| 单词 | female |
| 例句 | No other art student, female or not, needs his help like I do, to make things right with their dead mother. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Animals associated with female deities display an even more rigid discipline. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “My platform is called FemPower Me. It is about microloans for women in developing countries. What you may not know is that many big corporations exploit female workers.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They wrote notes in her chart saying, “30 year-old colored female lying quietly in no evident distress,” and “Patient feels quite well tonight. Morale is good and she is ready to go home.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In the daytime when his duties were few he would grow tired of female company. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the Tens stroking their new shortened hair, the females shaking their heads to feel the unaccustomed lightness without the heavy braids they had worn so long. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that’s why my female teammates weren’t interested in being friends with me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But the machine offers several female voices to choose from, as well as a bunch of different languages. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z A wild bonobo female, infant on her back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a magnificent, life-size illustration of the female body, with the skin missing so you could see the muscles and tendons and organs and all that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Langley’s first female computing pool, started in 1935, had caused an uproar among the men of the laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Most of the ATA women were in units made up of both men and women at a dozen different airfields, although there was one completely female unit. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The female sperm, sluggish but more reliable, would arrive just as the egg dropped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I became friends with the other members of the MSA, both male and female, who didn’t have an issue with it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The two officers spoke in hushed but heated tones in French, and then the female officer indicated that we were to follow her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Half the women were younger than she, half were older; they had shared no experience that she could recall, except one female with whom she had quarreled steadily all through grammar school. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The maid came in and said that the female English wanted to see the male English now, at once. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of speculation about underwear, especially the underwear of the teachers; but only that of the female teachers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I've taken only two steps into the driveway before the door opens on the patrol car and a female officer appears. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He had been taking the last of the raspberries and something came inside and stopped him, and when he looked where his ears said to look there was a female bear with cubs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s four of them, still,” said a tart female voice. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z An attractive high school girl had to look good to an eighth grader, especially one who had barely laid eyes on a female who wasn’t his grandmother. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z At the funeral, an honor guard of female students from the University of Rochester stood next to Anthony’s body. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Four months before my visit a very exciting thing had happened in this community—one of the females gave birth to twins! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Others would not come out and so they burned: small flame-feathered birds, the churning insects, and a few female baboons who had managed against all odds to carry their pregnancies through the drought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Last to go was the chicha brewery with its elite female staff. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All up and down the coastline, female turtles come out of the ocean and paddle their way across the sand, dig a hole, and lay eggs—about a hundred at a time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z From running in the streets like you used to do to what you are doing now, what advice could you give a young female teenager? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They snapped at one another and threatened the females. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle argued that the actual material provided by females was menstrual blood. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As the females greeted one another, he got a good running start and re-created Anastasia’s charge. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The male figure’s on his back now and it looks like the female figure’s wrenching herself out of him, climbing right out of his chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z An adult female orangutan cannot defeat an adult male spotted hyena. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, it is only one third that of earth, so that a typical male astronaut would weigh around sixty pounds and a female astronaut forty pounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was always under the impression that men had male hormones and women had female hormones. But everybody has both, apparently.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The band was dressed as Apache dancers and three of the female teachers came modestly attired in cancan outfits. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did I ever tell you about two female trombone players I met?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Teaching was the most common female profession at the time, and schools typically paid women 20 to 50 percent less than they paid men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A group of female Finnish pirates invented it back in the fifteenth century, and named it the Devil’s Tongue because it twisted this way and that, in a most complicated and eerie way. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Then, too, she remembered the look the previous female passenger had given her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z While Susan B. Anthony’s case never made it to the US Supreme Court, another case involving female suffrage and the Fourteenth Amendment did. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z From inside he heard steps, staccato female steps across the hall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Trunchbull, this mighty female giant, stood there in her green breeches, quivering like a blancmange. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z A female knight sits beside them, her sword across her lap. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Baba and I live with the Bengali female versions of heavyweight boxers Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And the other girls gathered their tampons, gummi bears, and beauty samples — a smokescreen of female products — and headed back up to the surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “She does,” a female voice said from down the table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We started a puberty unit in health class this week and Mr. Quimby showed us diagrams of male and female bodies. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Sure, flying clubs had allowed female pilots to become instructors, but not to move directly on to military flying schools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She regarded female Scholars with a proper Jordan disdain: there were such people, but, poor things, they could never be taken more seriously than animals dressed up and acting a play. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z What they were really talking about was the need to protect Southern women from the depravity of black men, who—whites all knew—were sexual brutes craving white female flesh. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They spared fertile females and young lambs in order to safeguard the long-term vitality of the local herd. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, she stiffened, for just off the path she heard soft voices— a deep male voice, speaking in hushed tones, then a female’s whispered reply. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Stanton invited Anthony to her home, and together they wrote a speech that scolded female teachers for accepting lower pay than their male colleagues received. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She thought it was one more way in which males and females were different. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Interaction between the male species and the female species was varied and intense and highly unpredictable. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Juanita and the twins were my official damas, my female attendants, and each of us had been assigned a nice, handsome dancing partner, a chambelán. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “So what? You have lots of female friends. Why not add her to the stable?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch Guillermo climb the ladder up to the female giant’s head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t sure if I liked being compared to two dead female icons!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Consider the case of the female black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo in the winter of 1933. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had never seen another fox before, but he knew: younger and smaller and a female, but fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It had been my experience for nearly a year that uttering the words “female trouble” could get me into places I wanted to go and out of places I didn’t. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of speculation about underwear, especially the underwear of the teachers; but only that of the female teachers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Old Man stayed close beside him, threatening the females every time they tried to attack again. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z For example, he directed a contest to choose a female architect to design the Woman’s Building for the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I look at the faces of the others who have gathered around them and realize they all are, male and female both. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Many computers and other female employees at the laboratory exchanged the daily routine of office life for a full-time position at home. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The creature is female, and while her tail is fake, her long parsnip nose is entirely real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times all humans had been a combination of male and female. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Generations later, the female descendants of those unions should still have mitochondria identical to the mitochondria of their female Botocudo ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Who would have thought that such a melange of black and white, male and female, blue-collar and white-collar workers, those who worked with their hands and those who worked with numbers, was actually possible? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As they were paddling away from the couple’s house, they heard a faint female voice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The intercom clicks on: a robotic female voice announces that the library will close in ten minutes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a female being comprised primarily of dim silver light; her skin had the same glow and splotchy texture as the moon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was said, “There is an outward tendency in females,” which meant that I was getting straight A’s for the good of my future husband’s family, not my own. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All but one of the others are female, with an average age I would guess in the late twenties, though the range seems to go from prom-fresh to well into the Medicare years. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just relax, Mrs. Johnson. We’ll get you in the ambulance and have X-rays done in no time,” the female paramedic said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And cheerleaders aren’t too bad off either, but down here, the females who reign supreme are beauty queens. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was only one other child’s bicycle there, that of a female Eleven named Fiona. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Warning,” announced the calm female voice in the ceiling again. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The blood of a female demigod, Gaea had said, and the blood of a male. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z If the pretties were expected to make the supreme sacrifice in order to “belong,” what could the unattractive female do? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To put that in perspective—World War II ended eleven years before the first female pilot for British Airways was born. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He thought of the female two-legs with the eyes that had looked into his. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z From our much more broadminded twenty-first-century North American viewpoint, it’s important to remember that identifying yourself as male or female doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with your sexual orientation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Young females in tiny dresses, their breaths and bellies sucked in, trooped across to say hello to him and to flirt, asking if he remembered them, Ashleigh's friend from high school, Ashleigh's roommate in college. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Go on. Malign the male sperms all you want. Feel free. We don’t want a male sperm. What we want is a good old, slow, reliable female sperm.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I think we would have talked about awareness programs for gender bias, and how to teach female musicians to be more assertive in making the case for their own ability. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There were no proper shops, no universities, no hospitals or female doctors, no clean water or electricity from the government. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Behind her in the kitchen, the day’s large female contingent had congregated, laughing and whispering. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most of my female cousins have gotten them, too. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Delia is a female doctor and we have plenty of reason to see her.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The female goshawk rose, dove, and rose again, her huge feet with their black talons poised to grab her flesh. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It’s a brief moment of female empowerment, which unfortunately isn’t always ingrained in other arenas of our culture. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A lot of gunters even questioned whether she was really female, but I wasn’t one of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When the little females were satisfied, Drum reached up to Chup. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Males, I thought, always have a chance to live no matter how short their lives, but females, ordinary, ungifted ones, just get soft and die. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or casting a vote for the first female presidential candidate of a major party. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Before Sam could see whether it was a male or a female, Frightful was carrying it off toward their mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was little more than halfway down the staircase when he heard an all-piercing, sustained scream—clearly coming from a small, female child. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I knew it was female because she had no horns. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z She was my first true female friend, a woman I met on equal terms with whom I could confide and share secrets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Did you hear about coffins...and females singing...and the lines forming to get into Hell? Did you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Shootsi, the female, has just a few little white hairs on her chin. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z They employed only young men, convinced that female workers would attract teenage boys to the restaurant and drive away other customers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z T. Ray hated female puberty worse than anything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thirty to forty group!” yapped a piercing female voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The National objected to the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and favored educated female suffrage; the American supported female suffrage and did not oppose voting rights for any African Americans. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The female security officer was brisk and efficient. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Susan B. Anthony was pleased that the goal included female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He was seventy-five minutes away from his first female murder, and he wondered if he could get his fingers to her throat before even the start of a scream. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She has the distinction of being the first female born into the Corcoran clan for no one even knows how many generations. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In 1952, Howard University had had only two female engineering graduates in its history. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z More Questions for the Notebook: Do caterpillars come as male and female? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Instead, a female Soviet cosmonaut with far less flight experience took the honors of being the first woman in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The female doctor on the other end was a parasitologist, someone who studies how parasites, such as worms, invade and damage the body. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Other women’s rights leaders, including Lucy Stone, advocated for the passage of a separate amendment that would ensure female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I have just observed from the top deck the arrival of hundreds of female naval auxiliaries. They are well dressed and quite clean.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His horse played nasty tricks on him, suddenly becoming a formidable female, a hard, wild mountain of flesh, on which he rode until his bones ached. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to see Prince Alfred lose his adoring flock of females. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Women had been working for the right to vote since Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a group of reformers first called for female suffrage in 1848. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Like the female warriors in Greek mythology, she could’ve pulled in the man’s body without help from any of us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z With a start, Piper realized this one was female. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I flipped a few pages to get to the female D names. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The female scythe tightened her grip on the handle of a machete and brushed back her dark hair with her free hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z All of the agency’s computing staffs, at Langley, Cleveland, Ames, and Muroc, traced their lineage back to the first pool, and to Tucker’s labor as the first female computer supervisor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The horrible scene of the preceding day was for ever acting before my eyes; the females were flying and the enraged Felix tearing me from his father’s feet. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the two of us, we’d amassed an impressive collection of books written by twentieth century Black female authors. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She began with a passage from the first chapter of Genesis: “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This line of attack is being carried even further in experiments aimed at deceiving the male into attempting to mate with a spurious female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So far I’ve restrained myself from going through his medicine cabinet, in search of hairpins and female deodorants, as I once would have done. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, he'd wanted to marry Grover, so he couldn’t have been all that bright about the whole male/female thing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A dozen Kansas women organized a women’s rights society to advocate for full female suffrage, and Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell went to Kansas to work on the campaign. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Come down at once, will you? There's some hysterical female on the phone, shouting in my ear. I can't make head nor tail of it. Says she's a friend of yours.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z This one had a lot of men and some strange-sounding spirits and a female called Miranda, who I remembered Kat saying was a dishrag. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The fresh feed included a ton of bananas, and the new cargo, a female Congo chimpanzee, part of Father’s wheeling and dealing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He talked about how to tell if there’s oil underneath a cotton field and I talked about how the receptionist and I were the only females working for the paper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A man, an ape, a blue-footed booby tries to attract a female to mate with. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The female Cyclopes barked an order to her kindred, and three of them followed her up the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Also, I really wanted to witness Hillary Clinton become the first female president. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At the sound of the soft clearing of a female throat, she looked up, startled. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A year before at this former asylum, a drunken CO had shot and killed his girlfriend, also a CO, and a female roommate, over unrequited love. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The female cat raced off down the street, spooked as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z His female attendants take their places at high-backed chairs set in the corners of the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A female officer in her fifties, wearing full camouflage, was glaring at them, and barking at the Dutch reporter. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There is a Chinese word for the female I—which is “slave.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His discourse the previous evening had turned to female companionship, Sam said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z For my snacks, I need only two: the blood of a female demigod, and the blood of a male. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z How could a female mind process something so rigorous and precise as math? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I had never in my life seen an African typist before, much less a female one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What?” boomed the old-fashioned scholar, who barely approved of teaching females to read and write. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Elizebeth also made an impression on reporters, who discovered that a female code breaker made good copy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In those days he saw mostly kids with adrenogenital syndrome, the most common form of female hermaphroditism. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If I hold my breath and squint, I can see where she gets that: all Muses are supposed to be female, and one of these is not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The females of this species lay their eggs in any open wound of a warm-blooded animal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Not a good idea to play with this one,” a uniformed female worker said. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My image of these women was fuzzy, since there were none in Macún, where all the females were wives or young girls who would one day be wives. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The voice rang out over a loudspeaker system, neither male nor female; emotionless, inhuman. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “That Caroline Murphy is a female dog,” she says, except she doesn’t say female dog, but the rude word my mom would’ve slapped me silly for saying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They laughed and she sensed, between them, a vulgar and delicious female bond. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What he said. Not much high school cachet to be had in being a female who has, you know, vocal opinions about anything.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Angela and I had split the list of female students at the Hollows. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The troll faced a dilemma—which female to eat first. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It is not a bad thing after all, I thought to myself, to be tiny as well as speedy when there is a bunch of dangerous females after your blood. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z He stood beneath her window one evening and played his military march and his waltz just as she was taking tea with a group of female friends. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The only female astronaut in the United States for the next 20 years would be Astronaut Barbie. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Her portrait was entitled, “Plate XVII. Pubescent female of the Oyo Country in Africa.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “She not only recruited the first Black American to be launched into space, Guion Bluford Jr., but also Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The girls also worked as substitute labor so that female factory workers could take a four-week vacation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When I failed to answer, a stocky female avatar stepped out of the shadows and into the chamber’s flickering torchlight. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She also became the first female lecturer for the Zhukhovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z If the song was being done properly, with both a man and a woman alternating the verses, the song was further complicated by the female’s counter harmony in the refrains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was so wrapped up in the experience that it took me a few seconds to recognize the female pedestrian we’d just passed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z With so many Russian women joining the army as foot soldiers so they could fight in World War I, it’s no surprise that several of Russia’s first female aviators also went to war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z What’s more, they doubted that he had ever taken a woman into the back seat, because rumor was that he went to “bad houses” or lay, sometimes, with a slack or lonely female tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And if my womb is withered and my female parts accursed, is there a special cake for that as well? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Rumpy went from female to female, trying to get himself groomed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The female lion walked away, but the male stayed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had had female relatives of my own, they would have helped me prepare the feast, but instead other Dinka women came with food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “And how can Will be a witch? I thought all witches were female.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Leaning against a wall was a muscular adult female bonobo; she was sitting there so quietly that I hadn’t noticed her before. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She was widely known for her intelligence, and she received her high school diploma at a time when education was not a priority for the female population in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A few of these lifelong female code breakers became friendly with Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In a moment a female voice came on the line. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mundín asks, inconvenienced and awed by the mysteries of the female body. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The list of signers included Charlotte Woodward, the only person at that meeting who would live long enough to see female suffrage become the law of the land. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The first stipulation was that there could be no physical contact between white and black prisoners, and between male and female prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The female goshawk drops down from her nest and, feet outspread, bombs Bando. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the other females reached for the stake, and I tapped her on the head as her hand came near. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And this is how we sit until a pleasant female voice announces it's time to prepare for launch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “About three miles out past the river; he’s circling around to meet up with the female.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When that happened, the female mate would join in the hunt. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When the meeting adjourned, Mott hugged Bush and thanked her for taking the lead, and Stanton realized she had been wrong to underestimate the female leadership. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I wondered how people identified male fish from female fish. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And finally, and perhaps more obviously, he attacked Pythagoras’s scheme with the most self-evident of arguments: it could not possibly account for female anatomy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z For a fleeting instant he thought he would like nothing better than to ride peacefully along the river path, laughing and talking with his gentle female friend. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want nothing ornery, and I don’t want to be hanging out in clubs and such. I just want some nice female company.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They borrowed a female in an interesting condition and set their trap under the cypress tree at the top of the vacant lot. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The female child in them, who had been me, stopped being a child and became something else, something threatening and ruthless, something that would consume them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So some of her female students went and printed Full Human Being on T-shirts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The smooth female voice of the computer speaks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z This potentially fatal illness is caused by a parasite that is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z In its habits: It appeareth that Deus omnipotens reproduced not with a female of its own species, but by engendering young upon a female Homo sapiens of a tender age, viz. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Only young females can move from one community to another without being hurt. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to take pleasure in not being welcome here, in infecting this female atmosphere with his half-grinning, masculine irreverence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And what can a guy possibly do besides give in when he's all alone in a room with three powerful females? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The biggest difference in their social behavior is that females are dominant in hyena society, whereas males are dominant in the world of the chimp. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z If research production was a measure of career viability—and it was— theoretical aerodynamics might have been the best place in the world to be a female researcher. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “This is not a black role, this is not a female role,” he said to her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z English, on the other hand, poses a challenge for people like Sasha who don’t see themselves as fitting into neat either/or categories like male or female. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Two security guards took me into an office, called the school nurse, who was a female, and they ordered me to take my coat off. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the past few years, Aech and I had discussed our mutual admiration for the female form on numerous occasions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It also meant getting rid of female agents. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Forced by the grammar to take a stand one way or the other, hermaphrodite is male and indecisiveness female. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘Like I said, I believe Orion is tracking you, not the Athena Parthenos. He seems especially good at sensing the presence of female demigods. I guess you’d say that we’re his natural prey.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her breasts were small and her hips only slightly curved, but she couldn’t help resenting these visible signs that she was doomed to be female. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I was female, black, and strong, which to certain people, maintaining a certain mind-set, translated only to “angry.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He had fallen overboard as a baby from the side of his father’s ship and been washed up on a desolate shore, where a female wolf had suckled him and kept him alive. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Though, to be fair, I’d been looking for a platonic friend, preferably female. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They stuck needles full of medicine into the female chickens, so the females wouldn’t get sick and die. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It is female, but harsh, like it’s cluttered with rocks and broken glass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We all have a strong prior association between a first name like John and the male gender, or a name like Lisa and things female. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Death in childbirth became a major hazard for human females. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z During the war, he had ferried hundreds of men, and the occasional female spy, across the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z During his time inside, the only female visitor he was permitted was his mother. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Once the debate was framed as an issue of women’s rights versus African American rights, the arguments used by some female suffragists became increasingly elitist. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Europa, Leda, Semele, Alcmene, and the Nazarene girl, much as the cowbird, first in deception and violence, doth force the female of other species to hatch its young. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The phone on Six North is a hubbub of activity, with Bobby and the blond burned-out-type, who I learn is named Johnny, fielding calls from, I assume, their respective female counterparts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Instead, Cochran told the committee that a special program for training female astronauts would only hurt the space program because it would slow down NASA's present space program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, lumbering after the centaurs was a battalion of one-eyed ogres, both male and female, each about ten feet tall, wearing armor cobbled out of junkyard metal. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z On the other side of the enclosure, he saw a second walkway, where the female prisoners were being marched. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z While her voice had the rich, dark timbre of contralto, the lowest female voice, she had no trouble with the ringing tones of soprano, the highest. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “This is about you. But also...me. All of us. And...my little sisters. Every woman. Every person, but especially—every female person.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Yes — the female has been in town. She went to the house, but while Charlie was at work. She hasn’t gone near him, so don’t be afraid. He’s safe with Esme and Rosalie watching.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z After the litter, female slaves in beautiful clothes, and then a few grooms, runners, pages, and the like. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Furthermore he claimed he knew who it was, and that sooner or later the kibáazu would get around to all the females in our house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The majority of Langley’s female professionals had spent their time at the laboratory classified as computers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “She had hardly finished laying. Most females would have deserted this nest and found another site. She had plenty of time to lay again.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z An impala buck stepped onto the path far below, turned its head to observe the humans, and led a group of females across to the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So he called the fire department, and they sent a female firefighter up to get me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I knew that the Senate, with fourteen of its one hundred members being female, was not quite as antiquated as it had once been. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Such as the young female ghost sitting next to Miss Alice, casting the old woman baleful looks. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Elsie shrieks as a gorilla hybrid gets frighteningly near, but it’s beaten back by a female agent with a laser whip. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Every line of her, every inch of her, everything about the chestnut was female. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The female officer begins nodding, showing support and almost enthusiasm as she says: "A counselor? So she heard?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt turned a corner and saw a female police officer helping an injured man in a suit limp down the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z And by that I mean are you a human female who has never had a sex-change operation? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I don’t do colors so my cardinal is a female. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a round and totally female shape. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The voice sounded just as Percy had described: an angry buzz in multiple tones, female but not human. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All this time there had been just two rooms: male and female. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes the refs gave me a hard time as well, for reasons I can only assume had to do with me being only one of two non-white female fencing coaches in the state. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z We drank and joked about small things, rumors of the masters and the rare female students who caught our attention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Numbers five and six were male and did embarrassing things to legs, any legs—male or female—that happened to be onstage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Male or female, depending on how you look at it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Not even Pearl Young, the NACA’s first female engineer and the founder of the agency’s rigorous editorial review process, left behind research with her name on it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z And what about all his talk of honor and propriety, his disapproval of the female customers, who, after all, were only showing him their feet to get fitted for shoes? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Nancy thinks that they began to calm down when they saw a female Army colonel in a uniform. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The aim is to confuse the male moth and alter the normal behavior so that, in the welter of attractive scents, he cannot find the true scent trail leading to the female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z This is the loud-mouthed, finger-snapping, black female character who often brings the comedic relief. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z In doing so, she forged a path for the female code breakers who came after her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Though there was no longer any female air force unit for them to be part of, pilot Antonina Bondareva and two other women from the 125th continued to serve in a male regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The females have two breasts on the upper chest that look startlingly human, with pale nipples. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of his male patients frequented the saloon, carrying on with the female patrons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Kindly report to your assigned library cart,” said a soothing female voice oozing out of the second floor’s ceiling speakers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z All of them were from male cormorants whose feathers are thicker than those of the females and much glossier. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She is feminine in her movements and gestures, and the slight gracelessness of her walk is in keeping with females of her generation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then one morning a female came to perch on the back of the wicker chair next to me on the porch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She couldn’t have the man thinking she was a child or a helpless female. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Seated in a ring of branches around her were four females, one of whom was nervous Banalia. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The fields were bordered by poplars and crisscrossed by streams and irrigation ditches, on the banks of which tiny female figures squatted and washed clothes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Before he could get up, the other two females joined the attack. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gaston looked over at Brother Gerald, that all-knowing look men give each other when a female acts the least bit hysterical. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The female passes through his sperm and accepts it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When the decision about who would be the first female in space was made, Irina was chosen as the backup. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder why it is that females wear such creations,” Quentin mused while the rest of us boys stared, openmouthed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A lorry loaded with sofas and shelves and tables was parked by the side, and a man stood beside it talking to a young female civil defender wearing khaki jeans and canvas shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can be male, female, masculine, feminine, neither, both.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She has sat back quietly, hoping she has learned, at last, to let the mighty wave of tradition roll on through her life and break on some other female shore. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We talked about how men can get away with whatever they want, but when a female does the same thing, then she gets degraded and even dissed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In one, “Hug,” a female Muppet, approaches the word HUG in the center of the screen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, Soraya came to us, tailed by a procession of young female relatives. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They’d need to fight the invisibility that comes with being poor, female, and of color. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It was like, I’m gonna go in there with a bunch of females and talk about something that’s a week old?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were especially powerful in the South, where many people didn’t support female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The female sperm, like tortoises, won the race. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They cut to what is supposed to be live footage of a female reporter, encased in a protective suit, standing in front of the ruins of the Justice Building in 13. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In any case, Lucretia Mott, one of the female delegates, had declared that she had no intention of staying home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Good thing Ms. Habibi is here, because that means four females. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The practice was introduced in the fall of 1909 after the female prisoners went on a hunger strike. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The female was now gathering speed for another attack, and when I say speed, I mean 50 to 60 miles an hour. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an ebony statue of a female saint in the comer, and a tureen on an altar crowded with apples and bananas and dishes of offerings I can’t identify. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time they passed, Ana and Alba sang with the strength of their despair, and female voices rose from the other cells. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to chromosomal and hormonal factors, Luce had to consider my sex of rearing, which had been female. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Here, Darwin reverted to an old idea: the instructions from the male and female simply met in the embryo and blended together like paints or colors. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I think he’d had enough female emotion for the time being. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not care to know how many female holly trees a single male could bring to berry. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “So that means that, if the female patient agrees, Jet can be a part of this N’daa.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In good times females reach puberty earlier, and their chances of getting pregnant are a bit higher. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z To let inmates know they’d better be dressed and decent, female officers always yelled, “Female on the gallery!” before setting out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In three consecutive trips to Worlds, I’d earned fourteen medals, ten of them gold, which made me the most decorated American female gymnast ever. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We spent a lot of time watching videos of some of the world’s best female saberists—some from Russia, others from Ukraine—and Akhi would break the matches down for me point by point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Against the opposite wall was a glass-fronted cabinet, and inside this were the dolls, dozens of very small dolls, all female, and made of wool-covered wire, like pipe cleaners, with embroidered-on faces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Miyax wondered who they were fighting over, for not a female was to be seen. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hold it right there!” snapped a firm female voice behind them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He argued that Stanton’s reforms would “unsex every female in the land.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It’s soft, female, and seems to be right in my ear. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They all helped one female raise her chicks, each of which had a different father. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She found her female relatives and the children settled around Grandmother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It weighs between two and four tonnes, the female being larger than the male. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lost a fight for a female Labrador on a farm down the mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He called himself a Uranist and believed that he had a female soul in a male body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Straight boys didn’t call nothing cute unless they were talking about a female. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Normal individuals have no predisposition to either sexual role in kemmer; they do not know whether they will be the male or the female, and have no choice in the matter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The female is generally larger and more aggressive than the male, though neither should be approached by any but highly skilled and trained wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the kind of place that would exhibit particular patience for anyone, male or female, who took too long to scale the learning curve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Most consisted of two squadrons of ten aircraft apiece; Marina Raskova’s three female regiments were not going to change the outcome of an air war on this scale. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A familiar female voice said, with derision, “Look at her! Miss high and mighty!” but there was no one to be seen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The female peregrine was the power of spring. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She had not known, until she had both experienced and observed it, that human females swelled and grew and reproduced. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Exerting the full strength of a female badger, she lifted the massive Cavern Hole dining table. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I am a male and it is the duty of all females to obey me, he seemed to say. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We are black and white and Latino, male and female. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In one skeleton’s pelvic area mountain bluebirds had built a nest, and in it the female bird, surrounded by peeping young, stared beadily at the startled boy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He seized hold of the females, one after the other, and pulled them off Marc. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “What magazines did you use?” asked Anderson, the female CO who supervised the barbershop downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The dissenting group, it’s my privilege and headache to divulge, consists of the three featured players themselves, two female, one male. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Four steps away from the fence, where he was talking to a female Dauntless guard with a gun balanced on her shoulder a moment before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He had the cleanest fingernails of any man I’d ever seen—it was the male hand in the ad reaching to put the diamond on the Pond’s-caressed female hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A few snaps and a warning growl, and the female and the tail submitted too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rest of Suzanne’s family was not particularly close-knit, except for two of her favorite female cousins who helped her out as much as they could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z To show his appreciation, Vanderbilt set up a brokerage firm, Woodhull, Claflin & Co., the first female firm on Wall Street. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Some mutant grapes that normally would have had separate male and female individuals also became self-fertilizing hermaphrodites. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a female, I decided, based on her small snout and narrow chest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I read that the male okapi is smaller than the female, and more shy, and that hardly anything else is known about them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German shepherd. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If I went to Vietnam, I would not come back; females desert families. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon he was singing the male parts while I did the female. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z One morning I found that he had brought me a litde female poodle, upon which I bestowed the name of Betsy and she became my pet and companion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched it passively for a moment, until of a sudden he realized it was a female black widow doing her thing not three feet from his toes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A female redcap in armor steps onto the dais to grab the struggling consort. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He said that he would put the females on the block later on in the day, and went off to the inn to get his dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Now a female smuggler is on the phone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A male and female demigod,” said Lion Head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Computing pools attached to specific tunnels or branches grew larger, spawned their own supervisors, and gave the female professionals the opportunity to specialize in a particular subfield of aeronautics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He also knew that many people living on the wrong side of the “great epi divide” had brown or black skin and were female. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Selden supported female suffrage and never charged Anthony for the time he spent working on her case. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There are men collecting garbage, a female traffic officer motioning for a taxi to make a turn, students on the way to school. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Another cop, a female one, turned to face the water. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But every district has managed to scrape up at least one female and one male victor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They wheeled her off for X-rays, and the female paramedic showed me where to wait. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Now they would have to deal with an angry army that was young, poor, militant, and mostly female. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Every night Mami told me how I had failed in my duty as a female, as a sister, as the eldest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Aristotle was wrong in his partitioning of male and female contributions into “material” and “message,” but abstractly, he had captured one of the essential truths about the nature of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When I reached the bar, I ordered a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster from the female Klingon bartender and downed half of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was, at the time, the largest African school below the equator, with more than a thousand students, both male and female. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the wrapped-in-cloth kind, but a human female body shriveled to a husk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Some said she was the best female pilot in the world. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t think she would win, but she did think she could use the election as a way to start a conversation about topics she considered important, including female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Tall, blonde, and the child of Olympic rowers, Mariel was the most decorated American fencer, male or female, and had been fencing since she was ten. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes he felt so lonely among all these females—even the one rooster had died, and they hadn’t yet gotten another. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z We don’t know what Lydia Pinkham’s remedies are, but anything that says “for women” on it has to do with monthly blood or some equally unspeakable female thing, and so we think it’s funny. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I’d asked him if any of the females in the house were available. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Males and females took turns brooding the eggs and flying to the courthouse park to feast on seeds and bread. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Konrad Lorenz found that adult male and female geese are very faithful to each other. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z During the political upheaval of the uncertain 1990s, the third female Russian cosmonaut was in training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The female guard was darker-skinned, with curly hair sticking out the sides of her helmet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As a female, a minority, and an immigrant, I felt lost. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So would any simpering, eyelash- batting female in her court, given the proper setup, the minimal conditions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe I was just feeling the acute burden of being female. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A female presence at this level was such a rarity that a British record keeper later corrected the minutes of the meeting, whiting out the “s” of “Mrs.” so that she became “Mr. Friedman.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Except for Ms. G., I don’t know a single female who’s graduated from high school, let alone gone to college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Today on the highway,” she said, “Gaea told me that she needed the blood of only two demigods—one female, one male. She—she asked me to choose which boy would die.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Quit trying to make him into a female,” Daddy told Ma. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I thought if he witnessed my rocky mental state, he'd come away with a unique understanding of the female psyche and would tread carefully with other people's hearts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Half of a moon cycle!” a tiny female voiced squeaked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The female officer did all the talking and she was touching her gun the whole time. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And yet, away from public view, one of the largest concentrations of professional female mathematicians in the United States stayed on the job, their identities wedded to their professions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z One day I made note of a New York Times article I’d read that reported widespread fatigue, stress, and unhappiness among American lawyers—most especially female ones. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I tried to look very female and mysterious, slightly troubled by internal things they could not imagine and did not want to. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The laws are neither threatening nor friendly, just citing the facts: No person shall require any white female to nurse in wards or rooms in which negro men are placed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Here he was interested in taking a walk with someone other than me, someone who was female, an older woman, someone who had shown a lot of interest in him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She has followed a female friend to North Carolina and started over again. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Parzival: The female of the species has always found me repellent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Doctors would do better in these cases if they knew less about their patients—if, that is, they had no idea whether the people they were diagnosing were white or black, male or female. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was Michelangelo’s habit to base his female figures on male nudes drawn from life. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Rondell told us about a former foster mom’s crazy cat that never got neutered and always sat in their sixth-story window meowing at female cats that pranced by on the street below. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He had a bevy of female admirers — but also a coterie of critics, who considered him a dandy and a playboy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A pause, and then a tired, dry, middle-aged, female voice said, “I think what I and my family of three noticed most was the dignity.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Granddaddy trapped Harry and Miss Goodacre in a corner and gave them a detailed explanation of the difference between the male and female Deinacrida, or giant locust. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z With men off to the front, womanpower picked up the slack, and local businesses went to extraordinary lengths to recruit and retain female employees. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was a cause for quiet celebration and behind-the-scenes thumbs-up among all the female computers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If the individual was in the female role and was impregnated, hormonal activity of course continues, and for the 8.4-month gestation period and the 6- to 8-month lactation period this individual remains female. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I—” “It's all right.'' I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is not usually a good thing. “I'm actually wondering the same thing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She too was a man, but a man grown soft and womanly, a man with breasts, from doing female parts for years. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A female two-legs was standing not far away from him in an archway, mouth wide, making peacock shrieks. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Moving away from the two android females, Isidore groped his way to the door; with his fingers he located the knob, halted there, listening. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Denmark gives its citizens the choice of three official genders: male, female, and X.The White House designates a gender-neutral bathroom for visitors and staff. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The picture’s caption read: Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, wanted for questioning in the Long Island disappearance of his mother two weeks ago, is shown here fleeing from the bus where he accosted several elderly female passengers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z How does a male moth find his female even if she is miles away? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In the room, a female graduate student evidently immune to the smell sat working on a spectrograph, an instrument for measuring electromagnetic radiation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Furious at the affront to female students, the White Rose friends increased their resistance. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He was intact, wrapped tightly around the leg of his female captor, head buried against her shin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When the front door opens, I find the female version of Mitch wearing a light yellow T-shirt with kittens rolling in yarn. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Another voice—this one female and older, almost matronly—said, “Okay, forget the forms. It’s time for your audition.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Or do they turn into male or female while they’re asleep in their cocoons? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The mothers nursing their tiny infants, the females who gathered around to admire, the youngsters leaping over one another all created the bustle of a peaceful village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first order of business at the conference was a motion to admit the female delegates. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Maybe the female population of Europe finally realized he’s as compelling as a wet ball of yarn,” Alex suggests. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The leaders of the group clearly valued and cultivated the talent of their female members. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “She’s the only female chieftain among the Tribes. One of the most dangerous women you’ll ever meet. Also one of the cleverest. Her tribe carries weapons to the Marinn branch of the Scholars’ Resistance.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He had some news for Lancelot, which he told him in a whisper after dinner—but unfortunately he was a misogynist, and, like most people of that sort, he had the female failing of indiscretion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He often says he views himself as the captain of a sinking mess of female minds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me guess. You want him to mentor you like every other female art student from The Institute.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “The entire operation was proceeding exactly as planned, until your female attacked our deputy.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was not long before some opponents of female suffrage deliberately used Victoria Woodhull’s other prominent positions to divert public attention from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In states that already had female suffrage, the emphasis would be on support for a federal amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She stuck to the argument that in a democracy, women must have the right to vote, noting that female suffrage “serves the highest interest of the country.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I count thirty-five female faces in the smiling circle around me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Plenty of females displayed themselves to him or invited him in for a kiss, but he ignored them, keeping his focus on the horizon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z To win World War II, the United States needed to recruit thousands of new code breakers, and the majority of the hires were female—about eleven thousand women in all. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the middle of the nineteenth century, most Americans considered female suffrage a ludicrous idea, a radical position first suggested by a radical woman. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The trained ear, he believed, could pick up the softness and flexibility of the female style. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A slight shadow emerges from the mist: a female Augur. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Someone’s voice comes from the other side, muffled and female. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On a three-legged stool sat the Oracle—a shriveled female mummy in a tie-dyed dress. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Being the only female in what was basically a boys’ club must have been difficult for her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter, on the other hand, was not like any female Scholar Lyra had seen, and certainly not like the two serious elderly lathes who were the other female guests. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We drove past the sturdy trees around the faculty of engineering, past the vast mango-filled fields around the female hostels. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “But some plants need a male and a female before they can give fruit. Plantains, for instance.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I’m so glad to have a feisty female around here to help me keep these boys under control. I been needing a girl on my team.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The young female, his neighbour of the mud-flats, was in her first year. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The female shoots over the treetops, turns, and comes screaming back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A female voice; cold and familiar, but familiar like a dream, not a real person. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The females are reared to become the next generation of dairy cows, whereas the males are handed over to the care of the meat industry. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In a movement known as the New Departure, some women’s rights advocates interpreted the new amendment in a way that actually allowed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “It’s our hall. Every hall is named after an important female musician, like Nina Simone.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Members of a closely related chimpanzee species, bonobos, usually live in more egalitarian groups dominated by female alliances. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of a smaller tank, two Nereids—female sea spirits—sat cross-legged, facing each other, playing a game of Go Fish. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At last, we spied an ancient female gnome sitting on the ground near the pond. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t oppose female suffrage, but it wasn’t their first priority, and they didn’t want to press for universal suffrage if it would make black suffrage less likely. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Most female gymnasts only go to the Olympics once. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The other wolves made do with his leavings; the old male fed first, then the female, then the tail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are four hundred other freshmen in here, two hundred female. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z This was not dangerous, for he rarely actually struck us at the table, but it was designed to show us all up as dull-witted, bovine females. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was neither male, nor was it female, but was both at the same time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z As the alpha female’s daughter, she would be the crown princess out there in the enclosure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Billy had fallen asleep while examining a female patient who was in a chair on the other side of the owl. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a big fat man, older than the moon, with huge, bulging eyes that devoured our female frames. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Between the Life magazine coverage and Lovelace stating that women just might be better astronauts, there was an explosion of interest in women in space, and particularly the first potential female astronaut, Jerrie Cobb. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z And one of the females had a baby. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Men could weigh in on the issue, too, and they were less supportive: Almost 70 percent of the men who voted opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z When Stanton asked Lucretia Mott to sign the petition for female suffrage, she refused. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He also told me a lot about the female anatomy. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They were female giraffes—cream and lemon yellow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Somebody must have played the only female role - Miranda, who Kat had told me was a dishrag. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The female Polistes wasp, taking shelter in a forgotten corner of some attic, carries in her body the fertilized eggs, the heritage on which the whole future of her colony depends. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Stand right behind him,” a female therapist whispered to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My father would be working as a chicken sexer, which he told us is where you separate the male chicks from the female chicks when they’re still wet from being inside the egg. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Georgia and Florida are female, but Montana and Utah are male. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Sure, she can ride along in the ambulance. No problem,” the female paramedic said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was a woman, or a female wise one, like us, like my people. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Protect your women: in a civilization that emasculates the male and abuses the female, and in which, moreover, the male is forced to depend on the female’s bread-winning power. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The bigger, stronger cub was not frolicking with a tender, laughing female two-legs, being fed tidbits of meat in a pleasant sunlit open place. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z All of my female suspects had been crossed off the list, except one: Nicole. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z There were no female birds on Mount Athos, no female snakes, no female dogs or cats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hers was the only voice of authority up here, and even the eleven- and twelve-year-old boys were terrified of this female ogre, for she ruled with a rod of steel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to know what was going on, I guess, or maybe he figured Sam would be better off with female company. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Technically speaking, the great majority of the “yaks” one sees in the Himalaya are actually dzopkyo—male crossbreeds of yaks and cattle—or dzom, female crossbreeds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She had an almost undefeated record and frequently found herself in the folds of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, identified as the best female saber fencer in the state. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z And even though I hadn’t finished as well as I had hoped, I was one of the best female saber fencers in the world, and I should be proud of that. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Women with an eye on a management job were limited to heading a section in one of the now-decentralized computing pools or in another division with many female employees, such as personnel. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "They have no beard or body hair," Buffon sagely confided, "and no ardor for the female." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Forcing female soldiers to wear men’s boots isn’t unique to the Red Army in World War II. Combat boots in women’s sizes for British soldiers were introduced in the United Kingdom only in 2012. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z John Tookey had to be rescued by his mates from stabbing female heels. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The strongest evidence of the progress Langleys women were making in the early postwar years came when one of its most visible female professionals reached the end of the road. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Because fathers don’t contribute mitochondrial DNA to the embryo, the succession occurs only through the female line. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Providence smiled on the fugitives: The hunters believed they hid in the swamp—with two young females in tow, any other ambitions must have been curtailed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This notion—blending inheritance—was already familiar to most biologists: it was a restatement of Aristotle’s theory of mixing between male and female characters. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Padre Leo gave up the two-bedroom priest’s apartment attached to the church so that female migrants would have a place to sleep. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I access and find that Alexander doesn’t have any crushes himself at the moment, but if he did, they’d be female. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Cigarettes dangle from manicured fingers; tiny dogs wait patiently for owners to finish espressos; every female foot is shod in a high-heeled designer shoe. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But there were a few exceptions: Jonas himself, and a female Five who he had noticed had the different, lighter eyes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Social note: A new film featuring my favorite female star, whose recent circus musical excess stunned and overwhelmed me, is opening shortly at one of the downtown movie palaces. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And the seventh face . . . the Stranger was neither male nor female, yet both, ever the outcast, the wanderer from far places, less and more than human, unknown and unknowable. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This tiny female statuette is one of the earliest known human figures. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z He asks a female bar buddy to take Lourdes to the public hospital. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Despite the popularity of celebrity female aviators such as Amelia Earhart, the general public in the United States felt that women should not be flying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t just that she was a woman, and female horn players were rare, as had been the case with Conant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She was wearing jeans and a shirt like I was, but somehow the fact that we were at a dance made me too aware that she was female, so I felt weird talking with her. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The two female Scholars sat up very slightly, though their daemons, either well behaved or torpid, did no more than flick their eyes at each other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I ready myself to leave a breezy message, but a breathless female voice answers in the middle of the fifth ring. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But the female, she still had a few seconds left before the troll split her open. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was impossible to tell if the shape was male or female. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Male or female, it depended how you looked at it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The host was female, and I understood the look in her eyes as she assessed Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He would counsel me on the female graces, as he understood them, on the need to conceal certain parts of the body, on the gaudiness of smiling too much. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He offered him his friendship, invited him to bathe in champagne, tried to make him understand that the females of his family had insides made of flint, but he could not weaken his obstinacy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z As soon as the chicks were born, the sexers hurried to separate the males from the females. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There were six of them: three females on one side, three males on the other. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nothing worries and antagonizes a female bear more than to have people between her and her brood. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Stone wrote to friends back east with stories of a woman who “carried petitions all through the town for female suffrage, and not one woman refused to sign.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As the girl’s gender identity was firmly established as female at the time her condition was discovered, a decision to implement feminizing surgery along with corresponding hormonal treatments seems correct. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “The year we got Lily, we knew, of course, that we’d receive our female, because we’d made our application and been approved. But I’d been wondering and wondering what her name would be.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z And this highlights a theme that runs through almost every Soviet female soldier’s story of the Great Patriotic War: War is gendered, and it is not feminine. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “In fact, you are too, technically. The tradition is it goes by the female line. If your grandmother’s Jewish, and your mother’s Jewish, then so are you.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I’d seen bulls ride cows, horses hump mares, pigs rolling in mud, their bodies connected under the female’s tail. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I would find later she was a female. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In Wyoming, a group of the wives of elected officials had worked behind the scenes to convince their husbands to support female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But gay people, being both male and female, were seen as both warriors and caregivers. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The next day he had a female student, and by the end of the week word of his charms had got out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As it turned out, being the Agency's first female officer in Moscow had its advantages: The KGB never caught on to her real position in the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The beasts weren’t going to be frightened of a small female person with a flashlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jane, your films were about sticking it to the man, snapping back at the patriarchy by showing strong female protagonists who didn’t conform to gender roles. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Kapugen had said that with one sniff a wolf knew if you were male or female, adult or child, if you were hunting or not hunting—even if you were happy or sad. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to him is a young female bonobo with an infant, also asleep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the big males sometimes go out looking for such females and try to take them back into their own territory. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Some fifty students wait in the classroom to compete for just six parts—three female, three male. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z For years this schizoid beast pranced around the goat pen eagerly mounting any female in sight while at the same time it was being mounted by the billys. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The female attendants flood inside and cry out with concern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Of course Joe went, too, and Mother and Marly had, as Mother said, “a fine female time.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth learned more about the second-class status of women when she overheard the female clients who came to beg for help at her father’s law office, which adjoined the main house. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Recognizing the female by her great size, I stop running to admire the silver gray body streaking through the sky. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He listed more positives: “Home, & someone to take care of house—Charms of music & female chit-chat.—These things good for one’s health.—but—” There it was again—“terrible loss of time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the mid-1950s, a woman named Helen Willey led a successful charge to have every female computer with a math degree upgraded to mathematician, a title that automatically applied to men with the same credential. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I could not tell—I did not know his taste in female beauty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Other males and females exhibit their submission to the alpha male by bowing before him while making grunting sounds, not unlike human subjects kowtowing before a king. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For her part, Lyra was a little surprised to find that the Scholar she sought was female, but the alethiometer hadn’t said a man, and this was a strange world, after all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about north, south, male, female, full, empty, anti-clockwise, clockwise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1930s, not everyone could wrap their minds around the idea of a female boss. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s a small family and an odd one, just three females and a juvenile male, without a silverback to protect them. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z In my language, when a child is born, we don’t say “boy” or “girl,” but lashe, which means “male cow,” or ngache, which means “female cow.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Himmler ordered the police to arrest the Swing Youth ringleaders, male and female, as well as any teachers who supported them, and send them to concentration camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Jezebel: The Jezebel is a promiscuous female with an uncontrollable sexual appetite. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Among the legislators who took the oath of office was Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first female member of Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The female Tiphia, finding a beetle grub in the soil, injects a paralyzing fluid and attaches a single egg to the undersurface of the grub. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “What? You assume it has to be a male god who finds a human female attractive? How sexist is that?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There now appeared in front of me row upon row of bald female heads, a sea of naked scalps, every one of them red and itchy-looking from being rubbed by the linings of the wigs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z If two or three of the heavier boys could band together at one end, they could make precarious sitting for the unlucky female at the other end. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She also used to be an astronaut, one of the few female African American ones. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “I thought we’d go to the Royal Arctic Institute for lunch. I’m one of the very few female members, so I might as well use the privileges I have.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “And the female. She’s with him. If it turns into a fight, the leader will go with them, too.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The plot was conceived by Middleton: after Lewis was killed, the plan was to use a female associate to impersonate her so that the friends could collect the headright payments. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I’m sure she was trying to make herself feel better. What can I say, Jupes? Despite your preferences, these girls can’t seem to handle the fact that I have a gorgeous female best friend.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z She was working in her fields at the forest’s edge, scaring away some monkeys, when a female lion came upon her. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Mine was the first female name in three hundred years. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Hauled in fifteen bushels. Mostly females, though,” he said, disappointed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She herself did nothing to help but rather talked on the phone, occasionally pausing to yell, "That's very collectible," or "Be careful with the fish, I'm pretty sure the female is pregnant." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The colonial government in time raised the bounty for adult male scalps, lowered it for adult females, and eliminated it for Indigenous children under age ten. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z On stage, male musicians may co-opt female gendered attributes as part of a performance, such as Heavy or Hair Metal band members wearing long hair and make-up. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Just 6 million years ago, a single female ape had two daughters. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I look around for him and see instead a female officer approaching me with her gun out. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z A female officer was removing stacks of American money from the bag. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Hit said thangs like ‘A female by one transgression forfeits her place in society forever.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Short-chain aliphatic compounds are elaborated by female monkeys in response to estradiol, and these are of consuming interest to the males. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from Flo that I first learned that in the wild, female chimps have only one baby every five or six years. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He described him as a cross between a billy goat and a female heretic, an infernal beast whose breath scorched the air and whose look brought on the birth of monsters in newlywed women. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Eang and the female cousins stay at home and make crepes, sweet cakes, and cookies from corn and wheat, which we exchange for rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the street was a large glass box with a female mannequin inside it, dressed as a gypsy fortune-teller. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Ymir slept, and while it slept, it gave birth: a male and a female giant were born from beneath Ymir’s left arm, a six-headed giant born from its legs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She had been allowed to watch the lab attendants, in gowns and gloves, strip eggs from what they called the breeder fish, anesthetized females. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One of the female bonobos shrieked, the other replied, and then the foraging group wandered out of the clearing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He gives me one of those upper-body-only, twist-to-the-side half hugs that are perfectly appropriate between male and female friends in America. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So Bernabe tapped the female spiders into a milk bottle, and when there were about thirty in the bottle, Pacheco told him: “Watch this.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps more striking than the racial integration of the female mathematicians, which had been spreading organically throughout Langley for years, was the fact that a group focused on computing now employed increasing numbers of men. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Although the time of peregrine courtship was over, and other males and females were feeding young, this male was seeking a mate. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She was a female James Brown screaming and sliding back and forth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It had obvious defects: it could not, for example, explain the inheritance of characteristics from the father; in 1752 Maupertuis showed that polydactylism could be inherited in the male as well as the female line. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A couple of my friends thought I was nuts, but everyone else, especially girls and female teachers, thought I was ... ummm ... “soooooo sweet!” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At one awful point, every kind of canine voice imaginable cut loose, rejoicing, wailing in pain, some barks offering challenges, others announcing, with fear or ecstasy, the hectic gang-banging of females in heat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few female comrades felt faint, but no one wanted to leave. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As they were led through an arch on the left, Kaz glimpsed Inej disappearing into the opposite arch with the other female prisoners. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was glad to be free of the endless female biologic functions for a while. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “If that wild female hurts Esme ...” My voice had grown higher, a note of hysteria beginning to rise in it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When a female chess columnist asked him for an interview after lunch, he agreed; she shrieked joyfully, hugged Bobby, and kissed him on the cheek. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Faced with such hurtful and hostile interactions, she turned to her female friends to keep her strong. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A female Eleven named Tanya staggered forward from where she had been hiding. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Another female, this one nearly bald on her head, approached me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Her voice changed; she spoke now in the high-pitched voice of the self-consciously female. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I am Ayesha Farooq, and I’m Pakistan’s first female fighter pilot. I scored the highest possible marks on my air force exam, and I say instead of looking up to role models, be one yourself.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Over it a baseball card of the first female pitcher in the majors hangs in a plastic mount. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Afterward, the rest of their female bodies, all of womankind, either disappointed him or disturbed him like painted cattleguards. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The female delegates and spectators were seated separately from the men and were not permitted to participate in the proceedings. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Very faintly, on a downstairs radio, a sprightly female voice sang a song about yogurt, backed by a chorus of mooing cows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Beautiful,” said an older, female voice, and Celaena pivoted, the yards of cumbersome fabric twisting with her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Guys who make it a point to remind us we’re the only two females in the class. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I warned him about the “foxes,” his expression for the aggressive, cute young females who flocked after him; I told Cassius that instead of “foxes,” they really were wolves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This, for me, began a habit that has sustained me for life, keeping a close and high-spirited council of girlfriends—a safe harbor of female wisdom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “So,” he said finally, “you are not one of these female reform girls?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “The following information is only for family members of female residents of New York City who have been missing since Wednesday night, May eighteenth,” a woman’s voice intoned. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You know your history,” said a light, female voice, and Celaena jumped, yelping as she tripped over a spear and fell into a gold-filled chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z ‘Frontline Security?’ came the same female voice after the music and the recorded announcement. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean by male and female patient?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She heard a cry—female—and warm hands grabbed her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Still, the antis claimed that all of those who failed to vote opposed female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z As we already know, Mrs Wormwood's hair was dyed a brilliant platinum blonde, very much the same glistening silvery colour as a female tightrope-walker's tights in a circus. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a simple-minded thing for a female Earthling to do, to associate sex and glamor with war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Each colony is a family unit, comprising a single, egg-laying female or queen and her many sterile daughters called workers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They had hoped for more from their female child. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Blore studied with naive surprise a statuette in brass—wondering perhaps if its bizarre angularities were really supposed to be the female figure. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z She started catcalling at the female demons: “Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Stanton and Anthony organized a petition drive in New York in support of female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The school was named after a pioneering doctor who also became the first female mayor elected in England. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In this system, the students at the best colleges may be diverse—male and female and of various colors, religions, and hometowns—but they tend to share an upper-middle- class upbringing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z From a window overhead he heard an unhappy female voice pleading, “Please don’t. Please don’t.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “But none of you are female, nor, with the possible exception of Simmon, are you lovely.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Cady Stanton was not a delegate to the World Anti-Slavery Convention, but she sat with the wives of delegates and shared the female delegates’ “humiliation and chagrin.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z For my part, I merely watched young, deprived female bosoms panting before my handsome husband, soldier of the Lord. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure,” she replied, and named a specific female patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z For seven years after that she ruled the most unlikely of realms: a room full of black female mathematicians, doing research at the worlds most prestigious aeronautical laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The female alights on the top of a dead tree, panting from fatigue and fear. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Song of the Family had become as fierce and sharp and feline as the snarl of a female puma. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve slept in my famous female filmmakers T-shirt every night this week to get into the mind-set of a butt-kicking female director. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The National Woman Suffrage Association was dedicated to opposing the Fifteenth Amendment, promoting a sixteenth amendment establishing female suffrage, supporting divorce reform, and advocating for other women’s rights issues. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “My name’s Vic. I’m a biological female, but my gender is male.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The robotic female voice clicks on again: the library will close in five minutes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I was thinking about something Edward had said, about the red-haired female at Charlie’s house, at the school, where my records would be. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Eight women came, thrilled that a female pilot was finally getting the chance they had been denied so long ago and perhaps a little sad that they weren't flying along with her. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy ran back from the woods, the female tied at the hands and feet and thrown over his shoulder like a bedroll. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Russian doctors and health officials—male and female—all wore olive drab uniforms. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z At Attica and Clinton, he said, inmates didn’t even talk to female officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Save the female libber stuff for your Women’s Institute friends, Helena. I'm asking you nicely. I’ve had a very long day.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Not only did he give me very few pointers before throwing me to the wolves, but he also called over Rachel Carlson, who was the best female saberist we had on the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Once, when I escorted some inmates to the commissary and we were all hanging around in the hall waiting for a gate to open, two female officers fixed their attention on Sam. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of pronouns that distinguished between male and female, Sasha’s language had pronouns that distinguished between animate and inanimate objects. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Working as a research mathematician at Langley was a very, very good black job—and it was also a very, very good female job. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She had always struck him as a mousy little thing, cute even, but not a girl he’d thought much about, beyond the baseline of teenage hormones that made anything female worth looking at. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And perhaps the fetus is formed by the mutual contributions of male and female parts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She could tell by the massiveness of their antlers that they were males, for those of the females are more slender and shorter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence early farmers either had to find mutant trees not requiring cross-pollination, or had consciously to plant genetically different varieties or else male and female individuals nearby in the same orchard. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were a family of three males and one female. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Entomologists have taken advantage of this fact for a good many years, laboriously preparing this sex attractant from the bodies of the female moths. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t stay long, for it is bitter weather and I wanted the female to return immediately. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The dank, dingy rooms housed an eclectic collection of students, both male and female. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z These females are actually talking about how to kill me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Watch out for Leon too, who has a habit of following his female coworkers into service closets. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Reporters called her “a reformatory Amazon” and “an ungainly hermaphrodite, part male, part female with an ugly face and shrill voice.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The movement was dividing into two groups—one that made voting rights for black men the priority and another that demanded that female suffrage also be considered—and this disagreement changed the relationships among advocates. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The women and children called out to every female who walked past. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The survival of a species also depended upon how successful males and females were in reproducing their lines. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The others came bursting through the swinging doors—looking guiltily as if they expected to see screaming nude females. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z For some years he lived with a little female called Susie, but then the zoo director sold her to another zoo and Jojo was left alone. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Her female crew consisted entirely of maidservants dressed as sea nymphs. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When two males are contesting the alpha position, they usually do so by forming extensive coalitions of supporters, both male and female, from within the group. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z While Elizabeth Cady Stanton was overseas, Susan B. Anthony continued to be singularly devoted to the cause of female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The intercom came on and a female voice said, “Inspector Garland, the lab report on Mr. Polokov’s corpse is ready.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A female’s gaze was enough to send them groping for their huevos. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He told her about the monks of Mount Athos, who in their zeal for purity banned not only women from their island monastery but the females of every other species, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She almost forgot about them out there, those mostly female students of Carnegie Mellon. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But now the workers, male and female, were most often Asian. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z One and all, the females turned their backs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With that decision, the Seneca Falls leaders established that it was a person’s attitude about female equality and not their sex that should determine who was, in fact, a feminist. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In contrast, Bill’s reasoning started from the seemingly arbitrary hypothesis that only a fraction of the male chromosomal material enters the female cell. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z "I mean exactly what I say," replied Mr. Samsa and went directly with his two female companions up to the lodger. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had absolute power over his slaves, male and female. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She knew that gaining the vote would give women an important tool to bring about the entire social agenda she envisioned, since her membership and support for her cause were largely female. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Whether Shakespeare’s treatment of the female characters is misogynistic.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She considered modern female undergarments indecent and if not precisely “of the devil,” certainly in that vicinity. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered whether she’d still be mad the next day and why I never seemed to be able to be friends with more than one human female at a time. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Some female androids seemed to him pretty; he had found himself physically attracted by several, and it was an odd sensation, knowing intellectually that they were machines, but emotionally reacting anyhow. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Mosquitoes exposed to DDT for several generations turned into strange creatures called gynandromorphs — part male and part female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z You’re probably wondering how one little female high school teacher brought such drastic changes into my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She wanted to go to France with William, but the Army did not allow female code breakers to serve so close to the front lines. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Jackie Cochran may have thought that she was the obvious choice as the first female astronaut. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z The word female only suggested female Scholars to Lyra, and she involuntarily made a face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The female upperclassmen did not approach me or make any real efforts to be my friend, so I only went to the meetings sporadically my first year. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Oh my,” I heard a female voice gasp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You know what I look for in a female these days? A heartbeat and a full set of limbs.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Two children—one male, one female—to each family unit. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He said to her, “This work is not for a married female. You are either going to neglect your work or neglect your family.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Early in her career at Langley, Dorothy Lee was interviewed for the Daily Press, in all probability by Virginia Biggins, the female reporter assigned to the Langley beat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was thrilled to see that these new twins, a male and a female, were strong and healthy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “The female lead. You could sing her songs beautifully. Like the one we heard.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She says she has sent the money through a female immigrant who lives with her, because the woman gets a Western Union discount. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It sounded vaguely female, but not at all human. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The female voice was high and soft, like the wind whistling through the reeds of the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I think he has a crush on one of their female cats. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Concerned now, I take a running start, jump, grab the first limb of the spruce, and find myself kicking wildly to fend off- the female goshawk. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother replied, “Her, not his. It was a female. But we are never to speak the name, or to use it again for a newchild.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z There was virtually no aspect of twentieth-century defense technology that had not been touched by the hands and minds of female mathematicians. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Near the corner of Banks Street, he heard a female voice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z When the Soviet Union heard that the United States was planning to launch the country's first female into space aboard the space shuttle, the Soviet space agency committed to putting another Soviet woman into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z If two ethnic groups share the same haplogroup, it is molecular proof that the two groups are related; their members belong to the same female line. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sasha and Nemo were useful additions, because they could dance either the male or the female part, depending on what was needed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z A door in the hallway opened, and a sleepy female voice said, “Is something wrong?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The mummies spoke through female mediums who represented the panaqa s surviving courtiers or their descendants. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the daytime when his duties were few he would grow tired of female company. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of times tables, I was figuring out females, and Chris was loving every minute of it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Just to show him, I turned, reached out, and without really looking tapped the nearest female and said, “Want to dance?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z There was a college out West in Ohio that took female students—a real college, not a young ladies’ seminary. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And perhaps the sex was not only between inmates and female officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z These foul bald-headed females are child-killers every one of them, and here I am imprisoned in the same room and I can't escape! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z During the ceremony, many of the married female guests are invited to the altar to hold up a lace sheet over the couple and take turns grinding giant sugar cubes atop the sheet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Dell Duke wasn't friend material because he was the wrong age and, female lemurs notwithstanding, we appeared to have absolutely nothing in common. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The faces of the little cats were human and female. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Once her head was out, the first chick, a wet little female, easily kicked herself free of the shell. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z You didn't see female police officers or professional athletes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Luce will tell you that female monkeys exhibit mounting behavior when administered male hormones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even the collarbones were hers—the little tickle at his memory, from when he’d glanced down in the dream and blushed to see more of female anatomy than he ever had in real life. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Kreisler had called her, by her own account, “the greatest female violinist I have heard.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While Jackie was happy to help Lovelace, whom she had recommended to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a top aviation award, she was also used to being the top female pilot and having the publicity. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He brought out a pair of pink female underwear that could fairly be called capacious. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z These are the used sections—broken bones, cuts, bruises, mumps, measles, backache, scarlet fever, diphtheria, rheumatism, female complaints, hernia, and of course everything to do with pregnancy and the birth of children. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I said, excited to see another Black female fencing saber. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Flanking John Becker were more female faces—brown faces, peering out from the middle distance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Most of the female captives had on very little clothing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Even newspapers that opposed female suffrage condemned the way Judge Hunt handled the case. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Ability to play tuba a plus for female ensemble. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Because female doctors were not commissioned as army surgeons, Edson worked as a military nurse. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The crisp, female voice instructs us to lock the door to whatever room we are in from the inside, cover the windows, and sit quietly until the alarms no longer sound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Like how much healthy chaos you caused by becoming the first female Saudi director, Haifaa. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The heads of clans, who were all female, chose the sachems, all male. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The other female students and I ran from our rooms and into the hall. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was pretty sure the only female lips Sean Russell Flaherty had ever touched besides his mom’s were flickering images on a computer monitor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In 2012, the International Space Station had its second female commander. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in October 1916, Wilson came out and declared his official support for female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z First two males, then a female, then another male, then three females, then . Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z This is a journal entry oj what occurred at La 40 on Monday, April 11th, 1960, to me, a female political prisoner. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The young female admirers who seemed to come along with the package added to the allure. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z This would be a tough posting for any young CIA officer, let alone the first female field agent ever sent to spy against the Soviet Union. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The two female Scholars had nothing so exciting to tell, and sat in silence until the men came in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z After we exhausted the topic of females, we considered the future. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The guards split us into male and female groups. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The first I hear of it, I’m heading for my locker at lunch when a half-crazed female voice shrieks, “What are you doing?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z When the Soviet Union entered World War II in 1941, Marina Raskova took command of a thousand female aviators and trained them to fly in three separate bomber and fighter regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Imagine this girl, forbidden from training as either a scholar or a master artist because she is female. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Chicago data shows that male and female teachers are equally prone to cheating. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Mathematician Doris Cohen, a native New Yorker who started working at the laboratory in the late 1930s, was for many years the NACA’s lone female author. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The female lit on a bulky stick nest where four nestlings huddled. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z An altered female dog or cat is spayed. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelled the waxy dark green leaves, and remembered climbing the big cottonwood trees along the river and plucking heavy hanging bunches of cottonwood berries that grew on the female trees late in the summer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z "Look at that film-star for instance," she added, pointing at the silent TV screen where a bosomy female was being embraced by a craggy actor in the moonlight. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Explained the system of labelling—a T for the males, a circle for the females and for those who were destined to become ffeemartins a question mark, black on a white ground. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The reserve’s hungry, thin female tigers gave birth so rarely nowadays. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z She had lived most of her life in the College, but had never seen the Retiring Room before: only Scholars and their guests were allowed in here, and never females. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z You are finally getting to go somewhere with the girl of your dreams, and you can’t stop thinking about every other female on the planet. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The guard seemed too tired to argue, or perhaps he saw in Jacqueline’s face traces of some long-dead female relative whom he had not done enough to please while she was still alive. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Catt believed that her plan would result in full female suffrage in less than six years. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then a pleasant female voice spoke from the steam: Phase deposit one drachma. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Isn’t a minute that goes by when he isn’t on some kind of female mission. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z We were divided at the gate into male and female groups. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The quality of this female interaction had been worse than abysmal. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When the conference leaders in England learned that the American Anti-Slavery Society had elected several female delegates, they wrote to discourage the group from bringing the women to the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘Orion is a problem. Unlike the other giants, Orion has been walking the earth for centuries. He takes a special interest in killing Amazons, or Hunters, or any female who dares to be strong.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A white cop dude and his Black female partner shined a light on us, but kept on rolling. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z With six full suffrage states and two million female voters, there already existed a readymade voting bloc with the potential to influence state and national elections. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Before my mom was married, she was strolling around Tehran with her female cousin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were so many in the village, and the separation of male and female was so great, after childhood had ended. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Clockwise or anti-clockwise, male or female, half empty or half full, stationary or moving, depending on how you look at it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Another voice spoke—female, but barely audible, like it was coming from a long way away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The amazing place was a fertile, seething cornucopia of female nipples and navels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Of the twenty-one people leaving the pod, there had been no extra woman, no female who could have emerged from under the wig and sunglasses disguise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z This was my privilege, the gift of being female. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And from that time on, she used one hand to knot the fibers, sharing the task with a female zalif who had become her particular friend, fingers and trunk moving in and out together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They also reassured my parents that I’d never be alone because there was another young female fencer, Candace, who was also competing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A hired boy took on a few, and Chris Beeston reluctantly agreed to don women's costume again, and for a time the sharers scheduled the plays with the fewest female roles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There were gay customers who dreamed of boys who were almost female, smoothskinned, hairless. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From that point forward, liquor lobbyists worked to defeat female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But the men, along with Poseidon, were greatly chagrined at this female triumph; and while Poseidon proceeded to flood the land the men decided to take the vote away from the women. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later a female investigator interviewed each of us at school. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z These I bound together with sinew and covered with female kelp, which has broad leaves. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see. Now I am being compared to a degenerate old female fraud. Worse, I am losing in the comparison. My own mother daring to malign me so.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Think about your jobs. Where do you want to be in five years?” asked Fowler of a female student. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, breviary in hand, one of the female teachers led us in singing hymns and reciting psalms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they reached the house of the female patient, it was mid-afternoon and the sun was at its hottest. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z From that point forward, there was a great divide between Stanton, Anthony, and others who backed educated suffrage, and those who supported working for African American suffrage first and female suffrage afterward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z After Alexandra made sure no other female was involved, she could not have cared less. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I know about queen ants, and about the female praying mantises eating the males. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The hormone cortisol, recently synthesized in the lab, had been found to arrest the virilization these girls normally underwent, allowing them to develop as normal females. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Of course his new female parent—Claire could not make herself think mother—would have a job in the community as all women did. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He was also, strange as it is to say, a refreshing sort of female presence in a place where macho was the rule. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was curious to see what he would do when confronted with a female. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z One of them, the large snowy female, was his own Hedwig. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When it came to professional female athletes who wore hijab, I was one in a group of one. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The female was chewing on a leather boot that still had half a leg in it, but she let it fall at his approach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His female attendants release a series of fake chuckles and coo over how amusing he is. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z For the most part they were not even distinguished as male or female. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, far back from the path, we found an unused tree where—out of the range of lamplight—the only evidence of other couples was the protesting female laughter and the glow of lit cigarettes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I make something up about a new exhibit featuring female artists from Latin America. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She started by having us analyze the cover of Snoop Doggy Dogg’s album with cartoon characters representing a male and female dog. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Then there’s Johanna Mason, the only living female victor from 7, who won a few years back by pretending she was a weakling. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The commander had decided to take offense at the fact that the first female officer in Recon’s history had been assigned to his squad. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "Dancing Queen" plays at every family wedding, and my female cousins and I push our way onto the dance floor to link arms and sway in a circle together. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Male, he presumed, though with the limited knowledge of the fairy anatomy he supposed it could be female. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As yet in the experimental stage, but nonetheless interesting, is the initial success in attracting male mosquitoes to playback recordings of the flight sound of the female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Chubs and I found an old tree trunk to share, ignoring the small group of female spectators who had gathered to cheer the teams on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He could tell the difference between the blowing noise the male made and the sighing blow of the female. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Other people thought it was about female slavery, others that it was a stereotyping of women in negative and trivial domestic roles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Huddled against the back wall were naked people, male and female, all trying to hide, shielding their faces with their hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Rumbling and hissing, eighty vibro-vacuum massage machines were simultaneously kneading and sucking the firm and sunburnt flesh of eighty superb female specimens. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z While the Fifteenth Amendment did not mention sex, she said that because it specifically prohibited disenfranchisement by race, women were included, arguing that “a race comprises all the people, male and female.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z An older female whom she called Donkeyberry, because of the creature’s fondness for the fruit, sat surrounded by a respectful gathering of younger females and babies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Male or female, it mattered nothing to him now—there was only another mouth coming which must be fed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It—for the spirit was both male and female—stretched back to the first human who raised his—or her—shaggy head from the immediate business of finding food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At the midday break he had exchanged smiles with the new one, a shy female named Harriet. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z In Arabia, you could easily think there were no females. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is conflict in the group, the female lemurs are the ones who fight it out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She didn’t falter a single step, nor did she seem to care about the many angry female faces that watched as dance after dance passed and they didn’t switch partners. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z While she submitted to the attentions of other males and females, she wouldn’t give Mushie the time of day. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She has lived as a female all her life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Reconnecting with old friends, she once again gathered a group of female students. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One of the female officers then asked an eminently sensible question: “But are we supposed to talk to them?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned around and almost jumped at the sight of a female figure coming out of the shadows from behind the storehouse, like a ghost. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z According to contemporary reports, some female fans became ‘hysterical’ at the mere sight of him on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If she choked on the blood or retched up the flesh, the omens were less favorable; the child might be stillborn, or come forth weak, deformed, or female. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Both females, playing together, jumping over a log, batting an old pumpkin with their paws. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In June 1916, she founded the National Woman’s Party, yet another group dedicated to only one issue, female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Africa has parasites so particular and diverse as to occupy every niche of the body: intestines small and large, the skin, the bladder, the male and female reproductive tracts, interstitial fluids, even the cornea. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look—‘Male feeds female and young, and leads enemies away from den at risk of his life.’” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Over the next two months, a lot more people signed Armpit’s cast, most of them females who decorated their names with hearts and flowers. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Ayres’s black and female car buyers, after all, gave one really obvious sign after another that they weren’t stupid and naïve. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But then the male and female ones have different names.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Armistead heard once more that sweet female voice, unbearable beauty of the unbearable past: it may be for years, it may be forever. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the cartoon, the female dog is called a hoochie and a ho, and they even kick her out of the dog house in the last illustration. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I am vacuuming the home of a retired couple and happen to look into a room I’ve completed, where I see the female owner’s enormous purple-encased butt staring up at me from the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To shorten and adapt Wells’s novel, Koch cut its female characters. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She had appeared before that group and spoken on behalf of female suffrage for decades. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Why should it always be young, beautiful women? It’s good to see the aging female body treated with compassion, for a change.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Thirty-three Delta females, long-headed, sandy, with narrow pelvises, and all within 20 millimetres of 1 metre 69 centimetres tall, were cutting screws. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Toby helped Jimmy carry the duffel bag into the bar, fully intending to turn around and leave, until a voice—female and familiar—rang across the busy room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I read those lines today and see exactly what I was trying to tell myself—what a no-nonsense female mentor might have said to me directly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z By nature, he was a rigid and controlling man, and he did not think much of females. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes Amari was rescued by the redheaded sailor, but on most nights she was just another female body to be used by one of the forty or so sailors on board that awful ship. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z From the inner room a rather hoarse female voice said, “Coming.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was determined to stay “pure” until marriage, though he did not lack for attention from female students. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Valentin had no idea how to cope with a crying female—he quickly backed off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I think she must be back in Forks. She won’t call if there’s any chance the female will overhear. I expect they’re all just being very careful.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As a female, her safety, her well-being, and the light she has for the world are still often overlooked and stomped on. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Burn was running for reelection in the fall, and most of his constituents were opposed to female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Lady, the largest of the two female chicks, bolted to him, stepping on Drum in her rush. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Domestic horses of a pack line follow the human leader as they would normally follow the top-ranking female. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Trees were carved into the stone ceiling, and they stretched above the sleeping female figure. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After analyzing the available data, I’ve concluded that you must be a female. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Not at all like a child being kissed by female relatives. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She once told him that she did not have that fabled female longing to give birth, and her mother had called her abnormal until Kainene said she didn’t have it either. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Upstate, an inmate who spoke a wrong word to a female officer quickly regretted it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That fall, in October 2007, something happened that gave us hope: Benazir Bhutto, who had been the first female prime minister of Pakistan, was returning to run in that year’s election. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So were the skinniest and most inquisitive females. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Including a female chow chow named Cha-Cha from a purebred rescue group. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “This work is not for a married female. You are either going to neglect your work or neglect your family” were the words of a superior officer long ago. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had recently completed her studies at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg and was working as the first black female social worker at Baragwanath Hospital. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Again he waited and squeaked beside his beautiful burrow in the beautiful place but no female ever came and after a while he had to move away. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “We should at least let her show off her skills before arguing over the appropriateness of a female illusionist.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A female voice this time; a girl, short, with a thick waist and heavy bosom, clad in ornate armor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Male and female hunted together, with weirwood bows and flying snares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z —Gethenians tend to have their children young; most of them, after the age of twenty-four or so, use contraceptives, and they cease to be fertile in the female phase at about forty. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When we came into the clearing, gun raised, they jumped and hastily greeted us in stumbling Anishnaabe, all except the second female, who must have been in her early twenties. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She was a “married female”—and therefore, they claimed, she might panic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The jail contains six cells; the sixth, the one reserved for female prisoners, is actually an isolated unit situated inside the Sheriff’s Residence—indeed, it adjoins the Meiers’ kitchen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Nematodes, such as earthworms: male or female, depending on how you look at it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He was merely trying, that sigh suggested, to drag us all toward enlightenment through the marrow of our own poor female bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were ten of us—my father, the silverback; my mother and three other adult females; a juvenile male called a blackback; and two other young gorillas. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z We think they’d be particularly interested in what your journey as a young female filmmaker has been like so far. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Mr. Rowley here has vast experience treating female complaints,” said Grandfather. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A spate of kangaroo killings in the late 1970s were attributed to a male Opaleye ousted from his homeland by a dominant female. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That he was searching for a female was not in itself what troubled me; it was that it meant he was comfortable enough on the island to be thinking about producing young. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Wally Funk went on to other firsts, such as becoming the first female inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “It is my duty to hear out a female warrior before I sentence her or her allies to death. That is the Amazon way. Or have your years in the Underworld muddled your memory, Otrera?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I thought writing to my fave female filmmakers would be way more fun than writing to myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I ain’t hungry. I want some...some female companionship. I ain’t even talked to a woman since your mama run like a fool in front of that car. Come here!” he commanded. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The three females were more standoffish, but they didn’t seem to mind Marc coming onto their island. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z When I put them on, shading the world around me a tint darker, and plug their earphones into my ears, a female voice comes on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the sounds made by certain wood-boring insects enable their parasites to find them, and to the male mosquito the wing- beat of the female is a siren song. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The male, on the contrary, is a strong flier and is attracted even from considerable distances by a scent released by the female from special glands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For some—one studious male had been selected as Doctor, a female as Engineer, and another for Law and Justice—it would be years of hard work and study. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Because it is a female and lays eggs, a chicken is masculine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth caught a few unkind words about female demigods and Athena. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Granddaddy had told me about the wasp that could opt to be male or female while in a larval stage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “From the psychological assessment I was able to make during the brief time I treated Callie, I would say yes, my opinion is that she has a female gender identity.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We paired each teen with a female mentor who would foster a personal relationship with her, sharing her resources and her life story. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Maybe the female guards had been conscripted from some other unit. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I turned my head to see the big female. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Recall that most wild plants either are regularly cross-pollinated hermaphrodites or consist of separate male and female individuals that inevitably depend on another individual for pollination. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Victor Flores, four years old, maybe five, was abandoned on a bus by a female smuggler. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The other bonobos were grooming me, probably trying to get to the root of this bizarre and virtually hairless female who’d invaded their enclosure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She’s the only female student at Blackcliff; in the black, close-fitting fatigues all students wear, her strong, slender form has always drawn admiring glances. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I hear laughter from the next room, male and female. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The “sophisticated comedy” featuring my number one female film favorite is opening at a downtown palace momentarily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Though XY like me, she had developed along female lines. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As the days of World War II receded into memory, so did the notion that riveters and gas station attendants and munitions experts and, yes, even mathematicians would, or even should, be female. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The female mathematicians’ job security wasn’t immediately threatened by the machines, but Dorothy Vaughan perceived that mastering the machine would be the key to long-term career stability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She was above all a most formidable female. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Of course, the adult males were dominant over her, but she could boss all the other females and even many of the adolescent males. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z With its many new facilities coming into operation, the laboratory again cast its net for the female alchemists who could turn the numbers from testing into aeronautical gold. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The little female cut through two-thirds of the shell top, then pushed the cap with her shoulders. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Frightful was in the air before Leon Longbridge could say another word about female peregrine falcons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z One of the guys with a crossbow leaned into the female to whisper, and she turned and jogged away from the camp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He said it was up to the states to decide whether to allow female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A few female pilots were transferred into Marina Raskova’s unit against their will. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Old female relations with incipient beards and several wobbling chins made overnight trips to Ayemenem to commiserate with her about her divorce. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the time they seem to be stalking the airwaves for appealing females. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z One of them, a severe-looking female with deep creases down either side of her mouth, carried Matt as the others went ahead to open doors. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t help that Sam genuinely had no interest in coaching female athletes, either. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “My parents told me it was a female.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Male and female users typically reported that they are about an inch taller than the national average. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The female officer kept talking and I just wanted her to stop. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Except for two female servants who shuttled between the kitchen and the bar, I was to be the only black. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you okay with most of the cast being female? Because I think probably a movie made in 1931 had mostly male leads?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But as time went on the gopher began to be a little impatient, for no female appeared. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was being crushed by two unrelenting forces: the uneasy suspicion that I might not be a normal female and my newly awakening sexual appetite. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some Foretelling groups artificially arouse perversion in a normal person—injecting female or male hormones during the days before a session. It’s better to have a natural one. He’s willing to come; likes the notoriety.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The anti-Woodhull backlash also led to the formation of organizations dedicated to fighting female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I’d been mocked and threatened many times now, cut down for being black, female, and vocal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She believed that the issue of female suffrage would not be settled until a woman was arrested for voting and a test case was brought before the courts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “They really can’t see us? Or hear us?” a female voice asks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The lobby was very small and contained only a desk at which a female Attendant sat working on some papers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s a house finch; it’s brown and yellow like they are, and female, I think. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z In these online conversations, the word sex referred purely to biology—the chromosomes, organs, and anatomy that define male and female from the outside. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She stopped every three or four paces, staring silently at the carved lovers, and the processions of elephants, and the topless female musicians beating on two-sided drums. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z A female voice shrieked through the train car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The wet oars winking him along in bright winks and female palms. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to Ruza, shifting into Unseen to ask him, “Are there male and female threaves? Dear god, tell me those things don’t mate.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From the telescreen a brassy female voice was squalling a patriotic song. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was all around me from the beginning, the weight of female suffering, with its biblical justification and vanishing acts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “This habit probably originated in the females carefully licking their puppies—the dearest object of their love—for the sake of cleansing them... .Thus, the habit will have become associated with the emotion of love.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I see a female nude, such as the Venus in my art history book, I go into ecstasy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z So it was a nice change to be seen as female. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The older female voice said, “Calm down, Max. Bambi, it’s okay. Really. But I think you should show us how you dance now.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She was, of course, the only female teacher anyone had ever seen in Lark Creek Elementary wearing pants. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “They didn’t have wings. They weren’t beings of fire. Like the seraphim, though, there were six of them, three male, three female. No army, no servants. They needed none,” said Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Right,” the female voice on the phone said, sounding suspicious. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she heard them—female voices having some sort of argument—and she was instantly alert. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I see. That’s very thoughtful. And would the friend be female?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Flo also taught me that female chimps do not have just one mate. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He was put to live on an island with three grown-up females. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z They did not even have Ruth May yet, but did have a female dog that howled, Our Father still likes to say, Like One Too Many Sopranos in Church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They are leading these female children like lambs to the slaughter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As for black female engineers, there weren’t enough of them in the country to constitute a rounding error. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Yes, the differences between male and female are biological, but if you look at the biology as a matter of percentage, there aren’t a whole lot of things that are different. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Legal documents in the United States only recognize “male” and “female” as genders, leaving anyone who does not identify as one of these two genders with no option. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were like humans, but winged, and much taller, and, as they were naked, the witch could see that three of them were male, two female. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat on the side of my bed and rustled through the drawer of the night table, through the tissues and reading glasses and Christian Science leaflets belonging to one of Francis’s aged female relatives. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Massari was the first of many Truman athletes, male and female, to act on Truman’s stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In his opinion, superstitions were largely a female preoccupation. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It maintains cholesterol at its proper level in the blood plasma, and inactivates the male and female hormones when they reach excessive levels. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After graduating from Oklahoma State University as the Flying Aggies' top female pilot, Wally had gotten a job teaching military men how to fly. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “Do you assume I don’t know about sports because I am female identified?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It put her on equal footing with the other female supervisors and—theoretically, at least—with men of the same rating, and it afforded her a degree of center-wide visibility. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Scalp Ceremony lay to rest the Japanese souls in the green humid jungles, and it satisfied the female giant who fed on the dreams of warriors. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “It sucks here. People are dumb and racist and homophobic. I don’t have a single female friend at school since Heidi left.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z We could become doctors because female doctors were needed to care for female patients. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In addition to its statement of purpose, the Declaration of Sentiments listed twelve resolutions intended to promote female equality. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z If it played a role in disenchanting the world, it did so precisely because it was effectively inculcated among the educated, clerical and lay, male and female. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She also refused to do medical tests on the first female body in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z You know, it’s easy to play all cool and stuff about how hot certain females are, but it’s another thing entirely to then find yourself actually standing in front of them in your underwear. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The female Tidemaker screamed as the metal burrowed into her flesh, and she tried to turn to mist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The female is bigger than the male and may lay up to one hundred eggs at a time. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “She became the lone female in our weekly gaming group,” Morrow wrote. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For fifteen days Verrazzano and his crew were the Narragansett’s honored guests—though the Indians, Verrazzano admitted, kept their women out of sight after hearing the sailors’ “irksome clamor” when females came into view. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We had one female employee in the hospital—she was the ad-ministrator's assistant. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When he was taken to the female two-legs, he was already angry. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “There are some things many synesthetes have in common, besides a slight majority of them being female. Why don’t you tell me how many of them sound familiar to you, okay?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Because of this, the female leader gets the best food and the preferred sleeping area. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Groups of mostly boys, and sometimes females, who hang out together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “We were hoping Sophie was carrying a female. We could sure use a young milking cow, especially with Sophie getting older. No such luck.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Usually the female interns, but occasionally an especially pretty boy—a boy like him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I was just about to do this when in poured a great flood of females. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The female stood by pecking at something on the ground and then, after a while, it walked away, indifferent to the males great flare of feathers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s eat it now,” said a female ogre. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Anorak” was a nickname Halliday had been given by a female British exchange student at his high school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For as long as I can remember, our house had been full of people: neighbors, relatives, and friends of my father’s—and a never-ending stream of cousins, male and female. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Soon after she won the national parachuting championship in 1961, she was recruited for the female cosmonaut program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z From the clouds above, a female serpent representing the Devil gathers up their spirits. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Did you know that seventy percent of men aren’t as attached to their female children as they are to their sons? It’s true. I read that somewhere.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z What they say about females being the weaker sex is the biggest lie in the world. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A senior at a small private high school, the teenager identifies as agender—neither male nor female. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z |
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