But a minute later, as she set the fish down on the table with a groan, Jinny heard familiar shrieking and squealing behind her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If Brunelleschi wanted to experiment with depth of field, why not use a vanishing-point perspective, which would have been straightforward, and indeed familiar to him? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar about it, something that stirred old memories, something dangerous. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I go through mv awful, achingly familiar ritual of trying to remember exactly what I did. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This guy Koios looked vaguely familiar because he had Artemis’s cold eyes and Apollo’s smile. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It felt to me as though my world was getting bigger, and I was getting familiar with this big world, meeting more people and doing more things. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I insist. The more Poe you read, the more familiar his language will be.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I began reading it, the style reminded me of someone whose work I am quite familiar with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This place is as familiar to her now as a living room in the house of a life she never bargained for. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon, I was taking one last walk along the beach when a familiar voice said, “Good day for fishing.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He still spoke in a familiar rather offensive way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I celebrated my fourth Christmas with the Courters, I enjoyed hanging the familiar decorations. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ahead I spotted two familiar figures, one running and the other pedaling a beach cruiser beside him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’m familiar with the mechanics,” Alex says, smirking a little, and he sees a corner of Henry’s mouth quirk up to mirror him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It satirized the familiar, everyday tragedy of a chaste young girl, with below-shoulder-length blond hair and udder-size breasts, being criminally assaulted in church, in the very shadow of the altar, by her minister. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe if Guitar was back in the city now, among familiar surroundings, Milkman could defuse him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice that said her name was familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The voice was familiar, but it took me a moment to pair it to a name, because the only time I had heard Raizel speak was in Yiddish or German. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The familiar sweet perfume spreading from the fire met their nostrils as they emerged at the top of the stepladder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Although both men, one hefty and yet almost cherubic looking, and the other very tall and lanky, seemed vaguely familiar, Linda recognized neither. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a moment later, her familiar voice returned, and the robot said in the language of the animals, “Hello, son. How long was I out? It seemed like only an instant to me.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It clings to the familiar twenty- four-hour cycle, so that the astronaut becomes sleepy when it is his normal bedtime in Houston, regardless of what he sees out his window. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, you are! I knew you looked familiar. You were in the graveyard today with that man, the one with the paper.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In Phoebe’s bedroom, I said, “I’ve got two important things to tell you—” The doorbell rang, and we heard a familiar voice. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I felt trapped, bound tight by his familiar glances. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Korean language has no fewer than six different levels of conversational address, depending on the relationship between the addressee and the addresser: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"I seen him around somewhere. Don't he look familiar, Iggy? Don't he?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of which, I met a young lady last night, and didn’t find out much about her. If you’re familiar with the town ...” I trailed off hopefully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she was struck with the need to escape, but as she turned to leave, a familiar voice said, “Well, Shabbat shalom to you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It was over here!” a familiar voice shouted, growing rapidly louder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But, yes. Your face is familiar to me. Mr. Grin? What do you think?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had the advantage of being able to hear in the shrouded gallery of Latin sounds echoes of Spanish words familiar to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it welcomed her like a familiar friend, the contrasting trim above the top windows like raised eyebrows surprised to see her again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cedric was still looking at him in a slightly suspicious way when Harry heard a familiar clunking noise behind him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She's beautiful and large, and though she looks only vaguely familiar, for some reason, I want very badly to hug her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The old, familiar fear: not to lose him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, he heard some men—familiar customers—talking about the river level, and he stopped to listen in the way he’d always done and that hardly anyone noticed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I chose some familiar foods and a few new items, but I was too nervous to eat much. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Navigating now by the sight of familiar forests and rivers, she arrived home in three and a half hours and dropped into the one tree among millions. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He allowed the familiar feeling of panic to wash over him, and then he began to think. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The room is packed with faces, most of them familiar. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Please let me be imagining that horribly familiar voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Guitar didn’t smile at the familiar joke, but there was enough recognition of it in his face to soften the glare in his eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Differential equations are not like the everyday equations that we are all familiar with. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Aru could feel that familiar strand of light just out of sight, but something else caught her attention. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

You could go back and cover it in a nice familiar layer of foam. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The third strategy, least familiar to most readers of this book, uses a sign for each syllable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were all looking for something familiar, but there wasn't much to find. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are as familiar as the house you live in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure we have. You look so familiar.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He licks his bottom lip and the gesture, so familiar, makes my heart lurch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Because he was related as a cross-cousin, and also because he had been the husband of her friend, she was familiar around him and not shy at all. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He supplemented his soup and rice with canned C rations he’d brought with him: familiar American food like beans and franks, even if he had to eat it cold from the can. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Naturally, as soon as they became familiar with the geometrical techniques of perspective representation, artists became fascinated by mathematical shapes and the difficulties of drawing them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The struggles of Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King were more familiar to me than those of Eleanor Roosevelt or Mamie Eisenhower. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The road to Mount Elgon was familiar to me; I had traveled over it as a boy. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giant crow landed near a familiar forest with the golden fence and gate running around it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Lev wants one more chance to find a familiar person in his hometown. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could smell his brother too, a familiar scent, strong and earthy, his scent as black as his coat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Clayton continued on, the words familiar and soothing, rolling melodically around inside his mind as he read. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Neither the high, evil witch nor her familiar. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"She seemed a bit familiar. Was anything wrong?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the bed, but I can’t be in this room, not tonight—not when I can feel that familiar ache. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, I am carried past her, and my gaze moves over the crowd, resting here and there on familiar faces—classmates and teachers and shopkeepers and coworkers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was my fault that I'd beamed when Miss Davenport, Momma's loathsome cousin by marriage, had mentioned what a precocious child I was and how familiar my features seemed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It appeared to be familiar with this routine. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the bluebells in Tomlinson’s haunting essay “The Lost Wood,” they were “expecting no evil” as they reoccupied their familiar territories. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Victor and Lorena seem equally discombobulated, but Elizabeth is on familiar ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s weird, because pretty much everyone looks familiar, but its all soccer people and other miscellaneous jocks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Many had the familiar look of newly arrived immigrants. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I remember packing a suitcase and carrying it out to the kitchen, standing very still for a few minutes, looking carefully at the familiar objects all around me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mathematician’s hand went to his sleek hair in the familiar smoothing gesture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, up and down the ward, along the corridors, Briony felt her familiar guilt pursue her with a novel vibrancy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A familiar female voice said, with derision, “Look at her! Miss high and mighty!” but there was no one to be seen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Feeling that familiar pulsing annoyance behind his eyes, like an ever present headache when Ashish was around, Rishi pulled on a light sweater and stepped out from behind the closet door. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The familiar route felt brand-new with Styx along. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And as it rushed nearer, nearer, it became more familiar, until when it reached the landing it was Tom! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I come up the hill to Tatarska Street in the wet and soggy dark, I feel the familiar little flutter of fear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a new, but familiar, voice, and it came from directly behind Harry, from the person tied to Hermione’s left. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Teasing between siblings should feel familiar, but it doesn’t for us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the surprisingly familiar eyes, black eyes that seemed at the same time both too young and too ancient for the broad face they were set in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He would thus have been familiar with the basic principle that objects appear smaller as they recede into the distance, a principle analysed by Euclid, and familiar in the Middle Ages. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My heart would have fluttered if there had been any time between the initial glimpse of his familiar figure and the sight of another figure clinging to him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The Second’s familiar voice slid from the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stayed there all the time, clinging to the familiar shape of the Company’s wagon while Father and Hand Clap unloaded our things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were sounds coming from behind the Castle Rock Listening carefully, detaching his mind from the swing of the sea, Ralph could make out a familiar rhythm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stare across my room at the rose wallpaper, the eyelet curtains, the yellowing photographs so familiar they are nearly contemptible. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know her, but she looked strangely familiar. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Soon her familiar bulky frame huffed along the unpaved lanes of Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was when she remembered the dream: she had been at a Seder, surrounded by familiar faces, and for some reason she hated being there. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who was familiar with half-men and their genetics said that Tool was an impossible creature. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I rested in that familiar odor while the sun baked my back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We get in and set out on our familiar, unfamiliar street and head off into a world where fresh roots are already growing deep in the fertile ruins of what used to be. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, my breathing turns shallow, and then there’s the familiar flutter of butterflies in my stomach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I froze when I smelled the familiar cologne and cigarettes, wondering what I should do. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But, no, his customer was merely experiencing what Johnson called the Solemn Moment—a phenomenon familiar to insurance salesmen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a familiar face beneath the tapestries. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My legs and my hands are numb and then they re burning and then, after a long time, a familiar feeling returns to them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And the pig, hearing a familiar call from the corner of the lot, had come grunting from his sanctuary and gone in the direction of the call. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was familiar enough with the form of words to know that she had not missed the moment itself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mark and Trina were halfway through their pancakes and deer sausage when they heard the familiar sound of the other three friends they’d picked up in the tunnels of New York. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I could suddenly smell him—his particular, familiar scent—everywhere. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh Phoebe,” her mother said, pressing her fingers to her cheek, and when she made that familiar gesture, Phoebe looked as if her heart was splitting into a thousand pieces. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But as I sifted through the papers and envelopes on my desk, the familiar logo of the Consolidated Savings Bank kept turning up. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter was horribly familiar with one part of the structure: the mesh cages, the silver blade above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought he looked familiar,” Hailey says as smugly as she looks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Wearily, she took out a book and tried to make herself a nice nest in its familiar words, but it was no good. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The hammering begins and the familiar mottled gray bursts of color appear about a foot away from my face. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

John did not find Meg’s beauty diminished, though she beamed at him from behind the familiar coffee pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every black family in my neighborhood knew the familiar sound of a bomb exploding. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Brotherhood greeting was as familiar as "Give me some skin" or "Peace, it's wonderful." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A vaguely familiar voice rises from the stairwell as I paw at the brick. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The branches of the old trees, which had been familiar to me either half-denuded or completely gaunt during the winter terms at Devon, now seemed about to break from their storms of leaves. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked well crafted and vaguely familiar, but nobody knew of anyone making anything like them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I tried to fall asleep that first night, I ached for something familiar to hug. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Is it true that you were also acquainted with a certain cat which the widow entertained as a familiar spirit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He’d gone with a familiar mix, heavy on worms and frogs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now it welcomed her like a familiar friend, the contrasting trim above the top windows like raised eyebrows surprised to see her again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up, and Alex could taste salt breeze intermixed with the familiar ash. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not familiar with the latest music, but I don’t really mind, as long as it’s not too loud.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The vixen paced over, and Pax drew in her scent—as familiar as his own, but also exotic. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped singing and leaned back to take a rest, lulled by the gentle rocking of the house and by the song—familiar now—of Katrina’s winds and rain. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Much to my relief, none of them besides Nathan are familiar to me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I try to shrug off the familiar note of guilt I always feel when combing through others’ private data. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After several rings there was a pause, followed by Thomas’s familiar voicemail greeting. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t fire a gun if you wanted to. You forget, I’m intimately familiar with your poor, fragile psyche. It’d give you nightmares.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Reactions to the Farewell Address fell into the familiar grooves. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The wind wafted in through the open window and over her, the familiar wind, and it smelled almost like the air in Capricorn's church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy’s familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the foreign scenes in which she bore a part. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner lay in his room, shivering even though he was still dressed, listening to the familiar sounds of his parents moving around in the room below him, coming up the stairs, closing the door. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had always liked to eat domestic raspberries this way, and although the taste was reassuringly familiar, it did nothing to appease his hunger. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I know right away why Kaori’s description sounded so familiar. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The setting seemed so familiar; yet it also seemed so distant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in her role of unhappy helper but obedient daughter, Shirley had become quite adept with tools and familiar with the inner workings of the old house. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’d only been walking a minute when I heard a familiar thump of hooves behind us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The heady smell was as odd in that desert setting as the little scrap of park had been, as odd yet just as familiar. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something eerie about it—and decidedly familiar. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was not jamais vu, since the apparition was not of someone, or something, familiar appearing to him in an unfamiliar guise. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The music strikes me as familiar, and I realize it’s the Glenn Miller band, playing live! X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were composed of oddly familiar pieces of ivory. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Not bad, ace,” said a familiar voice, speaking just loud enough to be heard over the music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The twins went bonkers every time Dr. Morales’s familiar face popped onto the screen. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember much about my dad, but sometimes I see flashes in my head that feel so familiar. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The path ahead did not seem to be as familiar as it had always been. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That familiar holy terror tore through her blood vessels and wrapped a vise grip around her heart. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was as familiar as time now, something we saw but didn’t see. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Something about the woman’s stance seemed familiar, but Naima didn’t stop to figure out what it was. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

A side door jutted forward, breaking some kind of seal with a pressurized hiss, then slid aside giving them a view of plush leather seats occupied by two almost familiar people. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She opened the refrigerator and I saw familiar containers of chicken salad, vermicelli, vegetables, stuffed squash, all things I had brought for Morrie. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cracked the window, the fall crisp seeping in, the familiar static of air pushing through a tight space. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Politics class was actually just the familiar Communist Party history. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as she stumbled forward, a voice spoke just beside her—a familiar voice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I breathed in their familiar scent—bleach, sweat, and something distinctly earthy—and tried not to listen to the conversation above me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Gale will get her the herbs she doesn't grow herself, but she must be very careful to describe them because he's not as familiar with them as I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Such a notion is familiar to us from the cults of earth deities of later times; its origin perhaps goes back to the Old Stone Age. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached down and took the hairpin, and as I did, it grew longer and heavier in my hand, until I held a familiar bronze sword. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once he had swallowed a good portion of the English vocabulary, he began to taste the familiar ingredients, the Greek seasoning in the roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was familiar with its dimensions, so at Qunu I would not have to wander in the night looking for the kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw something super familiar: cardboard record sleeves decorating a different wall. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The only thing I recognize is the feet, decked in a familiar pair of white old-lady shoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I am quite familiar with motorcycles. My son has a Honda 150,” I told him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was familiar with the challenges associated with reforming institutions in which racial stratification is thought to be normal—the natural consequence of differences in education, culture, motivation, and, some still believe, innate ability. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were tracing the book's outline and as the shape became familiar her face looked surprised and then stunned. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dance was being held at some venue in a part of town I wasn’t familiar with, and at some point I got completely turned around and had no idea where I was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He looked familiar to her, but she couldn’t place him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And then there was the familiar twittering and squawking Joseph had come to know so well. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even though he was familiar with the layout of the mobile home site, the elongated shadows made the chaha’oh appear sinister. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He composed the track that had played during the Darkcross game—and now he’s making me listen to it to see if I find it familiar. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anxious to see the familiar faces of our friends or some of our own people, we hurried up the block lined with wood-frame houses and screened-in porches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tracks led in a direction the boys were familiar with, toward the gym where the Fighting Flamingos played all of their rivals. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were several robots I didn’t recognize, but most were familiar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He leans back, fingertips together, a gesture familiar to me now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Statistically, part of that ultimate effect of history proves to be mediated by the familiar proximate causes of good institutions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Corpsekiller was garbed as a Brazen Beast, his seamed, scarred face hidden behind a cobra mask, but the familiar black arakh slung at his hip gave him away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he gestured to me, there was no familiar applause, only an expectant silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tally looked out the window at the familiar view of New Pretty Town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of the cavernous chamber with its oversize hearth and red velvet curtains, the room in which Roza awoke was small, simple, neat, and so familiar. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Steep, rutted places that had once made her stumble and slip were now familiar and easy. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Sister,” Antain said, feeling a familiar stab of shame just thinking of that awful day when he left the Tower with a note. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At least no one in this town would have found it familiar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then again, there was something painfully familiar in the menace and male jocularity of that tape. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You will excuse me, Monsieur,” she said, “but may I ask your name? Your face is somehow familiar to me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They mix together into a confusing sludge of familiar and strange faces, something that sounds like Tess's laughter, something else that sounds like June's voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And there’s this pair of random dudes in front of the double helixes who look a little familiar. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her “I’ve got to make sense of this” squint looked awfully familiar. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We would learn how to execute military commands and repeat our drill and ceremony so many times that “right face,” “left face,” and “parade rest” became as familiar as our own names. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Burned pinky tips and blistered lips became familiar to her, and once she made herself so sick she could not keep down any food for days. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I stepped outside, the familiar smell of that rainy April day hit me so hard I felt dizzy and had to put my bag down and wait for the spell to pass. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to be stoic, giving the familiar speech that no team was ever built around one player. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a familiar route, one I had walked since age six. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The message was a familiar one: black men should be better fathers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The further we get into Serra, the more familiar the streets become, until we climb over a low section of mud-brick wall and into the Quarter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

No one was speaking when I came outside, but I recognized a look of outrage on my mom’s face, and the familiar stance of Patrice trying to calm her down. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked the familiar path, Neel stopped every now and then to peer through the underbrush. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Its familiar weight was such a relief, I constantly patted it to make sure it was still there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was smiling peacefully, as if at the last moment of her life her illness had wished to spare her its familiar torture. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old and far away, but very familiar, feeling of loss that leaped into his gut. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He was picking at his teeth with an enormous toothpick, and his nose was deep in a book V was quite familiar with. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sifting the garbage with my hands I found some terribly familiar shards of wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mitsima squeezed and patted, stroked and scraped; and there at last it stood, in shape the familiar water pot of Malpais, but creamy white instead of black, and still soft to the touch. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instant he bellowed the familiar order, Ranofer was flying across the gritty floor as fast as his feet would move. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I look at the door of my room and see part of a familiar face in the glass window. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The room is dimly lit, but I see familiar faces, former neighbors and classmates and my father’s coworkers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A female voice; cold and familiar, but familiar like a dream, not a real person. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dicey heard footsteps behind her now and the familiar snarling of a dog. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I didn’t see any boy like that this morning, but something about the description feels familiar. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And then he starts to laugh, loud and deep and wild, in a way so familiar, it feels like pressing on a bruise. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Seeing the two of them curled in the same bed, one slowly emerging and the other losing ground, put me back onto familiar, unpleasant thoughts of Adah and me in the womb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings when he was around the house, his children treated him like a familiar relative, an uncle maybe, but not a father. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No. There in the corner, I spotted a familiar head of tousled brown curls and released my held breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was intimately familiar with what it felt like to have a barrel of a gun dig into my skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Other familiar objects and furnishings were still in evidence, Lefty’s rebetika records, the brass coffee table, and, of course, the silkworm box, sitting in the middle of the engraved circular top. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s nuts. She can be sick like a normal person, you know. Cough. Runny nose. Sound familiar?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The handwriting throughout was shaky and hurried, but the style resembled her husband’s and the melancholy, self-pitying tone was familiar, although more dreary than usual. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

No matter how difficult life had been in the ghetto, at least outwardly it had appeared a familiar world. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

No sign of the Argo II. No sign of any coastline, familiar or otherwise, except for one tiny island at the horizon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It oozed up, and I shuddered as a familiar pressure gathered around my shoulder blades. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

An old, familiar feeling washes over me, Matilde’s tender- ness when I least deserved it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fury in his eyes is familiar, the glitter of them like banked fire, like coals burning hotter than flames ever could. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The routines of the computing work had become familiar to Mary, but the geography of the East Side was not. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Look, bad news I may be, but I’m not a stranger. You said so yourself. ‘I’m so familiar to you,’” he mimics me with perfect beach girl inflection, then snaps the cover on his lens. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I ended up standing next to a man who looked familiar to me, but I couldn’t place him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had only just finished when the bell rang for the afternoon’s double Potions and they beat the familiar path down to the dungeon classroom that had, for so long, been Snape’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It made my chest ache to think of my grandpa down there, lost and looking for his wife, searching their familiar places for memories of her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A familiar shape took form along the edge of the shadows, near the mouth of the basin. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

By and large, the more familiar an element is, the more abundant it is. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked out over the crowd, searching for familiar faces. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ready or not, I peer into your soul and dive deep, splash-landing in a pool of pain as salty and familiar as the tears on my cheek. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie was familiar with the household and would have started something off, but he too was in turmoil. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sound of her crying was painfully familiar. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Smith, Pollard, and the Howards were soon intimately familiar with the strange gravity of celebrity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squint and my heart gives a familiar leap as the invisible roar of viewers drowns out everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These memories slammed together at the instant of hearing that refrain familiar to all scholarship students: ‘Your parents must be very proud....’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each child in the car hunted for the familiar; the sights that would relate Ravenel to the other towns that had served as temporary homes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No familiar smell and no one to communicate with. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the preacher finished, Tom heard a familiar voice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Lightheaded with weariness and relief, she looked around the familiar room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar figure was standing outside my door as I entered the third-floor corridor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This back and forth movement between theory and evidence, hypothesis and experiment has come to seem so familiar that it is hard for us to grasp that Galileo was doing something fundamentally new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a good feeling, but it was bright and familiar, and it flowed down her arms and into her fingers. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, that familiar twitch of displeasure passes across her face. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were familiar with every species of plant and tree, and although they might not have known the technical names for them, they had their own names for things. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his arms and Laila went into them, greeted by his pleasant and familiar smell of sawdust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

El Patrons face seemed oddly familiar, and his hands— thin and blue-veined—had a shape that appealed to Matt in some deep way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could he fail to recognize the actor’s familiar, thick black hair, pale complexion, trademark mustache, and striking good looks? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch was familiar with most of the men in the class from reading their files and questioning them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

So much had happened since arriving, he’d almost forgotten how familiar the Glade had felt to him that first night, sleeping next to Chuck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s the way he hates you. It’s so . . . familiar. I used to feel like that,” he admits. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She smiled, and her manner instead of being still and unbending as it usually was became startlingly familiar, fawning even. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar modern example is the narrow failure, on July 20, 1944, of the assassination attempt against Hitler and of a simultaneous uprising in Berlin. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She addresses a woman whose aging face is less familiar to Yolanda than the child's facsimile. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Each night before she blew out the last candle, she would labor over the page, picking out letters and sometimes even words that were familiar to her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I began reading it, the style reminded me of someone whose work I am quite familiar with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was familiar with fear, yet each time I felt it, it was never the same as the other times, as though it came in different flavors and colors. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I wasn’t familiar with the tales they told, I felt like I wasn’t just reading about them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sounds of her dressing were so familiar to Tuck that he could say, without opening his eyes, “You don’t need that shawl in the middle of the summer.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Percy realized the curly-haired kid looked familiar —and not just from his dreams. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And that leads to another way to escape the curse of knowledge: show a draft to yourself, ideally after enough time has passed that the text is no longer familiar. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was caught in a familiar trap for young women and girls—the fantasy that she alone could change her man. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In search of compatriots, they used to trail their fingers, at the start of each new semester, through the columns of the university directory, circling surnames familiar to their part of the world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her fingers brushed Mini’s, and that familiar pull of the Otherworld tugged at Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look around my white room at my white couch and shelves, my white walls, all of it safe and familiar and unchanging. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of her was so familiar that my heart opened up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I got pushed or pinched by invisible hands in the crowded halls between classes, a few times by Jenny herself, but other times I looked behind me and saw no familiar faces. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Music came in and out of my ears, a syncopated half song that was familiar and foreign at the same time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And if you look even more closely at those long years of preparation, you’ll find an experience that, in the context of hockey players and Bill Joy and world-class violinists, sounds awfully familiar. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The way must have been familiar to Plug, who picked up the pace as we drew close. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was Shandi’s fire, and a small pot hung simmering, boiling potatoes, strangely familiar among the chaos. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Skahaz was clad in his familiar garb of pleated black skirt, greaves, and muscled breastplate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I swoop in a familiar loop in the sky, taking my time, enjoying the sun on my face, but I can’t shake the feeling that something is very, very wrong. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

How would he get on with loving people who fully expected him to share a range of emotions with which they were familiar and with which they were accustomed to dealing? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But think of cliches as condiments, the familiar ketchup, mustard, and relish of language. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah whispered to herself, and the dream she’d had came back to her: all that Seder food and the familiar faces around the table, faces she cculd almost— but not quite—name. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Metias’s mouth tightens into a line, and a familiar, strained look appears in his eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Mina shut the hiding place door, it created a breeze, causing the window curtain to flutter open and reveal a view of a large, familiar stone building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And Edward was staring at me curiously, that same, familiar edge of frustration even more distinct now in his black eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As if I am in a familiar grocery store, I look along the meadow edge until I see what I’ve come for—the delicious leaves of the lamb’s- quarters. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid the canopy shut and began to run through the familiar preflight checks. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My feet carried me down familiar roads and around corners I’d turned a thousand times before. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Story Box. A treasure vault for tales and ballads. A repository for lullabies and fables older than the sun, some familiar, some no one has ever heard before.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mercer indicated with a sweep of his hand the barren, rising hillside, the familiar place. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I also told her that I knew American culture terrified her because she was not familiar with it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The card has three names on it: The names are familiar, although I’m not too sure why. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I have, sir,” he said, and although his voice was very scared, Harry could still hear the familiar unctuous note in it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Starting around 1700 B.C., though, Semites familiar with Egyptian hieroglyphs did begin to experiment with that logical step. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now she awoke to the sound of the peacocks, and got out of bed, with the shape of her day familiar and her routines unthinking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The letters were open before her, and when Ash came closer and looked at the seal again, she thought they looked familiar. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this rendition, the god of death is sculpted to look like a cunning old man, his hippo familiar by his side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the seat as he allowed the familiar darkness as well as new realization to fill him. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something vaguely familiar about the Kensington Palace guest quarters, even though he’s never been here before. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I liked the book because much of it took place in areas of New York with which I was familiar. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

You have to come to this side because this new family of mine is both familiar and strange—just like how I am American by birth and Haitian by blood, bones, and tears. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The visitor’s back is to me, but his girth is oddly familiar. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In China, friends were always arranging things for each other; Janis’s reaction felt familiar, a form of goodwill Helen knew how to accept. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re already familiar with nouns from the animal kingdom that can stand for one critter or many: fish, deer, moose, vermin, elk, sheep, swine. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near his face was a familiar pair of boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not a name I’m familiar with,” Father Time said. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The most familiar example of this is waves on the surface of water. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Inside the settlement was a world of warmth, family, and familiar custom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A good performer will be familiar with dozens of ragas and can improvise music — traditional classical music in India is improvised — using the accepted format for each raga. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing that feels familiar is the mustache, the excess hair on his cheeks and chin shaved less than twenty-four hours ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It takes long intimacy, long and familiar interliving, before one kind of creature can cause illness in another. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar square shape filled his palm, and he gently squeezed it before letting go. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

As I stood there on the stage floor in front of the risers, I could barely make out the familiar features of my parents in the center of the second row of chairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a new dishwasher, a boy of about sixteen, and there was something familiar about him, his movements, the look in his eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear, Eliza, he must be in love with you, or he would never have called on us in this familiar way.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Their work boots and crew cuts said military to her, but they had no familiar identifying markers — no berets, no camouflage or flag emblems. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We weren’t familiar with attics, but this one wasn’t too crowded. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna wanted to hold her sister for much longer, to smell that familiar scent of home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You must mean summer of tutoring,” she would say in what became a familiar joke that, like comfort food, they would reach for from time to time. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“How many of you are familiar with Mr. Lemoncello’s classic board game Hurry to the Top of the Heap?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Bod looked around as he walked up toward the top of the house, but nothing seemed familiar. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Without the familiar weight of my father’s watch in my pocket, I felt unmoored. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But see to it that you don’t get too familiar with...folks.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had come to register a death, and her words merely the lonely lashings-out of grief, but he felt the familiar tightening of panic in his chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The dogs barked, then stopped when a familiar voice shouted, “Gaygo! Gay go!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t look at her aunt any more, that familiar, unfamiliar, plain, beautiful face. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still sleeping and shivering from the cold when I pick him up and I bury my face in his fur and breathe in his familiar doggy stink. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Below are some important strategies for teaching a song either for the first time, or even to review a song or help children analyze an old and familiar song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Sefia reached out, feeling the familiar shape of her pack and the book inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Here, the mountains and woods were just backdrop—familiar, known, nearby, but no more consequential or noticed than the clouds that scudded across their ridgelines. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though Miranda had never bought anything other than a lipstick, she liked walking through the cramped, confined maze, which was familiar to her in a way the rest of Boston still was not. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was highly popular, and I found that he took the familiar department of Mr. Jaggers’s business; though something of the state of Mr. Jaggers hung about him too, forbidding approach beyond certain limits. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As if hinged, the boys skull hung open, and the hollow space inside was crowded with familiar faces. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

What little sleep I got was sabotaged by a familiar nightmare, one in which I wander through a stinking, body-strewn battlefield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and waited for the familiar feel of The Giver’s hands on his back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How about this rope?” cried a familiar voice, and to their surprise Kate Wetherall suddenly leaped in through the open window. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside are the familiar smells: typewriter ribbons, waxed floors, rock dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Those letters spelled out my name, and none of you know what that feels like—it’s so familiar.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The schooner was a part of Kerch, a piece of home for them, and that last familiar thing was drifting farther away with every moment. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and followed Tamika up the inside stairs, then bit back a twinge of sorrow as she bounded through a very familiar doorway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I pulled up the tab on a can of diabetic wet food and yanked the metal top off with the familiar whoosh, causing Fig to “mrow” repeatedly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked out through the windshield, to the electric fence and the dark, familiar forest behind it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What is familiar history for us, however, was still the unknown future for them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The public was demanding a new kind of art that focused on familiar household objects such as flowers, food, or pottery. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The simple answer to this might be that the members of the Royal Society were familiar with Bacon’s use of the word in Latin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As the weeks went by he had become familiar with life on Courthouse Square, its habitues and their habits. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hilda cooks a familiar meal, and the whole house smells like our childhood. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep to the familiar sound of my sister singing, and the unfamiliar sound of our parents laughing in the room next to ours. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, through the memories, he had seen oceans and mountain lakes and streams that gurgled through woods; and now he saw the familiar wide river beside the path differently. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Chess blinked, trying to make out the familiar furniture of the Boring Room: the desk, the chair, the bookshelves. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Quickly I found the door leading back to the familiar, but as I opened it the awful story reached out and tried to grab my ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not familiar with the east side like that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"Makes you wonder what lies beyond," a familiar voice said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a familiar story to me as a Navajo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up and freeze when I find myself staring into familiar, pale gray eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The smell from the store was warm and familiar. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With familiar kinds of music, this is pretty easy. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They could all hear voices and doors as people came downstairs, and Jam felt the familiar vibrations of her parents’ footsteps, even through the rubber of the training room floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I walk into what has become such a familiar spot to me, the middle of Aibileen’s kitchen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If the pain didn’t diminish then, the familiar yet strange sights hypnotized me into believing that it had. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did seem familiar; he felt a connection to her, though it was impossible to grasp in his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It made him feel better to think that there was one familiar thing, twinkling above him, amid so much that was new and strange. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered it but it was no longer familiar to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She’s familiar with the layout of the land, but anxious about the person in Baba’s arms. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Getting up, she rumpled his hair so familiar it made me uncomfortable. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then I talk back and start contradicting everyone until the old familiar Anne refrain inevitably crops up again: “No one understands me!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Finn caught the familiar whisper—here, here, here—and wished it would shut up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The musty, earthy smell in there was familiar to me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

All the rest areas in three states became as familiar as my home. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her sapphire eyes glint, and for a moment, they are hauntingly familiar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her voice wobbled the smallest bit when she said Maud’s name, but hearing her familiar, gentle voice calmed me slightly. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

On occasion tremors shook his whole body — tremors of the sort now made all too familiar by the sight of birds poisoned by DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But the nearer we drew to downtown, the more I felt that familiar, frightening quiver like Jell-O in my stomach. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The chill sky, misty with fine rain near the treetops, made even the familiar landscape around Hampden seem indifferent and remote. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And standing at the gangway is a familiar figure. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“The first time I saw your face in the light, you looked familiar. I couldn’t place you, but I—I knew you. When you told us...” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, the woman began to look familiar to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yet in the midst of it all, Celie seemed strangely familiar. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their faces are familiar, but you don’t get names and life stories when you’re bagging folks’ groceries. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Lydia felt a familiar pang of guilt and sadness that she couldn’t use the photos on her blog. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then a familiar silhouette walked down the sidewalk. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“The word is not familiar to you, certainly. It’s an Earth expression.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin turned clammy at the memory, kps going numb as a familiar darkness began to seep into the corners of his vision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I took his device, which I wasn’t familiar with, but figured out pretty quickly, and set everything up. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to speak with someone. And should something happen to me, I want this person we are going to see to be familiar with your face for future reference. Understand?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

To make this type of linguistic reasoning clear, let me give you a familiar example: the geographic origins of the English language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of familiar gold eyes appears above my face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I searched for a familiar red hat but did not find it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles leaned against the truck’s side, looking familiar in an old baseball shirt and bomber jacket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Let’s take another familiar example from our own time. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, too, they just made frightening things more familiar, even a little funny in the midst of the seriousness of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taps her pen rapidly on her desk and asks, “Are you familiar with middle child syndrome?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was when I got back into that familiar snow feeling that I began to want to talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar rage rattled Finn’s bones, but rage would not help him now. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had seen many strange cars in familiar driveways over the years, all of them with backseats big enough for a boy and a trash bag filled with whatever stuff he could manage to grab. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The familiar questions about the needs of the future in medicine are still before us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, that loud familiar sound began to rumble the room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He arrived at the Rad Lab skeptical about electromagnetic separation, having been convinced of the superiority of gaseous diffusion by his technical advisors, who came from a petroleum industry familiar with that technology. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Bacon, for example, who is of course familiar with the use of the word ‘evidence’ in a legal context, never employs it when discussing natural philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She manages to both gently mock and support her sister at the same time—playing it in a way that would ring true to anyone familiar with sibling dynamics. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It felt familiar and comfortable in his hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The tone is different too—not as familiar, more straightforward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Just in case Gay or Phil ever thought I had been exaggerating, I pointed out that the other children’s comments were nauseatingly familiar. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But we were so far from anything familiar. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m familiar with the version of the situation you gave Mr. Andrews,” he said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the majority were soberly and poorly clad, and here and there, in the farthermost pews, Kit glimpsed the familiar black faces that must be slaves. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at him and saw the familiar, faint lunacy shining in Jamie’s eyes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He felt a faint nostalgia at the familiar apple scent of her shampoo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They made their way to the big familiar table in the back of the dining room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Best of all were the rich, familiar smells of garlic and onion and the lilting cadence of Spanish spoken by the dark-eyed waiters, who reminded Sandi of her uncles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around just in time to see, one block away, a cloud of blue, a flash of gold, and a surprisingly familiar face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We may be asking for more of the kind of trouble with which we are already too familiar. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through his lips came a familiar, helpless mutter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a familiar desperation in me, a rising panic that beats loudly in my chest, pounding out each thing I owe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is crowded with gray-faced women twisting their wedding rings and watching the doors for a familiar doctor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie couldn't remember ever hearing it before, yet it sounded familiar, like a distant memory that wouldn’t take shape properly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

David, with the floral notes of his clean clothes and the minty smell of his soap and the intimate, familiar ways our bodies fold into each other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Are you familiar with a Supreme Court decision known as the Hazelwood case?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

TimeStar plucked his goggles from his face, revealing familiar brown eyes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Calculus makes this relatively straightforward, but Newton deliberately avoided using calculus in his published proofs, realizing that his peers would not accept the calculations unless they were couched in familiar language. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s just the sting of seeing the flaming, furious look stamped on his dark, familiar face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cas wiped the tears from her cheeks and sat there for several heartbeats as the hope she’d felt faded, leaving the familiar hollowness of disappointment behind. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar in the songs, and he remembered old Betonie’s singing; something in his belly stirred faintly; but it was too far away now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I smelled the funniest odor in the air—something familiar, though I couldn’t place it. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alongside him, Red Pollard sat in his customary seat atop the familiar little bay horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t say huh-MODJ-uh-nus, a mispronunciation no doubt influenced by the word homogenized or the less familiar homogenous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Maria said I couldn’t go to Amsterdam without an adult intimately familiar with my case, which more or less meant either Mom or Dr. Maria herself. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wound up concentrating my course work on international politics and development, and now I’ve graduated and am on an AirFrance plane beginning its descent into familiar old Kinshasa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just beyond the crystal fountain there was a small round table and two familiar chairs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were packed so close that the smell of other people became as familiar as their own. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a state with which I felt myself most familiar. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to Reynie what had struck him as familiar. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He falls in beside me as I drop back the pace and glide along the streets, back past familiar houses, back home. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The baby setded into the familiar pouch with a nagging sensation that something was missing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She said a silent goodbye to everything that had been familiar for so long. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Something else is on TV that isn’t familiar or particularly funny, so I look for the remote. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Your name is somehow familiar, Mr. Griffin,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza sat up in bed, feeling for the familiar warmth of Rus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If I can hold it... familiar if I can hold it... Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on the way back to Berlin a familiar fear descended on me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Candice heard the familiar sound of creaking wood as Tori ran upstairs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, there was something about him that was familiar beyond the general. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She had just started her shift at Webster one day when a familiar man walked in. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

By mid-September, Luke’s days had fallen into a familiar pattern. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed up the roadbank, over the gray rails on the far side, between two dead bodies, one a sergeant, face vaguely familiar, eyes open, very blue. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a gesture so familiar, so routine for anyone who’d ever worn glasses, that my whole body locked up like cement, then went limp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In another room was an even longer table on which figurines depicted the princess traveling on a ship past familiar locations, accompanied by whales, dolphins, and sea monsters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The cottonwood trees had not lost their familiar feeling with him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water trickles back into the bowl, a clean, clear sound, a familiar tinkling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She had a disjointed moment of the sky above her and the trees that lined the street and the sidewalk under her—none of it was familiar, none of it was her bedroom at home. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He looked familiar, like a well-dressed version of someone Jones had seen before. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s explore ways to utilize familiar pedagogies to approximate the core cultural values associated with music in West African culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted something familiar, and Taryn was almost as familiar as her old room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But if you remember anything, if something even seems familiar, you better start talking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His bald head and bearded face did not look familiar at all. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Things that had been so familiar just days before my last visit to Stuyvesant became strange, and I felt I was losing the mental faculty for making sense of the world around me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Whispered from far, weak and warm and familiar. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He uses the familiar term cousin, something Lake sector civilians often use. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The first step in becoming comfortable with cadences is to start identifying them in music that is very familiar to you. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I hear they got two more coming,” the familiar voice said. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Plays and musicals that Volpe puts into production are often already familiar to his students because they have studied them in class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was losing the struggle to the old, familiar demons. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kiss again, and this time, it feels familiar. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They are staring at me with that familiar Mia-sprouted-another-head stare, but I keep talking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

One next step for those interested in the subject is to become familiar with all the ways notes may be added to basic triads. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, a familiar black SUV with tinted windows pulls up. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t show up at photo club yesterday,” a familiar voice whispered next to Fadi. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Picking it up, I look into a pair of familiar eyes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The door dings open, the familiar hallways whizz by, everything seeming too bright, too whitewashed to make out specifics. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden a familiar voice drawled up from behind me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But lying above the center that pulled him down closer felt more familiar to him than any embrace he could remember; and he was sinking into the elemental arms of mountain silence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a position our team was far too familiar with, so we were ready. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“In our camp,” Reyna said, “Athena is Minerva. Are you familiar with how her Roman form is different?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Anya was certain she hadn’t ever met him, but he looked familiar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Their familiar faces were neither hard nor soft. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He copies down sections of books, writes out words and symbols he does not understand at first but that become intimately familiar beneath his ink-stained fingers, formed again and again in increasingly steady lines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The conversation remained friendly, even though the tension between the two societies that Yali and I represented was familiar to both of us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

From the living room came the low, familiar sound of the TV news. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a familiar snicker that swelled into a snorting guffaw—Jeff’s laugh. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

My solitude seemed complete and the familiar natural sights brought me peace. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Their father’s face is pierced in several places, nose and ear and lip, but his wide, bright smile and dark complexion are more familiar to me, because he passed them both to his sons. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I scanned all around us to see if anything looked familiar and it did, especially across the street where all the stores were. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The closeness of a familiar face was not ludicrous, it was wondrous. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I relished seeing the familiar faces of my relatives, and I essentially met my grandparents for the first time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At first she saw only his face, the familiar beloved face that she had for weeks now longed to see again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Root’s face took on that familiar purple hue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I felt the familiar tingle, and I hated that I missed it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You have to be very careful,” she whispers, making the familiar gesture of cutting off her head. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I noticed familiar names, like my own and the other members of the club. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a man, a stranger, and yet—he thought the face was familiar. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the five African groups, representatives of many populations of blacks and whites are familiar to Americans and Europeans and need no physical description. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once I step off the bus and look around, trying to orient myself, everything seems un- familiar. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much of the Valley of Resthaven was familiar to him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once, he and Nipper arrived at the same time, and Palmer, dashing up his backyard, suddenly felt familiar feet upon his head. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Most of all, Dufay’s music sounds, at last, familiar to us. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I felt the familiar contours of her love beads through the fabric of her designer blouse. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mary had come out of one of the huts, her faded blue shirt, her stocky figure, her warm, ruddy cheeks both strange and familiar. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose, so did the familiar haze of heat and dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I swallow the familiar feeling that pulls at my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Not that she liked the hippos—far from it—but they had become a familiar part of her world. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked happy to be back in this familiar place, scene of so many adolescent wanderings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Well, you know the rest, or at any rate I assume you’re familiar enough with the residents of the Annex to guess what they’d be talking about. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She shuddered at the thought, terribly familiar though it was, of the hideous bloodshed, of the agony of the victims. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many are familiar—those that primarily make up the Earth; or those fundamental to life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of a very popular statue his appearance is more familiar to us than that of any other god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the wall are more books, some of them familiar from Madoc’s library. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I caught the familiar smell of her feet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A thin, well-groomed woman in her fifties—Chanel cardigan, pearls at the neckline, hair brushed into a stiff, shoulder-length flip—was talking, in a nasal voice which was oddly familiar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked familiar to me, as if he were the old man’s son, or the old man himself when you looked at him from the corners of your eyes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In our hurried, twenty-first-century way of life, we find the idea of musical collage - the mix, the remix, the iPod shuffle and the mash-up - familiar and unthreatening. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the familiar refrain, a voice behind me broke from the chorus. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And strangely familiar, though in the lashing rain it was hard to focus on just why. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was something venal about his thin-lipped face; he had the air of a man to whom corruption was familiar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Good day to you!” said the familiar, misty voice, and Professor Trelawney made her usual dramatic entrance out of the shadows. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Cordelia has ever eaten snails, decide she is most likely on familiar terms with them; a depressing thought. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cracked open the door to the UN pod and stood at the border of cool, soft-lit sanity and the vivid familiar chaos of Congo at war. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He spun around, the familiar, icy cold penetrating his insides, fog starting to obscure his vision; more were appearing out of the darkness on every side; they were encircling them.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looked back at William, one eyebrow tilted at the old familiar angle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But there was something so familiar about the way Blue described the feeling. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you familiar with Zeno’s tortoise paradox?” he asked me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was a glass door, and as he opened it, he felt the unnatural heat in the building wash over him, and he heard the familiar screeches of monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin saw a pigpen, a familiar and comforting sight. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She is so familiar, I can only tell whether or not she is pretty or happy or smart by comparing her to the other women. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house surrounds me with the familiar noises of a big room holding a family I love. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I felt my face turning red and that familiar feeling of anger starting to churn in my stomach. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But there is something about the chapter that feels so familiar. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pointed out of the window and said, “Looking familiar?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hear a familiar voice I have missed. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the evening air filled with the familiar din that was the city of Lkossa, the sounds and smells of home. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They include such familiar crops as wheat, barley, peas, beans, and grapes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I press accept and Poe’s face slowly comes into view, his thick black eyebrows hanging over familiar warm brown eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She puts them on the table next to me, and I smile up at her familiar dark-brown eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Inside were tales from all over the world, variations on variations of familiar stories. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

By the second grade, I was intimately familiar with and capable of discussing in some detail Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom's Cabin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is a familiar form of black complicity with racialized systems of control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As they slowly got the hang of it, their bodies began to move together, threading the board down the familiar path as one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sixteen children and young people were stricken with the mysterious fever, and none of the familiar remedies seemed to be of any benefit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Each noise I heard and each sight I saw was very familiar to me but I never grew tired of listening and watching. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had only made it a few steps when I heard a familiar clink. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was always valuable to be familiar with regulations, because the warders themselves were often ignorant of them and could be intimidated by one’s superior knowledge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled Emma alongside her and asked, “See anything familiar now?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So I stalled, walking over to the shelves and perusing the familiar framed pictures. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And then a muffled but strangely familiar voice called, “Hugh—don’t cry!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Strange in a familiar way, familiar in a strange way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, the familiar and unmistakable squinch-squanch, squinch-squanch of the DYNNE’s heavy footsteps could be heard plodding over the hill, and when he finally appeared he was dragging an incredibly large sack behind him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Separation is familiar, too familiar, but Celia is uncertain she can reconcile it with permanence. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of their faces were familiar to Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of practice, I noticed a familiar truck pull up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was why everything had seemed so familiar. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she returned to the cell’s stone floor again, letting that familiar cold seep back into her bones and, with it, resignation. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was bigger than our shed, but still, once inside it felt familiar to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the others it was no more than a corridor to and from home, a bridge between the bridges, an ornament so familiar as to be invisible. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She flexed her toes in her little leather slippers, reveling in the familiar feel of them on her feet, bouncing on her nubbly rubber soles, fearless and eager. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Smell familiar? She used the same green corn you did in your last batch of whiskey.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She knew she didn’t know his name, but he looked familiar. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We’d hop in the car and take the drive to Mater, where I’d be admitted and see some familiar old faces and lots of new ones. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

His voice held its familiar thunder, but he pressed his hand against the side of his body, wincing as he spoke. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mom had been my nurse, after all, and was more intimately familiar with all my most embarrassing atoms than anyone on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The clothes had been easy, familiar; this belonged to a stranger. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron listened, and heard a familiar drawling voice drifting in through the open door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I want him to have a more familiar name—something laid back and modern, so I can relate to him better. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

From the doorway of another room, spying the visitors, I noted the incongruity— the clash of two worlds, the faces and voices of school intruding upon the familiar setting of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it is the first in which we have been greeted with familiar words. I came seeking scholars, but had not anticipated that we might ourselves be a subject of scholarly interest.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It saddened her that Aunty Uju had settled merely for what was familiar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The names were familiar, but I had heard so many names in the last week, and I couldn’t match “Paul” and “Marya” with faces. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was just another familiar face blending into the crowd. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was all so familiar: the long hallway entrance, the offices lining the white walls, and the white tiled floors. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Waiting for them, its front paws on the topmost bar, was a very large, shaggy black dog, which was carrying some newspapers in its mouth and looking very familiar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His knees bent; he could feel the sea breeze wrapping itself around the cupola and leaning into it some, setting the frame to creaking cheerily at the familiar nudge. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It is also easier to recognize familiar musical forms. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux shoved a familiar looking stovepipe hat at him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For this show, the Mercury team would copy a familiar type of radio broadcast—a dance band performing in a ballroom. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Frodo wandered round the familiar rooms, and saw the light of the sunset fade on the walls, and shadows creep out of the corners. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This Little Piggy Went to Market” is another wiggle with which you may be familiar. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I suppose that would be a fair assessment,” he said, and then quickly added, “I assume you are familiar with Philippa Foot’s Trolley Problem thought experiment?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They talked about how nice it would be for those who were familiar with the United States to go back and do something for the Fatherland. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

His hand on her shoulder, the familiar clanking of keys on his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In a clearing spread a vast garden teeming with familiar and exotic plants, the ingredients of all the. varied medicines and liniments favored at court. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I heard the familiar sound of drums and gongs and looked out the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The combined effect of race-based peremptory strikes and the automatic exclusion of people with felonies from juries has put black defendants in a familiar place—in a courtroom in shackles, facing an all-white jury. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then she saw someone who looked familiar. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was a bass laugh that sounded vaguely familiar and a voice. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slept and woke up shouting from the old familiar nightmare of men and women closing in on me, shuffling toward me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the quiet, the dull beiges and greens, the familiar farm chores, the complete lack of other people—this used to be my life; it used to be enough. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

After a single trip to the supermarket, the refrigerator and the cupboards fill with familiar labels: Skippy, Hood, Bumble Bee, Land O’ Lakes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words emblazoned in the tower’s bricks are so familiar I hardly notice them anymore. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We enter a small, well-lit foyer, and my surroundings start to look more familiar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Rishi felt that familiar guard come back up around his heart, like some electric fence. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sights and smells, even the air felt so familiar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching those shows, I realized that whenever black people were on screen speaking in African languages, they felt familiar to me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It sounded vaguely familiar, but he had other things to do than identify the voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He turned to walk away and saw the familiar, muscular figure moving toward him with that rolling swagger. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most mathematicians—Galileo, Pascal, Descartes, Newton—were familiar with the word’s use in technical astronomy, and tended to avoid it in other contexts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A few of the characters look familiar, but I never learned to read or write Korean. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was the sound he associated with blind nights at sea—lonely, familiar, hushed, and so melancholy he could never listen without emptiness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watch the staircase he ascended, and when I spot his familiar shape, I exhale with relief. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Good. For tomorrow, you can prepare a report on Yll’s lunar calendar compared to the more accurate, civilized Atu- ran calendar that you should be familiar with by now. Be seated.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to talk,” I said, my voice steady and normal, as it is when talking to the familiar, the weak, and the small. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, without looking up: 'You are familiar, I take it, with the facts of life.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

My third thought surprised me: I realized it felt good to be back on familiar ground with Aunt Loma. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This music, of course, is very familiar and accessible to them, and it is only normal that they are inspired by and want to mimic their favorite pop star. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I sit back down, and Sana keeps glancing at my face, trying to puzzle out why I look familiar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I put the toaster back down in its familiar place, I catch my reflection in it—even if it is a touch filthy My eyes are uncertain to the point of being injured. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Are you familiar with the phrase unreliable narrator? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He has curly blond hair and a familiar nose, wide at the tip and narrow at the bridge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The horror of it struck Mark like an anvil to his chest, and the rage he’d grown all too familiar with came boiling back up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The familiar pendulum swing was to happen once more, and then stop. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The other group consists of the organic phosphorus insecticides, and is represented by the reasonably familiar malathion and parathion. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But in talking with these bright young people, I learned that they had watched my release on television and were familiar with events in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Fela stepped back to admire her handiwork, I saw a familiar shape leaving the Eolian through the front door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s familiar, the language they grew up with and met each other in. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But in its stead, I felt like a man who awakens in his own house and finds all the furniture rearranged, so that every familiar nook and cranny looks foreign now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The more familiar overwhelming means just what you think it does—“too much!” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Harry saw, by its brightness, somebody welcoming it back .. . raising his hand to pat it...someone who looked strangely familiar...but it couldn’t be... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“And the Dauntless are familiar with danger—” Everyone around me punches the air with their fists and screams. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the trail twisted along the river, the patrol began to take on a nightmarish quality that would become all too familiar to soldiers in this war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was gone, but she was everywhere—she was still Petra and Calder’s secret, but she was now a familiar face to many thousands of others. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I take in his profile, I find that it’s suddenly, oddly familiar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had been thrown over Rufus’s horse like a grain sack, head and feet hanging, blood dripping from my mouth onto the familiar boot that let me know it was Rufus I rode with. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m the outsider, I don’t belong there, and yet everything is so familiar to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he says his most familiar preaching. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve thought about it long and hard and decided that if he will tolerate me as I am, I’ll decline to return to all familiar comforts in order to stay here. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled into the parking lot, went inside, and took a deep breath, filling her lungs with the old familiar smells of cardamom, turmeric, and cumin. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A song I know comes on and my body obeys the familiar rhythm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’s got a bad case of bed head, something I’m all too familiar with; my hair’s the exact same way. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He listened to the familiar sounds—the swoosh, crack of the sails, the creak, creak of the wood, the twang of the sailors’ voices. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Dragonstone is a grim home for a child. Let her fool go with her, so she will have a familiar face about her." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes ships caught on the Teeth if they weren’t familiar with the local coast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke calmly but moved through the material quickly, as if he assumed we were already familiar with it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From obsessive reading online, the politics, history, and geography of the two Koreas, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States would all become familiar. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And still the boy would look through the slats of the crate for a familiar face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scents in the air were familiar—hay and sweat and manure—but inside the wood-paneled confines, they were nauseating. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Though the ways of the College of Lucidity were strange to the world and the habits of its academicians eccentric, they were familiar to me; and I traded them now for uncertainty and strife. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind Handel for a familiar name? There’s a charming piece of music by Handel, called the Harmonious Blacksmith.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Juliet? Yes, the name does seem familiar. Well, anyone would be better than that silly girl we have now. When can she start?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Somehow I make it to the podium and glance across a blurry sea of faces, trying desperately to find Sahara's familiar one. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

William Still, who was familiar with all the station stops on the Underground Railroad, supplied Harriet with money and sent her and her eleven fugitives on to Burlington, New Jersey. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the urge, familiar now, to wrench myself from my body and speak directly into her mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I scanned the column of familiar photos of Rockport, Motif #1 and Twin Lights, winding my red ponytail into a spiral with my finger. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Live wires flung free, fires breaking out, rubble making a familiar path a maze. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m familiar with that word,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t hear the familiar click of the mechanism releasing. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She had woken up at night to escape from a familiar, recurrent dream in which policemen approached her with snicking scissors, wanting to hack off her hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon sent Tom Barleycorn ahead to scout for them, though the way to the white grove was oft trod and familiar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I dropped a quarter into the left coin slot, the game emitted a familiar electronic bea-wup! sound. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Alyce stood watching from a place under the stairs, unwilling to be part of the scene, for the sounds and smells were all too familiar and spoke of her failure with Emma Blunt. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Webb told me that the familiar forces had conspired to paper over his death. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Hey, little fella, want me to boost you up on my shoulders?” a familiar voice said from behind me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back room a young innkeeper stood out of sight behind the door, smiling as he listened to the details of a familiar story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a familiar look to the rolling hills and cattle country. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lane isn’t familiar until I glimpse the barn. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks of how singular yet familiar they are. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A song she sang, ‘Night comes, and colors fade away; sky fades, for blue can never stay Startled by the familiar lullaby, Kira murmured the words with him. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A financial customer might be reasonably familiar with the world of investments and still have to puzzle over what a company brochure means by “capital changes and rights.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Frightful looked out at nothing as she listened to old, familiar sounds on the mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“So, you three have been on the run how long?” asked a new, mellow, and pleasant voice; it was vaguely familiar to Harry, who pictured a round-bellied, cheerful-faced man. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We are very ideological about fiction in this country. If a character is not familiar, then that character becomes unbelievable,” Shan said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I missed Papa’s deep, strong voice, and being away from home, away from my siblings, it was extra nice to hear something so familiar and uplifting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scheduled to run that summer, the show would consist of one-hour dramas based on familiar novels and stories. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt myself beginning to blush furiously when I heard a familiar voice behind us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I think my father is dying, and now I am out of bounds when I see a familiar face behind our bench. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

It’s familiar, but different, and makes me feel brand-new. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I ...” I felt the familiar sinking feeling in my gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They did not look hostile, nor were they alarmed—since her two companions were familiar to them—but merely curious. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The script was like nothing he’d seen before, and yet it was strangely familiar. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Along the way, Moss got a few hugs and fist bumps from familiar faces, but he was mostly on autopilot. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were too familiar to ignore, but too different to tolerate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Having suffered through several traumatic episodes myself, I am very familiar with the bodily manifestations of grief." Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Martin turned down Peralta, and the neighborhood felt familiar, but in a terribly distant sense, as if Moss had been away for years and was only just now returning. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A familiar shame crept over me, the shame of slipping past a stranger in the street and relieving him of his wallet without him even knowing it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She went indoors, quickly crossed the black and white tiled hall—how familiar her echoing steps, how annoying—and paused to catch her breath in the doorway of the drawing room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their social adventures had been mixed, but familiar. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are glittering with a familiar rage, but for once it isn’t directed at me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet and very dark in the alley and familiar things loomed up suddenly, huge and out of shape. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was still loud, and in between each snore Genie could hear a familiar clicking coming up through the floor, from the kitchen. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a familiar feeling I never wanted to return to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Like your mouth being more familiar with saying yes than no. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The sounds and the smells are very familiar, but there's nothing to see. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small, white-haired man who seems vaguely familiar is reading a book. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

About 10 P.M., he smells a familiar cue: a coffee-roasting factory next to the redbrick station. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The familiar hot wave rose in him, and he wanted to grab a handful of his father’s nails or pot shards and throw them against the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when sifting through the mail, Alice Paul noticed a letter with familiar handwriting on the envelope. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She explained that she was still not familiar with seeing women “act in a public capacity.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was a moment’s awkward silence, during which Ranofer struggled without much success against the familiar frightened loneliness that had swept in again as through an opened door. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There’s a familiar gas station with a convenience store up ahead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Nay, sorry. I know just about every single child in this institution and that one doesn’t look familiar. Now, if you’ll permit me, I have work to do.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The men of the desert were already familiar with that wind. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look familiar to me,” she says, narrowing her eyes and looking at Annabelle hard. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was standing in the middle of a desolate but strangely familiar room, with peeling paper on the walls and all the windows boarded except for one. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She felt it again—that familiar shiver, as if a psychotic snowman had crept up behind her and was breathing down her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She craved a familiar face and decided to brave her regular route and stop by Hollister’s. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists are familiar with such monumental structures from sites around the world—the best-known example is Stonehenge in Britain. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar voice, but she couldn’t place it till he stepped forward and the nearest light fell on his face and the hawk daemon on his shoulder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of it he saw a familiar figure facing away from the Institute, gazing down toward the bridge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Your face seems familiar, but there were hundreds at Lannisport and thousands on Pyke. And 1 am no lord. Bear Island was taken from me. I am but a knight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ivy kept walking until she saw a familiar gravel driveway. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From below came the familiar sound of singing and the scrape of boots on the flagstones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I know it’s not home, but it’s familiar in its unfamiliarity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She knew Mama was mad when she let the familiar cadences of Georgia slip into her voice. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jethro was seeing in his mind’s eye gray-clad men standing side by side, forming a single line across miles of fields, hills, and rivers; grim, forbidding men except for one familiar face. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a cramp beginning in my stomach, held it with an effort that turned me giddy; when it had passed, the familiar symptoms of nausea began. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar, tinny music of Emerald Hill Zone pops up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I follow the Dauntless down the street and around the corner and hear a familiar sound: the train horn. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sticky hissed, watching the familiar figure rolling into view below. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hers are smaller than Baba's, but the pressure and warmth on my skin feels so familiar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

None of them looked familiar to me, but I never knew who might be a friend of Pike’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Live concerts in the nineteenth century had typically presented mostly premieres, with some familiar favourites sandwiched in alongside them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

From the longing that rose inside him as he stood looking at the familiar, friendly gate, he knew it had been a mistake to come at all. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But it's going to start to feel familiar to me soon, I'm sure of it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar about his words, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We stay there for a minute, breathing in her familiar smells of baby powder and coconut hair oil. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even the humidity felt comfortable and familiar - like the scented air from a dryer vent. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, familiar arguments would likely resurface about the need to be tough on “criminals,” not coddle them or give “free passes.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I see the glow of Amity headquarters ahead, the familiar cluster of wooden buildings with the greenhouse in their center. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She rode the prevailing wind over the familiar mountains and rivers and beyond the Catskills into unknown territory. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She can hear the steady thump of it as she gazes out, waiting for the familiar headlights of her mother’s Honda Civic to turn in to the Best Western lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Britten was familiar to him; he had met a thousand Brittens in his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As if she’s heard my thoughts, her eyes meet mine, that familiar pale blue offering me solace, even as she lifts the ax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I said, mostly to give her something familiar to focus on. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A familiar look—the one he gives me if I wake from a nightmare or we run out of grain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He smiled as I hugged him close and smelled his familiar smell and saw how he had grown taller than me, and quiet and slender and strong. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looked familiar, which was disconcerting until I realized I had seen all this stuff before in different family portraits scattered throughout the whole county, the same props used over and over again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Nora slides her hand into his back pocket, and he tries to focus on the comfort of her physical presence against his side, the familiar frizz of her curls against his cheek. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She would be working on a sketch of something familiar but drawn at such close range so she could attach a special nozzle or handier handle, the thing looked peculiar. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I heard the familiar sound of the backyard gate opening and closing, and there Dad was, going alone up the path to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it was fear so much as the inertia of living in a familiar place that we feel connected to. Nowhere is perfect.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was a familiar trail to the Long Knives. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It's familiar and mundane, and requires just enough concentration to distract me from what happened last night. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was an edge to that familiar deep voice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dill’s heart abruptly switched from racing over being treated like a small celebrity to racing in its much more familiar “there’s something we need to talk about” way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I was worried someone was coming to hurt Papa, but I held on to the sound of low voices, Papa’s and another man’s that sounded familiar but I couldn’t place him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Around the men was the familiar pervasive stench of the whaling factory—smelling almost as bad as they did themselves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

This concept of argument from analogy had been taken up by the Epicureans from medicine, but it was also familiar to lawyers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

His hands are lifted in the air, gesturing in such a familiar way that Bailey can tell he has been stopped mid-story. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The argument made here is a less familiar one. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It hexed the boys, who would or would not ask me to dance, and made them less scary and as familiar and deserving of benevolence as girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This corridor had once been so familiar to me that I had traveled it without ever really seeing it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Percy focused on her, hoping to see a familiar face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looks familiar too, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That experience has made the difficulties in devising a scientific approach to human history familiar to me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Edward felt a pang of sorrow, deep and sweet and familiar. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I was conscious as I moved about my flat, from one familiar room to another, that the years of my independence could soon be over. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her familiar room was warm, the chair was comfortable, the plate of biscuits was to hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were familiar voices, friends that never quarreled with her, clever, powerful friends—daring and knowledgeable, tried and tested adventurers who had traveled far and wide. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was so familiar now that he almost welcomed it, in spite of the difficulty it caused in seeing things behind it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The experience feels so familiar and so foreign at the same time. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Occasionally stories familiar to us through literature and art have come down to us only in his pages. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All four of these traits apply to what Americans think of as the familiar acute epidemic diseases of childhood, including measles, rubella, mumps, pertussis, and smallpox. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps their owner had died, and they had run away together, or perhaps they had been lost from some car traveling across country, and were trying to make their way back to familiar territory. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did the second name sound so familiar? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so she had the dizzying sensation of falling,, falling into the new person she had become, falling into the strange familiar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

He knew them in a familiar way, the way he knew his own hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her hands on her hips, that familiar gesture of exasperation that always made her seem larger, and I saw the unnatural diamond shape formed by her elbows and narrowed waist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Two familiar figures were riding up the pathway. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Intimacy grooved our voices in familiar notes; familiarity defined the limits of what could be said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any decent book on playing jazz, or any teacher familiar with jazz, will introduce the student to these chords and scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Since you’re familiar with the kinds of poems people write each other on St. Nicholas Day, I won’t copy them down for you. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He thought of every lawyer, every judge, every public official with whose name he was familiar—but the thought of each one of these white men was bitter in his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I assume that you are all familiar with ‘The Tale of the Three Brothers’?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They kind a familiar looking, but I don’t know they names. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He may walk along old familiar streets and roads, but he is a stranger in a strange land. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear spiked through her body as, one by one, she saw figures begin to emerge from the jungle’s darkness, all wearing a familiar shade of blue, a shade she recognized. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, it changes again, turbulent chords circling back into something familiar—the Elton John songbook. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They call out a chorus of numbers that are as familiar to me now as my own name: BP, pulse ox, respiratory rate. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comparison of children’s and adults’ vocal ranges and preferred tessituras in singing familiar songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Aurelia sat under the ministrations, familiar from her early childhood, and felt the fight drain out of her body as the water washed over it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looks familiar, too, actually, but I can’t quite place him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he did not have that familiar superiority of English people who thought they understood Africans better than Africans understood themselves and, instead, had an endearing uncertainty about him—almost a shyness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

People were playing music and dancing, children were running around, and there was that familiar good smell of cooked cassava leaf in rich palm oil. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Always around bedtime, always midway through some increasingly familiar script. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were cold and rather rough, a stranger’s fingers, but her face was familiar, although it had looked younger and less anxious in the photograph. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning, the familiar sound of Asher ramming his wheelchair into my door stirs me out of my restless sleep in my dorm room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their smell, their sound—they seemed very familiar to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He looked back and forth down the line, looking for a familiar face. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I get on and off the turnpike, I’m starving, so I go to a drive-thru and then cruise the fraternity and sorority houses looking for those familiar Greek letters. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had swept the courtyard so often that every inch was familiar to me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam got up, rubbing their eyes, like children wakened from an evil dream to find the familiar night still over the world. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I slipped my way through the sweaty bodies and loud voices, looking for a familiar face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The road raced ahead in a series of gentle curves that began to look familiar, and off in the distance the solitary tollbooth appeared, a welcome sight indeed. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dimensions of the Cosmos are so large that using familiar units of distance, such as meters or miles, chosen for their utility on Earth, would make little sense. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back over my shoulder at the sea of faces, so different and yet all sharing something familiar: fear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But there was something too familiar about the sound the car made, a broken muffler sound he had heard before. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the familiar sounds of violence start, the fleshy thuds I know too well. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The stars through the glass were familiar but infinitely indifferent. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I am familiar with a great deal of the corners. Not all of them.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ever since she was a child, she had been familiar with the irrational strength of his anger, and she was used to obeying him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said: 'Now, this road should be familiar to you. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen up everyone!” a familiar voice called out just as the simmer of excitement in the Bochinche reached its boiling point. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Angela and a big dude, his face shadowed but vaguely familiar. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Baba smiles and mutes the volume, then begins the familiar ritual of tea making. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I lay down, listening to the familiar sound. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about what the rest of my life would hold when I saw a familiar face. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, I had that familiar, unsettling feeling of being in a movie where the film has been broken and then spliced together a whole scene later. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy pulled her sister by the arm into the living room and Serena, familiar with Richardson family dynamics, retreated to the kitchen to give them some privacy. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The words were familiar; he had heard them before, at funerals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If science is largely culturally determined, then the now familiar conclusion follows: its procedures and conclusions will reflect a purely local consensus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"A pleasure to meet you," I murmur, while trying to figure out why the name sounds familiar. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m completely floored once Thaya Jaan starts to recite the familiar verses and finally understand where I got my musical talent. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Seeing the appliances and the familiar layout made Thomas feel as if memories—real, solid memories— were right on the edge of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Alex opens his eyes, and when he looks down, the expression on Henry’s face is a more familiar one: nervous, unsure. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was so familiar—that was what made it feel so truly strange. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Every so often he thought he saw a familiar face - his bully cousin, Raphael; his mean third-grade teacher, Mr Borquin; his abusive foster mom, Teresa - all kinds of people who had treated Leo like dirt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Automatically, she rose as tiny, familiar flickers of golden light formed near her fingertips, then ascended to bob almost playfully through the air before her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And it was he who introduced the now familiar exponential notation, with x2 meaning x x x, x3 meaning x x x x x and so on. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I swear she doesn’t look familiar at all,” he said anyway. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was on her back, staring up at the granite ceiling of a building she did not know, but the mildewy smell was vaguely familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And they had a strange smell—one that seemed familiar to Luna, somehow, though she could not place it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Joseph wondered why the words “Haunted Tower” seemed familiar to him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As I'm sorting, I spot something familiar, but I don't say anything. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That’s Farsi for “How are you,” but only if you are familiar with the person you are speaking to, or older than them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ivy got a whiff of her peony body lotion, and it smelled so familiar and nice after the smell of dirt and sweat stuck up her nose for the last few hours. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was no telling whether Cecilia was familiar with this name, or whether she was displeased that her younger sister was training at the same hospital. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The handholds in its branches felt solid and familiar, and she descended quickly into the darkness behind a recycler. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, hearing the familiar wheeze of my lungs trying desperately to fill with air through the sea of mucus. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, word spread that the jurors had reached a decision, and the courtroom filled with the familiar participants. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a pain in his voice that is as familiar to me as my own name. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the Wood be- came familiar to her, she became attuned to the sounds it made: the light tread of deer, the rustling leaves, the flapping passage of night owls. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But underneath the rouge and the eye shadow and the fake eyelashes, she looked very familiar. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The first packet that she passed to Winston had a strange and yet vaguely familiar feeling. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt a familiar edginess creep over her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The conductor lifts his baton, and I'm invigorated hearing the familiar passages: the drone of the double bass as the heartrending introduction begins, the strings peeling away layers like birch bark. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The lights on the mainland were as familiar to me as the constellations overhead. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The landscape grew familiar and suddenly they were back at the camp. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He felt as if it were familiar somehow, like he’d seen it before. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Carvings were etched up and down the wood, and it hummed as giant hands found familiar grooves. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was familiar with these visits, despite what leases said about limited rights of entry, and she stepped back to let Mrs. Richardson get a better view. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That familiar, tantalizing evocation of intimacy in another place and time. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Those hot blue eyes, that loose mouth, and the careless familiar laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there, they saw more familiar faces: other Hogwarts students with their families. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Something about his voice was familiar, but Dicey couldn’t put her finger on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Klansmen shared a similar past of poverty and failure, were haunted by the same familiar demons, and hated a common enemy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner is a quarter of a BBQ chicken from the supermarket, unsalted and washed down with a familiar, low- tech diuretic—beer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a familiar, ignominious experience, and his opinion of himself was low. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Want is our companion from birth to death, familiar as the seasons or the earth, varying only in degree. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years after the war Moxley Sorrel attends a play, notices something vaguely familiar about one of the actors, recognizes Harrison. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she did, she saw only the familiar form retreating. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We lost six men to troll attacks last quarter. Six men. That was belowground, in familiar territory.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The familiar feeling of guilt returned, though he pushed it back. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn't until they rowed back onto the canal that led behind the Mud House that Pong felt an old familiar unease creep up his spine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

All the houses there looked exactly like they should: totally familiar. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But now above the movement of the hands I heard a friendly voice, uttering familiar words to which I could assign no meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes to a familiar place. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw the familiar image of a smoldering volcano—Mount St. Helens. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our mood changed considerably when we were finally ushered into that dim, familiar hall. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here, we traversed all the familiar loops of the old argument. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once clasping the familiar shape of the blowpipe, Ranofer’s hands steadied and so did his nerves. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The whole routine is so familiar now, like a recurring dream. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When Fruitless Mountain, with its familiar black peak cutting into the pink and orange sunset sky, came into view, the dragon almost stopped flying. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression lay somewhere between anger and disappointment but settled into a familiar look of annoyance as Ophie began to stammer out an excuse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Just as I turned to leave the room, though, I felt it: that old familiar twinge in my gut. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She knew moments of homesickness when she longed for the quarter, remembering the old familiar smoky smell of the cabin, the good smell of the earth when it was plowed in the spring. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked with a lurching motion that struck Lina as somehow familiar. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Across the valley, clearly discernible among the bare trees on the opposite slope, he saw two familiar and beloved golden and white figures. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that would explain why he thought he looked into a familiar face as he held out another bottle. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Opening the book, I see the familiar illustrations and then the words: “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lots of familiar faces came with me to start grade five, including David and Robert F, plus a heap of new kids too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A large group of familiar faces rounded Broadway onto Grand, and Moss’s heart leapt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A newly familiar smooth voice came from behind me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She took in the old ghost’s quiet ferocity and found that it was deeply familiar—a certain glow that in better times she occasionally found looking back at her from the mirror. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Wotcher,” said a familiar voice as he came out of the marquee again and found Tonks and Lupin at the front of the queue. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The familiar smell of my shampoo made me feel like I might be the same person I had been this morning. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it was a cloudy kind of recollection—he couldn’t remember her name or what she had to do with the Maze, but she seemed familiar. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Numbly he walked down familiar streets, past the papyrus marsh, past the beginning of the wharves. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Tonight the singing had come first, squeaking out of the iron bed, a man singing in Spanish, the melody of a familiar love song, two words again and again, “Y volvere. ” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brick rolls down the block with his familiar swagger and a whole posse of 8-5s behind him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She strapped on her helmet and began the familiar ride home. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Ganesha is one of the oldest and most familiar Hindu deities, possessing a fat human body, four human arms, and the head of a cheerful-looking elephant. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The service at St. Maiy’s was in Latin, just like in Cuba, so for that one hour, I could close my eyes and, with those familiar sounds in my ears, it felt like home. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That familiar sick feeling of being left out rose up in Anya, and she managed to push it down before she said, “No.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The familiar ping of steel against steel soon echoed back to the silent house. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you call her, Stanchion’s got her behind the bar. I’d go grab her before he gets overly familiar and starts practicing his fingering.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could see the familiar boxy Weylin house in the distance, yellow light at one window. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

This was followed in turn by a flapping sound, the feel of a pair of four-toed feet in his hair, and the deep-throated treble of a familiar voice. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t gone far past the next intersection when a familiar figure strode out of an alleyway in front of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the familiar ding didn’t happen, he remembered there was no electricity. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Singer became very familiar with the procedure of the courts and he was in a constant state of agitation. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I knew you looked familiar. We were in third grade together. Ms. Bridges’s class. I sat behind you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look at me like that,” Mama says, that familiar sadness creeping into her expression. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I unfold it and read aloud the words—written in familiar handwriting. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Because the book was still in print, they assumed the public would be familiar with it, too. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s especially familiar to us that supermarket strawberries and blueberries are gigantic compared with wild ones; those differences arose only in recent centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Industrial Revolution would depend on the skills of such men, skills that would have been familiar to the craftsmen who built the first Strasbourg Cathedral clock. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then are all cliches and familiar turns of phrase to be summarily executed? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m staring up at the very familiar ceiling, my mom is riffling through the same six magazines that have been here since at least February. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was only familiar with illustrations from books they’d used in their anatomy training at the Little Palace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Bet you never saw this out in the country,” a familiar voice said in my ear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked more familiar, but Moss couldn’t place him now. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid I’m already familiar with the basics, sir. I know the three laws and the fourteen corollaries. As well as the first ninety—” “Yes, yes. I see,” he cut me off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then he was going to think about it some more, and he’d say, That name is so familiar. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I think that, Cardan’s smile turns into a more familiar sneer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was alone and afraid, yet perceiving old, familiar sounds and smells—those of the field where he was born. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to experience a near-catatonia when confronted by circumstances that yanked him out of his familiar geek existence and into alien environments. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow stared into familiar eyes: huge, liquid black eyes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She squeezes my knee with her hand when we pass the CSA studio buildings, now so familiar to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt that familiar fury boiling inside her, the same one that flowed when Mamma or Papa didn’t understand why she wanted to do the things she did. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He told me his story, a South African story that was all too familiar to me: The man grows up under apartheid, working on a farm, part of what’s essentially a slave labor force. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With relief, I see they’re familiar faces, old friends from the Hob. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She even brought back a few things from my bedroom to help make the guest room feel more familiar. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s voice had changed: her accent, her gesture, and all were familiar to me as my own face in a glass—as the speech of my own tongue. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked immediately familiar to me, like everyone I'd grown up with, friends from school, people I played sports or music with, someone I'd talk to on the street about the weather. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stands for some time in the spot where he found Celia hours before, scrutinizing the familiar bookshelves and the wall of stained glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, deformed as it was, Earth remained familiar, to be clung to. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We are all familiar with the supposed generalization that rural Third World societies are less receptive to innovation than are Westernized industrial societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But as he drew nearer to the address he had been given, the other languages fell away and the familiar lilt of the Lithuanian tongue enveloped him. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice was a whisper, but a familiar one. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The boy looked familiar, but when he saw his white, fat hands, Johnny knew who he was and kept a sharp eye on him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general arrangements, though not the details, are familiar to us, though we’ve never seen so many mice in one place before and are awed by their numbers and stench. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not long before his departure, the doctor came and placed his familiar small dry hand on Briony’s forehead, fingered her pulse and was satisfied. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

These are the “parts of speech” that should be familiar even to people who were educated after the 1960s. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The exchange had an easy feel, and I guessed this was a familiar conversation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By now Raleigh was familiar with some of the judges and administrators working to process the post-storm prisoners being kept at Hunt. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I heard,” said the queen under her breath, “that there’s a young lady, but no one knows who! Or at least when they hear her name, it’s nothing familiar. Do you know her?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He seemed fascinated by me in a way that felt familiar but also entirely new, and I wondered if his fascination would wear off, like it always did in these kinds of situations. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hear the familiar sound of a key turning the lock. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was better, they counseled, to stay put with friends and family and the familiar life of the sunny South. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It always seemed like a snake to him, his anxiety—waiting just out of sight, ready to slither up his spine, hissing its familiar taunt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Faced with the dingy, familiar courtyard, all the eager hopes of the day vanished beneath a torrent of blackest fear. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Come in,” the familiar voice barked from inside. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Pull your legs up,” I heard a familiar voice say, and from around back of me came trotting a short, furry thing with a pushed- in snout and a jowly mouth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Students who are already familiar with notation and basic musical definitions can skip the first sections and begin with this introduction to the physical basis of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I stood up, bracing myself for the encounter, and stepped from the familiar darkness of the hut into the greying night outside. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked familiar; his clothes were different, but I recognized him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The six familiar, friendly faces of the flight instrument panel smiled at her behind the control column. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And something else was nagging at her: this old man was familiar in some long-lost way, and she just couldn’t place it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do sit down,” he said, and at the familiar command the three animals behind him sat obediently. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a series of blips and beeps, I heard my father’s dear and familiar voice. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

About five thousand Permian fans were already in the stands even though the game was an hour off, and at the sight of the Pepettes they started yelling their familiar chant. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hymn was familiar to me—we’d sung it at church, a chorus of mismatched voices raised in worship—but this was different. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The scent was familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The familiar expression held no more familiarity than the hand which reassuringly brushed my shoulder. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s this place—the absolute separation from DC, the familiar old smells of cedar trees and dried chile de árbol, the sanity of it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There's something warm and familiar about this woman. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He inhaled, taking in the familiar smell of old books all around him, listening to the faint creak of his chair as he shifted in it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Most of the stylists are familiar, constants in the everchanging pool of tributes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The houses were starting to look familiar—big gray and white clapboard houses set far back on their lawns. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Flowers didn’t belong to our church, nor was she Momma’s familiar. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead there's this busy intersection, cars whizzing by, and it all seems sort of familiar. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

They played movie themes, polkas, anything familiar you could hum along to; the corny songs were all dedicated to "Poppy" or "his lovely lady." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Yet those memories can be awakened and brought forth fresh and new, just by something you’ve seen, or something you’ve heard, or the sight of an old familiar face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past few days, her handwriting has become familiar, easier to read. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Baba smiled at Neel—his old, familiar smile. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy mortality has occurred among about 90 species of birds, including those most familiar to suburbanites and amateur naturalists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Specialists from the world over are familiar with my case." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The voting process only took me a few minutes, because I was already familiar with all of the major issues GSS had put on the ballot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This place is a hell that I’m familiar with. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Just then Portia appears with a large man who looks vaguely familiar. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pattern is a familiar one in consumer electronics. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gauguin hears his name called, hears familiar footsteps. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Toby helped Jimmy carry the duffel bag into the bar, fully intending to turn around and leave, until a voice—female and familiar—rang across the busy room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A second later, music is piping through my earphones, the familiar beat of his track. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt better holding it—not just for light and protection, but also because it was so familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was apparent almost immediately that they weren’t very familiar with the standard tools and techniques of glacier travel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And 4 for ... for . She stopped, closed her eyes, and thought a minute. Four was such a comforting number, a familiar number, a family number. She wasn’t sure why. “ The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was just about to leave when I was suddenly distracted by a familiar face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I read every account of the Fascist movement in Germany I could lay my hands on, and from page to page I encountered and recognized familiar emotional patterns. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was Polish, Charlie could hear it in the curve of her voice, but she was also so familiar, like a painting on a wall by an artist whose name he had forgotten. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That familiar relentless beat and exotic, yet somehow ominous riff fills the air. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I called O’Dell, and a couple of hours later I heard the familiar rumble of the garbage truck pull up to the shop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each familiar face triggered an avalanche of memories: tai chi on the lawn, singalongs in the music room, tie-dyeing, the hundreds upon hundreds of Halloween dance volunteers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When I opened the door the hall was black and seemed empty, but a familiar sour smell of onions and ale hung in the air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One is not as likely to make this mistake when the situation is more familiar. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Mandy stood dumbstruck, I looked around the kitchen, greeting every familiar object. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood on the familiar front porch, surrounded by foreign wicker furniture. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I hugged him as tight as I could for fear that he’d disappear again, and breathed in his familiar Dad smell. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The most familiar pentatonic scales are used in much of the music of eastern Asia. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And now I recognize a familiar expression on my father’s face, the expression he wore so often at the dinner table, the faraway look of a man who could never stop thinking about business. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed and reading felt pleasantly familiar. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She has always felt safest with the familiar. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her look wasn’t filled with rage, there was strength and sadness, which made it painfully familiar. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There are no other family members present, though some less familiar acquaintances assume that the white-haired woman and bespectacled man who seldom leave Lainie’s side are her mother and husband, respectively. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Their faces were creased with a by-now familiar look of anxiety. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I play it sometimes when I drive around my hometown, looking for familiar sights and memories. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked sort of familiar, but I was pretty sure we’d never met. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, well,” muttered a familiar voice behind him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I look up as the door slowly creaks open and two familiar faces appear in the small crack of the doorway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It is true, for example, that racial incidents, followed by calls for tolerance and understanding, are a more-or-less permanent feature of the American landscape, durable as the Rocky Mountains, familiar as the Mississippi River. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was introduced to that text familiar to generations of Catholic students, The Baltimore Catechism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed vaguely familiar, though he did not remember the statue. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And then through the trees the familiar form: big man on a black horse, great round shoulders, head thick as a stump: James Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot tears began running down Petra’s cheeks, blurring her vision of the woman’s familiar face. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s something secure-feeling about it too, familiar and almost comforting, a kind of hug. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sank to her bed, holding the envelope in her hand; she smelled it, stared at his familiar handwriting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

From there, the road was unfamiliar to me, though its ruts and rocks felt all too familiar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. Maybe he looks a little familiar, but I’m really not sure. You say I met him at my house? What’s his name again?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

What’s true for measles in the Faeroes is true of our other familiar acute infectious diseases throughout the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar woods lay ahead, their leaves swaying in a summer breeze. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thus, the music and all of its elements that children are exposed to become as familiar as their native language. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I spoke both languages, and their voices sounded familiar. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Aech and I quickly fell into our old familiar rhythm, and before long it was like we were back in the Basement, trash-talking each other over a game of Quake or Joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In a few moments the creatures breach far off our port bow, once more intertwined in their familiar hateful embrace, forgetting us completely. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

This was a third voice, more dour than the Archies’, but just as familiar. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then down the long avenue of trees I saw the familiar Cadillac approaching and started inside the building, suddenly filled with panic. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost said I wanted Mom to open up and express herself, but I’ve gotten too familiar with Dad’s miserable almost-crying-trying-not-to-cry face, and I didn’t want to see it again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The first thing I hear when the elevator doors open is a very familiar voice. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Are you familiar with the Bering land bridge? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We’re familiar with the script: “Please and thank you,” Rebecca says, her voice barely audible. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He followed her into the familiar cottage and waited while she reached for her walking stick that leaned against a wall and arranged it under her right arm. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I brushed my teeth, dressed, and hurried outside, where the first familiar person I spotted was Julian on his way up to the Lyceum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Deep in the heart of the school, they heard a pair of familiar voices screaming, “Nooooo!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I’m strong enough to start a new life away from what are equal parts toxic and familiar. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Relieved to see a familiar face, I think. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Too late he saw a familiar hunched figure emerging from the rear door of the shop, directly next the pouring table. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

These familiar examples deceive us into assuming that other major inventions were also responses to perceived needs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The voices were odd, tinged with echo; some of the words were completely foreign—others felt familiar. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I settle back into the familiar perspective, the backs of heads, the ears, and past them the white line of the highway. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It opened up a world I had not known existed— “mad” or “crazy” or “a screw loose,” those were the familiar words. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the rough ways and clothes seemed cozy and familiar. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked familiar, but I wasn’t sure why. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were a familiar shade of brilliant blue. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The man went into a little room at the end of the kitchen, where he hummed a familiar song, dished out rice into many bowls, and brought them out on a tray. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, Blaine nodded continously, and once even sighed aloud as though her words had brought to him a familiar and exquisite epiphany. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad grins at Teddy’s noise, and seeing that, I feel a familiar pang. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You may be familiar with an old business saying, “think outside the box.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The cold wind, the mix of ice and rain seemed actively hostile, and somehow familiar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Through its windows, I see a familiar figure, wearing the same tweed suit and hat as always. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Eleanor stared at the lid and struggled to make the letters into words—but she couldn't get past the familiar spill of lowercase letters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar about him, something distant, but the more I tried to see it, the more it stayed out of reach. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kit thrilled at the sight of the familiar red coats. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my wrist and my body slipped into the familiar posture, head thrust forward, arm coiled around my lower back, wrist folded absurdly onto itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The fox came to alert, ready for the familiar game. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“As a general rule,” he said, “men are in a more receptive mood for pointers when working with familiar teammates.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And the something else was vaguely familiar, and very dangerous. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After returning home, he appeared on television constantly and his face became so familiar that people on the streets of New York City asked him for his autograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man and woman stepped into the room stiffly side by side as though right out of a familiar, though esoteric, anniversary daguerrotype on a wall. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She put her feet down on solid earth, her skirt rucked up to her thighs, still feeling the Superb’s reliable and familiar rumble all through her body. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Slicing away the layers of familiar abstraction and showing the reader who did what to whom is a never-ending challenge for a writer. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went home anxious and upset at the end of each day, but I couldn’t talk to my mom about it because she wasn’t familiar with my new environment. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“All right,” The Giver said after a moment, “I’ve decided. We’ll start with something familiar. Let’s go once again to a hill, and a sled.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father looks confused for a minute, and then his face softens into something warm and familiar. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A familiar buzzing grew in my fingertips, the sign that a story needed to be let out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was all very familiar, intrinsic to any faith. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I ended up not where we’d come from, but in an unfamiliar neighborhood that nevertheless seemed familiar because it looked so much like a neighborhood I knew my mother would want to live in. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The conflicts between these four familiar types of evidence are what make Japanese origins so controversial. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to scour every inch of the bus, looking for something—anything—that might be familiar. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I turned down the street after it, weaving my way through the familiar sprawl of tenements and small businesses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could steal from a hundred stories and tell you a lie so familiar you would swallow it whole. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These names had become familiar to me, like friends, through Miss Sadie’s stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His voice shouldn’t have been so familiar to me, as if I’d known the sound of it all my life rather than for just a few short weeks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were there, the two of them standing above her, Diana’s familiar face flushed, smiling anxiously down at her, and the doaor s... Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Together they drive through the town, along the familiar tree-lined roads, his father asking after his studies. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched her fly out of sight with the familiar feeling of unease back in his stomach. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Among the familiar evening sounds of the woods, my ears register a low hum. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stared at it with dread, because now I understood why the face looked familiar. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The camper van, standing in the abandoned barn like a solid, multicolored animal, was more familiar to Meggie than any of the houses where she and Mo had lived. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can feel the skin on my forehead tingling, my blood rushing through a new course, my bones aching with a familiar old pain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human gods naturally made heaven a pleasantly familiar place. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Thirty- fifth Street the neighborhood became familiar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he headed back out carrying a hunk for Bristle, a familiar scent stopped him in his tracks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The roaring sound instantly fills my vision with brown streaks and slashes, and I look up to see the familiar markings of my father’s chopper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

From this tunnel, I was extremely startled to see protruding a pair of adult male feet, shod in some oddly familiar brown-and-white spectator shoes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A coyote howls in the distance, a sound both lonely and familiar, and I sigh, allowing my eyes to close. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The reason Valencia’s name seemed so familiar and important. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Speaking only “with the betterment of the service in mind,” White wrote to Hoover that he believed an agent who was familiar with a region and its people was more effective. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A vaguely familiar face was leaning over her, and hands were wrapping her in a blanket. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children watched him with a familiar intensity I couldn’t quite identify. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He nods and my right hand closes around a familiar object. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was familiar with the state’s statutes and was completely capable of trying a case in court. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked familiar, but I wasn’t sure if I knew him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nico opens up his laptop, and I see the green boxes, which have become more familiar to me now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There was the familiar gate, the ugly street, reality. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He stared at the old man with the familiar face but foreign voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the Glade, the walls, the Maze—it all seemed . . . familiar. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Shadows which had lengthened and darkened over the bed in the comer had disappeared or revealed themselves as dark images of familiar chairs and such. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I strained to pick up the school superintendent's voice, as though to squeeze some security out of that slightly more familiar sound. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening a few weeks after Salva had joined the group, he made his usual walk around the fireside, scanning every face in the hope of seeing a familiar one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, a familiar ruby head poked out of the fast-moving river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had almost finished shining the shoes before I asked, “Is there something familiar about these shoes?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clinic is crowded with patients and familiar smells and medics I recognize. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It brought together the old revolutionary rhetoric, even deploying some familiar Jeffersonian language, with all the oppositional energy of the Whig tradition, then hurled it at assumption as the new incarnation of foreign domination. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped across the mountainside and Roz heard the familiar thunk! of pinecones pelting her body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her gestures, her voice, her social graces had been so well studied and cultivated that she could have fooled anyone who wasn’t familiar with her past. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I took the lift to the second floor, went through a set of glass fire doors, and walked along the corridor whose polished boards creaked in a familiar way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

No tree, path or landmark looked remotely familiar. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A familiar numbness took hold of my entire body. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The layout was so familiar—cohort barracks, baths, armory. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Deep down in Joe’s gut, something surged—anger, disappointment, resentment, he wasn’t sure what, but it was old and familiar and painful. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nearby, she heard an oddly familiar, oddly frightening sound. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of yet another issue over aircraft types, Lilya and Katya soon transferred again so they could continue flying their familiar Yaks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But it would be too easy to dismiss the dangers even of this familiar beginning place. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It pays to get familiar with hard-to-spell words before you need them. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His burlap tunic was shabby but familiar, and faint stubble dusted his jaw. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I am familiar with the cards, but they do not speak to me, not in ways enough to properly read.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Captain Cook was already quite familiar with the ship, since it was the same one the Admiral had sailed to the South Pole, where Captain Cook had often seen it. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar intro from Frozen’s “Let it Go” begins. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Capitol is introducing a special segment and something about it looks familiar. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As he turned the bottles in his long, graceful hands the familiar motion eased a few tired lines from his face, making him seem younger, certainly not yet thirty. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She got up and started to make her way toward the sound of the familiar Soviet guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It is alone-in-a-parking-garage fear, alone-on-an-empty-street fear, the kind of daily fear women are so familiar with that they forget how wrong that familiarity is. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I insist. The more Poe you read, the more familiar his language will be.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He went on patting Jasper and smiling at me in a familiar way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t as worn as the steps outside Dawit’s, but the grooves felt familiar. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the distance, muffled by a classroom wall, comes a familiar voice. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were blue like Jason’s, but they gleamed with fractured light, like she’d just come out of a bunker after a nuclear war - hungrily searching for familiar details in a changed world. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know for sure—you’re way more familiar with the Maps than I am. But I have a theory. That’s why I was hoping you guys could remember some of them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I continued drifting down the same familiar streets, my body wobbly, my mind still out of balance, until I found myself parked in my neighbor’s driveway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You should be sending an experienced sage, not a couple of students. You heard my daughter—she isn’t even familiar with the Borderlands Treaty.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And as Harry’s eyes traveled up and down the familiar corridors, he noticed something else. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he was going to look at my name again, and he was going to say, You know, that name sounds familiar. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Matty ran to catch up with the blind man, who had started walking the familiar path home. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But the longer he looked at it, the more familiar it got. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What disgraceful behavior!” he exclaimed in a mocking tone so familiar that it made her teary. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The time, the year, was right, but the house just wasn’t familiar enough. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was something familiar, though, and this time as Omakayas glanced back and caught a corner, just a little shred of that look, she suddenly understood. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Well did I remember Mrs. Reed’s face, and I eagerly sought the familiar image. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My eyes glaze over at the familiar buildings we pass. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She looked familiar some way, a solid sort of woman, with a very settled-looking hat and her neck all wrapped in a big woolly scarf. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over in his mind appeared the image of the familiar mummy-shaped outline of the western hills, and the sheer red cliffs that hid the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I hear a familiar laugh and turn to see Edie walking in. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I take in the familiar bend of his gimpy leg, the little curled left hand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cole’s pulse quickened as he eyed the familiar stark brick building. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It struck them how familiar each other’s stories were. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s stomach flipped and flopped, a familiar feeling by now, and her mind flashed to her notes with Keeper. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and drink in the familiar smell. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All along there had been something familiar about the old man. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The particulars were new, but the attitudes on which they rested were familiar. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The phone booth was decorated with faded stickers for bands I’d never heard of and brands that sounded only vaguely familiar—relics of rebel kids long since assimilated into adulthood. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The door cracked open and a familiar bespectacled eye looked out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In among the press of all the ghosts, there he was, his familiar features wan but his expression as full of delight as a ghost could be. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

TRW desperately needed programmers familiar with the particular software the power station used. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was a trouper’s lute, its long, graceful neck and round bowl were painfully familiar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To many Americans, this was starting to sound very familiar. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I felt kind of strange when I woke up in my old bed in Dad’s room and smelled the familiar breakfast aromas coming up from the kitchen. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They faced each other one more time, circling in the familiar battle dance while Cervantes circled them in the other direction, like a satellite, completely missing what was really going on between them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

By his familiar smile, I would be assured of his love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley put down his paper, and Harry saw the now familiar picture of Sirius Black staring up at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he heard another familiar voice, and he knew there was only one choice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar passion that always accompanies the touch of his skin against hers washes over Celia and she can no longer resist it, no longer wants to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We return to something unnatural and painful and familiar. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Even though the voice was familiar, it sounded ghostlike and strange to Robin as it came out of the fog. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Directly in front of Reyna, behind a conference table piled high with reports and bladed weapons, sat a familiar figure. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A familiar nausea settles into my stomach, and I reach up to rub at the tattoo running along my collarbone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The agent was so familiar with the map and with the landmarks he should be looking for that he never had to stop the car to orient himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about this place felt very familiar, yet not quite right. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I knew now why her face was familiar--its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Seven nodded, pushing down the fear that was becoming all too familiar now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She and Nat had stood side by side at the bow of the Dolphin, watching that familiar curving prow carving gently through calm turquoise water. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But the old familiar heat had flared up inside him and he couldn't stop himself. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Instead of importing English-speaking slaves from the West Indies, who were more likely to be familiar with European language and culture, many more slaves were shipped directly from Africa. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the smells of winter, and car exhaust, and the familiar sausage-y-maple syrupy wafting from the Burger King across the street. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She tosses her hair in a familiar, delightful way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam could already feel the familiar warmth of Redemption’s house wrapping around her like a soft, fuzzy blanket she’d known for years. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And then came the familiar rattle of the typewriter keys being struck, the thwack of the carriage return being hit. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The goat seemed surprised to see visitors this late, but she relaxed at Rupa’s familiar touch. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"And she named me Caleb," he went on, filling in the old familiar story. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Unfold it and see," Coach said, his face changing, falling into that familiar look of disappointment, the way Principal Marshall's face does whenever I've had an altercation. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I scan for the nearest door and see the familiar purple-blue light under a doorjamb in front of me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ella seems familiar to me and close, but not like my whole brothers and sisters. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they waited, Lupita looked about, sniffing the familiar odors of chili and peppers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Only now there were people everywhere, filling the news shop, heading in all directions, strolling, rushing, dragging children and bags, but nowhere did she see her mother’s or father’s or little sister’s familiar face. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It was impossible not to respond to the familiar, soothing melody. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s so familiar, so terrifically familiar, it’s almost like they should just go plop down in front of the TV and watch a show. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Seeing the appliances and the familiar layout made Thomas feel as if memories-—real, solid memories— were right on the edge of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Except for the hum of the motor, being in this pirogue feels familiar from my time with Wello. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Staring at the table of familiar faces, Jinny felt like she was watching everyone else through a sheet of water or a thin fog. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I called, reading again the wavery lines of a handwriting that was somehow familiar. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It does seem to me that there is something familiar about you. Have we met before?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar smell of woods and grass and the silence, broken only by birds chirping and tiny twigs breaking underfoot, reveals the spot even before my blindfold is off. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The woman was breathtakingly beautiful and strangely familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I walked the familiar path to Sandpiper Elementary two blocks away. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And then she spotted something familiar, draped over the back of one of the mismatched kitchen chairs: Izzy’s jacket. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without thought I circled back around and stopped my bike at the familiar old oak tree at the end of my block, its far-reaching limbs casting much-appreciated shade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It took Ekon a moment to remember why that color seemed familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Throughout the rest of the quiet day, Nathan reverted to his familiar routine of dealing with an angry adult. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Math was familiar to me, so that was one small comfort—numbers are numbers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And then she realizes why there is something familiar there as well. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The following dawn, Celaena’s bedroom door opened, and a familiar stalking gait echoed through the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes in the middle of the night, and feel the familiar numbness of semiconsciousness combined with medication. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Their leader is a guy named Elijah Muhammad, a name that sounds familiar. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat at the kitchen table with her familiar semester-preparation spread. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to feel so distant and so familiar at the same time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listeners were convinced when they heard familiar names of roads and towns, as well as comments by experts and officials. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever the miseries of my life with the Brights, they were at least familiar miseries. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was an old lady then, living on a Michigan lake with a gang of grandchildren who had to listen to her familiar stories. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As they drove to school, a familiar lightness started to seep into him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That morning he had known everything that was going to happen to him as he walked through the familiar fields. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A circle inscribed with four lines, as familiar to her now as the shape of her own face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And her smile wasn’t the only thing I found familiar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was free of restraint, free of the fear of consequences; it did not take the familiar shape of a relationship with a parent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What faint light they shed fell gloomily upon some roof corner or a waving strand of vine, transforming familiar daytime shapes to eerily unfamiliar phantoms. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t recognize her name or face, but still, she looks familiar. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She looked familiar—perhaps our paths had crossed at the market or she was the relative of a neighbor or a friend. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I did the shopping at home, and I fell into the pattern of the familiar task gladly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If you are not familiar with Mrs Symons's books - a series running to seven volumes, each one concentrating on one region of the British Isles - I heartily recommend them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed the room and clapped me on the back, and I stared into his remaining eye, looking for something familiar. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My more familiar English or Christian name was not given to me until my first day of school. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the familiar flutter of fear, but I pay no attention to it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I have been concentrating on my legs,” Calliope tells me as she holds me in her familiar cold embrace above the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Only when they were finally all gone, and the fog with them, did Turner feel the old familiar sea breeze coming in at the doors and pulling him outside. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The sights were familiar, the inventory was the same, but now there was more of everything; vehicles, bomb craters, detritus. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

What he had heard was a familiar voice in a most unfamiliar circumstance. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had asked a taxi driver, “So where are you from?” in a knowing, familiar tone, certain that he was from Ghana, and he said “Detroit” with a shrug. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For one second there was something familiar about him, and I noticed for the first time how old he looked. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We fell into a familiar sad huddle, which took me back seven years, to the night Papa never came home. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shadowed her like a familiar, doing her bidding and anticipating her wants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After a few miles of walking, we began to hear a familiar screech in the distance. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around, trying to see the familiar woods as Lissa saw them. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I look over, taking in the curly brown hair, hazel eyes identical to mine, the familiar smile. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I also discovered that he had represented Karen Kelly in a prior proceeding, which told me that he was already familiar with the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She felt the familiar outline of her mother’s wooden comb and stroked it for comfort. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was familiar with some of the rooms, and she recognized a language teacher who leaned over a desk, packing things into a briefcase. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Death was as familiar to us as life. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It was slow and boring but familiar, which was what I needed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I stood by the rail, a familiar drawling voice spoke up next to me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no link to Permian football anymore, but he felt the familiar anxiousness during that final minute. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d been drinking,” I say, my face reddening with a familiar shame. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re sufficiently similar to familiar crops that you can easily recognize the wild berries, even though they’re much smaller than those we grow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then one afternoon, about eight months later, we got home from school to a familiar but unexpected face. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The familiar faces in the crowd were haggard, dirty, crumpled by shock and defeat, but Tally realized that she no longer thought of them as ugly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We send our prayers off in the night, and the familiars carry them on our behalf straight to the gods’ ears.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t make any sense—it doesn’t follow the simulation rules I’m familiar with—but I don’t have time to think it through. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We start to head out of the market, and I hear a familiar song being played by one of the shopkeepers. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I pulled up next to the window and saw a familiar face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered, suddenly, what had been so familiar about the wind that had come teasing at her hair earlier. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s an aeronautical flare. I thought it looked familiar. I was reading a book on the civil air patrol just a month or so ago.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

For many people, this cadence will be familiar as the "Amen" chords at the end of many traditional hymns. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A patch of glowing white hair appeared over the ridge, then a familiar grinning face with pure silver eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I searched for something to hang on to, something familiar that would comfort me or make sense, but there was nothing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was Watt familiar with the concept of latent heat when he devised his new engine, and did the new theory inform his new technology? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

With Stew Cat, I went down to the reef and felt my way along it until I found the familiar edges of the hole. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must be good to get back to something familiar. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His speech sounded familiar, because he’d used almost the same phrases at Mother’s funeral. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa’s story was a familiar one to any miner’s family: the coal dust ate up his lungs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She regarded the beast as though staring at something faintly familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Not one of them was familiar. i’m having a psychotic episode, I thought. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was a familiar feeling, he realized, but he had never paid it much attention before. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We caught a cab to the fencing venue, so on game day I would be familiar with the layout. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But all day we heard nothing but familiar sounds, the surf, the wind, and the cries of sea birds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips began to tremble, and Meggie thought she was going to cry, but the next moment the familiar Elinor was back again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Readers accustomed to uncalibrated dates will need to bear this distinction in mind whenever they find me quoting apparently erroneous dates that are older than the ones with which they are familiar. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those bushy eyebrows were not familiar; neither was that shade of brown skin. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A woman whose face wasn’t among the familiar ones came and sat facing us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was scanning the ice cream, looking for the perfect kind—one with chunks of real, actual strawberries—when another familiar face appeared, reflected in the glass. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Now, in death, this constancy crystallized and became something else entirely: he was an old familiar jokester cast—with surprising effect—in the tragic role. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The space behind his rib cage flared with that old familiar heat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There are familiar faces on these trains, people I see every week, going to and fro. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

These thoughts were as familiar to her, and as comforting, as the precise configuration of her knees, their matching but competing, symmetrical and reversible, look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was splendid in any case to be enveloped once more in our familiar surroundings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Already, the black center had lightened, familiar images of county landmarks brightening into view. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But that evening, as Sam was walking home and twilight was fading, there came the once familiar tap on the study window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He would have preferred to escape back into normal life, the clang of the bell, the crowds of familiar faces, instead of sitting here, trapped inside the house. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I smell the shaving lotion, the usual kind, the hint of mothballs, familiar enough to me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we stumble down the familiar path of tall, sun-bleached grass and dry earth, I can feel the air thickening, preparing for a storm. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her guilt and shame are almost a familiar comfort, compared to the depth of that sorrow and the breadth of that anger. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The new section of the alley smelled somewhat familiar to Fred. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The room was still and the desks looked familiar and inviting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I took a sip and felt the familiar sting of fizz but with the sweetness of cherries and sunshine all mixed together. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It looks kind of familiar, but it’s not Mom’s or Dad’s or Lily’s, either, unless one of them was trying to disguise their handwriting so I wouldn’t be able to recognize it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Liyana licked custard from a cream puff and stared at their familiar, rumpled neighbors in their summer clothes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a shelf full of tools, only some familiar to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The only familiar sound had been water running through garden hoses when he’d filled his thermos. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moss was familiar with this particular dance between Esperanza and her parents. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A second later, I hear a familiar voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s just you look familiar somehow. Oh well,” she continues brightly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the familiar boiling sensation in the pit of his stomach. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And if even the people who are familiar with the dictum don’t know what it means, how could the world be “simpler” if it were true? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel could sense the familiar feeling of her mother’s eyes on her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The shapes of the buildings and the outline of the wharves soon became familiar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed under one of the watch- towers along the river, and someone noticed a familiar face—a recruit from the class ahead of ours, the guy who had taught us to short-sheet our beds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the familiar rattle and jolt, the train slows and I look up, because I have to, because I cannot bear not to, but there is never anything to see any longer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, a blue-clad figure flies with familiar grace out of the mists, silver braid shining, descending upon Red Platoon like a falling star. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I knew it looked familiar,” Deacon Draper said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart sinks—a feeling I’m becoming all too familiar with. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’m so happy when Kim arrives; happy to see the familiar sight of her long black hair in a single braid. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the familiar music my friends like, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Irritating, and irritatingly familiar, like something she was supposed to remember but couldn’t. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the next year or two, however, I will be losing my claim to this familiar protestation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I climb onto her lap, like a child, and wrap my arms around her neck, smelling the familiar, safe, vanilla scent of her perfume. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My eyes struggled to become familiar with my surroundings. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw a familiar guy and before he got covered with smoke he looked at me and I saw he had big square shoulders and nothing where his face should have been. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both looked around for a dreaded but familiar sight. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As he walked Ben looked for the plane again and listened for the old buzzing sound, the old familiar anthem of an approaching plane to announce the descent of his father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we arrived at our destination, it became familiar to hear “There’s Malcolm X!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know at the time how familiar the address — house number 802, Brandfort — would one day become to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you spend time with Arthur, you’re pretty familiar with no chill. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Whatever her reasons, she hadn’t gone very far when she stopped short and stared at a familiar figure in the distance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

This familiar gesture of human friendship that I have become so unused to is made all the more unfamiliar as he chops the air with the knife. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It all seemed familiar to me, and I knew I wanted to be a Runner.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I could sense him relax a bit at the sound of the familiar language. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The first person to approach looked very familiar, and only after Ilya dropped to a knee and bowed did Anya realize who he was. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He could see signs in familiar Persian script on many of the storefronts. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to think what the ague might be; the word was familiar, but I couldn’t remember what I’d heard or read about it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something else I’m not noticing: He seems familiar to me somehow, like we’ve met before, but I’ve no idea where or when. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked exasperated: The expression was so endearingly familiar that Harry and Ron grinned at each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’d decided the night before not to tell anyone else how strangely familiar the place seemed, the odd feeling that he’d been there before—that he could remember things about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Outside the hospital, I heard the warbling of a bird, and it was such a familiar warble that I stopped and listened for its source. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

To practice this skill, simply start playing familiar pieces in a different key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They are what makes Western music sound familiar and easy to understand. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Some are vaguely familiar from the hallways at Fenway, but most don’t ring a bell for me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Why, it does seem kind of familiar—only I always thought it was a woman’s dressmaker.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Turner, feeling a familiar unreality taking hold, could not discount the possibility that the woman was possessed of certain powers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Anya saw him twist his fingers in the air in front of him, and the familiar sound of his whistle turning into magic reached her ears. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She relished the familiar feeling of the sticks rolling faster and faster between her palms, the smell of smoke and then the gradual warmth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up the phone and dialed a familiar King Hill number. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Then she glanced up with the most familiar eyes in the world. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Uncle D was writing me a letter and hearing a familiar song in his mind. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t familiar at all, but his massive grief drew me to him, just like Newton’s gravitational attraction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were barely a block from Cobble’s when Maniac heard a familiar voice. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hands it over, and I dig to the bottom for the familiar shape of the book that’s always there. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This morning she had awakened in her familiar surroundings, the place where she had lived for so many months, but by midday her entire life had shifted. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Farid must have seen my stupefied expression; shuttling people back and forth to Kabul, he would have become familiar with that expression on the faces of those who hadn’t seen Kabul for a long time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting ten rows from the door, reading an X-Man comic, as the bus turned the familiar corner and began to slow down. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin thrills at the familiar scent of him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next to him was someone else—a familiar giant, much taller than the Laistrygonians, with a hundred rippling arms, each holding a huge chunk of rock. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the hush of the prayer hall, with its crystal chandelier, gold trim, and big plaques with Arabic calligraphy decorating the walls, a familiar calm washes over me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The story of Siegfried is so familiar that that of his Norse prototype, Sigurd, can be briefly told. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather at any rate is still familiar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The paper was of a greenish color, and there was something vaguely familiar about it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a familiar calm in the room, but the jingle-jangle of Mrs. Newman’s bracelets always gives me a slight headache. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I swept the cone of light around, looking for anything remotely creepy, relaxing a bit each time something strange became familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He was a filthy shim,” Cob spat, seeming to find comfort in the familiar words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hazel reached over to the jacket and put her hand on the zipped-up pocket, feeling the familiar outline of the whistle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Anyone truly familiar with my father’s ideology, autobiography, and speeches sincerely understands the significance of the now- famous phrase. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She realized suddenly why this place seemed so familiar. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bare wood was comfortable and familiar under her feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar about the fumes that filled the air and I had just thought pine, when a high-pitched Negro voice rang out above the machine sounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at a teenaged boy with familiar wavy reddish-brown hair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a vivid recounting, Terryl says she didn’t see Danny until it was too late: He was standing right next to them, wearing the familiar blue work pants and shirt, literally stinking drunk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Alex felt a familiar wave of resentment, which he ordinarily fought to keep under control, but this morning welcomed as an old, reassuring presence. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Putting on a show for the master was a familiar skill, the small angles and advantages of the mask, and they shook off their fear as they settled into the performance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Thin fingers of smoke rose from hundreds of cookfires, mailed men sat under trees and honed their blades, and familiar banners fluttered from staffs thrust into the muddy ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The boy’s pace was picking up, but Thomas stayed on his heels, surprised at how familiar he felt with the directions, usually even leaning into turns before Minho showed the way. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All that we saw were the familiar hills and the dusting of snow that had fallen the night before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hallways were familiar, and she found the biology classroom without difficulty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

August went on talking while I leaned back into the familiar story I’d always told myself, the one about my mother loving me beyond reason. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Raizel to make a quip about capitalism, but instead, she said, “Alter, are you familiar with Jack the Ripper?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At last a vision appeared, the familiar figure of the large and devoted collie that had been his pet when he was in high school. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could look around and see familiar things. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His good eye stares at me with familiar intensity that almost feels comfortable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She asked him about the book placed facedown on his lap, a familiar booking book that she knew he had read before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The field was topped by a familiar face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar lens slid over my eyes and Grandma lost whatever strange power she’d had over me an hour before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The president hears footsteps on the gravel and the familiar voice of former Illinois congressman Isaac Arnold calling his name. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Gliding over densely wooded White Man Mountain, her eyes pinned on Sam’s mountain, her position fixed, she heard a familiar cry. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I saw her. Doesn’t really look familiar at all.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I relaxed a bit because I was, by the second day, familiar with the military routine of our ride to Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In less than a month, crossing the Nebraska plains in the yellow school bus and going to school in Grand Island had become a familiar routine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I reach for my mother’s tarnished armlet, wrapped around my bicep, and touch the familiar pattern for strength. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then the nurse went out, and a very familiar boy came in and said, "Mind if I sit on the edge of your bed?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Your boyfriend’s going to have worse than that done to him if he’s on my list,” said the horribly familiar, rasping voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Red Jack asks, a familiar twinkle in his eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And the tree of evil looked taller and more familiar to Unferth than the slender green tree of good. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Familiar form in familiar position, aiming downhill, firing again. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be surprised later to find more familiar clothes and treasures waiting in her bags. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

These villagers are all dressed in the familiar loose-fitting black pajama pants and shirts with a red-and-white checkered scarf wrapped across their shoulders or around their head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had done this before, and we knew firsthand that leaving friends and familiar surroundings behind would not be easy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then a lamp came bobbing over the heads of the students, and Harry heard a familiar voice: “Firs’ years! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then she heard a familiar answering whistle and turned to greet Einar, who was approaching from the meadow path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All of these musics have long traditions that are very different from the familiar major-minor tonal system, and usually also have a different approach to harmony, rhythm, and performance practice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In spite of the panic that goes along with it, there’s something familiar and strangely comforting about hearing your heart beat like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, in the morning, and for several mornings after that, the queasiness in her gut persisted, then worsened, became something dismayingly familiar. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not worn and familiar like all the shirts I’d starched and ironed for him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He’d grown up at Camp Jupiter, so hopefully his familiar face would make the Romans hesitant to blow the ship out of the sky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then Joseph Ryan, riding the subway from a lunch meeting, had spotted an eerily familiar face at the other end of the car, and it had felt like fate. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was conscious of four familiar presences standing with him in the shadows beside the wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Words, dimly familiar but twisted all awry, like faces in a funhouse mirror, fled past, leaving no impression on the glassy surface of my brain. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The release is foreign and familiar, like crying, but without the pain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the right corner he felt a familiar cylindrical shape. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His voice was familiar to Ifemelu, the brassy shouting that always came from the flats of their neighbors, from somewhere else. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now she tied heavy rocks to her ankles and wrists but still performed the familiar motions without effort. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And yet at the same time, they were quite familiar. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

First, it would put familiar leaders in charge of established populations. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Most of the buildings were new to her, but the grid of downtown streets seemed familiar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We had finished Robinson Crusoe long ago, and Kevin had chosen a couple of other familiar books from the library. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar yowl came from the back door. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked half the length of Long Wharf until he saw carved over a door the familiar rising eye. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spike plunged into him, that familiar anxiety he worked so hard to keep at bay. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As I made a trip to the U-Haul van to remove a rug and take it upstairs, I heard a familiar voice. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was very familiar with the story of Pinocchio and even knew that the cricket was killed with a mallet in the beginning of the book. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I peer in the open window at my mother's house, then catch my first glimpse of a familiar face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In its most familiar form, dominant in the nineteenth century, the tension assumes a constitutional appearance as a conflict between state and federal sovereignty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I avert my gaze from a girl paying at the counter who looks vaguely familiar. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But now, as he saw Fiver, small and familiar, incapable of hurting anyone or of concealing what he felt, trembling in the wet grass, either from fear or from cold, his anger melted away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, right” She looked across at Tally, wearing a familiar expression. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the houses grew more familiar I slunk still lower. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He went on looking me up and down in his amused way with those familiar, unpleasant blue eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded familiar, like an intrusion from his own world, and then he recognized the clatter of a helicopter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Your face seems familiar. I’ve probably met you here in the old days.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei swallowed her yelp of surprise and whipped her head around to look into familiar eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They entered the familiar, circular room, with its five four-posters hung with red velvet and its high, narrow windows. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

That familiar exercise of hers, half rumination, half anxiety. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brother’s glance went slowly around the room, like the ray of a lighthouse sweeping a familiar coast, searching for hidden defects. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, my back pressed to the stone, to see who the familiar voice belongs to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the daylight the room was not familiar to Jake, but he recognized the man’s face instantly and it was as though he had known him a very long time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Out of the darkness swelled a familiar figure, wholly out of place in Faraday’s neighborhood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As we walked through the village trying to find a place to sit away from the crowd, we saw some familiar faces. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Gathering the book to her chest, Sefia inhaled its familiar smell, felt its edges on the insides of her arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The face of the dead man looked vaguely familiar. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I grip Fina’s gloved hand and drag her with me, weaving through the crowd of strange and familiar faces. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The folding is familiar—I once spent two days learning to fold my notes just this way, instead of paying attention in math. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

From the kitchen ceiling the electric fan spins continuously, carrying these familiar aromas all around our house-—even into our bathroom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Galileo was familiar with Plutarch, who had claimed that the moon had a landscape of mountains and valleys. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Walking into the schoolhouse, I smelled the familiar chalky air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As time went on and I became very familiar with the lesson material, I felt a great sense of accomplishment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Artemis felt a familiar hand on his shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Slowly, something familiar tickled in the back of his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our so-called colorblind society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure—the structure of racial caste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know what I missed about home, insisting on descriptions of anything he wasn’t familiar with. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can see Papa in her face, the way her cheeks drop sternly as she levels a familiar gaze at me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push through the very, very familiar door. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And with them came that familiar feeling of suffocating terror. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It made Jinny feel better to run so fast, to be utterly alone in the familiar night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The gift wrap was familiar—shiny purple paper that her mother had been using for six months. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And I smelled something vaguely familiar— something that brought back bad memories. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’d thought for sure that his eyes would jump immediately to the swirls on the cover, that he’d break into his familiar smile and hurry over to have a closer look. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a moment of searching out the story beats and the rhythm, I felt it—the familiar tingling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Think of a very familiar tune, perhaps "Row, Row, Row your Boat" or "Happy Birthday to You." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We recognize the things that are already familiar to us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One of the simplest and most familiar types of counterpoint is the round. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Nowadays tens of thousands of university graduates do, and many millions of people are at least familiar with the idea. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moans of agony amongst the clank of chains made a chorus as familiar as the dreary work songs they sang all day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The door there was not locked, and when she opened it she saw a familiar stairway. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road was dark, but a distant light rose over the familiar cliffs of the river valley. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I was so desperate to hear a familiar voice that I resorted to talking to Max. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even Mercy was surprised, and frequently a little disturbed at the drama that Kit seemed to discover in these long- familiar narratives. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Booth relaxed at the sight of a familiar face. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black horses in glittering, silver-mounted harnesses, the rumble and rattle of a ruby coach on cobbles, and on the door panel the familiar crest—a rising eye. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, a familiar landmark rose above the industrial wasteland. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Marina’s plane came down near Saratov, painfully close to the familiar airfield at Engels, just out of reach and invisible in the storm. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A thrill rushed through him as he left the waterfront, his boots clicking against the city’s familiar cobblestone streets. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“For instance,” Leon said, dropping the pieces and opening the ledger that was so familiar to everyone at Trinity, the ledger in which the daily sales were recorded. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt familiar and welcome there, as if a friend had come to visit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That familiar feeling from the Drowned Forest, and from my dreams. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then turned to other, even more familiar stories. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was on the theme, familiar to me, of “as you sow, so shall you reap,” or how the hypocritical American white man was reaping what he had sowed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His longings would have been familiar to W. E. B. Du Bois, who, when he was almost exactly Fuller’s age, had written in his diary: I rejoice as a strong man to run a race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The moon had become near and familiar, and that’s why my answer just sort of popped out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Embedded in the ground is a license plate, one that suddenly looks familiar, and circling this is a small garden where someone has planted flowers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since he’s familiar with the entire building, we’re in constant dread that he’ll take it into his head to go have a look at what used to be the laboratory. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“But how . . .” “I have magic,” I said quickly, “and this is my familiar. I can control him.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Marriage made people old and familiar, while still young. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I ain’t never rode a train, what I was hearing was real familiar and sort of com-fitting to me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma planted her big fists on her big hips, and her jaw clenched in a familiar way. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tally nodded, her eyes tracing the familiar patterns of light and darkness surrounding the city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ben knew he was in familiar terrain now, old territory where the teasing had grooves and furrows of ground that had been plowed before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand in the familiar gesture. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

His smell, spicy and heady and bizarrely familiar, makes me want to lean closer, to inhale. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Perching on a wobbly kitchen chair, balancing the plate on her lap, she set into devouring foods seasoned by other mothers’ hands—familiar, yet different from what her own mama cooked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sarai found herself flattened against the wall, trying to make sense of the flow of faces, and they were all familiar but not as familiar as they would be if she had seen them recently. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her black kinky curls fanned around the familiar face like swirling hurricane clouds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

One of her most familiar lectures is on the sin of wasteful spending. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Georgie lay still and quiet beside me, I told him the familiar story of our days at Oak Hill Manor with Mother and Daddy. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Its flesh was tart and chewy, with a bitter aftertaste that seemed familiar to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One customer, a Southern belle in her sixties, had called Zeitoun Painting and had been happy to talk with Kathy, with her chatty demeanor and familiar accent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Well then. Once you do that, you give the person a gift. Best if you’re familiar with the person—then you’ll know what they like.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I rise and reach for a towel to smother it, when there’s a tentative knock and the bathroom door opens, revealing three familiar faces. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And then she felt a presence, something in the shadows, something all too familiar. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I'm familiar with life here—I've spent almost every holiday in our Manhattan flat since I was small. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They rode through familiar streets, all the way across Fry, past its many frozen residents. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was the familiar sound of a mug clinking against the water jar, then a tinkling crash of broken pottery. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We are all familiar with the cube, which has six identical square faces. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Each entry brought back a memory, the way a familiar smell can instantly transport you to another place and time. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

This afternoon a familiar face looms in the train station, maybe four or five back in the queue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Shoemaker had an Iowa connection–his daughter-in-law taught at the University of Iowa–and he was familiar with the Manson crater from his own studies. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In that moment, he would have given up half his share of the thirty million kruge for the familiar heft of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The last person to walk through those familiar rooms was my enemy. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I examined the familiar cover art, keeping my eyes down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Following their morning class, there was an hour for lunch, and from one o'clock to two o'clock the men read American magazines and newspapers so they were familiar with current events. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But at the moment, as the familiar trees of the ranch brushed past her car windows, I was a little scared, if you want to know the truth. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Before either could throw a punch, a familiar voice said, “Hang on, Dennis, we’ll get this sorted,” and Martin stepped out of the crowd to wedge himself between them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

To whites, social transformation was a firestorm roaring through Durham and obliterating the familiar landscape. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not familiar with the author,” she said, thus condemning the book forever. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The blood from her face cuts filled her eyes so she could not see, could only smell the familiar odor of cooked flesh. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It's useful, therefore, to be familiar with the terms commonly used to describe each element. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I studied the pictures, a small, familiar dread turning inside me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As Jones discussed the escape plan with Booth and Herold, he became distracted when he heard a familiar and terrifying sound in the distance—clanking metal and horses’ hooves pounding the earth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around my waist is a utility belt, equipped with a myriad of tools I’m all too familiar with. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Portrayed in countless U.S. history books and Hollywood westerns, the Indians of the Great Plains are the most familiar to nonscholars. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That evening he read aloud from the Bible, familiar passages from Isaiah, Luke, and the Book of Revelation, about wars and rumors of wars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes skittered through the mess for something familiar, any clue about where her room might have landed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

People creep out of the shadows, and their faces are familiar. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Membranophones are instruments in which the sound is produced by making a membrane vibrate; drums are the most familiar example. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And then she takes my hand in both of hers and that gesture feels even more familiar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The voice wasn’t at all familiar to me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He descended to his floor, followed a familiar path down the hall to his own door. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Black-and-white farmland gives way to a Technicolor dreamscape, as vivid and unpredictable as Dorothy Gale’s real life is ordinary and familiar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I asked instinctively, though the familiar sand dunes and sea oats were a dead giveaway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The Hideout door makes a familiar creak, and then a light bang as it hits the wall. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Still, that familiar sense of dread grows when the train stops at the signal, and I’m almost too afraid to look up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkerson will not allow us to snooze through a recitation of familiar verbiage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I feel a familiar pang in my chest as I think about Eva, who’s going to a ballet program in Chicago. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The whole place, in fact, is familiar, but she can’t say how. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here, in the silent explosion of my heart, was a quiet that felt familiar. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were two other men on either side of him, men Seven did not know but who looked oddly familiar to her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The familiar constellations must have been reassuring in the midst of an unexplored ocean. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Jeep rounds the comer and a knot of young men chase it, calling a familiar name. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second he looked familiar, and I wondered if he was the person I had seen from the Empire State Building through the binocular machine. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He curled on the floor and closed his eyes, determined to enjoy the familiar hum of the engine for one last night. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nathan turned it on and a second later its familiar waking tone rang out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A few officers from the city stuck around—Ellerbe, Foster, and Chavez—and I was glad for the familiar faces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seems a bit daft not to write the family’s names now, as the Nazis are so familiar with them anyway. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Tell me anything that seems even remotely familiar. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His voice, deep and soothing, comforting and familiar as a cotton T-shirt, made the lump rise in her throat again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She lowered herself to a cushion on the floor, ringed by gift boxes and surrounded by vaguely familiar faces. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isa lay back on her bed and gazed at the familiar sights. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“That sounds familiar,” Ynez said, poking her husband in the side. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

These are familiar to us precisely because they also spread into climatically similar adjacent areas of Europe, thence to America and Australia, and became some of the staple crops of temperate-zone agriculture around the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm surprised when we get back to the nail salon and it feels familiar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now that was gone, too, and nothing was familiar anymore except the clothes in her traveling bag in the trunk of Elinor’s car. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As he chose a seat facing the front, he noticed a familiar face at the door. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“We better hope we see something familiar,” he muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there was her radiant face, bigger than life, framed by her familiar brown curls. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had to scrape my teeth with my tongue several times before the flavor dissipated into the familiar bittersweet oregano and garlic. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The crying stopped, and that familiar, crackly mean voice shouted. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and feel the familiar fight for air that I have every single day. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired man seemed familiar, but he didn’t know any Fish and Wildlife Service people. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He’s the familiar one in this hive of bodies. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“That dress looks so familiar,” he says, pointing to the photograph. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t struggle when they caught him, but Melanie was familiar with the expression on his face. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thought is almost enough to make me curl up and close my eyes, to let myself sink back into a familiar dark place. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then a huge cheer went up as a familiar gray-haired avatar beamed in, appearing behind the turntables. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“How familiar do I have to be with Bloodfall to understand it?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The furniture had aged without ever having become familiar. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to jump out of the truck and run, run down the hills dipping into sandy valleys in front of familiar houses bordered with passion fruit and morning glory. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the autumn came on, and I got more familiar with our surroundings, I began noticing things I’d missed earlier. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Cross knew I had been raised and trained in the church and that I was familiar with church business and program planning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The open French windows framed a greenish sky, and against that, in silhouette at some distance, the familiar head and shoulders of her brother. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can also imagine that same person, over time, getting familiar enough with the material that he begins to judge, very well, what kinds of responses work best with what kinds of people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, in the by-now familiar hegemonic pattern, they tried to force the rulers of the vanquished state to become their vassals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Not much of a mountain, is it?” he said in a familiar mocking tone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Friendly faces came into view, some familiar—Gran; my favorite teacher, Miss Kirker; the vet assistant with a tower of pumpkin-orange curls—along with gobs of strangers gathered in the parking lot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This notion—blending inheritance—was already familiar to most biologists: it was a restatement of Aristotle’s theory of mixing between male and female characters. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The scene was novel, the spectators were an unusual element, but the dilemma was familiar enough: how to keep the peace and not humiliate her mother. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But what I get is the familiar scene of a football player stretching himself into the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There were no windows in the basement, so she groped her way among the chairs and toys that had once seemed so familiar—now riddled with the potential for bruised toes and dinged shins. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maddie was given her own little guest room in the increasingly familiar Cottage. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His eyes turn distant, those familiar walls going up until he’s looking at me in the same way he had during our first meeting. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment the noisy sucking of the donkey was the only answer to the familiar joke. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I see a lot of familiar faces tonight,” Reverend Okonjo continued. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mouth begins to water, not from hunger, but from the familiar nervousness that makes my stomach throw up all of its contents. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She asked the other girls that night if they were familiar with the word. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The anger piled behind my eyes in a pounding headache, thumping in a rhythm that felt strangely familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Having grown up in a country ruled by others, she found it all familiar. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was something vaguely familiar about her, but none of the messengers was entirely certain what it was. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Now they seemed not ready to give up the old school, the familiar paths and classrooms. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every new world I play is a world everyone else has already played, every new maneuver a familiar one to the rest of my team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then it struck me why this guy looked familiar. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The conditions usually responsible for these losses in Oklahoma were those made familiar by repetition over the years: the application of insecticides to crops, a heavy rain, and poison washed into the ponds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The familiar woman gazes directly at the camera, unsmiling. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I reach my arms up as high as I can and hug him around the neck, smelling his familiar Old Spice. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But nor was this figure invisible, and its size and manner of moving were familiar to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The records had been poorly kept, but among the guests who had arrived on Monday, October 1, Geyer found a familiar entry: “Three Canning children.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

An hour after Grandma and I got home, I heard the familiar squeaky sound of Trevor’s storm door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

After hearing some familiar dialogue, Booth would know, to the minute, how much time remained in the performance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our ears became accustomed to the whistle of falling shells, to the rumble of gunfire, our eyes familiar with the sight of men dig­ging bodies out of piles of rubble. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A familiar setting materialized out of the darkness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As they walked down the familiar road and into town, more and more families joined them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then his tom lips moved in his familiar, bitter grimace. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I read carefully through the descriptions, looking for anything that sounded familiar, let alone plausible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The familiar handwriting brought back memories of all the notes we used to pass each other in class. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The name sounded familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Right now? I don’t know if I—” I turn back as a familiar warmth fills my face. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The going wasn’t easy on my feet, either, which had blistered in my ever-moist sneakers, but I picked up Otto and placed him on my back, which ached in familiar protest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man stood in front of him, taller than Finn, taller than Sean, a total stranger yet so familiar at the same time. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She winced as a low chuckle filled her ears, and when she took in the familiar smell of spicy cologne, her blood ran cold. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting to know each other, becoming familiar with likes and dislikes, ticklish spots, pet peeves, Desdemona and Lefty tried to defamiliarize themselves with each other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now he made roses and mums and lilies, the repetitive, familiar motion soothing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A vaguely familiar kid with sunglasses and a smirk on his face is hovering near the cash register. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Though I felt no great love for my father, his company was familiar to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need any light to find the notes, and the feeling of something so familiar on his fingertips kept him from thinking about a ghostly Mrs. Cobb. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s little things like that, all warm and familiar, that make me know I’m doing the right thing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That familiar heat ran to his face, and Moss stuttered a reply. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Spaces she once knew as familiar—the four-room flat she shares with her father, the little tree-lined square at the end of their street—have become labyrinths bristling with hazards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The man was Daniel Hudson Burnham, and by now his name was familiar throughout the world. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I feel like this book is familiar for some reason. But I don’t think I’ve heard of it until now,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They talk, real familiar, about Wilfred’s new job and how well Wesley’s doing in school and the girl Philbert’s probably going to marry. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, a familiar screech suddenly pierces my ears. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Leaning over, Sefia set the cup down and pulled at the book until it came tumbling into her arms, feeling so familiar and so utterly alien at the same time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A familiar example is provided by a car: the more powerful the engine, the greater the acceleration, but the heavier the car, the smaller the acceleration for the same engine. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might not know everyone, but faces arc familiar. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a familiar look in her eyes—it is the same as the one Jeanine wore when she told Tobias she had developed a serum that could control him: pride. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finished my father stood up and stretched his back in his familiar way and then motioned to her to do the same. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two soldiers drag me out into a familiar hallway. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I’m more than familiar—I could recite it word for word, but I don’t tell her that. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The name seemed familiar, though she couldn’t remember where she had heard it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was, all of it, familiar and beckoning and safe. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It looks astonishingly like the White House in photographs, but larger and living, and beyond that, there’s the familiar tip of the Washington Monument, looking astonishingly like the Washington Monument in the books. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cole felt a familiar rage building inside him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There was a small window that customers could walk up to and get familiar bites like Cuban sandwiches or a howl of Abuela’s chicken soup with chunky potatoes. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was the piece the crew had filmed with me; familiar images filled the screen. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The white supremacist movement has a number of different components, including neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, the historically familiar white supremacists, and white supremacist prison gangs, which are growing faster than any other group. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The number of the church was familiar to me, and yet for a moment my mind was blank. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monday night, Malcolm X spoke to an audience in the familiar Audubon Ballroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved through the familiar clutter differently this time, as if I had never seen it before. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The man next to her—her husband, from the familiar, tender way he touches her—tries to help her up, and the soldier lifts his gun and gestures for the man to keep going. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I knew the handwriting in the journal looked familiar, but I couldn’t figure out where I’d seen it before.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was talking one day with one of Volpe’s students whose name sounded familiar. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I scan each person who passes on the sidewalk behind the sliding glass doors, seeking a familiar face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Rocco’s home and his family started to feel familiar, kind of like my own family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I squint, because the page name looks weirdly familiar. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

At one side a stout metal mast had a familiar look, though she couldn’t say what it reminded her of. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him go, from the window overlooking the street, following his familiar shape as he stepped outside and closed the door behind him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And we filled the smiling gaps of our sentences with familiar Spanish sounds. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adrenaline was draining from Luke’s body, replaced by a familiar cold fear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He rode silently for a while, taking the familiar turns with his usual grace. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But there was something familiar about that orange dragon, perhaps the way her scales reflected in the sun like fish scales glistening in the water, and those knowledgeable eyes, nodding as if she knew her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you familiar with the Latin term ‘in loco parentis’?” he asked. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

And at that moment, he heard a familiar squeal and screech. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z