Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Off and on, during their broadcasting years, all seven of the children had been fair game for the kind of child psychologist or professional educator who takes a special interest in extra-precocious children. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’d been swimming for about eight weeks and was making fair progress. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Soaring upward, with a fair wind behind and a new world in front—what could be better in this life? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, last year she had gone all out with the DVD player, the one she may or may not have stolen back later on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Rain explained that the employees were on strike, standing up for fair treatment. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know her well, except she like to talk a fair amount. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, to be fair,” I said, “I mean, she probably can’t handle it. Neither can you, but she doesn’t have to handle it. And you do.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She gives you one price, which you can take or leave, but it's a fair price. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“She’s always going on to Max about doing whatever you say, as if it’s just because of that and not Max trying to save us. It’s not fair...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on, give me a fair topic,” he says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But that’s not fair, to put others in the hospital at risk of me, the ticking time bomb. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Did the knight and the fair maiden really not live happily ever after? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

We could have afforded a laundress, she thought; it wasn’t fair. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But I won a blue ribbon at the county fair for this strudel!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Their heads clustered above the trunks in the green shade; heads brown, fair, black, chestnut, sandy, mouse-colored; heads muttering, whispering, heads full of eyes that watched Ralph and speculated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “to be fair, I do have great leg.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I certainly hope you enjoyed your little science fair victory party last night. Because this is war.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

‘You have the keen eyes of your fair kindred, Legolas,’ he said; ‘and they can tell a sparrow from a finch a league off. Tell me, can you see anything away yonder towards Isengard?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Someone immortal who cares for you will make a fair wind blow. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph felt as if nothing was fair and nobody loved him. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, Bobby Gene and I didn’t have firm legs to stand on in this conversation. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The work advanced slowly, impeded by the worsening relationship between the fair’s two ruling bodies, the National Commission and the Exposition Company, and by the architects’ failure to get their drawings to Chicago on time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Americans, do we want this in our fair land? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sailed out from between the dark cliffs, and on the sea was broad, bright morning, with a fair wind blowing from the north. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had served four terms; that he should serve a fifth in the year of the fair seemed fitting, and a wave of nostalgia swept the city’s wards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Demand for railcars to carry visitors to the exposition had spared the Pullman Works, but by the end of the fair George Pullman too began cutting wages and workers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the picture from the fair, both his mom and father were at his sides. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We anchored at Dominico...a very fair island...inhabited by many savage Indians....They are continually in wars, and will eat their enemies when they kill them, or any stranger if they take them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was pessimistic about the marriage and I thought it only fair to inform him of my feelings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By contrast, the younger man, said the judge, was “lean, Cassius-like, and copper-colored, he seldom smiled....All he asked of life was an open field and a fair chance. He was strictly business.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Right now there was far too much to do, especially given all the work that lay ahead to complete the hotel and furnish each of its rooms in time for the world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Taking the forest road, they swiftly passed from the mountainous wasteland of Endovier and into fairer country. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Chaplain, I once studied Latin. I think it’s only fair to warn you of that before I ask my next question. Doesn’t the word Anabaptist simply mean that you’re not a Baptist?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Besides, the price was fair, and he was leaving today. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not the imprisoned moonlight welling through the marble walls of Minas Ithil long ago, Tower of the Moon, fair and radiant in the hollow of the hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ah had done give ’em a fair chance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The fair’s capitulation pumped steam into America’s—and Chicago’s—already-boiling labor movement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was not a sail on the horizon, or a storm cloud in the sky; just a fair wind abaft the beam and the Astrea reaching for the Cape. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been overworking you, and it’s not fair,” Mami said, stuffing a tip in the young woman’s pocket and practically pushing her out the door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he was a soldier, and he valued a fair fight. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The man was credible enough—his company held the contract for inspecting all the steel used in the fair’s structures—but the thing he proposed to build just did not seem feasible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In twelve years of Catholic schooling, I learned, in fact, very little about the beliefs of non-Catholics, though the little I learned was conveyed by my teachers without hostility and with fair accuracy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the annual weather pattern was no secret, and every expedition had set their sights on the same window of fair weather. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

From this, it would be fair to say that one month before his death, Malcolm had revised his views on intermarriage to the point where he regarded it as simply a personal matter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will the scythe who replaces me be as compassionate and fair? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But I did not think it fair to avoid reporting the prefect and mark down the fifteen others, so I simply tore up my list and charged no one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I paid for her fair and square with a good laying hen and a handful of cigarettes and a blood-red tablecloth. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a wisdom tooth, so nothing crazy. Twenty bucks sound fair?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I brought her close to me, and there under the darkness of my closed lids, I conjured up the picture of Fay—with her long blonde hair and fair skin. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She showed us the quilt she was piecing for the county fair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hate doing laundry, and a few pennies seems like a fair price for dealing with flea-infested blankets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It keeps her out of the poor farm, and it gives me a quiet day in the country. That’s a fair swap.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dark as her sister was fair, with heavily lidded eyes and a strong jaw, she did not take her gaze from Snape as she moved to stand behind Narcissa. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It stayed fair with moderate winds for the duration of their flight. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to the lack of hot meals, they slept on the filthy ground where state fair animals had been previously housed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They stood a fair chance—Travis’s father considered the kitchen to be his mother’s exclusive domain. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I have given you fair warning, Lannister. Guard your tongue or lose it. Kingdoms are at hazard here. Our lives, our names, our honor. This is no game we’re playing for your amusement.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ashamed that I was too selfish and hungry to be so noble, I downed my fair share. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You want fair? How come a kid as streetwise as you seem to be is so naive when it comes to real life?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed like a fair bird-girl girdled in veils calling to me from the angry surface of some gray and threatening sea. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fight to be just and fair and above all, we fight for love. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This isn’t quite as good, although it has its own song: In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, they were all deeply engaged and competitive, and all with the exception of Drave were also hard at work—though, to be fair, this wasn’t his fault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Also, Gabe reminded himself, shaking off the thoughts about Nathaniel’s pretty, dark-haired sister, it wasn’t fair to her, even if he found that she did care about him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Play fair. Any money on the table? A reward?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master at school said that everytime the Irish were about to demolish the English in a fair fight a filthy informer betrayed them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Super secret side mission or not, it wasn’t fair to make people come along on some shenanigans they didn’t even know they were signing up for. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His vigilance extended even to the design of the fair’s official seal. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was only a fair rider,- she had spent far more time traveling by ship and wagon and palanquin than by horseback. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Taking a lead from me, which is almost always a bad idea, my mother was now spending a fair amount of time holed up in her room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

To be fair, the Americans publicly announced their launch schedules well in advance, so it amounted to the same thing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, he dies, of course. After all, Milo, what’s fair is fair. There’s just one thing.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He could not help taking note of the two squires: handsome boys, fair and well made. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was delighted to find that what visitors liked best were not the exhibits but the buildings, waterways, and scenery and that the fair had surprised them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“A fair fight,” Yossarian decreed, and all the others who had come running to the uproar in horror began cheering ecstatically in a tremendous overflow of relief. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t being fair but didn’t much care, feeling mulish. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The eastern and Chicago architects reconvened that night at the University Club for a dinner in their honor hosted by the fair’s Grounds and Buildings Committee. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You...the great Jason Grace...the praetor I looked up to. You were supposed to be so fair, such a good leader. And now you...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, given Roosevelt’s power in Washington, the politicians of the fair’s National Commission strongly endorsed his plan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Had he grown so arrogant under Scythe Goddard that he actually thought this wouldn’t be a fair fight? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Sonny. Back from the fair. How did you do?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I want to take off my vest, since I got a fair amount of vomit on it as well, but it’s too cold to think about it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“She was so anxious to get to the pig fair that she couldn’t wait for me to drive her there.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day was fair, the breeze like a song that’s easy to remember. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I insisted that I had to do something, and that if he cooked, it was only fair for me to do the dishes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A smuggler must be a fair judge of men," the king said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Perilous indeed,’ said Aragorn, ‘fair and perilous; but only evil need fear it, or those who bring some evil with them. Follow me!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry told me later that he and Fern had gone back to the fair and found our parents and told them the story. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But Turner saw that the pines sidled awful close to the left-field line, and he could spin a ball to make it touch in fair, then scoot off into the trees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“And Dad thinks I put the bullet in the gun. It’s not fair and now my whole summer has been ruined.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I think it’s fair to say, however, that as my appearance changed in those years a species of sadness infiltrated my parents’ love. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After a few days, Nino Carlitos apologized and bought her an aerobics book full of photos of thin, fair women in shiny leotards and leg warmers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a fair amount of difficulty understanding their heavy Scottish accents, if they are Scottish at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wilbur and Charlotte were at the fair, and Charlotte was beginning to show her age. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? I do, too. But I lost her when you were born, so let’s not talk about fair.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fight hadn’t been fair, and not for reasons the Garikayi clan could imagine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘How strong and proud he is! Where is his harness? It should be rich and fair.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If the world were fair, I suppose I would have married him, but there was no way that could happen in Virginia. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will set up the Goblet of Fire once more, and we will continue adding names until each school has two champions. It’s only fair, Dumbledore.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“That sounds fair. But don’t make it too hard. You want to be alive when they figure it out, don’t you?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I wake before dawn, scraps of nightmare stay with me: my face carved and branded; my brother hanging from the gallows, fair hair fluttering in the wind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Oh, did you expect me to play fair? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I like to pet nice things. Once at a fair I seen some of them long-hair rabbits. An’ they was nice, you bet. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I want the United Nations to come right away, and fix it up so everything’s fair, this minute!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also makes an amazing strawberry-rhubarb pie that won a blue ribbon at the county fair a few years back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Fulvia and Mark Antony’s brother, Lucius Antonius, took sides against Octavian, but their complaint had nothing to do with whether or not Octavian’s policy was fair. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Burnham and Millet were among the few builders of the fair still alive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“How can I? The science fair will do more to determine who wins the Excelsior Award than anything else this term!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Upon the one hill he stood with Gandalf, and there fair and desperate was raised the banner of the Tree and Stars. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

BOOK: The second is the less fair of those that walk on two legs. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t want to scare her, but you can’t pretend that her life isn’t going to be hard. It’s not fair.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“That was completely fair! And anyway, it doesn’t matter when you push off. It’s the distance you go that matters.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘We’re in the middle of a large anticyclone and the weather is set fair.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How is the fair little one this evening?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall and white and fair she walked beneath the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But if your strategy for racial justice involves waiting for whites to be fair, history suggests it will be a long wait. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Indeed,” I said, my heart fair jumping into my mouth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When a scythe wants to travel, any seat is fair game. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Remembering the good time we’d had at the fair, I thought that was a swell idea. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He is both brilliant and problematical, and it is fair to say that his towering legacy has had more impact on the worlds of literature, philosophy and politics than, strictly speaking, on musical development. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

To be fair to Briggs, his office was not the only place developing an obsession with secrecy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even religion seems to have little to say about the plight of the poor, if that tent revival was a fair sample. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the same reason she continued giving concerts at church fairs and school parties, even though the requests were less and less frequent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was a fair point and one that I could well understand, but I would not offer them a way out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tim made me lose the science fair and the Excelsior Award! Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Because that isn’t fair to either of us.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad helps me stack my science fair stuff onto a rickety rolling cart. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I wanna talk to you about something. You wrote the poem, not me. I want you to have the shot. It’s only fair.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But it crossed my mind that there might be something in the trash bins, and those were fair game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“To be fair, I only said you could ask me anything you want. I didn’t say my answer had to be one you liked.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Most of them are foreign-looking people in shorts and jeans with light hair and glasses and fair skin burnt pink, some chatting, some poring over books. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s fair, you not knowing what happen to Constantine. I just—I’m sorry, I don’t feel right talking to you about it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She wore oversized sunglasses that blacked out her eyes and a fair portion of her cheekbones. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

His fair hair, his blue eyes, his habit of looking you straight in the face with a pleasant air of straightforwardness. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He speedily learned that Perrault and François were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since she is running the book fair at the Islamic Center, she didn’t want to miss anything tomorrow. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In science class the next morning, Ms. Oliverio reminds us about the details for the upcoming science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He told me how hard times were, and that it looked like a man couldn’t get a fair price for anything he raised. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nature is not always pretty or fair or kind. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“His hair was almost white when he was a boy, it was so fair.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Visitors were coming to Wall that April for the fair, and Dunstan resented them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But you allowed Tenorio to pass judgment on Ultima,” I said, “and if it had not been for Narciso he would have carried out his judgment. Is that fair?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gross features of the fair envisioned in the plan concealed a billion smaller obstacles that the public and most of the exposition’s own directors had no idea existed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He says the business of throwing pebbles into bowls with the most pebbles winning an election—that was Belgium’s idea of fair play, but to people here it was peculiar. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair, I kept thinking, even though I had no right to complain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The words “it’s not fair” rise up and out of me, and glass bounces on the floor when I throw the picture. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She had loved her time at the fair and seemed especially to like Carter Harrison. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Fallohides were fairer of skin and also of hair, and they were taller and slimmer than the others; they were lovers of trees and of woodlands. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could offer him my fair young body, she thought, pushing a strand of hair from her eyes, but Stannis was wed and so was she, and he and the ironbom were old foes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Would there be any reason why you could not render a fair and impartial verdict in this?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I wouldn't do such a thing. You said yourself you've been released fair and square, so it would be a waste of time to send you back.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

If they paid me fair that was good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I yield the combat. Horatio, this lady’s mind is a fair match for mine, and her beauty grows with the wisdom she speaks.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Shire had seldom seen so fair a summer, or so rich an autumn: the trees were laden with apples, honey was dripping in the combs, and the corn was tall and full. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s not quite fair,” he said, “you might ask me something that I should not be able to answer, something quite impossible.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived in her class she assigned me my seat and said that she was going to give me a fair chance to show just how good I could be. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What have we done that we must be punished? Am I not clean and healthy? Have I not borne a girl so fair, people turn to gaze when she passes?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was concerned about the inability of people in the local community to get a fair picture of what was going on. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that wouldn't be fair on my part. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It is only fair,” said Mordred, raising his voice so that it must be heard, “that our Round Table should have justice, after all.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a look that caused Fang a fair amount of grief during his formative years. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We know a fair amount about the early factors in the equation, the numbers of stars and planetary systems. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we found Miss Mary’s will, I’d work extra to pay Jenny back for the money we cost her, fair and square. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be a baby, but instead, I was an adult who talked like one, a spooky man-child demanding more than his fair share of attention. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But I know there’s nothing fair about it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Chandresh follows in the wake of the knife, pulling the blade from the board carefully but with a fair amount of force. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And we love them: tall men and fair women, valiant both alike, golden-haired, bright-eyed, and strong; they remind us of the youth of Men, as they were in the Elder Days. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Since sugar had to pass through many hands before it reached the fairs, it was expensive and hard to get. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Assigned to cover the opening ceremony, Herbert decided to scout the grounds ahead of time to get a more detailed sense of the fair’s topography. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The rest of that day was dull going, under a cold gray sky, but they made a fair distance, by Malcolm’s reckoning. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Whether they were shouting encouragement or mocking him he could not have said for certain, though he had a fair notion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Was it fair when you took my uncle’s truck?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘We are the Uruk-hai: we do not stop the fight for night or day, for fair weather or for storm. We come to kill, by sun or moon. What of the dawn?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Following this, Travis had driven us, and the fair organizers, mad with his obsessive checking and rechecking that Bunny was entered in the rabbit/fur competition and not the rabbit/meat competition. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I went by her house and told her it wasn’t fair, what she did. She gave me the money.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d given the Greeks a fair chance...right up until the Argo II had started destroying her city. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I said once that Daddy was a fair man,” he said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

From there I’d take my fair share of teasing about Hirohito Woods. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Clear up in the foothills? That’s a fair way, all right.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I will send my people to you in the morning to help you make ready for the journey. Now we will wish you all a fair night and untroubled sleep.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In this view, Americans care less about emulating the top tier than about simply having a fair share of the bounty and a chance to carve out a place for themselves in society. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Although such interior exhibits were compelling, the earliest visitors to Jackson Park saw immediately that the fair’s greatest power lay in the strange gravity of the buildings themselves. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Well,’ Artemis said, ‘to be fair, there was that time you conspired with Hera to overthrow him.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’m so extremely fair the sun goes straight to my head. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a fair distraction while Stanchion gathered opinions from the crowd. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For one thing, they were all as fair-skinned as himself, and most of them had fair hair. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

What the men and women in the castle had done to Xan was not fair. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instead it had stood for that month and a half as a vivid advertisement of the fair’s incomplete condition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Malcolm said, “You turned our dinner party upside down, Tandy. This chop is appropriate, fair, and equitable, and furthermore, for your penalty, you must execute this task while standing on your head.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It almost doesn’t seem fair that I will have to leave for college in a few weeks. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The thing was, I still didn’t want to tell Sahil about N. I knew hiding this wasn’t the most honest thing to do; it wasn’t fair to Sahil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If you mean to take her up on it, make her spread her legs for you as well. The best part of me for the best part of her, that’s a fair trade.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She is sweet of countenance, a most fair child,” she murmured. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She saw the Roxbury fair posters and went down to see it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Burnham had gained almost limitless power over the construction and operation of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They had a fair daughter as yet unmarried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not fair! Direct interference! It is against the Ancient Laws.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s fair to let the seniors start,” Ellis says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘The meaning of it, fair people,’ said Frodo, ‘is simply that we seem to be going the same way as you are. I like walking under the stars. But I would welcome your company.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I peeped a few of the people that had showed up so far to the health fair and cookout. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I earned ’em fair and square,” said Grandpa Bobby. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On fair days they could fish among the pools or lie on the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feared that the Retrenchment Committee would cripple the fair for once and for all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That you have found these pages speaks to a willingness to wield more than what fair magick can provide. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He could see barkers out front shouting to potential customers, offering free drinks, hot pots of coffee, and the fairest deal in all of Ketterdam. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jyck swung a fair enough sword, but Morrec scarcely counted,- he was part groom, part cook, part body servant, and no soldier. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s fair to say that at the time we had no idea who Isaac Mizrahi was.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked to sleep out, too, when the weather was fair, the sky sagging with stars. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody’s birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If the heavens were fair, wartime misfortunes would be mutually exclusive; since Baby was sick, she could not be harmed in an air raid. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew now that swells were telegraph systems, that they came ahead of weather, and that large swells moving this hard and fast probably meant a fair storm. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I attend a large public high school in a state where football is idolized and jocks are demigods, I've had my fair share of abuse. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My skin is fair and while some call this creamy, it can look downright deathly when I’m serious, which is all the time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Next came the U.S. government, seeking to place an Indian exhibit on the island, and then Professor Putnam, the fair’s chief of ethnology, who saw the island as the ideal site for several exotic villages. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was in his late twenties, blond, with fair, almost waxen, skin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘At first we were weary and danger was too close behind; and afterwards we almost forgot our grief for a time, as we walked in gladness on the fair paths of Lórien.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"You know how many Christmas Eves I've been deprived of my own blood kin? Now is that fair, to do that to a man? Lock him up for a crime he never did?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to enter your piano recital,” she says, all fake serious, “but I decided it wouldn’t be fair—I’d blow all you kids away with my mad skills!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew, however, that Chicago was still 38 votes shy of the simple majority needed to win the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was neither fair nor democratic for a transfer to occur in such a manner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could sure use these sleeping bags. If we leave the money, that’s fair, isn’t it? It’s not like we’re taking anything then, right?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

What can you do, thought Winston, against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, sir. I believe it only fair to warn you that I think I have some influence with General Dreedle.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At the fairs, merchants could trust the weights and measures, and a strict order prevailed for how things were to be sold. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“People say my granddad was bad, but then those same people hate me for who I am. They’re doing the same thing they say they hate about my granddad. It’s not fair,” he says again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s fair, I guess. I don’t blame you. If it’s any consolation, I punched him before I came to get you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

With equal discretion, the committee assured Burnham and Root that ultimately they would direct the design and construction of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then the “sergeants” of the fair would walk through the streets crying, “Pack up, pack up,” and all the cloth must be put away. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The whole thing had come to resemble a giant science fair, with teams of girls proudly showing off their various projects. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Those fireworks are ours now, fair and square,” Bobby Gene said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You may put your wildlings in these ruined forts, Lord Snow, but how will you make them stay? What is there to stop them moving south to fairer, warmer lands?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The scent brought me back to my childhood, visiting trade fairs and markets with my father as he pored over bolts of linen, wool, and leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The mood of the city was bleak, although business was good, prosperity general, and the weather fair. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t fair to get robbed of somebody I thought would be there for the rest of my life. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Within the fair’s buildings visitors encountered devices and concepts new to them and to the world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fair price for a nice fat little heifer. Thee’s kept her well.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The early visitors returned to their homes and reported to friends and family that the fair, though incomplete, was far grander and more powerful than they had been led to expect. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“But don’t bother. Hell, it wouldn’t be fair. You against that poor little puny thing.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, for drinking paint, for tearing my sink out of the wall, for hurting myself. They’re not fair, man. You shouldn’t get charged when you’re sick in the head.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I imagine her giving Corey the blow-by-blow account of what went down, and even if that’s not a fair assumption to make, it’s enough to make me realize I don’t want her there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Why, I think it is more than fair to say that the teachers treat us as warmly as they would their own children, had they any. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Everything that done happened to you been fair?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now Dawn took her own fair throne, awaking the girl in the sweet gown, still charmed by dream. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a street fair and he lives on this street,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour after takeoff, the fair weather disappeared. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Before the Old Lord he heard himself saying and to the Old Lord’s agent, “Count me as anyone else. What is the fair price? I have it in my hand.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When Lazlo didn’t respond, he added, “Large orange orb in the sky, low necklines on the fairer sex. Any of this ring a bell?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His laughter subsides for a moment, and he says, “Okay. That’s fair. Good on you.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I done a fair bit of rowing, up the creek and back, and around the harbor, but nothing like twenty miles in one shot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They returned to the fair almost daily, two weeks being widely considered the minimum needed to cover it adequately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, that is not fair! That is not fair, Archivist! My people are a peace-loving people and would never attack the kingdom of the goblins if they weren’t attacked first!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Tall and fair, with blue-green eyes, sandy hair streaked-by the sun, and a lean and comely body, Gerris Drinkwater had a swagger to him, a confidence bordering on arrogance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Although we routinely knocked the tar out of them in football, there was no way any Big Creek student was going to beat Welch students head to head in a science fair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This book says ‘life isn't fair’ and I’m telling you, one and all, you better believe it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But now she sang in the ancient tongue of the Elves beyond the Sea, and he did not understand the words: fair was the music, but it did not comfort him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s not fair, but I don’t want to see him get into trouble. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“The attempt to hold you in any degree responsible or censurable for the loss of life is an outrage,” wrote Dion Geraldine, his construction superintendent at the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Chastened by criticism of the stupefying length of October’s Dedication Day ceremony, the fair’s officers had kept the Opening Day program short and pledged to honor the timetable at all costs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon, we walk a fair way and end up at Marv’s place, where a lot of guys are hanging around out back. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I take the pins from her fair hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The castle was not ready for a siege—but if it could be got ready, there would be a fair prospect of making terms with the besiegers, considering that the Queen would be inside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in the twentieth century the fair became a source of heated debate among architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At last she glimpsed a fair head emerging from the hatchway, almost hidden behind a vast load. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Last year, there was a fair there,” I said. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The fair wind, once heaven set it blowing, never failed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The just and noble king! Yes, it is easy to be fair, when it is over. That is the amusing part Justice! He can keep that too.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, Dad has accepted that I swear, and I think I’ve convinced him that it’s a fair trade-off. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If life were fair, teachers would make millions, and scientists would be rock stars. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting out of here in about three seconds, Bessie! I’m giving you fair warning. Let’s not wear out our welcome, buddy.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s always so. Amy has all the fun and I have all the work. It isn’t fair, oh, it isn’t fair!” cried Jo passionately. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair that no one had talked to him about college or any other options. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes closed and he began to sing in a doleful voice: I went to the animal fair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That left me pulling double duty, which was fair under the circumstances. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Your place looks like the world's fair," I said. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bobby also ate as much soft ice cream—another first at the fair—as he could consume. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Just to make it fair,” I said, “I’ll tell you something about me first.” past?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Did you change your mind about the science fair?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Our skin was a little like a paint chip, Nan’s fair and mine just a few shades darker. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He dreaded what would happen if the decision were left to one of the fair’s many committees. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Plus, he’d seen his fair share of the burnt-out shells folks had once called home. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had bought it for him at the Chicago world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But they always felt that somehow that wasn’t quite fair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair to throw in a blind black man who came to eat. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Skip politics. We’ll play to our strengths: rack up our Excelsior points in academics and, most especially, at the science fair.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Because it seems like a fair and right exchange: saving one life after destroying another. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It isn’t fair that he burned out, but his light remains to remind me of everything we had and would never have again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But to be fair, you don’t want to tell me what you are, so I’m having to try and guess. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Downtown, Montgomery Ward installed a new Customer’s Parlor, where excursive fair visitors could loiter on soft couches while browsing the company’s five-hundred-page catalog. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair to have waited for so long to read a book that was less than what I’d imagined. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He said the only fair thing to do would be to auction off the Beta Capsule and split the proceeds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I glance at the science fair rules, which I tucked into my binder way back in January. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She was known for making sure everybody got a fair shot at sweet treats because she knew not everybody could get to the corner store. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Last year, when Roli won the state science fair, we had a special dinner there. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He realized that I had been fair with him and was sincerely trying to help him establish himself as a member of ‘legitimate’ society.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“To hear is to obey, but March is fairer far than May,” said little Parker, making a frantic effort to be both witty and tender, and getting promptly quenched by Laurie, who said... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But that’s not fair,” I said, sounding younger than I felt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He noticed Gibbon’s acidity, but not his tolerance, Othello’s love for the fair Desdemona, but not Iago’s perverted love of Othello. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was about forty, thin, fair haired. He drove a BMW.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“A schedule does seem more fair,” he said, solemn. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He doubted, moreover, that enough time remained for anyone to do the fair justice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’d never bluff about something like divorce. It wouldn’t be fair to you and Abbey.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hobbits delighted in such things, if they were accurate: they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though he is not a balloon, he is the only thing I have from the fair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

"It is at least a fair assumption,” a widely used college forestry textbook remarked in 1973, "that no habitual or systematic burning was carried out by Indians.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She acts as ifshe has forgotten that, as if she were highborn and fair to look upon, instead of a slave in a grotesquerie. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had wanted the swordsman to win because it wasn’t fair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He lit up anytime he got to visit a school science fair or a youth sporting event. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her dad had won it for her at the county fair the year before the divorce. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen, Sonny,” he gasped, catching his breath, “we win the science fair with our rockets, it’s got to help us get on down to the Cape.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Other people had been paying me forty dollars for a lawn that big and that seemed fair. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Is it fair to say Nixon prevented the Vietnam War from ending in 1968? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Let us speak instead of love, of dreams and desire and Daenerys, the fairest woman in this world. I am drunk with the sight of you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She quadrupled her already fabulous record and she was awarded the fairest prize of all— a ride in an army airplane. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now to be fair, it was probably natural to run these two subjects together. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the whole reason why he wanted to win first place again in the science fair. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A majority of blacks felt that their demands were fair and reasonable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to cry that no, I didn’t think I was a grown-up, and it wasn’t fair that they all got to ride on the bike and I didn’t. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some in the crowd jeered as if it were a contest at the county fair. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a headache. And I have my science fair research to do. And I need to do some sit-ups. You know, keep the body fit.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

About ten or twelve seconds, maybe. 3RD JUROR: What’s all this for? 8TH JUROR: I’d say that was a fair guess. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

An amateur photographer bringing a conventional large camera and the necessary tripod had to pay ten dollars, about what many out-of-town visitors paid for a full day at the fair, including lodging, meals, and admission. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m here to give you a fair offer,” he replies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gold looked very fair and pure, and Frodo thought how rich and beautiful was its colour, how perfect was its roundness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was so much to do to get ready for the area fair in Bluefield. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall honor the spirit of the moon with her own meal, since she will be keeping me company. It is only fair.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just like at the fair, he couldn’t keep his eyes off of her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Henceforth, Burnham ordered, all carpentry work was to be done only by men employed by the fair’s contractors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Do you really want to talk to me about what’s fair?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The newspapers were full of interviews in which the city’s leading men described Root as the guiding force behind the fair, that without him the city could not hope to realize its dreams. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Like I said, there were a fair number of men a coming and going. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was able to show fair patience for the first day or so of waiting for the grains of gold to accumulate in Ibni’s next wineskin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“And I will go and steal the wing! It's not fair—you're not Mommy!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was a fair child, lovely and dimpled, with soft, gleaming hair. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Given that the sentence allows the court a pretty fair amount of discretion, I do not take your words lightly,” Judge Delucchi said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You’re not being fair. You had you a dog when you were little, but Arliss has never had one. He’s too little for you to play with, and he gets lonely.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was fair and pale as almond flowers and she had a little low nose and thin red lips and her feet were small. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s certainly fair. It’s not equal. That’s the word you were looking for. Equal.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He brought in a college-educated manager—Mr. Devotee Dantzler, a Mississippi gentleman—to make certain prices were kept fair and no miner was gouged. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By which time the original egg was in a fair way to becoming anything from eight to ninety-six embryos—a prodigious improvement, you will agree, on nature. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work was good and the pay was fair. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Time was so short, the Executive Committee began planning exhibits and appointing world’s fair commissioners to secure them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy’s letter she was in a fair way of soon knowing by heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Guys, we have to be fair here,” said Mr. B to Elijah. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

By day’s end there was every indication that Chicago’s fair would become the most heavily attended entertainment in the history of the world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be fair to get her worked up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In preparation for the fair, he ordered two hundred barrels of whiskey, to be used by his office in the entertainment of dignitaries. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The same curiosity that made me such an eager student also led me into trouble with fair regularity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If an engineer capable of besting Eiffel did not step forward soon, Burnham knew, there simply would not be enough time left to build anything worthy of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s my job to care about all my students, Jade. I have to be fair,” he tells me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He never made unfair decisions, and he never took more than his fair share of anything. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean, doesn’t every town have a fair like that?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though to be fair she wasn’t expecting me to come along. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“What you did to that cornfield was not fair,” she reminded me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

The fair was to be Burnham’s redemption, and Chicago’s. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It hardly seemed fair, because, unlike a horse or a Seeing Eye dog, the whole glory of being a bird is that nobody would ever put you to work. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Somewhere far away, I can hear the crowd murmuring unhappily as they always do when a twelve-year-old gets chosen because no one thinks this is fair. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

No, and he doesn't need a horse, or a lance, or a pledge to the king, or the love of a fair lady. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Big nose and big ears and the curliest hair at the fair. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra always enjoyed the horse fair; as well as the chance of stealing a ride on a less-than-well-attended horse, there were endless opportunities for provoking warfare. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk to me about fair, young man. Don’t get me started on that one.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Brad pushed me first. Besides, it wasn’t a fair fight, because I had Ralph in my pocket and didn’t want him to get hurt.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

By noon the chief of admissions, Horace Tucker, wired a message to fair headquarters, “The Paris record is broken to smithereens, and the people are still coming.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You are. And like I said before, call me Jake. I think it’s fair to say I’ve crossed the guard line, here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The fifth morning after Hermes’ visit found Odysseus putting out to sea before a fair wind over quiet waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And seated a little apart was a tall man with a fair and noble face, dark-haired and grey-eyed, proud and stern of glance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We had a fair like that once. It was a long time ago.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Once I saw a lady at the fair who was eight and a half feet tall. But you probably won’t grow that big.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had been a tall man, blue-eyed and fair of face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could just feel the grit in my hair, which is so extremely fair it is prone to get stained. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where’s your secret? Play fair, Teddy, or I’ll never believe you again,” she said, trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up at a word of encouragement. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably none of the reasons are fair. Ignorance. Fear. Anger. Jealousy.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know yet what my project would be next year, but it was sure to eclipse anything Tamika came up with for the seventh-grade science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Legolas stood before the gate and turned his bright eyes away north and east, and his fair face was troubled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We wert walking through the fair, and something inside my rib cage began to stir. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was quite convinced of Mr. Elton’s being in the fairest way of falling in love, if not in love already. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Everywhere Burnham turned there was someone—a friend, an editor, a fellow club member—telling him that the nation expected something tremendous out of this fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

On the last night of their stay, the woman, whose hair was so fair it was almost white, and who walked with a limp, looked at the man, and said, "Well?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair otherwise. Finn, they’re places like our world, with a few differences. Or, there could be lots of differences, but they all start with one different decision, and...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The fair remained open, informally, on October 31, and many men and women came to the grounds for one last visit, as if paying their respects to a lost relative. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This made her laugh—an honest, genuine laugh that involved a fair amount of snorting, which made me laugh too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Nice going, pal. You won fair and square.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He came to Chicago to see the fair but got sick and spent eleven days in his hotel room, then left without ever seeing the White City. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t seem very fair to the deer,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If Grandma knew who won what at the county fair, she showed no sign. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She murmured, “And it’s only fair to tell you that I dreamed of you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Even Law is fair game in the Ring.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

To be fair, she also asked about my math lessons with Mr. Harding and painted my nails and listened to the Buddy Holly album with me until we both knew all the words by heart. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far worse was to occur, and soon, but as of February 14, 1890, the day of the great fair vote, the partners seemed destined for a lifetime of success. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Union leaders threatened to organize unions worldwide to oppose the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Jack’s a true redbone, fair enough that you know at least a few of his people come from Europe, not Africa. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Many thousands of others boarded trains and jammed the bright yellow cars, dubbed “cattle cars,” built by the Illinois Central to haul as many people as possible to the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I ask you, is it fair for a girl to sit out her years, pass neglected through her prime, listing labels and prices without promise of a future?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The widow Richardson missed her sons, and she missed her husband, although he was now little more than a memory of a fair man who treated her kindly. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He assumed De Young had arranged a second opportunity for him to petition the fair’s Ways and Means Committee. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You know what someone gets for loving me? They get to help me pay for all my care, and then they watch me die. How is that fair to anyone?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed that it was a very fair sentence, and the judge continued: “There will also be a small additional penalty of six million years in prison. Case closed,” he pronounced, rapping his gavel again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

A fair fight was the only way to keep their consciences clean. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Knowing not who I was, it seemed a fair enough appellation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

‘That is a fair lord and a great captain of men,’ said Legolas. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The directors of the Exposition Company did decide to seek a direct appropriation from Congress, but their request triggered a congressional investigation of the fair’s expenditures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The guard is relaxed once every nine years, on May Day, when a fair comes to the meadow. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn't fair, and you’re correct. There was no fairness involved with this decision, only a petty sort of revenge. Even so, there will be no such displays in my school.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you double the size of the chips in chocolate chip ice cream and say on the package, “New! Bigger Chocolate Chips!” and charge five to ten cents more, that seems honest and fair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“No fair maiden should die alone,” he said, putting a hand on hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“They …” said Lyra helplessly, then stopped: it wasn’t fair to point out that the other three didn’t have to give anything up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As Ms. Erica said, the world ain't always a nice or fair place for people like me and my teammates. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

One that indicated a fair hand and well-mannered demeanor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fair boy began to pick his way as casually as possible toward the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The janitors could not use the elevators because Burnham had ordered them turned off after dark to conserve power for the fair’s nightly illuminations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Viewers filled out questionnaires and turned a dial marked “very dull,” “dull,” “fair,” “good,” and “very good” as they watched the show, with their responses then translated into a score between 1 and 100. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: Listen, I know who you are, so it’s probably only fair you know who I am. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

There was no shortage of women seeking work, for the fair had drawn legions of them to Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Madness in the mind was one thing, but it was not fair that it should go to the stomach. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you didn’t know anything about this, it wouldn’t be fair. But you knew all about it, and you didn’t do anything to stop it.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had seemed to rise in many minds at once, the initial intent simply to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of the New World by hosting a world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

How is it fair that my mom can hover over me, while someone else has his just ripped away from him? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’d look pretty bad if it was just me at the fair.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Beth declared she wouldn’t go to the fair at all, and Jo demanded why she didn’t take all her pretty things and leave those mean people to get on without her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The UN workers tried to be fair in dividing up food and clothes among so many of us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhibitors gradually completed their installations, and electricians removed the last misconnects from the elaborate circuits that linked the fair’s nearly 200,000 incandescent bulbs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Is it far? I haven’t been to a real fair ever.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some girls argued over whether the death of Miss Massachusetts — favored by bookies to win the whole thing — meant that the competition would never feel entirely fair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It's not fair! I've never even stolen a pencil from school.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Wanting to change the conversation, I said, “Grandpa, we won that bet fair and square, but they took my money anyway.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fair breeze from the gods brought me swiftly back to our dear island.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not fair, he thought, clenching his fists. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the coin is fair, there are a number of extremely odd facts about such sequences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course Edison urged the fair to use direct current, DC, the prevailing standard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If we won the science fair, that would show him, wouldn’t it? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Moss, this is your protest, and it’s only fair that you lead it. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that I’ve got to trust you.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Unless the pace of decision-making accelerated, he knew, the fair would fall irreparably behind schedule, yet if anything the barriers to efficiency were increasing in size and number. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He pauses, then says, “Maybe it’s because I’ve spent a fair bit of time with your photos now. They speak volumes.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Its beauty did little to lighten her mood; it seemed cruel for a day to dawn so fair and end so foul as this one promised to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It seems fair to conclude that what we call “Washington’s Farewell Address” is not misnamed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That seemed fair enough, so April shut up, but she kept her eyes narrowed warily as Toby explained. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very fair she was still in my eyes, when I had last seen her, though little like the Entmaiden of old. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I park in the fairground parking lot hidden behind Kristina’s house and abandoned since the last fair of the season. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the fair’s turnstiles even Holmes could not escape paying cash. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” the animal salesman said, “our asking price is already a thousand dollars under book. Check your Sidney’s; I’ll hang on. I want you to see for yourself, sir, that our price is fair.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dyson’s critique was a fair one, but like other media commentators, he remained silent about where all the absent black fathers could be found. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I have been told that she was tall, with a fair complexion. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not fair on you to have to do that.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Why, Sheriff Nagelman, what brings you to our fair state? If I recall, the Kansas side is a little out of your Missouri jurisdiction.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No fair, I can’t defend myself,” I said, trying to dodge his tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He reached out and touched the words fair maiden in the book. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘For however the fortune of war shall go, may it not so end that much that was fair and wonderful shall pass for ever out of Middle-earth?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“A bully. It's not fair. He doesn’t care about the city. All he wants to do is protect his name.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When it came my turn, I said it was only fair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this respect the Scientific Revolution is quite unlike, for example, the First World War, where there is general agreement on what it was and a fair amount of agreement on why it happened. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Me and Leah and a couple of other girls had plans to go to the fair tonight, but they’ve been avoiding me lately.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That something magical had occurred in that summer of the world’s fair was beyond doubt, but darkness too had touched the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Why do you want to win the science fair?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It really isn’t fair that I get to skip one section of the finale. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It isn’t fair, to keep such a large secret away from her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After all, this was a world’s fair, and fairs should be fun. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair to the chicken, Pong's skin was so wrinkled and white from lying in the soggy mud that it did look like a maggot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, fair damsel I don’t know how I got here, so I don’t rightly know how I am.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fair bargain, Hizdahr said, but the taste it left in the queen’s mouth was foul. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her fair hair trembled with gold in the sunlight that streamed through the hall from a high window. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her complexion was on the dark side of fair, but she had been compared on more than one occasion to the actress Madhabi Mukherjee. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With the straight, fair hair well brushed and tied behind with taffeta, the handsome jacket, the frilled, immaculate shirt, Johnny did cut a very presentable figure. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin thought her punishment was just and fair, and he never became angry with his teacher for killing her. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I need fresh air. It’s not fair to lock your child up.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knew enough to keep my mouth shut, even though it wasn’t fair for Mom to call me out on that one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had a slight figure, a pale, gentle face, and fair hair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair to be judged this way. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The middle school science fair is February fourteenth!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In August, Burnham’s chief structural engineer, Abraham Gottlieb, made a startling disclosure: He had failed to calculate wind loads for the fair’s main buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Walls, roofs, domes, and arches could rise far higher, but by establishing this one point of commonality the architects ensured a fundamental harmony among the fair’s most imposing structures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“At least not on purpose. If she beats you fair and square that’s one thing, but submitting yourself to her blade because of raging hormones is just plain stupid.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was still far below the 200,000 daily visitors the fair’s planners originally had dreamed of, but the trend was encouraging. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Schlesinger was a man of thirty or so, lean, with fair hair cut very short and a vivid alertness in his expression. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But life outside the prison walls wasn't much fairer than life inside it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"Not on purpose. Doesn't seem fair somehow. I mean, we would have both been dead, too, if she hadn't eaten the berries first." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Only a modest train ride separated the Burnhams, but the mounting demands of the fair made that distance as difficult to span as the Isthmus of Panama. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This was a sure sign to God of his humility and servitude, and it was only fair to expect our reward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d won the competition fair and square, and she still believed in her design 100 percent. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They are unpatriotic, for this is a national not a local fair,” an editorial charged on August 11, 1893. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fair also would have to make a profit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Christopher Lee Armstrong learned the hard way that the Supreme Court has little interest in ensuring that prosecutors exercise their extraordinary discretion in a manner that is fair and nondiscriminatory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Gregory gave me a big nod, just like my teacher Mr. Hightower at my science fair in LA. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t. I don’t think that’s a fair exchange for a broken arm. I think you’re getting the best end of the deal.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tab and I agree with you, you know. About the Talentine show. It’s not fair.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

On October 25, 1890, the site for the fair still unchosen, worrisome news arrived from Europe, the first hint of forces gathering that could do infinitely more damage to the fair than the directors’ stalemate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Under the scarlet gown, he said, there had been a fair white garment—under that, a horrible shirt of hair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Flora Baumbach played fair and kept the secret to herself. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like she and her sister are at a county fair. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m just making it a fair fight,” Lily huffed, her wiry curls bouncing around all poodle-like, no matter how tightly she’d tied them back. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As for the director, he described Rutherford as “a large, rather florid man, with thinning fair hair and a large moustache, who reminded me forcibly of the keeper of the general store and post office.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And he would make a fair bargain with me and with the Court of Shadows, if only for my sake. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fair’s greatest impact lay in how it changed the way Americans perceived their cities and their architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair to me, he said, to save me from being rejected by society, the operation should go ahead. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I won it fair and square from the Elkton boys up the street. I got a pair of boots out of it as well. You never seen a couple of stupider boys.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The fairest assessment is that the collaboration worked so well because questions of primacy never occurred to Madison. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His fair and pleasant face was hideously changed; a raging fire was in his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why, that last test wasn’t even fair. Questions on the proper address of European nobles? And European-style place settings? We ain’t even talked about that stuff in our lessons.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That voice, fair and terrible as burning silver, like moonlight on river stones, like a feather against your lips. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was super possible that I would need to bail the day of, or wouldn’t feel well halfway through the dance, which wouldn’t have been fair to whomever I could’ve gone with. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you? In Qarth, you were seldom seen without a dragon on your shoulder... yet now that shapely shoulder is as fair and bare as your sweet breast, I observe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I said that’s not fair! You don’t know why King kept it a secret.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When suddenly I notice Peeta, he's about five tributes to my right, quite a fair distance, still I can tell he's looking at me and I think he might be shaking his head. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But didn't my father always say life wasn't fair? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sees small children with fair hair like Oliver. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once fair hair dangled from its skinless skull. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What a fair, just leader you are,” I said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Stan has brown hair and Dad’s hair is fair, like mine, so he doesn’t look exactly like Stan at all. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the fair, he said, “we insisted on sending our own guests whose opinions we specially valued into the Grand Court first.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course. I just want you to be realistic. It may not be fair, but our job is to choose the trainees who will make the best agents.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Immediately the directors had ordered a rough plan of the fair, to be delivered to them within twenty-four hours. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was bare-headed and his fair hair was encircled with a very thin band of gold, hardly thicker than a wire. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair. You didn’t count to ten,” Mr. Muse said, laughing and turning red like a tomato. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But that’s not really fair. He looks more like a combination of the Java Man and Dad.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s not fair to direct all of that at David, but I can’t help it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

‘So ends a fair day in wrath!’ he said, forgetful of the lad at his side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Frank Millet, director of functions, meanwhile stepped up his own efforts to promote the fair and arranged an increasingly exotic series of events. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His Algerians, scores of them along with all their animals and material possessions, were already at sea, sailing for America and the fair—one year early. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ms. Lanford told us at the very beginning that there would be one grade given, so everybody had to do a fair share. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hel traces the dust on the ground with a fair, practiced hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And you were telling me about your college fair, and that was definitely better,” he said, building a momentum. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid, I hated it when adults told me, 'Life’s not fair.’ The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It just isn’t fair—it’s not fair. How could they do this, just like that? How did we get ourselves into this?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wish we lived in a fairer worId, where only guilty people went to prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We run the Kelley Blue Book values on all these, so our prices are fair.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“He seemed to take a personal pride in the fair, as if he had helped in the planning,” she said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was a lion, but it looked little enough like the lion Tristran had seen at a fair in the next village, which had been a mangy, toothless, rheumy thing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The final fair bill signed in April by President Benjamin Harrison established a Dedication Day for October 12, 1892, to honor the moment four hundred years earlier when Columbus had first sighted the New World. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We were all three jittery and grim, just hours past a terrible night; but the day was fair, we were together, and Mr. Kendall was caught and jailed where he couldn’t hurt us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s fair to say the broadcast fooled thousands of people, at least temporarily. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But Sullivan laced his 1924 autobiography with hyperbolic attacks on Burnham and the fair’s impact on the masses who came through its gates. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung forgot his son, for the harvests, except what the locusts had consumed, were fair enough and by now he had gained once more what he had spent on the woman Lotus. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The gods of Hinduism face their fair share of thieves, bullies, kidnappers and usurpers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The way they smiled whenever Mike won a football game or Curtis won the science fair. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He could understand a fair amount of conversation and could even use slang. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And she got by with it because she was so round and rosy and merry and, with it all, so fair, in that she cheated everyone the same. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seemingly without any action of the wind, his fair hair was rumpled all over his head. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I told her it wasn’t fair, she said that nothing that happened was fair. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Free, free: far, far: and fair on wavering wings Comes Anser albifrons, and sounds, and sings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her and Mister Leefolt’s room in the back be a fair size, but Baby Girl’s room be tiny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Long before the fair’s end, people began mourning its inevitable passage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Their personal opinions ruled us—there seemed to be no authority in charge to direct them as to what was fair. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Outside, a fair, willowy girl and a heavy-set woman in white were walking across the lawn. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He argued that Chicago’s fair, unlike any other before it, would be primarily a monument to architecture. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re a fair one. Would you like to join us for a drink?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since this was an annual holiday, instead of working everyone attended the May Day celebration and fair at the cathedral. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

She had fallen asleep in history class two times that week, which, to be fair, probably had more to do with her history teacher’s nasal, droning voice than with her exhaustion. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“After all, we can’t simply send you home for refusing to fly more missions and keep the rest of the men here, can we ? That would hardly be fair to them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He is a fair fellow, not more than thirty years old, with scars and disgusting gold spectacles. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millet and other fair officials had expected high attendance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But he insisted on Abel's right to a fair trial and mounted a deft—though unsuccessful—defense. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of the other two matadors, one was very fair and the other was passable. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Still,” I said hesitantly, “it’s not fair to punish you for what your father’s done. I knew another daughter of Adas. Her name was Zoe. She was one of the bravest people I’ve ever met.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Generose, whose fair skin and narrow facial features marked her as a Tutsi, fled the city with her boys. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

To be fair, sometimes the topic of conversation really is the activity of researchers, such as an overview intended to introduce graduate students or other insiders to the scholarly literature in their chosen profession. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Preparations for the fair kept its economy robust, if artificially so. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At these schools, the officials at least appeared to be fair and attentive to all the children, regardless of their color. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, no one did much talking when Granddad was around. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He called me at Eddie’s. Told me what was going on. He was so upset, I came right home. Jesus, Luke, he’s such a nice, sensitive kid, you know? This just isn’t fair.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The fair’s director-general, George Davis, at first refused to believe it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Millions of gallons of water began surging through the fair’s mains. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For the fragrance that came to each was like a memory of dewy mornings of unshadowed sun in some land of which the fair world in Spring is itself but a fleeting memory. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Because the knight loved the fair maiden, he was able to rescue her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Roasting the pig’s tail was such fun that it was hard to play fair, taking turns. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he thought that a drowned chicken was fair game. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Know that we gave both of you the fairest consideration we possibly could.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun washed away all the sweat and grime, and what he assumed was a fair amount of oil and raw sewage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“But let’s try to be fair. As fair as any prince of Faerie.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘I have looked the last upon that which was fairest,’ he said to Legolas his companion. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You deserve some of Mother’s time too. I’m taking more than my fair share here,” I say through gritted teeth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You have a fifty-fifty chance of doing the job,” Wilson said, “and only a fair chance of escaping.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of exposition directors held General Electric stock and urged William Baker, president of the fair since Lyman Gage’s April retirement, to accept the bid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When called upon to play the bear and carry off the maiden fair, he had been sullen and uncooperative, shuffling lifelessly through his paces when he deigned to take part in their mummery at all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Aru didn’t think it was fair that only her magical item came with strings attached, but it wasn’t like she was in a position to refuse it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It did not seem fair to drown the cabin boy and the captain and all the rest for something he had done, but when had the gods ever been fair? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You locked yourself up by disregarding the rules. Kendra, what do you think would be fair?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He followed orders, however, and the former grand marshal of the fair wound up fighting the men who had built it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Depew’s oratory on the fair quickly grew tiresome, but the man had a way of capturing with wit and brevity the true character of a situation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Of course it isn’t fair,” whispered Aunt Eva to her, “but what has fair to do with it?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, she had once been to a fair like that with Mo. There had been wonderful things there, so strange that they might have come from another world, not just another time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hating myself because it wasn’t fair to you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Everything about the fair was exotic and, above all, immense. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He scorned Aphrodite, he worshiped only Artemis, the huntress chaste and fair. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shout at them that it is not fair, because they should have given me time to prepare. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pippin left him and called for the servants, and they came: six men of the household, strong and fair; yet they trembled at the summons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was not his own conductor, but a big fair man. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost he yielded to the desire for help and counsel, to tell this grave young man, whose words seemed so wise and fair, all that was in his mind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think the girl’s father played it quite fair, Grandpa, do you?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Back in Iowa, I’d spent my fair share of time studying the clouds and the stars. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was speculation that during the world’s fair he might have killed dozens of people, most of them young women. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It isn’t fair to tell us your name means blowing the dust off of surfaces when it means born on the road. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure that I ever believed that life was fair, but I had always thought that you could work your way out of just about any problem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A lover finds his mistress asleep on a mossy bank; he wishes to catch a glimpse of her fair face without waking her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t fair,” she said as her mother put the last of their things in a paper grocery bag. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the tales of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How interesting. May I inquire: Is your father a police officer in our fair city?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

One Esme won fair and square, two Rowan let her win, and one Rowan won, so it wouldn’t be as obvious that he had thrown the others. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He said, “I ain’t going to give you the money. You didn’t win it fair. Now what are you going to do about it?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were too young to remember, but once, a long while before, she had done the danse du ventre at the greatest fair in history. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Initially the Chicago police had no answers, other than the obvious: That in Chicago in the time of the fair, it was so very easy to disappear. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t gotten dressed up so nicely to attend a street fair with me, it had been to go to the real fair, the World’s Fair, with someone more special to him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You, my sweet, innocent children, are going to deliver this precious cargo to the fine establishments of our fair city. In your charming wagon, of course.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear to him that now, finally, the architects understood that Chicago had been serious about its elaborate plans for the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We owe it to them to stay strong and keep working to create a more fair and humane world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I prayed Mr. Kennel would ring the bell, so I could walk across the yard without everyone staring at me like they were watching a two-headed pig at the country fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think my offer is more than fair,” he says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, kiddo. Some of the teachers have been grumbling about Dr. Throckmorton’s decision to disqualify your science fair victory.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The herald goes on about how life isn’t always fair, then lists some events I could participate in today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“As you recall,” Mrs. Weidenbach said, “my bread-and-butter pickles have taken the blue ribbon every year since the fair recommenced after the Great War.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It did not seem fair to keep a wife from her husband. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asked if it is fair to take tax money from the Negro and then use it to support an organization set up for the avowed purpose of suppressing him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was a fair amateur boxer, I had very little knowledge of even the rudiments of combat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lunch counters, the state fair, pool tables, hospitals. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The weather was neither fair nor rainy, neither hot nor cold, but somewhere in between, “as English weather is like to be,” said the friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

You banished me to the old folks’ home for a week, and you want to talk to me about “fair”? Steven, you know we had to take care of your brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she already knows about the letter,” says Agent Fiona, “then it’s only fair we fill her in on the details. It’s nothing she couldn’t learn from Moreau himself.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The book fair accelerated the growth of an international trade in books, what the Jacobean poet Samuel Daniel called ‘the intertraffique of the mind.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Well, that isn't fair. Don't you see? They ought to do two turns." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If life were fair, the smartest among us would be the wealthiest and most popular. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He tells the policeman we’re undocumented immigrants, and that America never gave him a fair shot. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

All these, however, were mere distractions compared to the single most important task on Burnham’s roster: the selection of architects to design the fair’s major buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Just as Burnham had feared, union leaders began using the future fair as a vehicle for asserting such goals as the adoption of a minimum wage and an eight-hour day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Aspects of the performance were rated as either superior, excellent, good, or fair—they got mostly superiors—and the grades were supplemented with comments. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sara White remained on his mind long after he and the Forty Odd departed the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But now even the fair was laying off men, and the timing was awful. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS/HARRY: The second is a disease of the egg, the less fair of those who walk on two legs. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

When all our plates are clean, Emily says, “Siraj’s logic is solid about the science fair. Winning that would definitely give one an edge in the Excelsior contest.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He’d taken out a rhino once on illegal safari with the board of directors for a fair trade company in Tanzania. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin man with fair hair ambled into the square. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was a happy childhood, growing up in the center of an endless fair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An independent commission would preside over the election and make sure it was free and fair. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair. I just want to help you.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But I know it ain’t fair to be mad at my dad because we’re poor, so I go, “Ready for some lunch? Today is grilled cheese day.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Few seem to feel that the exchange of their time and liberty for their commission of a crime is a fair one, and many if not most continue to insist upon their innocence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn’t fair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or was it, maybe, a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die? The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Thursday, his birthday morning, dawned as fair and clear as it had long ago for Bilbo’s great party. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not quite fair. How about something from the Bible? You know something from the Bible? I’ve just been reading in Philippians here.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At least Frank Millet still seemed strong and healthy and full of the earthy good humor that had so enlivened the long nights during the fair’s construction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Even without the fair he faced an intimidating portfolio of works in progress, chief among them the grounds of Biltmore, the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“And to be fair, avoiding Milo wasn’t the only reason I wanted to go to Sam’s.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Derby spoke movingly of the American form of government, with freedom and justice and opportunities and fair play for all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for my part I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him that he's not being fair. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Question: Did you read all the rules and regulations regarding this year’s science fair exhibits?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She had a reputation as tough, but generally fair. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Lots of things aren’t fair,” Connor said, and I wondered if he was thinking about his ma, or maybe about my family. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Harry saw a man lying before him, pale-skinned, slightly freckled, with a mop of fair hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Less. I have less, and it’s not fair.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One would imagine they can survive for a fair amount of time inside a dark cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair was a “contagion,” a “virus,” a form of “progressive cerebral meningitis.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There is in our time much Ionian science, although not in politics and religion, and a fair amount of courageous free inquiry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about fair wages to clean up the village? It’d help out a few of us, at any rate.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth instantly read her feelings, and at that moment solicitude for Wickham, resentment against his enemies, and everything else, gave way before the hope of Jane’s being in the fairest way for happiness. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair that I’d have to do cabin inspection when I just got to camp, but that’s the way it worked. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I remember that Mariana doesn’t like the Doctorita, that she’s often told her son his wife is too fat, too dark-skinned, too bossy—far from the slim, fair, gentle wife he deserves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re treating me like I did everything wrong. It’s not fair.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clara’s life had been taken unfairly, but it wasn’t fair of her to take Penelope’s in return. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“My son,” he thought “It is a part of me, yet it is fair. It does not seem to be ugly. How can you tell with babies?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only fair, my boy. To our success at Hill House, however.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair for me to give you this choice,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A fair number of courtiers, slaves and others were still moving about here but this only made the two girls less conspicuous. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was conflict, too, among the fair’s overseers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Which is how I ended up with Remo as my science fair project partner, but that’s a whole other story not worth telling. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So they turned aside and spent some hours at the fair, tethering the horses near the gate, giving a penny to a lad for watching them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I offered him you. I told him I’d trade an hour of his time for three hours of yours. I thought that was fair.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that one! He was a good-for-nothing, and that’s the truth. Ran off with one of those jugglers from the state fair. I remember because she had that red hair.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Burnham, however, believed from the start that the fair’s workers and visitors needed a better, safer supply. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It can’t be done by fighting or fair words, no. So it will have to be done by means of a trick.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew it wasn’t fair to keep him confined to a small apartment all the time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then the beautiful eyes of the fair woman open and look love, and the voluptuous mouth present to a kiss—and man is weak. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Kochu Maria looked at her as though she had gone mad, and grabbed more than her fair share of nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Illinois did a fair autumn day for us, crisp and clean. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his fair skin and red hair, Branwell never tanned, but after a month in the Florida sun with double-digit sunblock—he had freckled. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not regard the verdict as a vindication of the legal system or evidence that a black man could get a fair trial in a white man’s court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About how they’re not being fair to you or me and how they weren’t fair to your baby by making you hate it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You’ve had access to WAY more than he has...would it be fair for a college to consider only GPA and test scores in determining who deserves to get in? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“O fairest of maidens, you are lost to me,” he mourned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In trying to be objective and fair, such perspectives ignore centuries of US policy and law that did not question whether European Americans had the right to take over the entire continent. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Virge, that wouldn’t be fair. I don’t want you to have all the fun. I want to kill at least one of them.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair boy said this solemnly; but then the delight of a realized ambition overcame him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Do you expect to get a fair hearing? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Although Belknap had read much about the world’s fair and did want to see its future home, he did not relish the idea of spending a full day with Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Every other building of substance in Englewood seemed to be charged with the energy of anticipation, not just of the world’s fair but of a grand future expanding far beyond the fair’s end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I guess it was fair to say that we wouldn't mind beating a white team either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He protested to himself in contradiction: it is not fair to put it like that, as if Mordred or I were the movers of the storm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair’s lackluster attendance troubled and perplexed him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His decision to be fair was not in keeping with the “correct” Southern attitude. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrea herself, one of Death-Cast’s top reps since their inception seven years ago, has made her fair share of End Day calls. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The weather was still calm and fair, after one of the most lovely summers that people could remember; but October had come, and it must break soon and begin to rain and blow again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Estraven was not as strong as I was, and it would not be fair, it might make him cry too. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Preparing to tromp out and lay waste to our fair kingdom. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It took a fair amount of searching, but in 1 IF, he located a travel alarm clock. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The tester from the education department thought it was good enough to enter in the county science fair. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It’s not fair for me to assign them a name either. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once, however, Arethusa was not water or even a water nymph, but a fair young huntress and a follower of Artemis. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They started, she flying swift as an arrow, her hair tossed back over her white shoulders, a rosy flush tinging her fair body. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"An impressive effort tonight. You are truly as agile as Agent Iparis claimed. I hate seeing such talents wasted on worthless criminals, but life isn't very fair, is it?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And at the last him happened to come to a fair green way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black hair, blue eyes, and fair, freckled skin. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, this is a fair place. I shall rest here.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I'd been waiting patiently for something to happen, and it wasn't fair for them to herd me away just to make room for some alleged fire truck or ambulance. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Like Stead, civic authorities throughout the world saw the fair as a model of what to strive for. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Is it fair your life burns so short and bright? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Work is freedom. Freedom is work. It’s hard but it’s fair.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fair damsel came in with the next meal, she showed signs of wanting to talk to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not coming. I knew it. I'm going to talk to Mr. Stoker and get Levi kicked off our team. It’s not fair that we have to do all the work.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The master, Mr. Henderson, came a step closer to us but stopped a fair distance away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The terrifying economy was discouraging enough, but so too were reports of the unfinished character of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Despite this fine invitation, not everyone remains; a fair few people quietly make their excuses and leave. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘He stands a fair chance of being spitted for an Orc, or of being roasted by the Yellow Face. But I fancy he’ll look after himself.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But they treated me fair and I have no cause for complaint. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Spencers are one of the most prominent families in the area, and very generous to us Preston girls, so I’ve been out to their homestead a fair few times. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, that really wouldn’t be fair to you. Tell you what, why don’t we split it down the middle? I’ll take half, you take half.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Quite obviously, Terryl was trying to counter criticism that texting and driving was merely a theoretical problem, and that it was fair to compare it to such problems as drinking and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And I felt that moment when we left the ground, and the fair fell away below us, and ahead of us was nothing but the towering white clouds. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to feel confident in Mr. Dacus’s intrinsic sense of justice and fair play; his fine, relaxed humor prescribed the mood in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, I didn't have any cleavage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

First it was Theodore Thomas, conductor of Chicago’s symphony, who saw the island as the ideal site, the only site, for a music hall worthy of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Yes, dammit, they gotta! Me, I don't let 'em get away with nothing. If they going to be brothers let 'em be brothers! Oh, but I'm fair," he said, his face suddenly self-righteous. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She,” he said, as I settled beside him, “is a very fair nymph indeed.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t fair, though, to ruin her time just because I miss everybody, so I just said good night and left. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He used the word “fair” to describe his new editorial policy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought maybe it would be a fair fight. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems like a fair thing to say about most drag shows.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The wrong people die, some of them, and the reason is this: life is not fair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had a fair idea where Chacho was, but he couldn’t see him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fair hair was plastered over his eyebrows and he pushed it back. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That old cow had eyes as big as a pitching ball at the fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Jade, this isn’t fair. You get chosen to do cool things all the time, and the one time the school chooses me for something, you get jealous?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That the fair had occurred at all, however, was something of a miracle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Later, when he applied for a job at Raincreek, Jack Dunlevy warned him the job would require a fair bit of digging. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It was a fair trade,” Bobby Gene blurted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No, you not sharing what you know — now that’s not fair.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only major university that had shown up had left halfway through the fair without explanation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“To be fair, I don’t watch the NBA, but I did do my homework on mascots,” Stephanie said with a hint of a grin. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her fingers, fair and slender, were laden with jewelled rings, any one of which would have fed us for a year. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it wouldn’t be fair, that a dog needs a real yard to run around in. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

"Well, equal shares doesn't seem quite fair, since I'm the only one here who thought of taking notes." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The county fair was a welcome time for all. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

While Millet did his planning, many of the other men who had helped Burnham construct the fair began the return to ordinary life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I hate to be patronized, and the Chesters think it’s a great favor to allow us to help with their highly connected fair. I wonder you consented, Amy, they only want you to work.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am fair, and I am honest. A maid no more, but your honorable wife,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In each outburst of anger my mother was fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was overheard by writer Teresa Dean, who wrote a daily column from the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He works all Hours at his Writing, copying out some dirty Volume onto fair, & I believe does not sleep. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Somebody wasn't fair to someone, and the hurt person just held it in. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes, newly free and land rich, brought a new woman to the fair, Georgiana Yoke, whom he had met earlier in the year at a department store, Schlesinger & Meyer, where she worked as a saleswoman. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I play a fair game of chess,” Luke said to the doctor, who cheered at once. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I could elaborate on this at some length and with, I believe, a fair degree of accuracy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had sworn not to shave until Chicago got the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What nonsense is this about fair minds and pretty faces? And who is this lady, Diana?” she asked, as if we had spoken of someone at Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“What?! That ain’t fair! The guy who sold it to me didn’t say nothing about that!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“May I hope, madam, for your interest with your fair daughter Elizabeth, when I solicit for the honour of a private audience with her in the course of this morning?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered, as I looked at this fair creature: I admired her with my whole heart. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m treasurer of the science club and this year is the year I will win the science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The following Saturday Lyman Gage announced that he would quit as president of the fair, effective April 1, to tend to his own bank. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But they were his crew, and Reed treated them fair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He went to the library and read over and over again the story of the fair maiden and the knight who rescued her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It don’t seem fair, but since the start of this year Mr. Travis has been teaching us both our everyday school and our Sabbath school classes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her skin was so fair—a sort of reddish yellow—that she almost looked white. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“To be fair. I didn’t talk to any girls. I still don’t, really. You should hear my mother go on about it.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A second contractor received the exclusive right to rent Kodaks to fair visitors, the Kodak being a new kind of portable camera that eliminated the need for lens and shutter adjustments. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But knowing we won fair and square because we were the better team isn’t the least bit comforting. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Millet had been one of Burnham’s closest allies in the long, bittersweet struggle to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he felt cool fingers of air lifting the wet, fair hair on his forehead. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it needed to be done to give me a fair chance at a normal social life. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Reading went well, and he was beginning to make fair characters in writing with the quill. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Leading his horse and the horse limping, head down, head down, as fine a horse as I’ve ever seen — a fair gray palfrey, a wondrous horse — but I was gazing at the boy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

His main entrance was so close to one of the busiest exposition gates that some visitors thought his show was the world’s fair, and were said to have gone home happy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Lady Catelyn," he said, "you are fair as ever, a welcome sight in troubled times." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It's my neighborhood, and I've been here long enough to know that guys like Tariq Johnson don't always get a fair shake. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There it was yet again, my father’s words: Life isn’t fair. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The man in black was also left-handed and that warmed Inigo; it made things fairer. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was only fair to a future partner that I should come with a letter of warning. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Therefore, the science fair is greater than all other Excelsior endeavors.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“No; some unaccountable one. In short, I believe you have been trying to draw me out—or in; you have been talking nonsense to make me talk nonsense. It is scarcely fair, sir.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some were riding to fairs as great as that of Troyes, others to universities which rivalled Paris, where there were twenty thousand scholars whose ranks eventually provided seven popes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She won’t make you work all the time. It isn’t fair.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And all day long, my father followed us through the fair, carrying his prize, a large, green teddy bear. He was miserable. He kept saying, ‘Fifty-two? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In exhibit space, he told them, the fair would be at least one-third larger than what the French had allotted in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After each victory, Ser Loras would remove his helm and ride slowly round the fence, and finally pluck a single white rose from the blanket and toss it to some fair maiden in the crowd. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Who ever told you boys life was fair?” he demanded. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first they made fair progress, but as they went on, their passage became slower and more dangerous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It is not fair,” said Emma, in a whisper; “mine was a random guess. Do not distress her.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

"I would never mistreat such a fair maiden." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fair’s engineers conducted the first test twelve feet from the lagoon on ground intended to support the northeast corner of the Electricity Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Speaker of the House opposed suffrage, but he had promised to be fair to the suffragists. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Cluny fell from a fair height and sprawled on the dusty road in an undignified heap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There lake and plain smile fair and free, ’Mid rocks their guardian chivalry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Prime Minister’s pulse quickened at the very thought of these accusations, for they were neither fair nor true. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What? That’s not fair,” I mumbled under my breath before going back to my room and putting my pajama pants back on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I got a prize at the fair for tatting.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sure eneuch, we had a fair way and deep water all the time; and two days ago, when the mornin’ sun came through the fog, we found ourselves just in the river opposite Galatz. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘None is rich and fair enough for him,’ said Pippin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The fair prompted President Harrison to designate October 12 a national holiday, Columbus Day, which today serves to anchor a few thousand parades and a three-day weekend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking that wasn’t fair and I had asked my mother if they had Three Kings’ Day in Trinidad. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Real talk: Iran has dealt with its fair share of strife and political unrest. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But everybody wants to live a long time. It’s only fair.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems like it’s always in pretty fair shape.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham described his vision of a fair larger and grander than the Paris exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You are of the fairer sex and for that I am glad. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the summer, we’d had a college fair, and representatives from the top colleges had been there to sell us on their institutions. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"Your Grace," he said, "it is not seemly that the king should ride into the melee. It would not be a fair contest. Who would dare strike you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’d probably be voted “Best Dressed” or something dumb like that, and if he wanted to, he’d have a fair shot at prom king. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fairies he knew had looked different, smaller but stronger, with fair blue skin and four shimmering wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And what do you know about prison guards? That’s not a fair comparison.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My natural tan never burned like her fair white skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Both were fair complexioned and slenderly made; both possessed faces full of distinction and intelligence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fairest woman in the world was Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda and the sister of Castor and Pollux. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyebrows did a fair bit of talking. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The door of the helicopter opened, and out stepped, first a fair and ruddy-faced young man, then, in green velveteen shorts, white shirt, and jockey cap, a young woman. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He combed his lank, fair hair with his fingers, cleaned his nails with his teeth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, Baird thought, if the technology was new, was it fair to make the case that Reggie was grossly deviating from a standard of care, if the standard of care wasn’t clear? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the end, she agreed, as Citra knew she would; after all, Scythe Curie was a fair woman. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The fair needed twice as many, he said, and greater scrutiny of their work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In November 1890 Holmes learned along with the rest of Chicago that the directors of the World’s Columbian Exposition had at last reached a decision as to where to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You are utterly indecent — no one should look so tempting, it’s not fair.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t really seem to care about winning the science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It's not really fair to present us as a team and then lock us into the arena to kill each other. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Starting around 1150, the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

For Burnham personally the fair had been an unqualified triumph. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair, I sort of felt the same way when I talked to him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the trial’s last session found a fair segment of the local Establishment seated alongside the plainer citizenry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t seem very fair. Especially since Maddie has changed so much over the past year.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A hostile spring further hampered the fair’s progress. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Not everything. You exaggerate. There is, certainly, a fair amount of evidence to support that view.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t fair to keep her without an education.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair, and I made up my mind to ask Mama what the trouble was with being a woman. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t fair that I ended up like this,” I groan. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She knew her father was still angry about that, but it wasn't fair to blame Joff. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fair had become so intensely compelling that one woman, Mrs. Lucille Rodney of Galveston, Texas, walked thirteen hundred miles along railroad tracks to reach it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But then again, to be fair, Nouri wasn’t in middle school yet. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Who knew better than he that life wasn’t fair? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Its going to take a while for me to get through, so Diana and Z should go before me. It’s not fair to make them wait.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the four years since his divorce became final, it’s fair to say that the conductor has become something of an unbeliever. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But does not evil, like an invisible worm, work inside the fruit, even while the fruit seems fair?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Burnham now possessed formal authority to begin building a fair, but he still had no place to put it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Guess you thought those hybrid attacks last night were fair payback for that picture somebody left on your wall,” says Kirsten, crossing her arms. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It seemed quite large, if the shoreline was any indication; left and right it stretched on with only a slight curve, showing the is­land to have a fair girth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I want a nice fair game, all of you,” she said, once they were all gathered around her. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“For the clubs fair—sixth period,” one explained. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And in the fair evening Faramir and Merry walked in the garden, but she did not come. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I wanted to do something. Show the trial wasn’t fair.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I went to a county fair one time where they had a baking contest. They gave big blue ribbons for first prize. Did they ever have a fair like that in Manifest?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There he was, with the same fair skin and frizzy hair. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their hearts were heavy; for it was a fair place, and it had become like home to them, though they could not count the days and nights that they had passed there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d been to a fair number of Barack’s political events by now and had seen him interact many times with big groups of constituents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He bristled at the persistent belief that John Root deserved most of the credit for the beauty of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His dream mom and father were happy during the science fair but not this happy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“But is everyone pulling their fair share? That’s the question I’m asking.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Although the students of Burnt Mill Creek had largely abandoned what at one time had been considered boys-being-boys typical teenage bullying, the German Dance Club was still fair game. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Fair is my love, and cruel as she is fair” Gertrude read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Here was their favorite meeting place, whether they wanted to dance or bathe their fair bodies at the river mouth or gather flowers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Van Helsing, instead of his little black bag, had with him a long leather one, something like a cricketing bag; it was manifestly of fair weight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the woman who’s the borough president announced that the city was sponsoring a street fair on 145th Street, I saw a chance to cheer Peaches up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fair’s fair and it waren’t the littlest bit fair that I was gonna be cut out from all the deciding what to do ’bout this mess I caused. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t get fair wages and safe working conditions, they could strike. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Grandma took charge of a small hamper full of our lunch, since they charge you two prices for everything at a fair. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fair, according to one later appraisal, was a more dangerous place to work than a coal mine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Presently the chambers gave up their fair tenants one after another: each came out gaily and airily, with dress that gleamed lustrous through the dusk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I took care she should never want for anything that could contribute to her comfort: she soon settled in her new abode, became very happy there, and made fair progress in her studies. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The men who had invested in them were the subjects of cautionary tales, derision, and a fair measure of public loathing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair boy allowed his feet to come down and sat on the steamy earth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Manufacturing jobs were transferred by multinational corporations away from American cities to countries that lacked unions, where workers earn a small fraction of what is considered a fair wage in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Gorgias concedes, “No: the definition seems to me very fair, Socrates; for persuasion is the chief end of rhetoric.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know assassins could be so clumsy. If you need anything, send word. I’ve had my fair share of monthly pains.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s true, America is a country with a history of injustice, but can we learn from those injustices? Make sure our society is indeed democratic and fair to all who reside here?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was fair skinned, too, with straight hair and light eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“But we’ve paid a fair price already. He’s getting paid good money,” the husband said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I merely seek to make your ultimate choice fair and honest.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The weather held fair, which meant that the wagons rolled into Imre just as the sun was setting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“St. John dresses well. He is a handsome man: tall, fair, with blue eyes, and a Grecian profile.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Though, to be fair, I’d been looking for a platonic friend, preferably female. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And soon he would begin receiving his first world’s fair guests. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair that you guys agreed to play ‘The Final Countdown,’ and me and Chris have spent a lot of time learning it....” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Holmes knew that most if not all of his hotel guests would be at the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sam and Frodo now feeling eased and greatly refreshed were able to go at a fair pace, and with only one brief halt Aragorn led the Company on for nearly three more hours. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why, yes, it’s the least I can do for the Reich, isn’t it? But I don’t want to hold up my group. That wouldn’t be fair.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Soon his ingenious criminal methods, coupled with his singular love of fair play, found him a warm place in the nation’s heart. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As he watches her in the flickering light, it strikes Bailey suddenly that she is a fair deal older than she appears, and that the same is likely true of Marco. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Seamstresses not cleaning the superintendent’s room were fair game for the chief foreman and other prisoners with supervisory jobs in the factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Their claim of fair trials for the accused were nothing but lies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not fair that it always has to be me!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s no dead end in Norvelt, not today! Take those five library cards, Team Kyle! You won them fair and square!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He described his own vision of the fair and Chicago’s resolve to make that vision real. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Even though the science fair was over six months away, my declaration “I’ll be number one next year!” at the last awards ceremony must have really gotten to her. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It must be ascertained that they had been given orders not to fire until our column was within fair range of their weapons. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“We must have climbed a fair way now,” Will said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Alter and I are going to the street fair down by the market. Unless he prefers to go dancing.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, you might’ve noticed I’m not good at following rules. I’m coming back here with my dragon, and we’ll spring you. Take you wherever you want to go. It’s only fair.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It lay in sharp contrast to the festive stalls and banners of the fair. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had your go. You saved four. Ron saved five. Ron’s Keeper, he won it fair and square. Get out of my way.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There were none in sight, but the air of high spirits made it feel like a fair day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had there been fifteen hundred women carrying banners on a fair day the sight would have been a pretty one. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was young—younger than Mrs. Coulter; and fair, with bright green eyes; and clad like all the witches in strips of black silk, but wearing no furs, no hood or mittens. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t fair. I don’t want to leave without hearing his voice.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It also wasn’t fair that I couldn’t even walk down 125th Street without being harassed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Same sleek fair hair, same small light build, same quick bewitching features with a faint hint of lunacy behind the bright eyes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Over the life of the fair the hospital treated 11,602 patients, sixty-four a day, for injuries and ailments that suggest that the mundane sufferings of people have not changed very much over the ages. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Few of that fairest folk are ever seen in the Shire. Not many now remain in Middle-earth, east of the Great Sea. This is indeed a strange chance!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The girls’ names are in most regards diverse, though with a fair share of literary and otherwise artful touches. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We are all dressed in down jackets and vests, so we collide and roll like bumper cars at the state fair. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose that would be a fair assessment,” he said, and then quickly added, “I assume you are familiar with Philippa Foot’s Trolley Problem thought experiment?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She reasoned, perhaps, that he did not want to pay the exorbitant rents that everyone was charging now that the world’s fair was under way. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A catastrophic fire in Jackson Park could destroy the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ellen was so fair that she looked as though she were white, and so she dressed up in a man’s clothing and she looked like a wealthy young planter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine looks back at the sheriff’s dead body, lifting one of her fair hands to her cheek, which is dotted with bits of the dead man. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I think thy ice cream sandwich did that. Fair is fair, Percy Jackson. Take the fur.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The girl was immaculate—not a blue thread out of place, her chignon of long fair hair coiled in regulation neatness two inches above her uniform collar. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Five people were killed in or near the fair, including a worker obliterated while helping prepare the night’s fireworks and a visitor who stepped from one grip-car into the path of another. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Jaybird was as fair as it got,” Williams’s wife, Julia, remembered years later. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Brian didn’t know whether this was fair or not but he didn’t argue about methods—Brother Leon was interested in results and so was Brian. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed him and shouted, “It isn’t fair!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon no one would remain, and the fair would cease to exist as a living memory in anyone’s brain. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair, though, anything can be optional if you’re creative enough. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The day was fair, as it was often after storms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hell, I could be some slugger kid’s science fair project. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It seemed to them that Gandalf had never spoken so fair and fittingly to their lord. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“What? I should go over Jaimito’s head? It’s only fair. He’s the one farming the land, he’s responsible for this place.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, she didn’t. You made her choose. It’s not fair to ask your friends to choose. Jenna should be able to have all of us.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

To get her fair share of time with her parents, Hyacinth had developed the habit of getting up early. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The fair alone consumed three times as much electricity as the entire city of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘I dwelt there once, and still I return when I may. There my heart is; but it is not my fate to sit in peace, even in the fair house of Elrond.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As you know, that city was once a strong place, proud and fair, Minas Ithil, the twin sister of our own city. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair, my parents didn’t technically lie. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Diego had been telling us about life in Colorado to kill time while we waited to buy the bracelets that would let us on every ride at the fair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I want to win or lose it fair and square. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How is it fair that I have a life like this, and someone like him has so little? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We agreed how weird it was that Tamika now lived in his old house and how sweet it would be for me to finally beat her at the next science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be fair to give Jason false expectations. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All of the prejudicial media coverage would make a fair trial nearly impossible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They are fair and they are deeply interested in education. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was wrapped in some fair memory: and as Frodo looked at him he knew that he beheld things as they once had been in this same place. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I know it ain’t fair,” Ben says, pulling himself away and looking me hard in the face. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had a fair tenor and reasonably clever fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

However, some of our younger patrons wanted to know more about our fair town back in the day. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The records show what Reggie was doing, and it was fair to assume he’d lied rather than forgotten what happen because of the trauma. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then an old wife, Ioreth, the eldest of the women who served in that house, looking on the fair face of Faramir, wept, for all the people loved him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The melody is very simple, containing only four pitches and a fair amount of repetition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The soldier had yellow hair and fair, almost translucent skin. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The fact that an accused man was deprived of a fair trial, kidnapped and murdered by a lynch mob from a Mississippi jail apparently had no effect on the thinking of the Grand Jury. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds fair. What does everyone else think?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the next day, only 79,034 paying visitors came to see the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They were quite tall—and some were fair. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to tell Margaret Rose that it was not fair to agree with The Registrar about something that involved me without consulting me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought it only fair I pipe in before things went any further with that hand of yours.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then the king sat upon a seat before his doors, and Éowyn knelt before him and received from him a sword and a fair corslet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I smiled politely and said the sum seemed very fair and I would return the next day at whatever hour he wished. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tired out, the young man sank into a chair, his fair, bandaged, aching head in his hands. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wild, most chickens and cattle died long before that, but they still had a fair chance of living for a respectable number of years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair was so perfect, its grace and beauty like an assurance that for as long as it lasted nothing truly bad could happen to anyone, anywhere. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair that he’d get a free bike for doing what he was told rather than thinking for himself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because while Pong was better than anyone at paying attention, and almost as good as Somkit at waiting, he was terrible at ignoring when things weren't fair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

For me, I say, no; but then I am old, and life, with his sunshine, his fair places, his song of birds, his music and his love, lie far behind. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Five million,” he repeated slowly, "sounds like a fair price.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had put her hand on his as she spoke; its touch was light, it looked narrow and fair on his dark, strong hand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘I will not say that she is the fairest lady that lives.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but, to be fair,” he said, pointing at me, “you kind of hate everything.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s the coal mines for me for the rest of my life. It just ain’t fair!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sullivan saw it as a sign that Burnham did not truly believe Chicago had the talent to carry the fair by itself. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fair had a powerful and lasting impact on the nation’s psyche, in ways both large and small. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Furry ones, George, like I seen in the fair in Sacramento.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say anything about fair. Kampe’s not going to be fair if we hang around. She’s going to blame you for ripping off the bars. Now come on!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The fair was so big, so beyond grasp, that the Columbian Guards found themselves hammered with questions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One time his father had taken him to a state fair where a rodeo clown got chomped by a panicky horse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't fair that other people lived here illegally, she would say. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And, most important, he wanted a fair trial for them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Then he ran, too, and probably hit a whole lot more trees than he would have if the world was a fairer place. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He tinkered with his draft for a further quarter of an hour, then threaded in new sheets and typed up a fair copy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But merely wishing for relations to improve was taking something of a gamble, for Cal Tech’s fabulous chemist Linus Pauling was not subject to the confines of British fair play. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. D. C. Taylor, a frequent visitor to the fair, called Krupp’s biggest gun “a fearful hideous thing, breathing of blood and carnage, a triumph of barbarism crouching amid the world’s triumphs of civilization.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re welcome. So, now that the science fair is finally over, you want to come to my house this weekend? Mom bought me a new trick.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“We can all see with our own eyes it was fair.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was talking about how it’s not fair for you,” I said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. But fair, too. It doesn’t matter how rich or important you are. Everyone’s in the same boat. And medical resources and costs are kept under control.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It's not fair that he's wasting his life on me, a person who will never return his feelings. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Yet they were good sons, considerate of us, patient with others, always giving us a fair share of their earnings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Made fun of a particularly hilarious photo of me when I was three, which was fair because I look like a sock puppet in it! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Ravenskillians, it has been a trying time in our fair home. I commend you all for your patience, your resilience, and your commitment to your community.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Kiley,” she says, “it’s not fair that our signs were taken down. What they represent is important! And what about freedom of—” “Stop,” Mr. Kiley says without raising his voice. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the middle of the fair was not where I wanted to have this argument. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about the science fair,” I said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Henceforward I will call nothing fair, unless it be her gift.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cody upstaged the fair again in July, when exposition officials rejected a request from Mayor Carter Harrison that the fair dedicate one day to the poor children of Chicago and admit them at no charge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, suddenly remembering Mama and Papa standing that way, Mama smaller than Sarah, her hair fair against Papa's shoulder. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was reading from the beginning so that he could get to the end, where the reader was assured that the knight and the fair maiden lived together happily ever after. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘I suppose that’s fair enough. You seek information about Gaia’s hunter. His name is Orion.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Canceling the whole team wouldn’t be fair to us,” he said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, April 5, 1892, at 6:50 A.M., a sudden windstorm demolished the fair’s just-finished pumping station and tore down sixty-five feet of the Illinois State Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair, Hucbald merely experimented with this concept rather than invented it; it had been circulating in musical theories since antiquity, as indeed it had in Indian and Chinese musical systems. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But I believe it is fair to say that I will never be very good at running. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“How can we know what is a fair price, if we do not know what the pearl buyer gets for the pearl in another place.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Owen he had sailed to Catalina and anchored and they had covered a fair distance—perhaps fifty miles—of sailing to get there. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chicago was proud of its fair, and everyone knew that only three weeks remained before it would close forever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was not a good rider even in fair weather, and six days of rain had made the ground treacherous, all soft mud and hidden rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Life’s not fair. Get him to back off.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

"Unless," she smiled, "I can induce you to stop by this evening. I might add that I serve a fair cup of coffee." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. War is never fair. Who chooses which men get killed and which ones don’t?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days the Companions of the Ring dwelt together in a fair house with Gandalf, and they went to and fro as they wished. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least now I know why Miss Duncan is determined to make our arms fall off. We ain’t seen finery like that around here in a fair while.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The clubs fair was mandatory for the whole seventh grade. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, I see us at the village fair when I was seven. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For the second time today, Arya reflected that life was not fair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With her fair skin and dulcet West Virginia accent, Katherine might have occupied a fluid racial middle ground, easing her acceptance at the center. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I know what I am asking. It isn’t fair, and you have Hela to think of. I will understand if you say no.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair to Dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He would miss us. It wouldn’t be fair to him, and he can’t get time off work.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

After all that work, it seemed only fair that Tyson would ride shotgun with me, though I knew the horses wouldn’t like it, and Tyson’s extra weight would slow us down. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The contraction—usually two words combined into one, as in don’t or I’m—seldom gets a fair shake from English teachers. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you thought any more about entering the science fair? I’m still in charge of the committee.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fairs lasted until the 1300s, when Venice came to dominate European trade with the Muslim world. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You insist on calling me Miss Chen in public. It’s only fair.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Clergymen who had seen it were working the fair into sermons and lectures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For a time, my nickname became “Mazobe,” a term for fair skin. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t be fair for us to do their work,” added another. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Neither McKim nor Burnham truly believed the fair should be set aflame. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The police would find out more than I would and it wasn’t fair. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judges were to make their review on the fourth day of the fair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first their choice seemed to be good: they got along at a fair speed, though whenever they got a glimpse of the sun in an open glade they seemed unaccountably to have veered eastwards. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But that’s not fair, Dimple found herself thinking, her temper flaring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The letter came fairly easily then, was corrected and copied fair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know Uhmma is still thinking about how Apa yelled and said there was no money for such foolishness like the fair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He concentrated on the fair’s central lagoon, which his dredges soon would begin carving from the Jackson Park shore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The more you give, the more you can ask for; everyone comes to learn what’s a fair amount. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke right up, “I don’t think it’s fair if you just make an exception for us.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They apply equally to everyone. You’re entitled to a fair trial.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then during clubs fair she walked right up to the Tech Crew table and joined. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The way he said that, get a boyfriend, reminded me of Heather saying it wasn't fair, why did she have to put on a happy face and pretend like she wasn't in pain. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t know how. Why do women always have to do such unpleasant things? Heels, thongs, shaving, plucking, bleaching. It’s really not fair.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wants to maximize outcomes quickly, which is fair enough. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But that would benefit only me, which wasn't fair, since Jennifer was putting in a quarter, too. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The bankers carrying the fair’s debt grew anxious. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard but it’s fair,’’ chanted the rest of the boys. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t warn them after we have made the accusation? It would not be fair?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As you know, this is county fair week,” Mrs. Weidenbach said, “the annual opportunity for oar small community to make its mark.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, I can’t even say for certain she was the one who first mentioned the animals. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will show me your work every night until the fair.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Though we drank a fair amount of burgundy, the conversation never got animated and I felt that Pauling would rather talk to me, clearly an unfinished member of the younger generation, than to Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He turned, peering across the table with the basketball players, next to the science fair geeks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Anastasia and I have changed our date, because it’s just not fair to you. We’re getting married the Saturday after your mom’s wedding.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Sol Bloom, chief of the Midway, emerged from the fair a rich young man. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The Buick was loaded down with the panels, posters, and rocket hardware of my fair exhibit. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Retrenchment Committee made it clear that, at least for its three members, the financial success of the fair was as important as its obvious aesthetic success. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And when it’s harvest time, I’ll go to the fair and buy a blue ribbon for the girl who works up at the kennels. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m upset because you get to go to New York and I’m stuck here. It’s not fair.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Part of this contraption, looking dare I say it like something that has fallen off a stall at a fair, is preserved in the Scriabin Museum in Moscow. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Handsome Lord Velaryon chose sea-green silk, the white gold seahorse at his throat matching his long fair hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Burnham knew, however, that the fair’s size was just one element of the challenge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Some people might say our society is primitive, but I think it is the best, fairest system that I know. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I detected in you a sense of fair play. Most dangerous in the Underland, boy.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Every one about us moved softly and spoke gently. No one seemed hurried or impatient, all were under a spell, a spell that held us from the opening of the fair until its close.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then I tell her I have to go—I can’t skip school today, because Sallie Swain has a big cross-country meet, and it wouldn’t be fair for her to miss it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Sophie. We were the best. They have to be fair!” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been meaning to talk to you about the fair,” she said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose I put it down to her mortality, but I don’t think I was being fair. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Elves spread for them a pavilion among the trees near the fountain, and in it they laid soft couches; then speaking words of peace with fair elvish voices they left them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Michael Taylor, let me see. Well regarded...fair, thorough...doesn't suffer fools gladly...he's put in a good word or two for me at timely moments, for which I'm eternally grateful...that do you?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

‘It is to no place so fair that I shall lead you,’ said Faramir. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Which is fair, since the only things I know about him are that his name is Rufus, he rides a bike, he survived a tragedy, and he wants to be the Mario to my Luigi. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard but it’s fair,” the other man said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we earned a fair wage, your children wouldn’t have to work,” she said. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“I hated you for putting us through it. It wasn’t fair. Other kids don’t have to sleep in their car. Other kids aren’t hungry.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve been thinking about what I might do for the fair ever since that first day, when Ms. Oliverio announced it. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Without me. And it isn’t fair. I just wanted to come.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s true. It was pretty fair size even for them days.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay for the two of you to be friends, as long as you’re always open and honest with us about everything. Is that fair?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The early summer days on a farm are the happiest and fairest days of the year. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Some have seen sorrow; but there are fair days yet in store. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Hardly a fair trade, is it? A head full of coppery curls in return for a living boy? A son?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, Gloria is more easygoing about letting Maria Isabel go out at night to an occasional dance or party, or to the annual county fair. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"I said it wouldn't be fair to my creditors," Mike said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Nor was it possible to receive a fair trial from a white judge: Why is it that in this courtroom I am facing a white magistrate, confronted by a white prosecutor, escorted by white orderlies? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the fair to be even barely presentable in time for the ceremony, everything would have to go perfectly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, you listen to me,” Henry said “Jeremiah took sick. He gonna sell that mule to somebody no matter what. Who gonna give that man a fair deal, you or just anybody in camp?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The men will be glad to help. Porther has made a fair start already." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The biggest trophy in there is for the science fair project he did in his freshman year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

These people were all stuck in the past, setting up their booths at the art fair and thinking themselves successful because they'd sold a silk screen of a footprint in the sand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sun had not risen above the horizon, but it cast a bright glow into the heavens, promising a fair day. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She was dark of eye and fair complected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He's waiting for me to answer, and I say, "No, sir, not fair." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good for them to learn now that nothing’s fair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bill Peterson and I were introduced, and then the referee called us together and mumbled all of that stuff about fighting fair and breaking clean. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair to Patrick, he let us talk about dying, too. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

His eighth-grade project, “A Study of Air Flow in Scaled Dimensions,” scored third place in his school’s annual science fair. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Once I'm a fair distance from the alley, I take a deep breath and quicken my pace. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The last time the Vanderbeekers went to the castle was for a spring fair their school was hosting with the college. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You play too fair, and it puts me at a disadvantage. You wouldn’t want me to suffer just because you’re too honorable, would you?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t ask many questions, so it would be fairer if he answered the few I ask. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought of this book when Hugh and I attended the Festival of Saint Anne, a local fair held in a neighboring village, not far from our house in Normandy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“No such thing as fair,” Frank told himself. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Late in September I drove Miss Love and Grandpa to the county fair over in Jefferson. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

To be fair to Keegan, after reading his book I don’t think he is quite as confused as the first few pages suggest. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Beetle had been to fairs, but only to beg a turnip or some pig bones for a stew, and never had her belly been full enough for her to lift her head and look around. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Emerson wrote his fair share of letters,” he said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Langley liked to think of itself as a place that eschewed bureaucracy, where an idea from a cafeteria worker could get a fair hearing if it were compelling enough. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In Paris on the Champ de Mars, France opened the Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair so big and glamorous and so exotic that visitors came away believing no exposition could surpass it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He never wrote out fair copies of these jottings for me, fugitive as were the marks and impossible of interpretation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, that doesn’t seem fair. Anyone can get a lucky guess.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She attended the school career fair, where students wore awkward suits and serious expressions, and tried to look like adults worthy of real jobs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It seems like a price, giving up our names, but maybe it’s a fair exchange for the gun being lowered. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sometime in 1925 Johnny and his guardian pulled into the old mining town of Butte, Montana, where the local bullring racetrack linked up with a network of other tracks, carnivals, and fairs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked working at the superintendent’s place, liked being close to the school, liked how Mr. Crane always paid him fair. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the indignant hum erupted as soon as they’d entered the grounds of last year’s fair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t exactly fair that when he and his white shirt climbed back up the ledges—after thirty-seven minutes—Mrs. Cobb had appeared among the frock coats. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Too many features of the fair remained unfinished, Burnham acknowledged. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The “fittest” babies were then paraded through the fairs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

One evening, I stop in at a college and career fair in the Truman cafeteria. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m here on behalf of the Oakland Police Department to help facilitate a fair exchange of ideas.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“My-lady, fair warning. The old gods are strong in those mountains. The clansmen will not suffer insults to their heart trees.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was young and fair, and though perhaps her face was a bit hard and her tongue a bit sharp, she seemed to make the king happy. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

No monster was revealed, but the sweetest and fairest of all creatures, at whose sight the very lamp seemed to shine brighter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin is peaked pale, and his fair hair is plastered against his head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That didn’t seem fair to me, but Granddaddy was not troubled. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I just wouldn’t regard it as financially fair.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But Grandma hadn’t come to the fair for second prize. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still convinced that I’m going to win the Excelsior because I won the science fair. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The train passed over the fair’s fence, then descended to the terminal at the rear of the Transportation Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We had no reliable way of evaluating the situation in the country, and concluded it would neither be fair nor wise for us to offer guidance on matters about which we were uninformed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night the Company was again summoned to the chamber of Celeborn, and there the Lord and Lady greeted them with fair words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a fair few. ... Keep themselves to themselves mostly, but they’re good enough about turnin’ up if ever I want a word. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You promised us. You can’t go to sleep. It’s not fair!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Well, after Willy sent it flying, and Carl tried to stab it with pencils, I guess it was a fair question! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the crowd entered into an unspoken agreement that guns were fair fighting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was a fair artist and had felt modestly satisfied with the result until Kate glanced at it after class. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Military training, I said, must go hand in hand with political training, for a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair and just society. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And a fair is a good place to start, I guess.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then it flicked its whiskers and said, “Challenge her. There’s no guarantee she’ll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He went on to identify for Ulrich the things that most worried him about the fair, among them the color scheme chosen by Burnham and the architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This view was a reaction against the civil rights movement and student activism of the 1960s and was seen as objective and fair. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But not walking her wouldn’t be fair; it wasn’t her fault I couldn’t take the bus. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bard or pander, Abel’s voice was passable, his playing fair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the hatred she had for humans was deep and fair. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One of the most pernicious factors, Olmsted found, was the widespread fear that anyone who ventured to Chicago would be “fleeced unmercifully,” especially in the fair’s many restaurants, with their “extortionate” prices. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Watch for me, little cat," her fa-ther would always tell her, when he rode off to court or fair or battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their father argued, but not too vehemently, and in the end, everyone agreed that the punishment had been perhaps harsh but fair. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he had played his fair share of car-racing video games. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And we shall see, in later chapters, that we already know a fair amount about the predictions a quantum theory of gravity must make. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The committee met and passed a resolution whose closing passage read: “The men who have helped build Chicago want the fair, and, having a just and well-sustained claim, they intend to have it.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We need to talk about that. You keep taking on charity cases, you’re gonna drive down the fair market value of my man’s brain.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I do not want a fair dog,” he informed the breeder imperiously. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a fair point; there were certainly more professional Africans in the Transvaal than in the Transkei. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the fair fought for attendance, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West drew crowds by the tens of thousands. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As of the start of 1893, the year of the fair, no one, including Holmes, had noticed the footprint on the door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His father, Elmo, a huge St. Bernard, had been the Judge’s inseparable companion, and Buck bid fair to follow in the way of his father. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin is so fair even the slightest flush to my cheeks makes me bright red—I was probably neon right now. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair that someone so nice and kind and bright should be murdered, but how would it feel to know that there was a killer out there and you couldn’t do anything about it? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Impulsively, Dunstan leaned forward and, in front of her mother and father and sister, in front of Bridget Comfrey and Mr. Bromios and all, he kissed her on her fair cheek. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s fair to say there were two distinct phases to my life in West Virginia: everything that happened before October 5, 1957 and everything that happened afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to think my old friend here was immune to the charms of the fair sex,” said Hallgrimsson. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Or was he being fair to his father? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closing became instead a memorial assembly in the fair’s Festival Hall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She had very bright, watery blue eyes, a fair complexion, and rosy cheeks, and was unusually tall and broad-shouldered for a twelve-year-old. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘So many strange things have chanced that to learn the praise of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a Dwarf’s axe will seem no great wonder. Farewell!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And indeed soon afterward the fair’s Grounds and Buildings Committee authorized him to invite the men to join the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There had been a fair somewhere near here once, long ago, with motorcycle races; the signs still carried fragments of words. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve also made the mistake of ignoring others asking for help, and it’s not fair. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was Louis Sullivan who first and most loudly condemned the fair’s influence on architecture, but only late in his life and long after Burnham’s death. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Z is known as a fair but strict teacher and mentor. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mum never really talked about Am, either, to be fair.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just as the Grand Court was to be the architectural heart of the fair, so the central lagoon and Wooded Island were to constitute its landscape centerpiece. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“A fair price,” I said, “and no haggling.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children thought the trade was more than fair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even so, Burnham knew, much of the fair would have to be ready for the dedication. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"Doesn't seem like a fair fight," she calls out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Several people had suggested that Tom Chapman, the new Monroe County district attorney and a former criminal defense attorney, would be fairer and more sympathetic to someone wrongly convicted than lifelong prosecutor Ted Pearson. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I used to have my fair share of dealing with trash talkers, Kevin. You gotta give what you get! John Starks learned that the hard way in the 1995 playoffs. You remember that series?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He learned his reading and had a fair copperplate hand. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I had known my fair share of corrupt officials both in the Levee and back in the old country. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had no doubt that Hold-Your-Nose Billy would trace him and the prince to the fair. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly there­after, I delivered to Richard Parker a fair chunk of the fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the fair’s fifty-seven miles of roadway were still either submerged or coated with mud, and others had been gouged and trenched by vehicles that had used the roads while they were still sodden. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you be happier if you won me, fair and square?” asked Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, Rukmani, since we have done business for a long time, and because you are a woman of spirit whom I have long admired, I will give you thirty rupees. Nobody could be fairer.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball took place in the fair’s Natatorium, a large building on the Midway devoted to swimming and bathing and equipped with a ballroom and banquet rooms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘I look foul and feel fair. Is that it? All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to be happy about the boy I like liking one of my best friends? It’s not fair.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

By second grade, most students will be able to keep a steady beat, with a fair number able to do so by first grade. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

All three of them stuffed their faces until they dragged their very full stomachs to the car, groaning all the way, much like Templeton the rat after his night of indulgence at the fair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were little boys, fair, dark, freckled, and all dirty, but their faces were all dreadfully free of major blemishes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There are, however, two texts and three voicemails from your mom and it’s probably not fair that you haven’t responded, but hey, life isn’t fair. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Burnham tried to anticipate every conceivable threat to the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then Tom and Goldberry set the table; and the hobbits sat half in wonder and half in laughter: so fair was the grace of Goldberry and so merry and odd the caperings of Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The kid gives me about an eighth of a smile and then turns back to Tiny, who—to be fair—is clearly the better therapist. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Even the sad case of the fairest of the nymphs, Echo, did not move him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because life’s not fair, Albert. And the world is conspiring against you,” says Will. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fair boy reached out and touched the jagged end of a trunk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit, wrote another reporter, “was a hero in California and a pretty fair sort of horse in the midwest. In the east, however, he was just a ‘bum.’ Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They followed the cavalcade up the winding road to the top of the hill, where there was a sign announcing a fair at Wychwood Bee. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

No others that dwelt in the wide world had voices so fair to hear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once Sixth Hour struck I was fair game for Tibe’s men, and none could cry Murder, but only Justice done. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you was to wait, the ground would thaw to mud. Better go tomorrow if it’s fair. Take a little sugar to your brother on the way.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was big and broad and growing every day, with his mother's coloring, the fair skin, red-brown hair, and blue eyes of the Hillys of Riverrun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes and find that I'm not, in fact, lying on a fair netherworld plain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the town's main inn, however, I was informed all the rooms were occupied on account of a local agricultural fair. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A community college there was holding a college fair, and Blackburn set up a table in a hallway, draping it with the University of Virginia’s blue and orange flag. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

So it was the science fair that had brought Tamika to my doorstep, as hypothesized. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She spent her days at the fair buying art. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Was it any wonder that life wasn't fair for them? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Already I was determined, I guess, to give Africa a fair shake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want someone who is fair and willing to do his share of the work, not sit idle giving orders. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Collins’s present circumstances made it a most eligible match for their daughter, to whom they could give little fortune; and his prospects of future wealth were exceedingly fair. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Quid pro quo. Only fair,” I said, pointing to his Mozart ensemble. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Harbottle had proposed the motion on the floor that all the girls in school enter handiwork in the fair, and Mother had seconded it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And not with your clothes on. Only fair.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I already have birds on my mind, so I think of a gosling with light-colored down to match Captain Gosnold’s fair hair. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the meeting, he made a few points: This technology is new, and it’s not fair to assume Reggie should’ve known better, at least in a way that satisfies the standard of criminal negligence. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But when news of the events at Bree came to Tom’s ears, he sent them to Mr. Butterbur, who thus got five good beasts at a very fair price. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well then. The spoons were always fair game again after a wash. The same ought to go for boys.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Often they have fair success, because they have very good boots and ours are bad. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” lectured Mr. Aaa, “do you think it fair of Mr. Ttt to be so ill-mannered?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has something of the blinkered pony about him But this is criticism more accurate than fair. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the Lincoln Memorial in Washington can trace its heritage to the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This morning was fair with little wind, yet it was the season of the year when storms could be looked for, so I understood why the Russian wished to move onto our island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

This new surge underscored for Burnham the urgency of completing his plan to pipe Waukesha spring water to the fair by Opening Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Gone. It’s not fair....I hope they weren’t alone.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, Colin turned to her, gathering in his gut the slim measure of courage available to him, and said, “Well, I'm a fair kisser.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Critics claimed the fair extinguished the Chicago School of architecture, an indigenous vernacular, and replaced it with a renewed devotion to obsolete classical styles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He picks on the art club, but I can’t really take that personally, because he also picks on the science fair kids and the mathletes. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It had always been a notion of his that the kindness of dear Mr. Frodo was of such a high degree that it must imply a fair measure of blindness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Italians could purchase enough pepper in Syria to carry with them to the next Champagne fair. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Millet had some extraordinary ideas for events in August, including an elaborate Midway ball during which fair officials, including Burnham, would dance with Dahoman women and Algerian belly dancers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Chicago promptly established a formal corporation, the World’s Columbian Exposition Company, to finance and build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Sunrise, sunset, up and down wheels, tracking pods. This is not a fun fair. This is about my son. My only son. He’s missing. What I want to know is, what’s being done about it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not design fairs, he told Ellsworth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In short, the inclusion of some whites in the system of control is essential to preserving the image of a colorblind criminal justice system and maintaining our self-image as fair and unbiased people. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Their portrayal in the press the next morning as unthinking hotheads bent on destroying Durham only confirmed black residents’ belief that they could not get a fair hearing in the city. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They gaped redly against the innkeeper’s fair skin, as if he had been slashed with a barber’s razor or a piece of broken glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Who were the top five schools who came to your fair?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When asked the secret of his success, the industrialist always replied: "Clean living, hard work, and fair play." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a few clicks before he finally said, “The world looks at Black people differently. It’s not fair, but it’s true.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The album was a collection of construction photographs taken by Charles Dudley Arnold, a photographer from Buffalo, New York, whom Burnham had hired as the fair’s official photographer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The way Gran is—Mum isn’t to blame for that. And she did manage to protect us, before. It’s not fair.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Frightened, she sprang to the bank—and as she did so she heard a voice: “Why such haste, fairest maiden?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

An author named Adelaide Hollingsworth chose to honor the fair with more than seven hundred pages of it, which she published early in the year under the title The Columbia Cook Book. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He also envisioned a fleet of large birchbark canoes paddled by Indians in deerskin and feathers and recommended that various foreign watercraft be moored in the fair’s harbor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The house fair exploded with dust and activity. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But unlike the roads in Robert Frost’s familiar poem, they are not equally fair. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, pardon me, excuse me,” Finn said, as he barreled through the throngs of people, thousands of people, more people than he’d ever seen at the fair, or anywhere in his life. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a girl who could pass as American, with soft blue eyes and fair skin, looks that were traced back to a great-great grandmother from Sweden at every family gathering. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Life isn’t fair, Jason, and the sooner you learn that, the better.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was not quite as rotund as the Slughorn Harry knew, though the golden buttons on his richly embroidered waistcoat were taking a fair amount of strain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Olmsted saw this lagoon district as the most challenging portion of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Hayden was discreetly driven from the park in one of the fair’s innovative English ambulances with quiet rubber tires and placed in a sanitarium for a period of enforced rest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My thoughts raced back to March, after losing the science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Within, upon the first floor above the street, up a wide carven stair, he showed them to a fair room, light and airy, with goodly hangings of dull gold sheen unfigured. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At night he gave them more than their fair share of the rations, but they did not notice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The goats are not worrying about who is an angel and who is a people or what is fair and what is ghistly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Anyway, some of us were too busy with more important things, like saving parents from a funk, to be thinking about the science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She spent a fair amount of time on Google Maps plotting, but to no avail. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Now a golden sovereign for two nights was more than a fair rent, in the days when a farmworker might hope to make fifteen pounds in a good year. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of all this, at first everything seemed set fair for the book. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In honor of the fair Kodak called the folding version of its popular model No. 4 box camera the Columbus. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fair was pronounced a success, and when May bade Amy goodnight, she did not gush as usual, but gave her an affectionate kiss, and a look which said ‘forgive and forget’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you don’t know who it was? Was she fair or dark or greyhaired?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are turning our backs upon the fairest dream of civilization and are about to consign it to the dust,” Barrows read. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to strangle Mr. D. It wasn’t fair Zeus had sent him here to dry out as camp director for a hundred years. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

One fair evening as soon as supper was done, she dressed in her calico, which was nicer than her light summer cotton, put on her bonnet and good boots, and went out on the street. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If the water level fell, visitors to the fair would be treated to an offensive band of bare earth at the waterline. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One such evening Burnham led a tour of the fair aboard an electric launch for a group that included John Root’s widow, Dora, and a number of foreign emissaries. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They resemble each other: both are red haired, fair skinned, though Gachet is much older. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The inhabitants of Macondo found themselves lost in their own streets, confused by the crowded fair. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Heartbroken, he said, but as his own father had died in defence of the kingdom, so did his fair maiden. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘This is the lawn of Parth Galen: a fair place in the summer days of old. Let us hope that no evil has yet come here.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My first thought is that he couldn’t do that, it wouldn’t be fair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That way, during the fair everyone could test out my hypothesis that music could change one’s mood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it be better, he thought, to bring a child into a world that was good and fair and kind? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He said that it wouldn’t be fair to have me write another essay when I have so many finals this week. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Elihu Root said the fair led “our people out of the wilderness of the commonplace to new ideas of architectural beauty and nobility.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see something of the fair first,” she said, managing to sound uninterested. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair for the children. If it wasn’t for school...” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

All these years, she had believed that if workers stuck together, they’d win a fair share of the money made by their muscle and sweat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Whether it is fair to charge the Gershwin brothers simply because they were white Jews writing about African-Americans per se is a much less clear-cut accusation. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

If we could check that the candidate landing site was not covered with sifting, drifting dust, we would have at least a fair chance of guaranteeing that the winds were not intolerably high. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Milo, it isn’t fair. But I don’t see anything we can do about it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have to tell you. But we don’t know you. Be fair. Tell us your name.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not fair to ask a girl to be with somebody who can’t really be with her. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was on Shreddie number three, and the radio weather forecast was saying it was set fair but with a risk of showers in the southeast. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ceiling protected the mews from rain and snow, but more importantly from the wild hawks and owls for whom anything that moves is fair game. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Clearly, Judge Hunt had had no intention of giving Anthony a fair and unbiased trial. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered when all three of them were together at last year’s science fair. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For her part, Safaa spends a fair amount of time staring at him, or more particularly at his bad leg, but with none of the hostility she reserves for the rest of us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perlstein had a fair complexion; his pal, Proctor, was similarly proportioned, seemingly more human, and dark-haired. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn't fair, I say to my grandmother when so many days have passed. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He passed a hand through his fair hair and spoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That night I dream I’m at the county fair with Zack. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It...wouldn’t be fair to be upset at my baba anymore. He’s gone.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He knew he was sensitive about this stuff, but it sounded like she was trying to blame the students for the lack of schools at the college fair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At last the day of departure came, and a great and fair company made ready to ride north from the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Wish they’d stop kicking up such a fuss, though. We got a fair bit farther to go.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Like maybe the words she needs to show that this is fair—or she is right—are tucked inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Had it been fair to draw Prudence into her secret world? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s when I felt myself rising like a balloon above a fair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Do we have a disclosure clause? It would be fair, given my awareness of your choice of player.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the drafting board the fair did look spectacular. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Disease, too, posed dangers to the fair, Burnham knew. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s not fair, Mama. Dad is an expert when it comes to garbage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham claimed the agreement was a victory for the exposition, but in fact the fair’s concessions were a breakthrough for organized labor, and the resulting contracts became models for other unions to emulate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It is only fair to add that Polly always said she couldn’t see anything specially beautiful about her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I absolutely know what you mean. I’ve had to participate in my fair share of fundraisers and gala events. I can give her some tips on what to expect,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He spread his hands wide as if casting out demons only he could see, and shouted, “There is nothing fair here!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come, the palace has the fairest view of the city. You will have time to admire before we dine.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the building would be bustling with visitors to the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was a fair accord, and I suspect that if it had been implemented it would indeed have helped to staunch the bloodletting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twenty-four teachers had won a contest held by the St. Louis Republic that entitled them to a free stay at the fair at the newspaper’s expense. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair, sometimes I look younger than I am. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair! What if someone wants to adopt him?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had white hair or dark hair or fair hair or red hair or no hair at all. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

So fair a day now drawing to its close. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom’s knack for promotion caught the attention of other fair officials, who came to him for help in raising the exposition’s overall profile. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“And of course, just to be fair and equal, I have to tell you that my son has a nice name as well.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My conscience had been bothering me for about a month, ever since the evening Hugh and I had attended a large, headachy fair held each year in Paris. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“They had all been exposed to these environmental agents, with a fair amount of exposure,” he reports. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But the fair did more than simply stoke pride. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He comes to us saddled with a fair amount of baggage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It was a fair place even in the summer when the sun laced into it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had had his fair share of scares with hot agents. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and looked at it, studied the crude work The brush made a fair wall, not weathertight but it cut most of the wind off. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fairer sex, Jason”—Dad gave me a crafty nod—“hunt in packs.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe that wasn’t fair, but Frank didn’t care. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At Iona, relief teachers, student teachers, and work-experience kids were all fair game for students to pick on, but the kids at this school were just fine. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Still, I don’t think the judge’s verdict is fair. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The journalist, so called, was one of the men who’d come to his house: a tall man with such fair hair that he seemed to have no eyebrows or eyelashes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if anybody asked me or not. He beat you fair and square and I’m not going to let you take that away from him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's plenty of condensation on the walls and domed roof, and the soil is certainly absorbing its fair share. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the citizens of the Protectorate had done to their own babies was not fair. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

That would be a fair supposition in the twenty- first century, but our hunter-gatherer ancestors wouldn’t have agreed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of not fair for us to feel guilty for getting what we deserve. We work hard.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s fair to measure them in accomplishments. Especially not with Trav.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I squint my eyes so that everything looks blurry, I can almost believe that the skirt is fancy leather and the shirt has sequins and my skin is fair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The report stated that the financial management of the fair “can only be characterized as shamefully extravagant.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘I fear he had ill tidings to record in a fair hand,’ said Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s a dollar and a quarter for the mend, but I’ll take that book Nate likes so much in trade. If your parents find that fair.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Spud Lamp was a big hit at the science fair. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And when I do think about it, how much 1 get paid, how hard I work, how fair Harold is to everybody except me, I get upset. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I can already tell: Things are more fair here, just because everything’s so fast that who’d have the time to stop and gouge a customer? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I wish you fair winds and good trading, then. You have brought me a precious gift." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll never get over my grappling for balance, never stop believing life is going to be fair, the minute we can clear up all these mistakes of the temporarily misguided. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On paper at least, the fair’s Midway Plaisance began to take shape. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Carlos blurts, “I didn’t have friends in San Antonio. It isn’t fair to live in two different cities and not have any friends.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Quinton won it after placing second at some international science fair forever ago. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t twist anybody’s arm. They all came to me. They wanted the tickets, and I charged a fair price. If they didn’t think it was fair, they didn’t have to buy them.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was a fair question, and I considered the possibilities. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sure, he had already eaten four, but all was fair in love and cookies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’d stopped using the word fascinated to describe the way he engaged with me and my life, because the pejorative iteration of the word no longer seemed fair. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was born with dark skin, but in my culture, light skin is considered a sign of beauty, so Mom wrote in my song that I would become fairer skinned. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My brother looks like he wants to strangle me, but fair is fair. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,” added little Amy, with an injured sniff. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be less fair, my sister did and she preferred turtlenecks, T-shirts, and flannels. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the abbey of white friars the fair damsel was waiting in a state of excitement. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good of you to warn me, Padre. And I believe it only fair to warn you that you won’t find General Dreedle at Wing.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sullivan took the suggestion but never acknowledged its provenance, even though that one great entrance eventually became the talk of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For years after the fair Burnham used the exclamation, “Bully!” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We walked down the hall, picking up more than our fair share of attention. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We walked along past the theatre and out of the square and along through the barracks of the fair, moving with the crowd between the lines of booths. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of dithering and stopping to groom or rub, but despite their stress everyone got a fair amount of food in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Mama knew that wasn't fair girls inside and boys going off to steal peaches! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Both men behaved, although they still had not shed their mutual distrust nor resolved their struggle for supreme control of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When any of his girls became pregnant they had the choice of leaving or of being aborted so brutally that a fair proportion died. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The left, then the right. Below the ankle. You will have stumps available to use within six months. Then your hands, at the wrist. They heal somewhat quicker. Five months is a fair average.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t fair she should have the use of it for the whole summer, and us have to do without.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to be fair! I’m your son!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Any pennies thrown loose were considered fair game by the boys and they scrambled for them, picked them up and ran off down the street with an angry musician after them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pea, he decided, looked just like the picture of the fair maiden in the book in the library. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Kottayam Bible Society was having a fair and asked Mammachi to make some of her famous banana jam and tender mango pickle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't fair to take him away from her on account of whatever her father might have done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He started to smile, then replied, “No, it’s yours, fair and square.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It never seemed fair to me that she stuck me with such a horrible name and went through life with such a pretty one herself. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nassau Street was fair deserted all the way up to the Commons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by my father’s height, I figured Mr. Marshall was more than six feet tall, with a commanding presence, fair skin, and brown hair and mustache. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now to be fair, she wasn’t expecting me for another hour, and I suppose we all feel a bit vulnerable after a shower with just a towel on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He compounded his heresy by adding that if New York had won the fair, it would not have done as fine a job. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So the days slipped away, as each morning dawned bright and fair, and each evening followed cool and clear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In years before, we thought we owned the fair. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

His hair, cut short apart from two thick strands hanging over his forehead, was fair. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If an old black Chihuahua is available, it’s not fair to go with Rufus. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

These men he was happy to hire, and he’d learned a fair bit of Spanish along the way, but he had to be prepared for their short-notice disappearances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, Anna got a sense of the true, vast scale of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem fair that he could remember that so well, when so many of his other memories felt so slippery. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

To be fair, it should be mentioned that the University had a vague contempt for Imre’s populace, too, viewing them as self-indulgent and decadent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Half a loaf, that’s a fairer trade,” the Ancient told him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was the first clear evidence that Chicago might have created something extraordinary after all, and it renewed Burnham’s hopes that the fair at last would achieve the level of attendance he had hoped for. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fairest woman in the world if my brother could be believed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’d been thinking a day at the fair would be a welcome change, but I just shrugged and went on stemming gooseberries. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance she saw a train whooshing over the fair’s all-electric elevated railway along the park’s perimeter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was indeed warm and fair and no hardship to spend such a night out under the moon and stars. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the children born or begotten in that year, and there were many, were fair to see and strong, and most of them had a rich golden hair that had before been rare among hobbits. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mama is very fair in all things but this money might make her see things in a different way and it wouldn’t be her fault. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll try not to be too long. And if any of the fair folk sing their silly songs at you, for heaven's sake, don't throw your crutch at them. They'll only steal it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he looked down upon her fair face and smiled; but as he took the cup, his hand met hers, and he knew that she trembled at the touch. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He knew it wasn’t fair to blame the kids in Arizona for their own kidnappings—and it wasn’t like that was even connected to Mom’s business trip or her weird texts. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The gyptian families, who lived in canal boats, came and went with the spring and autumn fairs, and were always good for a fight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It seems fair to say that Brunelleschi’s image aspires to exemplify what philosophers call a correspondence theory of truth, in which a statement or representation is true if it corresponds to external reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If they cooperate with each other, each will receive what she wants, but at a fair cost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, Burnham knew, the fair had to be finished, but in the meantime lures had to be cast to encourage people to shed their fears of financial ruin and come to Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Twenty penguins, cooked by the fuel of their own skins, was a fair daily average, Hurley said later. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

To be fair, I knew many men who had registered, as required, but their numbers had not yet been called. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"But we can’t make an exception. It wouldn’t be fair to the other children and ..." Airs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Originally Burnham wanted Adler & Sullivan to design the fair’s Music Hall, but partly out of a continued sense of having been wronged by Burnham, the partners had turned the project down. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Those seats need redoing, and that trim, and there’s a couple of leaks, and it needs a fair amount of sanding and varnishing.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We will walk a little and then go find us some refreshment, and eat and drink on the battlement, and survey the fair morning.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At that time it all seemed more like a jubilant fair than a waiting crowd. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ole had said, “I am happy. You have lived here, you know this place. We do what is fair. I am happy.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The two found a fair number of shoes, watches, and coats, which they traded in for soup, mixed vegetables, black beans, and rice for Alex and vodka for Kevin. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“All’s fair in love and war,” said Ron brightly, “and this is a bit of both. Cheer up, it’s the Christmas holidays, Luna’ll be home!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was one of the most intimidating but fair men I have ever met. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I think you Yoruba because you dark and Igbo fair. I have two Igbo men. Very good. Igbo men take care of women real good.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘My fair lady, clad all in silver green! We have never said farewell to her, nor seen her since the evening!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Vera looked at him, she saw a man standing in the dock—a young man with fair hair and blue eyes and a bewildered frightened face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The Tribune warned that “the hawks, buzzards, vultures, and other unclean beasts, creeping, crawling, and flying, of New York are reaching out to get control of the fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was a poor little girl thing who was caring for my drunken father, who had stayed too long at the fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss experienced a flash of a memory then: Esperanza, days earlier, making the college fair about herself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But they were the South Korean soldiers! Why would they treat you like that? And that woman! How could they just believe her like that? That’s not fair!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Fiery red, against fair white skin, like Mom. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Mwila,” he said—and Lucy practically swooned—“it isn’t fair. Why should we all be punished because someone”—he looked at Ant—“threw the first spitball?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There is so much Claire doesn’t know about stuff not being fair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I figured he was one of the workers from another agency and forgot about him the minute we left the adoption fair. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s not fair. I think I have a right to know.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It seems very fair to me. Snow even has a granddaughter. I vote yes.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And the most important thing to do in Namwon was to forget about life being fair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Although I still planned on winning first place at the science fair this year, we pinky swore we’d help each other with our individual projects. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The taste brought back to them the memory of fair faces, and laughter, and wholesome food in quiet days now far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The day had been soft and fair, and the evening was pink and gold to the west, a dusky blue over the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

With the yarmulke covering his fair hair, he looked like a miniature Grandpa Will. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fair awakened America to beauty and as such was a necessary passage that laid the foundation for men like Frank Lloyd Wright and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That was fair of François, he decided, and the half-breed began his rise in Buck’s estimation. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I thank you for your fair words,’ said Aragorn, ‘and my heart desires to come with you; but I cannot desert my friends while hope remains.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Five thousand mayors and city councilmen had accepted Harrison’s invitation to the fair, among them the mayors of San Francisco, New Orleans and Philadelphia. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Make it as hard as possible to overlook you. Do that, and I’ll do what I can to see that you get a fair shake. Understand?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But having caught the pig, Nettle thought it was fair dos to crack open a bottle now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was good to escape into his world for a while, because after we walked Jill home, I was still stuck in my head and it wasn’t fair to Willy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I ended up hanging out with Faith a fair bit over the next couple weeks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We had of late been so accustomed to watch for sunrise and sunset, that we knew with fair accuracy when it would be; and we knew that before long the sun would set. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her hair was so fair it was almost white, her dress was of blue silk which shimmered in the candlelight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why has a Grisha never been found innocent at the end of your supposedly fair trials?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They must play fair with one another; there’s not enough to cheat with. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Visitors ready to conclude their visit to the fair and daring enough to ride elevators to the top would then toboggan all the way back home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Frodo, even in that fair house, looking out upon a sunlit valley filled with the noise of clear waters, felt a dead darkness in his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were wise in their dealings and fair in their choices. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Maddie saw no flinch or blanch pass over the fair skin. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You might at least let me arm and fight fair.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “I want sixty seconds with die computer. That’s only fair.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Seven sons had been born to her, brave and beautiful young men, and seven daughters, the fairest of the fair. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The galleries that overlooked the ballroom were outfitted with opera boxes for fair officials and socially prominent families. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair that she couldn’t see Mom’s face in the shadowy darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But at last she said: ‘Lords, you are weary and shall now go to your beds with such ease as can be contrived in haste. But tomorrow fairer housing shall be found for you.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As I made the long walk from my car to the entrance of the building that normally housed the county fair, I moved past vendors selling hot dogs, American flags, and T-shirts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope to get a fair price for it” said Grampa. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what, let’s have you five line up out in the hall. Ain’t exactly fair to the first volunteer to let the others watch.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It isn’t fair that I should have the hardest work, and never any amusement. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Erik and Arthur don’t have any friends. Not since we started rounding up all of that stolen jewelry. No. Nobody but Arthur Bauer, Sr., is saying it was a fair fight.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gardens were sparse, suppressed by a long winter, and the buildings had not weathered well, but enough of the fair remained to give him “a tolerable idea” of what the exposition once had been. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The students with the six highest scores from all our preliminary rounds will make the final TV team. Sound fair?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I know not whether the day was fair or foul; in descending the drive, I gazed neither on sky nor earth: my heart was with my eyes; and both seemed migrated into Mr. Rochester’s frame. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fair taught men and women steeped only in the necessary to see that cities did not have to be dark, soiled, and unsafe bastions of the strictly pragmatic. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My fault, of course—I should have given the girl some fair warning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he answered her loudly, hardening his heart, “Why should that one wear pearls with her skin as black as earth? Pearls are for fair women!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“To be fair, you still look pretty bad.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I know I am not being fair to Vivi, who hasn’t done anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“These are for you, Abbey. It’s only fair, since your brother got the queen’s coin.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A reporter asked Major McClaughry whether the fair really would attract the criminal element. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But Charlie charged the locals a fair price, and charged the brothers even less. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Holmes promised stirring views of Englewood, perhaps even a glimpse of Jackson Park off to the east, where the buildings of the fair soon would begin to rise. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

None of it seemed fair to Anna, but I wanted to learn more about her mother’s story. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I tell myself I let her win, but she’s beat me fair and square. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem right and fair to me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since she tipped me off, it only seems fair to warn her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom told me she had entered my name in a raffle at a fair, and I’d won a helicopter ride. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, now! The revelry is supposed to happen over dinner! No fair starting without me!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“How many of those things have you eaten? And since when do you eat regular chocolate? I thought you and Blaine eat only organic, fair trade.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I wish you fair skies and a tight grip,” said Stuart. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the things that held them together—trust in each other, mutual respect, humility, fair play, watching out for one another—those were also part of what America meant to all of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had a thin, sleep-flushed face, light eyes, a wry mouth, and fair, lank hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up on top we could see the whole of the fair: the tractor pull, the dance pavilion, cowboys in Wranglers leaning cowgirls built like sticks of gum up against pickups out in the parking lot. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Hannah knew it meant “it would have been enough,” but she suddenly felt that nothing was enough except to get out of that room and that Seder in which nothing fair or fun was happening. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a supernova whose light should have reached the Earth in the seventeenth century, when there were a fair number of astronomers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Agreed!” said Arthur; “that is only fair. And now that the pourparlers are over, may I ask what it is we are to do?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The dome had won first prize at a school fair about fifteen years ago. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He had on no hat, but a bandage about his thick fair hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Yusef was still talking, and I was suddenly annoyed, which wasn’t fair. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wondered if the gold was poisoning their thoughts somehow, so that they’d never give her a fair trial. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I consider knocking over some flowerpots, but that wouldn’t be fair to the innocent plants, who are only trying to lead a peaceful existence of photosynthesis and respiration. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have to be fair at all. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She might be fairer than Snape, but she was still extremely strict. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Sonny, it may take a while, but I believe you can learn the things that are in this book. Then,” she smiled, “maybe Quentin and I will finally convince you to enter the science fair.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not up here just to compete in a science fair,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frank Millet hoped the closing ceremony would attract even more people than the fair’s Chicago Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Add Chicago and the great fair, and the combination became too alluring to turn down, no matter what Anna suspected about his and Minnie’s relationship. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Amos lost his son because of me— GINNY: That doesn’t seem particularly fair on yourself. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Ralph looked at him critically through his tangle of fair hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

That night she arrived one hour late for a concert at the fair’s Festival Hall that had been arranged solely in her honor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In particular, he wanted to get his book out in time for copies to be shipped to Frankfurt ahead of the spring book fair. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You only need three out of four to pass this year. Fiona put in that rule change early—she thought the Director might not give you a fair shake.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

To be fair, most of the boys at school were at least a little in love with Siobhan. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

People who otherwise might have traveled to Chicago to see the fair now stayed home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I was not being fair to my family, especially Trampita. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One of those tiny Japanese ones that she could keep in her own room without bothering Judy and Bill, h didn’t seem fair with all their money that they’d gotten rid of the TV. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tried some orris root in it—pretty fair. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the finale the fair’s pyrotechnicians launched five thousand rockets all at once into the black sky over the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To be able to earn twice her salary and live in that city of legendary glamour and excitement, with the world’s fair set to open in a year, made the offer irresistible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t say, no precious. Little cheat. Not a fair question. It cheated first, it did. It broke the rules. We ought to have squeezed it, yes precious. And we will, precious!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And fair’s fair. Give this girl two dollars too.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They wouldn’t want me inside. It’s not fair. Everyone is so hungry.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act, guaranteed workers the right to form unions and collectively bargain for fair wages and workplace safety. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Ghost boys scream, holler, echo, “Not fair. Died too young. Too soon.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair, not just for Dicey but for all of them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be fair, though she didn’t seem to care about being legal, since she was giving two unlicensed kids keys to a car they couldn’t drive. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though this process seemed to me eminently fair — and also humorous — Tefu was still unhappy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Vega didn’t have time to come to my Lego show at the health fair, but had time to hang out chillin’ with these folks? The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They wanted to know in detail how Olmsted felt about the sites selected for the fair, in particular about a central feature called the Wooded Island. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The figures grew larger every time I looked up, and then when they were still a fair distance away I recognised my daughter. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its formal closure thousands more workers joined the swelling army of the unemployed, and homeless men took up residence among the great abandoned palaces of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Throughout October attendance at the fair rose sharply as more and more people realized that the time left to see the White City was running short. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A lot of girls had felt the same way because of her, so I figured it was only fair. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Now and then the net is too quick, the lance pierces, the gun flicks and that frog is gone, but it is all fair and in the framework. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it was fair, that was in the bond, and I stand to the letter of my bond, Shylock. There is a pile of clouds in the east, it’s not fair, and I don’t go.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard but it’s fair, Matt thought with a grim smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the praise was premature, but the banquet hinted at the greater glory that would accrue to him at fair’s end, provided of course the exposition met the world’s elaborate expectations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re fooling yourself, Rose. It’s not fair to us or to him. Pretending he’s normal. Driving him as if he were an animal that could learn to do tricks. Why don’t you leave him alone?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m used to two crutches! It’s not fair!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Could any one fathom the cruelty beneath that fair exterior?” murmured Robert. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fair treat, sir,” said the Cabby. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows that mestizo men like their women slim with fair skin. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think a reasonable person would understand that turnabout is fair play, but you’d be surprised how quickly reason goes out the window when the bugs start spraying back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We could run an adoption fair at Liberty Park,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He, Harry, had told Cedric exactly what was coming in the first task — and Cedric’s idea of a fair exchange had been to tell Harry to take a bath. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Business was not even fair, it was downright bad. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was no actual shouting, but a fair amount of hand waving, most of it by Master Hemme, who seemed to have taken the same dislike of me that I had for him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Papa said those planes wouldn’t amount to much, but within a few years we saw them at the county fair. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy, I’ve heard it said. Three days?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Why not draw naked guys, just to be fair? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In France, where fair play obviously did not exist, these problems would not have arisen. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They made it known that it wasn’t a fair fight: the drug dealers were armed with state-of-the-art weapons and a bottomless supply of cash. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or at some fair they’d just gone to the night before. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The girl had been recognizably the Princess Rhaenys, but the boy ... a faceless horror of bone and brain and gore, a few hanks of fair hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be fair to be angry with his mother on her birthday. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When the sails of Skidbladnir were set, the winds were always fair, and it took you wherever you needed to go. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had none of Hamlet’s noble beauty, but a woman might find him somewhat fair of countenance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s unfair to rats. A law has to be fair to everybody.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I handed my money over, saying, “Well, you won it fair and square.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No fair, you don’t know what I was going to say.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d led him along, numbly replaying her past, because it seemed only fair to show him the truth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

To be fair, one shouldn’t compare an organic TV dinner to real food but to a conventional TV dinner, and by that standard Cascadian Farm has nothing to be ashamed of. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, they aren’t too dangerous if he took them to the fair every year? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Meggie couldn’t have said if it was gray or very fair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Irish, Polish, Italian, Jewish, and most especially blacks—all were fair game. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Still, it is fair to wonder why the police would choose to arrest such an astonishing percentage of the American public for minor drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t sound fair to me,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When she’d finished my speech just now, she’d been trying to show me up like she always did at the science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He found the Paris fair’s extensive use of formal flower beds objectionable. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He rose clumsily and bowed in dwarf-fashion, saying: ‘Yet more fair is the living land of Lórien, and the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

To ensure a fair competition, each entry was given a number, and the applicant’s name was sealed in an envelope taped on the back of their design. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In San Francisco a twenty-one-year-old entrepreneur named Sol Bloom realized that the Chicago fair would let him at last take advantage of an asset he had acquired in Paris two years earlier. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She was a tall, statuesque, rather silent woman with slow movements and magnificent fair hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“You know, it really isn’t fair that you all get insider information and we don’t,” Will says, glaring at Uriah. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Good morrow to you, fair ladies,” he said with a bow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Appleby was a fair haired boy from Iowa who believed in God, Motherhood and the American Way of Life, without ever thinking about any of them, and everybody who knew him liked him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally two African women in flowing, colourful robes came out, laughing like they’d just been at the fun fair. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young women drawn to Chicago by the fair and by the prospect of living on their own had disappeared, last seen at the killer’s block-long mansion, a parody of everything architects held dear. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I could see where segregation wasn’t very fair, but it wasn’t the same as something like the Nazis killing all those Jews. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“That isn’t fair,” I say, though I know better. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, I suppose the boy is seventy-one. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think he’s a fine man—has a good tongue and a fair mind. He’s given to dreaming—” “Hear now the pot blackguarding the kettle,” Liza interrupted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I had a fair share of the cheering section, and I was feeling pretty good about it until Richie stepped forward, fists raised. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the form of lovely youths and maidens they peopled the woodland, the forest, the rivers, the sea, in harmony with the fair earth and the bright waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had the fair, brownish skin of the true Martian, the yellow coin eyes, the soft musical voices. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m in charge of helping students prepare for the county science fair,” Miss Riley said to us over the noise of the throng. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I just played him, so it’ll be your turn at midnight, OK? Then I’ll come back after midnight tomorrow. We can alternate days until one of us beats him. Sound fair?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The conduct of the President,” argued the defense team, “has compromised the judiciary to the point where a fair trial is impossible, now or in the future.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Usually when I say that—it’s not fair—Mom says, Life’s not fair. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“How come, if they want us to do the pageant, they sent Mary Lou back home? That doesn’t seem fair.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The sky sagged toward the ground and a small funnel cloud appeared, which began wobbling south along the lakeshore, toward the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the staff seemed to think the distribution of credit at the Rad Lab was fair. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Couple years ago, he took me to an art fair in Miami Beach. I really love KJM’s work.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Shall we make our counsels together against evil days, and repair our injuries with such good will that our estates shall both come to fairer flower than ever before?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to shout, It isn’t fair, and bang my fists against the table like a child. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drew a fair amount of attention as I walked to the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Greek tragedies with their revenge, suffering, and extreme sorrow are roughly equivalent to dealing with my mother, so an intervention from Zeus or Athena seems a fair ask. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Mama was beautiful, with her fair skin and hair like silk that reached down beneath her waist. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Certainly the fair made a powerful impression on the Disney family. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It isn't fair that he has to hold Mutti's hand and his brothers do not. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z