Maybe it was the fact that on the mornings we entered campus together, I gawked at her like she was a movie star gracefully making her way down the red carpet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the fact that he was now hiding behind his little brother. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew that the action that he had called for was in fact a noble one; he believed that Africans should help their Indian brothers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I learned that “Shorty, can I see your bike?” was never a sincere question, and “Yo, you was messing with my cousin” was neither an earnest accusation nor a misunderstanding of the facts. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In fact there wasn’t anyone coming at all, except a bunch of kids and they certainly didn’t look like Mommy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, this is the second letter this week, so I’m doing even better than I said. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the first thing he’d thought when he heard the news about his daughter was what price the driver’s insurance company would pay. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the body was nothing but a banana stem wrapped up in leaves, and the tears that Snail wept were not real tears. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He discovers a technique of apparent learning, of the acquiring of facts rather than of the handling and use of facts. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But far worse than this was the fact that she was still in her clothes, for she had firmly refused the offer of Mae’s spare nightgown, with its seeming miles of faded cotton flannel. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the fact that he made it home alive made her happy but also worried her because she knew, or at least she thought she knew, what he had done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I knew for a fact that Mr. Kite, the main man at Kalbro, lived in the choicest house on the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, Matt’s heart was pounding and he was afraid to move. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And judging by the fact that there were no men sitting next to her in the pew, her dad wasn’t around either. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fact that there wasn’t any money in it didn’t signify one way or the other. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, she constantly lost her train of thought and forgot new facts as fast as she remembered them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I called the admissions office to ask if the school would still look at a lad’s application three months after the deadline had passed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a situation like this, in fact, that could cost him his job. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because seeing my father as he had been in his final moments, over and over again when I least expected it, was better than accepting the fact that I would never see him again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Normally she would get animated and start spilling any random facts that she knows about Malala. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Lou Volpe was, as well, gay, which he knew on the day he was married and, in fact, sensed long before he could give what he was feeling a name. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Sorry. I didn't mean to. I was just trying to give you the facts." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

So her job is to convince you that a $300,000 offer is in fact a very good offer, even a generous one, and that only a fool would refuse it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

All the facts on which you base protocols must be reasonably hard facts with unambiguous meaning. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They appreciated the fact that I usually got the answers right, but. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The journey was uncomfortable, owing to the fact that they were jammed in the back of the taxis with their trunks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For my mother’s part, the fact that this man didn’t particularly want a family with her, was prevented by law from having a family with her, was part of the attraction. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was pretty sure it cracked a rib. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Though he was generally polite and considerate of colleagues who did not realize the real meaning of their latest experiments, he would never hide this fact from them. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, S.Q. had asked this question before, more than once, but had forgotten. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I liked Mrs. Dawson, despite the fact that I often made her cross. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Rev. Brown had married them all after the fact, so this was nothing new to him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The campaign was hampered by the fact that we did not have any full-time organizers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will be swayed, if not by my logic, then by the sheer fact that already the disastrous effects of her exile can be seen: Shadowshapers slip away daily. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Of special concern was the fact that the buildings would be sited adjacent to newly dug canals and lagoons. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t mind at all and was, in fact, delighted that he was learning some Russian. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There would come a day, in fact, years later, when Laila would no longer bewail his loss. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone in my family, in fact, knew I cried a lot; it was usually because I was known as a bit of a drama queen around the house. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He would forever be part of a statistic, a fact read aloud to shock others, a part of a fractured history. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But at least the Defenders I can deal with because I know, for a fact, I can run. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Amid the fog of rumor, a few facts had begun to emerge clearly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did surprise him was the fact that the man had managed to get so close to him in the first place. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Not only are the consequences far-reaching, but because of their variety and the fact that they may not immediately appear they may not be attributed to their true cause. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I have not, as a matter of fact, though I must say it rather amused me to remember that exasperating housemaid - who in the end turned out to be one of our most devoted. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of a fact from Jenna’s presentation—that a mother dolphin does not stop swimming for the first several weeks of her newborn’s life. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Ralph put his head down on his forearms and accepted this new fact like a wound. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Part of me wonders which one of them put it there, but now I can’t ignore the fact that every time she opens that drawer, she sees his face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In fact, the source of the Nile was not found for another 2,000 yea In May, Caesar left Egypt for Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, the presence of a crack house was not so stunning alongside what I had seen during a day on another plum job, construction. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was no apparent emotion at all. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, we never even stopped hearing the echo of her heels, and the rhythmic thudding of Tommy’s bag against his leg seemed to be a kind of answer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea what the facts were, other than that two men had died. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But in fact I was still quite new, a fact driven home to me one day as I was seating inmates in the mess hall. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact that he was dead right silenced her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, he tried to smile, but still it was rather like a lecture. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Although they defined “group rights” as a way of protecting the freedom of minorities in a new South Africa, in fact their proposal was a means of preserving white domination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes weren’t as ratty as the other competitors’; the mere fact that she’d actually heard his name implied he must have been a good thief in Perranth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, I had been wondering for some time if we should not discontinue these meetings, given how they prolong our already very busy days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I can make up for the fact that you can’t have babies?” he said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If they found that they were, in fact, as compatible as their parents predicted? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The registrar, when presented with Mrs. Richardson’s credentials and told she was verifying some facts for a story, proved to be extremely helpful. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The pictorial space, with its indeterminate depth, becomes continuous with ours, despite the fact that the frame cuts off the figure. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, all the lions seemed to be grinning at him as if he were a secret joke they were watching. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The scientific network is another term for that sociological reality: Pascal announced his discoveries to Mersenne’s network, and persuaded them that his facts were right by getting them to repeat his experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Charon wants a pay raise,” I blurted, just remembering the fact. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But juries, judging facts, found Redcoats not guilty of murder. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying not to dwell too much on that fact. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the fact that Simon spent hundreds of dollars on application fees alone, even though he’s dead set on NYU. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t change the fact that it is Gale’s voice, and somewhere, sometime, someone has made him sound like this. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And of course facts and theories have an intimate relationship: what counts as a fact depends on the theories you hold, and whether a theory appears to be valid depends on the facts you acknowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, when I’m through working and sit down on his porch to finish the water, Judd talks a little more than usual. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that it had no face or mouth, a familiar hollow voice spoke from behind its visor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think about the fact that shipping things like that across the ocean must cost a lot of money. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, Edward Tulane was so happy to be back among the living that he did not even take umbrage at being referred to as “it.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

But the least qualified people on Everest were not in fact guided clients at all; rather, they were members of traditionally structured, noncommercial expeditions. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, only a few bothered to hold on at all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As unsettling to me as the photos’ purpose was the fact that they weren’t called something else—say, employee contingency portraits, or some other euphemism. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We believe,’ the congregation is encouraged to say, celebrating community—but only that fact. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the tension among the onlookers had grown almost unbearable. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran did indeed get to eat at the captain's table, although there was in fact no other table in the mess. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A fact that no one has shared with Axel before, not Ms. Dale or Dr. Martin, not Emmett or even A. P. Brown’s Collection of North American Birds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Big Numbers, Small Probabilities People’s facility with numbers ranges from the aristocratic to the Ramanujanian, but it’s an unfortunate fact that most are on the aristocrats’ side of our old Mainer. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, by the time I’m done, Together, has to go on the final page of his communication book. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Athena’s appearance, in point of fact, harms a good plot. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They receive their instructions— and are in fact themselves constructed—on orders sent from those in charge. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one’s seen him at all, in fact, for a week or two; but the Men don’t let no one go near.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He came back into the house without speaking, in fact, he did not seem to notice she was there and fell heavily into the bed and slept. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Are you blind to that fact?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They knew of his drinking and partying and the fact that he and his father moved around a lot. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, in fact, the talk of the whole street, and more than one person had been heard to say thankfully that they were glad he was not their dog. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

This strikes me as the single most astonishing fact of human geography for the entire world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fact was, my mind was going in various directions at once. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never get used to the fact that this twelve-year-old kid spent more time talking with the dead than the living. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because even if I crack the code somehow, it doesn’t change the fact that Blue isn’t interested. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the distance that separated the two schools and the fact that Permian, at a cost of $20,000 to the school district, had chartered a 737 jet to get to Marshall. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, thank you, while taking in the facts: Grandpa is okay, but Grandpa and Dawn Celeste have been in touch all along. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Except for the fact that a Nazi skinhead bought it for me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fact that I’ve been used as a go-between doesn’t seem to bother him at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

What interested me was the fact that she wasn’t poor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, the fact that you were in the class likely meant you came from a difficult background, homes where parents fought or took drugs or beat their kids or maybe spoke a foreign language. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Printing made facts, as we saw in Chapter 7; and it begins to look for a moment as if it may also have made the new experimental philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, the kids only found five: apparently, clearly, not certain, understandably, presumably. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was not enough; this was a fact. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But despite the fact that we held the same rank, Manet had more hands-on experience in the Fishery than any dozen higher-ranking students combined. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Miles explained things that happened at school, embellishing small facts and details, I’d jump in and correct him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The Black Belt was, in fact, full to bursting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Now, that is a fact,” the man replied in agreement as he stumbled on the road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Matter fact, I'm just gonna let Ali here tell you about the parties." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was one guy who called out a compliment a couple of times. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I tried to sound casual, like I didn’t care, like I was only stating a fact, but my voice wobbled and I could feel my eyes stinging. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I love the fact that she’s in all my inclusion classes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was the boy, it must be, and Mr. Curtain had just begun to suspect that George was an unfit Messenger after all—that in fact he might be untrustworthy—when the session improved. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even worse, this trend may be due partly to the fact that burdens an attentive reader with ten words, seven levels, and more than two dozen branches. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He conveniently ignored the fact that the ex-slaves wanted to work their own land, not labor for their former owners. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I dreamed it, so I’m certain he did.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But in fact she had very little contact with the peasants and was far from knowing each of them by name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did she have to question the facts? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“No, not bad at all. As a matter of fact, being with Minerva is pretty nishin.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, if anything, he seemed to be the least expressive of the three. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had seemed a relief to him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nailer couldn’t help repeating it, trying to get his head around this new fact. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, her spirits rose with news that would have been insignificant for other people, such as the fact that her son had seen the Pope. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The fact that the scythes themselves were supervising the hunt and not just leaving it to the BladeGuard made Citra feel all the more terrified, yet oddly important, too. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Here he is in a court of law with the evidence displayed and the testimony given, the facts all aired and the arguments made and the truth of the matter manifest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it,” she said, “and most men do. That’s a fact.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fear is in fact a major component of the act of parenting. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Unlike conventional police departments, the Guard’s mandate explicitly emphasized the novel idea of preventing crime rather than merely arresting wrongdoers after the fact. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, I am sure it was an apprehension of this sort, penetrating even the thick haze created by alcohol, which reduced my father's passengers into a shamed silence that Sunday afternoon many years ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

From Junito harassing my cousin and trying to cover up the fact that the two of them had a thing going, to Beatriz being the ringleader during the fight and hyping up the situation. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a perfect little model of a lamp-post, about three feet high but lengthening, and thickening in proportion, as they watched it; in fact growing just as the trees had grown. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the reputation of her six mean children and the fact that she was a precinct captain compounded her power and gave her the leverage to deal with even the lowest crook without fear. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably about three or four years old and looked exactly like Ximena, except for the fact that it was very obvious he had Down syndrome. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even more suspicious was the fact that he had been in a hurry to do his homework. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, we are a part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“In fact, all that your husband and you told me was a tissue of lies.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a fact she could not blast with her disbelief, and so she cried with vexation and went to neither dance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I wonder if the Gamemakers are blocking out our conversation, because even though the information seems harmless, they don't want people in different districts to know about one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was frightfully scared, in fact all us children were terrified. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact everything about me has become unnatural; I’ve become an unnatural self. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that Wagner had learnt his trade writing pseudo- Italian operas, by the time he reached his maturity, he had moved decisively and deliberately away from an Italian style. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Now, besides the fact that the dictionary is hopelessly sexist and it should have said 'himself or herself...’ The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I believe that’s the only novel I have ever read since I started serious reading. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the big males sometimes go out looking for such females and try to take them back into their own territory. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the fact that he didn’t need me to, that he was perfectly content to keep up the conversation all by himself. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was encouraged by the fact that nationwide the rate of mass incarceration had finally slowed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some were antisemitic and had been pleased to see us out of what they considered to be their country, despite the fact that Jews had lived there for over one thousand years. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But they do not look angry; in fact, they look happy! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no arguing with the fact that even with his challenged sense of style, Barack was a catch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Let me be prosaic so far as facts can be; it will help me to bear up, and imagination must not run riot with me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the concreteness of being outdoors was another matter—like the difference between the concept of death and being, in fact, dead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet hopefully as the industry may turn its face the other way, the problem simply does not go away, and it presents some unpleasant economic facts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, she had a remote look in her eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stands in the foreground looking alone, almost as if someone pasted her into the photo after the fact. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that my parents remain even now in my mind a critical, silent chorus, standing together, I continue to write. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether public or private, accounting is a peculiar blend of facts and arbitrary procedures which usually require decoding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael Donovan brushed down his red hair with a violent motion of his hand and a total indifference to the fact that the unruly mass sprang to attention again immediately. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was not the mnemonic devices, as hard to recall as the facts. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

With tears in my eyes, I said, “You’re more than welcome, old fellow. In fact, you could’ve stayed here as long as you wanted to.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Louis was told that I would not be allowed to go by myself. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although I was pleased to have such a reception, I was greatly vexed by the fact that I did not have a chance to say good-bye to the prison staff. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it brought his hand down against me for the first time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, accepted literally, perhaps the phrase was accurate, even if to each, the other were merely the light and dark pattern of a bank of photocells. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“And that is just what is not borne out by the facts,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in spite of the fact that Litde Arliss had caused me to make a bad shot, we had us a real sumptuous supper that night. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall shot back that Ang Dorje had in fact tried repeatedly to rouse them but they had ignored his entreaties. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, neither of those factors made any difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Archie was one of the few people in the world Emile respected. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’m not a señorita, as I haven’t gotten my period yet. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After all, I’m just a Charlie-come-lately, and it is difficult for Nemur to accept the fact that my work might be beyond him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Neville Chamberlain addressed the House of Commons on September 1,1939, his statement of the facts was brief, clear, and plausible, but suffused with moral and emotional judgment. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In fact he was still awake when the others crept under their blankets. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maurice’s dry English form did not permit enthusiasm as he stated that the picture showed much more detail than previous pictures and could, in fact, be considered as arising from a crystalline substance. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, I thought myself very lucky when I found a room in a two-story house on Jesus Green, a superb location less than ten minutes’ walk from the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The very fact my parents even let him in the door! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, after my first run of visits to Mrs. de Roo five years ago, by the time my hay fever began everyone thought my stammer was cured. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I worried these questions the way Mr. Whiskers worried the mice he caught; worried so, in fact, that I barely felt the piercing wind the whole ride home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It meant acceptance by a more fashionable and amusing part of Cambridge and allowed him to dismiss the fact that he was not appreciated by a variety of dull and pompous dons. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, he wants me to use the recorder up to the last minute. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he even went so far as to bring an old garden hose up from the basement and sprinkle all the floors that night until the water was an inch deep. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t think we’d ever had a colored person in our house until Betty Jean showed up ironing last week. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides the fact he’s adorable—” I say, and Daddy makes a gagging sound, “he’s smart, funny, and he cares about me. A lot.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, they'd take the pockets out your pockets if they could. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, the number of deaths related to all illegal drugs combined was tiny compared to the number of deaths caused by drunk drivers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This fact has contributed greatly both to humankind’s extraordinary social abilities and to its unique social problems. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, by the age of twenty, the elite performers had each totaled ten thousand hours of practice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, most people pigged out just before they turned, knowing it would all be sucked away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When they realized the princess did not in fact hate them, Temp and Tick rallied and ran around playing tag with her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to accept the fact: I would have to live with only one leg. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I respect your parsimonious nature,” he says, and then continues arranging constellations his own way as he mumbles facts about outer space. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have to give a moment’s thought to all this suffering if it weren’t for the fact that we’re so worried about those we hold dear, whom we can no longer help. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, under the federal sentencing guidelines, providing “substantial assistance” is often the only way defendants can hope to obtain a sentence below the mandatory minimum. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The prophecy had come true right on schedule, and I hadn’t even thought about the fact that it was my birthday. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rationale stated by one rule-giver was that “there is in fact no person named for the him to refer to.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That’s the first thing I liked about him, in fact that’s what I liked about black folks all my life: They never judged me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He agrees with the Nation of Islam on some stuff, but he can’t get over the fact that they may have killed Malcolm X. “Pig in my house,” Daddy grumbles and sits next to me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Emmett enjoyed having me around — he thought my bizarre human reactions were hilarious ... or maybe it was just the fact that I fell down a lot that he found so funny. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To them it was a fact of existence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was small for a tackle on the football team. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about Otto, about the fact that I was protecting a bonobo infant and was therefore somehow like her, had changed our chemistry. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was not above criticism — in fact, he was often the principal target of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I started thinking about how in all of my brawls growing up, I had never really got into it with a girl. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The facts cited above are by-products of research in cell physiology or genetics. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The facts they do manage to glean have usually been varnished or exaggerated or otherwise taken out of context to serve an agenda that isn’t their own. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

This in spite of the fact that I’m fairly short and can’t make a basket to save my soul. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

However, two facts make this inference virtually certain. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact I do. Listen. I want to ask you something. Will you do me a favor?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I knew this lady ... as a matter of fact, well, she was my mistress.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I know that for a fact, because Zack told me this. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The fact that his own son had burned down the Coral Queen was not the worst news that Dusty Muleman would receive. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Miss California. By the way, fun fact about Shanti: Her favorite lipstick color is Tickle Me Pink. Don’t you love lipstick, Shanti?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re not looking at the facts,” a bald man said to Grandfather. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That stings, because, in fact, I am, and it’s ridiculous. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, I had pulled up a toilet seat but threw it back. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not all the changes of the past decades had yet altered the fact that the North was the economic ruler of the planet. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His smile was hiding the fact that for the past twelve hours he’d been feeling ill. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The printing press did not make facts harder, it made them—outside a few narrowly specialized fields, such as astronomy—possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“We can entertain hypotheticals, but the fact of the matter is that anything but maintaining the royal image is out of the question,” the queen says, setting down her teacup. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It made her dizzy to think that her father didn’t actually belong here in Japan, and as a matter of fact, maybe her parents belonged nowhere in the world, not here and not there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, we shall see that, paradoxically, this large number of cultural factors makes it easier, not harder, to understand world patterns of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact Maddie didn’t fly at night for a while after she’d clocked the hours and had her logbook stamped, and she had a difficult time keeping in practice because she used it so little. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even the fact that it was a shotgun wedding didn’t spoil the day for her. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke without emotion and piled up hard facts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever mentions the fact that you were Muslim, Mama. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In a fifth-grade “reading for comprehension” lesson, students read a short passage and then were prompted to mine facts and define vocabulary words. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I know what you’re thinking, because I’m not entirely me anymore. I’m partially in your head.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Spoon was, in fact, so excited that he skipped his customary non sequitur. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They launched into a discussion about why the room smelled like old people and wet carpet when there was, in fact, no carpet in the room, but I cut them off. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he could almost do a better job of reading and writing in Egyptian than he could in English. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, everything in particle physics was about to get a whole lot more complicated. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In so far as he had time to remember it, he was not troubled by the fact that every word he murmured into the speakwrite, every stroke of his ink pencil, was a deliberate lie. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was something about the absolute nothingness behind it that was a little bit frightening, like putting out your hand to touch something that wasn’t really there. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that this “career” path leads almost inevitably to jail is often understood as an unfortunate fact of life, part of what it means to be poor and black in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now Brahe set about proving that the impossible had in fact occurred by showing, using elementary trigonometry, that the new star could not be in the upper atmosphere but must be in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Not only had it betrayed American interests, it was full of fake facts as well. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She fed and dressed the kids, trying not to think about the fact that her husband hadn’t called the afternoon before. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“If it makes you feel any better, I probably will. You won’t—you’ll get to heaven, no problem. I just thought you knew the facts.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t hardly talk much at all, in fact. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. In fact, he advised Yossarian to go see you for help. Are you certain you wouldn’t like to leave a note, sir? I have a pencil and paper right here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know what you are and where we are, but I beg you to put aside race, tradition, and prejudice, and consider the facts of this case that we have so clearly presented. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he didn’t hear her chain move at all. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Petey told him about her conversation with Sean, noticing the fat lip, and the fact that she might have mentioned Finn’s condition. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We know for a fact that they conquered old age and death, with a spell called Vampir, which requires consuming the blood of innocents....” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"In fact, I'm so good that I might even play for India someday. Like Mohammad Azharuddin." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

More important to me was the fact that within a matter of hours we'd returned to the easy rhythm of our newlywed life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that her allowance was so small that it took her more than three weeks of skipping hot fudge sundaes to save enough for train fare was another example of injustice. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well enough, in fact, so that we could tap out messages to each other by bouncing the tip of a fork on a butter plate. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact the girl did not even seem aware of it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fact was, if he did get in to see the Godslayer, he didn’t even know what he would say. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, in proportion to its available area of farmland, Japan is the most densely populated major society in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he said, the Olympic was at that moment speeding north at maximum velocity to come to her aid, with instructions to receive and care for injured passengers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She should be chatty, ask about his wife and child, tell him that she had in fact been back for a while. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was more that I left out certain facts and focused on others. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, the fit gathered so much steam so swiftly that he had to stagger over to the altar and grab hold of it to keep from falling. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ignore the fact that Maman and Du Barry would be upset with me for breaking protocol. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The image seemed to be so full of life, in fact, that it was bursting out of its outline. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

What looks like a brute fact—the distance a body falls in a certain period of time—turns out to be in part dependent on language and institutions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There were three little knurled winding wheels, in fact, and each of them turned one of the three shorter hands, which moved around the dial in a series of smooth satisfying clicks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I think he really hated it, hated how I kept pushing him away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Khaleh Mandana and I have always shared a special bond, and I'm certain our connection has to do with the fact that she essentially saved my life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And really, despite the rain and the fact that it's homecoming, I think I understand why Blue loves this. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It has recently been reported that the nucleic acid of chloroplasts is, in fact, homologous with that of certain photosynthetic microorganisms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fact is, nothing you’ve told us is true. You never set foot in Fort Scott. You never picked up any two girls and never took them to any motel—” “We did. No kidding.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Details of Rivington’s exploits, founded more on legend than on fact, remain mysterious. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crow, who was very young indeed—in fact, only a year old—said wearily, “Because it was shiny.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There is an obvious reason why we focus on those particular facts: blacks are the sole native Africans familiar to most Americans, because they were brought in large numbers as slaves to the United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Digby, a friend of Hobbes and a founding member of the Royal Society, played a crucial role in popularizing the word ‘fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, it’s exactly what Mom did say. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do we know for a fact that the North Vietnamese provocation took place?” one advisor asked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, Briana’s own texting and phone records had offered them yet another level of indignation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I could not smile, for I knew the truth of those simple words from the facts of my own life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes sir. Mr. Lew, this is Mr. Reilly. He’s very efficient. A whiz. As a matter of fact, he’s made it possible for us to do away with several other workers.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When and where was the language of the fact invented? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I had leaped from the Stone Age into the beginning of the Industrial Revolution without any pain, in fact, with a lot of joy. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bun, which he had fashioned out of an un-even coif and tried to angle forward, did not hide the fact that his hairline was in full retreat. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially considering the fact that there may be a troupe of marauding demons in these parts. Besides, you already offered to make me dinner tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, things were totally weird from the second I got to my locker in the morning. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, the road and all markings on it had been swallowed up beneath the rising black waters. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, the conversation tended to be rather earnest in tone and some very interesting viewpoints were expressed.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they have one of my drawings of their cat on the wall right behind the cash register. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The fact that the rumor couldn’t be confirmed did nothing to dampen its power. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A man in shirtsleeves tells us what a marvelous book the Bible is and bemoans the fact that people buy so many inferior books when you really need just the one. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seems to be only one explanation consistent with all the facts: In 1908 a piece of a comet hit the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I attempted to account for scenes and characters, to tell why certain scenes were written in certain ways, I’d be stretching facts in order to be pleasantly intelligible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think that there are facts about people’s appearance—their size or shape or color or sex—that can trigger a very similar set of powerful associations. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

This peculiar blend is what Barthes was referring to when he described facts as linguistic yet claiming to be copies of the real. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But the fact that all of her family, and my father’s family, were miners did not impress my mother. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fact is, Ti Jean explains, that three-quarters of all Voodoo ceremonies are an effort to drive away illness, not to put a curse on someone. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, probably you couldn’t have convinced her I even knew her name. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier to think about numbers than to think about the fact that Kamau hadn’t actually answered his question. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Consequently two different scientific communities will always produce two radically different bodies of scientific fact and theory, and science is not a cross-cultural form of knowledge but a local consensus, specific to a particular community. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And so Dell studied biology in college, which didn't go well because he couldn't store facts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Out of Major League Baseball’s greatest scandal would come one incident that would be remembered long after almost all the facts and details of the tainted affair had faded from memory. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

For beet sugar showed that in order to create that perfect sweetness you did not need slaves, you did not need plantations, in fact you did not even need cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The facts at hand presumably speak for themselves, but a trifle more vulgarly, I suspect, than facts even usually do. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

How can we account for the fact that Microsoft has been so successful recently, while IBM, which was formerly successful, fell behind but then drastically changed its organization and improved its success? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the yellow chintz armchair in the living room clashed with the blue-and-maroon Turkish carpet no longer bothered her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I suppose it was fear that held me back, and the fact that, for the moment, Mr. Loomis was leaving me alone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Does anything about these facts suggest a sucker? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I walked outside and looked down the road and thought about the fact that no one was ever prosecuted for Ronda Morrison's murder after Walter's release. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I decide to leave out the fact that I have a mysterious pen pal who is helping me write it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The fact was that Brundage’s views—like those of many Americans of his class—appear to have been tainted by his own anti-Semitic prejudices. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her hands lay on top of the armrests as if they needed a place to sit after a lifetime of clenching, and in fact, she seemed to be settling into stillness, quietly and crankily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Despite her fear, and despite the fact that the man’s voice was muffled through the fabric of the hood, Stella was sure she’d heard it before. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Felicia watched the thickset butchers cleave and carve the flesh like sculptors, could scarcely tell them apart, in fact, from the marbled slabs of beef at their elbows. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, I have been going to the officers’ club the past few evenings.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now, those of you who remember your high school math will know that this is, in fact, impossible. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The fact that I wasn’t seemed like .. . well, a miracle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"As a matter of fact,” I said, trying valiantly to regain my dignity, "we were talking about Treasure Island. Ever hear of it?” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tammany owed much of its power to the fact that it got the children young and educated them in the party ways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Kaz knew there was more to it, and he hadn’t missed the fact that no one had mentioned Big Bolliger’s name. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But the very fact of my having become his carer served as a reminder that we weren’t there to mark time. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We want Maya to be happy in her life, and you are a wonderful aunt. But we made our wishes very clear to Maya. She should have voiced her objections then, not after the fact.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And when we try to draw conclusions from the facts we often go astray because we have misunderstood their significance. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Gawaine’s mind did not move easily along the paths of irony, so he accepted the sneer as statement of fact. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed quite at home, and Jasper certainly recognized him, but these two facts did not fit in with Maxim’s words to Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

To get citizenship, my parents and siblings had to study a list of facts about American history, presidents, and politics, and then take a test. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I figured that out from some subtle clues: the shape of the connection points, the thickness of the insulation, and the fact that it had "LiSOCl2 NON-RCHRG" written on it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that almost all his arguments are in the end arguments from testimony never seems to occur to him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I still can’t get over the fact that she knows so much Spanish. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Is it because of the depression that I don’t want to talk about it, or do I not want to talk about the fact that I have depression? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hear their happy chatter as they quiz each other on historical facts and dates. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I see now that the fact that Corey told her is the bigger news here. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nonsense, so much nonsense the memory cooks up, mixing up facts, putting in a little of this and a little of that. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it may also have reflected the fact that he already knew about the Alamogordo test, informed by his network of spies in the West. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As my friends and I ate and gossiped, she often stood by quietly, engaged in some household chore, not hiding the fact that she was taking in every word. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, we felt this was not a bad thing; we were entirely among ourselves. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The facts overwhelmed me and wrenched my already aching belly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

No story proved this fact better than the account of what the heroes suffered who sailed in the ship Argo to find the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"About that. As a matter of fact you needn't bother to ascertain. I ascertained. They're real." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, a lot of scientists believe that there is no hope for us. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would not dream in imagery, but in facts and figures. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, law and order rhetoric—first employed by segregationists—would eventually contribute to a major realignment of political parties in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I reasoned that if I somehow kept improving my English and ingratiated Mrs. Smith by the fact, then possibly she would give me more books like Treasure Island each time Granny took me along. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that black people during Jim Crow were often complicit with the system of control did not mean they supported racial oppression. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a devastating realization, coming to grips with the fact that all your life you had never really known the person you loved the most. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he did not, in fact, wish to spend any more time with her than he did already. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, if it were not for the Jade River in front of her, Pinmei would not even know which road they had already traveled on. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Almost everything about the idea, in fact, had offended him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I translate these notes they turn out to be so unlike him, so lacking in invention, so moronic in fact, that I can hardly believe it: “Talked to B.W.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, there is no way to get around this unpleasant fact. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, she had the best seat in the house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was soon set to rights, but it’s a well-known fact that cat puddles stink to high heaven. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, one may describe the whole universe in terms of a collection of overlapping patches. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This fact was no deterrent to Reagan, for the drug war from the outset had little to do with public concern about drugs and much to do with public concern about race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact I don’t think about anything of the kind. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which, in fact, is exactly what one sees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that he was now our closest living relative, he was the last person I wanted to see—a busybody who had once proved to me he was not to be trusted. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, that summer, a little girl was hit by a bullet when she was sleeping. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The theory, incidentally, is almost always presented as a recent one, but in fact it was first proposed in the 1940s by Reginald Daly of Harvard. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin was always coming up with facts he got out of the nature books he read so slowly and carefully. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even fazed by the fact that she’d just been invisible. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hide my face when I was swimming, or the fact I didn’t have normal legs, so once in a while I’d hear comments or get questions. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

By the fact that before they really knew my name, they knew my number. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't celebrate the fact that juniors don't have to take gym. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Teddy seemed oblivious of the fact that someone was standing at the foot of his chair—or, for that matter, casting a shadow over his notebook. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, I know in this moment that I’m going to do everything in my power to help her solve the Carl Conundrum. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I ask his mouth, remembering, despite the fact that my IQ is approaching the vegetal range, that he too must have a name. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Alive he may have been, but considering the fact that his neck had a one-eighty twist on it, he’d never so much as walk the dog again, not to mention rescue his sister. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It could in fact be the single most important invention in all Western music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Byrd might not talk about all of the changes in Fairview, but she can always find the words to share with Axel, or anyone else, facts about the environment. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, his success in demolishing the supposed antipathy between garlic and magnets remained hidden from history until very recently; it is della Porta who established the new fact within the world of learning, not Garzoni. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Nobody would want Harry to leave the safety of the castle until Black was caught; in fact, Harry suspected his every move would be carefully watched until the danger had passed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, compared with Wal-Mart’s unctuous service ethic, Todd’s emphasis on the bottom line is positively refreshing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I can get both of you jobs.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Percy still couldn’t get over the fact that Frank was a distant relative. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Matter fact, I only told one my whole life, and that was because Ma made me.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. In fact, you’ll probably want to call me The Giver.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“In fact, he asked me to hang it on his wall.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, if you look at the arrangement of the two constellations a little differently, it’s almost like Mama Bear sent Baby Bear spinning with a good swift head butt. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But if there were hardships to be borne, they were partly offset by the fact that life nowadays had a greater dignity than it had had before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They were fine, strong creatures, large and broad-backed—like living boats, in fact. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She never got over the visceral grief of losing her daughter or the fact that she didn't raise her oldest child. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was already eating his second helping of pasta, a fact Lucia acknowledged with a deep frown. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, get all the facts, and then see what you want to do. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Aye. Yes. The greater part. Nearly all, in fact. Save for a few wee bits here and there." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her face pressed against Pillow, which was, in fact, a pillow. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“In fact, every single one of their teammates trains to defend—not just their Fighter and Shield,” Asher finishes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We’re headed north, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighborhood. We haven’t run into any company in a long time.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In fact he looks just like David Greybeard must have looked as a baby. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has charged that U.S. disenfranchisement policies are discriminatory and violate international law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, if you just wiggled and pulled... The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what’s more shocking—the fact my song is going viral or the fact Curtis gave me props. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“In fact, if you would all please get in line. Jeff, I want you at the very front with me. George, you too.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Happenings in the outside world were muffled by the fact that we heard of them first through rumor; only later might they be confirmed by a newspaper account or an outside visitor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the fact that so many people looked up to my dad. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The fact that he carries a gun seems utterly redundant. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He thought so too, and he pointed out that the cop could do anything he wanted, it wouldn’t change the fact that she’d gotten her beating. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Harsnett had been much influenced by Reginald Scot, and had set out to prove that cases of supposed demonic possession were in fact deliberate frauds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When infestations are particularly severe, some trees can even communicate the fact. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It takes me a second to register the fact that no one is agreeing with my description. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Outdoors was the end of something, an irrevocable, physical fact, defining and complementing our metaphysical condition. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was nothing about her online at all. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As White strove to be a modern evidence man, he had to learn many new techniques, but the most useful one was timeless: coldly, methodically separating hearsay from facts that he could prove. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

That in itself was an impressive fact, after all that had happened. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in awe of the fact that a white woman from across the Atlantic Ocean, who had never been to my country, knew stories so specific to my tribe and upbringing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

You have established the facts, indicated the grounds of dispute, and now you set out to make your case in earnest. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were in fact many others, with vast tracts of empty space between them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, most of my friends lived in apartments like we did, so no one even had a backyard. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The fact that he was open with her gave her hope for their future. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an excuse, an evasion, a way not to examine the fact that I’d never been meaner or more vulnerable. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am rather tenderhearted about animals, in fact.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The fact Katherine is on my side is as much a surprise as her cool logic. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Indeed, doesn’t it seem obvious that the possibility of a language-game is conditioned by certain facts? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Today we are going to talk about faith...in spite of the facts.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I know. I encouraged them, in fact. But you know what that means.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was painfully aware of the fact that this term would be my last unless I could find a way to make a great deal of money rather quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Overcrowding was becoming a grave problem, and this despite the fact that many of the does were re-absorbing their litters before birth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, everything up to this point was preamble—the flight from the citadel, the squeezing down chimneys and perching on brows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They are lousy, a few facts about Paris decorated with an Eiffel Tower doodle, hearts, and the initials R.B. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Only in Washington would the fact that it was raining buckets have no bearing at all on the playing of outdoor sports. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what had embold­ened me to be so curt, maybe the fact that I thought I was going to die anyway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now I just know that be a fact.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was writing a book on how colored people live and he says somebody stole all the facts he’d found. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fact of having witnessed that scene was excruciating. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I felt my heart quickening as I reviewed the facts. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, the bar he was working on looked unchanged, but he’d pulled enough iron from it that the cloud between his hands was nearly black. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The tribe migrated for several reasons, including civil war and discrimination at home, as well as the fact that the mountains held an abundance of grasslands—a paradise for grazing cows. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But then it rights itself, and I say, “I have you to thank for the fact that my skull is pretty tough now.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Flushed and sweating, they were also resigned to the fact that there was no escaping an odor of meat and vegetables, which was wafting through the windows from the market stalls outside. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But, in fact, there was so much more. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, I think I saw him become a man before my very eyes. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed the fact that my expertise would not be put to use in creating a freedom army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ky Ebright was, in fact, in the midst of doing essentially the same thing—perhaps in reaction to all hed been reading about the Washington sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn't need to worry because I know for a fact that Mai's not leaving this place until she's finished her French fries. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The writers were against the Klan, all right, but they had precious few inside facts about it.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We generated background studies, psychological assessments, daily chronologies, myriad facts and extrapolations. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact—” The woman had recovered herself enough to continue. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

If that’s not the coolest nature fact ever, I don’t know what is. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad laughed, “Now, Wilona, you know it hasn’t been that bad. In fact, I’m gonna admit to something that I probably shouldn’t.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been starting to quite like Cedric — prepared to overlook the fact that he had once beaten him at Quidditch, and was handsome, and popular, and nearly everyone’s favorite champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, when asked if she knew them, she pointedly said, “Not this man, here,” looking at her brother, “but I do believe I’ve noticed this fella around the neighborhood.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the next time he turns up, we're pulling into District 12. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The picture was not bad; in fact, it was quite good. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Joey looked startled when he saw them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Angela said she loved me—“love you so, so much, Brett”—and kept saying it over and over, even after I told her my name was in fact Jay. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“It moves in the same way that Olympus moves. It always exists on the edges of civilization. But the fact that it is here, on this mountain, is not good.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, I want my family, my block, and my whole hood to see us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The fact of history is that black people have not— probably no people have ever—liberated themselves strictly through their own efforts. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"What are you doing in a cab? Matter fact, what are you doing in the front seat of a cab? No, answer the first question. What are you doing in a cab?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One reason that Kepler had to go to such lengths was that he could not simply baldly state the facts, because there was no tradition of taking facts at face value. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If that’s truly what you want, then I’m not upset. In fact, I’d congratulate you on asking for what you want.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They loved the fact that the brown of the backs of their hands was the exact brown of their mother’s stomach skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, listening to radio broadcasts ranked as Americans’ favorite recreation—more popular than movies, books, or sports events. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

This has brought me into conflict with the people who back any recommendations by the United States Department of Agriculture but I have the facts and will stick with them.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it referred to the fact that all sorts of strange things—everything from A to Z—were sold in the store. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it seemed that at least once a day she didn’t know what she wanted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My brother never seemed bored, and that only further angered me at the fact that I was most of the time unsettled and unfulfilled in everything I did. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, I may put it on my future resume as a skill, alongside rapping and laying edges. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The fact was: Nothing he might ever do or read or find inside the Great Library of Zosma was going to bring him one step closer to Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, it seemed like black people were solely responsible for crime in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while a woman seems to need, in fact wants this, too. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the Science Museum has two roofs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

First of all, the friendship was, in fact, recovered and the reconciliation realized during the course of the correspondence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes, in fact, we do. We have The Five Chinese Brothers—it’s a beautiful retelling of a famous Chinese folktale.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And this fact was not lost upon them. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But in fact, the King was barely hanging on, could only rarely tell day from night, and basically spent his time in muttering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bearing all these facts in mind, let’s try to regain our sense of perspective about the role of germs in answering Yali’s question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Mami has been bribing her with old clothes and tips and extra days off to keep her happy with our family. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, Hevelius lived for another nine years, so he cannot have been that frail when Halley saw him. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Just convey the basic facts and be done with it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I feel bad the kid’s missing—but that don’t change the fact that he’s weird. And gay.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Setting aside the fact that Pope Alexander VI was his former employer, Josquin threw himself into the commission. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And lying there on my bed, tracing the maze of cracks in the plaster on my ceiling, I face a fact: What I've actually got is only slightly more than nothing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will Bates was Gary Edwards’s teacher in algebra II, which seemed amazing given the fact that Edwards was a Carter Cowboy and Bates was a hard-nosed grader who made no bones about flunking kids. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Focusing on the Olmec’s chronological primacy, they believe, obscures the more important fact that Mesoamerica was the home of a remarkable multisociety ferment of social, aesthetic, and technical innovation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The whole pageant seemed like such a lost cause that it didn’t even occur to me to be concerned by the fact that I didn’t have an escort. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

These were, in fact, the very yuppies Jesse had gone to such lengths to avoid. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became very good at it: in fact, a little too good. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They’re always saying how nice it is with the four of us, and that we get along so well, without giving a moment’s thought to the fact that I don’t feel that way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The trick of emptying, in fact the only way it was possible for her, was to close her eyes, hold her breath and avert her head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I would like to represent you, Starr. Pro bono, in fact.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The fact was, after eight months in the Boniface Estate, none of us was sorry to move out of it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Writing was performed after the fact; it was not the exciting experience of learning itself. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Such as whether or not it's got something to do with the fact that you are quite exceptionally precocious." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I began to learn and speak more English, the African American kids started accusing me of sounding “white.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, for the first time in almost a week, he had smiled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, however, that both ideas arose quite simply and reasonably from the fact of his being the god of wine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Commentators mused on the likely implications of the fact that neither Megan’s phone nor her bank cards had been used for more than a week. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combine that with the fact that by losing me they’ll be losing their ticket to all kinds of big social events, particularly my wedding, and the whole thing becomes unbearable. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that there was a pattern didn’t much matter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And her dress looked ridiculous out in the cowshed and that was fact too. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Am I? I think Slim is. Matter of fact, I think all y'all are." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, I dislike her, but it seems wrong to leave her out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The social and technological process by which we establish facts becomes invisible to us because we naturalize it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, this was very nearly what he had been doing. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sidwell Friends appealed to us for a lot of reasons, including the fact that it was the school Chelsea Clinton had attended when her father was president. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fact is that what scientists call zoonotic disease was little known in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The fact that a climber has paid a large sum of money to join a guided expedition does not, by itself, mean that he or she is unfit to be on the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the global hunger for slave-grown sugar led directly to the end of slavery. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There aren’t many theaters in Toronto, in fact there are only two, so many people go to these plays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But, in fact, she looked exactly like Mon Mothma from Star Wars Episode IV: haircut kind of like a boy’s, and a big white shirt kind of like a tunic. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I realized that I had made a mistake: the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most people branded felons, in fact, are not sentenced to prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This was emphasised by the fact that the snowy mountain-top still held the sunset, and seemed to glow out with a delicate cool pink. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She seemed genuinely proud of the fact, as if it were a reflection of my character. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The fact is, there was little choice but to approach the matter as I did - as I am sure you will agree once I have explained the full context of those days. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, when Mrs. Coulter realized this and explained how the earth and the other five planets revolved around the sun, Lyra laughed loudly at the joke. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It actually wasn’t about her child at all, although the fact that the child never stops whining did make her hard to love. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Ernie said, cool, trying hard to pretend like he wasn’t shocked by Grandpop’s eyes or the fact that he was giving him his shades. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hercules dined alone, but he understood that Admetus must as a matter of form attend the funeral and the fact did not stand in the way of his enjoying himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t go taking anything that man said as fact.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There are times when I wonder whether brothers and sisters are, in fact, the ones who sense that something is off with whatever person I’m inhabiting, and move to take advantage. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, my singing will definitely cure him of the crush he has on me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they harassed him several times a week. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I ask you to please consider that factor, in fact I beg you. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The wall had not been built in a simple circle, but was in fact serpentine. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In point of fact, though—as Joe would soon find out—there was no place that Chuck Day was more likely to be that summer than at Grand Coulee. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, Max, old chap, I came to congratulate you on the inquest this afternoon.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“As well as to being known as the Gunners. We also object to the fact that people who do not currently attend the school seem to dominate the conversation regarding the mascot.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ceiling was so low that she had to duck as she waddled toward the light. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, a cousin exclaimed after a visit that the only place to be sure not to find a child was in the nursery. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that you kept it does not. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

By this point I’m accepting the fact that maybe I lost the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Still, despite all the arguments, we moderns—and, indeed, we postmoderns—place our faith in facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I don't know, but, fact is, I went over to the rope and said, “I’m going.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Observable fact: He’s pretty hot with his hair up too. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact,”—she nodded—“we’re going to move the test up a day. That means it's tomorrow.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The reader of Unweaving the Rainbow opens the book and is walloped with a reminder of the most dreadful fact we know, and on its heels a paradoxical elaboration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, for a moment, it was almost like we were listening to her again at one of her morning assemblies as she drifted off on tangents none of us could follow. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ongoing debate on the assumption and residency questions was set aside for the entire day as the House put itself into committee of the whole to permit unencumbered debate on the petitions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She said it as if to announce a fact that could never be disproved. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact is always obvious much too late, but the most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Odysseus, as can be readily believed, had not overlooked this fact. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it was a scientifically proven fact. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And if it is really true that it doesn’t matter, why is that fact so hard to believe? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the fact that she was so matter-of-fact kept me from being startled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ANC was not prepared to do that at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, just that morning Naheed had gone to pour her favorite cereal, only to find out her sister had eaten the last of it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The defense focused on the fact that Anthony believed she was entitled to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that she happened to be his mother did nothing to weaken his resolve. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genuine science and mathematical precision are more intriguing than are the “facts” published in supermarket tabloids or a romantic innumeracy which fosters credulity, stunts skepticism, and dulls one to real imponderables. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not for that. I was as disgusted as you. But hell, isn't the shooting of an unarmed man of more importance politically than the fact that he sold obscene dolls?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the book did not appear in complete form until 1909. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The illnesses—so the underground family gossip went—were caused by the fact that Mamita had been a very beautiful young woman, and she had never fully recovered from losing her looks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

For why should I get excited learning boring chemical facts as long as the chemists never provided anything incisive about the nucleic acids? Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Some other theory that this theory depends on may be at fault, some fact that has been taken for granted may be mistaken, or some piece of equipment may not operate as envisaged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At her words, the king realizes that not only is she his daughter—she is, in fact, the daughter who loves him best. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Duh that we are all here. But none of that changes the fact that the cat is dead.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The main point about it was that it alerted me to the fact that things between Miss Kenton and myself had reached - no doubt after a gradual process of many months - an inappropriate footing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened, when she entered my pantry that evening, I was not in fact engaged in professional matters. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

How did you refer to this something before facts were invented? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Despite these crippling difficulties, the biologists assembled facts that collectively paint a picture of almost unparalleled wildlife destruction — destruction that became obvious as soon as the program got under way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She went South by train, counting on the fact that no one would question her because she was going in the wrong direction for a runaway slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were simply emboldened, floating on an ancient tide of superiority, buoyed by the fact that history had never told them anything different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that it was necessary was losing its weight with him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know,” I reply, trying not to think about the fact that this is someone I’ve watched in Warcross games for years. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He made no friends; in fact, he barely mentioned the school once he’d enrolled. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had taken a new name for most of the usual reasons, and for a few unusual ones as well, not the least of which was the fact that names were important to him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The girls among us focused on the obvious fact that a Mexican girl who didn’t know how to do laundry had to be just about the most unsanitary creature on earth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I clung to the fact that these words were, despite their coldness, less harsh than the words he had spoken to me in the barn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Worse, they saw the college president as trading on his skin color to prove a solidarity with the black residents of Edgemont, a solidarity that did not, in fact, exist. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We have three witnesses to the fact that James King was in the store on the 22nd of December: Mr. Evans, Mr. Cruz, and Ms. Henry. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those quiet murmurs I’ve heard throughout my life, the ones that I never trusted, buried inside myself, in fact, for all these years? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Closer, in fact, to him than to his own father, for Macon had no imperfection and age seemed to strengthen him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no evidence that enslaved people had good living conditions; in fact, the opposite was true, according to the historical record. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only thing that mattered, in fact. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But now the everyman’s ship shall in fact carry very important people. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Over time, though, scientists came to believe that light was not in fact a particle, but a wave. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, she may even have been standing in the water—against such light it was difficult to tell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She tried not to weep and betray the fact that she was a girl. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, I wanted all of my fanciest clothes with me, so I packed my church clothes. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The fact they got here so fast = they have it in for me. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the men of the Sixteenth New York had not been ordered to hold their fire. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he didn’t say anything for the longest time, and then he shrugged and said, “I’m used to kids saying mean things about the way I walk.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

What made the show unusual, in fact, was the extent to which it was exactly the opposite of that — the extent to which the final product was deliberately and painstakingly engineered. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’m sure that my whole life would fall together like a set of dominoes if I could delete that one annual event from my existence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The words merely serve the pictures of the subject in question, employing the facts for the tabloid polemic of how a city should be run, justice served. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it only obscures my view for a few seconds before evaporating completely. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, in fact, he would have liked to talk. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Brother always smells like oils and incense, and he's always kicking black facts to everybody. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Enrique looked at my dad again, but this time my dad seemed resigned to the fact that there was no way he and Enrique would win this battle; my mom would wear them down eventually. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Most annoyingly, her objections were not mere perversity: at this stage the embarrassing fact came out that my recollection of the water content of Rosy’s DNA samples could not be right. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The first twenty-three years of my life are the ones that shaped me, and the fact that I’ve lived almost seven decades since then is irrelevant. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lay out the facts, to say that even though I’d raised all that money and Fig was finally getting insulin, he wasn’t getting better like he should. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, the sixty-proof demon brandy was what Uncle called wine. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will pass judgment,” Hylla said in an icy tone, “once I have all the facts. That is how I rule—by reason, not fear. First, I will talk with this one.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thus far the facts ascertained corroborated Wells’ story most persuasively. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that Sasha had once been the most important person in the world to Andrew and he felt bad and weird about the fact that they weren’t close anymore. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To his horror, he found that, in fact, the trees were moving, slow and menacing as they began to sway in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Experience has established the fact that a person cannot move from a small, peaceful home into a family of a dozen without having something finally snap. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether to be angry at the people laughing at me or flattered by the fact that he chose me first. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was these three huts that I associated with all my happiness, with life itself, and I rued the fact that I had not kissed each of them before I left. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were for me, too—I know that as a fact, but I don’t admit it out loud. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Except no backing up anything with facts or science.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He indicated a post that was in fact signless and looked momentarily struck. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The simple fact of the matter was that Anastasia had been scared and adrenaline had surged, and once the hunter was gone, Pweto had become her next target. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they will seize every measure to defend the new prince so long as he is not neglectful of his duties. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, all but a few blacks living in Durham were consigned to slum life. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All these facts are known because the Fisheries Research Board of Canada had been conducting a salmon study on the Northwest Miramichi since 1950. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In fact he had the awful feeling he wouldn’t see Kate again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, maybe at the moment of his death he would be too weak to feel pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, he and Celia mixed the two languages together, but it didn’t matter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, if I were to proceed with the task my plan would be to interview the relatives of Mrs. Lakes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And in that time, was one of the people you could most count on in the world, in fact, let me say, the only person you could count on in the world, your mother?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Working without a single hard fact, islanders drew a variety of conclusions: pilot error, pilot inexperience, misread charts, crossed signals, fog, wind, tide, ineptitude. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So subdued, in fact, that there are long periods of silence relieved only by the removal of old dishes and presentation of new ones. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they weren’t really terrible at all. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that she asked my permission was amazing in and of itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, the trade had helped create modern organized crime. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"I am aware of that fact. What I want you to tell me is what you yourself know about the man." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We did not think of the fact that Pecola was not married; lots of girls had babies who were not married. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was now wasting valuable seconds, burning away whatever lead I still had on the Sixers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And traditions governing it, if in fact they existed, were vague. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A place where facts mattered and things made sense. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I knew little about Botha apart from the fact that he had been an aggressive defense minister and had supported a military strike into Angola in 1975. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a sudden touch of steel in his tone, he added, “In fact, I’m certain of it.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And Dalton, his mother, and sister have to face the fact that they won’t be blasting off anywhere. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that he knew absolutely nothing about either mountaineering or flying didn’t strike him as a major impediment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He began to save money, in fact, which later brought about his next opportunity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Something has happened to her and about her, and yet it is hard to grasp this fact. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And without the fact, the new notion that knowledge is grounded in evidence, not authority, might have received only the sort of inconsistent and unreliable endorsement that we have seen it receiving from della Porta. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Most of the articles had their facts wrong. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Bilbo and Frodo had told it often; but as a matter of fact he had never more than half believed it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In fact bitterness arose as the day wore on and prices went up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last but not least, let’s welcome Tiara Swan, Miss Mississippi. Fun fact about Tiara: She thought you could get pregnant from swimming with a guy.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, Big Ma placed her hand over Mr. Lucas’s lips to keep him from speaking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, it seemed a perfectly sensible proposal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Real slow and scary, my brain start ticking through the few facts she given me, what I know myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The fundamental problem lay in the fact that he had felt compelled to throw that word “individual” into the sentence. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And to me, that fact made those jokes off-limits. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Or the fact that I’m gay in the first place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Two of the conspirators will testify to their understanding of this fact. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sasha was interested in the fact that adding an s at the end of the word cat made it plural. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sitting, he had seemed a more than normal-sized man, a powerful man, with the shoulders, the arms, the thick, crouching torso of a weight lifter—weight lifting was, in fact, his hobby. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Mount Everest is itself a language-dependent and institutionally defined entity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I shall explain in a moment, modern “Stone Age” peoples are on the average probably more intelligent, not less intelligent, than industrialized peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, two researchers, working independently, were making some startling findings by drawing on a curious fact of Earth history that had been discovered several decades earlier. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A lot of people in the state resented the fact that television reporters were flooding in and sending back reports about how ignorant, poor, and helpless everybody was in West Virginia. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Er ... as a matter of fact, I’ve no idea where he is,” said Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I suppose that in their own minds, they neant no harm; in fact they probably meant well. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that they’d run over a woman in cold blood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, a combination of tried-and-tested reporting techniques enabled me to extract enough nuggets of hard fact to string together the whole scandalous story. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I told them I could never feel any religion, the boys of my gang begged me to “come to God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can quote facts and dates and wars and generals like somebody on a game show. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Because the facts would say that not all birds find their way back to family. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The navigator sits on a leaky barrel of yuck that was once full of food, but its stench testifies to the fact that the foodstuffs have decayed into something other. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

What elicits the gasp is the fact that they are standing in a forest, her back pressed up against a huge, ancient tree trunk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That they had nothing to eat and no money to buy food with, these facts she refused to think of. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their fundamental claim is that, although some argue that such cases are miraculous or demonic, they are in fact perfectly easy to reproduce. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Daydreams had lost some of their old power; these days reality kept creeping in and ruining them with stony facts. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The shift may, in fact, come as something of a relief, as it moves our collective focus away from a wholly unrealistic goal to one that is within anyone’s reach right now. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, by the time I was fully conscious, I wasn’t weak at all. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As philosopher of science Karl Popper has emphasized, a good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew for a fact she did this only when Maddie had guests over. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, he would not have even known it was a lake at all if it wasn't for the giant moon reflected in the water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was about my height despite the fact that I was two and a half years younger. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It had a lot to do with thinking through things and making smart decisions and not taking dumb risks for no reason at all and in fact not taking dumb risks period. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

What about the fact that real estate agents had shown him only the least-desirable houses, in the areas closest to Detroit? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, maybe it would be seen as a positive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That name is the fact that is too bright to hide. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Yet even that number somehow feels remarkably low, and the fact that it isn’t higher is a miracle—or at least, that’s what people have been reaching for. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that I was doing serious X-ray work with TMV gave him assurance that I should not soon again become preoccupied with the DNA pattern. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, what makes television so powerful, Dr. Anderson notes, is that it uses these attention-capture tools to constantly draw people back into the story, should their top-down focus waver. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t, in fact, have many white friends at all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And we did not dwell on the fact that the baby’s father was Pecola’s father too; the process of having a baby by any male was incomprehensible to us—at least she knew her father. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made him look haggard, as if he smoked a great deal and slept very little, in spite of the fact that he was only seven years old. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A fact about George: He loves to repeat poems. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, April said she thought they might just as well give the whole thing up and go away and never come back. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was probably the fact that motel management phoned the police that led to our being called on the carpet in the chapel the next morning before the ceremony. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, despite the fact that I don’t believe in miracles, I was hoping for one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Our God is bigger than the facts. He’s not limited by the laws of nature, science, or the almighty dollar.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The fact is that a jumbo brain is a jumbo drain on the body. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know for a fact that those fumes from the nail polish are bad for her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Eventually, much would be made of the fact that Holmes had erected his building during the same period in which Jack the Ripper, thousands of miles away, began his killings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After confessing to these things they had been pardoned, reinstated in the Party, and given posts which were in fact sinecures but which sounded important. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, he took up all her attention, even more than the baby! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The fact that Roosevelt had lived another day, and was now sitting in a canoe with his fang-bitten boot looking for wildlife, proved it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that there wasn’t much future for the Jimmies once they were packed in eelgrass didn’t bother me so much. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think we are very good at dealing with the fact of that locked door. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Campbell boy didn’t like me on account of the fact I didn’t treat John regular—orphan defending orphan, I guess. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And all of us, influenced by the vacuum of his absence, would have felt the touch of war as a daily fact. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather was so dry, in fact, that early settlers had found cacti growing in places. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By the time they had their first burst of success in 1964, in fact, they had performed live an estimated twelve hundred times. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The fact that Swanburne girls dressed plainly, ate simply, and were unspoiled by luxuries merely made the true riches of Penelope’s upbringing all the more evident to her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But, in fact, what I was also doing was making the big computer in your brain—your adaptive unconscious—think about the state of being old. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If I got more punishment or a whipping, I’d hold on to that fact. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, I had begun to enjoy it. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The team could lose, in fact could be beaten badly, but Ben wanted and needed a credible game while under the dispassionate gaze of college scouts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was not only aware of it, but at times I also understood their point of view. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, none of the food her mother packed for her hit high on the flavor scale. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, they would probably find the raw uncontrolled conditions on earth too primitive for their taste. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she and I were reacting very much alike. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He complained about everything, including the fact that we still had our Christmas lights up in July. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And now each day, out on the Yard, I felt this weight and saw this beauty, not just as a matter of theory but also as demonstrable fact. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But the fact remains—they have that wretched pot and we don’t. They’re there and we’re here, and it looks very much as though it will stay that way.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then, once Clara came out, Ophie would question her the way detectives were supposed to, gathering facts until the truth of the matter was clear. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the boys out there, who were in fact black, telling her she was “pretty for a dark-skin girl.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say it’s present only in churches. It could be right here in this house, for instance. As a matter of fact, I believe it is,” I said, a smile on my face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, that is how he got me back to Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been meeting for two weeks now, and she knew all sorts of random facts about me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod in agreement, but I wonder if my dad would say it’s terrible if he knew all about Sandy Sanders and the fact that he likes other boys. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But in fact the lake is comparatively warm, and so the land surrounding it is less beaten by frost than the surrounding highlands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The new clothes had probably helped his mood—and of course the fact that he was standing at the rail with his arm around Annabeth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’m living a day where I might need a bucket list.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, she doesn’t have anything to do with it, Richard, you’re just like that guy in ‘Dragnet’ that always wants the facts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Brunner expected me to be as good as everybody else, despite the fact that I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made above a C— in my life. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Also supporting the belief that Bobby had experienced the ritual was the fact that, many years later, he gave an old chess clock and chess set to his Hungarian friend Pal Benko, a grandmaster. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as she waded deeper into the water, enjoying the fact that the swank was about to drag herself around in the filth like a normal person for once. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And how to account for the fact that Ruess apparently left the gulch with a heavy load of gear but without his pack animals? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The facts were cockeyed, but Jemmy grabbed his birdcage, backed off—and was gone. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to mill it over, and then stated it all as a matter of fact. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, in the grand scheme of things, everyone was equally useless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Is that a fact ?” mused Milo, and was gone, sliding from his chair so swiftly that his striped barber’s apron retained his shape for a second or two after he had gone before it collapsed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, he enjoyed the worm’s-eye view that servility offered to him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once a decade I get this overpowering urge to pay. In fact, from now on I’m gonna insist on squaring my tab—” “Screw you.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now suppose we take these facts one at a time. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fun I went on to trap Francis into believing that I did not think my X-ray picture was in fact very critical. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, it’s three metres by five and I once worked out that it could fit 22,500 stamps. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing about what Kareem says is, right now, the sun is, in fact, shining. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“In fact I haven’t spoken to her in weeks. She’s gone silent. With these armies passing through—” “You want me to check on her,” Percy guessed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mother was elegant and beautiful, stunning in fact, with an unusually wide smile that lit up everything around her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Accident and chance and the fact that you crouched and sniveled behind the skirts of greater men and women, and permitted me to kill them for you!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The first thing that startled him, even though it increased his confusion at the same time, was the fact that it was precisely three hundred eighty-eight feet from Úrsula's bed to the backyard wall. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any help. In fact, I was planning on asking her about that too, if she could pass along the name of somebody good.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a good idea. In fact, I think we all need to go.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even more important is the fact that medical men who received their basic training before 1950 have had little opportunity to realize the critical importance of the process and the hazards of disrupting it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It looks like you. Looks just like you, in fact.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Not the substance. Just the fact. Pilate came back here just after her baby was bom. One winter. She told me they split up when they left here and she hadn’t seen him since.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I hadn’t really gotten to know any of my teammates, or had much time to. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, I was having a fine time on the dock trying to impress a couple of good-looking ladies with telling them about the journey I was to be taking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got a good lawyer, who continued to lean on the court about the fact that he had children at home who needed him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My father would have been happy to support all of us; in fact, I think he would have preferred it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought they saw or heard strange things here, and I didn’t have to hide the fact that I really did. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The fire from the torches was dying, and in fact some of the men had already dropped their smoldering torches to the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, in hindsight, the fact that Hale appeared to have played no role in the Whitehorn plot was the very reason the killing was so important. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She said it without any affect, as though it was simply fact. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Just the facts, Comfort,” he always tells me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hungry” “Make sure you scrub the kitchen floor today. In fact I’d concentrate on the kitchen. It’s worse than anything else.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It possesses in fact a sort of group mind. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really thought about the fact that I wasn't going to have a parent at the track meet until the doorbell rang, and it was time to go. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, every time you hear Big A you are also hearing Little A hidden within it, as it is part of Big A’s rainbow spectrum of sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The most pertinent consideration about the incognitum, however, was that it appeared to be extinct–a fact that Buffon cheerfully seized upon as proof of its incontestably degenerate nature. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was used to falling over—well practiced at it, in fact. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Esteban was as madly in love as an adolescent, despite the fact that the movement of the ship made Clara uncontrollably ill and the tight quarters gave her asthma. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, unless it rained, everyone had his own private sleeping accommodations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the judge advised him that he was being asked not for judgments but for facts. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a very long way off—so far, in fact, that it was no bigger than a thumbnail held out at arm’s length. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Before I even mention me, I should tell you some other facts: 1. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Francis Bacon invented the fact; from Bacon the fact entered the English language and was adopted by the Royal Society. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It struck him as a curious fact that he had never heard a member of the Party singing alone and spontaneously. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn’t prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bram began his second point, de Wet again interrupted him to say that he also conceded the fact that the two organizations were separate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, as a matter of fact, he is,” she said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The fact that we can't even slap skin after not seeing each other for better than a year, when we used to be so close we shared a sleeping bag. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Remembers the Green Book he’s still holding and the fact that there’s an international section in the back. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, “well” isn’t good enough by half. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the mental image begins to come into focus only as the artist “draws the line somewhere.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, that doctor had come only to finish off the patients. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It likely has something to do with the fact that I made them. Elements of the circus I had a hand in creating seem to be more tangible.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But as small and stupid as he made me feel, there was no ignoring the fact that all it would take is one touch, and I could have read him the contents of his brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Not the details, of course, but the plain fact of crisis. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good runner, and would quickly open up ten, fifteen yards between him and the rest, maybe thinking this would disguise the fact that no one wanted to run with him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the Gestapo, they won’t be kind to you because you’re a pretty girl. In fact, I don’t think a girl like you would leave their office at all.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even Boyle’s vacuum pump produced ‘strange facts’ in the eyes of Aristotelians and Cartesians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, she seemed to associate it with snail hunting, and sat calmly as we slipped her into it. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After a few facts about her had been established, the mean-faced cop with the big voice and the pad asked her if she would answer a few questions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Occasionally—in fact, better make that often—her old-fashioned ways touched him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, precisely because Europe was fragmented, Columbus succeeded on his fifth try in persuading one of Europe’s hundreds of princes to sponsor him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she was mildly surprised that she did not float away, she felt so light and drowsy. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, most of the improvements dribbled out by mill owners over the years were really meant to prevent unions from taking hold in the South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that a Dauntless leader will oversee our initiation is bad enough, but the fact that it’s Eric makes it seem even worse. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After all the secrecy that had come before, it was very strange indeed—in fact it was thrilling—to be spoken to with such candor and trust. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had, in fact, attended the Nuremberg Rally of 1935 as Hitler’s personal guest. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The book is rare, and presumably had few readers, but those few would have found frequent occurrences of the word ‘fact’ in Salusbury’s translations, particularly in the Letter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, if I didn’t know it, the woman who raised him was a colored woman and he still sees her to this day. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if Jan were confronted with the fact of the kidnapping of Mary, what would happen? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And even though Byrd isn’t here right now, Axel can’t help but share some of her facts. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You deserve to be lied to if you’re still reading that muck, Dirk. You want the facts, try the Quibbler.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And what about his inability to see anything except the grand gesture, and the fact that he bought the house without first consulting my mother? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t until I got out onto the sidewalk near the gym that I remembered that, in fact, not everyone was going to the march. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It didn't burn his eyes or nose, and, in fact, he no longer noticed a particularly strong taste. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, it managed only half the altitude. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, many of them grew their hair back after that initial haircut, and no one tried to stop them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, I think his visits are largely motivated by his need for a nap. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes. In fact, there’s nothing else I know at my core.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, she contradicted me with great confidence.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, in the summer of 2013, not long after this experiment got under way, Dr. Gazzaley and his team scored a huge scientific coup. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He would give it to her on her birthday, in spite of the fact that he has no idea when her birthday is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, I think he’s actually grateful to have a bar mitzvah to distract him from the fact that his dream of Dino-land is circling the drain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Logging into my own email is a nice jolt to remind me that I am in fact me, not Kelsea. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The material facts were that the knights of the Round Table set out in a body, soon after Pentecost, with the immediate object of finding the Holy Grail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The celebrations were tempered, however, by the fact that Harrison had lost by the narrowest of margins, fewer than four thousand votes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“They did that cloning on my mother over there,” she said, surprised I hadn’t come across that fact in my research. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, housing was a fundamental and perennial concern, dating back to slavery days, a festering sore which was often decried by community leaders, white and black, but which never seemed to heal. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Euler was an excellent mathematician—in fact, he was one of the most prolific and influential in history—but in this case the careless manipulation of zero and infinity led him astray. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, his duplex apartment is an absolute mirror of ours. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But Vincent returned it in a couple of days, and the painter “thought my drawing good, and in fact it isn’t that bad.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Nowadays, in English, we can no more have a merely plausible proof than we can have a false fact; but Boyle is using ‘proof’ differently from us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

No longer was he looking forward to calling Mr. Muckle at Mother Paula’s headquarters; in fact, he was dreading it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here it was, after the fact, and I was still trying to walk away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

To keep Meryl happy, Elizebeth also gave him “the bare facts of my life and career” to be used as a sop for reporters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But then again, one sees strange things every day. In fact, if you two orphans follow me out to the backyard, I think we will all see something rather unusual.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

In fact I was reluctant to leave this land, which I had found, though so indifferent to the Envoy, so gentle to the stranger. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was not, in fact, any encouraging news to report to the Zeyyadin, not yet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He never said it, but I knew he liked the fact that Lelia was white. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the OASIS’s popularity and culture were built around this fact. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“In fact, perhaps you could take portraits of our family. I’d pay you, of course.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would have been thankful if it wasn’t for the fact that he usually showed up when Miles was pulling a job. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He also plays the old trick of presenting as a fait accompli what is, in fact, the nub of the argument, and to give the force of inevitability to something contingent. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The fact that he’s being a brat answers my question—he’s in good spirits. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He kept harping on the fact that he was hearing that segregationists were going to do something to somebody’s family. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The worst aspect of the Velikovsky affair is not that his hypotheses were wrong or in contradiction to firmly established facts, but that some who called themselves scientists attempted to suppress Velikovsky’s work. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So thin, in fact, she didn’t look like our Mamá anymore. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn't absorb the fact that we were now liberated, even as our enemies, the vanquished German soldiers, streamed past us by the hundreds. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, there were hardly any boats on the river at all. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, after dinner he did not sit in my father’s chair at all but disappeared into his room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, he touched his clothes and found—to his surprise—that they were perfectly dry, and that, in fact, the place where he’d slept had remained entirely dry thanks to the leaf overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, it is questionable whether any specialized drug enforcement activity would exist in some states without the Byrne program. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, I feel as if I’ve somehow been initiated into the victors’ circle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, I'm the only dumb one in the family. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a night almost without clouds, moonless and starry; but of this on the whole depressing fact Lenina and Henry were fortunately unaware. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second provided proof that atoms do indeed exist–a fact that had, surprisingly, been in some dispute. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Crick told Watson that Pauling’s model was, in fact, the “product of common sense, not the result of complicated mathematical reasoning.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had taken a decade since he first saw her spidery handwritten list, but now it was a fact. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was more because he felt he had value as a poet than the fact that he was a pale, green-eyed half-breed—and he did. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The fact that the insecticide was applied in very low concentrations is meaningless, as its explosive progress through the natural food chain in the lake demonstrates. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ever since our car ride home from church, my brain couldn’t stop examining the idea of faith without facts. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was always touchy about the fact that Harry, who had inherited a small fortune from his parents, had much more money than he did. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I knew that I was dying and, in fact, I longed for death, but I didn’t want to die anywhere near Mr. Freeman. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, as a matter of fact, she does seem a little mopey this afternoon. No, I take that back. She’s downright monstrous.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Or the fact that Rishi was drawing it with a perfect ballerina’s bun, except the bun happened to be a croissant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's the fact that I would die before leaving someone alone in my space. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It's not a bustle, on account of the fact that Miss Preston finds them hideous and banned them from the school, but the cut of the gown makes it look like she's wearing one. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve activated a small corner of your cortex to hold consciousness, but that doesn’t alter the fact that you are dead as dead can be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Banned by convention, if not in fact. The only thing that would be more profitable is shipping half-men, but that of course is legal. And this isn’t at all. Is it, Lucky Girl?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It might have had something to do with the fact that my mother had a pretty good education. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I fail to understand,” he said, “why it would take six months for someone to inform me of that simple fact.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was beginning to believe that walking away from Ocean now, at a time like this, would be the greatest act of cowardice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s what they deserve, they joke, for having listened to their mothers, and for getting together in the first place, and the fact that they are united in their resignation makes the consequences somewhat bearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘But -’ ‘Seriously, guys,’ Leo said, ‘I’m fine, except for the fact that Gaia’s destroying the world tomorrow. Let’s focus.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had no clothes on at all. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, a whole lot of nothing happened. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What about Peeta’s family? They’ll never come. In fact, they probably couldn’t wait to inform on us. Which I’m sure he’s smart enough to realize. What if he decides to stay?” he asks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I've never had as much confidence as I did when I was eleven. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Again, the crowd began to talk; some were nodding in agreement, and others, most of the crowd in fact, were looking at Mr. Dimblewit wearily or even angrily. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They never stopped to think about the fact that someone else had to clean up after them—the unseen people like us at night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You always say you can’t make an informed decision until you know all the facts, right? ” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The fact is that our kids turned away from that kind of situation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact it was less than the force of Earth's surface gravity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, none is more likely to be plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it is clear that Hobbits had, in fact, lived quietly in Middle-earth for many long years before other folk became even aware of them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He flipped through all our passports, holding the picture page up to us to check that we were, in fact, who the United States Department of State claimed we were. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In fact the stadium did speak powerfully and at all times, including this moment. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had kissed one girl, somebody he’d been interested in for a long time; kissed her twice, in fact. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, that was probably what Halliday meant by “you have much to learn if you hope to earn a place among the high scorers.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

What about the fact that proportionally speaking, there are more people of color living in poverty than white people? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Earlier that year Joseph Glanvill published his The Vanity of Dogmatizing, in which he criticized Hobbes but praised Digby, in the process taking over his use of the phrase ‘matter of fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And in fact, his body stiffened at hearing Luke actually say her name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They are in fact spruce budworm eggs, in section; though I would not expect anyone but a biologist to recognize them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They arise from the fact that the people do not wish to be commanded or oppressed by the nobles, while the nobles do desire to command and to oppress the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It could even be argued that the success of Paul Revere’s ride — in some way — owed itself to the fact that it was made at night. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t deny the fact that this class does seem like a bad rerun of Cops, though, and she has the records to prove it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though the world, in fact, was not destroyed, everyone had a marvelous time and people spoke fondly of the event for years afterward. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The way in which he asked suggested that he did in fact think that Fiver was likely to know better than himself, and it was clear from Fiver’s reply that this was accepted between them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very, very few, in fact, have any real spherical quality. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In fact it was rather a small room, and the crowd of strangers in it was seven or eight people, all of whom were certainly as taken aback as I was for a while. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only the facts are real and important for us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was starting to think that maybe I could use the springiness to help me fly even higher. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was an absolute fact that America had won the war, yet some people in camp did not believe it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This would, in fact, be the last lunch the two women ever had together, though they would remain cordial to each other for the rest of their lives. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chocolate and peanut butter—despite the fact that I do my best to avoid the intake of refined sugar—are a worthy combination. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Got the lot here — another young man being fitted up just now, in fact.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’m so quick I could probably catch myself. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Although everyone thought this was great news, Roosevelt knew this didn’t change the fact that the food was still going to run out before they finished. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Before long, with the help of a sympathetic librarian, they had found and read just about everything the library had to offer on Egypt—both fact and fiction. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remark was probably intentional hyperbole, but I heard it quoted as fact by a number of media people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, every third night dinner was spaghetti. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was the saying Swanburne Academy had taken as its motto, chiseled into the stone arch over the entryway to the main building in which classes were held. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Watching him, in fact, she felt a little...she took a deep breath and shook her head. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And the fact that the feeling they are being watched has not faded despite its presence bothers her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s no way you could have missed the fact that his passenger door window isn’t there anymore.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, the creative process is not completed until the work has found an audience. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly pointedly aware of the fact that I was standing in one of the cornerstones of civilization, talking to the Master Archivist of the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In bed that night, as the moonlight reached high tide under my chin, I realized that in fact I understood the question perfectly. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of historical curiosity, here’s a fun fact: I’m sitting in the room Nancy Reagan was in when she found out Ronald Reagan got shot.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The field of psychology is rich with experiments that demonstrate this fact. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This uncomfortable fact creates strong incentives for minority officers to deny, to rationalize, or to be willingly blind to the role of law enforcement in creating a racial undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A book is in fact less a cause of intelligence than an indicator. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, Beowulf's eyes were not strong, and part of their sensitivity was due to his not seeing too well. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also had to make peace with the fact that her dreams of traveling the world would have to be put on hold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I haven’t broken said pledge despite the fact that Jupe’s only ever been into girls and it will likely never happen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was in fact a Faun, which is a creature Shasta had never seen a picture of or even heard of. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When he took the wand away, hair seemed to be clinging to it — but then Harry saw that it was in fact a glistening strand of the same strange silvery-white substance that filled the Pensieve. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, a Sonny and Malik fight is one of the few things guaranteed in life, right up there with death, taxes, and Kanye West rants. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The word makes us feel good—in fact the word is a great ideal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after Wayne Washington interviewed me, he called Gay to verify some facts and told her that he had copied the Mosses’ foster care licensing file. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, it isn’t even close to ending there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, he felt only the bite of a nail in his boot, which pierced the ball of his foot whenever he came down on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, that fact—that sometimes things do just happen—seemed like it might be the scariest and saddest truth of all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He did, in fact, have a rather large nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We can never see the legs of the scabies mite, but we can tell from the fact that it moves that it must have legs or something similar. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But in fact I wouldn’t be caught dead in a girls’ school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time either of us had said anything about the fact that I was never at her apartment anymore. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, one of the only times Ernie didn’t wear his shades was whenever he was doing karate, which he had been learning since he was seven. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I believe, in fact, it is the very definition of the word.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Why, in fact, any of these people were here. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The fact that I wasn’t responding didn’t seem to slow him down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But then he said something that hinted at the fact that he might have a brain. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, this much I had learned when I was just a little boy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For his successors, in fact, the main task was not to discover whether Indians’ ancestors had walked over from Eurasia, but which Europeans or Asians had done the walking. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m an athlete. A champion athlete, in fact. And I didn’t slack off during the season.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which fact I detected when he grabbed his foot and started to moan while still sitting in the puddle on the patio. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that uranium deposits occurred naturally around the world without disintegrating themselves suggested that extraordinary conditions had to be present. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A better way would be to place a ruler gently next to the pencil, but in fact, comparing the lengths of the two objects also changes the pencil’s speed a tiny bit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I mustered up the courage to try and ignore the fact that a beautiful girl whom I’d never said more than hi to had come to visit me at work. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

So even though my shoes were covered, I couldn't hide the fact that I was walking like a senior citizen zombie, which I feared would draw unnecessary attention—the last thing I needed. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My indisputable facts had gone up in smoke. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I know he couldn't have foreseen this, must be hurting for me because, in fact, I believe he cares about me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, I did feel like grabbing the gun, but I felt more like shooting Deluca than Webb. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He was, in fact, the first child permitted to enter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By February he’d run out of food and starved, apparently without making any attempt to save himself, despite the fact that there was another cabin stocked with meat just three miles downstream. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, in fact, much more interested in playing golf or sailing on his yacht than running the city. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, you got away with much more than knocking down a sign, Jenny. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Here’s a thing about me: I regret most of my actions five minutes after the fact. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

C. J. agreed to wait before pulling the trigger, though in fact General Russell had already called the C.D.C. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the state tried to purchase his patents and secrets, afraid that he might die before passing them along. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, his conduct approached that of a bully, and he was given to swaggering up and down before Spitz’s very nose. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were, in fact, distant cousins, something they never found out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t talk about the fact that we have no idea where I’ll be tomorrow. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Not since Ethelred,” he said, “the one who was called Unready. In fact, it was while staying with my family that the name was given him. He was invariably late for dinner.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And this fact—children running amok—was perhaps the primary factor leading to the war. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone had a breaking point, after all, and the fact that Joaquin had spent almost three years with Mark and Linda and he still hadn’t been able to find theirs made him nervous. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could like the fact that I was hard just as I liked the fact that he wasn't hard. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, impossibly, it seemed to be getting closer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, Elizebeth herself had a commercial Enigma machine in her office so that her team could study it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like John, he had lumps on his neck, but in Alcante’s case they were in fact symptomatic of scrofula. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, the origin of modern chemistry can be traced directly to these experiments. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, honey, I’m sorry. It’s nothing to be scared of. In fact, you might like it.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

What most caught Miss Hill’s attention was the fact that the furniture wagon was empty save for an iron stove that seemed much too large for a private residence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If, because of my schooling, I had grown culturally separated from my parents, my education finally had given me ways of speaking and caring about that fact. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

More unsettling than the wreckage was the fact that the workshop was deserted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The painful fact that the pictures belonged to Maurice could not be avoided. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The fact that he could still make a light remark pulled me back a little, and I went to a chair beside his bed. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she now remembered that Old Tallow was responsible for the hide of the moose, which she had shared. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

After the invention of the fact, testimony could be approached with a form of systematized distrust. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I am, in fact, not the least surprised or awed.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they were the largest ethnic group in the westward migration. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was exacerbated by the fact fare-beating was not easy to fight. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You continue to overlook a simple fact,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"I am not a violent man. The fact is, I opened a door into his head." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fact was he wanted the gold because it was gold and he wanted to own it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she had the form of a red setter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that if you died... aside from the fact that it would really suck for you, it would mean the quest was over. This may be my only chance to see the real world.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Chris is gone is a sharp hurt I feel every single day. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Totally foolproof, except for the fact that gay people exist. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It is, in fact, the most exuberant, elaborate, and ornamented of all plumed birds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been that my tardiness in learning to sense white people as “white” people came from the fact that many of my relatives were “white”-looking people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, much of that process of linguistic fragmentation occurred within the past 2,500 years and is well documented historically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact the same dash occurs three times throughout the rhyme: here, here and here.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Studies of racial profiling have shown that police do, in fact, exercise their discretion regarding whom to stop and search in the drug war in a highly discriminatory manner. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As such, I’m under no illusions about the fact that they have a separate life that doesn’t involve me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only times I had heard the soliloquy had been when I had melodramatically recited to myself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves are in fact the ends of wooden bunk beds, three tiers high, seven beds deep. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only person who seemed more anxious than Percy was Hermione. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Because with a garden you never know for sure what will or won’t happen—whether anything, in fact, will grow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, most times it wasn’t funny at all. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he had no idea what the Count was bringing with him into the giant cage. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to play poker and golf and to drink and, most of all, to chase women; in fact, his sexual appetites were the stuff of legend. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t difficult. If you were lying then, why should a court believe you now? There are no new facts, and you’re an unreliable witness.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The threat of persecution and deportation if found, and the fact that Alexandra was being demolished, did not stop this stream of forced migration. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are victories whose glory lies only in the fact that they are known to those who win them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably never thought about the fact that his own son would be lying in his bed one day. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Choosing between a career in Education and a UN job wasn’t easy, she said—but the thing to remember was that the very fact that she had a choice was a great privilege. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word ‘fact’ tells us very little about the establishing and refuting of facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All this says nothing of the fact that Prohibition was directly responsible for the birth of organized crime in America and the introduction of the American gangster. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was profoundly affected by the fact that Tom was there. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The more sensational aspects of my rapid climb cannot obscure the facts. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was nearly midnight before the cat moved at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He soon discovered that what the doctors in Swat told my father was incorrect—the bullet had, in fact, gone very close to my brain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was plenty to complain about. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Mother,” he repeated loudly rubbing in the science; and, leaning back in his chair, “These,” he said gravely, “are unpleasant facts; I know it. But then most historical facts are unpleasant.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they were grammar mistakes, sometimes they were mistakes with geography or facts, and sometimes the article just didn’t tell the whole story. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that his people were already in arms and the still more ominous fact that the Rutulian Army had encamped before his gates were too much for King Latinus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Injustice which lasts for three long centuries and which exists among millions of people over thousands of square miles of territory, is injustice no longer; it is an accomplished fact of life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d meant this simply to be a statement of fact, but it sounded sort of taunting and doesn’t seem to have made her any happier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This answer doesn’t match with the other facts he knows about Dr. Martin: that she’s a birder, that she heals injured animals, that she returns birds to the sky, to their families. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He’s made no secret of the fact that he doesn’t like children. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was realizing that the magazine pictures were pretending to reach this level of wealth, and yet somehow had no idea how to attain it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe what I was doing was, in fact, chasing some sort of freedom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’s very interested in these dreams, and they are in fact like no dreams I can remember hearing about. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The professor recited facts in a dull, earthy voice: the average age of onset is twenty-five; there may be no symptoms before then. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was hard for her to absorb the fact that she was truly free. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing that they say will change the fundamental fact of my life, which is so overwhelming that I cannot give voice to it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, that was how we came to say a child was killed by Buffo: “He smelled the mint.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It was an undeniable fact: The Colonel would have no chance at a scholarship to a good school if he got expelled from the Creek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

This suggests that it took a while for Boyle to think of the word ‘fact’ as a respectable term to be used in natural philosophy when engaging with scholastics and Cartesians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Against me was the awkward chemical fact that I had chosen the wrong tautomeric forms of guanine and thymine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Quite new; ‘brand’ new, in fact; a present from my husband. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, she hung a little cross necklace from the rearview mirror of her car, which was probably a reckless thing to do. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Ji-li, the fact is that our family will not be able to pass these investigations,” he said slowly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet our culture is as dependent on facts as it is on gasoline. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“They picked us up, too,” G.H. said, as though trying to comfort Bigger with the fact. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow the fact that his laundry room connected to this strange place made him feel invaded. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many people are shocked to discover that what happened to them on the side of the road was not, in fact, against the law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only person who ever bought one of my rocks was Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact the pushing and shouting was all part of the fun, and they stayed for the most part pretty good-humoured. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact is, I was sick, but not in an easily explained flu kind of way. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact this might violate a federal statute; he tried to remember the relevant law, found he could not. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She talked with a swagger, seeming to be proud of this fact. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For I then said: 'In fact, I tended to concern myself with international affairs more than domestic ones. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until quite recently, it was customary to write “MP’s” and “1980’s” - and in fact this convention still applies in America. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, I couldn’t remember the last time I’d seen her in regular clothes, the kind she wore to relax around the house or run errands. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It can be argued that youthful derring- do is in fact evolutionarily adaptive, a behavior encoded in our genes. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, everyone appeared to be on their best behavior. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Better even than the Welsh ones, despite the fact that he lived in Wales and had his business there. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the roads outside town, we'd drive past the gateways to what were once slave plantations, though they were enough of a fact of life that nobody ever bothered to remark on them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s eerie, so I fill the void with cupcake facts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I pushed away the feelings of guilt over his condition, but it was hard to escape the fact that I felt at least partially responsible. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We’re thrilled to have you as our guests here tonight, and thrilled that the weather is cooperating—in fact, can you believe what a beautiful night this is?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Soon, in fact, they had pulled so far ahead that they could not even hear the boys in the other boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were crossed just enough to be mentioned, and only in context with the fact that one might have thought long and seriously before wishing them straighter, or deeper, or browner, or wider set. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They had looked about themselves and saw nothing to contradict the statement; saw, in fact, support for it leaning at them from every billboard, every movie, every glance. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he landed perfectly, grabbing hold of the ledge with both hands and then pulling himself up until he was level with the window. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Concentrating on that comforting fact, he climbs up past the bottom branches he was relegated to years ago, past the branches claimed by his sister and her friends. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted me to tell them to restrain themselves, to recognize the fact that they were in prison and to accept the discipline of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to not know that fact for as long as I possibly could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t the pretty, popular girl here at King Middle, and the fact that I’m being recognized is eating away at their flesh. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And that was when, years later, I discovered facts I couldn’t believe about a man who, up until that discovery, I would gladly have given my life for. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were, in fact, eating spinach from the garden for dinner, and in a few more days would have peas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, she claims to be.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise was accustomed to her uncle’s brand of intellectual shorthand: it was his custom to state one or two isolated facts, and a conclusion seemingly unsupported thereby. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That beacon of light seemed to reveal things and facts, which, though they must have always existed in me, I hadn’t been aware of up until now. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, Finn here is actually a virgin. Can you believe it? I know, right? What guy Finn’s age is still a virgin?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It became apparent he was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she wanted to tell the whole class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, each interpretation was true, in the sense that adherents of the different positions—and dozens more—existed in that churning and heterogeneous group known, with deceptive simplicity, as black America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I work for someone inside the INS. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The Muslims react to this fact by referring to the Negro as “the so-called American Negro” and substituting for the names inherited from slavery the letter “X.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, he hardly dared exit, even for food, lest a wayward shotgun pellet nip his delicate aesthetic life in the bud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at the facts, Hermione,” said Ron, speaking across Harry, who continued to gaze at the horizon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Romans said ‘res ipsa loquitur'; we say, ‘the facts speak for themselves.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Theresa thinks so, too. In fact, it’s her idea.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked if he was, in fact, the same Theodore Graham who had been arrested during the protests at Fort Lawton. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Rosmerta was staring over from behind the bar, apparently oblivious to the fact that the flagon she was filling with mead was overflowing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, life at home seemed kind of boring compared to life at church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he didn’t feel the nightmare there at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, his duties at home gave him a sense of responsibility and self-reliance that made him seem older than he was. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t a bad look at all for him, as a matter of fact. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, I wasn't on nobody's side, period. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Phenomena are too subjective: they are appearances, not realities; things and particulars are too much in the real world: none of them corresponds to that peculiar blend of reality and thought which is the fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was an act of concentration, of trying to hold within one’s center of attention all of that bewildering array of facts which science, politics, experience, memory, and imagination were urging upon me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Matter fact, that’s how the whole birdcage thing happened. They had this window in their house. Great big one.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come east. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, Hanako grew more winded than him as they ascended the path. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Indeed, because all facts are by definition true we tend to think all truths are facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, within the thermonuclear research community, Livermore’s reputation was marred by the almost comic fizzles of the first devices it readied for testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had given me a squeaky-clean background, with dead parents, and had even taken out the fact that I had become a vegetarian. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no point in publishing the fact that he hadn’t found anything in Kitum Cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Roosevelt and Churchill signed a special agreement, vowing to keep it that way. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The friendship and the mutual trust on which it rested had, in fact, not been recovered by 1812. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fact that she could even ask that question was more of a shock than seeing the ring held out to her that morning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, I must say I was even tempted to make a slight detour from my planned route just to see the village. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared astonished and delighted, not at what I said but at the fact that I could say it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all this cloud of controversy, what are the actual facts? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

My attempt to act normal was not helped by the fact that every little noise or fleeting movement made me jump. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Those things on your tongue are called papillae,” I said, and then I realized that maybe this wasn’t the best time to be sharing nature facts. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, I was about to quit the oracle business even before the rest of you decided to, yesterday. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I keep getting a little bit off track and letting my emotions about this—about them—get in the way, but I’ll try to stick to the facts. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“A very subtle microexpression of distress or unhappiness. It’s only in the eyebrows—in fact, just in one eyebrow.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I imagine that the administrators at Princeton didn’t love the fact that students of color largely stuck together. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, during his first several weeks in Bullhead, McCandless camped out in the desert at the edge of town; then he started squatting in a vacant mobile home. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you were, because I can't believe you would ask me out after what you did to both my sister and Warren. In fact, we shouldn't’ve kissed at all. Now that was a mistake.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I was a boy, anyone not a Catholic was defined by that fact and the term non-Catholic. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I was bruised all down my front side, the experience did a lot to improve my mood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He found the talk around the dinner table excruciatingly dull; in fact, he made a point of not listening if he could help it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, what makes slot machines so powerful, at least in part, is that they so often leave the player unsatisfied. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In fact, the corpus of writings in classical Nahuatl, the language of the Alliance, is even larger than the corpus of texts in classical Greek. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, after this moment, she won’t be this optimistic for a long, long time. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The whole problem of pesticide poisoning is enormously complicated by the fact that a human being, unlike a laboratory animal living under rigidly controlled conditions, is never exposed to one chemical alone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

For the fact was, the earlier Moving Day came, the colder the nights were likely to be. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’d moved through NYU’s campus at a brisk pace, our efficiency aided by the fact that it was still early and many students were not yet up for the day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Applying old mathematics, in fact, is often more difficult than discovering new mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nibble on the bread and a soft cheese wedge and watch my movie, marveling over the fact that I actually picked an Indian movie over all the American choices. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“So remember that. A lot of times those little facts get smudged out of the history books. If you gon’ tell a story, you better be sure you’re telling the right one.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As it happens, this is the first occasion since the establishment of universities in the thirteenth century on which a philosophical theory was destroyed by a fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was, in fact, no gentleman at all. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet mentioned the fact of his death to the white woman in the faded sunbonnet, the next time she saw her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body ignores the fact that its eyes are seeing a ninety- minute day-to-night cycle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was about the facts, and the case, and the law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“In fact,” I said, “now that I think of it, I believe I’ve already decided some of it! I think Nemur and Strauss are both wrong!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia feels herself getting younger in her sleep, so young in fact that she fears she will die, be driven beyond the womb to oblivion. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m doing just dandy other than the fact that my father has ruined my life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, the harder he tried, the more laughable his efforts turned out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the first law of the new nation was created because of that demand for land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

They all talked at once, their voices insistent and contradictory and impatient, making of unreality a possibility, then a probability, then an incontrovertible fact, as people will when their desires become words. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, you really have been making things terribly difficult for Colonel Cathcart,” he observed with flip good humor, as though the fact did not displease him at all. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Already my personality was lopsided; my knowledge of feeling was far greater than my knowledge of fact. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, without looking up: 'You are familiar, I take it, with the facts of life.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew only that she was from another village and had a few years of schooling—a fact that worried his own father, who thought that was too much education for a woman. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I certainly wouldn’t want to put you out ” “No, no. No bother at all. I insist, in fact.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pull my sweatshirt closer to my body, looking away at the pile of yoga mats in the corner, trying to ignore the fact that that open space? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And the fact that I’m okay somehow makes me feel much better than okay. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Not just the facts of it but the how and the why and the gravity of it—what it means. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Because Dana was under eighteen, the authorities weren’t allowed to release his name to the media—a fact that rankled Roy’s mother, who believed Dana’s mug shot should have been plastered on the front page. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Torricelli’s experiment rapidly became famous: the phrase ‘famous experiment’ is first used in English in 1654 to refer to it, and for an Italian author in 1663 it is famosissima. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We might joke about looking “kempt” or being "couth," but in fact the negatives have no opposite forms—they’re either obsolete rarities or whimsical inventions. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of those twenty times and soon disputed that “fact.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Although I did not respond to these overtures, the mere fact that they were talking rather than attacking could be seen as a prelude to genuine negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My difficulty arose from the fact that the clips were utterly overwhelming. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that the selling that morning went very well, she wouldn’t change her mind. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though, as a matter of fact, they were not very different from the other hobbits of the Four Farthings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is the second critical fact about the thoughts and decisions that bubble up from our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was splashing and glugging and waving his arms as high above the water as he could. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“In fact, looking at the beads and design, this doesn’t look Spokane at all. I don’t recognize the work. Does anybody here recognize the beadwork?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly the former; it had been a costly war despite the valiant predictions of the Pentagon and its smug scientific vassal, the Rand Corporation—which had, in fact, existed not far from this spot. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But in a couple of hours, that lifelong fact about me, the one that always seemed to surprise people, would no longer be true. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The commander had decided to take offense at the fact that the first female officer in Recon’s history had been assigned to his squad. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“This,” said Dr. B. J. Cigrand, Emeline’s second cousin, the North Side dentist, “in spite of the fact that she was in the habit of writing to her parents two or three times a week.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Neither do I. If it weren’t for the fact that my throwing arm is rusty and my timing stinks, I would be happy. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I tell myself that Dad knows I'm not a little kid anymore, that he knows I'm mature enough to face facts. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was a message, and it was in writing, forbidden by that very fact, and it hadn’t yet been discovered. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to resign myself to the fact that white people were definitely in charge, and there was nothing we could do about it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact was, I suppose, there were powerful tides tugging us apart by then, and it only needed something like that to finish the task. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the fact that I didn’t know about Grandma when I painted that first swastika. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He had never even caught on to the fact that the mute made no answers. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once, in fact, when he’d heard I was broke, he had looked me up and handed me some money and grunted, “Stick this in your pocket.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, we sounded pretty amazing together, I thought. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was glad to know this fact because being from New York City where everyone’s born knowing uptown is north but not a whole lot else, I didn’t know anything about NNE vs. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had often marvelled at that fact in his professional career. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Thus ‘the fact of Cain’ was the killing of Abel. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jessie had her multiplication facts memorized all the way up to fourteen times fourteen. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

And both of these last statements are undeniable facts, related facts, containing the gravest implications for us all. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, she realized as it got louder, it sounded like Mapper. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t even borrow sugar from my neighbors. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

No wonder that a modern spymaster called espionage a “wilderness of mirrors...an ever-fluid landscape where fact and illusion merge.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fish acknowledges that the rules of baseball can be changed by a vote; he then goes on to argue that the facts of nature also change, and that funding agencies decide what they are. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In recent years, more and more Americans have discovered the same sad facts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Indeed, some of the personages were Jewish, and this fact alone should demonstrate how nonsensical is much of what has been said about his lordship. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is a true objective fact, and if I had a stroke and forgot my date of birth I could establish it without any difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Journeying abroad initially appeared the perfect solution to the complete lack of chemical facts in my head, a condition at times encouraged by my Ph.D. supervisor, the Italian-trained microbiologist Salvador Luria. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was often hard to see what the function of management was, other than to exact obeisance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, for all their size, diprotodons and Australia’s other giants probably wouldn’t have been that hard to hunt because they would have been taken totally by surprise by their two-legged assailants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only other address I had was the innocuous box number which people used who didn't want to advertise the fact they lived in an asylum. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, she bet Dr. Mansfield had lots of women. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The fact that I will have to have a roommate and buy shampoo. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably,” said Dr. Schultz wryly, “he’s wondering if they’re ready for their steroid injections, too. As a matter of fact, I think the G group is. They’re doing almost as well as A group.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta and Janice were put out by the fact that they weren’t asked to take a skip down the hall with Hirohito. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They learned to overlook the fact that his parents were divorced, that his father had remarried not once but twice, that his second wife was only ten years older than Moushumi. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once I got over the fact that my Latin teacher was a horse, we had a nice tour, though I was careful not to walk behind him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

That issue, though, is really secondary to the simple fact that the kids weren’t watching the letters because they were watching Oscar. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us are well aware of the fact that we can hear something without really listening to it or understanding it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the crazed look in Hyacinth’s eyes, or the fact that she was cradling a strange yet adorable kitten in her arms, but her siblings did not stop to argue. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, the basket was larger than anything she had ever attempted, but Nhamo was afraid to ask her cousin to take some of the load. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four oldest children, who wore short pants in spite of the fact that they were on the threshold of adolescence, busied themselves with José Arcadio's personal appearance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In fact since Brian had come to the small airport in Hampton, New York to meet the plane—driven by his mother—the pilot had spoken only five words to him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Florence had married a black man did not sit well with her German relatives, and she was made to feel unwelcome. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I did not want to read anything, but the fact is I did not know how to refuse. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He did not give it, as a matter of fact. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The more his parents climbed the political ranks, the more he started to reckon with the fact that soon the world would know who he was. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In fact he wanted to strangle the old man himself. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everything from the fact that a peach is not a funny-looking apple to how having long hair doesn’t make someone a girl. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was not the boys who were on her mind, but their mother, her sister, or rather her incarnation within the wiry frame of Lola. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I recounted the attack, sticking to the facts and avoiding conjecture. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The point, in fact, was to be unsubtle—to send a clear message to the world that nobody could harm the president of the United States. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Much was made, in retrospect, of the fact that Root, in evening dress, charged into the rock-cold night without first putting on a coat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She clutched the pendant squeezing the unyielding metal until her muscles ached, as if forcing into her own mind the almost unthinkable fact that she might really remain an ugly for life. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“In fact, they’ll probably want to bulldoze that bush out of there. I can do that with the big tractor.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the thought of packing a suitcase and taking the morning train did not excite her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Alcantara, in fact, had been drenched with what appeared to be water and was sent off to change his uniform. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he still wants one in spite of everything that’s happened and the fact that nobody’s going to go to it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It would be a mistake to think that one can resolve this contradiction: the whole point of the fact is that it inhabits two worlds and claims the best of both. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fact was that Malcolm would have liked one of those badges very much. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Francis, however, remained lukewarm, and in the absence of any hard facts I knew it was futile to try to bring him around. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The fact that she told Dolores all about this encounter in Aunt Lydia’s office meant nothing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, he was out a few days after I talked with Papa. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This arises from the fact that her ancient military practices were not good, and that there has existed nobody capable of inventing new ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when facts entered the game everything changed because there is no arguing with the facts: they always win. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

These two brothers were very close to one another, a fact which had always been a matter of pride to Ellen, who strove to make family ties firm and secure. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in point of fact the explanation lies elsewhere. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The facts: Fig was still at home, where he belonged; insulin could help him get better; treatment cost more than my allowance. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Part of what he was wrestling with was, in fact, good news—an embarrassment of riches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was an air of the health farm about her, and an indoor tan. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, it seems we’ve outgrown punishment altogether in the last few months. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

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

It’s the fact that they were reciting a song? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, in any given year, more than one in ten Americans violate drug laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Cynthia was a perceptive person, and the fact that she wasn’t part of our group just gave her remark more weight. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do I deal with the fact that I DO need them to get ahead without feeling like I'm turning my back on my own people? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, that is more likely to be grammatically correct than which. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to contemporary history and philosophy of science, there are no such things as killer facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

However, the fact that it is both long range and always attractive means that its effects all add up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I flipped out—I mean, how else would you explain the fact that all of a sudden I started picking up those baskets and dumping everything back overboard? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Molly is suddenly struck by the fact that Vivian wrote these words on this sheet of paper more than eighty years ago. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The whole face, in fact, was alight with fun and laughter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She—it—would have gotten me, he said to himself, except for the fact that Mercer warned me. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Throughout his life Hercules had this perfect confidence that no matter who was against him he could never be defeated, and facts bore him out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, and I'd have to hide the fact that I had actually been afraid when I made my speech. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they had to push ’em back in the sockets….” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When I received Joe's response to my letter, a scribbled note in the handwriting of a child, he could still only read at a third-grade level, despite the fact that he was thirty-one. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I have until next month, Thanksgiving Eve in fact, to let them know whether or not I’ll need a room in New Haven come the following fall. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact it got a bit tiring after a while because it was like everything being said in the car was for our—or at least my—special benefit. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So rebellious, in fact, that she tried to put a stop to her unit’s transfer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nothing much going on here this weekend, other than the fact that every freaking thing in the universe reminds me of you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, with the weight in my stomach, just the sight of food made me feel queasy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For all the talk and struggle to get Uncle Jet to commit, Nathan realized he had no idea what the ceremony was, apart from the fact that it was seven days long. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I really reject and resent the fact that people are saying that cell phone usage and drunk driving are the same,” he said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He looked from me to Kevin, making no secret of the fact that he didn’t find us all that trustworthy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit might have guessed they were street people, except for the fact that they were waiting in line to buy sixty-dollar tickets. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But that didn't make up for the fact that she was currently ruining my precious teen years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Frank’s old centurion badge was pinned to his shirt, despite the fact that the demigods of the Argo II were now Public Enemies Numbers 1 through 7 back at Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, she has to use a ladder even to get to the higher shelves. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those white hands working in concert, committing their facts and figures down on blue paper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I only mentioned coming up here because I wanted you to have all the facts, like. I’m on your side.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was seriously thinking of leaving Philadelphia and the practice of medicine altogether. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Since the owl had brought up the matter of secrecy, and had, in fact, been secretive himself, she was not sure just how much she should tell Jeremy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This subterfuge would be assisted by the fact of his staying at Corbin castle, instead of at the actual place of the tournament. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t doubt you found the next game,” he said in a voice that suggested he actually did doubt it, quite a bit in fact. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Is this something besides a fun fact to know and tell?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, he kind of looked like he was going to blow chunks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s more than that! He’s a magician with chocolate! He can make anything—anything he wants! Isn’t that a fact, my dears?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Jeannette,” Mom said when she had accepted the fact that she would not get her way, “I’m deeply disappointed in you.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Matter fact, not one of you even came to tell me you were leaving! Had to find out from Sneaky!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only time Miss Celia walks ten feet is to come in the kitchen for her lesson or to sneak upstairs every two or three days, up in the creepy rooms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I knew this in theory but could not understand it as fact until the boy with the small eyes stood across from me holding my entire body in his small hands. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, baby. Go dance your little heart out! As a matter of fact, I may do a little dancin’ myself tonight! Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her everything, all the sketchy facts and rumors I’d overheard, and she blanched. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, she could barely remember the pain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, my father was a Catholic once. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was already dreaming of performing as an elite-level gymnast and making the national team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

According to these historians, replication is a social artefact, not a natural fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fact was that he was dizzy with all this strangeness, and he hoped that by attending to something dull and workmanlike he’d regain a little balance. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Many of the reporters were careless about the facts, to the point that she could barely recognize herself in their articles. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It should be evident that many of the supposed facts we have been looking at—the weapon salve, for example—are rather odd, and always have seemed odd. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was some connection between that very early story of him and the fact that he was God of Commerce and the Market, protector of traders. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite this, I had a bet with Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology that in fact Cygnus X-l does not contain a black hole! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, it isn't How did you guess?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more recently a lucky accident uncovered the fact that Friedmann’s assumption is in fact a remarkably accurate description of our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip-flop back and forth all day, not even really paying attention to the fact that my mom and I have been sort of civil today. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The fact that there were any good wells at all within a day’s march of the city only went to prove that Daenerys Targaryen was still an innocent where siegecraft was concerned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It might’ve been the weird lights, or the fact that Toby’s heart was bouncing, but he couldn't stop staring at her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I am only seven, but I understand that it is this fact, more than any other, that makes my family different: we don’t go to school. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Well here’s a fact for you,” I said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A newspaper that is only filled with cold, hard facts is like an iceberg, crushing anything that gets in its way. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mind this, in fact I liked it; it was like camping out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She told us little-known facts that she had the inside scoop on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was so good that eBay bought PayPal, but not on the recommendation of its Wall Street investment bankers— on the recommendation of its users. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, I had read and heard enough scare stories about the fate of runaways to keep me with the Weylins for several days longer than I meant to stay. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she says, “Fun fact—he was the nephew of contralto Marian Anderson. Their family was from Philadelphia, but she lived in Portland in her last days. Do you know about her?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t all that thrilling, but Annabeth kept telling us interesting facts about how the Arch was built, and Grover kept passing me jelly beans, so I was okay. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond all this, or at the very center, was the raw fact of terror. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, this outpouring of charity could not change a new fact of life. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Greene does not tut-tut over the fact that this reasoning depends on complex mathematics. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, last year I was rewarded for my brashness. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I just needed to confess that fact to my parents. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tellwright did, in fact, pay for cooking classes for Joyce, and she took them herself, right alongside the younger woman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The only thing I had going for me was the fact that I was tall, but even there I was gangly and awkward-looking. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This isn’t repeated as speculation or as part of the underwear invention, but as fact. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something about this act, the little puff of air, the rising aroma, reiterated the brand-new fact about myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was not generally admired for these views, but that fact bothered him hardly at all. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

By not slapping down the symbol of black prosperity—by aiding it in many ways, in fact—Durham had earned its reputation as a progressive Southern city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact she is beginning to sound a little like her old man, but without all the heady blow and bellow. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week ago, Nailer knew for a fact that he could have done the same. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then came Cynthia, the youngest, a slim, pretty girl-mouse, light haired, and, in fact, a little light-headed as well, and over-fond of dancing. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

For the second time that evening, a mere statement of fact had a thunderous impact on me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he’d always taken great pains to ensure that she never even saw inside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, things with the Fugees were more fragile than I could have realized that day. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The real answer is no, because I don’t in fact know what this joke means. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How especially perfect,” she says, quite seriously, as if Signora Mondopoco has just offered a crucial fact of existence. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

This judgment also ignores the fact that inoculation with the spores need be done only once; the first cost is the only cost. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

From what I saw, most people thought this was a joke: honoring the scoreboard like this was a quirky little thing we East Shoalers did to cover up the fact that it had killed someone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It all seemed secondary to the fact that her family was in crisis. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Add in the fact that Cap had dropped off the face of the earth “Let’s get to the bottom of this,” Lena decided. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I supposed Him to exist only within the walls of a church—in fact, of our church—and I also supposed that God and safety were synonymous. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

From Merle Tuve at the Carnegie Institution came a sharply worded warning to his boyhood friend “Ernie” about his tendency to jump to unwarranted conclusions before all the facts were in. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Though Odile could not follow what we were saying, she was obviously cheered by the fact that Francis was about to bring off his second triumph within the month. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, at eighteen, Matthias suspected that he was the oldest of the bunch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The staggering fact is that Bach could improvise fugues like this at the keyboard, and often did. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, the eighty-five citizens gathered there seemed strangely subdued and contemplative. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

What hypnotized her into being unable to move was the fact that the man was coming towards her with his lower garments opened. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My great error was not that I had accepted someone else’s dream but that I had accepted the fact of dreams, the need for escape, and the invention of racecraft. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Even today the artist remains a magician whose work can mystify and move us—an embarrassing fact to civilized people, who do not readily relinquish their veneer of rational control. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it appeared that he hadn’t been listening at all. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And it is usually so with governments—not a fact but a small slip of paper. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the thing Lorraine and I liked best about the Pigman was that he didn’t go around saying we were cards or jazzy or cool or hip. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Which might have had something to do with the fact that I seemed to always be around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In fact I had him the longest of all my animals, for he came back to England with me and lived in Bournemouth for many years, with the run of house and garden. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even allowing for the fact that we can know these devices challenge our limitations, sometimes they are so compelling we can’t stop using them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In fact, her aunts have given her a list of names of uncles and aunts and cousins she might call on along her way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

What made an interpretation right was not its formal structure but its usefulness, the fact that it made possible prediction and control. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Long after crime had peaked, in fact, some of them continued to predict ever darker scenarios. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, Fina has decided that the figure we saw was not a vampire but was, in fact, a cult leader about to perform a satanic ritual, possibly involving human sacrifice. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I know we might be throwing away our chance at a win, but if we can get some facts out there, maybe make people think a little bit, it’ll be worth it, right?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And in fact, there are precedents for such a case, including one in which a woman successfully had her father’s DNA removed from a database in Iceland. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Americans felt they were being cheated, silenced—in fact, enslaved. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We were consoled by the fact that so much of our evidence was documentary and could be admitted without the complications and unpredictability that Myers's testimony might introduce. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, like almost everyone else, she saw the appeal of the base pairs and accepted the fact that the structure was too pretty not to be true. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Although it has indicated that the mere fact that someone fits a profile does not automatically constitute reasonable suspicion justifying a stop, courts routinely defer to these profiles, and the Court has yet to object. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The fact that the ‘new’ was narrowly defined as ‘contemporary classical’ rather than, say, bebop is indicative of this. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

For he knows that if the full facts were known, if men had time to reflect, he could not stand there and shout for death! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, most citizens would see the glowing nighttime sky and dismiss it as nothing important. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it became clearer as the boat floated toward it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It brought him a period of sexual release that seemed to last for hours, even though in fact the screams and pleading faded rather quickly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And in fact, over thousands of years, people in every corner of the globe built a large body of food knowledge. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Just the fact that you considered it means—” “We’re getting maudlin here,” Sim broke in, knocking his glass against the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t get over the fact I was part of the team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Had North Enders taken more time to ponder the fact that the tank was so obviously leaking, perhaps they would have shown more concern. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I made peace with the fact that my hijab made some of my fellow Muslim women uncomfortable. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact with Merry’s help he had already chosen and bought a little house at Crickhollow in the country beyond Bucklebury. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It expresses only the evident fact that...many characteristics of the organism are specified...in unique, separate and thereby independent ways.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“In fact, she’s a hero. She played a song so loudly that we were able to find them quickly.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her answer came with direct simplicity, as though she were simply stating a fact:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Albert is not dying,” said Joseph, as if it was a fact. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some of the pointers he gave me I already knew, but the fact that it was he saying them turned them into utterings from an oracle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact they are so busy that it will be hard for you to picture them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, the two edges differed from each other. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors were puzzled by the fact that it wasn’t quite jaundice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I don’t hear anything at all. Not even the ocean.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He still found the author’s preachy manner annoying, but he couldn’t argue with her facts. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truth was, I was all too aware of the fact that I only owned two shirts, and after two terms of constant wear they were getting shabby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Two facts were at once apparent,” Compton wrote later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the earth, overwhelmed by the fact that he had no idea how to get back to Nali’s mobile home. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In another time, if I felt it unavoidable, I would have presented the fact solely to mitigate the ill sweep of my own activities. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dinghy was no longer heading my way; in fact, it seemed to be sliding away in the current. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, they make me feel prickly all over. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the fact that he felt like he couldn’t do anything about it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, all the girls looked kind of on suspend. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says this mildly, just another fact, but it reminds me of just how horrific his reputation is. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Church, in fact, excited more sexual wonderment than it repressed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that most of the evidence in support of any disparity had since been discredited was deemed irrelevant; what mattered was whether the law had seemed rational at the time it was adopted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The only thing that would shock Schubert about 'Someone like you’ is the fact that a young woman is the song’s creator, not its object. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It is quite possible in fact that the ‘stones’ are made of soft plastic, causing no authentic wounds.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that the same joke, the same style, has no effect in France or England or Italy makes this contention valid. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there hasn’t been a Potter at Hogwarts for years—and that boy didn’t turn out so well. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

In fact, she seemed to get more invisible the longer he looked at her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What do we have in common, besides the fact that our moms are both immigrants? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, I scolded him, “You’re not Sir Laurence Olivier playing Hamlet, you know. All I want are the facts and how you felt. Not a theatrical production.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was a single link that unified the suffrage movement’s past and present. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rudy Noyes, who was still young at thirty-six, had been with the office, had, in fact, been Bookman’s personal sidekick, apprentice, and mouthpiece for eleven of those seventeen years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she didn’t invent it at all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did, in fact, seem indifferent about business. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, these reference works, with their careful attention to history, literature, and actual usage, are the most adamant debunkers of grammatical nonsense. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The fact that his sister had come out of the Underworld for me and not for him didn’t seem to sit well with him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The War on Drugs has greatly exacerbated the problems associated with drug abuse, rather than solved them, but the fact remains that the violence associated with the illegal drug trade is nothing to be celebrated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, the same behavior of gravity with distance in more than three space dimensions means that the sun would not be able to exist in a stable state with pressure balancing gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, on Boxing Day it was customary to give the servants the day off, and most household employees considered this the greatest gift of all. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, under the three strikes regime in California, a “repeat offender” could be someone who had only a single prior case decades ago, and one arrest can result in multiple strikes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Akimi, “technically we do. In fact, we have the rest of today and tomorrow till noon.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Except you don't smell as good as a flower. In fact, you stink," Shyam, the new class bully, told her, and his friend Srikant snickered. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

On the ride into Chu Lai, I kept waiting for the pain to hit, but in fact I didn’t feel much. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Possibly true,” Westley agreed, “and when the moment comes, remember that: I might indeed be bluffing. I could, in fact be lying right here because I lack the strength to stand. All that, weigh carefully.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Was Jack Collins, in fact, Bobby’s most important teacher, overshadowing Carmine Nigro? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the sequence can be set to equal anything at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership takes shape, that history shapes presidents, rather than vice versa. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jim was gone already, was in fact already climbing on the bus when I went out the front door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that it had the word man in it didn’t really help, because the only word that mattered was young. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It would be reasonable to suppose that Richard Owen’s petty rivalries marked the low point of nineteenth-century paleontology, but in fact worse was to come, this time from overseas. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The fourth possibility—older boy, younger boy—is ruled out by the fact that a girl answered the door. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that was facts, numbers, a quiz at the end. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was, in fact, quite difficult to lie to a hawk. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her sainted professor is talking about the same science-y facts I did in the carriage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

An hour’s listening disclosed the fanatical intolerance of minds sealed against new ideas, new facts, new feelings, new attitudes, new hints at ways to live. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she, too, had thought about asking her husband to stay home from work to help with the girls but decided otherwise. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He chased around anything in a skirt, in fact chased me around when she wasn’t looking but I wouldn’t have it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I do know for a fact they’ve been pleased with my work, and by and large, I have too. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the less I talked, the more she said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, as politely as he could, O’Neill asked me who the hell I was. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kiss to make up for the fact that wasn’t there. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It is an extraordinary fact about Joseph Sauveur that, as the meticulous, indefatigable founder of acoustics, he should have been partially - later severely - deaf, with a lifelong, relentlessly lampooned speech impediment resulting from childhood mutism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As long as they could they avoided climbing for Frodo’s sake, and because it was in fact difficult to find any way up out of the narrow dales. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had been schooled to present an unalteringly smiling face and I continued to do so despite the fact that my environment allowed more open expression. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, I became what you would call a regular roustabout, a “ladies’ man.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am never too busy for an heir to the French throne if that is in fact what you are,” he said pleasantly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sit in the darkness; no point in having the light on, to advertise the fact that I’m still awake. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, drinking was number one on her don’t list, and if my stepfather drank too much, she’d scream at him on the way home. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, coupled with the fact that she never once called me by name. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He doubted it was anything, but the fact that there was something in the middle of all this nothing made it hard for him to pass up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, of course, Lyra and her peers were engaged in deadly warfare. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The shade of the mango stretched all the way across the yard, and I realized it must be afternoon, a fact that surprised me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I lost contact with most of the people I knew in college, including my beer-drinking friends and the first woman I ever woke up with in the morning. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Mama never asked me to pick anything anymore, except in our garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, they think the whole chair is ugly, and if there is one thing you know from years and years in the business, it is that people don’t buy chairs they think are ugly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Fortune presents her a second chance in the form of an impoverished doctor—in fact, a prince in disguise who has elected to work among the needy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The fact is that there wasn’t an “exactly when.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you see? We have nothing else to give a boy like that. This is a fact.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The spot was in fact no different from when I had passed it not long before, but my way of seeing it had changed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she’s wearing the very same look she wore that day I came in to find her holding this shoebox. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hatsue’s father— he spoke in Japanese—asked Mr. Oshiro if in fact there were submarines and if the rumors of an invasion of Oregon and California were factual. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

How could I present the fact of leaving to my boss? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea anchors did their job well—in fact, nearly too well. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. In fact, only a couple people felt sick in that room. That’s how we got out. Daley was distracted because it didn’t do what it was supposed to.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just the fact that the place had a tree as a mascot seemed so promising. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The fact that he knew her name froze her just as solidly as his appearance had frozen her mother. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

With Olivia and every woman who came after her there has been this knowledge to deal with: the great fact of my condition. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Most toddlers are interested in the fact that the animal with two pointy ears and a long tail is called a cat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, we know from recorded history that English really was carried from there to England by invading Anglo-Saxons in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from—and when we ignore that fact, planes crash. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Ginnie was, in fact, slightly put off by this information, whatever its degree of truth, but not to the point of sentimentality. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Shortly before his death, Justice Thurgood Marshall felt compelled to remind his colleagues that there is, in fact, “no drug exception” written into the text of the Constitution. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Wittgenstein wrote in the Tractatus that ‘The world is the totality of facts, not of things.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Trust me, you don’t know all the facts.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, I am the butler of Darlington Hall, near Oxford.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though this work had been going on for over fifteen years, most if not all of the facts were soft. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

There’s no Z. When Mr. Bernbach got his first job in advertising, he didn’t advertise the fact that he’d never written an advertisement. advisable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had this whole mantra of “facts and nothing but the facts.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, he hadn’t seen any police craft on the river at all, which was peculiar. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

To Minnie the little ceremony appeared to be legal and in its quiet way very romantic, but in fact no record of their union was entered into the marriage registry of Cook County, Illinois. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fact that his suffering has been far less extreme, and has not been linked to a belief in his inherent inferiority, has not made his suffering less real. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When it came to growing viruses—as with many other things —the fact that HeLa was malignant just made it more useful. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For most of the 1980s and 1990s, Neptune was in fact the solar system’s most far-flung planet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Take her this one, too. You tell her I’m also sorry. Real sorry, in fact.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, they were living in the past as far as their race relations went. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, almost all the floors have collapsed walls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

If the virus had been noticed earlier, it might have been named Kinshasa Highway, in honor of the fact that it passed along the Kinshasa Highway during its emergence from the African forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly the same relativist approach is employed with regard to facts as to theories; indeed, the two are often indistinguishable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But he never could have guessed what his sister out of the goodness of her heart in fact did. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family, in fact, was probably on the poor side of the neighborhood spectrum. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He took some consolation from the fact that Ulbrickson had told the press that the third boat was still in contention. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

These are not facts that Axel knows, big fights or a lost job. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It pleased him to see America’s civil engineers at last expressing passion for the fair, although in fact the directors had promised nothing to Eiffel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, doing so would have forever connected Henrietta and her family with the cells and any medical information eventually derived from their DNA. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The lack of rain and the fact that the park’s waterworks were not yet completed meant Olmsted could not plant exposed portions of the grounds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“No, not at all. In fact, I rather like the fish.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, it is so tedious and demanding that many students leave as many as ten or twenty questions blank. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And no, I won’t mention the fact that Mom has never made any of my costumes, because it really has no bearing on anything at all. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely. As a matter of fact, we’ll use this test as a learning tool to study for the real competition. But anyone is free to see the test and check their responses.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The very facts were shrouded in uncertainty: Was it a civil war? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each of these rereadings and rewritings it seemed that I’d gather in facts and facets that tried to run away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

The fact that we’d never seen a picture of the place only added to its mystique. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither the woman nor the old man was at all impressed by the fact that he was a shepherd. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether it was in fact bringing him luck, and if it were, was it good luck or bad? Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Did he, in fact, capture you when you were sailing for the Carolinas?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The fact remains,” said Mama, “we had a fire!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baird, the prosecutor, had his skepticism—about what the facts would show and whether there was applicable law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But what consolation can that fact bring against the knowledge that my mother and father have never heard of Garcia Lorca or Garcia Marquez? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never confused my teachers or the priests with actual family members; in fact they were most awesome for being without families. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most damaging to the claim that New York’s police innovations radically lowered crime is one simple and often overlooked fact: crime went down everywhere during the 1990s, not only in New York. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I began with the facts and followed them as long as I could. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted hyena is not well served by its appearance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The reasons are different,” said Archimedes, “yet the fact is true. But need we talk on the wing? I am getting tired.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some say it is held then because the tenth anniversary had come and gone, and no one thought to have a party for it until after the fact. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first couple of weeks really weren’t that bad, except for the fact that I’d started fasting, which just made me kind of tired. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In fact the British boys still rowed with the long layback that English prep schools and universities had taught for generations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fact that the party was given for Doc, if it was known, was never mentioned or taken into consideration. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, all through dinner, I couldn’t have been more outgoing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, as the probability of a strike grew larger and larger, he left Boston without telling anyone where he was going. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Gramps said that yes, as a matter of fact, he had a fat old beagle named Sadie. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I tried not to resent the fact that my friends were all allowed to live in the country. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, the place has entirely lost its magic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had wanted me to miss the opening night so I could come cheer him on. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m liking the fact we’ll be running partners more and more. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

My personal dread derived from the obvious fact that it’s not only the software writers and computer geeks who get empowered to collaborate on work in a flat world. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stood up, and since I did wish to speak, I said, almost at random, in fact, that I never intended to kill the Arab. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had enough experience to know that in order to be a good organizer of anything which you expect to succeed—including yourself—you must almost mathematically analyze cold facts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mulch decided to take that as a statement of fact rather than an insult. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It is strange, but true, to relate, that at this point in time I was still capable of being upset by the fact that my career at Hampden had pretty much gone down the drain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its actual appearance was frightening, and not merely the fact that he knew it to be himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Adding to the temptation to avoid race is the fact that opportunities for challenging mass incarceration on purely race-neutral grounds have never been greater. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I called him “the fact guy,” for how he seemed to have a statistic to match every little twist in a conversation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was shocked that the audience was shocked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

HARRY: The anger I can cope with, the fact he’s right is harder. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The fact that he apparently notices me enough to know I’m not at football games.“This is my first time,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In fact, I began to sense a greater underlying pattern to the way the wind moved through the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, during the past three weeks Dewey had dropped twenty pounds. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, they’d only just gotten the door itself, which he’d found in the basement of another abandoned building. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the fuzziness, in fact, that it took seven years for anyone to spot the moon again and thus independently confirm its existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow the reporters concluded that the sick monkeys had been “destroyed as a precaution” when in fact the nightmare, and the reason for troops, was that the animals hadn’t been destroyed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was getting ready to head out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But most of all Wes enjoyed the simple fact that Woody’s father was there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The fact is, I have tended increasingly of late to indulge myself in such recollections. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that nettles are, in fact, injection needles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was awakening to the sorry facts: My biscuits were like stones, my samplers askew, my seams like rickrack. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, some scientists believe that Maria may have been the only person to record the metamorphoses of many species in Surinam that have since become extinct. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was not until a few years later, when they flew their flying machine in another demon land—France, I think—that demons accepted flight as a fact. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody could explain how those infinitesimals disappeared when squared; they just accepted the fact because making them vanish at the right time gave the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Cal’s method was a waste of time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t remember much of anything before Sunday, at least not anything so far this winter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Alongside Jason's mug shot, in fact! We can dig it out after dinner." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I did not yet understand that it was this fact of being tender—of having lived some years of a life that allowed tenderness—that would, finally, save me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, Edward was ignored and forgotten about until the next morning, when Lolly picked him up again and pulled his dress down away from his face and stared him in the eye. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

This phrase, ‘immutable mobiles’, sums up neatly the epistemological paradox of the fact: facts can be moved around, transferred from one person to another, without being degraded, or so at least the story goes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It would be a better world if this were not true, but the fact is that diseases do not develop just because of carelessness about the preservation of health. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fact is,” I said, “that you’re unable, or unwilling, to believe in the fact that I believe in you.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It really brings home the fact that I’ve been followed all this time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, it is not.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was rather surprised I had managed to carry it as far as I had. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, she's looked that way for the past few weeks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, all through my childhood I got letters once a week from my dad when he was doing time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the fact that they probably hate my guts now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

‘Matters of fact’, as opposed to matters of law and of faith, becomes an intellectual slogan and a powerful political weapon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But after photographs of the 1919 total eclipse showed that light bent as it passed the sun, the facts proved without a doubt that Einstein was right! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She delivers the facts calmly, as if they mean nothing to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There were in fact five visitors, four of them Haitian, but my gaze lingered on a tall, lanky white man in his midthirties as the group joined us on the balcony. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps time itself has many potential dimensions, despite the fact that we are condemned to experience only one of them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she was so generous as to tell me that, if she had to surrender the part to someone, she was glad it was me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Don’t be afraid, Sam. I’m not going to let anything happen to you. In fact, I’m willing to forget all about this, if you can provide me with a little information." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, Harry had the most peculiar feeling that only he and Hagrid could see it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had happened in her own flying club. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

What didn’t suit me was the fact that little Penny Dale with her whistle-gap teeth could read better than me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ashima prepares herself for the news, to accept the fact that Gogol will never meet his great-grandmother, the giver of his lost name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Ashton’s was losing money—and fast. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I knew it was no more dangerous than a stone saw or the sintering wheel, I found the burnished metal container unnerving. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And, in fact, there was a TV, one Genie and Ernie hadn’t even bothered to watch, the one in the living room, which to Genie was just the land of the missing wheel piece. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There is another possible reason why the word ‘fact’ suddenly became respectable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was something impure in the fact of my being. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The insosuit was far bulkier and far uglier than the regulation spacesuit; but withal considerably lighter, due to the fact that they were entirely nonmetallic in composition. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Galileo had discovered moons circling Jupiter, not planets circling a distant star. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In fact, their only images have been produced under carefully controlled laboratory conditions that tell us more about the experimenter than they do about art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How easy it is to snipe after the fact, to apply the knowledge we have now to the events of 1993," he wrote. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could not understand why Uncle took such a stubborn attitude against the fact that some demon had flown. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Ernest was losing his taste for the protracted patent battle. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to hide the fact that my family was so much poorer than everyone else’s at school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And what was more, I knew for a fact he was already in the underground along with his uncles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, when all three of them were together Harry felt like the only non-mourner at a poorly attended funeral. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Although she supported the distant boycott, the fact that Durham's own public transportation was segregated didn't concern her too much since her employer drove her to and from work. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hated the fact that even though she was a brat, she got whatever she wanted. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This despite the fact that all my words were banned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the roofer had to pry my hand off his knee is proof that my inner vachette was not nearly as vicious as I'd imagined her to be. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Though each face showed no awareness of the other, they were in fact minutely sensitive to each other. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to concentrate on the game, but little facts keep jumping in my head every time I look at Elizabeth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No. Eight is due, I know it. Was all over the place in August—all summer, in fact. Now it’s ready to come out of hiding.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin color was simply a fact about me, like the fact that I like candy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Yet just the fact that it was a cage made it horrible. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Despite the fact that he was in the Pentagon and I was against the war,” she later said, “I really saw his brilliance and his courage and his integrity.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The fact that Crab could was totally freaky. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Journalists, educators, and pundits frequently fuss that kids like Jesse don’t read or aren’t well informed; in fact, they read enormous amounts of material online, and are astonishingly well informed about subjects they’re interested in. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was running water at the bottom: it was in fact the bed of one of the many small rivers that trickled down from the hills to feed the stagnant pools and mires beyond. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, ‘bright’ doesn’t begin to cover it, not by half.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact,” he said, sitting forward keenly, as if this was a story worth telling, “she asked me to come and look at her panties.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that a fact? And what might she have been teaching you about?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was warning—years of it, in fact—but public service announcements about conservation are a whole lot different from a total stoppage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, Bellow was no closer to Tolstoy than I was to Nzinga. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It ’mazes me, Jeth, it does fer a fact, the way you kin recollect all the things Shad tells you and how you kin put them from his way of talkin’ into mine.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sandwich could never clearly see if in fact you succeed in bringing back light or if you fail. But he most adamantly insisted we attempt the venture or die by the rats’ teeth.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t just the fact that Ernie wasn’t wearing his shades. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Passers-by were irritated and looked up angrily when a bag just missed them but they did nothing about it, accepting the fact that poor children had a custom of celebrating the Fourth that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All told, in fact, six of the boys in the Cal boat were now veterans of last year’s championship crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fact is, no one can tell you what to do. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I had when I was at Fort Hare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that she was actually here was so unbelievable. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, as the great challenge of the conference drew nearer, an astonishing change seemed to come over my father. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Durham was reacting to a host of local, national, and even international pressures that made change inevitable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was unaware of that fact, myself,” Marco says, discarding one book and picking up another. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had never seen Little Tilly but he got this idea that he had to make something up to her on account of her brother Gussie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the fact is that no animal other than Sapiens engages in trade, and all the Sapiens trade networks about which we have detailed evidence were based on fictions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That depends on whom you ask,” the man replied, “and it isn’t nearly as important as the fact that I know who you are.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Many black men, the victims—in fact most black men—would like to be able to forgive, to forget, the crimes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In point of fact, the little town of Milagro had one of the highest death ratios in the United States of America. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds it was over, since the announcer had only a few speculations and even fewer facts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I hardly saw the contorted bodies, because I was focusing on the faces. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in the mirror, their joined faces couldn’t hide the fact of their growing separation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Shetani’s murderous reputation was frightening enough, but it was the fact that the monster had evaded capture for so many years that set her on edge. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But it seemed that to Dumbledore, the fact that their families lay side by side in the same graveyard had been an unimportant coincidence, irrelevant, perhaps, to the job he wanted Harry to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gradually the reason for his silence was hidden away, entombed somewhere deep in the soothing folds of the fact of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d just have to bank on the fact that they had more important things to worry about than a missing prisoner. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was always picking fights and throwing stones and beating up everybody In fact, he got so tough he used to go around calling the other guys sissies. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thus, according to the American College Dictionary, a fact is ‘something that actually exists; reality’ and also, or alternatively, ‘a truth known by actual experience or observation; something known to be true’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He wished to god he had a horse, in fact any animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’ll have to go back several weeks, to the earlier part of the summer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, when I was away in the Alps he had spent a week trying to prove experimentally that in water solutions there were attractive forces between adenine and thymine, and between guanine and cytosine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But in fact it was simply short for “refugees.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But there was also the fact of the girls at Mason’s. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as long as there have been human beings, I suspect that they have wondered about the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias wasn’t sure what might be fact or fiction, but it hardly mattered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, many of the men considered themselves generous to allow the women to remain in “the ladies’ portion of the hall.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, viewed from the roof like this, it was almost hypnotic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alongside them, in the years between 1653 and 1691, a third argument developed, an argument which was based on the new language of ‘matter of fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My friendship with Sacred has a lot to do with the fact that I bring him food, but it’s not the only reason he likes me. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Which I find surprising despite the fact that he is a white guy. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The fact that so many black and brown men are rounded up for drug crimes that go largely ignored when committed by whites is unseen. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I hope not. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t know we’ve moved. He thinks I’m still in Denver. Please, if you do find him, don’t give him my address. I’m afraid.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, the fact that Seth was going to die fully entered her mind. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As much as he knows about all things girlified, I know for a fact that he’s grossed out by the thought of girls getting their period. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, it could well be the case that life, once it becomes complex, is inherently unstable and will self-destruct within a few thousand years. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, within several days it was almost entirely sold out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact I was wondering if they had chosen the Surrey side to play Middlesex at the Oval,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He definitely does not recall Star Wars on the fact sheet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It would be the fact of the ceremony, regardless of what kind, that Henry would balk at: Bon knew this. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than wide enough for five or six, in fact. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s saying this as though it’s fact: not a question, not an accusation, not a theory. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been torturing myself about the note, about the fact that he lied to me about them meeting up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In fact, it's been miserable because of the fog, and I guess we'll go home." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I read this sentence more than once, many times in fact. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And before Genie could even think on whether or not Grandpop being blind was, in fact, a sickness—especially since he said glaucoma was a disease—another question popped out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was like they couldn’t wrap their heads around the fact that my parents didn’t raise their children in the exact same way as other Muslim parents. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Threatened on land, he still could take comfort from the fact that he could get aid from the sea. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will find comfort in the fact that Luke died instantly. He never felt a thing,” his shipmate Jim Daly writes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He also told me that he didn’t mind my coming to his room the way he used to; in fact, he liked it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

‘Do any of you dispute the fact that this is dust?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew for a fact that the apartment could fetch twenty million, and that was without the art and the furnishings. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that the lover was a god and could not be resisted was, as many stories show, not accepted as an excuse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m prompting him, playing up to him, drawing him out, and I dislike myself for it, it’s nauseating, in fact. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z