| 单词 | faced |
| 例句 | He’s blond, ruddy faced, and really built—the dude’s got serious muscles. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He had placed it so that the opening faced him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There was still laughter as I faced them, my mouth dry, my eye throbbing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood feeling the sun on his face the way the cattle did, until she turned and faced him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of advancing on Hazel and Leo, he marched up the opposite stairs and faced his comrade. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Now that Mrs. Frisby had faced the problem, she did not see any answer except to hope that the day would not come too early. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There were windows, with glass, and through them she could see the tops of trees; the room faced the forest behind the building. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Avoiding the stabs of the banner pole and the swift whiplike slashes of the tail, Basil realized that this was no clumsy rat he faced. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I led the way to where the woods began, but then, faced with three distinct paths through the trees, had to stop to consult the sheet of directions I’d brought with me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Lack of soap and water and toilet facilities weren’t the only problems that the Soviet soldiers faced in terms of hygiene. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “No,” she said, and quickly faced the window. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jack, faced at once with too many awful implications, ducked away from them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He had conquered murder, to be faced with war. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z King and his staff now faced a tough decision. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no warmth in it, only a truth as hard as anything he’d ever faced. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He had the same languor and the same clairvoyant look that he would have years later as he faced the firing squad. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But that was not the only problem the Jews faced. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But the free people of Haiti still faced their last, and most devastating, opponent: fear. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Bwana Mutunga chortled as one of the dogs faced him and bent its forelegs in an unmistakable bow while another hopped adorably in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The girl looked half a child beside him, but she faced him boldly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Clumps of soft wood stuck to her side as she stood and faced her attackers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The canoes had traveled only three miles down the river when they were faced with rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I get up slowly so I don’t startle it, but it seems like a different animal than the one that faced me a few seconds ago. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Belet pulled the sword out of the wall and faced me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When the victorious Greek Fleet put out to sea after the fall of Troy, many a captain, all unknowing, faced troubles as black as those he had brought down on the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The most important medical task that faced them was Blackborrow’s frostbitten toes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If the stories they had heard in Lisbon were true, they would all need rest before they faced the days ahead of them. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He lumbered to the front of the room and faced the students. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This difficulty, like most others, would be solved only if faced head on. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He placed it at the end of the wide mattress so he faced the wall on which hung a small, faded picture of la Virgen de Guadalupe. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In addition to the daily multitude, those amateur cooks were faced with allergy cases, diabetics, nursing mothers, infants who required special feedings. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman stood up and faced the colonel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The lich and I faced off one final time, at the very top of the playing field, both of us incessantly hitting our Flap buttons while slamming our joysticks left and right. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She slid down the heave, brushed off her parka, and faced the tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She laughed and stood up off the bed and faced me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Hemme maintained more composure than I would have if I had been faced with twenty stone of furious, bellowing artificer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z None of that mattered when faced with a slavering wolf. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He faced the enormous tree where Håkon sheltered, frowned, and charged at it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Other hunters faced up to danger when they went hunting, but did not go out of their way to find it. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He turned his fist until Frightful faced him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the first time Annabeth had faced an enemy she couldn’t defeat by force. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nugent and Schlesinger would be faced with just the same problem. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Those bound for Mason City faced a challenge waiting for them on the way home. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Why don’t we go over,” suggested Eril-Fane, faced with the incredulity of his guests. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I walked over to the back door, which had a window at the top that faced the parking lot behind the tennis courts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z While the traffic patrolwoman, pretending to be Lana Lee, climbed into the rear of the squad car grimacing and shaking a vengeful fist, Patrolman Mancuso faced the camera with his newspaper and frowned sternly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph was standing by a contraption of palm trunks and leaves, a rude shelter that faced the lagoon and seemed very near to falling down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The wall we faced now was different from the others. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z On Sunday morning, with Garfield's fate unknown, former President Rutherford Hayes wrote in his diary that the country faced a disaster if Garfield died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She relied heavily on Relocation Rule Number 13: When faced with a roadblock, get off the road. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z In the end the growers were faced with the unpleasant truth that their cotton yield would have been greater had they saved themselves the trouble and expense of spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Her mews faced the cote, and she watched the birds long hours. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As soon as it was about twenty-five meters from the protesters, it spun around and faced them sideways. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I turned my wheelchair so it faced the wall just as the phone rang. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z That little spot on the Harlem River that faced the Bronx. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Do you waffle when faced with the choice of will or would? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What you see from the road are the two gatehouses, each a small empty pillbox of a building faced with flagstones and topped, like tiny pagodas, with shingled curving roofs. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z We were high-school seniors, and the clock was ticking: once out of high school all American males faced two years of compulsory military service. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Julia had turned a shade paler, so that her freckles were showing, but she faced O’Brien boldly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He let a smile play over his lips as he faced the audience, gambling everything in his show of confidence. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z So what if those heroes never faced their destinies? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "He hasn't faced my father yet, has he?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was wounded in the shoulder, faced by an enemy who seemed to accept the death of gentlemen as a part of warfare, and now he was in an ambush. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A window faced south, and I looked out to see the garden and a labyrinth far below. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The education of girls was far down on the list of issues that Pakistan faced. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The principal problem they faced was that the electron sometimes behaved like a particle and sometimes like a wave. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I wriggled round in my bed and faced my home and my family. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z How have the other victors faced this alone? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z His eyes were hard when he faced her, his knuckles white on the handle of his pick. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Lawrence now faced the task of climbing down from his discredited position without sacrificing his dignity or the Rad Lab’s youthful reputation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z One thing Matthias was certain of as he strode swiftly through the trees: it would be he and he alone who faced Cluny the Scourge at the bitter end. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and faced Arnold. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he put his head down and faced front, so as not to attract attention. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Squaring her shoulders as she’d been taught to do on those afternoons in the portable building where the debate team practiced, she faced her audience. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “The main part of your basement was on the side that faced the street,” she said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When she opened her eyes at last, she looked at him with her strange speechless gaze, and he felt as though he faced a child. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The situation in Algeria was the closest model to our own in that the rebels faced a large white settler community that ruled the indigenous majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After she left, Master put his glasses back on and faced his book, relaxing further into a slanting position, legs stretched out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But then he remembered how Sister Benedicta had faced down the men and stepped forward again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Once the others were below, Hazel and Leo faced each other awkwardly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With whole regions of the country’s interior seemingly on the edge of revolt throughout Ptolemaic history, it is likely that Greekspeaking travelers faced similar risks in Eratosthenes’ time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z A group of staffers invited me to explain the problems faced by foster children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Anyone who attempted to smuggle silkworm eggs out of China faced punishment of death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Columned porticoes faced the central atrium, which had a huge fountain and bronze braziers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Dalton did not move or look round; he placed one of his hands over hers on the banister, covering it, and faced the men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But because he always waited so incredibly long to kiss a girl, he rarely faced rejection. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Now, four months into his term as sheriff, he faced a seemingly unsolvable murder and intense public pressure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Nyame and Anansi faced each other, the sky god on his throne and the Weaver standing in front of the dais, hands still in his pockets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Riding there, the rat faced backward, its tiny triangular face peeping out of her sand-colored hair. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They sat at the backs of their cages, passive and blank faced. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The two low work-tables faced one another; between them crawled the conveyor with its load of separate parts; forty-seven blonde heads were confronted by forty-seven brown ones. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d faced that type of fighter in gladiator training many times. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Beside the windows, two simple, elegant armchairs faced each other across a low round table on which a tea tray rested. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The shelf faced southward and eastward; but only on the east was the view open. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A lopsided couch and lumpy chair covered in a scratchy blue fabric faced the tub as if bathing were a special event to which spectators were invited. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I came home to seek ray heir, aware that in doing so I faced death. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyrell guards in green cloaks faced them from the opposite wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some countries faced with rising drug crime or seemingly intractable rates of drug abuse and drug addiction chose the path of drug treatment, prevention, education, or economic investment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “I beg your pardon. I happened to be looking at the floor,” said the woman, and faced the doors of the car. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They faced each other one more time, circling in the familiar battle dance while Cervantes circled them in the other direction, like a satellite, completely missing what was really going on between them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It may be analogous, in some respects, to the panic once experienced by poor and working-class whites faced with desegregation—the fear of a sudden demotion in the nation’s racial hierarchy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In his dawn tours, Burnham faced a hard pale world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I blinked real hard and faced the wall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He stared at my client and gruffly asked him to turn around so that his back faced the bench. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She set down her cup and faced me with this big grin. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I stumbled off, hearing the bus pull away as I faced the water. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Williams and the other black men who were soon to follow in his footsteps had a more solitary work life and faced aggressions that the women did not. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If my dad thought we had even looked at my mother in a disrespectful way, we faced big trouble. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t be faced with physical attack, or with overt shows of hatred. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Even among prisoners on death row, the annual execution rate is only 2 percent—compared with the 7 percent annual chance of dying faced by a member of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation crack gang. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z As abruptly as she’d faced him, she looked at the sky again with a frown. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Chacho fell asleep on the damp floor, but Matt climbed up the ladder and faced into the breeze. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Always the volunteers faced the looming threat of violence from white vigilantes determined to put an end to “race-mixing.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It especially terrified him to think about Chuck and Teresa out there—he’d faced the Grievers down already and knew all too well what it was like. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I opened the back door and faced my zigzagging cousin. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Once Joe had been with her when a cow came running over a field, and he just stood still and faced her, as brave as could be. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z First, in a high drama for the Muslims, Elijah Muhammad’s son, Wallace Delaney Muhammad, who once had sided with Malcolm X, faced the audience and begged forgiveness for his defection. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But they would go through whatever hardships they faced together. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A group of boys faced us, but as more women joined my side, the males faded into the crowd. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The problem I faced seemed a much simpler one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her short hair was tucked into this hat, except for two perfect curls on her forehead that faced each other like black lacquer carvings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, ever since they had left their home warren, five days before, they had faced one danger after another. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If they faced inside the chain, they would repel each other, forcing the molecule to fly apart in a nanosecond. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When faced with an apartment full of boxes, I'd pretend to be an ant assigned to transport sandwich crumbs back to my colony. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His Aunt Florence and his father faced each other. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They stood and faced each other for a second. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Then he faced it, kneeling on his cot, dared to touch it here and there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped when the lieutenant turned around and faced us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Declaration, Kristen, and Tiffany climbed out of the car and faced me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he faced our latest robot, a work in progress for this year’s competition. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z He had been raised in the shadow of his father, a legendary sailor who had faced a series of epic trials, and had always, miraculously, survived. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Wooden chairs with pillows on the seats faced the fire, and bookshelves covered the opposite wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “A white lie, but yes. Sorry,” she said, trying to smile, but when I didn’t smile back, she turned around in her seat and faced forward. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Lefty faced the window, looking out with excitement. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “What’s the matter with you?” my mother shouted as she turned around and faced me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Two other doors with tarnished brass pulls faced the hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As Silver followed Bigwig, it recovered itself and faced him squarely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew what she would see, and she went cold the moment the door swung open, and she was faced with the fragile silence inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Audrey faced her phone to me when I reached my desk. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then she stopped and faced Ben, the kitchen light reflecting off one lens of her glasses, and said, “What about Toomer, Ben?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly his face lit up, like that of a man who, faced with utter and humiliating defeat, at the last minute strikes upon a brilliant, face- saving idea. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a step toward Jack, who turned and faced him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z So she faced Robbie and waited for the rest, her due. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then several of the others broke off their conversation and faced us, as the applause muffled down behind the closing door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We faced each other, all on our haunches. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Cole Matthews knelt defiantly in the bow of the aluminum skiff as he faced forward into a cold September wind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Before they were finished gathering corn, however, we were faced with a trouble a whole lot too big for any of us to handle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They faced each other on the bright beach, astonished at the rub of feeling. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If they took to the sea again, they faced another perilous journey 130 miles around the tip of South Georgia to the whaling stations. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He’ll have faced his own placid death and slipped without a sound inside himself. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But then he was faced with a dilemma. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too sunk in his own thought, too intent upon the thing he faced, to answer her or even to listen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood up lazily and faced the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The porch, bathed in the red-gold light of sunset, faced the Maricopas. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Claudette faced three separate charges: violating the segregation law, disturbing the peace, and “assaulting” one of the policemen who had pulled her off the bus. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He took a long deep breath, faced the firelight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a goddess beyond anything they had ever faced. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When the music stopped and we faced forward again, Larisa leaned over to me and pointed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Let’s now consider the following statistic, which represents the hundreds of matches in which a 7-7 wrestler faced an 8—6 wrestler on a tournament’s final day. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But in his eleven years he had never been faced with the responsibility of making a fearful decision like the one confronting him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall houses of brick and stone faced us, with rows upon rows of windows looking down at the street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was fixin’ to preach about David and Goliath this morning, because David was young, and brave, and faced an enemy who seemed to be impossible to defeat. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Five minutes later they faced each other on the landing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The CIA man who introduced himself as Mr. Hathaway—"thin faced and graying," according to Wolf—announced that he was a personal representative of CIA director William Webster. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He was a big, dark man, strong faced and handsome. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z They faced each other like two suns at the center of a solar system consisting entirely of hovering hand mirrors. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The drape covering the blinds also had peacocks on it, only they faced forward, their plumage spread into a thousand blue-green eyes that seemed to watch us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh faced us both, arms folded across his massive pectorals, and for a moment, he was the man in charge once more—the king. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Time and again the laboratory drew itself together and faced the new problems and got on with the work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I held the phone out so it faced the microwave. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At the very far end, just opposite where I stood, was a gigantic fireplace, faced with stone and painted tiles. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It was made of gray shell-encrusted sea rode, long and low like a bunker, but it had windows that faced the sea and it always had a good breeze blowing through it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z How could I, when I hadn’t even faced the truth about that night? Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys became cautious as humans always are, faced with a new situation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There might be a hole in the stone wall that I faced the cave with. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The room faced the yard and overlooked the long, sloping garden, which was filled with flowers: bright red geraniums, sweet-smelling mignonette, and purslane with red, orange, yellow, and pink blossoms. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He faced front and blew a plume of fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then I think of Zero’s surprised voice, his anger as he faced me in the final game, the way he’d stolen my Memories. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As a result, I now faced a year of disciplinary confinement. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Abra moved with firm and deliberate steps and she faced straight ahead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” I whispered to the moon before I closed my eyes and cried for Mamá as I faced my guilt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A roughneck in coveralls stepped out of the crowd and faced the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Today defendants face a situation highly similar to the one they faced a century ago. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I faced a china dog toward the door after I dusted it, which would cause the family’s luck to run out. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If convicted, he faced a maximum sentence of life in prison, a punishment he would never have faced if he had been charged as a juvenile. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Conner stopped walking, too, and when he faced me, his cheeks were kind of pink. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z "His Grace has defeated the Lannisters every time he has faced them in battle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Trees loomed just beyond the stream: she must be in the back of the castle—the side that faced the sea... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My mother, my siblings, and I faced a long night on our own. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms and faced the window as more tears ran down my cheeks. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I shrugged and faced him again, now that the moment was broken. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It must have been obvious that I wanted to say something, because the room went quiet as I faced my classmates. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The challenges the Fugees faced—subpar gear, no cheering section, and the hostility they sometimes felt from opposing teams of American kids who resented the newcomers—only brought the boys closer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He now faced a total of 115 years behind bars. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree; it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He faced me again, looking straight in my eyes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I mean, I could say it and not break down, but I would definitely feel more of a sting and probably get all robot faced. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She faced the attacker in a kind of instantaneous flash and saw the disconsolate eyes, which remained stamped on her heart like the hot coals of pity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Lyra clutched him to her and faced the death directly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She said she had only had half a white friend at Central, a two- faced girl who ran hot and cold. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he faced into the corner, and busied himself straightening his jacket and arranging his tie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps the harshest conditions of all were faced by the millions of Jewish people who lived in Eastern Europe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The backshifted Simone de Beauvoir noted that women faced discrimination is neutral as to whether such discrimination is a persistent feature of our society. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When she pushed it open she faced yet another small antechamber with four doors. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I still had not faced my past. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z As indicated earlier, any effort to downsize dramatically our nation’s prisons would inspire fierce resistance by those faced with losing jobs, investments, and other benefits provided by the current system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It faced--or seemed to face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on YOU with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z President Truman, who had wanted to avoid getting bogged down in Korea, now faced the prospect of another major country falling to the Communists. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I rose and faced the courtroom and read slowly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tom Riddle had turned Hagrid in because he was faced with the prospect of a Muggle orphanage if the school closed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Even without the fair he faced an intimidating portfolio of works in progress, chief among them the grounds of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Pastor Robinson handed me the mic, and I faced the crowd. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But, has any one of you faced a Confederate bullet? Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As a result, they were making startling discoveries that only underscored the constraints faced by their American colleagues. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z What do you do when you are faced with several different gods each claiming the same territory? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our window faced an alley and the brick wall of the next building and it was so close to the adjoining building you couldn’t tell whether it was raining or snowing outside. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared at the mud for a moment, then faced me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Bethe had not been wrong about this obstacle, merely premature; but if the cyclotron were to move beyond 30 million electron volts, the issue had to be faced now. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She clenched her teeth and faced the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Dicey woke from a dream about a big white house that faced the ocean. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or a room where you faced all your nightmares at once?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Like the others they had faced, this one wore a simple white tunic over skin as rough and dark as basalt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what else to do. I’ve faced the facts, and I don’t like them.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Food production would have faced even less competition from hunting-gathering in these areas than it did in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We faced each other in the dark, the covers pulled up over us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Before his gaze, Vervain stopped in uncertainty and for long moments the two faced each other in the dim light. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Browne lived in a world in which what we would call facts seemed impotent when faced with authority. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Every time I turned my e-mail program on, I faced hundreds of messages from kids, students, former students, parents, and teachers stacked in vast queues; it took hours just to download the mail. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I settled into the chair’s vinyl padded seat and faced the computer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But everyone faced it squarely and decided to do their duty to the end. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Molly learned long ago that a lot of the heartbreak and betrayal that other people fear their entire lives, she has already faced. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The propellers faced to the rear, pushing the aeroplane forward rather than pulling it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The place had two windows, a large, many-paned one in the main area that faced the alley, and then another in the bathroom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly a year has passed since I have faced the brute. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She faced the small tyrant, heir to Skathis in cruelty at least, if not in gift. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Bills piled up rapidly, and he was soon faced with the loss of his most precious medical instruments: his adding machine was repossessed, and then his typewriter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I had to make up my mind quickly; I was faced with a matter of principle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned west, away from the fields, and faced the peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the moment I faced these three impeccably groomed women, I forgot my English and Mrs. Johnson’s lessons on how to behave like a lady. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They cocooned the frames in scaffolds of wood and faced each frame with hundreds of thousands of wooden planks to create walls capable of accepting two thick layers of staff. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As the Hitler Youth faced the twin granite grandstands, they stood at parade rest, waiting for the Führer to address them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a large timbered structure, three stories high, the second and third levels leaning far over the alley upon which it faced. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z My mother was faced with the cost of passage to England, room and board and living expenses, and tuition at the University of London. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Before they ate, Faramir and all his men turned and faced west in a moment of silence. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was beginning to rain and she faced a night outside alone in the wet. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a strange tension between us as we faced each other, and it kept building as the phone kept ringing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The muezzin’s call for namaz rang out, and the Mujahideen set down their guns, faced west, and prayed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He sat up and looked down through the window that faced the backyard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Now she stood up and faced my uncle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With a shy grin, with one foot nervously rubbing the ankle of the other leg, the Singer of the future stood and faced the crowd. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The heads were mounted between the crenels, along the top of the wall, impaled on iron spikes so they faced out over the city. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The left side of the president’s body turned toward the audience, he faced the stage below. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Britain and France finally faced the fact that Germany would continue gobbling up territory until stopped by force. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you were him, would you have been able to do the same? Would you have faced you?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The trial ended with a hung jury, so Beecher faced no legal consequences. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Newt looked down in the Box one more time, then faced the crowd, gravely. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I smiled a little and faced front to find something to do with myself. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them stood still and faced James Daley, the man who had ruined all of their lives. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Mrs. Veenstra lives right across the street. We sat on her steps and faced my house; it wasn't too cold yesterday. Mirjam couldn't have left through the front door without me seeing her." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But unluckiest of all was the shooter who completely missed a walker: he faced both a one-point deduction and a lifetime of ribbing. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z In Ento, she had called that creature out of the baby’s body, but it was Kaede who had faced the consequences. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma glanced at me, then turned back and faced the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She smiled at Harry as the teams faced each other behind their captains, and he felt a slight lurch in the region of his stomach that he didn’t think had anything to do with nerves. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z That was the dilemma all of them faced in one form or another. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z However the man had behaved when faced with the Specters, he was no coward. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A faced moved in and out of the circle of lights, peering for a moment, then disappeared. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he faced the apprentice, who seemed much too calm for a young man who had been through such an ordeal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Having invited all these neighbors, I was now faced with the problem of getting rid of them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The open end of the crates faced outward. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z All seven faced long prison sentences—but only for the Watergate break-in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After coffee, Watson capitulated: perhaps the backbone was on the outside, and the bases—A, T, G, and C—faced in, apposed against each other. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When he faced Arm again, his expression was again powerful and confident. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We stood among the decaying, rotting vegetation and faced our enemies. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The head of the creature faced the user, who sucked in tobacco smoke from its mouth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z With her back to Briony, she faced Robbie and placed her hands on his shoulders. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z If faced with the Solomonic task of sacrificing the life of one newborn for an indeterminate number of fetuses, what number might you choose? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z You are faced with the conundrum of how to fill the remaining minutes of the night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then we stood and faced the cage door, eggs in hand, and prepared for the inevitable. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The last thing Sam needed was to be reminded of what faced them on the morrow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My bedroom faced the street, and at night, in the dark, I could see in my mind another life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to think for a moment about the location of the highway, which direction the E-Z Rest faced, but Cade was right: He was walled off in East Berlin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I faced that tree squarely and kissed it firmly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z At school, Nicolas used his intelligence to pester others, and whenever he found himself faced with a violent situation he would call in his brother to defend him while he egged him on from behind. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady faced the wind, lifted her wings, and was airborne. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Doctor Gordon had a photograph on his desk, in a silver frame, that half faced him and half faced my leather chair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She’d stopped in the middle of a row of beans and faced Mary with fascinated curiosity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray faced the front of the restaurant and put his arm around me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stepped forward and faced them, just as I had seen Luis do. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tony tossed the stick aside, wiped his hands on his pants, and faced Stella directly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One elegant house faced a billboard advertising “The Museum of Jewish Hatred.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Massasoit was an adroit politician, but the dilemma he faced would have tested Machiavelli. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On the doctor's desk was a vase filled with silk flowers that might have once looked good, but now were dusty and faded on the side that faced the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “So am I,” she whispered, and faced the fire again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Hurley was faced with the heartbreaking task of selecting which few to keep. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As I walked toward the front of the room and faced those white students, all staring at me, my knees felt weak and the back of my neck was tight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If there was one thing he knew, it was that you had to stay still when faced with forest beasts. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I don’t struggle against the ropes, as I did the first time I faced this fear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z With the infusion of new blood from the previous year’s exceptional freshman boat, he was again faced with the dilemma of having almost too much talent out on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I faced Mecca with the help of a line I scratched into the pale yellow ground and carefully kept up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z With a nod Brother Jack indicated our chairs and we faced the applause standing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A man lay on a thin mattress and faced the wall in a fetal position. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then one of the girls came in front of him and faced him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I slip it into my closet—there's plenty of room—and when I turn back, I'm faced with the worst part of all: my bulletin board without a single thing on it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The air was bright Ralph, faced by the task of translating all this into an explanation, stood on his head and fell over. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She was the bravest, strongest woman I’d ever known, and though I knew she faced all kinds of discrimination on a daily basis, she only rarely discussed it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Rickon was running across the yard toward the gatehouse, the wolves following him, but the tower faced the wrong way for Bran to see what was happening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Barely ten minutes would go by before they were faced with another series of rapids, which meant another punishing portage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She wrested her arms free of the guards’ grasp and faced the Council of Guardians. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We came to a fence that faced a main street on which there was a roadblock. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He crouched, tightening his grip on the limb, and faced into the storm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She turned away, bit her lower lip, and then faced me again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z You faced way worse shi—I mean stuff than sitting in handcuffs for a few hours, but you stuck to your guns...Well, your lack thereof, actually. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I faced myself in the mirror and began to set the garland in my hair, but Mandy stopped me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Women, young and ferocious, dressed in scraps of black silk and riding pine branches through the sky—there was nothing like that in his world, but he faced them with calm wariness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see how useful this assumption is to a child faced with the extraordinary task of assigning a word to everything in the world. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The couple to be joined faced her across the ditch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For the first time in my life I was faced with the notion that I would have to deal with the idea of race as a central part of my life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The girl stepped into the hall, closing the door behind her; arms folded self-consciously before her small high breasts, she faced him, eager to understand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I came home to seek my heir, aware that in doing so I faced death. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was a duplex, with two identical front doors that faced each other across a wide front porch, 141A and 14IB. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z It was opposite to the solar, and faced south. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He faced the staff: the eager, the wary. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Caesar, faced with this happy pair, weakened in his resolve. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A far more important outcome of the Rookery meeting, however, was Olmsted’s recognition that the architects’ noble dreams magnified and complicated the already-daunting challenge that faced him in Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The mist on this rise had fled away, and he felt that he stood, as he faced the lone tree, beneath the naked eye of Heaven. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I stared into his eyes, wide-eyed and defiant, and we faced off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They hover almost protectively on either side of her, stone faced. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Now he faced the possibility that Linus’ solution would be no better and yet he would get all the credit for the coiled coils. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z We faced each other, looked down at the glass full of milk with the brown blob on the bottom, looked at each other again, then at the milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But Javier pulled Moss to him again, only this time they faced each other, and Javier brought them back down on the couch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He and his team were taking all the risks; they were the ones who faced the arrests and the danger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I faced the shouts, cheers, shrill whistling, my eyes burning from the light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the Electrons faced not one but five players better than themselves. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She jumped in front of the coyote’s path and faced him, her spine arched. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Our mind, faced with a life-threatening situation, drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The room faced the cliff-top garden and the freshly dug grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The first challenge many blacks faced in participating in something like the All-American Soap Box Derby was finding out about it in the first place. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Jeremiah’s plight pulled Claudette’s attention away from her personal difficulties to the injustices blacks faced everywhere. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z With about three minutes left in the second quarter and the game scoreless, Permian faced a second and thirteen from the Carter 31. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t look at old Candy, who still faced the wall. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z They also censored conversation: Anyone who dared to criticize Hitler or the Nazi Party faced imprisonment or execution. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Women in general, and Marina in particular, weren’t his number one concern when he faced up to the enormous reality that his country was at war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He faced Newt and pointed back at Minho, who had taken his seat again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I turned and faced the map, removing the doll from my pocket and tossing it upon the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The last time the slave soldiers of Yunkai’i had faced the dragon queen’s Unsullied, they broke and ran. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My mother’s smiling voice made me suspect that the lady who faced me was not really angry at me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though paraffin on his arms always worked at the gambling dens, his heart had still been hammering as he faced her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I faced down Mom and Dad in the middle of that gymnasium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z That took too much time, especially when a player faced time pressure and every second counted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Without much hope, he stepped down from the trunk and went to the other end of the attic, the portion that faced the backyard. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She moved in front of the statue and faced the giant, though the rational part of her screamed, RUN, YOU IDIOT! Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had turned his back on the fire now and faced Harry across Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Now Ian faced me full on, studying me as though I were a horse he was considering purchasing. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The predicament African Americans find themselves in today is not altogether different from the situation they faced during Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Mack and the boys sat dejectedly on their log and faced the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke stood there grim faced, holding the plates. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He faced the place of assembly and put the conch to his lips. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A crowd of shining fairies faced these final opponents. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Beyond the daunting task of following the greatest hero in American history, Adams faced a double dilemma. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He rolled over in his bed and faced the wall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Because, faced with this emergency, Tessie took Chapter Eleven and me up to the attic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the night of graduation I was nervous and tense; I rose and faced the audience and my speech rolled out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When they were once inside the ring of saplings she turned and faced him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z With its support, he rededicated himself to serving God, and by his senior year he was running his own Bible-study group, hoping to inoculate first-year students against the temptations he had faced. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Then she pulled herself back to the reality that faced her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If it had not been for the epidemic, the Spaniards would have faced a united empire. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of Jones’s gun. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z You were faced with an impossible scenario and made a tough decision. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a time two years ago when he had bet with the best of them, and lost a week's salary and faced Mildred's insane anger, which showed itself in veins and blotches. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z With a deep breath that made him aware of the awful smells of the people around him, Mark turned and faced the stairs again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I turned back around quickly and it faced me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She appeared beside him in the shape of his brother, Deiphobus, and with this ally as he thought, Hector faced Achilles. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Understanding my parents’ initial feelings and sharing a little bit of their story with others who may have faced a similar situation was the second major reason for writing my story. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Every challenge I’d ever faced had made me stronger and more determined. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At this distance he was not able to tell whether it faced away or toward him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Except the frail, dim figure of Mercer; the old man faced him, a placid expression on his face. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “He’s never faced anything as long as I’ve known him. He thinks anything peculiar or unpleasant will just go away if he turns on the radio and some little schnook starts singing.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z It then turned and faced its challengers, let out a terrible roar, and disappeared with its kill. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z So I turned and faced her and told her what she had to hear. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Like so many cold, weak people, when faced at last by the incontrovertible disaster she exhumed from somewhere a sort of fortitude, strength. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I was faced with two choices: starve or beg. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And Amanda stood right there beside me, and when I looked over at her, she didn’t look pinch- faced at all to me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Otto—a boy who’d faced monsters and ghosts, and who now lived in a frozen eternal day—understood there was Logan County strange, and then there was too strange. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He thought about the difficult situation Amanda now faced—poor, alone, and expecting a child. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she faced forward, sitting very straight. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A handful of sternfaced young men sat on their haunches in the cab, Kalashnikovs slung on their shoulders. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They were all terror-stricken except Achilles’ son Neoptolemus, and indeed what they faced was no slight danger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This giant was smaller than a lot of monsters he had faced, but something about him made Percy’s skin crawl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In whatever dream she faced, the fear of Henry was there and Wash’s ring was not. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Their work fed a tsunami of inquiry into the interactions between natives and newcomers in the era when they faced each other as relative equals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And so J.T. and Digger and I faced the world and admitted what had really happened. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z At the mouth of the bowl were three mounds in a rough semicircle that faced a fourth mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Lupin, frowning slightly, “I assumed that if the boggart faced you, it would assume the shape of Lord Voldemort.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Cresting the top of Coalwood Mountain, we were faced with a steep, straight stretch followed by a series of curves that dipped and turned. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When they came to the land they had faced what might befall them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was at all concerned about its contents, he made no outward sign of it as he faced them again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The Aztecs flourished culturally, economically, militarily, and politically, but they faced growing rebellion by the peoples from whom they exacted tribute. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Tuffett faced them and read some announcements, Jean Louise was grateful that he was killing the first period, which meant no math. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I had read that he had faced up to other Southern segregationists and forced them to let my people run for public office. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I slid out of bed and made my way to the window in the laundry room—one that faced out back. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The rebels now faced us and announced that they were going to select some people among us to be recruited, as it was the sole reason for their patrol. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Every week we interviewed old women who brewed African beer as a way to supplement their tiny incomes, who now faced jail terms and fines they could not afford to pay. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At the house of the Shaper, people come and go, solemn faced, treading softly, their heads bowed and their hands folded for fear of sending dreadful apparitions through his dreams. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Four feet of the school yard faced on Francie’s yard and was segregated from it by an iron mesh fence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony changed her mind and faced her sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I crossed myself as I faced the wooden life-size statue of a dying Christ, looking down on us from high above the altar. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But when they opened the door, they were faced not with Scythe Faraday, but with a pair of officers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I faced Nergal, my face the perfect mask of openness and honesty. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z As he approached, it was easier for Kira to watch without changing her position, since her chair faced the audience, away from the stage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, Mom came home from work and discovered that he had turned all the books around so that the bindings were against the wall and the pages faced out. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Jason had never faced more than two at a time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But before the Olympic trials at Princeton, Al Ulbrickson faced another daunting series of challenges: First the Pacific Coast Regatta with California on Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The first batter he faced was Wayne Robbins. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z There were several academic robes and hoods, some with fur around them, most faced with silk. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I curled in the cavernous leather chair and faced Doctor Gordon across an acre of highly polished desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Aru faced the demon, ignoring the goose bumps crawling down her spine. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer wanted the emerging field of research to also answer another question: Why, given it was becoming clear that the brain faced limitations, were people continuing to multitask, particularly in challenging, even dangerous, situations? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “I can get a job. I mean, I haven’t faced up to it like I need to.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In their thirties, men and women, black and white, these lawyers were comfortable with one another in a way that reflected a shared mission, shared hope, and shared stress about the challenges they faced. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The two huge machines faced each other, with their tall metal booms stretched out at an angle, like two medieval horsemen with their long swords tipped forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Gatsby started to speak, changed his mind, but not before Tom wheeled and faced him expectantly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Father Cham faced Pong but stared past him, into the distance. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z If the girls in The Joy Luck Club were able to overcome all the obstacles that they were faced with, why can’t I overcome mine? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It faced the road yet still provided some protection from being seen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I stood up, picked up my own backpack, hiked it high up on my shoulder, and faced them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Sohrab faced me and talked while we showered, which was weird, but at least there was a spray going and soap partially covering me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I went onstage at about nine o’clock and faced a crowd of happy, smiling, cheering faces. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Days ago, when she faced Khione on the Argo II, Piper had started talking without thinking, following her heart no matter what her brain said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He faced the bullies and the guns, and the dogs and the tear gas. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The rooms, piled above each other like roughhousing siblings, faced a trash heap. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Even from a distance we could see that the open side faced into the wind and that the drifting snow was nearly up to the lip of the sleeping platform. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Holding her tight, Sister Benedicta stood firm and faced the men, who had no choice; they turned sullenly and came towards the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They lay on their sides and faced one another, and she felt his hardness against her belly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z While Southern whites—poor and rich alike—were utterly outraged by emancipation, there was no obvious solution to the dilemma they faced. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When Papito was with us, he was mostly silent and stony- faced, communicating through grunts and orders. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Despereaux stood before the Mouse Council, and he realized that he was a different mouse than he had been the last time he faced them. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I looked at my pretty hand and then pulled it away and faced the word again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In fact, as a mother with six children by five fathers—a situation sociologists call multiple partner fertility—she faced more obstacles than most. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Tyson had faced down fire-breathing bulls and sea monsters and cannibal giants. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She was still stumbling as I pulled her around to the end that faced the road, and Black Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I realize it’s just another disadvantage the District 12 tributes have faced over the years. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z They kept their beaks faced toward the stranger, and Luna felt for sure that they had somehow become harder, sharper, and more dangerous than before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Two big, beefy- faced Irish cops came in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z True, we had yet to deal with the irregular sequence of the bases that faced the outside—but this difficulty might vanish in the wash when the correct internal arrangement was located. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Orson Welles, the Mercury, and CBS faced thousands of dollars worth of lawsuits for personal injury, mental anguish, and damages. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It is fitting that the first great opera, composed by Monteverdi in 1607, features a hero faced with a life-or-death singing challenge in the Underworld, Orfeo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She had faced a whole army of monsters. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Now Burnham faced the prospect of having to go alone to meet these legendary architects—one of them, Hunt, a man also of legendary irascibility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The curtains were drawn shut and the projector was sitting on one of the bedside tables that had been pulled over so it faced him from the doorway. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Again, the United States faced the possibility of a communist Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Bobby Fischer was the only person in the world ever known to have faced charges under President Bush’s bill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When doctors are faced with a difficult diagnosis, they order more tests, and when we are uncertain about what we hear, we ask for a second opinion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He should have been thrilled with the invitation, but he faced a conflict, and thus was forced to puzzle out what to do. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Bigger rose and faced them, holding his hurt hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, when Rutledge said: “That’s good right there, hold it,” the man faced front and gave his most winning smile. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he had remembered Scarlett, had missed her for years after she went away, had long ago faced the fact he would never see her again. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When the car rounded the corner and disappeared from sight, the Vanderbeekers turned and faced the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A whistle blew and everyone ran to claim seats in a row of folding chairs that faced the stage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I did the same, positioning myself so that our avatars faced each other. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And yet, faced with a tough decision, they were among the few who made the right choice that day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived at a clearing with a tiny pond, the redheaded satyr stopped and faced the others.“What was the idea, ruining our operation?” he asked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Speed started straightening the items on her shelves so each label faced out, then yelled over her shoulder at me, “How did you find your way here?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For there they saw us — a Fortification where None had been the Eve before — and now, Rank upon Rank, Company upon Company, standing in our Trenches, we faced them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I was again faced with the dilemma of Valentine’s Day, confronting another strange ritual I did not understand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Since my examination by the physicians and scientists of Erhenrang I had not been faced with a group of people who wanted me to answer their questions. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Annoyed at die arrangement, I gave the boy sitting on my right a poke in the ribs with my elbow, then faced around and watched the Chief cross over Fifth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He pointed at a small, hard-looking chair that faced the large armchair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Realizing medics faced particular challenges, he started a support group just for medics. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Mundín faced us, his hands nervously working the snake into a rounder and rounder ball. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Then, without describing the daunting task faced by black nurses or praising them for acting fearlessly when everyone else had fled in terror, he attacked them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z His back to the tree, Gwydion faced the four remaining warriors. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z For though he could have faced torture he couldn't bear being made ridiculous. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Edwin stood and faced Cole across the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A semicircle of tiered seats faced a dais with a podium and two chairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The open side faced the black tarpaper wall of the shed where the feast had taken place. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped out of the shelter of the roots and faced them directly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The wall beyond held a frieze of human heads, all faced alike, dried and caved with their taut grins and shrunken eyes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Along with the bad pay, the foot soldiers faced terrible job conditions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Again I was faced with choices I did not like, but I finally agreed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother would rise from her work grinding meal and walk around to the side of the house that faced the road. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the pale yellow sheen of the street lamp they faced each other; huge wet flakes of snow floated down slowly, forming a delicate screen between them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Good,” said Moody, as at last seven dressed, bespectacled, and luggage-laden Harrys faced him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His head faced in my direction, his eyes still covered in sap. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly faced with having to run a revolution, the delegates all turned to the one man who could take charge. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson faced the now hushed and expectant crowd that stretched across the Mall from the base of the Lincoln Memorial all the way to the Washington Monument. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I’m being faced with the heaviest of chances today: I may have to watch him die, unless it’s the other way around, and both possibilities make me want to throw up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs was a little area with a fireplace and two small couches that faced each other. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He looked away, out the other window, and took a deep breath and then faced forward again. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He stopped; he had never in his life faced a person more grimly determined. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But all day in the sun, no shade, has made me and TaShon red faced. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z George turned the bean cans so that another side faced the fire. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached the last level of the dungeon around four o’clock in the morning and faced off against the Evil Wizard of Daggorath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We found him sitting in a hammock on the verandah of a cement house that faced the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “I remember that the driveway was to the right of the house as you faced it. There was a flagstone path cut into the lawn.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It faced nothing but an open, grassy yard and a line of trees that began miles of woods filled with things making noises that used to keep me up all night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z When she faced her mother she was shy, downcast, sullen. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “But I faced him, Sausun. I’m not scared of him anymore.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The only light was in Pita’s room, which faced the front. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Once inside, they were faced with three possible exits. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He had lost sight of rocks and beach alike, and did not know what way he faced. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I wouldn’t be faced with the choice of either walking two miles in the rain to school or accepting a ride in the Chief’s cruiser. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But because it faced the house where Maeve roomed and not the street, it was a safe place to leave a token of gratitude. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A redheaded white man in a sports shirt stood up, faced the rear and called out to the Negro, “Didn’t you hear the driver? Move out, man.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought they were playing to an empty room, but then I noticed the top of a shaggy blond head, lolling against the back of the lone couch that faced the set. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was about to speak when Hazel faced him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But we needed to stay together because we had a better chance of escaping the day-to-day troubles we faced. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Trouble was snoring in the gravel but he, Grub Kelp, had faced down the Mud Monster. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This was something that had to be faced head-on. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Man o’ War had run just twenty-one races—winning twenty—and faced only forty-eight opponents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After she had eaten, Francie at last faced the fact that she had broken the fast which started at midnight and was to have lasted until after mass next morning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood no higher than her knee, his faced pinched and pointed, snoutish, but he was dressed in delicate livery of purple and blue, and his tiny pink hands held a silver tray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a long block and I had come down into a building that faced not the street but the avenue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Making sure Mr. Quisling still faced the board, James held the book out to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Before moving, Terryl faced her biggest challenge yet, the one that most terrified her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then I settled myself in and faced west. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Ralph positioned the fish skull so that it faced his sister, opening and shutting its jaw as he mimicked her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z This was more difficult danger than any she had faced before. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It frustrated me to see my residents, the ones who’d miraculously been getting along so well, turn on one another when faced with a problem. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Instead, she twisted in her seat so that she faced both of us, giving each of us a hard look. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As we faced days of grueling punishment, I was also coping with the fact that despite the newspaper article, we had heard no word from the North Little Rock school administrators about Mama’s job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The graveyard faced east, all the stones and markers laid out in a fan shape bordered with saw palmetto and evergreen trees. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “What would you do if you faced a grave threat, Miss Nebraska?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z How many times had he faced death in the last year or so? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I faced the man again, and could not strike. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I stood up straight and faced them all, like I had seen Luis do. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood next to Mr. Ray, but faced the opposite way. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly, everyone faced me, and one totally quiet moment passed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How could whites have succeeded in establishing themselves at the Cape at all, if those first few arriving Dutch ships had faced such fierce resistance? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The guard was in his twenties, pale faced and puzzled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The king came down from the rise of trodden snow, and the two bears faced each other several yards apart. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then the thing that faced him changed utterly, spreading out to either side as if it opened enormous thin wings, and it writhed, and swelled, and shrank again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he found himself faced with growing resentment and dissatisfaction. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Celaena faced forward, pushing those thoughts from her mind as they entered the passage through the wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I faced him and stood up as straight as I could. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the story of what had happened to them in Afghanistan and the danger Habib had faced when he’d been pressured to join the Taliban. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z But such an agreement was at best tentative, for each national group faced problems peculiar to itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It touched on so much of what he faced: crime, rehabilitation, the role of the system for good and sometimes ill. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She knew the feeling of being faced with homelessness. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z We faced a fork in the road one decade after Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were laid to rest. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But we were not close enough to see details of the dilemma she faced. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were windows open in the upstairs apartment that faced the back; I heard people talking, listening to the radio, moving around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The meditative, pastel yellow cube that faced the street contained the main living quarters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was faced again with the fact that I had held my hand up and volunteered to go to Central High without my parents' permission. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Most mothers, faced with a situation like this, would have shown a certain amount of distress. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z On weeknights he argued with the television, but on Sundays he faced a live audience. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If you were a member of J. T.’s gang for all four years, here is the typical fate you would have faced during that period. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He went to stand by the window—the one that faced her house, even though it was a block away and she wasn't home—holding the base of the car phone against his stomach. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Cliff, who had been making hand signs across the room at Ria Wolf, jumped and faced forward. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But nothing can be changed until it is faced. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Gripping with all his strength, Drum faced into the storm, his streamlined body minimizing the wind. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Now she half turned, so that she faced away from him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to drop my head but faced them as though facing them was itself a denial of his statements. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dangling the kid by his armpits, snot faced and sad. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I faced the wall as I slipped off my hoodie and whipped on the closest dress in one fluid motion. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A final advantage of early food production in the Fertile Crescent is that it may have faced less competition from the hunter-gatherer lifestyle than that in some other areas, including the western Mediterranean. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The greatest challenge she faced was finding a course that didn’t duplicate Dr. Claytor’s meticulous tutelage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Each of them faced some kind of cutout figure, but Reynie wasn’t sure what they were. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Put it here, Harry,” he said, laying the broom in the middle of the table and carefully turning it so that its name faced upward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Without Caesar’s support, however, Cleopatra faced growing uncertainty. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Tartar officer, faced with this double attack, didn’t hesitate. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Mary Poppins turned and faced him, one hand on the handle of the perambulator. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z All the panelists came from different backgrounds, but each had faced discrimination because of their race, class, religion, or gender. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even though she’d faced down a demon and tricked the seasons, this was the first time she felt like she’d done something magical. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He was standing in front of a wall of darkness, and on the other side of it there was something unendurable, something too dreadful to be faced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Sunset Towers faced east and had no towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they faced months at sea—the terrors of the Cape—the grilling passage through Sunda Strait—a layover in Batavia—where men died like flies. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When he faced me once more he gave me a hand to raise me to my feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Curron faced me, trying to hold his square, but I could tell instantly that he didn't want what I had for him. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The whole class looked up from their microscopes, where we were studying plant cells, and faced me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The cross-eyed evangelist turned a full circle and faced the woman. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Clancy released my hand and reached back to turn his laptop so it faced us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For the first time he faced the fact that his hand was crippled. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sergeant Michael Rafferty was guarding Checkpoint Charlie, the precise spot where US and Soviet tanks had faced off three decades earlier when the Wall first went up. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She set her gold wedding ring firmly, pulled the gloves back on, and faced the front. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Put on a tuxedo and dance the waltz with some pimply faced girl whose major goal in life is to master the bass trombone? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He faced the water and planted his foot, so he looked like some explorer who’d just claimed a new country. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Will took the knife and faced the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z During this little exchange, Teddy had faced around and resumed looking out of the porthole. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They faced north, gaping like statues cast in the moment of discovery, until Turtle Wexler, her kite tail of a braid flying behind her, raced her bicycle into the driveway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he realized that he faced the same problem with water, fresh water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Indonesians, with their long history of exposure to malaria and other tropical diseases shared with New Guineans, have not faced as potent a germ barrier as have Europeans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When she got near this nest, she stopped and faced the owl, who had turned from the light of the doorway and was peering at her with his great yellow eyes. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch faced her and held her at arm’s length. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He stood in a pool of shadow by a bookcase, plump, pale- faced, round-shouldered, clutching a crossbow in soft powdered hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the ground had changed into a tiny patch-work quilt that she withdrew her nose, and faced her mother again. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The wolf faced away from me, pointing toward the shore, the hair on the back of his shoulders bristling, low growls issuing from between his exposed fangs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z With almost seventeen years of baffled living behind me, I faced the world in 1925. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The armies drew back on either side and in the space between, Paris and Menelaus faced each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We had never received state support for our work, and without the federal dollars we faced serious financial challenges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Let me up,” he said, then stood and faced the army of serpents. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z As I headed for my seat, I looked out the window, which faced the courtyard. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The troll faced a dilemma—which female to eat first. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She walked a few paces away and faced the booth, one hand on her hip and one stroking her chin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He stood up, drawing Sting from its sheath, and faced the eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I turned and faced him, looking him in his eye. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We faced not only logistical problems but philosophical ones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At every turn, we were faced with more taunts and blows. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "I can make some soup for ye," the old innkeeper says, as if it were the greatest hardship he's ever faced. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He turned his body so that he faced me squarely. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m back in front of my laptop, faced with a greater challenge: the inscription for my headstone in no more than eight words. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Whenever they ventured outdoors they faced the possibility of being captured by the Gestapo. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Prisoners of war faced instant execution the second they were freed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s friendship with Neylan desensitized him to the moral quandary faced by members of the Rad Lab, especially its European-born scientists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I faced down danger today, maybe even death. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t need weapons because he is one, particularly when faced with a slave who barely comes up to his shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This side faced the wall of the canyon a little more, and the gray stone grabbed his attention before he could look down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then he turned his head slowly and faced Milkman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Two young men faced each other in the ring, both barefoot and shirtless. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Mark faced the gap between the two boards of the window. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She faced the mountains, bathed in sun syrup, her face as still and peaceful as I’ve ever seen a face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He had been sitting on his bed, leaning back against the headboard, but now he straightened, faced me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I realized just how similar were the challenges the young boys here and kids like the ones I grew up with faced. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I’ve faced armed detectives and gangsters less hostile than she was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In a large room adjacent to the main bar, the pilots of 367 and the pilots of 234 faced each other from opposite sides of the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony nodded and faced away, as though grappling with tragedy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I rolled over and faced the wall, my eyes swollen and my head heavy and aching. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The dismal name came from the bleak opportunities workers faced in the region, where iron, coal, and steel companies had busted unions for two decades. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She had heard that Japanese houses were usually built north-south, but the houses in this little village faced every which way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The damage proved great because the homes in my neighborhood sat side by side or faced each other and had simple wooden foundations. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We faced each other, and the sad lines of his face told me that he knew I understood and he was sorry that our time together had come to an end. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Eventually, she discovered she was in less danger of capsizing if the prow faced into the waves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who’d fought and won were dicing in a comer, laughing as only men who have just faced death and lived can laugh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So he faced his father, and kept his head held high as he said, “Perrington wishes to use Nehemia as some sort of hostage in order to make the Eyllwe rebels obey.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z My father went in, turned, and faced me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Confronted by a situation which they had never faced before, and having no memories from which to find either solace or wisdom, they would not know what to do and would seek his advice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He remembered when he had become an Eight, as Lily would do shortly, and had been faced with that freedom of choice. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Just as it had before he faced the Horntail, time was slipping away as though somebody had bewitched the clocks to go extrafast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A truck rumbled past them, and when Luke took Annie’s shoulders, she turned and faced him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They wore bright red uniforms that were the color of blood, and it was obvious just by the physical look of them that Permian hadn’t faced a team like this all year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All the entrances faced west, and each door consisted of a wooden panel hung on ox-hide loops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was standing in a dimly lit room, and a semicircle of wizards faced him, and on the floor at his feet knelt a small, quaking figure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z If I had stayed until June 2000 I would have faced the Blue Haven’s summer rent of $390 a week, which would of course have been out of the question. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Na Bramie was only a block or so from my little room, but my windows faced the other way. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the semifinal round, we faced the formidable Russian team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She saw carved stone pavilions, manses of woven grass as large as castles, rickety wooden towers, stepped pyramids faced with marble, log halls open to the sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Harry put Hagrid’s pouch back around his neck, pulled on a final sweater, stooped to pick up Hermione’s wand, and faced Ron again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She turned the book so the cover faced me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On our way out, we walk through the dank room in which I faced my fear landscape. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a low-slung steel car with two hard metal benches inside that faced each other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But faced with his opponent, his feelings about the challenge have suddenly changed, replaced by nerves and confusion. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They faced a pit of hungry reporters, all desperate for any scrap of new information. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The FBI was learning, but it still had only the faintest idea of the enemy it faced on American soil. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Though leaves and branches still flew through the night air around them, silence fell on the spot where he and Snape faced each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Just hope he’s still fine after he’s faced this lot,” said Charlie grimly, looking out over the dragons’ enclosure. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They faced the morning sun and began their pujas, reciting their prayers and making their offerings of flowers or grain. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The enormous room on the ground floor faced towards the north. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Two doors faced each other at the end of a dim hallway on the second floor of the Bochinche. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It faced an elevated train that passed so close she always felt that she might spit in the faces of the flying, staring people. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But this was the first time they were faced with leaving someone who still seemed so alive. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The new president faced a daunting task in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I faced a wall in the woman’s mind, a wall that she did not know was there. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the spectacularly bad start meant that the two-length handicap he faced by virtue of his lane assignment was even greater now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Comparing my tiny challenge with what he must have faced made me feel more confident. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The office had a large plate glass window that faced the pumps and the street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Next he moved through the hidden passageways to the ring of clocks around the train platforms, and then to the backs of the smaller clocks that faced the interior offices, including the Station Inspector’s. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The Corporal shifted slowly and gazed stony faced down the road. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z And Bodega finally faced me and looked in my eyes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Captain Orlov took two long steps away from my father, then turned and faced him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time, I would be handed the same set of note cards to read, be faced with the same expressions of hope and deep grief from the crowd. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And other immediate problems which Malcolm X faced included finances. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Jackson— a former West Computer!—had faced down the brilliant John Becker and won. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Whatever they faced, he’d have the upper hand as long as they were at sea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Billy and I faced each other in silence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He bowed and faced the wall until she had washed in the chipped basin, dried herself on the thin towel, and undressed and got into bed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The shiny people faced him, sprouting twin smiles. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Lightheaded and immensely heavy all at once, Celaena faced the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Doom hung over them, but they faced it silently. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When she looked sideways at me with her secret smile, the tilt of her head, the way she almost faced me made me think she must be hoping for me to do ... something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The doomed prince of Denmark is a dude faced with an impossible choice. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In fact, he had actually faced down a momentarily crazy man who intended to kill him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid he might push me away, but he faced front again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The handcuffs were in full view, but Robbie did not appear ashamed or even aware of them as he faced Cecilia and listened gravely to what she was saying. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I sighed, thinking that my fire escape faced the street and yet no one spotted her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Alex felt his ears go red as he sat down and faced forward. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips and faced Uncle George, and everybody shouted. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Was this the danger she faced if she couldn’t pay? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z They were just lucky enough to have no idea of the reality I faced. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She stood in front of the house, turned both photos of Elsie so they faced me, and held them to her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead, she was faced with an odd stranger and a pigeon whose sanity was slowly unraveling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hattie and Olive were with her in the rear parlor that faced the garden. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And grandmother and granddaughter faced one another with thin, brittle smiles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Or Aunt Cilla’s big white house that faced over the water, the one she had dreamed about. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They faced each other on the mountain path. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I—I’ve faced down worse things than you. If you want a fight—” “Frank, don’t.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Farther on, two spearmen faced each other across a little trickle of a stream, practicing their thrust-and-parry in the fading light, their chests bare and slick with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Architect, utility worker, maid: heart attack is the great leveler, and in those first fearful moments, three New Yorkers with little in common faced a single common threat. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And today the white man is faced head on with what is happening on the Black Continent, Africa. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When the second bell rang, everyone got quiet and the teacher turned around and faced us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The Baratheon brothers would drown each other in blood while her son faced the Lannisters alone, and nothing she could say or do would stop it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I imagined what José Martí must have done when faced with such a challenge. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But before I could find my way into the fold of girls my age who hung out at the Parkway, I faced a test. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He turned and faced Alby, still propped against the stone wall, now only a mound of shadow in the darkness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z All across Yazd, people faced the qibla to pray, a titanic multicellular entity focused on the same moment in space-time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Blacks who tried to register faced threats, harassment and loss of their jobs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They faced outward around the ring, their rumps to the center where all the squealing pigs were gathered. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Weight lifting was also popular, and when I was new at Sing Sing, it was intimidating to be faced with the huge, muscle-bound inmates who took it seriously. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hurdle we faced within the black community, too. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The earthen wall of the fortification that faced the river was bare and ugly, and the houses beyond were no more than plain wooden boxes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Although Mole was happy to be away from people and bedded down in his own home, he was faced with a problem. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The doors faced out on a barren, floodlit terrace—black cinder, privet in concrete urns, a statue artfully broken in white pieces on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I stopped and sat on the wall, and faced the pagoda and appreciated its bizarre, out-of-place beauty. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He faced the Champions’ training room, and even though training was supposed to be over by now, there— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In Jackson Park Burnham faced repeated interruptions stemming from his de facto role as ambassador to the outside world, charged with cultivating goodwill and future attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He faced me and I saw his eyes, the look I had once mistaken for kindness and protection. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In particular, the Louisiana clients serving life without parole for non-homicides faced many challenges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The Sibyl, however, bade him have no fear, but fasten boldly the golden bough on the wall that faced the crossroads. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about the young African women I’d met at the leadership forum, all of them now headed back to their own communities to pick up their work again, persevering through whatever tumult they faced. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He thought about his last climb, two weeks ago, when Hazel and he had faced the bandit Sciron on the cliffs of Croatia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was full of light, for the wide windows faced south, and the walls were covered in a delicate gold-and-white striped wallpaper. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘Jason . . . you’re a fighter. You’d never give up. When you faced your mother’s spirit - that was you being strong. Not me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The posture was the same as that day she faced Pong at the cliff’s edge, but this was a very different girl. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Chatham nodded, walked to the jury seats, and faced them, looking at each juror one at a time. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Sunlight poured through the three wide windows that faced the street and spread gold across the gray rug, the French-style sofa, chairs and end tables, the polished, glass-topped coffee table, and along the white walls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I laid my hands on the glass and we faced off across the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Frisby looked again at the sun and saw that she faced an unpleasant choice. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z When you got out on the fifth floor you faced a flat cream-colored wall broken only by a metal security door with the company logo in plain block lettering. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The realization that she and the children were not faced immediately with starvation brought a brave smile to her face and marked the turning point in her distress. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Those who were spared death by disease faced death by famine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A picture window faced the street, where other houses—identical except for their color—sat in a line like chastised children. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Once he faced me, I gave him a stiff jab right to the nose. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Guilt mingled with my despair as I thought of how I had fled into the dark while he faced Claudius’s guard, protecting me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There was no point moping around when you faced imminent death. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He was more powerful and more seductive than any human she would ever know, but faced with her, he would do her bidding. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This palm trunk lay parallel to the beach, so that when Ralph sat he faced the island but to the boys was a darkish figure against the shimmer of the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His wheelchair faced the back of the cage, so he could not look out into the room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She faced the voice and found a stocky, balding man standing beneath the mezzanine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I looked into their smoke-washed faces; not since the beginning had I faced such serious doubts. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer had made an important connection between the past research in the attention/distraction field and the challenges faced by multitasking drivers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The task that faced me was to push it down the rocky shore and into the water, a distance four or five times its length. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted the letter never to have arrived, but there it was, and it had to be faced. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The New York Times said: G. M. Pennington faced a daunting task in tying together the dozens of disparate threads in the Bloodfall series to bring things to a satisfying conclusion. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I faced him once last year, and I also watched him throw an inning a couple of weeks ago before our games against the Fury. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z From the outside, no one could tell what passed between them, just like when she and Blake faced each other the day of the doghouse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He dropped his hand, and faced away from us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He describes why the Central American migrants felt forced to leave their lands and tells of the dangers and problems they faced along the way. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z John Mayer tackled orbital mechanics, Al Hamer lectured on rocket propulsion, and Alton Mayo handled reentry, the problems faced by an object returning to Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He had worked and waited a long hot month, and now, standing up, he turned at last and faced the direction from which he had come. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote all that on the chalkboard and then turned around and faced us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The inmate, once “written up,” faced three or four days of constant confinement until his hearing, and then possibly weeks or months more if the Adjustment Committee agreed that he was guilty. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He always got nauseous whenever he faced backward in a car. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The hardest test I ever faced in my life was praying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman knew this too, and she faced each day with the smile of one who realizes that she is worthy of her brave husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Its two high narrow windows faced on the exciting street. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The door swung open and she faced me, still in her underwear, a brush in each hand and hands on her hips. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I also wanted to examine the shamblers in the daylight after speaking with Mr. Gideon, to see if there was anything different about them than the ones we'd faced back east. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When he faced our section, I saw he was wearing dark round sunglasses like the ones John Lennon wore. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z After a few seconds he faced Mark again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Emerging from the tunneled cleft in the cliff wall, Claire was once again faced with the sheer drop of it, the certain death if she were to fall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dear Dean O’Neill, It occurs to me that the people who will be reading this letter are faced with a difficult decision concerning my admission to the University of Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After a minute, he stopped walking, faced us, and, newly energized, exclaimed that this incident — the assegai striking the wire — symbolized the clash between the culture of Africa and that of Europe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The first question you faced when getting on was where to sit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I think, reader, that she was feeling the same thing that Despereaux had felt when he was faced with his father begging him for forgiveness. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Although they said they understood, they were clearly anguished about getting legal assistance while other men faced looming executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Well, when I reached the sea cave and the ship, I faced each man, and had it out; but where could any remedy be found? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he faced a long trudge back to the bungalow for a change of clothes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The brain’s sentence parser starts to thrash when faced with the successive leaves at the beginning, and it crashes altogether when it gets to the pile of alones at the end. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The music director faced the singers, frozen with his arms still raised. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet my eye could not decipher those vendors: they wrapped their heads in bright-colored cloths as cheerful as a party, but faced the world with permanent vile frowns. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he rose and faced the congregation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Dacus walked into the cell block and faced Junior Palmer nose to nose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The row of beds that mine was in faced the windows and another row, under the windows, faced the wall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Or were they faced with the dilemma that by arresting us — which is what they would have normally done — they would be doing the very thing we wanted? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One might expect a presence to rival the Godslayer’s—a dark counterpart to his light, as two quell kings faced off across a game board. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I glanced through the glassless window to see a heavyset, round- faced, tough-looking young man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As if they were a part of the decor, punished children faced each corner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag—it looked hand-painted—and at last my eyes fell into hers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When an item is modified by a relative clause, and its role inside the clause is the object of the verb, the reader is faced with a long span between the filler and the gap. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Tamika faced me, her bright white flower tucked behind her ear. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Every challenge I’ve faced, it's been What would Martin do? and I could never come up with a real answer. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Yet in his nightmare he faced it again . . . and this time the burning corpse wore Lord Eddard's features. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So I was not faced with the prospect of absorbing chemistry until I went to Copenhagen to do my postdoctoral research with the biochemist Herman Kalckar. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z During that long terrible night Odysseus faced the awful thing that had happened and would happen to every one of them if he could not think out some way of escape. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He needed to get through the mission and off this island before he faced the Whisperer again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Booth faced the difficult choice of what to do next. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He faced me, and shifting around on his feet, he said, “I want you to know that I—” He stopped and looked up into the tree- tops. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As it was the mother had stood and faced him and made a sound, a low sound in her throat to threaten and warn him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Some antisuffrage newspapers actually warned that many women, when faced with making a voting decision, would actually faint in the voting booth. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z These were the same women I’d inevitably see at the next competition—women from Russia and China, Tunisia and Hungary—so I would be ready when I faced them on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Compared with the challenges that faced Booth and Powell, Atzerodt had the easiest job of all. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “That girl I told you about, the pinch- faced one? Amanda? Well, her brother drowned last year. He was only five years old, the same age as Sweetie Pie Thomas.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z But the difficulties that linguists have in agreeing on groupings of Native American languages reflect the difficulties that complex Native American societies themselves faced in expanding within the New World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll go there first tomorrow,” he said to himself as he faced the foothills. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of all the horrors Grandpa Portman had faced in his life, and felt my resolve harden. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In response, Bear shoved me behind him so he faced the steward. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us—to haunt our thoughts long after we’ve faced them. He would be delighted to know you’re still fretting over whatever nonsense he said.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nick’s mom and dad sat on the couch, and Nick sat on the rocking chair that faced Mrs. Chatham across the low coffee table. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sad nod, Dr. Han faced the crowd again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Whirling away from the one he had crippled, Rontu faced him, but not in time to fend off the first heavy rush. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Any incipient farmers in Aboriginal Australia would have faced similar cycles in their own populations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One scientist in particular, David Strayer, played a pioneering role, though he faced great opposition when he first started his work. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And a vicious fate it was to be: now he was faced with the perversion of having to GO TO WORK. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m grateful for your warning,” Bear said, stony faced. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z If the head faced the right direction, the legs dangled over the table. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Each time, faced with this impossible choice, she came to the same conclusion. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Butlers never hesitate, not even when they are faced with the most impossible problems. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And I sat in the seat and faced what I had concealed from myself. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z African American women faced an even tougher road to equality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z All of these questions ran through my mind at the thought of the story and of all the traumatizing things that women faced. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Most liars are tripped up either because they forget what they have told or because the lie is suddenly faced with an incontrovertible truth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the problems he faced in composing the three-dimensional space of his work were not so very different from those later confronted by Mondrian. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For Lancelot, suddenly faced with the unlucky Elaine’s unfounded conviction that he was going to stay with her for ever, had faltered in telling her the truth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Making sure Mr. Quisling still faced the board, James held the book out to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “What happened to your arm, then?” asked Gen, no longer ashen faced. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Last winter, when we’d faced Luke and the Titan Adas on the top of Mount Tamalpais, the air had smelled just like that. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It faced southwards, and near the bottom it leaned out a little, so that they hoped it would give them some protection from the northerly wind and from the falling stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Hickock's cell had no window; he faced a wide corridor and the facades of other cells. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z As the date for the examination drew near, I was faced with another problem. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The backs of the two houses faced each other and Lina and Theodora were still close enough to visit nearly every day. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It faced in the direction of Bellevue, the sanitarium where Mary Todd Lincoln was forced to stay for a while in the 1870s. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The man who faced the wall muttered a string of curses that echoed against the stones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Both J.T. and Digger stood up and faced her as she spoke. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She wants to feel victorious, like she faced that freaking tunnel and won. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He seems to have recognized by noon that he was faced by a new kind of warfare, which required a new defence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Crooks stood up from his bunk and faced her. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not whisper, though he did not speak overloud; the dark room which he faced repeated his voice with hollow profundity, as an unfurnished room will. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z For all the years of wondering, being faced with her opponent is not what she had expected. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For decades, Chinese immigrants and people of Chinese descent had faced severe discrimination, so few worked in federal jobs or moved in government circles. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z His men used their oars to push free of the barge, while others turned the galley so her prow faced the onrushing White Hart. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His head faced over his shoulder, so that when he bent in the middle his toes were moving toward his ear instead of toward his forehead. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never thought I’d be stood here faced with a choice I can’t make, because I never...I never imagined you would love me back.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They faced outward, so she never saw their faces> but she liked to pretend that one of them was Jeffrey's. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He did not know these Volantenes, yet it seemed to him that elephants and tigers might have good reason to make common cause when faced with dragons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the table, Minya and Feral were faced off across the quell board, deep in a game. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His room faced south, with a wall-sized window like the great room below. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Hermit was looking out of the only window, which faced north. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z "When things get rough it kind of helps to know you got support —" His voice broke off and he seemed to stare down at me, although he faced me at eye level acrosis the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And the owners of them, sullen faced, unrepentant, pushed by the Eyes against the walls of their bedrooms, while the sorrowful voice of the announcer tells us voice-over about their perfidy and ungratefulness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was given the opportunity to study law in England, he faced the same problem as the indentured sugar workers: He would lose caste if he crossed the black water. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She faced him fearlessly and he spoke to her as persuasively as his eloquent tongue could. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Like her fellow West Virginian John Henry, the steel-driving man who faced off against the steam hammer, Katherine Johnson would soon be asked to match her wits against the prowess of the electronic computer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She took her place at the front of the room and faced me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “No,” Rick said, once again closing the panel covering of his electric sheep; he straightened up, turned, and faced his neighbor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He faced Arnold and held out his hand. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z And why should she care — a rude, freckle faced sailor who took more notice of a strip of canvas than of a brocaded gown? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I go to a window that overlooks the street, and when I peek through the blinds, I’m not faced with Peacekeepers but with a bundled crowd of people going about their business. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The two knights faced each other from opposite ends of the little glade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She faced away from the big mirror and held a hand mirror so she could see her back. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z He remembered only the cross: he had turned again to kneel at the altar, and had faced the golden cross. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But the more mundane truth is that they never faced and therefore never fully resolved all their political differences; they simply outlived them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z His thoughts were interrupted by the blaze of light and activity down by the boathouse that faced the canal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He twists in his chair and stares at me, his eyes wild and wide, like prey faced with a predator. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In the past four days, I faced four fears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Joe faced away from her, knowing she spoke the truth, and hating her guts for being right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As she took off the mask, she turned sideways and placed it carefully upon a small table near by, and when she turned round again and faced us, I very nearly screamed out loud. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Nearly all parents are faced with the problem sooner or later, and then the child is lucky if the parent remembers his own childhood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Several people in the crowd gasped as he spun on his heel and faced Ekon with a snarl. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It faced northeast, which meant that it wouldn’t be too hot from direct sun but would be lit by a few rays of sunshine early in the morning when he started work. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had faced a lot of bad monsters over the years, but she hated empousai more than most. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He faced a little man, who cautioned him to silence while again they waited for the sentry to come and to go. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I try to remember the night I faced Metias—the moment when he had his gun pointed at me and I had my knife pointed at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The driver stood up and faced the passengers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The president recognized the mortal danger federal employees faced and urged department heads to move their offices from Philadelphia to Germantown, some five miles away. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A solid block of redcoats faced out, presenting their muskets at the market people and inhabitants. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The high narrow kitchen faced on the yard which was a flagstone walk surrounding a square of cementlike sour earth out of which nothing could possibly grow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Just hugged and locked arms with us as we turned around and faced the crowd, still chanting, “Spring-field P-D, we don’t want brutality!” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The whispers and mumbles from the gathered scythes ceased the moment both Citra and Rowan faced them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I stepped into the witness stand, released my nervous breath and faced the court. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The passageway was narrow, but I easily made my way until I faced a rough stone wall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When she was ready, she faced him, but she didn’t like to stab at him because he looked so peaceable. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The evil aura radiating from Tantalus was as strong as any monster I’d ever faced. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z As he made casual conversation at the breakfast table, Herold appeared unaware of the danger he faced. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They faced the direction from which it came. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Veiny tree roots closed around it protectively, as if saving it from the destruction their brothers and sisters had faced. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It charged into the middle of the clearing, and then it turned, and lowered its head, and faced its pursuer—which bounded into the clearing with a growl that made Tristran's flesh prickle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I faced the east, took a pinch of pollen from my pouch, and placed it on my tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I slipped into bed and faced the wall, but I could feel that fan. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Father faced her and put both hands on her shoulders. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Stone, who had had reservations about getting married in the first place, now faced the public humiliation of dealing with an unfaithful husband. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then Wednesday turned around and faced the street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Every time I step out of my front door, I’m faced with the risk of being shot. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Wynn stood next to me and said, “Well, I guess it’s time we faced the music.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Fyrian peered down into the top of the chimney and faced an angry mother hawk sitting on her frightened nestlings. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Standing in her bare feet, she turned away from the mirror and faced a door leading into Level 2. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled quickly around in my chair, away from the desk, and faced him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Hueper believes that our situation with regard to cancer today is very similar to that which faced mankind with regard to infectious diseases in the closing years of the 19th century. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The dismissed men, Burnham knew, faced homelessness and poverty; their families confronted the real prospect of starvation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Now they were faced with the realization of separation, and in the appalled silence that followed the decision Longridge watched Elizabeth’s face screw up in the prelude to tears. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The white woman stopped, turned around, her hand on the doorknob, and faced my mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We clambered down to the transports, and with mouths set and oars in our hands, we faced the docks and the enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But that did not mean Toussaint had won—he still faced two more powerful foes. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Lot, with King Morganore’s division, faced about in order to hold King Ban upon his wing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And in Ged's heart a cold shame settled also and would not be dislodged, as he thought always how he had faced his enemy and been defeated and had run. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The boys faced the store window, watched as a bunch of strange-looking people stampeded by. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z On one side of the door, two windows faced the street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I faced all my other Lego kits—all neat and tidy on my shelves—and decided to do the same. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Each day she faced us with a clean slate and acted as if ours were clean as well. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the two faced each other Pirithoüs, impulsive as always, suddenly forgot everything in his admiration of the other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z From the earliest days of colonial settlement and black slavery, African Americans have faced violence and setbacks even as progress has been made. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Knowledge of a law student’s test scores is of little help if you are faced with a classroom of clever law students. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She threw open the flap and glared at the shame' faced dragon climbing out. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Mom took a step to her right and faced Gary. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I drew them vivid pictures of Alexandra, of black life, of the hardships I faced not only as a tennis player and a student, but also as a young man growing up in the ghetto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, he faced the same barriers of racial prejudice that confronted all African American artists of the time. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z She was the last person Arcadio thought about a few years later when he faced the firing squad. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Joe noted the scant dozen of shame faced houses scattered in the sand and palmetto roots and said, “God, they call this a town? Why, ’tain’t nothing but a raw place in de woods.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She faced the stove, never needing to actually see them to know they were breaking some rule or another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The empty chairs faced each other between the silent walls, and the music played. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I am now faced with the unbearable truth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I faced each day with a mix of dread, tears, and disappointment. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then as if a puppet master had rotated their heads at exactly the same moment, they faced each other and both started talking at once. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Jethro did not actually visualize the grim possibilities that faced him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the couch, Tamika faced a stack of papers alongside a tower of envelopes on the living room table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Moss faced forward again and wanted to expire at the sight that was before the car. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The pattern of her skirt turned abruptly as she faced the front. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Father and Mum Olga faced an alcove in which stood High Chancellor Thomas, who had begun to marry them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She was still pink in the face, but stood up and faced Ron defiantly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Her mother, when Aunty Uju came back, stayed in Dolphin Estate for a while, bathing and feeding the gurgling, smooth-skinned baby, but she faced The General with a cold officiousness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The village of Ch’ulp’o faced the sea, its back to the mountains and the river edging it like a neat seam. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Once dressed, I faced the rather dead mouse and wrinkled my nose. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he faced years—maybe the rest of his life—in prison. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This class faced away from the projects, out toward where I lived. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The Senate made it clear that if he did not move boldly against the Red menace, he faced the possibility of being removed from office. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Their officers barked commands with urgency, the men marched grim faced, swords flapping against their legs, rifles bouncing on their shoulders. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Had Indonesia faced the tropical rain forests and savannas of northeastern Australia, the Macassans could have settled, but there is no evidence that they ever traveled that far. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The field, including two major stakes winners, was the most formidable Seabiscuit had ever faced. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite my youthful joys and sense of safety, the trials my parents faced were unrelenting. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Will walked carefully around to the entrance, which faced the lake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They faced each other hopelessly, and then Powell said cautiously, “Suppose we interview one of the subsidiaries.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Instead, I'm faced with a slave-girl looking up at me through impossibly long eyelashes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He still has far to go, but he has faced the beast eight times now, and he has lived through it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The problems and pressures faced by historic societies are very different from those that confronted peoples in the Paleolithic or Neolithic eras. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z About Blake and the doghouse and how she had faced him down with a hatchet. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z My hopes for a blissful two-week respite from Central High over Christmas vacation had been dashed by the dilemma we all faced because of Minnijean’s suspension. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweat snaked down his forehead as it finally clicked in his mind, and both panic and joy erupted within him as he turned and faced down one of the hallways. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Van Eck was leading him to a boathouse that faced the canal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At break, as the only mixed kid out of a thousand, I faced the same predicament I had on the playground at H. A. Jack: Where was I supposed to go? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Each day he faced was another dangerous mission against mortality. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It even pushed into southern Alabama and Georgia, and soon the livestock industry of the southeastern states was faced with annual losses running to $20,000,000. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We will see how high and mighty he is when he's faced with life and death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Will faced the man directly and saw him clearly for the first time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Why are African-American children faced with this dilemma at such an early age? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She straightened and faced him, her cheeks and eyes wet with tears and her lips tight with anger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Zooey looked back at her steadily, then smiled and faced around to examine his beard in the mirror. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Rudy faced me as if he were finally seeing the root of the problem. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I turned and faced him; he was smiling at me in a remote, superior sort of way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I faced his anger deprecatingly and said, “Of course I do.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When Mack came in she whirled her pivot chair about and faced him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He faced what he knew to be the center of Forest, the place where Matty and Kira were trapped, and he willed himself to look beyond. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Until then, we had to be ready to fight all the little battles we faced daily to stay alive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On the ballot in November 1867, the men in Kansas faced two referendums, one that deleted the word “white” from the description of voters and a second that deleted the word “male.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The watch dogs, when they caught sight of Odysseus, faced him, a snarling troop, and pelted out viciously after him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She faced them and spoke sarcastically, “Surely you know the fundamental First Law of Robotics.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The only source of light and air was a hole in the wall that faced the street. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon’s mouth in days gone by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The toughest audience he ever faced was waiting for him across the Atlantic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was hard to see many opportunities when faced with floor-to-ceiling pink cabinets and drawers teeming with the stuff of nightmares. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Now she just faced the world with one eye, a long red slash from her right cheekbone to the middle of her forehead over the other. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Perhaps 1 likened myself to Kurtz in Heart of Darkness when, far from the trading company offices in Europe, he was faced with the ultimate horror. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her own were grim enough, and she wasn’t faced with the notion of burning people alive. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I got the west bedroom that faced out over the front yard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He was a battle veteran, a demigod who’d faced death countless times. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He finally gave up yelling and came stomping back across the grass, red faced, like he was about to have a heart attack. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the door and we faced each other, I faced myself, “Are you the renter?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The first thing I noticed was that the windows faced the mountains so I’d always be looking up and not down. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked just the way she had when she’d faced the Sphinx—like she wasn’t going to accept an easy answer, even if it got her in serious trouble. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ginny glanced around, grinning, winked at Harry, then quickly faced the front again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Instead, he turned around and deliberately faced a sheet of what had once been snow-white beaverboard that was nailed uncompromisingly to the back of the door. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z How much privilege I enjoyed despite the obstacles I faced as a woman. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Valley’s eyes were narrowed, and she faced not just the town but the Hill, Seven realized. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A Victorian terrace of bright red brick faced right onto the pavement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She told him of her old life and he held her, then turned her around so they faced each other. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Daoud faced me, and for the first time, I saw the pain in his eyes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She stood and faced us and gave not an ounce of herself to the jubilation across the gym. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He put his shirt down and faced me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Had death come creeping on him from behind, or faced him like a man? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He had spent the last four nights at his cousin’s place, not moved to flee by the great risk of capture he faced. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The young rabbi turned and faced his team. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Just on this one day, he had faced a bee and a mad mother, and here he was, alive and healthy as ever. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I had read widely in revolutionary literature, had observed many Communists, white and black, and had learned to know the daily hazards they faced and the sacrifices they made. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood up and faced him, my gun leveled at his chest. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It faced out, rather than in, and the spears of sharpened wood were like a fence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and got ready to yell at him to get a clue already, but when I faced him, he was holding Marcus’s letter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z His dreams ended as he faced that ashen, foamy, dirty sea, which had not merited the risks and sacrifices of the adventure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Again, you’re a general faced with a decision between two escape routes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Daito nudged his younger brother, and they both faced me and bowed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now, faced with the reality of him, and of the silver ring on his finger, she was frightened of becoming used to him, of drowning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He faced Gus, his eyes red with anger and fear, his fists clenched and held stiffly to his sides. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted him to get mad—to argue, to insist I was wrong—but instead he sat poker faced, drumming the arm of his chair with his pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Over the entrance, an American flag and a Nazi flag faced each other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The next day I faced the full impact of the sign. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When he had driven the rats off, he faced Cluny boldly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His white skin had saved him from much of the trouble I had faced, but still, he couldn’t have had an easy time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z In the end, the community schools withered away and parents, faced with a choice between inferior education and no education at all, chose the former. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bike slid round so the back faced front, clipped the Boer War Memorial, and Ross Wilcox got cartwheeled over the crossroads. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Though Ellsberg had turned himself in and faced criminal charges, that wasn’t enough for Nixon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a crime of opportunity, and that one act had cast a shadow over Citra that she hadn’t even realized until she faced the girl today. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Thomas pushed Chuck behind him and faced the creature, holding out his spear as if that would ward it off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Still, White faced the same problem with the investigation of Mollie Burkhart’s murdered family that he did with his inquiry into Roan’s death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I was thinking maybe if we faced Mr. Curtain and his Whisperer together, we could figure out what to do.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z |
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