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| 例句 | Sitting in first place all that time gave you a false sense of security. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Marcus gives me a scandalized look that seems false to me—his eyes are too wide and his mouth is too open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He added the nook to the attic nonetheless, and if the false ceiling was not without seams, it kept his charges aloft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Their voices are wheedling and false; I can tell they don’t mean it, each one thinks her own lady on her own page is good. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Audrey’s eyes were half closed—she never could hold her liquor—but she said, “It was probably false labor. Sometimes it happens.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When the bleeding stops and Mam’s gums heal she goes to the clinic for her false teeth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was whispered that the king had been murdered as he slept and the false traitor had fled to Norway. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Some claims were false, she did not doubt, but more were genuine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Here nothing is feigned, no action is false or pretended. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Only androids show up with false memory systems; it’s been found ineffective in humans.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “True or false: you are in love with Ron.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Just before he opened the shutter, he held up his false leg and waved it at the boy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I had a splitting headache and a false smile plastered on my face and managed to give a mediocre performance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The 1999 drug bust incarcerated almost 15 percent of the black population of the town, based on the uncorroborated false testimony of a single informant hired by the sheriff of Tulia. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I slid my false armband—now inked with a neat Jewish star—up and over my bulging sleeve and darted into the ghetto like a bird. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In fact, my mother and father both had false teeth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There’re also an unbelievable number of people with false identity papers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “To him they’re all alive, false animals included. He probably tried to save it.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At that he looked at me with pitiable hatred: for he was, however false his purpose, truly in kemmer and deeply roused. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She had always assumed that all rumors were false. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Insensitive to this change of meaning, scholars frequently translate the word experimentum in Latin texts as ‘experiment’, thus often giving a totally false impression of its meaning, which is commonly ‘experience’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Miss Trixie snarled with the stupendous false teeth that Mrs. Levy had just bought her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure sits in the mouth of the wardrobe, the false back open, and listens to her uncle switch on the microphone and transmitter in the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It’s not so bad!” said Mini with false cheer. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He told Lieutenant Lovett that the man with the broken leg was armed, that he wore a false beard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Although confused by this, she made note of it, labeling the phenomenon a “false change.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But I’ve brought nothing to give you, I told them, and my heart took me down like a lead weight, for no matter whether these words were true or false, they were terrible and wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "If you two have played me false—" "There's been only die one trail, my lord, I swear it," said Caziss defensively. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One of my fencing strengths has always been my sense of timing and my ability to use the distance and false actions to trick my opponent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z This song was about William the false lover and how he tricked pretty Peggy-o into running away with him but then murdered her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z While the rest of the class is hanging on every syllable that comes out of Mr. Landau’s mouth, I’m looking at the false tongue poster and I’m kind of wishing it wasn’t wrong. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I came to this camp under false pretenses and lies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, sir. What reason would I have to play you false? I’m looking forward to a good share of plunder, once I’ve healed you and Redwall is conquered.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Trying to weasel out of it with a false confession, eh?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Thyestes fell in love with his brother’s wife and succeeded in making her false to her marriage vows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Doña, excuse our dropping in on you," the man is saying with false politeness that seems as if it is being wastefully squeezed from a tube. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z So it befell that by false cunning and pretended tears those were conquered whom great Diomedes had never overcome, nor savage Achilles, nor ten years of warfare, nor a thousand ships. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a crime to give false information to a police officer. And for someone like yourself, with a prior offense and still on probation, you could be facing quite a bit of jail time.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Michael, the therapist, had given Grace a list of suggestions, but when she looked them up, they looked too forced, too false, a bunch of strangers smiling at a camera. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Around it, like it’s a magical, hidden door, I twist and turn the seats, creating false starts, incomplete paths. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z After a few hours I am no longer the only one, and by morning we are quite accustomed to it and ask for what we want without any false modesty. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer’s solution was to plant a false, but believable, story about what was happening at Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out that the stereotype of black men being poor fathers may well be false. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Oh no, I wouldn’t do that,” and that was the most false thing, the biggest lie of all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z By then, she was no longer willing to waste time on Gallup’s false theory. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It involved bribes, copies of keys, and even a false beard that was to be sewn into the shoulder pad of one of my jackets brought to me in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been recruited by Texas A & M, and as he recalled all the false promises that were cooed into his ear he couldn’t help but give a little chuckle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered remembering contrary things, but those were false memories, products of self-deception. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Facts are not just true or false; they can be confirmed by an appeal to evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There’s this totally false map of the human tongue. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "Good morning, Kiddie Klubbers, it's Uncle Harry—" He rushed in and snapped off the set just as a fat man with a false nose began pouring corn flakes into the screen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Father eyed that little pink woman and became inspired to strike up a conversation with Tata Ndu on the subject of false idols. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Eric’s false smiles, his artificial words, his twisted ideals—they make me want to be sick. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On re-direct examination, I asked Ralph to acknowledge once again that his trial testimony was false and that he had knowingly put an innocent man on death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “And how would you know that it is false?” he asked. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Those came home shorter by a head. So you tell me, boy ... if these wildling friends o’ yours prove false, do you have the belly to do what needs be done?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, Mr. Weasley found, upon arrival at Mr. Moody’s heavily guarded house, that Mr. Moody had once again raised a false alarm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “It was worth it to see Mr. Moss’s false teeth fallout!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Maybe the confused promptings, the excitement, the tingling, the elation—maybe they were false lights that led nowhere. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Am I going to be attacked in my own home before a stranger with a false beard?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Varys looked pained, and not because of the false scabs on his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Stop fighting me. This is not time for false pride or false courage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I did not want to raise you in fear or false memory. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In the still shadows of the false dawn the companions hastened to the chicken roost where Eilonwy ventured to light her bauble. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Felix cannot tell you if you’ll make the team. An assertion can only be true or false in the past or present. Anything in the future is technically indeterminate.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Herold gave the soldiers false names and claimed he and Booth were on their way to join up with the Confederates themselves. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am not like your weak mother, who was false to your father, as you yourself have charged,” I hissed in a low voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Father announced this was the unfortunate effect of believing in false idols and he washed his hands of the affair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So a false theory can be perfectly reliable when used in the appropriate context. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She wore round glasses and false eyelashes, which gave her an American look. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could she have come to see you and given a false name?” said Colonel Julyan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I could tell that from my parents’ false, cheery behavior and from our speedy exit from home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At last after bickering and quarrelling and false starts away the farmer yielded for half again the worth of an ox in those parts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z To give their false ginger the necessary tang they had introduced a chemical known as triorthocresyl phosphate. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In Pennsylvania and Delaware, state police attacked picketers with clubs, dragged strikers from their houses, and threw thousands in jail on false charges. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “Good. Lord Stannis has turned from the truth of the Seven to worship a red demon, and his false faith has no place in these Seven Kingdoms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So he held her very close, and shut his loving eyes, and only whispered, “I knew it was false, believe me, every single syllabub.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He laughed, as one would at a child with a silly notion, but it rang terribly false. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Was this the true passion of a lover in defiance of men or the complaint of a scholar plagued by false passion? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Accusations that might even be false, I thought, remembering what we’d seen at the dock the night before. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "Four men alone would be watched vigilantly. Four among a hundred can lose themselves. So I must send the true guardsmen as well as the false ... as you'll tell my sister." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But after a few false starts, I realized she was dying to go into the woods, so I’ve taken her a couple of times and showed her how to shoot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “We cannot have peasants worshipping false saints, can we?” he asked. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Tyler with her dyed hair, newly straightened and her uncomfortable new false teeth, her leathery skin, blotchy with powder and her giggle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Pap says Sheriff Jackson’s one ’em people that take all the talk about not bearing false witness to heart. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z By this method he would not be moved to false action by anxiety or hurry or fear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’d rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better you be an orphan, your family thinks. Better crazy Mama Ya-Ya raises you,” she says, sucking air through her false teeth. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z On the nightstand is a glass for her false teeth and blood pressure pills, cod-liver oil, and rosemary leaves. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid’s admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn’t cool at all, not at all. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z An official collection song had this line: “We collect bones, scrap metal, rags, false teeth, and paper bags.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Though he still chased bandits on horseback, the work was generally less dangerous; in many cases, it involved unmasking individuals who had filed false claims for reimbursements. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They received so many false reports of U-boat sightings that they dismissed this one as "dubious." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “You seemed like you wanted to take Taryn’s head from her shoulders. She played you false. I don’t know what you might consider a fitting punishment.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It's nice to have someone else do the talking for once, to not have to summon the energy for another false conversation. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I do not know whether this is arguing as if one side were true & the other false, which I meant to avoid, but I think not.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to be happy that Mike had asked her out to dinner — I really was relieved that he finally seemed to be catching on — but my enthusiasm sounded false in my own ears. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There’s a false sense of security when you turn on a shiny chrome tap in your own kitchen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The words come out hollow, they ring false, but without looking into his eyes, I can’t tell why. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Strutting without care and bowing to the ladies, they sent my thoughts flowing to tunes of false love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She wondered if all men were as false in the Seven Kingdoms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They knew of nothing to guide them, yet a false choice would almost certainly be fatal. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Show, by means of a counterexample, that the converse is false. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z William Wotton, on the other hand, like Newton, generally used the word to refer to arguments that are false or unsatisfactory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Certainly,” he said with a jocularity that I saw as false but was probably convincing for the others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, but only after numerous false starts, she finally succeeded in scrambling back to an upright position. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The first case I passed contained objects with hidden compartments in which inmates had stashed things—a false- bottomed Coke can, a hollow-heeled shoe, and a hollow-handled hairbrush. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Realizing that its account had been hacked, the AP quickly took down the false message. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The penalty of death awaited me if I made a false move and I wondered if it was worth-while to make any move at all. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something false about it, almost like he was nervous. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z One false move and he was a time bomb waiting to explode. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I want to tear them all down and shred them up and put them in the pile with the rest of the bad, false words, because that’s exactly where they belong. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was the year of false spring, and he was eighteen again, down from the Eyrie to the tourney at Harrenhal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Neglecting their duties to false idolatry, you mean to say.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have a surprise for you,” I said with false cheerfulness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Though her own excitement felt false, it cheered her some to hear the cries of surprise and pleasure, and to feel the grubby, grabbing hands reaching toward her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His secondaries sprouted along his forearms, and a charming little false primary sprang from the end of each thumb. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are all false,” cried Sir Meliagrance, “all or some. A wounded knight hath been here.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Was the scene of our wedding in the woods a false dream? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Don't be misled by the preposition about, it’s one of the false clues mentioned above. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That was his mistake, the false humility of youth that is itself a sort of pride. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Surely I betrayed my alarm, though I struggled to hide it Because I had given Hamlet no cause to think me false, someone else must have planted the rumor that made him doubt me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When I told Gloria Dump about Otis and how he got arrested, she laughed so hard she had to grab hold of her false teeth so they wouldn’t fall out of her mouth. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I ignore Ms. Whitaker’s false smile as I follow my brother out of the office and into the hall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She crosses the landing and opens the wardrobe and, with the tip of her cane, reaches through the hanging shirts and raps three times on the false back wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "A green boy," said Stannis, "and another false king. Am I to accept a broken realm?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After some consideration, I took out Common Sense, too, and stuck all of it in the pocket I wore under my skirt, alongside the false pass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Once she is dead, I will have you three burned as well, as false saints and practitioners of the arts of the Devil.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z For eighty years, this false story has been repeated in textbooks, popular books, articles, and movies. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He had long tolerated false allegations with tactful restraint, but he saw this as a strike against his honesty and an attempt to group him with the race-fixers from the sport’s past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And worse is the false sense of security you get when you come up, only to be pushed right back under. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Not clumsy, not feigning false incompetence, but with perfect, practiced skill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z At one point he ran into a party of suspicious Crow Indians, but he managed to win them over by repeatedly taking out and replacing his false teeth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But to some other thing that longed for authenticity, for a right to be in this place, effortlessly without needing to acquire a false face, a laughless grin, a talking posture. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu told the story with a false openness, as though it was merely a curiosity for her, and not something she had chosen to goad Laura. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That’s who the minders are like—the adults of Omelas, the ones who smile and go about their day and revel in the false illusion of freedom while their souls are withered, desolate things. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z To wear a false name galls me, but nothing else would save me, or get me dear across the width of Orgoreyn to the coast of the Western Sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Comrade K. N. M. Pillai claimed that the Management had implicated the Paravan in a false police case because he was an active member of the Communist Party. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Most gang members in the Barrel loved flash: gaudy waistcoats, watch fobs studded with false gems, trousers in every print and pattern imaginable. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z "During these times of indecision when all the old answers are proven false, the people look back to the dead to give them a clue," he went on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Right when he was telling us about how Curron Outlaw was the king of the false start last year, our waitress returned to the table with our food. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Inside the bag, hidden in a false bottom, he showed them thousands of dollar bills. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It is said that Galileo demonstrated that Aristotle’s belief was false by dropping weights from the leaning tower of Pisa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had grown up with the Ten Commandments— including “Thou shalt not bear false witness”—and with the injunction to love your neighbor as yourself. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma Georgina fainted, Grandma Josephine dropped her false teeth, Grandpa George put his head under the blanket, and Mr. and Mrs. Bucket came rushing in from the next room. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Funny, he thought; even though I know rationally it’s faked, the sound of a false animal burning out its drive-train and power supply ties my stomach in knots. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z You can tell a true gentleman from a false one that's just dressed in finery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the false safety of numbers that gave the three officers the bravado to rush the car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They at length said, that they had learned I had been in a “scrape,” and that I was to be examined before my master; and if their information proved false, I should not be hurt. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Once word got out, the posers shed their false robes and vanished into the woodwork of the world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z ‘We couldn’t have got so far, not even within sight of the pass, without him, and so we’ll have to put up with his ways. If he’s false, he’s false.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He received each obligatory gift knowing that the good wishes that went with it were false and the respectful bows were shallow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “And so I have never forgotten the torment of my dearest friend. And whenever the Devil leads poor sinners astray with black magic and false saints, I rescue them from their error.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He’d say the Irish and them are well known to be Catholic papists and worshipers of the false idols. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But the British deserter did not show up in his blue smock and false hair to ride out of town with Rab’s uncle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The snake wrangler was using a false husky tone—the voice of a boy trying to sound like a grownup. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here, pal,” Wally said with a false smile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He makes wooden boxes with compartments, each containing a different item: three pairs of outsized ladies’ panties in fluorescent colors, a plaster hand with long false nails glued onto it, an enema bag, a toupee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “An obvious untruth. His every word is false. He speaks with a forked tongue!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better. Much, much better. But the question is, am I really better, or am I just lulled into a false sense of security by this fake environment? I mean, it’s not normal here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But I think now that that was a false impression. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I told him the guy had ordered a crate with a false bottom. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He was done with disobedience from his son, done with the wanderings and false boundaries of the girl who was his by rights. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She blames the sun for this, for the false shadows it casts in her house, and she tightens the shutters against enemy rays. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Why, Daniel replied, ‘I do not revere false idols but the living God, who is chief of all mankind.’ The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At worst, they honored false gods and festered into sin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I passed on to a window decorated with switches of wiry false hair, ointments guaranteed to produce the miracle of whitening black skin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Felt utterly false, as though I had on a mask—like I was wearing someone else’s face. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Alex throws his head back and laughs handsomely, loud and false. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In fact, he loved his neighbor and never even bore false witness against him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I feel ill at ease with them, as if I am here under false pretences. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hatching from their black eggs, they detected the dry, indoor air and the false sun of the lightbulbs, and began to shrivel up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They will be instructed in the false history that I myself will be given after the reset procedure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But the consequence for a false move is death. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t bask in the false glow of Goddard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mother had said the memories were false, impossible. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Get the men aboard with this false pretext and seize the ships when the fleet is out to sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And she marveled at how, after all these years of rattling loose, she had found in this little creature the first true connection in her life of false, failed connections. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The false face had been handsome, yes, but consciously so. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "Lord of Light, we offer you these false gods, these seven who are one, and him the enemy. Take them and cast your light upon us, for the night is dark and full of terrors." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Orders were sent to commanders in the field in Virginia, chasing down leads based on early but false information Stanton received from tipsters. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Send me against my uncle, and I will bring you back his head, and the head of this false dragon too.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But one false move, one cough, one sneeze, one nose-blow, one little sound of any sort and it won't be just one witch that gets you. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z That I had false information on my papers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "All of them. The true and the false alike. If they would claim the realm, let them defend it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A Type I error occurs when a true hypothesis is rejected, and a Type II error occurs when a false hypothesis is accepted. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z How could my father just sit there at the breakfast table with the rest of us and be so false? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Next he builds a false back into the wardrobe, installing it on a sliding track so it can be opened from either side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z These recountings were always garbled, and often either nonsensical or downright false. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yet had he known of it, he could have wrought a just and swift revenge. Alas, Fortune truly is a false dame!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I hoped that he would simply ignore me when he came, and prove my suspicions false. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In her jewelry box under the false bottom! It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In any case, Alba called home to let them know she would be staying with her comrades until victory or death, which sounded false the minute she said it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus encouraged, I played the false role of obedient daughter with even more zest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z These orders were written up and posted on the tents, and the Boss let it be known that he might at any time give a false alarm as a drill. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z This is false heartiness and we both know it, because Cordelia is a wreck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “As for the Queen, let her hide and be forgiven. But thou, false recreant knight, what cause had’st thou to slay my brother, that loved thee mom than all my kin?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In his comic play The Clouds, Aristophanes, writing in 420 bc, lampooned rhetoric as the art of weak reasoning, “which by false arguments triumphs over the strong.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He had probably set up an entire, elaborate system of false info to throw off anyone who tried to get to him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Supermarket tabloids never provide an end-of-year list of false predictions by psychics, nor do the more upscale New Age periodicals, which, despite a veneer of sophistication, are just as fatuous. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something true in those eyes and something false too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Pike told agents that he was supposed to manufacture evidence and to generate false witnesses—to “shape an alibi,” as he put it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Maria did not realize until later in her life that these “false changes”—moth cocoons that produced flies or wasps instead of moths—were caused by insect parasitism. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Most of the residents started out wishing for Fischer’s victory, but after the numerous false starts, threats, and general difficulties Bobby caused, sympathy began to swing to the gentlemanly Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A false message carried by an American courier hoodwinks the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She had no compunctions about the lie and getting the doll under false pretenses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I made note of you this morning as well. The false gods burned with a merry light, did they not?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Never taking her eyes from the pages of her magazine, Cathy said with an annoyingly false note of concern, “Ibtihaj, it was nothing official. If it had been, I would have told you.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Even without the beard, Orson Welles had so expertly concealed his facial features under heavy makeup and a false nose that he was unrecognizable. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Absurdly, I found myself hoping it was a false alarm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As a result, when we have a lot on our minds, we can get confused about where the “false” tag belongs, or can forget it entirely. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The only thing that had held him back for so long, he acknowledged, was his false pride. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z In the morning, when her mother asked her what was wrong, Naomi smiled a bright, false smile and said that it was nothing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A rare false note was struck when Bobby and Miyoko attended a screening of the American film Pearl Harbor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead he asked, “And, Anatole, do you not now sit at my table, translating the words of Tata Ndu’s bible of false idolatry and his sermon aimed at me in particular.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is you and my mother who will find a good person when the time comes, Aunty,” he said, with a false demureness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z One morning after I had just smoked a joint rolled from old roaches a man came in with hand-drawn plans for a crate which included a false bottom about four inches deep. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be fair to give Jason false expectations. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of the dance she returned to Ginsberg’s and selected a pair of false bosoms, went home, and tried them on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Hermann Muller—disappointed by another false utopia—left Berlin for the Soviet Union, on yet another quest to unite science and socialism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z After a false spring the weather had turned cold again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Soviet citizens felt that they themselves were real patriots, fighting a war against the false patriotism of fascism. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Why had I ever believed Hamlet's false promises of love? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even though I do not remember instigating the investigations, the Mosses later claimed that I had called in nine “false” abuse reports using the hotline number. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I trusted too long in false reassurances, believing as we all want to do when men speak of the national interest, that it’s also ours. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The unmasked letter had enough false information in it to fool any American who happened to see it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice was as false as my smile. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got out the false eyelashes, she did ask if they were to be a present for someone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been too long in the House of Black and White to be afraid of a false face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Securities and Exchange Commission later said that those figures were “false and misleading,” in part because the sale price for the headquarters had been overvalued by as much as $40 million. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just the way she said it, suddenly so false even an onlooker, if there’d been one, would have seen through it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She slid her arm back, revealing the deciphered words in a sea of cross-outs and false starts. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But of course it was based ... on assumptions that were totally false. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “With a false memory, like they give them. Had you thought of that?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Mother temporarily gave up her hairpieces, a crimped false fringe and a rolled horsehair rat, platforms on which she daily constructed an elaborate mountain of her own hair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But the idea of time jumping, which with its false hint of immbr tality had fascinated everyone who listened to me, from the Horden Island fisherman on up to the prime minister, left him cold. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z A substantial down payment changed hands, false papers were drawn up for state inspection. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He wanted to get through this interview with Griphook quickly, and at the same time was afraid of making a false move. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z One false step and the wheels, they will chew you up! Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Fenugreek, with the cloverlike leaves, and tansy and goldenseal promote easy labor. Parsley and false unicorn root will bring away the afterbirth. And fennel or dill with chamomile will increase the milk.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She told me to wear the necklace every day for one week so I would remember how easy it is to lose myself to something false. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Should he tell her, and betray that memory, even if it was false? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z John Harrison Surratt was eventually tracked down through Canada to Europe, where he served, under a false name, in the pope’s army. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our false king has a prickly manner,” Melisandre told Jon Snow, “but he will not betray you. We hold his son, remember. And he owes you his very life.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I trusted my instincts, but they gave false alarms every now and again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They laugh and speak of things that mean nothing to me, and I am frozen there among all the false faces, at the very center of attention. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Your false king lied, and so did you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The saying “time heals all wounds” is false. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z These “traps” were covered with sticks and leaves as if to disguise them, and the hunters lurked in the false undergrowth. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He has a few left but he gets them pulled at the clinic and applies for a false set. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z We repeat these words as if we’re trying to memorize a false identity: I live in Kinshasa, Zaire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Enthusiasm, in Sprat’s view, by making false claims of divine intervention in the world, simply offered hostages to unbelief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘It’s unwise, whether they are true or false.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “What if it does not end in the way you hoped for? You would only appear to be a grasping fool. And even worse, you would be ... you would be false.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One reason so many people have a false impression of the economic well-being of African Americans, as a group, is that poverty and unemployment statistics do not include people who are behind bars. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “But then is the God of Truth false? He said I was Xuthus’ son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “This cat,” Sloat said finally, “isn’t false. I knew sometime this would happen. And it’s dead.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Everyone must be able to see how false his confidence was. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I had a chance to think about it, the Whitechapel Club’s decorations struck me as ostentatious and overdone as the false medals of a military imposter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There is some likelihood that Lawrence had heard about it too, in which case he would have known that Frank Oppenheimer s repeated denials of party membership were false. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Piles of false riches are swept up in the raging waters. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The belief that nothing exists outside your own mind—surely there must be some way of demonstrating that it was false. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On May 3, Eisenhower authorized a false cover story. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A false rumour that the whole household was being distributed free spread like wildfire; and before long the place was packed with people who had no business there, but could not be kept out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He did all his signing with his left hand and only while wearing the dark glasses and false mustache he had used unsuccessfully to help him begin playing basketball again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Maybe that’s a false memory. Don’t androids sometimes go around with false memories?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I still see some. Is this the first time you’ve worn them? The false ones, I mean?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Was Hall really an American double-agent, feeding false data to the Soviets in order to make them waste their time and resources on bomb designs that wouldn’t work? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One false move would’ve stopped any chances of a come up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "I hope you are better at filling cavities than making false teeth," Turtle said, gripping the arms of the dentist's chair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Or take Thomas Browne, who dismissed the garlic/magnet antipathy as ‘certainly false’ in 1646. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jule checked in under a false name and paid the clerk in pesos. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He felt that the Hebrew scriptures history of the world was false, that there was no Tower of Babel, no rainbow as a sign from God after a big flood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If she refused they would bear false witness against her, claiming they caught her in the garden with a man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We had evidence from a fourth doctor to whom Myers confided that he was being pressured to give false testimony against Walter McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Depends how you look at it, I guess. Anything can be true or false if you turn it upside down.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I rather hope to satisfy you both,” said Emma, “for I shall do all in my power to make them happy, which will be enough for Isabella; and happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That false softness had left his voice and he sounded normal again, bracing and sonorous. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But the man is really Stapleton, who is wearing a false beard. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A jimmy, a lockpick, glass cutters, screwdrivers, pencil- beam flashlights, false keys . . . and my small arsenal of guns. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I can vaguely recall its twin red taillights ahead of us on the dark jungle road, bumping along tediously, and the false starts of an afternoon thundershower. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This, of course, is a real false start, a fake beginning to a conversation, only because Ma and Momly speak like six thousand times a week. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He had a big, dazzling smile with bright white teeth—false teeth. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "Wrinkle up your face all you like, but spare me this false piety. You were a high lord's get. Don't tell me Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell never killed a man." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As relationships between family and friends become strained or false, not only are people’s understandings of one another diminished, but, because people are social, they themselves are diminished as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This impression had been entirely and disastrously false. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z One false move, or one malicious report, and she was a parole violator. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The Arizona Republican said that Spencer, with his “diseased mind and a misguided love of adventure,” appealed to the “portion of the population of the country that fed on false idolatry.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He knew, even as he uttered those words, that they were patently false. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They both laugh, and my smile is as bright and false as yellow paint. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He darted a wary glance at the false door, not knowing whether to feel hopeful or afraid. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was nonplussed, and I blurted out that I was astounded that he could not see himself how damnably false this story was. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a false beast that takes the form of instinct and harps on the pointlessness of everything that happens. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The problem, as it turned out, was not so much bad math as false hope: Colin had been trying to tweak the Theorem to make K-19's graph look like: An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Everything looks wrong, false, weird, like in dreams, and now," he murmured, turning his head to indicate the surroundings outside, “now we’re flying. Or the night is flying past us. Or something." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But now that anger I’ve trained myself to feel seems false. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “If you want to be in a really functional room,” I began with false heartiness, “you ought to spend your time in the bathroom then.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "I could get no tale out of him, true or false." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Mark Fossie tried hard to keep up a self-assured pose, as if nothing had ever come between them, or ever could, but there was a fragility to it, something tentative and false. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do we know Lockton didn’t send her with a false story?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Something brittle and false seeped into her expression. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I willed myself to believe it—to believe there was no real difference between what I knew to be true and what I knew to be false. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He couldn’t understand why Leon had issued a false report. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned away, certain Eilonwy would not be back, and furious with her and her false promises. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Ray cut away at the gums and rocked the jaws from side to side like a gruesome set of false teeth until they came loose. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “This lion,” she said, “he is a false God—a false idol! You remember what happened when Moses came down from the mountain after he got the tablets...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Use the plural verb: Phyllis is wearing what look like false eyelashes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have been given false information. I will know what to do. I apologize for taking your time.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My note is written with such false cheerfulness I can barely stand to lick the flap of the envelope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be hard, he said, if Estraven would take a false name and hire out as a cook or farmhand, which would not be pleasant, perhaps, but certainly better than returning to Orgoreyn. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If you strip the clause of its false clues—the words separating the subject and verb—you end up with who . . . played for high stakes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had parked his truck on the roof of the Van Ness Pet Hospital, he quickly carried the plastic cage containing the inert false cat downstairs to Hannibal Sloat’s office. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Then as autumn flares with the false heat of summer before it dies into the winter, so with the quick love Wang Lung had for Pear Blossom. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He was forcing the men to identify themselves, and so the false courage the whiskey and the darkness had lent them was slipping away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The lady with the cheeks and small glasses looks at you with a gaze of false but practiced kindness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Would he turn on me, accuse me of making a false report and expose me to the Locktons? Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "I found the true message concealed within a false bottom when I dismantled the box the lens had come in, but it is not for my eyes." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Finally, after a couple more false klaxons, the bus started, and Robert Cohn waved good-by to us, and all the Basques waved good-by to him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z They told the authorities that their son had moved out and that he had been charged with only false imprisonment and spousal battery. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And in between these false alarms, for what seemed hours and hours, the clock ticked on and one big fly—high up and far out of reach—buzzed against the window. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Well, yes and no. I hear—this might be false—that she lives in Dead Man’s Vlei.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Because yeah, it was a false alarm, but I know it felt real to Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “And I hear that she plays him false, which sends him into a frenzy,” she said, searching my face for a sign that she had hit her mark. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Or—I’ve been impregnated with a false memory system. Maybe I only remember Garland over the whole time. But—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She hadn’t told Klaus about her plan, because she didn’t want to give him false hope, so without waking him, she gathered up her grappling hook and tiptoed out of the room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z At least my sister didn’t insult me with false reassurances. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It’s worth looking at this false step before discussing Descartes’s influence in areas where he was more right than wrong. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Lafayette’s reputation in the black community was raised another notch when he went to court to fight his arrest and jailing on a false charge of vagrancy. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing that had skittered across the floor was not a knife, but a plate of false teeth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But noticing where the conventional wisdom may be false—noticing, perhaps, the contrails of sloppy or self-interested thinking—is a nice place to start asking questions. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Better a million false alarms than the alternative. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They discussed legends, debating which were true and which were false, and which were somewhere between. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The false information that Seward had been killed would continue to be spread through word of mouth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The station agent leaned out his window and rested his elbows, protected with black false sleeves, on the sill. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Among this good company I should have felt myself, even if I hadn’t robbed the pantry, in a false position. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Well, give up trying to win me with false news or flattery. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The police probably stopped looking for you long ago. You could give people a false name. You could grow a beard and shave your head.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter sat facing Poirot, and for the second time Poirot studied that unprepossessing face, noting the false benevolence of the brow and the small, cruel eyes. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In reality, there must be some truly “earliest X,” with all claims of earlier X’s being false. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We have to stop her! She made a false report!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The obvious is sometimes false; the unexpected is sometimes true. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I laughed with them, at Teacher Li who had not made the message clear, at my own fears, at the whole false alarm. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost every other thing she said was false, but that last bit of information he held to be graven truth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "Before the day is out, dozens of villains will deliver up false claims. Only my crown will convince Papa that you are the genuine villain." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t about to make a false move. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z In the spirit of their shipboard con game, they continued to spin out false histories for themselves, inventing brothers and sisters with plausible names, cousins with moral shortcomings, in-laws with facial tics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Behind her is another woman, with the optimistic, false, toothy smile of a paid attendant. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That man, that false prophet, might just be the most dangerous man in town. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Her right false bosom was in the center of her chest and the other was nearly under her left armpit. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If you think about it hard enough, if you trace potential reverberations long enough, every step can be a false step, any move can lead to an unintended consequence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z This is based on the false idea that humans went out and forced animals to be domesticated. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z After staging a false “burial at sea” to throw the press off the trail, Booth’s body was buried in a simple crate in an unmarked grave at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For once her false eyelashes were on straight, and she had heavy black eye makeup that made her eyes look long and mysterious. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But we warn those, of any group, who would follow the false doctrine of communistic amalgamation that we will not surrender our system of government. .. our freedom of race and religion.. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It explained the false cheer in Milton’s voice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Harrison fiddled with the arm bandage, thick with false blood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It put me in mind of those nuclear power plants where blase technicians had grown so weary of false alarms that they’d begun to miss the real ones, with profound consequences. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But I figured if I kept being an idiot, if I didn’t actually accept the truth, then the truth would become false. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The room looked unreal again in the false yellow light. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My parents swore and signed my false medical history. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was unheard of to indict someone for perjury without any investigation or compelling evidence to establish that a false statement had been made. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z While he chose a suit, he thought to himself: Quite astounding that she should also have a collection of false beards. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt the fierce heat inside my nostril and knew that one false move, one little hiccup ... Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell them when they were actually going to die, though. That’s a very false rumor,” Teddy said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Many a priest and priestess before her had been brought down by false visions, by seeing what they wished to see instead of what the Lord of Light had sent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But even false hope was better than nothing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “No. He didn't want to put me in danger. He brought them to the furniture shop. He built the Roodveldts a secret room behind a false wall in the wood shop. I didn’t know.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Birds disappear from cages with false bottoms, handkerchiefs slip from pockets to be concealed again in cuffs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This time Daniel was out to prove to the Babylonians that they were worshiping false idols, but even I was having trouble paying attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet again, ‘false conclusions are drawn from false principles,’ though at least he does not claim to have tried the method and proved that it works., The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After a few false starts, I finally use my arms to help me hop up onto the curb. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z In other words, most of the samples were false alarms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Broke through the false wall, looking for rats. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And suppose that our theory was false and that as chance would have it the stone had come from a sling shot. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Darkness fell, leaving a false twilight of old snow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Sure,” I said with false bravery, and stupidly took a step forward which was a mistake, because next to my foot was a bucket filled with thick human fluids. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If something really bad happened, the police would think it was another false alarm and not come. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z In so far as facts are real, they are not true or false; in so far as they are statements, they are. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Somewhere just before dawn, when the first light of false dawn was making the western side of the lake come into view, Brian finally accepted it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d prefer less false piety and a considerably higher economic value placed on human lives. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't a code, and had nothing to do with people receiving false papers containing names different from the ones they were born with. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The accusation, in the past and the present, was false and ridiculous, but it nonetheless put the city on edge. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t working on an article,” Bloom said, his voice literally dripping with false disappointment, phony gloom. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s like an old movie star, I tell myself, with false teeth and a face job. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Just stewed and simmered, lurking beneath the lid of false security I’d dropped on top of it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The monks understood that the Mexica already had a church—a false church intended to snare their souls for the devil, but a church nonetheless. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is this that underlies his decision to declare war on ‘false rumour and the opinions of some, based on unreliable and untrustworthy foundations’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She wore a dangling earring on one ear and a shiny, false gold stud on the other. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Killdeer, dragging false broken wings, ran screeching ahead of him on the shaved ground. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The last three pages of the album were devoted to boys in Greek tunics, crowned with laurel, playing among false Hellenic ruins, with chubby bottoms and heavy eyelashes—repulsive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm mystified as to how someone so pot-addled could be such a genius in the field of false identification. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He hid out for two weeks, and when he finally did return, murder had sunk back to simple anger and he paid his penalty in overwork and a false theatrical humility. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, the defense would have you believe, their testimony is somehow made false. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The horn blows and the Oasis pulls out from the dock, heading, as far as the authorities know, for Istanbul under a false flag. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes they didn’t; false memories had been tried various times, generally in the mistaken idea that through them, reactions to testing would be altered. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He knew that such testimony would be false and had told the prosecutors that he refused to lie. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z One false move, and Leo could incinerate the piece of tinder that controlled Frank’s life. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Better to die here by her own blade than with her face painted and her body swathed in false silks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was no point in giving himself a false name, since Mr. Boatwright knew exactly who he was. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z These people were like the ancient Israelites because they’d been given a true religion but hankered after false idols. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But my assurances appease my mom, even if they feel false to me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Yet in its very portrayal, and in the lavish detail paid to its design, there was a certain false glitz, as though the entire exhibit were under a limelight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was by now all too familiar with false reports and knew that had anything happened to Seabiscuit, Smith would have been on the phone to him in minutes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One writer has claimed that the two didn’t speak to each other for more than thirty years; that’s simply false. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Day after day the newspapers increased the tension by printing frightening, exaggerated, and mostly false stories of crimes committed by blacks on whites. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But with false gray dawn he had awakened, instantly, and began to dig in the pack—to find amazing, wonderful things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “And remember, one false—” Bud Gleason blurted, “Excuse me, sir, but I ... I think I’m gonna sneeze—” “No tricks!” snarled the sawed-off shotgun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In viewing anything, assume its appearance is false until proven otherwise. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “That warning,” said the King, “would be a base one anyway, whether it was true or false.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We quickly learned that the presence of the 101st had lulled us into a false sense of security. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It’s kind of endearing, and also sort of like false advertising. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I will keep working on this, Moose. I promise you I will. But I don’t want to give you folks false hope.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper argued that our vacuum might be a “false” vacuum in an unnaturally energetic state—like a ball perched precariously on the side of a hill. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Carefully, Mr. Justice Wargrave removed his false teeth and dropped them into a glass of water. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z During the daylight hours, they dove into the surf with abandon, emerging tanned and sure-footed, as if they were selkies who had let their timidity float out on the tide like a false skin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You may have seen the spangled palaces of sin and fancy dancing in the false West of the movies, and maybe some of them existed—but not in the Salinas Valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "The false knight who profaned his blade with the blood of the king he had sworn to defend." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I knew, perhaps I alone knew, that this was false. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In no other way could he show more clearly and mockingly his contempt for riches, the false deity of businessmen. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Recall the example from chapter 2 in which a psychologist showed people sentences, followed by the label true or false. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Curron was known for false starts during his individual eight hundreds, but apparently he was the man as the anchor leg for the relay. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He was deep in thought, trying to recall every memory of his former journey in the Mines, and considering anxiously the next course that he should take; a false turn now might be disastrous. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Could be a false alarm, or a test.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I have paid her so much false coin that she half thinks she’s rich. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You think they can sense every false move. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh sure,” said Leper in his new, confident, false voice. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “We choose light or we choose darkness. We choose good or we choose evil. We choose the true god or the false.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There needed to be a memory of us, even if it was a false one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I saw them on a case strewn with sun visors, hair nets, rubber gloves, a card of false eyelashes, and seized the darkest lenses I could find. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She presses her ear to the false panel on the back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And even if my hope was false hope, it was better than shooting him ourselves. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I was torn between believing these rumors must be false and knowing the Nazis were capable of anything. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Many false sightings across the country made the pursuit more difficult. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Another squadron of German bombers appears on the crimson horizon, lit by the burning trees like a false dawn. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes—not very often, for inevitably it caused sadness—people described their places of origin: places with cruel governments, harsh punishments, desperate poverty, or false comforts. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z This constant Victorian minuet of false grace consumed time. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I’d never labored under the false notion that my mom was infallible. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Just in case you’re trying to take it, I won’t put down which of the statements are false until the end of this chapter. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He restricted his vest-pocket empire of worn, exotic clothing, false perfumes, and cheap jewelry to those places. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Okay; give me the Boneli test. Maybe Garland lied. I think he did—false memories just aren’t that good. What about my squirrel?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “Within a day or two,” Ellsberg would later say, “I knew that each one of these assurances was false.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I marched directly to our room and to the jewelry box on Lily’s dresser, opened it, poured the jewelry onto the dresser, and pulled up the false bottom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He was pleased that she didn’t look too sympathetic, in the false way some people did, as if they had known his parents even though they hadn’t. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Major Major had bought the dark glasses and false mustache in Rome in a final, futile attempt to save himself from the swampy degradation into which he was steadily sinking. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then he plucks out a false bottom followed by six velvet bundles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As the elevator went back down, she pulled out a makeup wipe and peeled off her false eyelashes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She clasped her hands together and spoke with the kind of false, high-pitched cheerfulness adults sometimes feel compelled to use when talking to children. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The attempted revolution was ended by force and false promises of amnesty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In this case, she is wearing things that look like false eyelashes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And, in one cage, a no longer functioning false animal, a chicken. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She thought of his other girlfriends, the false intimacy that amounted to lies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is not a false face; it is simply different from the one the Negro sees. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But that didn’t mean to everyone that all spiritualism was false. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It is but a feint,’ said Aragorn; ‘and its chief purpose, I deem, was rather to draw us on by a false guess of our Enemy’s weakness than to do us much hurt, yet.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The calculation is similar to the one on false positive results in drug testing, and, like it, demonstrates that misinterpreting fractions can be a matter of life and death. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the false prosperity of previous years, but a prosperity that those with her on these hot, still mornings can share. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go and see what we can find,” he said loudly, with a false cheerfulness. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The half-buried acorn was easy to miss, but the frog saw straightaway that the acorn was a false shell hiding something inside. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He did not reveal that Blackie Thompson had escaped under the bureau’s watch and killed a policeman, or that because of so many false starts in the probe other murders had occurred. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I’ve told you not to pay any attention to your uncle’s false stories.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And with the press and the protestors here, too, I imagine the burning anger behind the Director’s false grin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Justice Wargrave, shaved, dressed and with his false teeth in position, came down the stairs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And the meanness of the suggestion that he should leave Polly behind suddenly made all the other things the Witch had been saying to him sound false and hollow. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Descartes, following in this tradition, used the word in S45 to refer to principles that ought, for theological reasons, to be acknowledged as false, but that are helpful if one pretends they might be true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Henry moves fluidly from room to room, past a black stone sculpture of a seated Buddha and John the Baptist nude and in bronze, without a single false step. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z It would not have been so bad if the average individual were not torn between the enormity of the charge, if true, and its sensational folly, if false. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z For no less under compulsion do men tell lies rather than the truth, either enduring rather than telling the truth or easily making false accusations so that the torture may stop sooner. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Some of the Morse code notes were false alarms. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything that had happened throughout the day faded like that first false snowfall of the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Accusations that might even be false, I thought, remembering what we’d seen at the dock the night before. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But we must beware of overconfidence—we have had false dawns before! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose we all come under false pretenses one way or another, don’t we? It was best not to tell me. I probably wouldn’t have let you in.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I force out a laugh, the sound creaky and false in my ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The gods were cruel to let a man sail across half the world, then send him chasing a false light when he was almost home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One day the Nine appeared to him and they told him, “We know how to speak false things that seem true, but we know, when we will, to utter true things.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “This above all, be true to yourself, and then you cannot be false to any man,” he cried to Laertes’ departing bach. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It felt as though the maze were luring him into a false sense of security. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Miss Amin, I’m certain you can assure your boyfriend’s viewers that these allegations are false.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His slightly bald head, his domed forehead, the smiling mouth that displayed a very white set of false teeth, all seemed to speak of a benevolent personality. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d talk about the shows we’d watched, rehashing the plots, recalling the dialogue until all our memories were polished smooth and false. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Listen, that call was a false alarm—just Fender for skipping out of detention. I don’t understand why Schultz hasn’t come after me yet.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Ugwu preferred Jomo’s solemn ways and false stories, but Harrison, with his insistent bad English, was mysteriously full of knowledge of things that were foreign and different. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So I would whistle, show her the meat, and after many false flaps she would finally fly to my hand. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The false document indicated that American troops were on their way to Lafayette’s camp. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep making false sightings of them through the day. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, when I went to bed, I was no longer worried about eighth-grade love triangles or whether it was possible that Clearasil was just an elaborate scam that gave insecure teens false hope. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I shall momentarily request that we turn for Cambridge. We lay a false trail.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “There’s no way he can know! The ballots are secret,” the false priest argued back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Talk of what happened at Breed’s Hill in Boston was as rude as stating that Madam’s false eyebrow was about to fall off. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that meant her memories were false ones. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Because my papers are false, I cannot show them to just anybody. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I lifted the false ceiling tiles in the bathroom. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He pushed himself away from the table and bolted from the room, calling over his shoulder with false cheer, “So it’s all right, then. I won’t be late.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The mustache looked false, as if it had been stuck on for a costume party and would fall off if he talked too fast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But if you knew a true thing and changed it to a false thing, both you and it were loathsome. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was at the false bottom of a fake well. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The whitest white man I ever saw beckons us, his blue-veined hands shaky, his false teeth overly large in his mouth. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Klaus had not told his siblings about the book, because he didn’t want to give them false hope. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I can't tell if her smile is the real one or the false one she makes because her lips have forgotten how to smile naturally. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z For many it was just costume play, but some would actually pretend to be scythes, fooling others, granting false immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One day he forgot to put in his false teeth, which at night he left in a glass of water beside his bed, and he never put them in again. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “All the fire alarms were false. Weren’t any real fires.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z But each rumor proved to be false and did nothing but add to the already intolerable anxiety and suspense my father and I were feeling as we read the papers and listened to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z By now we are fully accustomed to the false public proclamations of politicians themselves. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z But Anatole came home excited about the general strike and spoke of it quietly through dinner, careful as always to use code words and false names. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If Clausewitz’s dictum is so subtle, complex, and misunderstood, how is the reader being enlightened by being told it is false? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Careful,” she says with the faintest of grins, “false flattery might make me lose my grip, and then where would you be?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z "Seriously, is there gonna be one race where you don't false start?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Over one thousand Panthers were jailed, many on false charges, as a result of informants, perpetual surveillance, and other law enforcement tactics that would later become defining features of the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She was, the Latin poet Horace says, splendidly false. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No false word ever falls from his lips. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But this story, though false, took on a curious life in my imagination. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I curled up behind the table and slept a little while until in the dim false dawn Charley looked into my face and said “Ftt.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there’s a reason Madame Bee surrounds herself with false mirrors, thought Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As Kaz passed the Emerald, he looked up at the false gold coins, letting the anger come at him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Though everybody knew that Zeno’s statement was false, nobody could find a flaw in Zeno’s argument. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Woman,” my father said sternly, “I tell you there won’t be any raid. It’s just another false rumor.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And we find a third use, as in Descartes’ S45: the use of ‘hypothesis’ to refer to an argument that is acknowledged to be false but held in some way to be useful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who is a lie, who’s been a lie, hiding here for who knows how long. A false angel. A traitor.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Victor would have happily given three of his favorite false beards to read her thoughts. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Whatever, it gave me confidence, even if it might be false confidence. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I have said so much, to let men see what false Conclusions are drawn from false Principles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “May it prove them false, like bad coins,” Hamlet replied. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a false spring day, which, like Maureen, had pierced the shell of a deadening winter. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Ridgeway knew that image to be false—he didn’t need to dissemble about the business of slavery—but neither was the menace of the Randall plantation the truth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He called them “false roots,” which explains why he never extended his coordinate system to the negative numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Aaron’s eyes widen, as if in false amazement. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Nowadays, in English, we can no more have a merely plausible proof than we can have a false fact; but Boyle is using ‘proof’ differently from us. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That fall in the false warmth of a Brooklyn Indian summer, Katie sat on the stoop and held her sickly baby against the bigness which was another child soon to be born. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could not make sense of this Janus-faced husband who spoke false and true at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, he was pursuing the kind of false leads that would come to haunt the manhunters in the days ahead. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Before this audience, I tried my best to demolish the false image of American race relations that I knew was spread by the U.S. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what do I know? Your false father is a great lord, and I am just some twisted little monkey man. Still, I’d do things differently.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Like a false scent, the authorship question has propelled historians down labyrinthine trails of evidence in quest of the real and true author. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z And she said that she wanted it to be our little secret since she decided to tell her old boyfriend that the pregnancy was a false alarm. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The field guide said there was something called a “false chanterelle.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He gave up; the false cat had ceased functioning, so evidently the short—if that was what ailed the thing—had finished off the power supply and basic drive-train. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The drive to Villiers cheered me considerably, and I was laboring under a false sense of security when I entered the small courthouse on the morning of the third of September. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That the entrance they were taking was the wrong one, for another, a false one, set up to foil those, like himself, who did not belong. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My sister has been reading all these books about women ever since she told her ex-boyfriend that the pregnancy was a false alarm, and he wanted to get back together, and she said no. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I had built up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They had ten statements and you had to pick out which ones were false. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I even have some false beards!” she said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was one of those things that gave you a false feeling of soldiering. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Grandma got her false teeth at church after going every Saturday for a long, long time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Negative sentences are easy when the reader already has an affirmative in mind or can create one on short notice; all he has to do is pin a “false” tag onto it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The act of eating was a comfort to his shrunken belly, although a false one—the clover wouldn’t strengthen him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I thought you were dealing me false iron.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z All rulers of all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers, but they could not afford to encourage any illusion that tended to impair military efficiency. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Something in me still hoped it was all just a false alarm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Much of her lore was mere rubbish and humbug, nor did she know the true spells from the false. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z "Remember when I brought the false teeth to church?" he says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I think the fire marshal was just mad about our false alarm, and I think Terupt knew that, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I’m holed up in one of Tokyo’s dozen downtowns, registered under a false name at this hotel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For us to conclude that something is not the case, we must take the extra cognitive step of pinning the mental tag “false” on a proposition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z That autumn he wrote in a new notebook, one marked “Expression” and labeled “N,” that “children understand before they can talk, so do many animals.—analogy probably false, may lead to something.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Amin, I’m certain you can assure your boyfriend’s viewers that these allegations are false.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I nodded, not seeing any point in false modesty. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the false news broke, the young sparrow would have to fly along with King Bull and the other Sparra warriors. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Mary Anne sang with false joy, “What a perfect description of me. Yes. That’s how a dictionary would define me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “My brother,” I said to Sobukwe, “there is nothing so dangerous as a leader making a demand that he knows cannot be achieved. It creates false hopes among the people.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, if the vision of Bacchus offering her a silver goblet was false, maybe the other visions didn’t have to come true either—especially the one of her, Percy, and Jason drowning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I know I left a lady here. What have you done with her, you false Jack?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Such letters had an extra advantage: The writer could include false information in case Americans intercepted the letter. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a set of protruding false teeth cut from the yellow rind of a sweetlime. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few false starts, she began her post about the first day of school. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z This was patently false; they had brought me back to Pretoria for their own motives, which soon became clear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The process involved some experimentation and several false starts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "I need them. Does Father believe they are playing us false?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now the two men were silent, breaking it only with small false courtesies—meaningless inquiries about health and weather, with answers unlistened to. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She’s wondering if the hope at the end of our road is just as false as the one that was at the end of my ma’s. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She's got more neck braces and false teeth than she knows what to do with, and her drawers and closets overflow with human hair. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I hope that she isn’t brewing false hope. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I call on you false gods of Africa!” shouted Baba Joseph, shaking his staff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Crestfallen, he gazed mutely at the false animal; he took it back from her, fiddled with the legs as if baffled—he did not seem quite to understand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As soon as I did, Hattie rushed at me, her new false tresses bouncing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Petunia’s high, false laugh sounded from the living room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “The vision was a true one. It was my reading that was false. I am as mortal as you, Jon Snow. All mortals err.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He learned to be cordial to everyone—a sophisticated and ultimately false front. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Hymns to their pagan gods and false idols? I’m afraid I haven’t got the time for dabbling in that kind of thing.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Outraged, Fabyan showered them with his usual mix of threats and false promises. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You ain’t never told me,” said Elizabeth, with a quick and rather false interest, “you had a brother! And he coming up here?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I came into your house this way. Under false pretenses,” Molly says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z To subject people who test positive to stigmas, especially when most of them may be false positives, is counterproductive and wrong. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A year earlier he had arrested a man on false evidence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I saw her in the hallways at school, and at my mother’s false funeral, and walking the sidewalks in the Abnegation sector. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They shuffled and scratched, and Jamie even emitted two very false sneezes to attract my attention. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He turns and hops from one pile of false gold to another, then right into the swirling wall of water and disappears, leaving me alone at the bottom of the world. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Once at the gate, he spun and fought, tossed the starters aside, lunged through false starts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She and I might be interacting under false pretenses right now—it’s a kick to the uterus every time she thanks me for being “so cool about this”—but I’ll certainly take that over nothing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She knew she should not, that her shivery mind was whispering false promises to her, that if she slept she might not wake up. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His calling her Cleo rang false: Obinze sensed this from the way he said it, and from the way she heard it, the slight surprise on her face. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Back he went, right up into their faces, where he pestered them with yelling bays and false rushes till they couldn’t stand it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He cried out, “O false and shameless woman, I am your husband. By my own witness you are a traitor.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The mirror was mesmeric, with its triple panels trimmed with false oak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z All of my legal documents said that I was born on September 22, 1980, but it turns out that date is entirely false. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I already know where it is,” she said with false confidence. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I no longer feel the sinking in my gut, the held-back tearfulness that such a false accusation would once have produced. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hear Job, sitting in dust and ashes, his children dead, his substance gone, surrounded by false comforters: ‘Yea, though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.’ Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Or I must charge you with lodging a false EI.R. Criminal offense.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that in this case Apollo’s words had been proved to be false. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The “feet section” has a false bottom built into the rolling table the box is sitting on. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Never fear,” I said with a false courage lest panic should swoop down on us. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z With beautiful clean clothing and beautiful false papers, I limp toward a beautiful bus with a thin-as-a-pin dog painted on each side, a bus bound for Los Angeles, The Angels. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z If we took one false step, we would fall into black, smelly water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If we felt compelled to account for these, we would have to invent explanations that would of necessity be false. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The statement ‘I believe in God’ is either true or false, but only I can know for sure which, because it refers to a purely internal state of mind; it is inherently subjective. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But the vacuum of the first few moments is a false vacuum; its zero-point energy is unnaturally large. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Sir, your wife is living: that is a fact acknowledged this morning by yourself. If I lived with you as you desire, I should then be your mistress: to say otherwise is sophistical—is false.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z To bow my head or jut out my chin in false confidence? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to give you false hope.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I’d tell him about my missing letters and demand he open up the mailbox so I could check for a false bottom. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Ron gave a loud false cough, which sounded oddly like “Lockhart!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But this, too, turned out to be a false lead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She let herself cry about Papa only in front of the goats, because they didn’t try to comfort her or tell her it was okay or offer her false hope about his safe return. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The false enthusiasm in my voice kind of sickened me, as did my hand fingering the door handle behind my back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z One false step, and he could slip right between the ties to the river. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But the tranquility of the night was false. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice is sharper than it needs to be; I'm covering my inexperience with false confidence. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A day of evasion, suppressed anger, false calm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z However, reflexively, he opened the cage and tugged the false animal out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A false claim would have been considered criminal activity and would have been grounds to deny our adjustment-of-status application and deport us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “A prank designed to lull the administration into a false sense of security,” the Colonel answered, annoyed by the distraction. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Where had that come from, the false bravado, the easy resort to threats? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I am trying to lull you into a false sense of confidence,” said Tyrion, as they arranged their tiles on either side of a carved wooden screen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Exhausted, their horses wrung out from the long night, the soldiers are starting to feel as if they have been sent to follow a false lead. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Jess sat down and, after a few false starts, Mark’s mom told her everything. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Granny laughed so hard, I was afraid her false teeth would fall out. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no new life, just the end of false beginnings. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z "During these times of indecision when all the old answers are proven false, the people look back to the dead to give them a clue," he went on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The false deserters had been imprisoned safely in the bowels of the pyramid ... but Daario’s rage continued to fester. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “This is Petey, Mother. Or,” I added with false cheer, “you can call him Belle, if you like.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Right then I could have tried to talk him into moving back to Texas, where he supposedly had some kind of ties, according to his passport, which turned out to be almost entirely false. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Okay, maybe “Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor” is only the eighth commandment, but it’s still pretty darn important. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The deputy examined the puny little chess book as if he was expecting to find a false compartment and a skeleton key. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Because false means fake, and ain't no fake starts in track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z They passed through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams went, one of ivory for false dreams. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This was what Sherlock Holmes stories left out—the tedium of real detective work, the false leads and the dead ends. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I hated Cristiana and her spying minions, and I was furious with Hamlet for believing their false gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The man was just a singer, a pander with a lute and a false smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This sounded false, improbable, like something you would say on television. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She had given herself too easily to the false promises of South Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I looked at the floor, I could feel myself colouring and, realizing it was making it worse, I gave a false laugh and said, “Interview. Interview.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes gold was hidden in a wand with a false bottom, to appear miraculously in a crucible at the end of some arduous experimental demonstration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We have not wronged the ignorant girl, but helped her to be rid of false loves,” he said in a gentle voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She could hear so clearly now the insincerity that had always lurked beneath, the hollow, false assurances. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Statement by statement he acknowledged that his previous testimony was entirely false. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Mariel used a false advance to get me to fall short in my lunge. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ollie brought me here under a false pretense, and I've finally learned a piece of information that could be useful, but he's told me help is impossible without really explaining why. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They had all turned aside, and gone out into the wilderness, to fall down before idols of gold and silver, and wood and stone, false gods that could not heal them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The emigrants confused the gods by diverting their curses, misleading them with crooked streets and false names. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were the falsest thing in the sea and the old man loved to see the big sea turtles eating them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They began secretly collecting them, and Mac had the idea of constructing a false bottom to the box and placing in it a tiny written message. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, politicians, law enforcement officials, and journalists routinely create the false impression that most people branded criminals have been convicted of violent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The smile on her face was a false, unnatural thing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “You had a false impression,” said the higher-voiced of the goblins. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The civilized atmosphere of the University had lulled me into a false sense of security. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Which Theory, though it be false, yet the first Experiment is true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Eventually, in middle age, he got a job making false teeth. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She bought false eyelashes, foundation, liner, blush, powder, brushes, three different lipsticks, two shadows, and a small but expensive makeup box. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She tells him that Sigurd had not been false to his oath when he rode through the fiery ring to win her for Gunnar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dandelion grew nervous and twice gave a false alarm. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you are here, let me show you everything,” she said, her voice ingratiating and sweet as honey, horrible, false. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Lelia especially liked the tiny secret room that was tucked behind a false panel in the closet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Boston papers published false or exaggerated propaganda stories about attacks on citizens by Redcoats. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was necessary that he cling to false hopes, since they kept him running away from harm. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “One of the Permanent Bureaus of the Internal Administration. Looks out after false registries, unauthorized travel, job-substitutions, forgeries, that sort of thing—trash. That’s what mm/means in gutter-Orgota, trash, it’s a nickname.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I was just sorry I didn’t have Mrs. Slater’s false teeth with me because that would make it even more spooky. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Lady Constance interrupted, in a loud voice full of false cheer. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Aurelia sat spellbound—paralyzed, as this apparition, moving with incredible speed, lashed out seemingly in every direction at once, and in moments three of the “hunters” lay sprawled amid the false jungle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And an exclamation point in a real-estate ad is bad news for sure, a bid to paper over real shortcomings with false enthusiasm. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The last scene depicted the slave on his master’s doorstep, having once again run away, this time from the false promises of the Free States. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was ridiculously easy, as he knew it would be, with only multiple choice and true/false questions. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z No one wanted to strike a false note. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The false black mustache was a flamboyant organ grinder’s, and he wore them both to the basketball game one day when he felt he could endure his loneliness no longer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Could this be some ploy of Griff’s, false reports deliberately spread? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z However, all the messages sent by Morse code were false, designed to fool any Japanese monitoring our transmissions. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Their thinly veiled condescension, their false validations irritated her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the summer of 1888 he bought the land and, thinking ahead, registered the deed under a false name, H. S. Campbell. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By “simple,” the diagnosticians meant that Andrews suffered no delusions, no false perceptions, no hallucinations, but the primary illness of separation of thinking from feeling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not about danger. It’s about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Iran said, “It certainly does cure my depression. Now we can admit to everybody that the sheep’s false.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z That makes her give a high, false laugh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lily of the valley bore clusters of brightest red; but the false lily of the valley in the woods had berries that were speckled with brown. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z His claim, that he had missed her at every major event in his life, was grandiose, he knew, but it was not entirely false. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Immediately Pax thought of his boy’s father pulling him from the car, his voice mimicking a sense of regret Pax knew was false by the burst of lie-scent he’d given off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I check through the peephole, and then slide out the false door, replace the planks, and hurry back down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Instead, she pasted a false smile on her face and made a choice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Embittered by failure, yearning for a safe place where he could await old age, the false homeopath took refuge in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Specify had lunged himself into a false start, but the race was on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They once discovered a set of false teeth on the seat of an Etruscan chariot. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A false accusation—especially against someone trying to help—could mean blowing the best chance I have to learn anything at all about Moreau and being a magician. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Foaly unhooked what appeared to be a false bottom from the equipment rack. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Chicken or pasta?” the flight attendant, her face bright with makeup and false lashes, asks me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But I’m ravenous for news, any kind of news; even if it’s false news, it must mean something. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The bonanza continued into 1989, as the media continued to disseminate claims that crack was an “epidemic,” a “plague,” “instantly addictive,” and extraordinarily dangerous—claims that have now been proven false or highly misleading. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Mere inspection of the DNA X-ray picture should prevent a number of false starts. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z For the new Writers, building on their ground, thinking them true, add to them, and invent, and draw other Experiments from them, that are falser then the Principles they insisted on. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In viewing anything, assume its appearance is false until otherwise proven. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Theresa had blinked a bit; the tape over her eyes had fluttered up like false eyelashes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been forced by Aladdin’s false uncle, the magician, to take up residence in the lamp and had been given power to grant everyone’s wishes but his own. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Some say she was false to King Hamlet,” he whispered, leaning closer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure half slides, half falls down the ladder and presses her ear against the false back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z However, she had already made a false start with Dante’s Inferno and had to abandon reading it partway through, and she did not want to repeat this misstep with the Hesperus. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Actually, proponents of the strong programme treat the empiricist language-game as if it were one of a number of equally false language-games, for the only valid game, in their eyes, is the Wittgensteinian meta-game. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z From the Inquisition’s point of view, the problem was that to bring a false charge of heresy was as serious a crime as heresy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then he was lifted and hurled by Coach Murphy toward the infield lights, his spikes silvered with false light, and Ben came down laughing and jubilant to Coach Murphy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I am wearing false eyelashes, eye shadow, and lip liner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “A sense of being unable to judge what was true and what was false? Most people who have been stung and lived to tell about it report something of the kind.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Papa got a visa by taking vows in a false marriage with a widow who was leaving Haiti to come to the United States. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z "Ah, well," Dionysus said, his voice dripping with false sympathy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Together, they issued false passports and provided money and guidance to a growing network of Soviet informers and spies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Woodhull and Claflin were never charged with libel, a charge that involves writing false information about a person that hurts his or her reputation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Each post scraped off yet one more scale of self until she felt naked and false. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Victor tugged the false beard from, his chin. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A set of false teeth drifted by on a piece of wood and faded into the darkness. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cora pulled herself up above the false ceiling, into the cramped nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This was false bravado—I doubt I could have gotten them fired—but it seemed enough to in-spire some hatred of me, if not fear. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m dead, she thought, but she couldn’t feel that it was true any more than she’d felt the dreams she shared with Lazlo were false. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There were several false starts and fresh choices, but by ni-Frith they had three scrapes of a sort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would hate for you to run away with a false idea of your father, Potter,” he said, a terrible grin twisting his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z With a little bow and a last awed look at the false door, he backed out of the chapel and set off hurriedly for Rekh’s shop and his work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “The system makes a false promise to students,” said John T. Casteen III, the president of the University of Virginia, himself the son of a Virginia shipyard worker. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And she could hardly stop laughing long enough to tell me about the time some guy named Arthur Kruger got drunk and lost his false teeth at the church picnic. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Sullivan changed the standard for defamation and libel by requiring plaintiffs to prove malice—that is, evidence of actual knowledge on the part of the publisher that a statement is false. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For the Aristotelian philosophy of nature could not be adapted to incorporate this peculiar anomaly; if there could be such a thing as a new star, then the whole system was founded on false premises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He hated to imagine what it would be like for his mother and father, day after day, month after month, not knowing, living on false hope. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “You bumped me! You got a false start! You cheated!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, spies such as Ken Seacrest spent months or years creating false identities for themselves. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlin was startled to see that Holmes’s false warmth seemed to be mollifying the creditors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They can think bad things about you and plaster over it with a big false smile. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He couldn't make the Theorem work, and he realized that his Eureka moment had been a false alarm. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z |
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