| 单词 | amount |
| 例句 | I was glad I’d been pouring tiny amounts of vodka into our cups, because I was already having more than I wanted to and I couldn't believe she was still standing straight. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He put his briefcase down at his feet, between them, and Mia relaxed an infinitesimal amount. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Serving size is based on your age, height, body type, health, and amount of physical labor required by your schedule. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I make a cup with my hands and move them side to side to make the water just the right amount of both to wash up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I decided to do what I’d learned at Ari’s Cakes—make a few small batches of cupcake batter, each with different amounts of sugar. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Thus the universe can double the amount of positive matter energy and also double the negative gravitational energy without violation of the conservation of energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Gangsta rap—while it may amount to little more than a minstrel show when it appears on MTV today—has its roots in the struggle for a positive identity among outcasts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z No amount of money could have bought that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man had a stooped back, a sagging belly, and a concerning amount of white hair peeking out of his ears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She poured a small amount into one of the delicate porcelain cups and sipped it cautiously. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A fair amount of the nun’s liver traveled up the needle and filled a biopsy syringe. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a characteristic of this kind of technology that it costs an enormous amount of money and requires a continuing expansion of hospital facilities. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a certain amount of decorum required of an apprentice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I want to take off my vest, since I got a fair amount of vomit on it as well, but it’s too cold to think about it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Several years after my grandfather disappeared in South America, a large amount of money was discovered in a safe- deposit box that he’d kept at a bank up in Hallandale. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Momma used to say that a politician was a man that had perfected the art of lying, so I always read those articles with a certain amount of skepticism before turning over to the serials. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Still, the amount of information to which we have access is one index of our intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If so, time was precious; for, now that he had achieved a certain amount of distribution, he could, by choosing his own time, complete the task unobserved. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Zeitoun washed away all the sweat and grime, and what he assumed was a fair amount of oil and raw sewage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Chandresh follows in the wake of the knife, pulling the blade from the board carefully but with a fair amount of force. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z An average man can detect just a few molecules of butyl mercaptan, and most of us can sense the presence of musk in vanishingly small amounts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The strange thing about Roman soldiers in the comics, according to Rahel, was the amount of trouble they took over their armor and their helmets, and then, after all that, they left their legs bare. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a fair amount of searching, but in 1 IF, he located a travel alarm clock. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Well, on with it then,” he says, leaning back in his seat and regarding Celia with a considerable amount of interest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In 2008, people consumed three times the amount of information they did in 1960, according to researchers at the University of California at San Diego. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It must also have failed to do preliminary research to discover the minimum amount of the chemical that would accomplish its purpose. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When the two pieces met, they would form a critical mass, the amount of material needed to get a chain reaction going. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The most important property of a line is its slope, and to measure this, mathematicians look at how high a line rises in a certain amount of distance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With wages included, this amounts to about the minimum wage of $5.15 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I run my hands over the new planks and find a few beads of moisture at the seams, but from what Mr. Woodwell told me, it don’t amount to nothing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Anyone who watches even the slightest amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Journalists, educators, and pundits frequently fuss that kids like Jesse don’t read or aren’t well informed; in fact, they read enormous amounts of material online, and are astonishingly well informed about subjects they’re interested in. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to be able to catch energy and hold it, storing precisely the needed amount and releasing it in measured shares. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was an uncommonly hard winter,” he later said, “with vast amounts of snow.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa said those planes wouldn’t amount to much, but within a few years we saw them at the county fair. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His right ear was wrapped in a huge amount of gauze. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The teacher also raged against the colossal loss of territory: Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France and large amounts of land were given to Belgium, Denmark, Poland, and Lithuania. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z At a pasta store they selected interestingly shaped noodles and asked the woman running the store the proper amount for thirteen people—the ten people Count Olaf mentioned, and the three of them. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z This means that in a sufficiently small volume, even in a vacuum, we have some uncertainty about the amount of energy inside. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Cooksey witnessed firsthand the conversion of a skeptic into a believer in April 1938, while he was traveling back east on what amounted to a sales mission. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Some of Gupta’s men must have risked their lives deep in the reserve to gather such a big amount of the red, sturdy branches. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Volunteers were bustling with last-minute preparations, checking to be sure that each station had the same ingredients in the same amounts, wiping down the counters, preheating the ovens. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She had practiced saying those words out loud, too, but no amount of icy water had been able to pull them from her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Use two words if you mean “any amount of time,” one if you could substitute whenever. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And I knew the true cost of this food, the precise amount of time and work it had taken to get it and prepare it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Frankie’s father had supplied a nearly endless amount of cakes and rolls and sweets from his bakery. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Haymitch is our only hope, but nothing is forthcoming, either from lack of money -everything will cost an exorbitant amount -or because he's dissatisfied with our performance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But my father told her they wouldn’t let us live there for any amount of money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, it pours huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the air, a factor in global warming. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mama and Grandma were pleased and contented with the crop, but Deydey was jealous of the amount of new corn he saw the crows devouring. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mommy knows this and despite her personal differences with the new minister, she didn’t want to see what amounted to my father’s and her life’s work disappear. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Is there a minimum amount of time you need to spend together? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Holmes posted bail and forfeited the amount when Pitezel, as planned, failed to return for trial. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But they are still twenty miles from the airport, and there is an enormous amount of bad weather still ahead of them. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I had calculated the amount of time I needed to walk the halls, as well as the cubic feet of the storage closets. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z No amount of cajoling would change her mind. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay there with my books, finishing the small amount of homework I’d been assigned—just a couple review problems in Calculus. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But he just turns and falls into step beside me, and then I can’t buy what I need, because he notices the amounts. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “And don’t be a stranger! Them folks back home ain’t nearly as fun as you. Betcha we can stir up a right amount of trouble, sure we can!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The small boxes appeared to completely fill the larger container, but Min had left exactly the right amount of space to allow any of them to be lifted out. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Keep talking to him. Try to get him to suck on a small amount of mango, not too much.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “What I know right now amounts only to rumors. There may not be any truth in the story at all.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When corn, oats, or sorghum containing large amounts of nitrates are ensiled they release poisonous nitrogen oxide gases, creating a deadly hazard to anyone entering the silo. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “You need to research real people, and people who you can find a sufficient amount of material about.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Lolo never did tell me the amount they donated, but it couldn’t have been that much. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When she sells her goat cheeses at the Hob, she puts two of them aside for him and he gives her a generous amount of bread in return. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But it took nearly six hundred seventy-five thousand wells to produce that amount in North America. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “However, I think we have now pretty conclusive evidence on the point. . . We have observed neutrons from targets other than beryllium in just the amount we expected.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Not good for nothing, or even would amount to nothing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z All of it, together, was horrifying, and the small amount of courage Thomas had gathered began to slip away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Just think about the amount of time you spend surrounded by music in your day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I drank the tiny amount of water he'd poured out and asked for more. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of encouragement from Howard could get him to budge. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But all they had was their word, and the word of children, they knew, amounted to nothing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z My voice isn't timid—it's exactly the right amount of volume. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Well, we were served, finally, of course, but by this time no amount of Scotch would have helped us. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Taking a lead from me, which is almost always a bad idea, my mother was now spending a fair amount of time holed up in her room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "No amount of heroism or discipline by an Inka army,” Hemming wrote, "could match the military superiority of the Spaniards.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He cringed and groveled and chattered with terror, but no amount of bad treatment could drive him away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One after another backs up to the cookhouse, and unbelievable amounts of food disappear behind it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The amount of money I was going to receive wouldn’t be enough to make me rich. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The subject’s papules at this time — the third day since their first appearance— consolidated and gave rise to pustular vesicles, which no amount of 1. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That’s a fivefold increase in the size of the group, but a twentyfold increase in the amount of information processing needed to “know” the other members of the group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On my side of the room, two inmates caught the spirit of this incident and utterly ignored my warnings to take only the allowed amount of juice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It gives me a small amount of clean air. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the money itself that surprised me, but the amount. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Together we counted the gold, which amounted to little less than a princess's dowry. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Inside the thin platinum-plated “skin” of the globe was a positronic brain, in whose delicately unstable structure were enforced calculated neuronic paths, which imbued each robot with what amounted to a pre-natal education. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It occurred when the DNA molecules were surrounded by a large amount of water. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Chubs had gone so still, so pale, and no amount of shaking or yelling would bring him back out of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Definitely cuter when you’re smart. Yes, the pellet’s an enzyme-based casing filled with chloro powder. It’s harmless unless it comes into contact with any amount of ammonia. Which it just did.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mariners are protected by geography and the vast amounts of spices, meat, and iron they trade. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z For this reason I have more than the usual amount of sympathy when I crush them with my shoe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A surprising amount of jargon can simply be banished and no one will be the worse for it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And no amount of telling about it could help them understand or share what she felt. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, writers will do themselves a favor, and increase the amount of pleasure in the world, if they use a word in the senses that are accepted by literate readers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The other interesting thing about that ten thousand hours, of course, is that ten thousand hours is an enormous amount of time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s knowing the brief amount of time we have left. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And you can put different amounts of water in different glasses and they make different notes because they have what are called different resonant frequencies, and you can play a tune like Three Blind Mice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z For the first five minutes, nobody says a word while we open milk cartons, apply heaping amounts of ketchup to our plates, and take our first bites. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z And we shall see, in later chapters, that we already know a fair amount about the predictions a quantum theory of gravity must make. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ebright, Bolles noticed, had been making more than the usual amount of noise in the Bay Area press lately about how thoroughly his freshmen were going to shellac Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Many of the states that do authorize some monetary aid severely limit the amount of compensation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Being a country parson was an honorable profession for a British gentleman, and one that left a good amount of time for pursuing other activities, such as collecting. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After extensive negotiations, the king convinced the government of Athens to lend him what amounted to state treasures: the definitive editions of the plays of the three great dramatists: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Well, not technically allergic, but they give me digestive issues that, um...You know like when tiny amounts of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and methane combine with hydrogen sulfide and ammonia in the large intestine?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The boy had such tiny corkscrew curls that no amount of brushing could ever make them all look like a single entity. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Figure 1.39: Note lengths work just like fractions in arithmetic: two half notes or four quarter notes last the same amount of time as one whole note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But for those who have actually tried to prove race discrimination under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court’s remark amounted to cruel irony. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I wonder how it would feel to spend your whole life trying to remember other people’s preferences on toast butter and starch amounts and sheet changing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A virus needs about 10,000 bits—roughly equivalent to the amount of information on this page. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, there needed to be an official estimate of the specific amount each state would have “assumed” and then be obliged to pay in federal taxes before the vote on assumption occurred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In this respect the Scientific Revolution is quite unlike, for example, the First World War, where there is general agreement on what it was and a fair amount of agreement on why it happened. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And regardless of the outcome of his case, he would lose that amount.“Isn’t $75,000 a lot for petty theft?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She knows no amount of begging will allow her to escape. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Their spooning bodies together barely amounted to the size of Otto. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In general, I felt as if I couldn’t win, that no amount of faith or hard work would push me past my detractors and their attempts to invalidate me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z These were men who could afford to spend large amounts of money for two, three, or four hours indulging their strange appetites. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu was a little suspicious of the film: How could a car driving so slowly have caused that amount of damage in an accident, leaving the driver’s neck broken? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In this procedure, a vein was opened and a small amount of blood was drawn off into a bowl. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A vast amount of information on the biology of the screw- worm had been accumulated over the years by Agriculture Department scientists in Texas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He balanced his “too dark” assessment with a typical assurance that “there can no longer be any doubt but that ultimately the apparatus will produce really enormous amounts of radioactive substances.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The position of gatherer paid well, and carried a certain amount of responsibility, but it was not the same as being a player. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A devastating cold front had swept down from the northand brought dangerous temperatures and huge amounts of snow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A list of names and their donation amount occupied the right-hand side of the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Besides, there was still an enormous amount to do to prepare for the charrette. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He liked the length of time it took to count to eight, always the perfect amount of time to make a decision or take aim. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe not. Lana knows that wandering around the mountains looking for us wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans. Better to make a beeline for the one spot that’s most obviously a rendezvous point. Here.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And if you can replace the word with “there is”, the word is there’s: There’s a surprising amount about the apostrophe in this book. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The Sixer mechs were already taking an immense amount of fire from all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z No amount of money can buy you entry into these collections. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “If you knew the amount of overtime I had to put in after the last Japanese earthquake!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of jeweled beauty-lanterns leave the perfect amount of light in each corner. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Shadow, not without a certain amount of hesitation, and a hasty look around for any House on the Rock personnel who might be watching, swung himself up onto the ledge beside the World’s Largest Carousel. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It’s clear that no matter what amount of money was in the envelope originally chosen, given permission to change your mind, you would always do so and take the other envelope. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There are stretches amounting to many minutes when all three of our trainers wander off, leaving us to sit there in silence or take the opportunity to squirm. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His bosses, however, were adamant that the article amounted to a security breach. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He poured in so generous an amount that Dove’s white lashes quivered with anticipation. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the companies refused to pay the full amount, citing excessive insurance clauses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dicey decided that forty would be the amount to keep in her pocket. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The angels believed and the people agreed that there was a good amount of proper and deserved shame in history and some things were just never going to be things to be proud of. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z If he could get it, maybe he could stop the timer or put it somewhere it would cause the least amount of damage. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Some of the bills have big red letters on them, the amounts underlined in black. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z No amount of anger or rage directed at others can subdue it, because guilt is never about them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This is one of the things I wasn’t prepared for — the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A certain amount of street cred came with that, at least if you weren’t from here. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There’s actually a good amount of food in the fridge to offer Mrs. Walton. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So the amount that I veered was equal to the deflection caused by the Coriolis force. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z After a certain amount of blubbering and wiping away tears, the children stacked their tests on top of Reynie’s and returned to their seats. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The Osage had been forced to finance part of the federal investigation with their own money—an amount that would eventually reach $20,000, the equivalent today of nearly $300,000. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Peanuts grown later in this soil pick up considerable amounts of the insecticide. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Small amounts of sweetened wine would be given to a patient to stimulate the blood; quinine would be administered. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z No amount of money could have purchased the adventures he had in the next few months, exploring the secrets of the outer limits of the house. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Even a small amount of Imperial gold could be incredibly volatile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Deborah had started scrubbing people’s floors and ironing for small amounts of money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z During the jump between Burlington and Keokuk, Walter—with the help of generous amounts of whiskey—manages to extract the name and last known location of Camel’s son. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z In their faces we read a thousand insights about character which no amount of historical data can satisfy nearly as well. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen had never been lazy that Theresa could see, but she had always seemed to possess a certain amount of energy, e, which she could expend on any projects, x, y, z. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But at least for a brief amount of time, we stood strong for what we believed in. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The amount of sunlight was the same for both. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere and the rooms were musty as though they hadn't been aired for many days. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Pippin marvelled at the amount that the Lord seemed to know about a people that lived far away, though it must, he thought, be many years since Denethor himself had ridden abroad. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Surprisingly, there was already a decent amount of wood chopped and stacked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The amount was initially for only a few dollars, but over time, as more oil was tapped, the dividends grew into the hundreds, then the thousands. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The water from the holes in the lakebed could be collected only in tiny amounts. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the ability for individuals to create and broadcast media explains a key difference between the nature and amount of information people consume today than in past eras. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I was overwhelmed by the amount of food in the rest stop. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of iridium in the Alvarez sample was more than three hundred times normal levels–far beyond anything they might have predicted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Appleby had been taking four times as many Atabrine tablets as the amount prescribed because he wanted to be four times as good a pilot as everyone else. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There was an enormous amount of worry involving the Alaska pipeline and caribou and whether or not the pipe would act as an iron barrier and stop the normal migration patterns of the caribou. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Jeweled beauty-lanterns sail overhead, dusting the room with the perfect amount of light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If you burned this book now, its matter would be changed to ash and smoke, but the net amount of stuff in the universe would be the same. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Typically, we received even less than the meager amounts stipulated in the regulations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The amounts are for one hundred and one dollars, two hundred and one dollars, occasionally three hundred and one dollars, as Bengalis consider it inauspicious to give round figures. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No one could lose that amount and live. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The amount spent for research was therefore a small fraction of 1 per cent of the outlay for the chemical program. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Ogden pointed his wand at his own nose, which was still issuing large amounts of what looked like yellow pus, and the flow stopped at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And if 1 cashed it, he might later say the amount was the whole settlement. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I believe they went to the trouble of putting an extra amount of garlic into our food; and I can’t abide garlic. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The cabin, just inside the boundary of De-nali National Park, had been stocked with a small amount of emergency food, bedding, and first-aid supplies for the use of backcountry rangers on their winter patrols. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On May 15, 1796, Washington sent Hamilton the first draft” of a retirement address—no amount of persuasion could change his mind this time—that would announce his departure from public life. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z No amount of persuasion could convince Antonapoulos that it was he himself who had finished the bottle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A certain amount of skepticism and even resentment was felt by many of the chess players who took the time to read it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You will always rule my heart. No amount of fools shouting at a kingsmoot can change that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Since you’ve had a reasonable amount of cognitive behavioral therapy, you tell yourself, I am not my thoughts, even though deep down you’re not sure what exactly that makes you. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Worse, we are still introducing huge amounts of CFCs into the atmosphere every year. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Otto kicked, but he was too sleepy for it to amount to much. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Storage in human beings has been well investigated, and we know that the average person is storing potentially harmful amounts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z All it amounted to was “God save me! Please God save me!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Only when the concessions of the mines were returned to the North American companies after three years of nationalization did a few voices suggest that this amounted to giving the country away wrapped in cellophane. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like flying in a twilight which had reduced everything to shades of the same colour, and, as in the twilight, there was a considerable amount of gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew a fair amount of attention as I walked to the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The amount used on California farms alone could, according to one medical authority, “provide a lethal dose for 5 to 10 times the whole world’s population.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Finally, in frustration, I throw down an amount that I know is much more than the power-up is worth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This can amount to as much as an inch of swelling in the length of a sixty-foot shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was only one exception — two white owls from Point Hope carried small amounts of DDT, perhaps acquired in the course of some migratory journey. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In only one area did he allow them some amount of leeway, and that was in religion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now imagine trying to pour that basin out slowly, drip by drip. It could be done, but it would require a great deal of control, an amount I don’t know that Adiah has anymore.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Presumably Arthur Ashe knew that the success of his mission to South Africa would be measured not by the amount of his criticism of apartheid, but by how well he did in the tournament. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the longest amount of time we were away, but there was rarely a time when our lives weren’t interrupted in some way by war. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But instead of simply increasing the African quota, the authorities reduced the amount of sugar that Coloured and Indian prisoners received by half a spoonful, while adding that amount for African prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re expressive, Moss. It’s like...your face says a lot in a very short amount of time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s where you want your bat to meet the ball, the spot where the optimum amount of energy gets transferred. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z With what he calls “that quick detective intuition amounting almost to inspiration,” he knows that Booth’s escape options are limited. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “He excretes in prodigious amounts, Karen, not seen on the earth since prehistoric times when dinosaurs let fly,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All prisoners were to receive the same amount of sugar in the morning: a spoonful and a half. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had never seen anyone shift such vast amounts of food, not even Constance or Ambrose Spike. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His father, a wealthy and very well-known businessman, had been forced to contribute money to the Citizens Council campaign in order to do a healthy amount of business in Little Rock. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s working—the amount needed to kill fifty percent of the population is increasing, meaning it’s becoming less effective. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But the threat of a storm had apparently blown in, just in that short amount of time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The plan amounted to a bureaucratic end run around Brown. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z One important natural check is a limit on the amount oT~suitable habitat for each species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She is kneeling on the floor at Russell’s side, spreading a generous amount of brie on a cracker, paying no attention to what Russell is doing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Because of the ongoing drought, Nathan would have full control of the amount of water both groups received. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The two had a surprising amount in common. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As seen from the outside, you would take an infinite amount of time to fall in, because all your clocks—mechanical and biological—would be perceived as having stopped. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard it from Rat Kiley, who swore up and down to its truth, although in the end, I’ll admit, that doesn’t amount to much of a warranty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, we can predict a certain amount based on what we know,” Freddie continued. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Ready with a drink just as a person called for it, he talked and listened in the right amounts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Both my mom and dad were extremely shaken by the death threat, even though it had amounted to nothing in the end. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He didn’t possess a good enough arm, and no amount of work was going to make up for that. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was incarcerated there, he couldn’t imagine what workers were available and ready to work long hours a day after the hurricane, but the answer makes a certain amount of sense. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z After a considerable amount of time spent trapped within the room, Bailey finds a key concealed in the seat of the swing in the middle of the cage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The focal point of this letter is to thank you for the photo session with the photographer and obtain information from you how I can obtain a good amount of photos. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z To discover the agent of disease and death depends on a patient piecing together of many seemingly distinct and unrelated facts developed through a vast amount of research in widely separated fields. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The Vietnamese geek and the American geek are the same breed, containing the same amount of personality quirks you outlined in your articles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the appropriate amount from my purse and set the coins on a relatively clutter-free corner of the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They had done a tremendous amount of surgery on my legs and my face and had made a very important difference to my life. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Anthony borrowed money from friends and family, spent all of her savings, and raised subscription rates, but the newspaper still ended up $10,000 in debt, an amount equal to about $175,000 today. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z No, this tremendous amount of knowledge, collected and preserved by successive generations of wise Brahmins could not be easily overlooked. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Dasch had carefully distributed a large amount of money to his team the day before the landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z A broad swath of psychological and economic research has shown that people will pay different amounts for the same item depending on who is providing it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I can only remember my mother and dad having one argument that amounted to anything. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z That was hardly the staggering amount reported in newspapers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “I feel like we’ve seen the best and the worst of this world in a very tiny amount of time.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The awesome supernova explosion ejects into space most of the matter of the precursor star—a little residual hydrogen and helium and significant amounts of other atoms, carbon and silicon, iron and uranium. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The family had once owned vast amounts of land, many businesses, and other kinds of property. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll never amount to anything,” he said, shaking his head and blinking his eyes in astonishment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In any case, Pastor Howard was expecting me and no amount of dillydallying would change that fact. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s a week of cramming and presentations and the usual amount of all-nighters, and it’s over. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For the population as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly contaminate our world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But no amount of chanting “M-I-B” seemed to be working for the freshmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Because ten thousand is the amount I was prepared for.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She put a teeny amount on her fingertip, then gently touches it to my face. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z "I have time to waste. Endless amounts of it." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Each of you will see the prize amount as a pending number in your bank accounts.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Beyond that, all of them felt a certain amount of moral indebtedness to the bank since it had helped them make their fortunes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All I was saying amounted to a frantic self-defense. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia bought the maximum amount allowed, eight gallons, and spent two Sundays painting the house with borrowed brushes and ladders. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia maintains that no amount of money is worth such an excruciating experience, but Hector is insistent, and so they continue to travel, levitating tables and producing phantom knocking on all manner of well-papered walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And she was surprised to discover that the amount of neatly folded bills Michael-Mary handed her each Saturday at noon was within two dollars of the amount real secretaries took home each week. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of takeout Chinese food or politeness ought to make me forget exactly who and what I am dealing with. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After about a year, though, he concluded that the amount of time he was spending practicing the accordion was impinging on his chess studies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “This much, plus the amount I counted the last time you asked,” she said, holding up the coins he had brought home that evening. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Kisses behind a Dumpster and in the parking lot of a condemned school don’t amount to anything. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z An immense amount of work on the subject of chromosome abnormalities is being done by workers in many countries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I look at the curly-haired young man in front of me, sporting the exact right amount of stubble and charm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then we’d say it the way she did, in her dead, expressionless voice; and we’d outdo ourselves trying to say it with the right amount of deadness. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Does an immense amount of good locally, that sort of thing,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She’s the person I’ve spent the least amount of time with on this trip, quiet and thoughtful, and a retired college professor always busy with charity work. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z At that time it looked as though the match with Spassky would have a total prize fund of $138,000, the highest amount ever for a chess match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Working with her new husband, Pierre, Curie found that certain kinds of rocks poured out constant and extraordinary amounts of energy, yet without diminishing in size or changing in any detectable way. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because the merchant, thinking that sales wouldn’t amount to much, had offered the boy a high commission rate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Modern radio telescopes are exquisitely sensitive; a distant quasar is so faint that its detected radiation amounts perhaps to a quadrillionth of a watt. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It also represents a truly amazing amount of energy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Turned out the tow truck guy was right and my parents’ car was going to cost them a supermassive amount of money. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It was in August when they gave me a lecture, a cheap L’il Abner suit, and a small amount of money, and I walked out of the gate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if he’d been half forced into it, though, my dad loved the job, which baffled my mother given the amount of time it demanded. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What Odessa lacked, and one look informed the most charitable eye that it lacked a fantastic amount, the speculators from Ohio would make up for on the strength of their own imagination. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of pleading from Prim seemed to affect her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I never received the full amount from the gate receipts from 1972,” Bobby suddenly accused Thorarinsson at a party at his house. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His valve seemed to be glued, and no amount of bouncing was opening it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to lower the amount of contaminated air flowing into those offices. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, if contact was made, he’d never accept the first offer, and he usually named an amount that was double or triple—or more—pricing himself out of the market. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It's wrapped with an obscene amount of Scotch tape. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Nothing but a story, won’t amount to much, I guess,” returned Jo, carefully keeping the name of the paper out of sight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The result is a certain amount of confusion over who can fairly be called a relativist and who cannot. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He used to lift the bags of flour one by one and contemplate them, to see if they all truly weighed the amount the man said they did. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a troublesome one and involved a certain amount of what Shasta called stealing, and Bree called "raiding". The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z There was a set of locked double doors, which Annabeth managed to pry open with her knife and a fair amount of cursing in Ancient Greek. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And since there was nothing overtly suspicious about it—“Children of folks who lived through the Depression are known for keeping large amounts of cash where they can see it,” the detective said. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Chronicler accounted for a sizable, though more modest amount. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They spent a large amount of time speaking to each other on the phone while her son was out causing trouble. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In their beneficence they allowed a certain amount of amateur smuggling to go on—the day trips to Canada, the fishing boats out for a midnight cruise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Bram and I have English and algebra together, which basically amounts to two hours of staring longingly at his mouth and five hours of longingly imagining his mouth. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z One part in a million sounds like a very small amount — and so it is. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They escaped from time to time and gave him a certain amount of annoyance, but he refused to kill them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Bona fortuna, you three! Ah, senate meetings. I remember the one when Caesar was assassinated. Why, the amount of blood on his toga—” “Thanks, Vitellius,” Frank interrupted. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "Here's how. I rather think so, you know. Deserves to be, anyhow. Knows hell's own amount about people. Don't know where he got it all. Owns a chain of sweetshops in the States." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He gave Blanca varying amounts of money to maintain the dark, drafty, rambling, almost empty house, but she never had enough to cover all her expenses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Baird remained skeptical that the Shaw case would amount to much. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Dad would say something about selfish old crones with more money than they knew what to do with, and soon enough they’d be face-to-face in what amounted to a full-fledged cussing contest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't dirty, but I needed some excuse to cover the amount of time I was spending in the bathroom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A considerable amount of floor space was devoted to a vast number of unmarked, sealed cardboard boxes, amongst which stood Harry’s school trunk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There was an unholy amount of noise in the background, the kind of dull roar you’d expect at the height of a raging frat party. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z If I thought the amount of publicity I’d gotten so far was overwhelming, it was nothing compared to after our first win. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For him, several experiments amount to experience—experiment is particular; experience general. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But I’m only half Japanese—I’m the same amount of Asian as I am white. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Tire tracks, amount and location of damage to both cars. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z For the ten months he had tended cattle, it amounted to less than twenty-five cents a day. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He was not quite as rotund as the Slughorn Harry knew, though the golden buttons on his richly embroidered waistcoat were taking a fair amount of strain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Within a week it was erupting magma, albeit in modest amounts, up to a hundred times a day, and being constantly shaken with earthquakes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The light over the door, which usually came on automatically at night, wasn't working, and it took Elinor a ridiculous amount of time to get her key into the lock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Finding particles takes a certain amount of concentration. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Then he had another brilliant idea: He suggested that he and I should get more food than anyone else, since we were the youngest and had been eating for the least amount of time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Since Neanderthals and Denisovans contributed only a small amount of DNA to our present-day genome, it is impossible to speak of a ‘merger’ between Sapiens and other human species. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The usual large amount of beads, chains, and bangles glittered upon her person in the firelight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The only way to check the amount of film left in the camera was by reading the counter inside the lens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This isn’t a large amount of power for the product one is getting,” he would assure his rapt congressional audience. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “It’s nice,” I said, thinking no amount of paint would make me like this place. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z In honor of her youngest mouse being sent to the dungeon, she had put on a tremendous amount of makeup. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z My first goal in this chapter, then, is to establish why Newton was hostile to the word ‘hypothesis’ and felt that its use in the context of his own work amounted to an insult. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The few water wagons available made daily rounds, and people could obtain a limited amount of water at relief areas. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z After a certain amount of trial and error, he learned how to steer the flying car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A bold, outrageous plan that would require epic amounts of luck to pull off. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “They had all been exposed to these environmental agents, with a fair amount of exposure,” he reports. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s a difficult balance, to sound the right amount of naive. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he gives her the seventy-five marks, and she blinks at the amount and gives fifty back. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The opening credits began, lighting the room by a token amount. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The names on this list are famous ones—prime ministers, presidents, pop stars—and beside each name is an amount of notes offered. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Neither could she have said what amount of money would not be enough. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Sweating profusely day and night, training in the sun, unable to sleep in stifling hotel rooms and YMCAs, lacking any appetite, virtually every athlete lost a huge amount of weight. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z After he swung down off Ash, he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time brushing prairie dust from his pants. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z If a sufficient amount of swainsonine had accumulated in his body, however, this windfall of small game would have provided little nourishment. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl didn’t seem to have heard yet that nobody in Mill Town ever amounted to anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z These are great worlds, composed largely of hydrogen and helium, with smaller amounts of hydrogen-rich gases such as methane, ammonia and water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Delicious, just the right amount of biscuit and chocolate, light as air.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z This amount of property value has a vast influence on the minds of its owners, very naturally. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The addition of the ion was critical: with the solution supplemented with magnesium, the ribosome remained glued together, and Brenner and Jacob finally purified a minuscule amount of the messenger molecule out of bacterial cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z On Earth, supercooling this much air would take ridiculous amounts of energy. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We have a fair amount of information about this creature already—not enough to understand him, of course, but enough to inform us that he means something, perhaps a great deal. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Measuring angles amounted to eyeballing shadows on a compass, which might do for gross approximation but could not yield very accurate results. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s true. Given the amount of time I’ve heard you practicing, I’m a pretty good judge.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Was it you, those large amounts of money I used to get for the blog?” she asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If you did the math on what the drama director got paid and figured in all the hours required, it probably did not amount to any more than two bucks an hour. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z No amount of happy sunshine is going to change that. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We have virtually unlimited amounts of data at our fingertips at all times, and we’re well versed in the arguments about the dangers of not knowing enough and not doing our homework. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z And with the amount of grease smeared onto his shirt, I’m not offended. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It slowly began to dawn on me that I had been staring at her wordlessly for an impossible amount of time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Toxic amounts of cobalt and aluminum saturated the earth, poisoning the plants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, a great amount of the research is of little or no use to humans. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Like the raised beds in temperate-zone gardens, they promote drainage and increase the amount of topsoil available to plants. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I was trying to figure out exactly how much tightness would be the right amount when Dad said, “Jeanette waited to bend for that hymnal until I was looking. She wanted me to see.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It required the very barest amount of commitment or expectation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But the man shook his head and said that he couldn’t sell such a small amount of gas. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But to become a stockvel member required large amounts of startup money, the resourcefulness and shrewdness of an Indian trader and the elusiveness of a double agent, during police raids. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a very long time since he had had such a large amount to eat and his skin was stretched thin to accommodate all the delicious meat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She’d protest, but the boy put off an insane amount of body heat, even through layers of fabric. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the 1920s and 1930s, collegiate crew was wildly popular, often ranking right up there with baseball and collegiate football in the amount of press it received and the crowds it drew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A tiny amount will make the rat sick but not kill it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I look up into those blue eyes that no amount of dramatic makeup can make truly deadly and remember how, just a year ago, I was prepared to kill him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I could tell that no amount of nectar or ambrosia would save her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I can only remember a place with no dimension, no depth, no heat, no cold, but immeasurable amounts of darkness and solitude. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “So he was religious. Everybody was insane but me. He wouldn’t take any amount of money.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The fluctuation in the energy in the vacuum is the same thing as a fluctuation in the amount of mass. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Large amounts of real estate and other property had been destroyed in the war, industry was disorganized, and hundreds of thousands of men had been killed or maimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It takes a huge amount of will, but finally I tear myself free. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The auction letter is on top, and under it are a notice of sale of tax-defaulted property, a notice to parties of interest, redemption amounts, rights of parties of interest after sale... The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Jon wouldn’t feel like an artist without a certain amount of dinge around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She figured he lost scales all the time, and if she could sell them for a decent amount of money, she’d be able to pay the taxes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They lag behind the middle-class kids by only a modest amount, and, in fact, in one year, second grade, they learn more than the middle- or upper-class kids. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Twelve was equal to one dozen, and a dozen was a good amount for Oreos but not so good if you were on the losing side of throwing down the Dozens on the playground. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But the amount I'm bringing in from outside is constant. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But it amounted to the same thing if Jinny didn’t have to spend the rest of her life going over C is for cup. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z With no small amount of lingering uncertainty, I decided to move forward with the 60 Minutes piece. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They’d finished the macaroni and beans by lunchtime the day before, and with the minimal amount of food in each bag, there was no way they could survive on what he alone would bring home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z While she and the baby studied each other for the first time, I cleaned up the bed and tended to Perilee as best I could, trying not to be alarmed at the amount of blood. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Italians were using up an awful amount of men. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z So quiet it amounted to nothing but a snap of air, and that was the strangeness of it, how a small sound like that could fall across the whole world. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fig’s blood sugar was still too high, so Dr. Spires had increased his daily insulin amount. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “What needs to be done is to increase the volume of the cylinder with only a small amount of additional mass,” Quentin stated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was not a dangerous amount of force. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He allowed just the right amount for wind and distance, and his point took a young coney square in the head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Armpit’s father, the cost of air-conditioning the homes in west Austin, with their high ceilings and grand entrances, was greater than the amount he paid in rent. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z They knew that old Frank’s devotion to the house and grounds amounted almost to an obsession, and it amused them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling croakily at them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The students were asked about other time periods, too, and other amounts of money, enabling the researchers to assess how the students value money over time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The heat was getting to me, or the billiard room’s confines, or maybe it was the copious amounts of cigar smoke wafting from the gentlemen on either side of us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She holds out her hand and turns it slowly, presenting it with a certain amount of showmanship so that Marco can see that there is no illusion involved. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They cheered and booed me in equal amounts for a minute or so, enjoying my failure more than they had the song itself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Trees store vast amounts of carbon in their trunks, branches, and leaves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The one area where no amount of prodding seemed to work was his social skills. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the contrary, it knew an enormous amount. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Tea parties didn’t amount to much, neither did picnics, unless very well conducted. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to come back for the funeral, because I could not go alone, and going with anyone other than the Colonel would amount to alone. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And for reasons Bailey cannot quite put words to, he is walking toward the circus with a considerable amount of determination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My stipend was a predetermined amount of money—based on world ranking—to defray the cost of training expenses. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A vast amount, of course, is contributed by Negroes, but there are rumors to the effect that people like Birchites and certain Texas oil millionaires look with favor on the movement. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Plans racing in her head, she squatted to watch the wolves eat, measuring, as time passed, the enormous amounts they were consuming—pounds at each bite. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of information that one must obtain and store in order to track the ever-changing relationships of even a few dozen individuals is staggering. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He will flay me from head to heel this time, and no amount of begging will end the anguish. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I scrubbed one hundred attempts clean with my eraser, trying to get the right distance between the fins or the right amount of muscular girth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They were gone now, on to other specimens, and no amount of hoping and praying and wishing would ever get them back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The metal bar came down across our laps and locked with a loud clank—although there was still a considerable amount of space between our bodies and the bar. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z It relates the temperature of an object to the total amount of light energy it radiates. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The pungent gas, sulfur dioxide, S02, is present in trace amounts in the lower atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps this is why the Thunderhead still allows a measured amount of economic inequality. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z An astonishing amount of the ship ran on automation. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “The amount of stock that’s ruined...Now, first of all, give her a spoonful of this.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z In Publication No. 16, Methods for the Solution of Running-Key Ciphers, her work may have amounted to joint authorship. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But I still missed my sister, and no amount of love and trust was going to make that better. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It amounted to assembly-line dentistry, quick and impersonal, and the young captain’s main concern seemed to be the clock. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All of this means that the amount of food energy lost in the making of a Chicken McNugget could feed a great many more children than just Isaac. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I looked again at the dollar amount on the statement. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Rush next began experimenting with the amount of blood he would remove from the body in an effort to reduce inflammation. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I’m not saying that food production could never, in any amount of time, have arisen in all those areas where it actually had not arisen indigenously by modern times. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In any war, a tremendous amount of collateral damage is inevitable. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He makes sure I have the right bowls or the proper amount of rice but seems happy for me to cook. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had no idea the amount of legal fees and stress my parents endured in order for my sister and me to have government IDs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Mnemonists, the performers who amaze us by regurgitating superhuman amounts of information, have spent a lot of time building up a huge inventory of chunks in their long-term memories. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He poured a small amount of water from the glass into the empty vial and replaced the rubber stopper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Having a respect that amounted to reverence for the truth, he had also its natural opposite, a loathing of a lie. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the small things—my foot on the gas pedal, the amount of space I have to leave around me in the halls—require major adjustment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z There’s a certain amount of running but no big worry about forgetting things—our “customers” aren’t strong in the memory department themselves. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of such action on his part or ours could bring others to the same persuasion. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They fused HeLa cells with mouse cells and created the first human-animal hybrids —cells that contained equal amounts of DNA from Henrietta and a mouse. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “I’m enjoying it the perfect amount,” Henry says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn’t earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For so long, society has told me that because of my neighborhood and the color of my skin, I would never amount to anything. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Indeed, the memorial plinth itself was constructed in more recent times to satisfy Mozart’s Grave tourists and is placed in what amounts to a random spot in the garden. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The costs are exceedingly low; the benefits amount to permanent protection of the forests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Described by survivors all over the city, the sudden darkness was caused by the enormous amount of dust and debris thrown into the air by the force of the blast. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Consequently at realms close to zero wavelength, the object gives off an infinite amount of high-energy light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All this requires vast amounts of energy —the little packets of ATP which the turning of the metabolic wheel alone can produce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As a consequence, the amount of sunlight that is absorbed by the ground has been declining, and by changes in the land use we are lowering the surface temperature of our planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Above all, what Hutton’s theories suggested was that Earth processes required huge amounts of time, far more than anyone had ever dreamed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Gotta be a decision maker, know the right amount of risk to take. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Obviously he still could not avoid relinquishing his waiting duties in the dining room, but otherwise the trolley enabled him to accomplish a surprising amount. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z According to the Washington Post, the women “practically fought their way foot by foot up Pennsylvania Avenue....No inauguration has ever produced such scenes, which in many instances amounted to little less than riots.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He’d known that would happen eventually, but he’d devoted a fair amount of prayer that it might last until they moved out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Martin’s really tall, so the amount of his skin on display is actually pretty obscene. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z And to be visible at such a great distance, the object must be very bright, must, in other words, be emitting a huge amount of energy. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The owl was asleep, or else faking; she was angry with Harry about the limited amount of time she was allowed out of her cage at the moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My bladder verged on explosion because of the crazy amount of water we were forced to drink to stay hydrated. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z So the velocity of the particle will be disturbed by a larger amount. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z An important principle in composition is that the amount of verbiage one devotes to a point should not be too far out of line with how central it is to the argument. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I also loaded my inventory with my best suit of body armor and a large amount of weaponry. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I was going to double my crab catch and keep half the money for myself, turning over to my mother the usual amount. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the opinion of Dr. Satten and his colleagues, Andrews’ crime amounted to such an undebatable example of diminished responsibility that the case offered an ideal chance to challenge the M’Naghten Rule in Kansas courts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Van Campen had accepted the status that we were great friends because she got a great amount of work out of Catherine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z At home, he counts out his life savings, which is a higher amount than he had expected, and packs a change of clothes and an extra sweater. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Charles knew he owed a considerable amount of his success to FitzRoy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “That much!” my father cried, astounded; the amount was a tenth of his wages. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was soft—and she realized he wasn’t staring at the amount of skin she was showing, but rather the bandage wrapped around her thigh. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She pulled a pencil out and said, “OK, this is how one figures the amount of time required to walk to Chicago. Now—” She pulled a third book out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It was as if the plants had been waiting for any amount of moisture. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The weather was getting colder and wetter, the nights darker, but no amount of mud, wind, or rain could tarnish Harry’s wonderful vision of finally winning the huge, silver Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Each family's escape plan from Iran would have amounted to disastrous consequences if it didn't go as planned. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And in the right light no amount of fresh paint covered up what had been gouged into the concrete-block walls. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Which is interesting considering the amount of mad down inside Scoob’s belly. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She thought of his other girlfriends, the false intimacy that amounted to lies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t amount to much, though, and it was touch and go whether she’d have a decent funeral until Ruth walked down to Sonny’s Shop and stared at Macon without blinking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malfoy states that he was standing talking to Weasley, when a large amount of mud hit him in the back of the head. How do you think that could have happened?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z By Sunday morning, her attempts to make sense of it had amounted to nothing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If you're using a chromatic circle to transpose the names of all the chords in a piece, just make sure that you move each chord name by the same amount and in the same direction. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I mean exactly how it works. That the amount of the check is deducted from the balance in the account? And that the money can run out?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The amount of oxygen is far too little for a human being to breathe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Master, the figures remain the same, though I checked them thrice over. The weights do not tally. Again we are lacking. It is not a large amount, but still it is gone.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Wednesday is gender bender day, which basically amounts to southern straight people cross-dressing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z No amount of making up shipping forecasts could stop me from thinking about it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Crowned queen a year after purchasing the 1546 Amati violins, she introduced to the French court what amounted to a complete lifestyle after the Italian fashion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He stood at the chain for an appropriate amount of time, then crossed to port and returned aft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was a small amount, but in hard Belgian francs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What follows is a growing mumble, two voices starting polite, quiet, like when a lady buys stamps at the post office and gives the minimum amount of respect required to the teller. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Max and Grace had dated for almost a year, which, if she thought about it, was about the same amount of time that it took Grace, later on, to grow Peach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z You were—reckless— with the world some people—some very dear friends of mine and yours — sacrificed a huge amount to create and sustain. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The message was so short, using frequency analysis didn’t amount to much help. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Reckless endangerment: “under circumstances not amounting to a felony office, the person recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury of another person.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I knew my parents were in there because their sandy shoes were on the porch, but no amount of knocking got them to let me in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Like a miracle, the small amounts of water revived them. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I had that West Virginia need for a certain amount of space between me and a stranger. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And after an awkward amount of time where I just stare at her, she hands me her mobile device. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And if excessive amounts of rehearsal time were any indication of success, we were surely destined to go down in jazz history. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The officers were pursuing a Decker who was signing up for Bangers, the challenge for online feeds that has had a heartbreaking amount of daily hits and downloads the past four months. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The amount of medals Franklin D. Roosevelt had either hung around my neck or pinned to my front would have supplied the army with enough metal for a tank. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I feared that my absorption with events in my past amounted to an immature refusal to live in the present. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He untied the little wooden cup from his belt and, trembling, poured a small amount of an amber-colored liquid into it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Then I stuff down every mouthful I can hold, which is a substantial amount, being careful to not overdo it on the richest stuff. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’m still awed by the amount of courage it must have taken, to approach the stage with her head held high, to stand and speak before that booing audience. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Or it meant they weren’t going to stick up for me, which amounted to the same thing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They did, however, allow for several other fates, which depend on the amount of mass in the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Ten seconds seemed like the right amount of time for me to stop being crazy. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The amount of food on our table made me queasy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Tyrion had chosen the ships with care, avoiding any whose captains might be of doubtful loyalty, according to Varys . . . but as Varys himself was of doubtful loyalty, a certain amount of apprehension remained. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I forced the proper amount of jovial unconcern into my voice so Sim would take me at my word and drop the subject for the time being. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We were in the war now but I thought it would take a year to get any great amount of troops over and train them for combat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Some several of the new investors were merchant relatives of Mr. Gitney’s, the Young Men whom I had seen about the house in earlier days, but whose presence had never amounted to much. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Twenty dollars seems like a huge amount of money to me, but Sophia is a fancy sort of woman. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Because these small amounts of pesticides are cumulatively stored and only slowly excreted, the threat of chronic poisoning and degenerative changes of the liver and other organs is very real. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And yet I knew that in 1859 we were enslaved and in 1865 we were not, and what happened to us in those years struck me as having some amount of import. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Because the sheets of polar ice locked up huge amounts of water, sea levels around the world fell about three hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I do wonder what a boy of your intelligence might have amounted to under different circumstances.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The victim had to lower his trousers in order to exhibit the wound, which amounted to little more than an angry red welt located just to the right of his crack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Even better, it was highly concentrated, which meant that a small amount would dye a lot of poopy water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z His existence or his nonexistence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Far more than the amount of work he faces, he dreads the month of separation they will have to endure at winter break. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As a result, said Mundie, “a huge amount of data and creativity was accumulating in all those computers,” but there was no easy, interoperable way to share it and mold it. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z "I bet you're hungry. How about we go home and I make you a meal with just the right amount of salt?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Harry swallowed a large amount of very hot soup and thought he could feel his throat blistering. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Janie began to fuss around his face where the dog had bitten him but he said it didn’t amount to anything. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z ‘I was just asking you about Canada—but it didn’t amount to anything, Mister Singer.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It is hopeless because no amount of tears will bring him back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of information in human DNA, if written out in ordinary language, would occupy a hundred thick volumes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She died when my dad was sixteen, but in that relatively short amount of time she taught him to cook, sew, iron, and make his bed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This is so, even when they have been imprisoned for minor offenses, such as possession and sale of a small amount of drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Showers after gym had been mandatory in middle school, and I’d spent years perfecting how to be naked for the least amount of time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her dress was barely damp, but even that small amount of wetness chilled Anya as she jogged along the dimming river path back toward the village. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z That’s almost 120 times the amount of electricity the nation currently uses. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “It’s like a loan. I’ll give a pawnbroker my stuff. That person will then say, ‘I can give you this amount of money for them.’ Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Bestie and best friend take the exact same amount of time to say. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z In the 1982 Air Florida crash outside Washington, DC, the first officer tried three times to tell the captain that the plane had a dangerous amount of ice on its wings. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I earned a decent amount of money each month by selling commercial time on my POV channel and by auctioning off any unneeded magic items, armor, or weapons I acquired during my travels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Lindane, according to medical findings, is stored in significant amounts in the brain and functioning liver tissue and may induce “profound and long lasting effects on the central nervous system.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The beans were scorched black, and no amount of scraping could get them out of the pan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Ah, well. I do appreciate your stopping by. Even if it amounted to little more than giggles and grins.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Much too late to be alone in my hotel room with a girl who amounts to little more than an intern. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I got my mother to buy a notebook in which I wrote the names of all our customers, and the amounts they owed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Without any knowledge of the probability of there being various amounts of money in the envelopes, there is no way out of this impasse. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They had discovered that, at this time of day, there was a considerable amount of activity and conversation in the corridor, which always provided an opportunity to learn something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, when he was sixty-three years old, he quietly donated the entire amount to buy the land to build the migrant shelter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “You see, now that Mr. Burton has purchased that section of land, it reduces the amount of land that has back taxes due. And actually, now Mr. Burton owes an amount in back taxes.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z After hearing this, I’d spent a good amount of time trying to think up which month I would have liked to have been named for. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were about the same size and had about the same amount of furniture and closet space. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Liam was also still out cold, and no amount of shaking was able to stir him up into consciousness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the early history of our planet, however, when enormous amounts of organic molecules were being produced by sunlight in a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, very simple, nonparasitic organisms had a fighting chance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A sister recalled that Farmer had put an incredible amount of work into his presentation, including charcoal drawings of reptiles and a lecture on various animals’ diets and life spans. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I meant to say, Yes, I most certainly am, because you thinly I will never amount to anything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent a large part of Christmas Eve day making sure that everyone was well scrubbed—no small undertaking, as it meant heating a huge amount of water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But that is all they ever amounted to—ideas. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The equation involved a certain amount of fanciful math, but there was no disputing that the cyclotron was beginning to pay its way as a producer of radioactive isotopes on an industrial scale. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Not when it amounted to a hundred bucks’ worth of roses and a date in three hours. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Most important, its amount equaled the amount of guanine. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Alex completely undermines his point by pulling Henry into a deep and lingering kiss, and another, and they kiss for an amount of time he decides not to count or think about. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The job, we heard over and over, amounted to care, custody, and control: We gave the orders, in accordance with the rules, and inmates were to follow them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The 3.2 million square feet of office space actually under construction in Midland was equivalent to the amount in San Antonio, Fort Worth, and Austin combined. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you believe this system effectively controls crime, consider this: standard estimates of the amount of crime reduction that can be attributable to mass incarceration range from 3 to 25 percent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Are they still baying at the moon? I hear reports from the kitchen that those pupils of yours are consuming an alarming amount of ketchup. Perhaps you can explain.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She came up with several ideas for making money, including a colorful disposable baby bottle with premeasured amounts of water and formula— something a busy mom could shake with one hand while holding a baby. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z This made a certain amount of sense: Mrs. Richardson’s grandparents had been in Shaker Heights almost from the beginning. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You got my word,” I say, which, considering all the lying I’d been doing lately, didn’t seem like it amounted to much. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She spent an astonishing amount of time in attending lectures and demonstrations, distributing literature for the Junior Anti-Sex League, preparing banners for Hate Week, making collections for the savings campaign, and suchlike activities. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Pompey had every reason to expect a certain amount of help and loyalty from Egypt. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At home, I was worried that my parents would notice the massive amount of work I was cranking out, wonder about it, comment on it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias could not help feeling a certain amount of sympathy for the lonely aristocrat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Our faucet has coded, and no amount of resuscitation will bring it back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This jar is not empty but contains a small amount of white sand which shifts on the bottom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I hope you’re intending to reward my daughter. I am sure it took no small amount of persuasion to bring him here.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z With no warning, he picked up the bin of boots and flipped it over, so dozens of boots scattered across the length of the table with a terrible amount of noise. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Are there really seven hundred twelve? Is it the same amount every day or something?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When things were bad, she gave us only a small amount of pity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Later, if we have to, and then in small amounts.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z But even in that short amount of time, I did count the phrase “You know better than that, Ryan Dean” forty-seven times. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My parents have accepted the amount their kids have become "Americanized." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Yet, even then, they “do not earn” the amount specified in their contracts. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z No amount of your analyzing, criticizing, judging, or hypothesizing will bring the peace you are looking for. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z His other instructions: When guards ask for identification, give them a few cigarettes and a package of crackers, along with small amounts of cash. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They settled down an appreciable amount, and began inventing obscene verses to “Tinker Tanner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It took a significant amount of muscle—how had Chase with his little eight-year-old arms managed?—but soon I had a bucketful. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Hence, in a very short time they’d have a pretty complete aerial report on what amounted to about a three-square - mile area. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They gave him a large amount, but he wanted more, because the church had to have a bell that would raise the drowned up to the surface of the water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This is as impossible as trisecting an angle with a straightedge and compasses—unless gods and mortals are allowed to have an infinite amount of sex. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By denying herself all treats, she managed to mail close to the same amount she and Salvador had previously sent together. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z We both got a good amount of food. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If there is less than a certain critical amount of matter in the universe, the gravitation of the receding galaxies will be insufficient to stop the expansion, and the universe will run away forever. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His parents had remarked endlessly at the amount of traffic, the pedestrians, the noise. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She says it with a certain amount of bitterness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Bigger asked; his anger amounted almost to frenzy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, I would tell me that Gideon Wright wouldn't amount to much in the future anyway. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So Artemis put out a call on the Web: Irish businessman will pay large amount of U.S. dollars to meet a fairy, sprite, leprechaun, pixie. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The amount of food the rabbits produced was not very large, but once inside the wood the bird clearly felt safer and was able to hobble about and do some foraging for itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he knew they'd made a pretty good amount of money. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He himself fitted a cat-flap in the bedroom door, so that small amounts of food could be pushed inside three times a day. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z This simple formula relates mass and energy: the mass of an object is equivalent to a certain amount of energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There’s a long silence until she finally says, “Lou...I couldn’t make it work. I thought they’d accept the amount I was able to offer but...they didn’t.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z A small amount of light and air passed through the pattern of one-inch- square holes in the doors. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They talked among themselves and agreed that six months sounded like a reasonable amount of time for a trial period. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If Bobby could make millions, and if he continued tithing large amounts to the Church, he could emerge as one of the Church’s biggest benefactors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Each week you gave the specified amount; and then one week in the cycle, all the money was yours. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He advocated separate but equal facilities and charged that government programs to overcome discrimination amounted to special privileges for blacks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But that was just the amount required to make a human girl euphoric and energetic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The amount of abstraction that a writer can get away with depends on the expertise of her readership. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They are tiny things, each with a rather surprising amount of bright red hair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We’ve got a lot of expenses neither of you know about. Your father and I are also trying to save a substantial amount of money each month.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By making careful measurements of how much radiation came off objects at various temperatures, they showed that the Rayleigh-Jeans formula was, indeed, failing to predict the true amount of light that comes from objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then, in the third place, the Owsla had lately lost a certain amount of respect among the rank and file. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It's about the amount of soil you'd put in a window box, and the only seeds I have are a few species of grass and ferns. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Milk samples taken from the Wallers’ purebred Guernsey cows 48 hours later contained DDT in the amount of 14 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then at one point halfway through the month, she herself suggested upping the amount of the penalty she would give us for being late from one dollar to five dollars. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z So what it amounts to is that there won’t be much I can do, not until I see how the sickness develops. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Eighty percent of its leasing arrangements lost money, often vast amounts. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z A tiny amount of airborne Ebola could nuke a building full of people if it got into the air-conditioning system. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I might go to the bank and withdraw precisely that amount, which would not cause so much suspicion. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Holmes returned to Englewood and promptly forged Belknap’s signature to a second note for the same amount, intending to use the proceeds for his hotel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I scooped up large amounts of snow to melt for drinking water. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Over the next five years I mailed small amounts to the charity that supported Farmer’s hospital near Mirebalais. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I feel my face flush with an overwhelming amount of heat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For its size there was a disappointing amount of flesh, only a little on its chest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The Dufarges spent an enormous amount of time sloshing around in the Paris sewers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In one hundred years, the amount of sugar an English person used had increased by 450 percent. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z They seemed to be having a ridiculous amount of fun, and suddenly the gosling was smiling again. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z This was an enormous amount of money, enough to buy a house. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Every day we walked home from school together, chatting about what we were going to be when we grew up, and whose father could saw the most wood in the least amount of time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z If I ordered additional food on my own, it would increase the amount of exercise I had to do each day, to offset my additional calorie intake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Elijah Muhammad would authorize for me any amount that I asked for. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Every spy was equipped with a number of these larvae, which, by feeding them carefully regulated amounts of oil and honey, they could either keep in suspended animation or bring rapidly to adulthood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Since the body actually holds less than half of this amount, most people who were bled so drastically passed out at some point in the procedure. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The ten-year-old boy wrote the two separate amounts down slowly and carefully. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But then she thought about what he said, and she tried something new: She bought a small amount of chicken—a quarter pound—and mixed it with beans and cabbage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I spread on a modest amount and set it on a pink glass plate, the kind that came free in bags of sugar or flour or laundry soap. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z No amount of staring into the pond and at its deep green walls could explain to me what had happened to the fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z You wouldn’t believe the amount of chaos and commotion six brothers could create. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The world had some pretty cool stuff, but it didn’t amount to much when the sun decided to wipe out most of civilization. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And of course, Joel has to figure in that different size cattle eat different amounts of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z In those first few years, everyone practiced roughly the same amount, about two or three hours a week. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Every step up the chain reduces the amount of food energy by a factor of ten. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She was building quite a reputation in a short amount of time. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z That amounted to about thirty agents for each state. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But there was also a limited amount he could do with them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The researchers found that in groups with little alcoholism, such as Jews, people actually drink moderate amounts of alcohol, but few of them drink too much and become alcoholics. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There would be a certain amount of spectacle involved in the proceedings, I imagine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rogers had chopped a certain amount of firewood before he had been killed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The more you give, the more you can ask for; everyone comes to learn what’s a fair amount. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter is accompanied by another exorbitant amount of money, enough for Herr Thiessen to retire comfortably if he wished. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I have tested Nathan and can say he has vast amounts of kindness as well as the grandest of courage. He has within him the dormant abilities of a talented medicine man.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In love, it’s the amount of time it takes for lovers to feel half of what they once did. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z In the case of money, the subjects were asked if they would prefer to take a small amount of money, say, $5, versus waiting a period of time to get more money, say, $100. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She spoke the way a bird eats, in small amounts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z You can play a quarter a day or a dollar, or more; any amount you choose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It is meaningless, therefore, to talk about the “safety” of any specific amount of residue. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Even now, I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan; after all, it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She is almost entirely in ballast of silver sand, with only a small amount of cargo—a number of great wooden boxes filled with mould. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The bard, as lean as eyer, despite the huge amount he had eaten, repaired his harp strings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But they just sat there eating very small amounts of lasagna, not even looking at each other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Then the price had gone up, and he found he would have to go over into every one else’s dollar to make up the full amount for May Belle. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Where this colossal amount of water had come from was hard to imagine. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Walmart, which was then the nation’s largest grocery retailer, had joined our effort by pledging to cut the amount of sugar, salt, and fat in its food products and to reduce prices on produce. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z No amount of surprise would make up for the cruel pretties’ superior strength and reflexes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As far as she’s aware, she herself is my only source, for this kind of information; of which she has a surprising amount. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z This is profitability even by modern Wall Street standards: if the Dow Jones average had risen a similar amount since World War II, the index would now stand at over twenty thousand. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Start changing the other chords by the same amount, and in the same direction, and see if you are getting mostly easy-to-play chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The fact that three white men wrote Porgy and Bess caused unease at the time and has stirred a certain amount of discomfort ever since. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Ken had to do a certain amount of squeezing and inhaling to get through the fence, but skinny Toby came through almost as easily as the girls, now that he wasn’t wearing boxes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of fancy Pond’s Cold Cream would soothe the chapped cheeks and nose that were now my badge of homestead honor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Even though Fig had lost a lot of weight in a short amount of time, he couldn’t afford to gain it all back again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This surprised me, as I didn't know magazines bought stories in lots of six, and I was staggered by the thought of the amount of money six stories would probably bring in. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Every night for a month smaller but more numerous frogs came so that he always had the same amount to eat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could use only a small amount of wood, to save what we had. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sharpshooter had run up an astonishing amount of debt at nearly every gambling den on East Stave. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “At first a certain amount of patience was needed, but I soon found that matters went better when I was conducting several experiments simultaneously.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There was little to be intimidated by save for the pure amount of machinery enveloping his body. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But what scientists can do–and Anderson and Witzke have done–is measure the impact site and calculate the amount of energy released. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The amount varies depending on the prices of oil but in recent years has usually amounted to a few thousand dollars. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I wave to the shouting crowd, and try to smile with the perfect amount of teeth, just as Du Barry taught us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I now risked dying from oxygen toxicity, as the excessively high amount of oxygen threatened to burn up my nervous system, lungs, and eyes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z More dead jungle ruins flashed past, an astonishing amount of wealth and materials left to rot and fall back to the green tangle of the trees and swamps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d laughed along, but it had felt like an unbelievable amount of pressure. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Other planetary systems may have somewhat different amounts of our rare elements. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the sheer amount of time the band was forced to play. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z No amount of barking and pestering by Old Yeller could get them out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was relatively small, weighing perhaps six hundred or seven hundred pounds, but it nevertheless amounted to a huge quantity of meat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He pours her a small amount of red wine. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z "Yeah. The Stage One booster works fine if one engine goes out. It'll save us a huge amount of weight. Only during the Stage One ascent, but still. Pretty good fuel savings." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z One game involved trying to pull a decorative bow from a vachette's head, and another seemed to amount to nothing more than name-calling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Some weeks, I bet large amounts on the numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will only charge you a small amount...only five leones.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z But with digital technology, researchers say the amount of information, the speed of its delivery, and, pointedly, its interactive nature, have changed our world by orders of magnitude. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Yet in nature we would never find a fruit with anywhere near the amount of fructose in a soda. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I had been impressed by the massive amount of smoke and gas the combination had produced, but I was confused. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A patchwork of solar cells covered the RV’s roof and most of its body, along with a liberal amount of rust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The amount of time it takes grass to recover is constantly changing too. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We were given a small amount of water, which helped, but we were quite thirsty when we were finally “rescued” and returned to civilization, which in this case turned out to be Beno, Nevada. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z You have spent an enormous amount of money retooling your furniture factory, and still more making sure that, say, the mesh on the Aeron doesn’t pinch the behinds of people who sit in it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “We had a very limited amount of the Cobalt Blue Orchids, Nats, and they’re very delicate—we had to keep all of them in the lab. We couldn’t have given any away.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great,” he wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Why, I thought everyone had. When you’re playing in your room and making a great amount of noise, what do they tell you to stop?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s the right amount of makeshift and dinginess for me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They made bad choices, and most had been taught since they were young that they wouldn’t amount to much. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Despite the amount of fun you nobles will have betting on us, this competition seems unnecessary. Why not just hire me already?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One of my favourite methods of escape was what amounts to gentle asphyxiation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It's a paltry amount of power, compared to what the rover consumes, but it's not nothing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Even this amount of education proved distasteful to the Nationalists. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve finished my burger and 75 percent of the fries in the amount of time it takes my mom to eat about three bites of her salad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Auntie Gemma says, “If you add the amount to what you’ve already saved, you should have enough for the county. We held an emergency family meeting and everyone gave what they could.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But they failed a few seconds later, and the Vonnegut’s hull suffered an alarming amount of damage in the handful of seconds it took me to make the jump to light speed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He could understand a fair amount of conversation and could even use slang. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We never, not for one second, thought that everything could change in the amount of time it takes for a single heart to stop beating. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z In any case, Euergetes acted decisively, defeating the dissidents and importing vast amounts of grain to feed the people. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Often the amount of amazement she wanted to feel never quite matched reality. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z No amount of natural wonders, of rigid cliffs and belching waters, of smoking springs could even engage my attention while that pandemonium went on. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the amount of oxygen you bring with you, but the amount of C02 you can remove. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a ridiculous amount of relief when I saw Denna waiting outside, leaning against the horse post. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “As stated, the township of Manifest has the first rights to the land upon payment of back taxes and the land fee in the amount of one thousand dollars.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “For the next few weeks, we’re going to be in open grassland with no guaranteed access to any substantial amount of water.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z After a surprisingly minimal amount of coaxing by me, he shocked us all by not only signing off on the idea but also encouraging my parents to let me go. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She wanted three times the work done in the same amount of time. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mother’s message amounted to an ultimatum: I could see her and my father, or I would never see her again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Fancy a flutter on the match, Arthur?” he said eagerly, jingling what seemed to be a large amount of gold in the pockets of his yellow-and-black robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I could do what Ariana did—bake a couple of small batches with different amounts of sugar, so I could see which one tasted the best. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He’s just the right amount of cute that can be considered fine. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I remembered that Salma Auntie always cooked massive amounts of food when she was stressed out. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Pond charged up a mound, and at the crest Nathan could see a huge amount of the desert. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She felt a certain amount of responsibility to Ernestine and the younger girls, since she knew they would never be emancipated until she paved the way. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For her part, Safaa spends a fair amount of time staring at him, or more particularly at his bad leg, but with none of the hostility she reserves for the rest of us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Now that the last of the rice was gone it was in a sense a relief: no amount of scheming and paring would make it go any further: the last grain had been eaten. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As we stepped out of the quest gate, our avatars were each awarded a huge amount of experience points and several thousand credits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Bobby claimed that he lost a sizable amount in the transaction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have come to understand, however, that the illusion of perfect control can amount to the same thing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The only way to make sure your plants produce the same amount of corn—that they have the same yield as the original hybrid—is to buy new seed every year from a seed company. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z That's why I have a small amount of Earth soil and a bunch of plant seeds with me. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d be the princess, and that amounted to sitting in a cage he built out of stone or ice or something, and watching him and Ivan battle with magic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Should the charge be less than this amount, you can return balance; if greater, we shall at once send cheque for difference on hearing from you. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z His ear was in ribbons and there was any amount of dirt in it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the monkeys that were dying in Room H had become essentially a heap of mush and bones in a skin bag, mixed with huge amounts of amplified virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d dumped the lye into it, with just the right amount of water. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z This said that employers had to grant employees unpaid leave while ensuring their job security for an amount of time in the event of qualified family and medical emergencies. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z By this means a precise balance is struck and the body never builds up a dangerous amount of acetylcholine. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But I've spent a fair amount of time throwing knives as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She was wearing a set of spangled silver robes that were attracting a certain amount of giggles from the onlookers, but otherwise she looked quite nice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My thoughts tripped back and forth through the massive amount of life that had happened to me—to him—in the last twenty-four hours. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z If his memory served him right, these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in equal amounts. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z There was still a certain amount of shelling, he said, but not many wounded. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z An infinite number of universes and an infinite amount of time, and we were able to meet each other. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There must be a certain minimum amount of uncertainty, or quantum fluctuations, in the value of the field. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I hope my experience will be a microcosm for readers, who will also appreciate art in direct proportion to the amount of knowledge they bring to it. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z We know a fair amount about the early factors in the equation, the numbers of stars and planetary systems. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I know I am going to get Michael in a huge amount of trouble. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z It has the nutritional value of a brown paper bag, with the added bonus of trace amounts of cyanide. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The concentration of DDT used is many times the amount that will kill an adult pheasant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And in the front, where the band had stuck directly to the bare skin, there remained a whole lot of small patches of brown leathery stuff that no amount of washing would get off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Archer calculated the amount of time it would take him to reach Hatchet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He lands heavily in the path, rolling into the side of the tent and taking a large amount of the white powder on the ground with him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He has a fair amount of difficulty understanding their heavy Scottish accents, if they are Scottish at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The exact mark the type made on the page also depended on the amount of ink and pressure used. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The outlay for insecticides in Nova Scotia apple orchards is only from 10 to 20 per cent of the amount spent in most other apple-growing areas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I’ll get it,” I said with no small amount of reluctance. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She wanted a pot of hot chocolate made with two handfuls of sugar, which was a shocking amount. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It cast only a small amount of light, but enough for him to make his way to the room he had once shared with Carlos. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z If they didn’t want an exchange at the moment they’d put down in one of the big gray ledgers the amount of credit coming to them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Therefore, they were measured and judged by the amount of cotton they produced. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The stromboli is a staple in Pennsylvania cuisine, essentially consisting of a pizza folded on itself, a bread, dairy, and meat concoction held together with copious amounts of grease, classic adolescent comfort food. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z To wit: If they came back to their cars or trucks too soon, the birds at that particular radiator would miss out on some amount of food. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Thus, the top of the Richardson curve is shifting downward by an unknown amount. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I would also record the attendance and the amount of money contributed to church that morning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z However, one can increase one’s chances of detecting a decay by observing a large amount of matter containing a very large number of protons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Zwicky realized that after the collapse of such a star there would be a huge amount of energy left over enough to make the biggest bang in the universe. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Not such a crazy amount, as he had, which he felt brought on the sickness in the night—but just enough to stave off the hunger a bit He crawled into the shelter. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It held together perfectly for thirty seconds, the amount of time I needed to catch up to Nicole, and then it punked right in front of her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z They did this for a while, and the rat or mouse stopped going to get the food at a certain amount of voltage. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Then without question, my father paid the man for his entire bag, which amounted to a full week’s pay. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z This made her laugh—an honest, genuine laugh that involved a fair amount of snorting, which made me laugh too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. van D. got 325 guilders for it, an enormous amount. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And if Madoc will not allow me that, then no amount of skill will help me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This sounds reasonable, but in most cases it’s simply impossible or, what amounts to the same thing, prohibitively expensive. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Extracts of the hemocytes can be made to jell by adding extremely small amounts of endotoxin. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a longtime colleague of Farmer’s, and she had questions about treating someone with hydrocephalus—an abnormal amount of fluid in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities—caused by a parasite. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It looks like Roshan sent a bunch of emails last night, while Hammie’s amount of notes has gone down by a significant amount since the night before, indicating she had made some huge purchase. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s a pity all of that yapping didn’t amount to much.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There was regular jet service to Petersburg, but the sum of my liquid assets amounted to a 1960 Pontiac Star Chief and two hundred dollars in cash, not even enough for one-way airfare. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Be that as it may, the policy amounted to a kind of ethnic apartheid, preserving the city’s Greek face while excluding Egyptians from the center of imperial power. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z It was all so disturbingly normal—besides the sheer amount of money that must have gone into it—that for a moment I thought the whole place might be a hallucination. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Then one of them makes another error on top of that, which combined with the first error still does not amount to catastrophe. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Investment research has had to have huge amounts of cost ripped out of it, so a lot of firms are using shift work in Bangalore to do bread-and- butter company analysis.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z "Yes. He should be back. You know he's extraordinary about buying champagne. It means any amount to him." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I was going to have to learn to hunt and gather and garden on what amounted to a different planet, full of animals and plants I didn’t know. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He took out two brand-new hoes, a knife with the hilt wrapped in copper wire, a length of dress-cloth, and a small amount of real money. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus it came only to an amount which one should not really take out and which must be set aside for an emergency. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I raised the amount of the reward and threatened to have the guardsmen dismissed for incompetence, but all to no avail. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suzy,” said Mrs. Turton finally, “that was incredibly thorough. I can see that a tremendous amount of hard work went into your presentation.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was a good amount of moaning and shuffling. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He did not understand it, but there was no time to dwell on the matter: Hagrid was causing a certain amount of disruption. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Every milestone or accomplishment leads to alcohol and obscene amounts of fried meat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Fifty-six days is the amount of time it would take the chickens to grow big enough to be slaughtered. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But the small amount he did write depicts a crowded and prosperous land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As long as Frederick remained on the throne, Tycho was able to enjoy an unprecedented amount of freedom to run his observatory just as he liked. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I counted out the exact amount and put it into your outstretched palm. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Murder convictions tend to receive a tremendous amount of media attention, which feeds the public’s sense that violent crime is rampant and forever on the rise. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z What the upstate union rep had told me years earlier about an officer’s career amounting to “a life sentence in eight-hour shifts” seemed to be encapsulated in that big red-bound ledger. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We watched him with patience and even a certain amount of spectator’s interest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She joined “the lecturing corps” as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, earning ten dollars a week, an amount equal to about $300 in today’s dollars. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z On the way back to church, Phyllis hands out equal amounts of sour suckers to each of us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The O is a four-lane road, plus parking on both sides, which leaves a good amount of space between the Stingers and us, but we can see each other across the way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “We are going to be handling large amounts of blood. And we will be handling sharp instruments. We are going to use the disposable biocontainment suits.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her escape had been a preposterous idea, but even a sliver of it amounted to the best adventure of her life. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Many of history’s greatest horses had faltered under 128 pounds or more; Seabiscuit had set two track records under 133 pounds and four more under 130 while conceding massive amounts of weight to his opponents. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘The ones that feel sorry for you and the ones that don’t. And both amount to the same thing. Nowhere in between is respect.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall explained why, when the class gave a particularly loud groan at the amount of Transfiguration homework she had assigned. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He decided against it, dismissing the words as crazy talk, amounting to nothing more than battle fatigue. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Over the years, an enormous amount of research has been done in an attempt to determine how a person’s performance on an IQ test like the Raven’s translates to real- life success. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Their "lessons" include eating massive amounts of chocolate and cheese curls. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z For once, no amount of Howard charm could help. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of food you got depended on the number of people in your family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The source of a great amount of anxious speculation on my part at the time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Maybe because students are getting away with an insane amount of PDA that would never be tolerated during normal school hours. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I am used to a certain amount of nakedness in Faerie, but not among the royal family. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bobby’s having consented to be interviewed for such a relatively small amount of money showed his financial desperation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours in what amounts, in plain terms, to a dictatorship. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the fine print, my palms getting sweaty even at this tiny amount of confrontation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was a small amount of potion left, and Seven scooped it into a vial and put it in her cloak. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Nathan’s eyes had to take a moment to adjust to the amount of light around him, even though it was still pretty dim. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z This energy is dissipated as heat, and increases the amount of disorder in the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull the bottle of nutrients from the refrigerator and pour the measured amount into a glass. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The sheer amount of visual information always overwhelmed him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He had to sit with his leg up along the back seat, so that Kingshaw only had a small amount of room. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I recognized a few other faces in the crowd and realized that, whether they were household names or not, this was an exclusive group that held a significant amount of influence and power. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I also wanted to experiment with the amount of cereal flavor in the milk, so I let the cereal sit in some of the milk longer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I don’t want to get into it again—and no amount of apologizing can fix that woman, anyway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “As I said, largely the same. Lovely voice, light of foot, quick of tongue, men’s adoration and women’s scorn in roughly equal amounts.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I have not had a ‘thing’ for him for any amount of time. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He guessed at the amounts and put the beef dinner and peach dessert on to boil, then went back to the lake and brought water to mix with the orange drink. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten seconds seemed like the right amount of time for me to be sure he wasn’t going to leave. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The CO was retired, said Father Hayes, but his retirement was troubled by the thought of what his life’s work had amounted to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost all were modified, with engines souped up to outrun police cars and secret compartments big enough to carry large amounts of hidden alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The amount being mentioned as the purse for the rematch was $2,500,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anatole earned a stipend from student teaching, an amount the other graduate students called a “pittance,” though it was much more than he and I had ever earned together in any year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She works up a nice amount of suds in each section and rinses twice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Just a finite amount of time, so we still think the other person is interesting. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Chemical control of insects seems to have proceeded on the assumption that the soil could and would sustain any amount of insult via the introduction of poisons without striking back. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He also had a huge amount of good-natured confidence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The attack — the beginning of a note — and the amount of space in between the notes are particularly important. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I looked at it this way: If there was only a set amount of food available at a given meal, we had to control the portions. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the interview, the regent bade me good-bye and handed me a pound note for pocket money, the largest amount of money I had ever possessed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he chafe at the amount of time, space, and effort she devoted to her study? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The amount of chicanery it would take to slip prom past her mother ... it boggled the mind. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He felt that at last he amounted to something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That kid is going to amount to nothing and no good. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was warm, it afforded me a limited amount of privacy, and the wireless reception wasn’t too bad. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I scoop a nice amount of baked beans on there somehow. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Egyptian farmers raised a wide variety of fruits and vegetables—harvesting rich vineyards, tending extensive orchards, and producing record amounts of grain for domestic use and for export. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And what Zach had in mind amounted to calling the entire eighth grade down on Cap. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Without missing a beat in his Senate duties, he’d have to build and maintain a coast-to-coast campaign operation, develop a policy platform, and also raise an astonishing amount of money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "Intelligence is essentially a banal trade of sifting through huge amounts of random information in a search for a single enlightening gem or illuminating link," he wrote. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Never tell me it amounts to the same thing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Each sleeve of his starched shirt protruded the same amount from the coat, just enough to show the matched cuff links, gleaming silver. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z She was curled up in her bed, completely incapacitated by the amount of chelo kabob she had eaten. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Potential assassins, waiting for the right amounts of money. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A map of the city covered the wooden planks, and I whistled silently at the amount of detail Chestnutt had managed to fit in. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She might be ill-tempered, he thought, but it was with a certain amount of justification, after all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I made a good amount of money, especially around Halloween, when I’d give my ‘Haunted Tower’ tour around the Tower of London.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The amount of food available, conditions of weather and climate, the presence of competing or predatory species, all are critically important. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Some Americans seemed to embrace it, understanding all too well the amount of organization and drive it takes to raise children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It can also, when inhaled in sufficient amounts, create a lightheadedness that feels like religious reverie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Anthony was charged the full amount, and the paper stopped publishing Stanton’s letters and articles. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z More commonly, the dryness comes back and the fuzz of grass withers or a little frost curls it and there’s that amount of seed wasted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His hair had just the right amount of wave in the front, and he was dressed in khaki shorts and a V-neck T-shirt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well,” said her mother, “one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After giving me what amounted to a thorough exam with really hard questions about Vince’s intentions and character, Mother Lois said, “Have him come to the house.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There are ways to find out: by making an accurate census of the total amount of matter in the universe, or by seeing to the edge of the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The same amount of property would have an equal influence upon us if owned in the North. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I messed up the amounts, though. Didn’t they want an hour? When I doubled the recipe, I didn’t do enough. I don’t think it’ll work over forty minutes.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Actually, I found the amount of attention that I was getting to be very off-putting. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Connecting digitally eliminated a tremendous amount of wear and tear and seemed to satisfy everyone around the ‘virtual table.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Please respond as soon as possible; I only have a short amount of time. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The sectional seated eight, but even with only three Richardson children, there was always a fair amount of jockeying to get the spots with the best view. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Most mothers, faced with a situation like this, would have shown a certain amount of distress. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In what amounted to a carnival-like atmosphere, vendors sold all types of food, printers sold postcards of the lynching and the corpse, and photographers took souvenir pictures of the smiling eyewitnesses. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When he assumed the presidency, the ANC had seventeen shillings and sixpence in its treasury, and he had boosted the amount to four thousand pounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or had it really been so short an amount of time?—you could hear the wind rushing in an open window, a wind that dropped a few small, spiky leaves to the floor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He was hers now, and no amount of struggle would restore his free will. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He could only take in small amounts of cracked ice and water through his mouth. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Somehow I had the vague feeling that all my mother’s prayers were useless, that no amount of prayer could stop the police from violating our lives at will. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The usher whispered something to her, then motioned with his hand about the amount of space. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It had long been known that the Earth radiated appreciable amounts of heat–that was apparent to anyone who went down a coal mine–but there wasn’t any way of estimating the rate of dissipation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Everybody put coins in the jukebox and drank RC Cola, but the profits never amounted to much. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In detecting the cosmic background radiation, in counting quasars, in searching for intelligent signals from space, radio astronomers are dealing with amounts of energy that are barely there at all. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All specimens sent to the Fish and Wildlife Service for analysis were found to contain insecticides in amounts sufficient to cause their death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The gypsy moth program shows what a vast amount of damage can be done when reckless large-scale treatment is substituted for local and moderate control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A remarkable amount of my fishing is like that, but I like it just the same. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She had found out her place in the world, found out that she had power, and that her father had much more—almost an infinite amount. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z If I pay the whole amount before the due date, you will refund the unearned portion of the finance charge. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “You need the hospital wing. There may be a certain amount of scarring, but if you take dittany immediately we might avoid even that...Come...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It didn’t take a huge amount of imagination to read backwards from this and realize that it must therefore have started from some central point. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Remember,” he said, “you can apply for the same amount next year.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Because it is as though the one who is left steps for a time upon a stage and each second swells to an unlimited amount of time and he is watched by many eyes? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It shouldn’t have surprised me that Liam threw himself back into watch duty, but it took a generous amount of coaxing from the others for his mind to refocus on the camps. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He said the Austrians had a great amount of artillery in the woods along Ternova ridge beyond and above us, and shelled the roads badly at night. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I found Zion, and we ate an obscene amount of junk food together in the rodeo arena. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Tommies came running from trenches all around when they heard the news and they gave him any amount of money if he’d let them boil water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “That ignoramus Gowon pledged a miserable, measly amount for more than two million refugees. Did he think it was chickens that died and it is the surviving relatives of those chickens who have returned home?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The vest is heavy and hot, and no amount of air-conditioning in the truck can cool him down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There were massive amounts of garbage all over the ground. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z That evening, Sibanda sat at his fireside and watched his wife preparing the small amount of food that would have to feed the whole family. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z A failure to distinguish these senses, and to ask which of them the first users of the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’ had in mind, has caused a tremendous amount of confusion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I head into my room and throw my door shut with the same amount of force. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Even if the family doesn’t love us, they do feed us a sufficient amount of rice, fish that the boys catch in the river, and vegetables from the garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I know Peeta and I won, but a disproportionate amount of time is spent on us, right from the beginning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She immediately instructed his sister, Joan, to send the entire amount of her monthly Social Security check to Bobby to assist him with his rent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At this moment in North Dakota I had a reluctance to drive on that amounted to fear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She spent a fair amount of time on Google Maps plotting, but to no avail. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The amount of lead in the atmosphere also continues to grow, quite legally, by about a hundred thousand metric tons a year, mostly from mining, smelting, and industrial activities. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I thought it strange, first on the obvious level of why a busy and ambitious politician would devote any amount of time to memorizing lists of people he’d never need to know. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Both were sources of small amounts of food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The melody is very simple, containing only four pitches and a fair amount of repetition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z To him it was simply a waste, for the African was inherently ignorant and lazy and no amount of education could remedy that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd been raised with the impression that it took a certain amount of know-how to get by in New York, but a surprising number of our customers proved me wrong. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She adds the perfect flourishes, holds positions and pauses for the ideal amounts of time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It not only tells how much radiation an object gives off, but also how hot an object gets when irradiated with a given amount of energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Once they knew the amount, the funeral cost eighty percent of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Interestingly, there was no difference in the amount or quality of information they gave their patients; they didn’t provide more details about medication or the patient’s condition. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Most of the money for the building was raised by the working-class Klan membership, but even more importantly, a significant amount of the funds arrived as secret donations from middle- and upper-class supporters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the season Salatin’s animals will have transformed his grasses into an astounding amount of food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Our mind, faced with a life-threatening situation, drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The DDT will turn up in the milk in the amount of about 3 parts per million, but in butter made from this milk the concentration may run to 65 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Fortunately, once I’m in the Block, a certain amount of training does kick in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Among the many advantages of selective spraying is the fact that it minimizes the amount of chemical applied to the landscape. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Surely you didn’t think you could fool my Whisperer. How typically juvenile. I’m afraid my Whisperer is foolproof, Reynard. Or perhaps I should say childproof—they amount to the same thing.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries of the world, and had purchased all the rarest and most important volumes on alchemy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I have known these great ones since my earliest childhood, have lived among them, camped and slept against their warm monster bodies, and no amount of association has bred contempt in me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama spends almost the same amount of time washing her pots and cleaning her blender as she does actually cooking. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z But we always harvested a good amount for the mule and the pigs and some to set aside for seeds for next year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched her cheek lightly, finally feeling the smallest amount of proficiency. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z One day there was particular trouble with a thistle, and he had miscalculated the amount of food which ought to have been given the day before. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her solution this time was to pay everyone the same amount—$2,000—therefore saving face and securing the greatest American player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That dog can sleep through any amount of judicious caresses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of displacement at any particular spot changes as the wave passes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And by the way, use less than, not fewer than, with amounts like these. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z According to this hypothesis, drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol puts people at risk of drinking too much and becoming alcoholics. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This is still scandalously high, higher in fact than my aftertax weekly pay will amount to. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, by Planck’s quantum hypothesis, one cannot use an arbitrarily small amount of light; one has to use at least one quantum. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So we lay to rest the wide-eyed wonder we once thrived upon, replacing it with scars of which we never speak, too knotted for any amount of technology to repair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Nguyen was starting to think that no amount of money was worth another minute in this strange company. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This ruling was remarkable given that, prior to the Drug Reform Act of 1986, the longest sentence Congress had ever imposed for possession of any drug in any amount was one year. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This happens on and off for an indeterminate amount of time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Penelope felt self-conscious gobbling away while the children were so gloomy, but the strenuous dancing of the previous day had given her a hearty appetite that no amount of stuffed dead animal heads could erase. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Miss Riley poured on the ground a small amount of white powder from each of two little paper bags she had carried with her and then mixed them with a wooden spoon. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Not everything. You exaggerate. There is, certainly, a fair amount of evidence to support that view.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The visitor finally asks if he’s given him the right amount of money, to which the Mainer grudgingly responds, “Just barely.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, that was unexpected....“Not in a way that could ever amount to anything.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z His brick-red hair, just combed, was dripping with the amount of water he required for satisfactory grooming. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He screamed and shouted “Wooeeeee!” at Guitar’s list, but because his life was not unpleasant and even had a certain amount of luxury in addition to its comfort, he felt off center. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Art had a system that he had worked out over the many years he had been farming, and while it was relatively simple, it still demanded a staggering amount of stamina. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It overlooks a staggering amount of basic research to say that modern medicine began with the era of antibiotics. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the heat expelled by the computer’s cooling fan means that when a computer records an item in memory, the total amount of disorder in the universe still goes up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But then no one, no matter the amount, has his ear over another. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray fungi, growing in long threadlike filaments, are somewhat less numerous than the bacteria, yet because they are larger their total weight in a given amount of soil may be about the same. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Since this amount of running only takes an hour a week, I think that it is time very well spent. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Their blood is blue, and it can detect really small amounts of bacteria, so scientists use it to test vaccines.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He liked the classical genetic assumption that male and female cells contribute equal amounts of genetic material, even though the resulting analysis was perversely complex. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In addition, I face life with an extraordinary amount of courage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z So I spent an inordinate amount of time studying for finals, which helped my GPA considerably. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The amount of soot and floating ash from the impact and following fires would blot out the sun, certainly for months, possibly for years, disrupting growing cycles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “And tell us, again, the total amount of money that you and Mr. Moss got?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He coaxed a phenomenal amount of work out of his rigid body, laboring so hard over his horses through the week that he had to sleep straight through Sunday to recover. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach shrank or something; it doesn’t take in much, and if I force in a certain amount it rejects everything, sends me to the bathroom to vomit in the dark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The message was so short, using frequency analysis didn’t amount to much help. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z This is the gift of training and expertise—the ability to extract an enormous amount of meaningful information from the very thinnest slice of experience. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There is a concept in cognitive psychology called the channel capacity, which refers to the amount of space in our brain for certain kinds of information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the same amount of books, but it was always a couple minutes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z No amount of prayer would put him on the Iron Throne, however. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Judging from the amount of food still remaining, Bri and Julie hadn’t eaten much more than he had the past week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She tried to cover herself more fully and met with mixed success, pulling the sheet up to her neck in exchange for exposing a scandalous amount of long, shapely leg. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This sort of evidence — and no more — forms the basis of a vast amount of medical therapy in many other disorders. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was usually a certain amount of guesswork involved, and that would make the case a challenge to prosecute. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Like all writing decisions, the amount of signposting requires judgment and compromise: too much, and the reader bogs down in reading the signposts; too little, and she has no idea where she is being led. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Relatively large amounts are deposited in the liver, kidneys, and the fat of the large, protective mesenteries that enfold the intestines. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Phoenix had twice the amount of background radiation. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was first thought to be hot intergalactic hydrogen, an immense amount of it never before seen, perhaps enough to close the Cosmos and to guarantee that we are trapped in an oscillating universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stranger did not share his amusement. "—my former apprentice, Widge, in consideration of which I have accepted the amount of ten pounds sterling." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The currency was automatically converted and my credit counter jumped to over twenty thousand, by far the largest amount of money I’d ever had. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z That much water in the air can cause any amount of electrical problems, so I spent the next few hours doing full systems checks on everything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear did not believe that Kang was painting his pieces—but what else could one do with small amounts of colored slip? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The top sheet, which was written in my dad’s handwriting, was a tally of the total unpaid amount to date: $27,000. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the lifetime of the universe there has apparently not been enough time for an initial gravitational nonuniformity to collect the amount of mass that seems to reside in the Virgo supercluster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry dawdled behind, taking an inordinate amount of time to do up his bag. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "Anything can be fixed," the man calls out, "with the right amount of spintria. And we all know you have a bounty of it." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I’m keenly aware of the amount of skin showing through my ripped dress, and I try to draw the remnants of cloth together. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They no longer had to pose as partners; or what amounts to the same thing, the posing reflected a deeply felt sense of affinity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I also want to rent a fat-pipe connection. I need to upload a large amount of data to my account.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The exact amount of human variability,” he wrote, could be explained by rather obvious extensions of Mendelian genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z No amount of hoping or wishing would bring her back. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Twice, Bellevue sent bills for impossibly large amounts of money for services her insurance was supposed to cover. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Oh! I have a great many such photographs. I never think of returning them. They don’t amount to anything.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z I also spent a considerable amount of time on the road to Imre, usually under the excuse of visiting Threpe or enjoying the camaraderie of the other musicians at the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The real estate taxes her father was paying would have been double the amount of money required to ensconce her in the most expensive boarding school. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z His penmanship was a sure indicator that he would have had a future at MIT, the minuscule mechanical pencil marks designed to maximize the amount of cryptic data a genius could record on one page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Matter falling into such a supermassive black hole would provide the only source of power great enough to explain the enormous amounts of energy that these objects are emitting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Strauss was saying: “The problem, Mr. Raynor, is getting sufficient funds to work on projects like these, without having strings tied to the money. When amounts are earmarked for specific purposes, we can’t really operate.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z This equilibrium cannot last forever; the star has only a limited amount of hydrogen fuel to burn. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In 1987, the amount of oil produced in North America had actually been the same as the amount of oil produced in the Middle East, about 12.5 million barrels a day. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After he had waited for a reasonably Antly amount of time; he would get a funny Antly Bishop frown on his forehead, and shake his head sadly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual, there was a discrepancy between the amount of chocolates reported as sold and the actual money received. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What if that was a normal amount, and Emma had just never noticed before? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” Shay sputters, “if you had an unlimited amount of money, you could buy the medicine, right?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z If Roan had really owed Hale that amount of money, then all Hale would have had to do was present proof of the debt to Roan’s wealthy estate, which would have reimbursed him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It is here that oxidation is completed; it is here that enormous amounts of energy are released. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As each swelling was popped, a large amount of thick yellowish- green liquid burst forth, which smelled strongly of petrol. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The house has been added to, but in a very straggling way, and I can only guess at the amount of ground it covers, which must be very great. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The boat assignments really didn’t amount to a hill of beans for now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Even if they were dollar amounts or cargo numbers, one way or another they all traced back to human beings. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But she soon realized that the amount of work she put into them was more than she was paid for and abandoned the idea while she thought of something else. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had decided to always have enough on hand for three days and after spending one night with the fire for a friend he knew what a staggering amount of wood it would take. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach for Eric’s gun, so panicked I can barely see, and when I look up, I swear the amount of Dauntless in the room has doubled. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He tolt me, “I couldn’t tell you unless I knew the amount the man give you at first.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z She loved experimenting with differing amounts of pigments and binders, seeking the clearest, most durable colors. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Given that the sentence allows the court a pretty fair amount of discretion, I do not take your words lightly,” Judge Delucchi said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Until the Chinese-style plow was imported in the seventeenth century, farmers in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and other states labored to shove what amounted to a narrow slab of metal through the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A zero in quantum mechanics means that the entire universe—including the vacuum—is filled with an infinite amount of energy: the zero-point energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Burnham closed, “We are all well and satisfied with the amount and variety of work our good fortune has given us to do.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell from here whether she still had a head, but judging from the amount of blood staining the ground around her throat I thought not. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski was not sure how much the correct amount was, but she knew that if she put a spirit-level to his, they would be exactly right. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When they discovered his new leather briefcase, they picked the lock and uncovered the enormous amount of cash he had stored inside. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There’s a terrible amount of very small writing on the top half of the page and even more on the bottom half; in the middle, an equator of sorts marks where you’re supposed to sign. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z For weeks we’d been toiling in what amounted to a canyon; now, for the first time on the expedition the vista was primarily sky rather than earth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I said with the right amount of neck-rolling, “Frieda Banks, if you care so much about why my grandmother was crying, then you can go to Herkimer Street and you can ask her.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z This was not sheep's blood spurting from a bag, but his own life's blood draining away, and no amount of bandaging would staunch it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He cleared another field and increased his acreage, because now his machinery allowed him to work more land with the same amount of effort. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z There was no Uncle Willie or sizzling pot-bellied stove, but there was Mother and her laughing friends, and they amounted to the same thing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Teresita hadn’t said the knots had to be set apart by any particular amount of space. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z So he would open a bank account, and a week or so later, he would withdraw all the money from a teller inside the bank while Mom withdrew the same amount from the drive-through window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Nailer took the money, surprised at the amount, feeling suddenly alone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Being true friends they gave me sensible advice an compassionate sympathy in roughly equal amounts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z No amount of tearing could bring it down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, I guess so. Nuts about the same amount we are, only in a different way.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The chalky peanut butter was the right amount of salty and crunchy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It had nothing like the surveillance capability it has today, but its networks were widening, and it was gathering large amounts of intelligence with little democratic oversight. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then he poured a small amount for me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He stared at it with no small amount of trepidation before lifting the top. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When George began to watch the Washington oarsmen on the water, he quickly spotted inefficiencies and deficiencies in the mechanics of their stroke that no amount of fiddling with a skeleton could fix. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "A young man clambered atop the black metal statue," he recalled, "and attached a rope to Dzerzhinsky, but no amount of pulling would bring down this formidable figure." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Whatever it was, the foragers thought it worth a huge amount of effort and time. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The tuition amount that they guessed was appropriate was $582 — or just about where tuition was already. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There seemed to be an endless stream of birds with an endless amount of droppings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Driven crazy by pain and even the tiniest amount of light, they would generally proceed to destroy everything in their path. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mr. da Silva leaves and returns with a store-credit check in the amount of two hundred dollars. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “But I had to be satisfied with . . . that filthy, slavering rat Maria called a dog. I keep a small amount of laudanum for my nerves.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Big amounts and small, though I’ve only ever won a little. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z With incomes of more than $1 million or so, they would get the biggest share of the breaks, in total amounts and in the drop in their share of federal taxes paid. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z These mandatory minimum statutory schemes have transferred an enormous amount of power from judges to prosecutors. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I do need to figure out what I’m going to do, because I’m certainly closing in on the end of what’s an acceptable amount of time for a gap year. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The dog one was the hardest to read, given the amount of text squeezed onto the tiny circle. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If Papa- Nnukwu minded that his son sent him impersonal, paltry amounts of money through a driver, he didn’t show it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Langley gave each division chief, and every branch head and section head below them on the ladder, a certain amount of leeway in the management of their groups. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Had this amount been available to me in monthly installments in Minneapolis, I could have moved into one of those “executive” condos with sauna, health club, and pool. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Dauntless gets a certain amount of points to spend per month, and the dress costs one of them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the study described above, for example, black participants showed an amount of “shooter bias” similar to that shown by whites. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z That amounted to a lot of work for little glory. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z They all whistled at the amount of blinding metal. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I still read gobs of comics and an increasing number of trashy novels that promised any amount of sex content. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Livermore seemed to be an auxiliary outpost caught between two larger labs, Los Alamos and Berkeley, and it was hardly unreasonable to wonder, with Rabi, if it would ever amount to more. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Application at the recommended rates leaves tremendous amounts of these chemicals on the lawn. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z No amount of searching for aspirin powder or performing other menial tasks is going to be enough to distract me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I’d never met a person who could go from one extreme to the other in such a short amount of time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He protested even the small amount of money the city dribbled out to provide services in black sections of town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no actual shouting, but a fair amount of hand waving, most of it by Master Hemme, who seemed to have taken the same dislike of me that I had for him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Through such a process of transfer, what started out as a very small amount of DDT may end as a heavy concentration. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Neylan’s concern was that the offer was too rich: “I knew that any time Ernest took that amount of money, he would break his neck to earn it,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Harry had swallowed a considerable amount of bubbles in shock. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The amount of attention was disorienting, especially because I felt as if we hadn’t really done much to deserve it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hair grows about half an inch per month, the same amount of time it takes us to fly fifty million miles through space. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Libby's method was also based on the assumption that the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere, and the rate at which it has been absorbed by living things, has been consistent throughout history. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z You can trust him with any amount of $ if your his friend. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A reasonable amount of cheating ensued; many people were merely whispering the incantation instead of saying it aloud. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And, in the case of my older brothers and sisters, we went with a certain amount of relief. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z To be fair, the Americans publicly announced their launch schedules well in advance, so it amounted to the same thing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And this touches me, somehow, even more than the presumptive lie about his assets: that this place he has described as so morbidly dysfunctional could amount to a real and compelling human community. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Each splitting atom would release a small amount of energy. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Though we drank a fair amount of burgundy, the conversation never got animated and I felt that Pauling would rather talk to me, clearly an unfinished member of the younger generation, than to Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z We know that even single exposures to these chemicals, if the amount is large enough, can precipitate acute poisoning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Nonsense. It’s just the right amount of water. Go ahead and sit down, sweetling.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Hearts aren't meant to be broken an infinite amount of times. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z This impassioned speech shut up Edward’s shelf-mate for a considerable amount of time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I baked a fish in leaves, and ate a small, precious amount of wild rice. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will need to continue the kind of exercises we have done today, drawing small amounts of the splendor in and through your body,” said Badwa. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Boats and trains brought vast amounts of lumber, grain, and livestock into the city to be stored and processed, then shipped out to customers across the country. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Do you think you amount to something, Cohn? Do you think you belong here among us? People who are out to have a good time? For God's sake don't be so noisy, Cohn!" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Someday, she was going to cost Eastern Shore plantation owners a huge amount of money by guiding three hundred of their runaway slaves to freedom. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z With segregated hospitals, many black patients received what amounted to Third World care. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z That it took three minutes for warm water and a handful of Tide soap powder to make the right amount of suds. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He comes to us saddled with a fair amount of baggage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And Kaede did feel a certain amount of compassion for the Fairy Queen’s daughter, but she could never say yes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Had this information been acquired before the program was launched, a vast amount of damage could have been avoided and the taxpayers could have been saved a great deal of money. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z By counting back through these layers and measuring the amount of lead in each, he could work out global lead concentrations at any time for hundreds, or even thousands, of years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z After an uncertain amount of time, Gavril and Sender joined in on the argument. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No amount of persuasion would convince him to approach the woodpile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Parry: Well, I’ve been a public defender here for a little under four years, and in just four years I’ve seen the type of violence increase and the amount of violence increase. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If nothing else, we’d get some tiny amount of water out of them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Parker was estimated to be worth over $120 million, but the government could only locate half of that amount. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The investigation revealed that the task force seized large amounts of money, but also small amounts, and then dispensed it freely, unconstrained by reporting requirements or the task force’s mission. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was her belief that an embryo could sense the amount of love with which it had been created. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The amount of the work was beginning to overwhelm us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Nali quietly stared at the small amount of potatoes and Spam on her plate. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All the fourth years had noticed a definite increase in the amount of work they were required to do this term. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I told myself that my interest was compassionate and that my presence amounted to a demonstration of support. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Zeitoun could either find and pay $75,000, and if he eventually won his case he would be refunded the full amount. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In order to serve his rural clients, most of whom spoke Spanish, Bloom had painstakingly learned to speak that language well—but Linda had what almost amounted to an aversion toward her mother tongue. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny amount of clapping came out the crowd and Madame Sabbar picked up one of the slingshots and one of the marbles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Many African American women joined these widespread clubs and participated in what amounted to a grassroots campaign to gain the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “And no amount of blood, sweat, or fine tailoring will ever change that.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On his sixteenth birthday, Martin proudly handed his dad a check for the required amount, and Mr. Larsen turned over the keys. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The theories of the time tried to save a fragment of Aristotle’s philosophy by declaring that nature’s horror of the vacuum was “limited”; it could only destroy a finite amount of vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z By Sunday morning, her attempts to make sense of it had amounted to nothing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The team was given a tiny amount of pure U-235, one of the first samples to arrive from the Oak Ridge plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z How exciting—I now had enough money, along with the small amount I had saved while in London, for a round-trip fare to Africa! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Tiny, wide-eyed, with a surprising amount of hair for an infant. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Whenever you say the word I’m ready to thrash any amount of reason into him that he’s able to hold.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z This was Yan Chang, my mother’s personal maid, and she knew how to fuss over my mother just the right amount. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But their sentences didn’t amount to much, anyway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When a proper amount of time had passed Mr. Rodriguez began speaking with Mrs. Colon. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A crew’s relevancy—their ability to hold their own corner and expand the business—was dependent on the amount of muscle they controlled and the level of violence their muscle was ready to get into. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z If the diet contains as little as Vi 0 of 1 part per million there will be measurable amounts of heptachlor in the body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For one, he now truly believes he will someday amount to something. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Never mind that we’re all people of color, that most of us live in single-parent homes, that we catch the same amount of grief from the white world. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We all looked up and instead of seeing the normal amount of stars it looked like there had been a star explosion. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In that short window between eleven p.m. and four a.m., instead of getting good rest, I would spend my time drinking copious amounts of water to make sure I didn’t become dehydrated during practice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Sweetheart, you are the Spares. No amount of convincing will change that truth.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The newspaper’s readers donated to the Fugees in amounts large and small, and a deal was made for film rights to the Fugees’ story. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There is in our time much Ionian science, although not in politics and religion, and a fair amount of courageous free inquiry. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the thing exploded, jettisoning an amazing amount of tunnel waste directly at the unfortunate manservant. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The lady opened her pocketbook, took out a red leather change purse, and scooted coins around, searching for the right amount for adorable, well-behaved colored dolls. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I see bets being cast right now for the final tournament—and the amounts are astronomical. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps Fine’s monograph gave impetus to the press; whenever they did chess stories, reporters would look for a certain amount of aberration among the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that no amount of forgiveness would ever wash away his need to be forgiven every day. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We made no progress and an awful amount of noise, but the motor didn’t stop. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them had been cleared out of sodas and beer, but there was a surprising amount left—and no wonder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The sheer amount of glittering visual information overwhelmed Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And it did cause a certain amount of excitement, but not at all what we expected. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Holmes explained that he could not obtain “the necessary amount of heat.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He asks Gabe to hand out some tiny paper cups, and then he walks around the classroom with the plastic jug, filling each cup with a tiny amount of mystery liquid. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Or, the snoring, which no amount of pillows folded over your head can drown out. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But as the fund received more press attention, ordinary people gave amounts as small as a dollar. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z No amount of wheedling and blandishment would cause the cynical badger to change her mind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When we add up all this dark matter, we still get only about one tenth of the amount required to halt the expansion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z So did the suspicion that he would not be satisfied with such a small amount of treasure. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z A chemist, thinking to learn by the most direct possible means the dose acutely toxic to human beings, swallowed a minute amount, equivalent to about .00424 ounce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, a few minutes earlier, when he had combed his hair, he had done so with the very minimum amount of help from the mirror. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z But massive amounts of confusion and dread and disbelief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He eats too little for the amount he walks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Neel’s stomach tightened around the small amount of rice he’d managed to swallow. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The first time I went to the supermarket, I couldn’t believe the amount of food that lined the shelves. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Together we proceeded to drink an unwise amount of wine and grouse about Ambrose Jakis. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At a girls’ school a certain amount of emotional energy, normally expended on boys, gets redirected into friendships. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I think this raises a sufficient amount of questions that I could argue all day about it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Slipped in at the end was the question the experimenters really wanted an answer to: “What do you feel would be an appropriate dollar amount for undergraduate tuition per year?” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost the only thing constant about the Hubble constant has been the amount of disagreement over what value to give it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I, too, had someplace to go and a limited amount of time to get there. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The key was to keep the proper amount in your purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The idea that the value of goods was based on the amount of labor that went into them seemed particularly appropriate for South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And each fuel cell has only a small amount of H2 anyway. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “And apparently she wasn’t enough for you,” Chubs said, with a shocking amount of hurt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Grandpa left the same amount to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Cold Sassy “in honor of my beloved wife, Love Simpson Blakeslee.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It requires only a small amount of water to fill the tube, but because the height is great it exerts an enormous pressure—enough to burst the barrel. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There doesn’t seem to be any doubt about the amount of money being spent, but it is less certain where it goes, and for what. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking we each do six cups a day. I did the math and the amount that we have should actually be enough for about a week at that rate.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I see. A certain amount of intelligence sometimes accompanies a strong sense of self-preservation. I’m glad you decided to help us.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m always amused by commercials for banks which tout their personalized service, which service amounts to a poorly trained and badly paid cashier saying “Good morning” and then promptly fouling up your transaction. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Under Seventeens were the most mature, and would cause Luma the least amount of trouble. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Fraternal twins, on the other hand, lack the amount of theatricality he had expected, but he has Marco arrange the delivery of two enormous bouquets of red roses anyway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rather than simply producing nice but random tunes with accompaniment, they framed them according to an underlying logic: every piece they composed was constructed with the help of what amounted to musical maps. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I would suggest certain economies around the house. Somehow you will soon see that you have the required amount.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of ink was attributable to the fact that Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin paid a surprise visit to a garden party held in Moscow for the American chess team. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He demanded $60, the amount she would have earned as a dressmaker’s assistant had she been able to work, plus $18 for medical care. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They throw argon out the back of the ship really fast to get a tiny amount of acceleration. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dimple liked the amount of effort Ashish put into coaching them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I can estimate the distance to my finger from the amount of this apparent motion, or parallax. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The amount of jewelry in the glass counter is staggering. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as outrageous, the vast majority of those lynched were murdered for what amounted to the most minor offenses against white supremacy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z They want to pay him the full amount, but he waves their offer away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Ma’am, we don’t care at Easons.We’d rather lose large amounts than have the people of Limerick and Ireland corrupted by this filth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She dismissed his efforts, saying that she could spend an amount equal to 60,000 pounds of gold on a single meal. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “He could give you a certain amount of protection.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z You must know that they will appreciate it greatly, they will appreciate anything you give them, because it is not only the question of the amount, but the gesture brings a lot as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There had been a certain amount of excitement earlier when they had come back from dinner to find a new sign on the notice board that announced the date for their Apparition Test. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z No amount of booby-trapping will stop him from getting what he wants. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with the huge amount of sadness he felt, Darkness’s compliments made Nathan momentarily smile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But no amount of shock, awe, terror could restrain that insatiable, outreaching mind for long. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Even though his head was slightly down, a considerable amount of blood had flowed out of his face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Each minaret is a thermometer with money amounts replacing the temperature marks. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z My mother told me that they were no-gooders, that they would amount to nothing, that I should not associate with them, but I paid no heed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He was always generous to Regina in assisting Bobby with small amounts of money—$25 to $100—for tournament entry fees and other expenses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I'll make it with the right amount of sugar next time.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It amounted to a defence of Aristotle against the new astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ama conceived an admiration amounting almost to worship for the beautiful woman in the cave and her enchanted daughter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The linings of his intestines have come off and are being expelled along with huge amounts of blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I already suspected that Lorena wasn’t going to like him because he’s white and lives in the suburbs, but I’m still surprised by the amount of side eye she gives him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z First, there could be an infinite amount of void—thus infinity exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The United States provided massive amounts of aid to reconstruct West Germany and to assist other war-devastated countries. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There are two problems with cane if you want to make vast amounts of sugar: one of time and the other of fire. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z From what I could gather, the recruitment attitude at the temple seemed to me to amount to a self-defeating waiting view ... an assumption that Allah would bring us more Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Boyle and Newton devoted an enormous amount of effort to alchemical researches. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Over our first few days we would learn how to shine our shoes using Kiwi black shoe polish, a cotton rag, and a pretty disgusting amount of saliva. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Those seats need redoing, and that trim, and there’s a couple of leaks, and it needs a fair amount of sanding and varnishing.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I gathered from the argument, which was getting pretty loud, that the farmer was mad about the amount Mr. Tuttle had offered to settle the claim against the railroad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You look like a man who wants to live. Please tell the sheriff that ain’t no amount of proselytizing is going to keep that undead horde from overrunning us.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I’d had an inordinate and unfair amount of homework, and there were a couple of hours of decent working light left. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Because only small amounts were needed, Tree-ear was working with the red and white clay in bowls instead of in the pits. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The women gave her a small amount of mealie meal and took her to a road running along the far side of the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And in the end that trueness could only come from its builder, from the care with which he exercised his craft, from the amount of heart he put into it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can ever quite cheapen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Because, according to Baby Kochamma, that would amount to destroying herself and her children. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And the clay from the village pits contained exactly the right amount of iron to produce the exquisite gray-green color of celadon so prized by collectors. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z No amount of beauty work will erase the sour expression she always has on her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She couldn’t climb, not with this wound, not with the amount of blood she’d lost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a vast amount of planning and execution. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As she put it on the table, his practiced eye picked out the amount: two hundred dollars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Christians who could prove blood purity might live in dire poverty but could claim a certain amount of equal status with aristocrats. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z At the time, it seemed like a staggering amount of money. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to spend the penny-doubled money—the five million plus—in that same amount of time.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t amount to much to start with, and due to our own tawdry efforts we had been slipping ever since. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When he did find the proper courage, the office manager intended to approach Mr. Reilly in a most politic manner about the amount of time he was spending in the factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not quite know what to say or do, as they were ignorant of the amount of my knowledge; so they had to keep on neutral subjects. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was a look that caused Fang a fair amount of grief during his formative years. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Bad as he wanted to leave the mill and amount to something, Hosie would be equal to ten of Uncle Camp plus maybe two of me, and Grandpa would respect him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But they amounted to only a tiny fraction of Chicago’s blacks, and their ranks were slow to grow. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was made out to the American Cancer Society in the amount of five hundred dollars. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Despite their desperate hopes that the money would help them forget you, they soon understood no amount of riches could fill the hole you’d left in their lives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z If the blade entered the water at any angle other than ninety degrees, the amount of power generated by the subsequent stroke would be compromised and the efficiency of the whole boat reduced. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Uncle Al pours a small amount into each and passes one to Marlena, August, and me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z To detect the predicted solar neutrino flux, you need an immense amount of chlorine, so American physicists have poured a huge quantity of cleaning fluid into the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They hadn’t planned for children, and the men from San Juan convinced a few older girls to watch the little ones outside so that the meeting could proceed with the least amount of disruption. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He could write back and ask again what was happening in the city, but this would take an unbearable amount of time. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Would you like me to write to you?” she asked, with a certain amount of color in her face. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z In this way, too, the people from under the tree got back exactly that amount which they had given at the burial of the chief. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Two or more people joining forces to sell a certain amount of goods or to work on a single project. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z She sits at my head, keeping an eye on all my vitals, adjusting the amounts of the fluids and gases and drugs they’re giving me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when a brushfire grows out of control, fire authorities set a backfire—a controlled burn—that hedges the amount of destruction a wildfire may cause. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They can no longer carry on that extraordinary and efficient cycle by which vast amounts of ATP are produced, but are thrown back on a primitive and far less efficient method, that of fermentation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Who and what was he to feel the agony of a wonder so intensely that it amounted to fear? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z None is singular only when it means “none of it”—that is to say, “no amount”: None of the milk was spilled. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With no small amount of concern, I spelled out my situation in daily prayer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z His corps of generals and provincial governors was filled with ambitious men with access to manpower and vast amounts of cash. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But what is equally beyond imagining is the amount of space through which they are lightly scattered. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The insurance money didn’t amount to quite as much as Milton had anticipated. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was with no small amount of satisfaction that I watched him give a quick glance to the still applauding class, swallow, and shake my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z These restrictions amount to a form of “civic death” and send the unequivocal message that “they” are no longer part of “us.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The amount of data they had on him was staggering. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hoyle also realized that if stars imploded they would liberate huge amounts of heat–100 million degrees or more, enough to begin to generate the heavier elements in a process known as nucleosynthesis. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Hi, Mrs. Roberts,” I said, finding no small amount of courage. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z They were given an unprecedented amount of information and intelligence from every corner of the U.S. government and a methodology that was logical and systematic and rational and rigorous. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z We tell them their friends are “no good,” that they will “amount to nothing,” that they are “wasting their lives,” and that “they’re nothing but criminals.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The passage seemed to be getting narrower, even as the amount of copper increased. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When she tried to land at Elmtree she misjudged the amount of runway she was going to need. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Abnormal sensations as of prickling, burning, or itching, as well as tremors or even convulsions may follow exposure to appreciable amounts, according to a standard textbook of toxicology. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was a certain amount of talk about Fiver and the rabbits who’d gone with him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If you know how long it takes for potassium-40 to become argon-40, and you measure the amounts of each in a sample, you can work out how old a material is. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When no one spit it out, Oliver reached across the table to ladle a small amount of the stew into his bowl, then took a tentative sip. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Still there seemed an unusual amount of burning going on, and smoke rose from many points round about. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if it grows around here,” I said with the proper amount of uncertainty in my voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By 1996, in addition to their permit fee, expeditions were required to post a $4,000 bond that would be refunded only if a predetermined amount of trash were carried back to Namche and Kathmandu. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake striking the ground. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Betrayed the right amount of feeling—indignation, disgust—but no guilt, no discomfiture? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z A healing that no amount of money spent in a psychologist’s office could buy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It is a meal he knows it has taken his mother over a day to prepare, and yet the amount of effort embarrasses him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As a silversmith he had already learned to use his left hand a certain amount. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you so much, sir,” I say, thrilled at the amount of instant friendship that can be attained here. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The tremor in her voice amounted now almost to an impediment. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The king had declared that large amounts of territory on the continent belonged to England. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z These pairs would have an infinite amount of energy and, therefore, by Einstein’s famous equation E = me2, they would have an infinite amount of mass. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the amount of killing that went on in your section of the mines, I highly doubt you’ve forgotten a thing.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She blew a puff of air over her face, so forceful it lifted her hair, which was not easy to do considering the amount of lacquer she kept smeared on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We can thereby ingest, store and communicate a prodigious amount of information about the surrounding world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Up in the city I tried for a while to list the quotations on an interminable amount of stock, then I fell asleep in my swivel-chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Six classes, three weeks...it’s a daunting amount of work. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “So you’re not completely lacking in some small amount of animal cunning. Good. Now, beg my forgiveness.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In fact, the infants looked at the balls the same amount of time in each case. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Instead of treating the basic condition, suburbanites — advised by nurserymen who in turn have been advised by the chemical manufacturers — continue to apply truly astonishing amounts of crabgrass killers to their lawns each year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Why would anyone pay such an outrageous amount of money simply to play music? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I picture Mr. Park in the kitchen, chopping up huge amounts of vegetables. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The amount of relief I feel right now is matched only by the amount of adrenaline coursing through my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I can watch Dylan talk with his mouth full for a disturbingly long amount of time. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z All of that said, if it turns out that I’ve been shipped to a Muslim internment camp, please send help—and copious amounts of cheese and crackers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He had fixed on that word as one that gave the appropriate amount of encouragement but did not interrupt the flow of the mother's story. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The amount of fluid that had come out of his little body ... Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z An enormous amount of work, for instance, went into the mechanism connecting the back of the chair to what chair designers call the seat pan. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I opened the “dead” fly pouch and picked out ’bout four of’em that had a good amount of juices leaked out and I tossed ’em right into the spot near the cattails. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Until 1988, one year of imprisonment had been the maximum for possession of any amount of any drug. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Amaka stared at the bunch critically before she guessed an amount. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis provided limited amounts of bread but not much else. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z We also control the number of butter pats our customers get and the amount of sour cream on their baked potatoes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I produced so exactly the amount I had just downed that it was as if a minute hadn’t passed and I were still considering Richard Parker’s rainwater. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He constructed a cylinder containing a small amount of water, which he heated over a flame. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was plain that she wanted to be invisible, but no amount of wishing was going to stop us from noticing her, not even in that faded dress and ratty cardigan. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By one account, the amount of oil money had surpassed the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined, and this fortune had drawn every breed of miscreant from across the country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z There was a lot of dithering and stopping to groom or rub, but despite their stress everyone got a fair amount of food in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He drew a picture of each customer; then he drew circles and lines of various sizes to represent the amount of money owed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “No one expected you to amount to much,” she told me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Galen’s extraordinary logorrhoea—his surviving works amount to 3 million words, and represent perhaps a third of what he wrote—is the consequence of his obsessive and futile effort to overcome this insuperable obstacle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The clerk looked baffled by the sheer amount of junk food on his counter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If we think about emotion this way — as outside-in, not inside-out — it is possible to understand how some people can have an enormous amount of influence over others. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a certain amount of relief, knowing that she was safe and relatively sound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There are not exactly people here but what amounts to canned labor, being preserved between shifts from the heat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Reducing the amount of time people spend behind bars—by eliminating harsh mandatory minimums—will alleviate some of the unnecessary suffering caused by this system, but it will not disturb the closed circuit. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But getting a chance to sit at a piano was worth any amount of knocks and trouble. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In a relatively short amount of time, Clarkston had completely changed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If her mother tried to boil such a small amount, the pot would be dry long before they could count to two hundred. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Several trophy cases commemorate the school’s mostly unsuccessful athletic teams, and a big bulletin board lists the colleges that current seniors have been admitted to, along with the dollar amounts of scholarships they were awarded. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z His teachers in Germany had told him that he would never amount to anything, that his questions destroyed classroom discipline, that he would be better off out of school. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of standing and staring was going to change the amount of time that it takes to walk from the Free Cities to their home at the top of the sleeping volcano. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z No amount of exercise, however, could bring strength back into Cole’s right arm and hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Davis’s testimony carried with it the unstated accusation that Burnham and Baker had inflated the amount of money needed to complete the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He recorded what he saw and what he felt in equal amounts, as if he were balancing the great scales of observation and reflection. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Without consulting Burnham, Davis gave an estimate ten percent below the amount Burnham had calculated for President Baker, which Baker had then included in his own statement to investigators. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “This is the makeup splat gun. You pour a small amount of foundation in the end like so,” she said, letting Brittani demonstrate. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Man-made landmarks like Mesopotamian ziggurats or flat-sided Egyptian pyramids dominated their landscapes, creating a visual effect as stunning as the amount of effort required to build them. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Considering the amount of money Frankie had invested in his new wardrobe, that didn’t surprise me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z If we are, there is a tremendous amount of work to be done. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A shopping cart icon floats in my view now, as well as a field that I can type an amount into. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The wind blew from Faerie and the East, and Tristran Thorn suddenly found inside himself a certain amount of courage he had not suspected that he had possessed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He gave it to me and I poured in the right amount for five people. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to waste any of the small amount of alcohol for the stove on something that didn’t need cooking. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Pick the boy who caused the least amount of trouble. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then the cathode-ray tube glowed like an imitation, feeble TV image; a collage formed, made of apparently random colors, trails, and configurations which, until the handles were grasped, amounted to nothing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The undertaker picked up the policy and pretended to see the amount for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The importance of an intellectual change simply cannot be measured by the amount of controversy it generates. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The molecule had to be able to carry vast amounts of information, yet be compact enough to be packaged into cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The tiny amount of Martian atmosphere that enters when I use an airlock is laughable. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The sum he named was far less than what the Porsche was worth, but it was a big amount for a boy to earn and save. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Matthias was astonished at the amount of nutbrown ale that Ambrose supped before he deemed himself fit enough to make a report. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then I put down just plain X for the last amount. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z For their part, the district attorney’s office said they had no objection to the families going through the restorative justice process if they wanted, but it wouldn’t affect the amount of time Richard served. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The housemen also resupplied the ground soldiers if they sold their allocated amount. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z It is important to remember that the vast majority of people in the Middle Ages were farmers with a limited amount of land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Washington gave Genêt what amounted to a diplomatic cold shoulder, meeting with him very briefly, but refusing to discuss the subject of United States support of the French. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z What gets a steer from 80 to 1,100 pounds in fourteen months is tremendous amounts of corn, food supplements, and drugs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Along with his beliefs went an unimaginable amount of energy. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I could deal with the mean aunties and the small amount of rice if I had friends. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “The queen of the gods, Turner. Write it as though she is telling the story. This is Juno here, regina deum, line nine. Thirty minutes seems about the right amount of time.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then I say, “She seemed a little overwhelmed by the amount.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course they were all diligent workers as well; but youth was a time when a certain amount of lightheartedness was tolerated. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The amount of food on the table could be eaten in under five minutes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Within the brain center there was more than the usual amount of activity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Several hours later they returned with the small amounts of food their neighbors could spare. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z During the inflationary phase, the universe increases its size by a very large amount. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some patients were bled, though only in very small amounts. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I’d never noticed before how the hair on his arms ranges from a deep black to a reddish brown, or how his fingers are just the right amount of big and gentle-looking. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I’ve eaten a tremendous amount of Jaffa Cakes about it, to be frank. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Heat them up by the same amount and they expand by the same amount; cool them down together and they contract in unison. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Thus the total amount of energy available to make particles becomes very large. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The collar was not tight, but by no amount of tugging, twisting or shaking was I ever able to get it off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “You could have fooled me with the amount of time you and Qareeb spend running around this house,” my mother huffed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He wound up calling Cingular’s legal department, who told him such requests could take ten to fifteen days, an amount of time that had already elapsed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Even though it was a standard letter of only about ten lines, it took him an extraordinary amount of time going over it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Einarsson and Sverrisson pointed out, though, that the apartment was in extremely poor condition and would need repairs amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Over time, I repay the pawnbroker the amount the person gave me, with interest, and I can get my jewelry back. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Walking to school the next day, my satchel has the same amount of books but feels heavier than ever. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z We had only a small amount of time left together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The rope had come loose around his hand once more, and there seemed to be a surprising amount of blood from somewhere sprinkled on the lead and on his own shoes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One would imagine they can survive for a fair amount of time inside a dark cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No amount of gentle words would be enough to reassure her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A certain amount of sexual tension in the vicinity. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Huge amounts of sweets and fats fool our instincts and we wind up eating much more than we should. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The town was contaminated with toxic amounts of metal and chemicals in the soil, but all the people were safe. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There’s a small amount of pus flowing down the giraffe’s long nasal passage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Holmes thanked him, paid him, and promptly sold the skeleton to Hahneman Medical College—the Chicago school, not the Philadelphia school of the same name—for many times the amount he had paid Chappell. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z To get even to the nearest star, you would need an enormous amount of fuel to jettison out the back of the rocket—a tremendous waste. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z How they die without the perfect amount of sun and just the right amount of water. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bigger’s shame for his mother amounted to hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As Gwen Schultz notes in Ice Age Lost, “It is not necessarily the amount of snow that causes ice sheets, but the fact that snow, however little, lasts.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “You been holding out on me, Shady. And I thought we had an agreement. Now, I’m going to need double the amount by tomorrow, or I’ll shut you down.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There are some news pieces about the investigation, too, but the statements from the police amount to less than nothing: they have spoken to “a number of witnesses,” they are “pursuing several lines of enquire.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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