we’re not exactly upright either. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Also, it turns out the visible mass of a galaxy doesn’t have enough gravity to explain why it doesn’t fly apart.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Read it aloud. That’s the best way. Then you can explain it to me as you go.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said the agent, as though all had been explained when nothing, nothing had. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Just to give you a general idea,” he would explain to them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to explain that Rachel doesn’t have a room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I offered, meanwhile wondering how I would explain its absence to Charlie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was halfway through the title piece explaining how the myth of the dragon in all likelihood evolved from the much more mundane draccus when a scriv appeared at my elbow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Agent Jones was eleven, his dad had called him into the front room and explained that there comes a time in every person’s life when a choice defines him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m a village man!” he said happily, as though to explain the drops of soup that landed on his shirt and on the table while he ate, or his loud burping afterwards. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He asked her where she was going and why she was going there, and when she explained to him he quickly suggested that it would be better if he accompanied her on her journey. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if I can explain it,” he said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I almost started to explain, then shook my head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

At first, Dad tried to explain it to me as this: My mother simply floated away when I was seven years old. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Usually, people told her about Maybeth, and she tried to explain that they were wrong. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fact which partly explains young Frodo’s long expeditions to the renowned fields of the Marish, and the wrath of the injured Maggot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Uhmma tries to explain that Apa must have slept downtown in his car because he was so tired. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

"That would doubtless explain why you are making so much more of the substance than before." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. V stuffed Doodle and some unused diapers back into Penny’s bag, she explained briefly what had happened at school and what she planned to do about it, what we were already doing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her wrist and dragged her back into the living room, where I made Dr. Agar explain everything again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t explain it right now, but. .. all I’m asking is for you to trust me, please. There’s something important, something only she knows the location of-” “That’s right!” says Jeanine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some folks in the office said I should explain in my complaint that I was a civil rights attorney working on police misconduct cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, Plato, who has conveniently turned up to explain what is going on, says, ‘Recognize Experience, for it is she.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I mean would you please start explaining now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The son of a diplomat disappeared not far from here,” Asif explained. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see about the bath. Your father will explain when he returns.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As Lumpy galloped across the grass, Conner explained, “This is the Pacific Vista Dog Park. Lumpy’s allowed off-leash as long as we stay on this side of the hill.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z